Misdeeds

Disregarding Danzo casually, Satoru shifted his gaze to the cluttered secret room, his eyes scanning and seeing various scrolls scattered on the floor.

"Look at what this person has done..." He said to himself, slowly walking towards the scrolls, then picking one up and unfolding it.

As he slowly grasped its contents, his eyes grew darker.

"This person..."

It turns out Danzo was secretly funding Orochimaru and conducting secret experiments on humans.

The scroll detailed the start time, location, and what was referred to as the "research results" of each experiment.

After reading it, Satoru couldn't help but feel angry.

He dropped the scroll and picked up another one. As expected, this scroll also documented the heinous acts Danzo had done in Konoha.

Each note was intolerable. Satoru frowned, feeling deeply angered by Danzo's evil deeds.

He chuckled softly and shifted his gaze to Danzo, who had lost his breath of life, "You truly deserve to die."

Satoru continued to search the secret room; he wanted to find more evidence to expose Danzo's crimes.

Finally, his eyes landed on a large scroll.

"What's this?"

He examined it closely with curiosity and saw several large characters written on the scroll.

Scroll of Seals.

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Hiruzen was sitting at home, flipping through the scrolls of information he had gathered over the past few days.

When his eyes fell on the line "Orochimaru has defected to Konoha." a complex mix of emotions flashed across his eyes.

It was a feeling of regret as a master and concern for the village.

Hiruzen's heart grew heavy: "I didn't expect Minato to act so decisively when he took over as Hokage. If I were still in office..."

However, this was just a fleeting thought in his mind, soon overshadowed by deeper thoughts.

Could he attack Orochimaru?

The disciple he once regarded with pride and hope, the student he carefully nurtured as his successor. In his mind, Orochimaru had crossed the line between teacher and student and become another child in his life.

Now, the child he once took pride in had chosen the path of defection, undoubtedly the biggest blow to him as a teacher.

Hiruzen knew that this was not only Orochimaru's personal choice but also made him doubt his own teaching methods, asking himself: "What did I not do well enough?"

"I let my student take this path."

Hiruzen shook his head and continued to flip through his information. However, the contents of a particular page made him suddenly stop his fingers and focus his gaze on those words.

"Shimura Danzo is suspected to be murdered, and many clues have been found in his secret room. It has been confirmed that he collaborated with Orochimaru to conduct secret experiments and abduct genin, chunin, ANBU, and people from villages around Konoha. Sixty babies, many young children were found in Root, and they are suspected to be secretly trained to become willing-to-die soldiers in Root."

Hiruzen was shocked and unable to express it in words.

Danzo, his old friend who had gone through thick and thin, was actually murdered?

Furthermore, Danzo actually had a secret collaboration with Orochimaru?

Hiruzen tried to calm the surprise in his heart.

"Shimura Danzo is now stripped of all his rights in Konoha, and all his information is released."

He muttered these words in a low voice, but his heart was in turmoil.

Hiruzen was extremely shocked; he knew that Danzo had taken certain actions behind his back, but he never expected those actions to be so serious as to reach this point.

Danzo's behavior and death not only broke Hiruzen's heart but also made him realize that the friendship that once trusted each other had turned into irreparable regret.

Although Danzo had passed away, Minato still firmly expelled him from Konoha, which meant Danzo would completely lose his former glory and reputation.

Hiruzen stared at the sunlight outside the window and smiled bitterly: "Minato is so ruthless."

However, he also understood that as Hokage, Minato had to maintain peace and justice in Konoha and could not tolerate betrayal or compromise.

Hiruzen said to himself: "Where there is light, there is always shadow. I am the light of Konoha, and you become the Root entrenched in the darkness of Konoha."

"But... your ideas were wrong." He said softly.

He knew that the future of Konoha needed to be led by brighter and truer forces, and Danzo's shadow would be no more.

Finally, Hiruzen prayed in his heart.

"I hope when you go to the other world, you can acknowledge your mistakes to Sensei."

Thinking about this, Hiruzen frowned slightly.

The Root, as Danzo's most secret and important place, must be maintained and guarded strictly.

Who could sneak in and kill Danzo quietly?

He thought hard.

Years of experience told him that this issue was not simple at all. Images began to emerge in his mind, each closely related to his memories.

Suddenly a figure appeared in his mind.

"Amegakure..."

Hiruzen whispered to himself, sharp light shining in his eyes.

However, he quickly shook his head and dismissed the thought from his mind.

"I am very old, and it's easy to think too much. I'm no longer Hokage, why do I think too much." Hiruzen muttered to himself, with an expression of helplessness.

A silver strand of hair floated peacefully among his black hair.

He looked up and saw the sunlight outside the window, just right, and a small butterfly dancing in the sunlight.

The butterfly had a pair of wings as blue as the sky, its dance light and graceful.

Hiruzen watched it, doubts and confusion gradually fading from his heart, replaced by a kind of peace.

"It's so beautiful..."

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In the flow of history, each page is like a living scroll, bringing joy and sorrow.

But as if on the other side, a beautiful butterfly quietly spread its wings, gently flipping through the pages of history with its graceful dance, and continues to rewrite the path of destiny.