Part Time Employee in Konoha

Chapter 367: Extra: Danzo: Goods News! Sasuke is Obedient! Bad News! Sasuke only listens to Me!

Sizzle!

The sound of the Chidori was sharp and piercing!

As the Chidori in Uchiha Sasuke's hand pierced through Shimura Danzo's body, Danzo instantly died, as if this elderly man had been killed by Sasuke.

Sasuke raised his eyes, looking at Danzo's lifeless body, and casually displayed a hint of disdain.

The course of this battle...

...was exactly as Sasuke had anticipated.

The course of this battle...

...was also exactly as Danzo had anticipated.

At the moment of Danzo's death, the ultimate genjutsu Izanagi, which can turn any unfavorable event into a dream, was activated!

In his right eye, the three-tomoe Sharingan had transformed into the bizarre Mangekyo Sharingan of Kotoamatsukami, instantly reflecting in Sasuke's eyes!

"As expected..."

"Everything is within my grasp..."

Danzo, seeing Sasuke standing rigidly, clasped his hands and slowly picked up his sealing vessel, carefully sealing his right arm again.

"Just like Uchiha Shisui in the past..."

Danzo, with an impassive expression, rewrapped the bandages on his head, disregarding Sasuke's threat: "You Uchihas are always so arrogant..."

"Yes."

The red in Sasuke's eyes faded.

This black-haired boy, seemingly subdued by Kotoamatsukami, sheathed his ninja sword lightly, with everything under his control.

When he cornered Danzo, he also gave Danzo an opportunity to use Kotoamatsukami on him, which should earn Danzo's trust.

"In the future..."

"You will be one of Root's members..."

Danzo, satisfied with Sasuke's calm demeanor, softly instructed: "After the Chunin Exams, I will officially transfer you to Root. In the meantime, A and B will be responsible for contacting you. They are your subordinates..."

Now...

is not the right time.

Due to Sarutobi Hiruzen's restrictions, Danzo cannot act openly. Only after he and Orochimaru conspire to assassinate Hiruzen can his two old advisors lift the restrictions on him, allowing him to realize his grand plans...

"Yes."

Sasuke bowed his head slightly, hiding his gaze.

"..."

Danzo, seeing Sasuke's respectful demeanor, felt even more pleased, believing everything was within his control.

However...

Danzo's happiness was premature.

Two Root ninjas wearing animal masks jumped out from the shadows, standing behind Sasuke, and greeted him.

"Uchiha Sasuke, from now on we..."

Clang!

Sasuke's figure instantly passed through one of the speakers, his ninja sword slashing the Root ninja's throat, with blood splattering!

"..."

Danzo's eyes were shocked!

What...

What's going on?

Wasn't this guy already under Kotoamatsukami?

As Danzo's heart filled with vigilance, worried that Sasuke might attack him, he heard Sasuke speak.

"Who allowed you to call my name?"

Looking at the fallen body, Sasuke coldly said: "I only obey Danzo-sama's orders. Who do you think you are to call me by my name?"

"Hmm?"

Danzo frowned.

Kotoamatsukami...

did not turn Sasuke into a mere dog!

His genjutsu only made Sasuke loyal to him, still a wolf baring its fangs outward, ready to devour anyone at any moment!

But...

What can he do?

Can he kill this human weapon over such a small matter?

Danzo felt conflicted, frowning as he advised: "Uchiha Sasuke, do not kill your comrades recklessly..."

"Yes, Danzo-sama."

Sasuke immediately complied.

"Hmm."

Danzo slowly nodded, looking at Sasuke: "Tell me, what is the ability of your Sharingan?"

"Land of Sumeru."

Sasuke unhesitatingly revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan ability: "The left eye's ability allows me to fix a space, and the right eye's ability allows me to instantly travel to that space..."

There's no choice.

This must be said honestly.

Because this old fox Danzo might ask for a demonstration.

However...

