Devil Fruit Seal in Naruto

Uchiha Raizen played a trick on Danzo and also threw dirt on Uchiha Itachi — killing two birds with one stone.

Besides, Uchiha Raizen noticed that the one who used the Mind Transfer Technique on his shadow clone seemed to be that shameless admirer, Yamanaka Ren.

Born from love but turned into hate — trying to get revenge on me?

Interesting.

A cold smile appeared on Uchiha Raizen's lips.

But these were just small matters. What he cared about most was how much money he gained from this trip.

Back home.

He opened the box eagerly.

The contents inside did not disappoint him.

The first thing he saw was stacks of cash stamped with the Land of Fire Bank seal and the Konoha symbol.

He roughly counted it — more than 120 million ryō.

Haha, I'm rich!

Damn Danzo really does have a lot of money!

Now I've saved enough to buy the Phoenix Fruit for my sister, and almost enough to buy the Soul Fruit for Inori.

Uchiha Raizen rubbed his hands excitedly. This adventure sneaking into the Root organization was totally worth it.

He took out all the money and piled it to the side, then continued looking through the box.

A wooden box caught his attention.

"This wooden box gives off a familiar aura. Could it be...?"

He opened the wooden box and thought to himself, "Just as I thought."

Inside the wooden box were two eyeballs—two Sharingan with three tomoe!

Back then, Danzo secretly worked with Orochimaru to research Hashirama's cells and successfully transplanted some into himself.

These Hashirama cells not only allowed Danzo to use Wood Release techniques but also made it so that when he used the Sharingan, he wouldn't suffer heavy strain like Kakashi did.

He could even withstand more than one Sharingan—he had eleven in total, including Shisui's Mangekyo!

You have to admit, the power of Hashirama's cells was ridiculously strong.

Uchiha Raizen guessed these two Sharingan hadn't yet been transplanted onto Danzo's right arm.

He carefully closed the wooden box and put it away safely.

As a pure Uchiha, these two Sharingan might be very useful to him in the future.

"This is..." Uchiha Raizen picked up another scroll and unrolled it. "A scroll recording Wood Release secret techniques. Hmm, it's powerful, but not really useful for me."

He put down the scroll.

The remaining items in the box included ninja files of Konoha's Anbu, backup records of secret missions, intelligence on other countries, and so on.

Uchiha Raizen looked but found nothing related to his sister, so he didn't pay it much attention.

He continued organizing his findings at home.

Elsewhere...

Losing face, Danzo stormed angrily into the Hokage's office.

"Hiruzen, we must deal harshly with the increasingly lawless Uchiha!"

As soon as he said that, he suddenly saw Uchiha Itachi in the office too, half-kneeling before Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Danzo's eyes widened, and he shouted angrily, "Uchiha Itachi, how dare you show your face before me!"

Itachi frowned slightly and calmly replied, "What do you mean by that, Lord Danzo?"

"Hmph, still playing dumb," Danzo sneered, raising his cane. "I'm going to arrest you and interrogate you severely!"

"Stop, Danzo. What crime did Itachi commit to make you this angry?" Sarutobi Hiruzen spoke up, stopping Danzo.

Danzo's eyes flickered. Of course, he wouldn't admit his own shame, so he gave a half-truth:

"Uchiha Itachi sneaked into the Root headquarters when I was away and stole the village's secret intelligence."

"What?" Sarutobi Hiruzen was shocked. "Danzo, you can't just make up lies like that!"

Danzo said, "I have surveillance footage. Members of Root can also testify."

Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned deeply.

He knew Danzo was not trustworthy and often did shady things. Danzo even sent people to assassinate him before.

But Hiruzen still tolerated Danzo and even promoted him to be the Hokage's assistant.

The reason he was so tolerant was for many reasons.

The most important reason was to better protect Konoha.

The three consecutive ninja wars had caused heavy losses to the village and made Sarutobi Hiruzen realize that Konoha needed not only light but also darkness.

When it came to handling the dark side, he admitted he was far less capable than Danzo.

As long as Danzo's actions were for the village, he could tolerate them—even if it meant being assassinated himself.

In fact, he understood why Danzo wanted to kill him.

After all, when Tobirama handed over the Hokage position to him, Danzo was right there.

Danzo was only one step away from becoming Hokage himself.

Over the years, Danzo's desire for the Hokage position grew stronger.

Seeing Hiruzen take the title for the second time after Minato's death must have frustrated him.

After the Nine-Tails incident, the village needed stability urgently.

To prevent unrest among the leaders, Hiruzen used the position of Hokage's assistant to appease Danzo.

Over these years, Danzo had indeed become a bit more obedient, except when it came to dealing with the Uchiha clan, where he was extremely harsh.

Shisui's death was probably connected to him as well.

Shisui was a descendant of their comrade, Uchiha Kagami!

No matter how much Hiruzen tried to overlook it, he was deeply unhappy about this.

Now that Danzo wanted to attack Itachi, Hiruzen took the chance to confront him.

So, Hiruzen said with a serious face, "Itachi came to me right after the Uchiha clan meeting and truthfully reported everything. When did he go to your Root headquarters?"

Danzo was stunned.

Itachi had been in the Hokage's office the whole time?

Then who was the person in the surveillance footage?

Danzo, always scheming, quickly realized he might have been tricked again and hated it deeply.

But he didn't want to lose face in front of Hiruzen, so he still spoke firmly:

"The Sharingan of the Uchiha clan is best at genjutsu, and Itachi is one of the best among them. If he secretly works with the Uchiha clan to deceive you, it would be very easy. Sarutobi, you can't be too naive..."

"Enough!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen stood up and interrupted sternly:

"Itachi has already told me the Uchiha clan's plans. He is a ninja who inherited the Will of Fire. Just like Kagami and Shisui, his loyalty is not in doubt!"

"Danzo, your actions now have gone far beyond your duties. Don't forget, I am the Hokage!"

Sarutobi is the Hokage, Hiruzen is the Hokage.

This sentence echoed like a curse in Danzo's mind.

He also remembered the mocking words written on the corpse: "You will never become Hokage."

Danzo's heart took a huge hit, like 9999 damage points.

His face twitched, he gripped his cane tightly, veins bulging on the back of his hand. Through clenched teeth, he said:

"Hiruzen, you will regret this!"

Then he left angrily.

Sarutobi Hiruzen sat back in the Hokage's chair and said to Uchiha Itachi:

"Itachi, don't mind him. Danzo only thinks about the village. You reported just now that the Uchiha clan hasn't given up on their coup idea. I already know. Please keep spying inside the Uchiha clan. I will find a way to solve the conflict between the Uchiha and the village soon."

"Yes, Hokage-sama."

Uchiha Itachi bowed and left.

Sarutobi Hiruzen leaned back tiredly, lit his pipe, and blew out a thick cloud of smoke.

He actually had no real solution for the conflict between the Uchiha and the village. All he could do was delay it as much as possible.

After all, the Uchiha problem had existed since the founding of Konoha.

"If Lord Tobirama were still alive, how would he handle the Uchiha?"

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