"What Shisui's Sharingan?"
"There's no such thing!" Danzō's voice was loud, his tone slightly changed.
Damn you, Hiruzen! You're trying to steal my prize!
He had lost four elite subordinates, his position as Hokage's Advisor, and his already poor reputation for Shisui's Sharingan.
If you take Shisui's Sharingan, wouldn't all my efforts have been in vain?
Not only in vain, but I've also lost so much. It's a blood loss!
So, it's always me, Danzō, who takes the beating, while you, Hiruzen, get the reward. What the hell kind of world is this?
"If there's nothing, why are you so anxious?" Sarutobi Hiruzen said coldly.
"Am I anxious?" Danzō tried his best to regain his composure.
"In any case, I didn't get Shisui's Sharingan. It should have been collected by the Uchiha clan."
Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly smiled and turned his head. "What do you two think?"
"Ahem... Danzō, stop quibbling. Hand it over," Mitokado Homura said in a deep voice.
"Quibbling is useless," Utatane Koharu said, her eyes half-closed.
"Don't think I don't know why you took Shisui's Sharingan. That kind of dangerous ability is not suitable to be kept in your hands."
"Hand it over, and the three of us will keep it."
"If you dare to refuse again, Root will be disbanded, and you will go home and reflect. You can come out when you hand it over," Sarutobi Hiruzen's smile disappeared, and he threatened with a grim expression.
Rank has its privileges. At this moment, Danzō's desire for the position of Hokage reached its peak!
He was truly fed up!
After a long silence, Danzō said coldly, "I can hand it over, but it must be kept by the four of us jointly. Each of us will have a key, but it can only be activated with the consent of all four."
"If you don't agree, then punish me. Imprisonment or execution, either is fine."
Sarutobi Hiruzen pondered for a moment and then said, "Alright."
"Bring it over later," Danzō said with a blank expression.
This result was exactly as Kageyama Kogetsu had expected. If he didn't know about it from the original story, it would be one thing.
But knowing, Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other two would never allow Danzō to possess such a dangerous and bizarre jutsu!
No one knew Danzō's character better than the three of them. If they let him be, Kotoamatsukami would most likely be used on them.
How could they allow that?
"Alright, the matter is settled. Everyone is happy."
Happy my ass! You're happy, but I'm suffering right now!
"Now, let's discuss the matter of the Uchiha clan," Utatane Koharu said with a chuckle, trying to smooth things over.
Danzō, who was looking for an outlet for his pent-up anger and frustration, was the first to speak, his tone grim.
"Why keep such a menace?"
"I suggest we find an opportunity to wipe out the Uchiha clan directly!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned. "Danzō, don't act on impulse."
"The disappearance of the Uchiha would be a loss of strength for Konoha, and there are so many innocent people."
Danzō couldn't contain his anger and retorted, "Innocent my ass! The Uchiha clan is already thinking of a coup, and you're still hung up on whether they're innocent..."
"Are you only happy when the Uchiha's coup succeeds, Konoha falls into a civil war, and the losses are even greater?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen knew that Danzō was very angry and frustrated right now, so he didn't mind his rudeness and chose to discuss the matter with magnanimity.
"The coup is only the idea of a few people. They haven't unified their thinking yet. Are we to wipe them all out for that?"
"It's unreasonable and against the rules. Even if they had unified their thinking, there's no need to kill all the ordinary civilians of the Uchiha clan."
"What kind of trouble can a group of civilians who don't even know how to knead chakra cause?"
"If you're really worried, just disperse them and place them in various parts of Konoha, or send people to monitor them."
"Homura, Koharu, what do you think?"
Mitokado Homura pushed up his glasses and said in a deep voice, "I think what Hiruzen said makes more sense. There's no need to overreact."
"I agree."
"Also, I suggest we increase our surveillance of the Uchiha clan. Whether it's a part of them or all of them, we can't let a coup really happen."
"The Uchiha clan's behavior today makes me very uneasy. This trend must not only be stopped, but also suppressed!" Utatane Koharu said with a grim expression and a very dissatisfied tone.
"I agree with Koharu's point of view."
"They dare to gather a crowd and use public opinion to pressure us."
"Although they didn't completely succeed today, they were half-successful."
"With the Uchiha clan's character, they will surely become arrogant and follow this example, causing endless trouble in the future."
"If we don't suppress the Uchiha clan's arrogant behavior, a coup is inevitable!" Mitokado Homura said with a calm expression, speaking eloquently.
"I suggest we suppress this trend as soon as possible," Danzō said with a blank expression.
Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head. "As soon as possible is not appropriate. Let's wait a while. Otherwise, if the Uchiha clan pulls this stunt again, it won't be easy to deal with."
"The means of suppressing this trend must be subtle, not blatant, to avoid a fierce backlash."
"This matter will be handled by you, Danzō. Homura and Koharu will supervise. I don't want to see what happened today happen again."
The three of them nodded upon hearing this, but Danzō had other ideas in his heart.
Subtle is subtle. Suppression is still suppression. No matter how subtle, it will still incur the dissatisfaction of the Uchiha clan.
At that time, I'll send people to secretly leak information and stir up trouble. I'm not afraid that the Uchiha clan won't stage a coup.
At that time, whether to wipe out a part of them or all of them will depend on the situation.
A rebellious Uchiha is not a good Uchiha. A submissive and obedient Uchiha is a good Uchiha.
"If the Uchiha clan really is going to stage a coup, we should at least have a contingency plan, right?"
Hearing Danzō's words, Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other two felt that it made sense. A contingency plan could prevent things from getting out of control.
"If it really comes to that day, I think we can let Kogetsu take action, first assassinating the leadership of the coup to disrupt their command."
"Danzō and Shinnosuke will jointly lead the Anbu, Root, and the mid- to high-level ninja of the village to suppress them."
"How to deal with them after the suppression will depend on the specific situation."
"The participants cannot be spared. Those who were unaware, or those who knew but did not report and did not participate, will be given different levels of punishment," Mitokado Homura suggested in a deep voice.
"Agreed," the three of them said, nodding.
After the matter was discussed, the four of them left.
Danzō returned to the Root base and dawdled for a long time, but in the end, he personally delivered Shisui's Sharingan before the end of the day.
The Sharingan was something that non-Uchiha ninja found difficult to use freely. Even a genius like Kakashi only became proficient in using it at the beginning of the story.
Danzō's use of the Sharingan was terrible. He used the three-tomoe Sharingan as a revival token, and his short-term use of Kotoamatsukami was discovered by Ao.
If Uchiha Shisui had used it, the chances of Ao discovering it would have been slim to none.
For Danzō, the Sharingan was more like a tool to balance his Hashirama cells, or they were tools for each other, because Danzō's use of Wood Release was not very good either.
...
In the evening, Kageyama Kogetsu, dressed in black pants and a black shirt, entered the Uchiha clan's grounds.
It was the same kind of outfit that the male ninja of Konoha wore at the Third Hokage's death in the original story.
What was a bit awkward was that the female ninja's lower garment was a skirt, a bit shorter than an office lady's skirt, with the hemline between the knee and thigh.
With this style of skirt, it was no wonder there were so many "widow" series in Japan.
After asking around, Kageyama Kogetsu arrived at Shisui's house, which had been set up as a mourning hall, mainly in white, with the guests dressed in black.
After socializing with the Uchiha high-ranking members, Kageyama Kogetsu entered the mourning hall where Shisui's coffin was placed. Uchiha Itachi was returning the bows of the mourners...
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