Mangekyo Sharingan abilities are not a big deal...

For Sasuke, his Mangekyo Sharingan ability is similar to other space-time techniques, as he possesses many space-time techniques!

Danzo seemed a bit dissatisfied, not with Sasuke's ability, but because it required both eyes to be effective. To use Sasuke's ability in the future, he would need to transplant both of Sasuke's eyes, which might arouse suspicion in Konoha...

Never mind.

This can wait.

Having Sasuke under his control, he will use this boy to implement his plans step by step; future matters can be dealt with later...

The only troublesome thing is...

Sasuke's rebellious nature...

He is only slightly submissive in front of his master.

If Root's ninjas behave recklessly in front of Sasuke, he might still kill them, so Danzo needs to come up with a good solution...

It seems...

In the future, this boy must be made his personal guard!

Danzo trusted Sasuke's power, as a loyal Mangekyo Sharingan user is the safest bet!

But...

Everything must wait until the Chunin Exams end.

Fortunately...

The wait is not too long...

Danzo looked towards Konoha village, watching the sunset, his eyes narrowed slightly. The setting sun will soon bring a new dawn...

No need to rush...

He has endured long enough.

A new era is about to begin.

"..."

Sasuke glanced at Danzo standing in front of him, nonchalantly putting his hands in his pockets, not in a hurry.

Everything...

is finally on track!

Once the Chunin Exams end, he will find a suitable rival within Root to start his plan, needing to find someone to compete for Root's future leadership, and start openly taking over Root from Danzo!

Only Root...

can let him operate in the shadows!

Because all future problems can be blamed on Danzo!

The opportunity came quickly.

Sasuke soon identified a suitable person.

Due to Sasuke's casual killing, Danzo carefully selected a suitable contact person within Root, choosing a boy ninja named Sai, the same age as Sasuke, to contact him during this period.

"..."

Sasuke was somewhat surprised to see Sai.

In the real world, he had seen Sai, who pretended to like Akihara Kagura and hoped to join Kagura's Root...

If not for seeing Sai, Sasuke might have forgotten that this guy was once his competitor, though Kagura didn't care about Sai, not recruiting him into Root, allowing him a peaceful life in Konoha.

"Sasuke-kun..."

Sai smiled humbly upon seeing Sasuke: "Danzo-sama assigned me to contact you during this period."

"Hmm?"

Sasuke raised Sai's chin with his sword scabbard: "We are the same age, I heard Danzo-sama is old, are you the carefully chosen successor?"

"..."

Sai looked puzzled.

What...does that mean?

Am I Danzo's successor?

"It doesn't matter."

"From today, you are not."

Sasuke disdainfully looked at Sai, his killing intent paralyzing Sai: "I will inherit Danzo-sama's will, don't compete for what I want..."

"Of course...I wouldn't dare."

Sai felt uneasy.

This peer...

has such a strong killing intent!

And...

What am I competing for?

How could I dare to compete with Uchiha Sasuke!

Though Sai was curious why Danzo chose him as a successor, Sasuke clearly cared about the position!

The Root ninjas were very afraid of Uchiha Sasuke, believing that he was a killing machine just like his brother, Uchiha Itachi!

No, they thought he had even more murderous intent than Uchiha Itachi, who wouldn't kill someone over a single word!

"That's just perfect..."

Uchiha Sasuke placed a hand on Sai's shoulder and spoke slowly, "I hope we can work well together. Once I inherit Danzo-sama's will, I'll allow you to stand by my side as my strongest aide..."

"Yes..."

Sai could only lower his head slowly.

This mission...

seemed to be more troublesome than he had imagined.

Sai thought he only needed to seriously carry out the task of delivering orders, but he quickly realized that even this task was beyond him...

because...

Uchiha Sasuke didn't trust him.

Uchiha Sasuke believed that all the orders Sai delivered were fake!

