Naruto: The Hidden Protector

"It seems I have let my arrogance cloud my judgment. " Izanami muttered to herself as she read the files containing the list of actions Danzo had done for the last year. It also contained the latest letters he and Hruzen sent to each other.

Which also included the recent argument about the Police department. Apparently, the indecisive Hiruzen wanted Danzo to make a move and kill many Uchiha clan members so there would be a rebellion due to the unnatural deaths. This would allow Hiruzen to persuade the other clans to either detain the Uchiha or make them suffer some heavy losses so they would be reduced to a minor clan.

So even if a Uchiha wants to be a Hokage they would face many oppositions as they have no capital to hold that position. Although it is a bit radical it is quite effective. And what's more, this is the best he could do with his limited authority.

But Danzo resued due to obvious reasons. Although many Uchiha clan members go on missions more than usual for Danzo to kill even one of them he would need to sacrifice at least one of Root ninjas.

In the past, he wouldn't mind sacrificing one of his root ninjas as he could just openly abduct many more ninjas to fill their ranks. But now with his limited manpower, Danzo is very hesitant to even sacrifice one of them as who knew when he could recruit a strong ninja to his Root.

"It seems their roles are reversed " Izanami commented with a chuckle. In the past, it was Hriuzen who hesitated for everything while Danzo was decisive to the point of ignoring the consequences.

" But it doesn't matter. Now that I'm aware of their scheme I would never let these geezers do what they want. " Izanami said with a cold smile.

"Do you want me to send the kill order matriarch? " Nanami asked as she looked at her adopted mother with a bit of expectation.

Izanami was going to say yes when she suddenly thought of a brilliant plan. " hey Nanami we still have that bounty on Danzo's head right "

" Yes due to your orders we didn't close the bounty on his head, " Nanami said with a bit of puzzlement. ' What is she going to do now ' she wondered as she saw Izanami's smile growing wider.

"That's perfect, " Izanami said as she took her phone and sent a few messages. From today onwards dear Danzo would be on the run for his life to even care about

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The Land of Rain is a very special place in the ninja world. Not only is it famous for being the only place where it would constantly rain, the land of rain is geographically situated in the middle of three great ninja villages making it the battlefield for every Great Ninja war.

In the Second Great Ninja War, the entire war depended on the battles that happened in the Land of Rain.

Due to this, denizens of the Land of Rain live a life full of fear for outsiders and especially ninjas. Every time a ninja passed by they would hide in their houses and even wouldn't dare to breathe in fear they would be found.

But that is no more. With the recent changes that happened in the Land of Rain, the denizens managed to have a rare period of peace.

Previously Amegakure was under the control of the DemiGod Hanzo who in his youth had the ambition of elevating Amegakure as the new Six Great Ninja Village. But a few months ago this man died under the organization that would later terrorize the whole Ninja village Akatsuki.

Yes, Hanzo was killed by Nagato and Konon last year secretly. Maybe it was due to the fact Danzo's death was spread Nagato who was patiently gathering his forces made a hasty decision to take action against Hanzo earlier than the original timeline.

So due to this, the Land of Rain fell into his hands earlier than it was expected. This also meant that they began to force/ recruit their members earlier than it was supposed to be.

And of course, their first member is the old immortal money-loving grandpa Kakuzu who happily took the role of gathering funds for the organization. With his help, the Akatsuki organization slowly became famous over the ninja world as a mercenary organization.

"Hey Kakuzu I have some information that might interest you " Kakuzu who was happily counting his money was interrupted when a familiar voice talked to him.

Turning around he saw it was the manager of the black market branch he was at. Kakuzu reluctantly stopped his money-counting as he turned to that man. If it was someone else Kakuzu would either ignore or kill him.

But he didn't dare to neglect this man as he was in charge of this place. If he somehow provoked this man they may get banned by the whole black market. As a person who loves money more than anything this is something Kakuzu would never want.

"What is it Manager Wang, " Kakuzu asked in his hoarse voice.

Manager Wang was a middle-aged man who has squinted eyes, a long grey beard, and grey short hair. He wore an outfit that could be considered neither lavish nor poor. If we had to summarise him in a few words he could be considered your neighborhood uncle who has some very bad intentions.

Wang smiled and said, " I hear you joined a new organization these days "

Kakuzu narrowed his eyes but still replied, " Yes ". He wasn't surprised that this fox would know about this information. ' There Black Market knows everything ' is a saying bounty hunters learned over the years.

Their information network is more powerful than any ninja village could ever have. Their ways are so mysterious that no one ever heard of it. Even Kakuzu, who is considered an old monster, had no idea how wide their information network is.

" You see, a little birdy found some interesting information about this organization of yours. " Wang said as his smile grew.

" Not interested, " Kakuzu said flatly. He wasn't loyal enough to care about this.

" Oh even if this information is connected to a person who has a billion bounty on his head. " wang asked, still not losing his smile.

" A bounty" these two words caught Kakuzu's attention. Now he is interested.

"Yes but everything comes at a price, " Wang said as he made a money gesture with his hands.

'Greedy bastard ' Kakuzu wanted to curse at him for making him pay for the information after getting him this curious. " How much "he asked. If this costs too much then he would just forget it.

" I million Ryo and the premise that you must finish this job no matter what, " Wang said as he looked at Kakuzu seriously.

"Deal, "Kakuzu said after hesitating for a bit. Since the bounty is 1 billion it meant this is a very high profile target. So the bounty hunter would only get one chance at this. These missions are not rare as there are many missions like this in the black market. These missions are called death missions as failure meant death no matter what.

And Kakuzu is one of the few who usually take such missions due to them giving him high rewards.

"Here I'm sure your leader would be very interested in this information too. " Wang said as he took out a scroll from his sleeves and handed it to Kakuzu.

Kakuzu unfolded the scroll and read the contents. In the scroll, there was a bounty poster pasted at the top. And that photo is the most famous Darkness of Konoha Danzo Shimura.

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