This bastard!
Shimura Danzo felt the anger rising uncontrollably in his chest!
This old man had always believed that he was forced to flee Konoha as a traitor due to Sarutobi Hiruzen's machinations, but it turned out to be the handiwork of this bastard Akihara Kagura!
"It was you..."
Shimura Danzo could no longer maintain his composure or reason, glaring at Akihara Kagura with a gloomy expression: "I became a traitorous ninja, all because of you..."
"That's right."
Akihara Kagura nodded, not denying what he had done, and sighed, "It was actually quite troublesome to achieve this. To allow Lord Danzo to leave Konoha and live pleasantly outside, I mobilized quite a few people..."
"Not only did I have to frame you in front of the Hokage, but also pin the blame on the Hokage in front of you. The most troublesome part was preventing others from noticing anything..."
"Bastard..."
The veins on Shimura Danzo's forehead bulged with rage!
"Don't be angry."
Akihara Kagura hurriedly tried to calm the elderly man, fearing he might die on the spot from anger, "I was only thinking of what's best for Lord Danzo..."
Shimura Danzo gritted his teeth, glaring at Akihara Kagura, wanting to bite him to death on the spot: "Framing and forcing me to flee, and you call it thinking of my best interests?"
"But..."
Akihara Kagura gestured towards a group of Uchiha, continuing, "These people didn't even have the chance to escape when pushed to the brink..."
"The Uchiha were always an unstable element in the village..."
Shimura Danzo's eyes narrowed slightly, without hiding his disdain for the Uchiha: "They wanted to instigate a coup and rebel in Konoha, they were supposed to be dealt with..."
"You high-ranking officials forced it!"
An elderly Uchiha stood out, aged and having experienced much, "We abandoned Lord Madara and chose to stay in Konoha, only to find that the high-ranking officials tried every method to purge the Uchiha..."
"The Uchiha clan is inherently evil..."
Shimura Danzo resorted to the usual rhetoric.
"Really?"
Akihara Kagura glanced at the Uchiha group, seemingly curious about Shimura Danzo's claims: "They've been quite obedient in Root these past few years, doing whatever they're told, even framing you, and no one had any objections..."
Not only no objections, but they were rather enthusiastic.
The Uchiha clan had long held a deep hatred for Konoha's upper echelon, especially after hearing from Shisui about how Shimura Danzo and Uchiha Itachi annihilated the entire Uchiha clan!
However...
These Uchiha being obedient was true.
Perhaps due to Shisui's leadership, perhaps because they accepted Akihara Kagura's Sharingan, perhaps because they had no home and nowhere else to go, or perhaps because there was no hope elsewhere, only here could they find refuge, these Uchiha did not cause trouble.
Shimura Danzo ignored the elderly Uchiha and looked at Akihara Kagura with disdain: "The Uchiha clan is innately evil, and sooner or later, a dangerous figure like Uchiha Madara will emerge. Kagura, one day you will regret this..."
"Now I am the Root Leader."
Akihara Kagura opened his palm, a peculiar smile forming at the corner of his mouth, his eyes faintly revealing a striking crimson: "Lord Danzo, isn't it possible that I'm the dangerous figure akin to Uchiha Madara..."
"Akihara Kagura!"
Shimura Danzo looked at Akihara Kagura in disbelief!
All this time...
Akihara Kagura had never revealed his Sharingan!
At this moment...
This elderly man realized something even more terrifying!
Akihara Kagura had never revealed his Sharingan, and this guy possessed Uchiha genes; he was hiding much more than Danzo had imagined!
Shimura Danzo was even more terrified because what Akihara Kagura said was true, as he really was a dangerous individual like Uchiha Madara, even more dangerous since Akihara Kagura not only had the Sharingan bloodline but also the power of the First Hokage!
The most terrifying thing...
Was Akihara Kagura's scheming!
How did this guy manage to withstand not using his Sharingan!
"It really is... unexpected for me..."
Shimura Danzo's fingers curled slowly into his palm, eyeing Akihara Kagura's scarlet eyes: "I never noticed that there was Uchiha blood within you... even Orochimaru wouldn't have discovered this, would he?"
"Of course."
Akihara Kagura nodded, then chuckled softly and shook his head, "But, Lord Danzo, I've actually used the Sharingan in front of you."
"..."
Shimura Danzo frowned, deep in thought.
When...
Did he not notice? Impossible; he was keenly sensitive to the Sharingan, impossible not to have noticed!
"When?"
Shimura Danzo's brow furrowed, unable to recall: "Did you cast Genjutsu on me when you used the Sharingan..."
"Yes..."
Akihara Kagura nodded as his eyes gradually transformed into a pair of peculiar Mangekyo Sharingan, chuckling lightly as he asked, "If there were no accidents, that should have been the most terrifying Genjutsu Lord Danzo ever experienced in his life, right? Does Lord Danzo have any memory of it?"
"At that time... it was you!"
Shimura Danzo looked at Akihara Kagura, suddenly remembering!
At that time, he had just set up his ambush, using Izanagi to take one of Uchiha Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan, only to fall into an extremely horrifying Genjutsu and lost the eye in that Genjutsu world!