Uchiha Sasuke had Sai relay intelligence that he had found Orochimaru's tracks and requested Danzo to send people to help him kill Orochimaru.

Obviously.

This request shocked Danzo.

If his subordinates and his allies started fighting, it would be like harming his own arm. Orochimaru was here to help him kill Sarutobi Hiruzen. Danzo could only order Sai to convey the message that Uchiha Sasuke should not concern himself with Orochimaru.

However...

Uchiha Sasuke thought this was a lie!

"No..."

"This is really what Danzo-sama said..."

Sai was frightened by Uchiha Sasuke's state and instantly retreated, not daring to get too close: "Danzo-sama's order is for Sasuke-kun to train diligently during this period. Danzo-sama will handle Orochimaru's trouble himself!"

"I only believe orders delivered directly by Danzo-sama!"

Uchiha Sasuke raised his hand, and a Chidori Senbon pierced through Sai's shoulder. His voice was cold: "You bastard... Are you falsely delivering Danzo-sama's orders to compete with me for Danzo-sama's successor position?"

"I did not falsely deliver orders..."

Sai's heart was racing, feeling Uchiha Sasuke's murderous intent. He could only cling tightly to his secret technique scroll, declaring he had no intention of competing: "I also have no intention of fighting Sasuke-kun for the future leadership of Root..."

However...

It was pointless no matter how far away he was.

The wind gradually stopped, and Sai felt the air around him stilling.

In the next moment!

Uchiha Sasuke's figure appeared beside Sai as if he had crossed space. He pressed tightly on the wound pierced by Chidori Senbon, his voice icy: "You think you can slander me in front of Danzo-sama just because you are close to him?"

"I... dare not..."

Sai's heart skipped a beat.

He had a gut feeling that he might be killed by Uchiha Sasuke at any moment, like an insect being crushed!

Obviously...

It was just a liaison mission...

Why was it so dangerous to carry it out?

After receiving Sai's report, Danzo felt a bit complicated. On one hand, he was amazed at the terrifying power of the Kotoamatsukami eye technique, and on the other hand, he lamented the trouble of this technique...

It was a strangely pleasant complexity...

That little kid Uchiha Sasuke, under the illusion of Kotoamatsukami, would only believe orders delivered directly by him, meaning the kid would always be loyal to him!

Fine.

Let him come here...

No...

I should go myself!

Danzo was in a good mood and didn't want Uchiha Sasuke to frequent the Root base, lest Sarutobi Hiruzen's Anbu notice.

In the future...

If I want to make good use of Uchiha Sasuke, he can only serve as my personal guard, as the kid only listens to orders directly from me...

After Danzo personally conveyed the order to ignore Orochimaru, Uchiha Sasuke respectfully agreed, watching Danzo leave.

"Sasuke-kun."

Yakushi Kabuto emerged from the shadows and spoke softly, "I don't know how, but you seem to have achieved your goal. Danzo appears to trust you very much..."

"Hmph, it's not enough for us."

Uchiha Sasuke snorted, his previous respect gone, replaced by Uchiha arrogance: "Now the troublesome question is, how to get control of his Root..."

"It should be soon, right?"

Kabuto's lips curved into a smile as he brought up what he had been busy with recently: "Orochimaru-sama has killed the Fourth Kazekage Rasa of the Sand Village. The real Konoha Crush Plan will soon be enacted..."

"Once the Third Hokage is killed by Orochimaru-sama..."

"Danzo will become the new Hokage..."

"Then, he should let you take over Root, right?"

"Although I don't quite understand why Sasuke-kun is so obsessed with the position of Root leader..."

When Kabuto said this, a sudden realization struck him: "Sasuke-kun, could it be that you want to use this method to directly become a higher-ups figure in the village?"

"!!!"

Uchiha Sasuke suddenly thought of this!

Wait...

I seem to have found the reason why Akihara Kagura wanted to become the leader of Root!

