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"Danzo Shimura colluded with Shiro-Suna Koichi of the Sand Village, sending twelve Konoha ninja to infiltrate the Sand Village for assassination. The plan failed, and all twelve Konoha ninja were annihilated."
"The Fourth Kazekage Rasa was furious and personally pursued them."
"Shiro-Suna Koichi and Danzo Shimura, along with dozens of Konoha ninja, fought back but were no match and were easily thrashed."
"Shiro-Suna Koichi, dead."
"Danzo Shimura abandoned dozens of Konoha ninja comrades, fleeing alone in a wretched state like a stray dog, but failed to escape successfully."
"Later, luckily rescued by Minato Namikaze in time, he managed to survive but had one arm severed."
"In this battle, Sand Village casualties: 0."
"Konoha casualties: 46."
The Konoha crowd gathered around instantly fell silent.
"Is the content of this newspaper true?"
"Lord Danzo formulated a plan against the Sand Village, not only failing but causing zero damage, while making our Konoha lose so many ninja in vain?"
"To be honest, if true, this operation was too much of a failure."
"As a village elder, how could Lord Danzo formulate such a failed operation?"
A Konoha ninja said, "I heard Lord Danzo was previously in charge of an organization called Root, but not long ago, his position was removed by Lord Hokage, and Lord Homura Mitokado took over management."
"Maybe it's because Lord Danzo's ability is insufficient that Lord Hokage did this."
Another Konoha ninja said.
"If so, it makes sense. Lord Danzo was removed from his previous position due to insufficient ability but was unwilling, so he thought of carrying out such an operation to gain merit."
"As a result, his ability was insufficient, the plan failed completely, and so many village ninja were sacrificed in vain."
"Lord Danzo is too incompetent."
"Don't fear bad people, fear stupid people having a 'bright idea'."
"Those dozens of ninja selected by Lord Danzo must have been elites in the village. On the battlefield, they would definitely have performed excellently."
"Just because Lord Danzo wanted to gain merit, they lost their lives."
"Both being disciples of Lord Second, this Danzo is far inferior to Lord Hokage."
"Maybe this is why Lord Hokage could become Hokage."
The Konoha ninja had not yet verified the authenticity of the newspaper content.
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But they felt that since the Sand Village dared to bring it out openly, this matter and what the newspaper said were most likely not far off.
Even if there were some discrepancies, they would only be in the details.
This matter wouldn't be fake.
Danzo's reputation in Konoha was already insufficient.
Acting in the dark all year round, some young ninja didn't even know who Danzo was.
Suddenly hearing that this elder with little presence planned such a clumsy operation, these Konoha people would only feel it was Danzo's problem.
"Too clumsy!"
And people from other ninja villages, upon seeing the content of the newspaper, laughed at Danzo outright.
"This Danzo Shimura is too funny!"
"Planning an operation, investing so much manpower and resources, yet not even half a person of the Sand Village was injured, while Konoha lost dozens of ninja."
"Even he himself almost died."
"Too stupid!"
Some Hidden Rock ninja even brought this matter up to mock Konoha.
A Hidden Rock ninja looked at the Konoha ninja opposite.
"Are you subordinates of Danzo Shimura?"
"Has Danzo Shimura formulated any operational plans recently?"
"Let Danzo Shimura deal with me; I can't wait to fight him."
"Wait, I came first, go queue up!"
The Konoha ninja were furious but had no way to refute.
Even the Mist Village ninja couldn't help but laugh in their hearts. It was just that they currently needed Konoha's help, so they dared not show it openly. But in situations without Konoha people, they didn't need to be so scrupulous.
"This Danzo Shimura is too useless."
"Possessing Shiro-Suna Koichi, a Sand Village elder who betrayed the Sand Village, yet the operation failed so miserably."
"Simply not human!"
"Too wasteful!"
"If Shiro-Suna Koichi were given to our Mist Village, we could at least kill dozens of Sand elite ninja."
Ohnoki saw the headline on the newspaper and couldn't help raising an eyebrow.
"Haven't fought for a few years, Danzo has become this incompetent?"
"With such good conditions, failing the operation so thoroughly is unprecedented and unrepeatable. Yet he still covets the position of Hokage; really don't know where his confidence comes from."
Ohnoki shook his head.
Regarding Danzo, Ohnoki didn't care that much.
In Ohnoki's view, in this war, his only opponent was Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"However, that Rasa's brain is quite flexible."
"First imitating small cards, then designing a Ninja Kill game."
"This game is good, just designed this old man a bit weak. Not very useful. The winning rate in the position of Kage is actually so low; too outrageous."
"This old man cannot be that weak."
"This time, simply bringing out a Ninja World Big Events Weekly directly."
"The content is quite rich, able to attract many people to read."
"And this Rasa's ambition is not small."
"Designated as a weekly, meaning he wants to issue one every week."
"This thing will definitely have not small influence in the ninja world in the future."
Ohnoki keenly sensed this point.
"Lord Tsuchikage, should our Hidden Rock Village also make something similar?"
An elder opposite suggested.
Ohnoki hesitated for a moment.
"Let's see the situation first. The investment required for this is not small. No rush for this moment. Now is the critical moment of the war; the Hidden Rock Village must focus all energy on dealing with Konoha."
"Crushing Konoha, the Hidden Rock Village can obtain huge benefits."
"The title of the First Ninja Village will belong to none other than my Hidden Rock Village!"
Ryoma Aburame heard the discussions of nearby Konoha ninja. As Danzo's number one subordinate, loyal to Danzo, how could he stand hearing these words? He was instantly furious.
Couldn't help but curse loudly in his heart.
"You guys don't understand anything at all."
"How can you understand Lord Danzo's greatness?"
"This operation failure, Lord Danzo must have fallen for that Rasa's trick."
"Lord Danzo has paid too much for Konoha."
"His contribution to the village is not at all worse than Lord Hokage. Moreover, Danzo is willing to be in the dark, giving all the fame to Lord Hokage, bearing it alone in loneliness."
"Who can possess such magnanimity?"
"Lord Danzo is greater than Lord Hokage."
Ryoma Aburame really wanted to rush in front of these Konoha ninja to refute them.
But he still held back.
Finally, the news of the Ninja World Big Events Weekly was delivered to Danzo's hands.
Upon seeing the text of the headline, Danzo's face changed instantly.
"Rasa, you brat, you are going too far!"