Chapter 421: Tearing off the Facade
Haruno Sakura paid no attention to the anger of the two Hokage advisors.
The facade had been torn off anyway!
If you two have the guts... come up and fight me?
She didn't put Danzo down either. Instead, she pulled him in front of her, close enough to see the fine fuzz on the girl's face. Danzo subconsciously tensed his muscles, but he only saw Sakura's red lips part slightly.
"Come, Lord Danzo, tell the two honorable Hokage advisors. How did your seven subordinates die?"
"And... who beat you into severe injury?"
Faint but extremely cold killing intent extended to Danzo's face along with the girl's warm breath, instantly making his hair stand on end.
Danzo's face, stiff as a rock, twitched. He closed his eyes and said nothing.
He didn't try to resist Haruno Sakura. That kind of stupid behavior was enough once a few days ago. He didn't need to repeat it in front of so many people in Konoha!
He didn't speak, nor did he dare to splash dirty water on Sakura. Putting aside whether Haruno Sakura would really kill him on the spot if angered, Danzo was even more aware that Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan in her hand was a huge leverage...
Danzo didn't speak, and Haruno Sakura didn't care. She spoke for him.
"Hm? Why aren't you talking, Lord Danzo? You had the guts to bring people to block me, had the guts to try forcibly placing a Curse Mark on me, had the guts to fight when coercion failed, how come..."
"Don't you have the guts to speak out about the good deeds you've done?"
Haruno Sakura said leisurely.
The room was silent.
The Fifth Hokage sat calmly watching the show, the two Hokage advisors were dumbfounded, and Danzo lowered his head with a cold face, uttering not a word.
That meant, tacit admission.
Everyone knew that Danzo did a lot of crappy things, but this was the first time he was caught by the person involved, lifted up, and exposed in public, while Danzo had no power to resist, unable to refute, and could only tacitly admit!
Homura Mitokado's face turned livid, his lips trembled, the glasses frame in his hand shook, and he whispered repeatedly: "Nonsense, nonsense... nonsense!"
Koharu Utatane's fist under the table clenched until her knuckles turned white, her face so gloomy it seemed water could drip from it. But she was much calmer than Homura, not that pathetic, and her brain began to think frantically about a way to break the situation.
In terms of conspiracies and tricks, in terms of political struggle, the level of the two Hokage advisors might only be third-rate on Earth in her previous life, but for Haruno Sakura, even a hundred Sakuras added together might be beaten easily.
Not to mention anything else. The combined age of the protagonist's two lives was only half of others.
It was truly a case of him having eaten more salt than Sakura had eaten rice.
These two were both sophisticated people. After the Second's death, following Hiruzen Sarutobi's rise to power, they had sat in the position of Hokage advisor for decades. Having experienced so many storms, their strength was not great but they could stand firm, and their abilities were considered remarkable.
But facing the current predicament, they couldn't think of a single solution!
The imposing manner of interrogating Haruno Sakura just now was long gone. In front of such a strong Ice Style girl, where could they get an aura from! Now everyone was paying attention to those dirty things Danzo did. Maybe they even wanted to applaud Haruno Sakura for cleaning up a few Root scums. Who cared about the moral flaw that she killed ninja of the same village?
To reverse the situation, first, they had to seize the initiative of the scene, and first, they had to save the disgraceful Danzo!
Koharu Utatane's lips moved, murmuring, wanting to speak. She looked up and saw Tsunade looking at her with a faint smile.
Her heart suddenly went cold.
Yes! The Hokage advisor suddenly realized.
This world, where war could break out at any time, ultimately respected power. Even if you have thousands of conspiracies, interlocking with each other, plotting people to death without paying for your life, so what? Haruno Sakura doesn't need to take your moves at all. She directly flips your trap-filled table, pulls Danzo over and slaps him twice, then sets up a new table in front of you. What can you do?
Want to turn the tables? Want to save Danzo first?
Do you have the strength?
Koharu Utatane first looked at her aging self, then at Homura Mitokado with similarly white hair on his temples, and shook her head. The two of them combined in their prime probably couldn't beat Haruno Sakura, let alone now that they hadn't been on the front line for many years and their skills had long deteriorated.
Looking at the few Konoha middle-level managers who supported them.
Each one was looking at their nose, nose at their heart, pretending to be meditating old monks, not daring to have even a bit of eye contact with her.
Are you kidding! Don't be fooled by her small size and slender, cute appearance. That is a fierce person who chopped Hoshigakure Kisame with a few punches and knives, and then forced Uchiha Itachi to retreat! Rushing up to fight her, maybe she would turn into a muscular man eight feet tall with an eight-foot waist circumference at any time, and smash their chests with a small punch!
As for the neutrals... they couldn't be counted on even more.
Koharu Utatane's heart grew colder and colder.
Yeah, why would strong people play these ghostly tricks? Tsunade could squeeze a few old guys speechless just by using open and aboveboard strategies!
The few people blinded by profit were really going to suffer a big fall this time.
They were just afraid of Haruno Sakura's increasingly inflated strength, worried that the power of the Hokage faction would continue to expand with the growth of Sakura and others, and had no way to block this majestic trend, so they thought about engaging in some conspiracies and tricks.
Unfortunately, they picked the wrong target.
Can't be helped, who told them to like presupposing that Haruno Sakura was the kind of person like Hatake Sakumo who was forced to death by rumors? Just like the Japanese back then presupposed that the US wouldn't fight back after being hurt but would negotiate peace with them... a subtle inheritance.
"It seems Lord Danzo has nothing to say," Haruno Sakura sneered and said slowly.
Danzo Shimura had fallen completely silent.
He had nothing to say, and nothing he wanted to say.
Haruno Sakura didn't care either, lifted him aside, and turned to look at the two advisors.
"So, Advisor Koharu Utatane-sama, and Advisor Homura Mitokado-sama—"
Being stared at by those pure and clear light green eyes, Koharu's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and her whole body trembled. She was really worried that this bold girl would suddenly take action, hang her up too, and humiliate her like she treated Danzo!
Sakura noticed her movement, a sudden smile appeared on her face, and her finger moved abruptly—
Koharu and Homura really jumped up: "Stop, Haruno Sakura!"
However, Haruno Sakura just rubbed her wrist.
"Calm down, two Hokage advisors," the corner of the girl's mouth curled up in a faint smile, looking at the two with full mockery, "I just wanted to ask..."
"Are you two satisfied with my answer?"
Koharu Utatane's chest heaved unsteadily, anger accumulating unable to vent. She could only exchange a glance with Homura Mitokado and said stiffly: "This old woman has no opinion."
Koharu Utatane lowered her head.
But the deep, abyss-like chakra aura on the girl did not dissipate with Koharu's bowing head, but became even more intense!
"Is that so?" Haruno Sakura continued to press, her tone becoming sweeter and sweeter, making Koharu's hair stand on end even more, "But, I still have a question."
She wasn't satisfied yet. Pitting Danzo wasn't enough; Haruno Sakura wanted to pursue the victory!
"Two Hokage Advisor-samas, why would you listen to the words of a scum with a notorious record, rely on an autopsy report, and come to question me, Haruno Sakura, instead of clearing up the obvious suspicious points first?"
Thought admitting defeat could dodge the bullet?
Big mistake. How could Haruno Sakura let them go so easily!
This move.
Checkmate!
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