In the real world, Akihara Kagura became the leader of Root at a very young age. Just based on age, he couldn't truly be part of the village's decision-making body, at most, he could only be a candidate for Hokage with the right to attend meetings!

However, once he became the leader of Root, Akihara Kagura controlled part of the power and immediately had the authority to assist the Hokage!

"Exactly."

Uchiha Sasuke immediately understood this.

However...

There was another matter worth his attention.

Uchiha Sasuke turned his head slightly and brought up what Kabuto had mentioned, asking for advice: "If I support Danzo to become Hokage and then succeed him as the leader of Root, and then expose his collusion with Orochimaru to kill the Third Hokage, making Danzo, who becomes Hokage, a traitor in the village, is this plan feasible?"

"Of course it is."

Kabuto pushed his glasses and spoke with a smile about Konoha's Hokage election principle: "However, the timing is tricky. After the Land of Fire Daimyo appoints Danzo as Hokage, to formally succeed as Hokage, Danzo still needs to pass a trust vote by the Jonin in the village. If we expose his collusion with Orochimaru-sama before the trust vote..."

"In this way..."

"Due to the Third Hokage's prestige, the Jonin trust vote will definitely not pass. Our Danzo-sama not only will fail to become Hokage but will also become a traitor hunted by everyone in Konoha just before realizing his dream of being Hokage..."

Kabuto looked at Uchiha Sasuke with some admiration: "Making an elder about to become Hokage a traitor sounds more interesting than Orochimaru-sama's Konoha Crush Plan..."

"Hmph..."

"Naturally..."

Uchiha Sasuke chuckled, his disdain for Orochimaru and Danzo obvious: "If their plan succeeds, it can just be used for our benefit. Unfortunately, time is too tight..."

Yes.

Time was too tight.

I came to this world too late.

To return everyone's fate to its proper path, Uchiha Sasuke could only choose the most brutal method to push the wheel of fate forward, achieving Danzo's demise in the shortest time possible!

I have to admit...

Although Uchiha Sasuke didn't know why Akihara Kagura forced Danzo to flee, thinking of the old guy who claimed loyalty to Konoha and dreamed of controlling it being driven out and becoming a traitor, Uchiha Sasuke felt a certain satisfaction!

"Sasuke-kun..."

Kabuto looked at the confident Uchiha Sasuke and helped him cover all bases: "If we do this, there's one more troublesome issue. Someone more suitable to be Hokage than Danzo has appeared in the village..."

"One of the Sannin, Jiraiya-sama, who once rivaled Orochimaru-sama, has arrived in Konoha and is teaching your teammate Uzumaki Naruto. Jiraiya-sama is more suitable to be Hokage than Danzo..."

"Don't worry."

"Jiraiya-sama won't want to be Hokage."

Uchiha Sasuke shook his head, recalling the path of Konoha's Hokage succession, and said in a deep voice: "If nothing unexpected happens, Jiraiya-sama will recommend another more suitable person, and there will be a brief vacancy for the Hokage position..."

"During this vacancy..."

"Let the old guy Danzo become Hokage and then send him off..."

"The only question is..."

"Have you mastered the Edo Tensei?"

Uchiha Sasuke looked at Kabuto beside him and asked softly: "After our plan is completed, can you help me revive some Uchiha, making it easier for us to control Root in the future..."

"This desecrates the souls of the dead..."

Kabuto frowned slightly, seemingly reluctant for Uchiha Sasuke to indulge in this: "Sasuke-kun, even if you want..."

"Just do it as a favor for me!"

Uchiha Sasuke interrupted Kabuto, his hand slowly touching his eye socket, speaking in a low voice: "I've received too much care from many people, perhaps making me overlook some things, so I never realized how much I've received..."

"If someone has indeed made mistakes..."

Uchiha Sasuke's voice became gloomy, as if he hadn't made up his mind: "There always needs to be someone to make amends. I must find a way to make things right…"