Chapter 193 Destroyed
In the end, Danzo almost fled under the mocking look of Sarutobi Hiruzen.
His anxiety almost reached its peak at this moment!
Without having time to continue exchanging insults with Sarutobi Hiruzen, he slammed the door and rushed impatiently to the Root base outside the village.
Before leaving, he slammed the door of the Ninja School principal's office shut with a loud bang.
Naruto, regret, slam the door, bang!
Although the version has changed, the core elements have miraculously remained authentic.
Not long after, Danzo arrived at the Root base.
This base was built deep in the forest outside Konoha Village.
There is only a watchtower and a few buildings above the surface, but there is actually a very wide multi-story space beneath the ground, which is fully equipped and hides countless secrets.
In the past, there would be at least thirty Root ninjas stationed here, as well as many researchers and logistics personnel. The entire base was bustling and self-contained, forming a solid foundation for the Root!
But now, when Danzo returned to the base after a long absence, he found that the electricity was cut off as soon as he entered the underground!
As he looked down, he became more and more frightened.
Many rooms were locked with sealing techniques. Even in those unlocked rooms, one could tell after entering that no one had been there for a long time, and a stale smell filled the air.
"how so?!"
It was not until he had watched the underground base for three minutes that Danzo heard any movement.
"Who?!"
He instantly arrived at the entrance of the base and grabbed the throat of a ninja who had trespassed!
The new arm that Black Zetsu secretly provided him with burst out with amazing power at this moment, and in an instant it made the visitor breathless.
Until the man trembled and said, "Master Danzo, it's me! My code name is Pu!"
Danzo then let go of his hand in shock.
"Pu? How did you become like this? Where's your mask?"
After Pu was released, he immediately started coughing violently. His cough was heart-wrenching and he spoke bitterly.
"Master Danzo, the Root is dead in name only. There is no need for us to wear masks now."
Danzo looked at Pu's empty right sleeve and could not say a word of blame for a moment. He could only say in a deep voice, "What happened during the time I was unconscious? Tell me in detail!"
Pu coughed for a long time before recovering, and then explained to Danzo what happened after he fell into a coma.
At first, when Danzo first fell, the roots still retained a certain cohesion.
At the same time, because of Sarutobi Hiruzen's secret care, Utane Koharu and Mito Kado En temporarily acted as the commanders of the Root, keeping the organization's organization intact.
Although commanders on the front lines were already competing for people at that time, the foundation was still there.
until--
"Later, rumors of 'Tsunade-sama betraying Konoha' emerged, and the pressure from public opinion was so great that the Third Hokage was forced to resign."
As soon as Pu finished speaking, Danzo couldn't help but interrupt him in a harsh voice.
"How is this possible? How could Tsunade abandon the village?
Besides, aren't we the best at dealing with rumors and public opinion?"
Pu was also an old man in the Root Department, and of course he knew about the great achievements that the Root Department had made in this regard in the past, but at this moment he could only smile bitterly.
"Master Danzo, we later found out that the Akatsuki organization from the Rain Country was behind that incident. We...we really can't handle them."
When Danzo heard the name "Akatsuki" again, his right eye and right arm began to ache again.
"Damn Akatsuki! What happened next? Hiruzen resigned, but doesn't he still have Orochimaru?"
"Master Danzo, the first one to recruit our Root members was Master Orochimaru who was at the front line..."
Tuan Zangqi's eyes were bloodshot.
But he still didn't give up.
"What about the others? How many people in our Root can Orochimaru take away? Other commanders wouldn't dare to touch my people, right? Someone like Minato Namikaze would definitely not dare!" Danzo said this in a decisive tone, as if he saw through Minato Namikaze's character.
But Pu's next words only made his heart attack worse.
"Minato Namikaze did hold back at first, but ever since Akatsuki officially joined the war, the pressure on the war in the north has been growing day by day.
Later, Lord Minato suffered a loss at the hands of the Akatsuki organization, and from then on he completely let go of his scruples and forcibly conscripted all our men in the north. Those who were unwilling to accept the conscription soon died on the battlefield.
That is when the roots almost ceased to exist in name only.”
When Danzo heard this, he was so angry that his whole body was shaking.
"Akatsuki! Akatsuki! Why are they all Akatsuki?!
It's just a ninja organization from a small country. With my fall, how bad has Konoha become? They were forced to this point by a group of ninjas from a small country. They are such a waste!"
After hearing this, Pu couldn't help but slander in his heart: How dare you say that? Weren't you yourself almost killed by the Akatsuki organization in the Rain Country?
But he didn't dare to show any expression on his face. He still kept his head down and half-knelt on the ground respectfully in front of Danzo.
Danzo said angrily, "What else has this Akatsuki organization done?! They can't have won the Ninja World War?"
Danzo was just speaking in anger.
But the next moment, Pu raised his head and asked back with a serious look on his face.
"Master Danzo, so you already knew?"
"Uh?"
At that moment, Danzo was like a chicken with its neck strangled. He clucked for a long time but couldn't utter a word.
After a long while, he widened his eyes and asked, "What did you say?!"
Pu had no choice but to continue explaining patiently, "Later, the Akatsuki organization did win. At the Kannabi Bridge, they conspired with the Iwagakure to ambush us, causing us to return with a great defeat.
It is said that in the middle of the battle, the leader of the Akatsuki organization took the time to kill the elderly Uchiha Madara.
It was from then on that the village issued the highest level of war mobilization order, and the last few members of the Root remaining in the village were forcibly sent to the front line.
Now I'm afraid... they have all become subordinates of the commanders on the front line."
Looking back now, the entire process of root disintegration is traceable and progressive.
With Danzo down and Aburame Ryoma dead, the Root was leaderless, and had to hand over the helm to the two incompetent elders, Utane Koharu and Mitokado En, who simply couldn't hold up to the power they once had;
Afterwards, Orochimaru opened the first opening, intercepted the Root personnel, and kept them for his own use;
Later, Shiba Kiyokawa exerted tremendous pressure on Konoha from the outside.
Under heavy pressure, other commanders quickly began to follow suit, especially Minato Namikaze, who was forced from being a warm sun to a scorching sun in a direct dialogue with the Akatsuki organization!
As a result, the root of the country, which had no one to support it, once again became the fat meat to be divided up by everyone, and both intelligence personnel and combat personnel were wiped out.
After that, the Battle of Kannabi Bridge came, and Konoha was defeated and seriously damaged.
At the most tense moment, all the ninjas in the village who were still able to fight were urgently sent to the front line!
At the critical moment, although Sarutobi Hiruzen did not go to the front line himself, he sold the roots of his old partner without hesitation.
At this point, the roots are completely dead in name only.
Even though the base is still there, the data is still there, and the real estate is still there.
But the most important person is gone, and everything is in vain.
After learning about all the recent developments, Danzo Shimura tightly clenched the top of the cane in his hand.
Now he finally understood why Sarutobi Hiruzen had asked him if he regretted it!
Although Akatsuki did not take direct action in all these incidents, the influence of the external Akatsuki organization was behind every change and turn!
In the original work, Danzo went into hiding after Yahiko's death, and Nagato later only avenged Hanzo of the Salamander.
But now in this world line, Danzo finally tasted the bitter fruit of provoking the Akatsuki organization!
All the hard work of his first half of life was destroyed in an instant!
(End of this chapter)
