Chapter 239: Light and Darkness

"Hehehe... Young people are just impatient..."

Danzo chuckled softly. This was the base of Root, his lair, surrounded by so many elite ninja guards. Even if the enemy was Scarlet Yu, he wasn't worried about his safety.

"All along, I think you've misunderstood my approach and Root's style of operation, which is why things have evolved into the situation we're facing today."

"Emotions breed hatred, hatred leads to war. Root is an underground organization..."

After organizing his thoughts for a moment, Danzo continued to speak, staring at Yu in front of him. "And Sarutobi is the Hokage of Konoha. He must stand before everyone with that powerful image, but the ninja world has two sides, there is light and there is darkness..."

"With a Hokage like Sarutobi guarding Konoha openly, there will inevitably be organizations like ours, Root, sacrificing and working in the shadows. It's precisely because of this that Konoha can maintain a delicate balance and become the most powerful ninja village in the current shinobi world."

"So what?"

Listening to Danzo's lengthy discourse, a cold smile played on Yu's lips. If one hadn't watched the anime, if one hadn't personally experienced what kind of treacherous character Danzo was, perhaps today would have been deceived by his words.

"So we are the roots supporting the towering tree of Konoha. Only through our sacrifices will this great tree of Konoha thrive. We are the shadows secretly guarding Konoha... Can you understand it this way?"

After saying this, Danzo fixed his gaze on Yu's face, seemingly wanting to see his reaction.

"The shadows secretly guarding Konoha? Hahahaha!!"

Listening silently to Danzo's words, Yu couldn't help but burst into laughter, covering his forehead.

Seeing Yu's laughter, Danzo's expression finally turned cold. He began to feel a sense of his own values being trampled upon.

"Although I've never had much admiration for the bright and positive image of the Hokage..."

After a long while, Yu's laughter finally subsided, and his gaze towards Danzo was filled with disgust and mockery. "But to elevate actions such as secretly harming fellow comrades, persecuting and threatening the innocent to the level of protecting Konoha, I must say..."

"Danzo, you truly are a cancer in the ninja world."

The Uchiha Clan coup incident that occurred previously was orchestrated entirely by Danzo. While it's true that the Uchiha Clan had thoughts of initiating a coup, Danzo never considered resolving it through other means because from the outset, he wanted to eradicate the Uchiha Clan. He had been scheming to acquire the power of the Sharingan.

In the original storyline, Uchiha Shisui could have used his Kotoamatsukami to change the thoughts of his clan members who wanted to initiate the coup. However, Danzo intervened forcefully, conspiring to strip Shisui of one of his Sharingan, directly leading to the irreparable destruction of the Uchiha Clan.

Is this also for the sake of Konoha, for the sake of peace?

And those disgusting Senju Hashirama cells in his body, he collaborated with that madman Orochimaru, deriving results from countless evil human experiments.

"It seems our perspectives cannot be reconciled..."

"Mediocre people always fail to see the essence of things. Even you, known as Scarlet Yu, cannot avoid it. I am truly disappointed."

Sensing the evident look of disgust in Yu's eyes, Danzo shook his head with a tone tinged with regret. "In the end, young talents always tend to yearn for the light... There have been many geniuses in the past, like the Fourth Hokage..."

"It's because he couldn't accept our way of silently guarding Konoha that he chose to stand in the forefront like Sarutobi... Perhaps, it's also because of this, he sacrificed himself so early..."

As he spoke, Danzo reached out and unraveled the white bandages that had been wrapped around his right eye, revealing a bloody Sharingan.

"It's truly regrettable... our pleasant conversation ends here..."

Not only that, under the protection of numerous ninja guards around him, Danzo slowly unsealed the shinobi tools on his right hand, revealing a pale arm that was clearly asymmetrical to his skin tone, with two more Sharingan embedded on it!

The Wood Release cells of the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama?!

Seeing Danzo unseal his right arm, Yu furrowed his brows. Could it be that Orochimaru had already handed over this research result to him in advance?

"Where did you get those Sharingan?!"

What truly surprised Yu wasn't this; Danzo had installed Sharingan in his right eye a long time ago, as evidenced by the anime when he used Izanagi to ambush Shisui.

But the fact that he suppressed the Uchiha Clan's coup, preventing their uprising, and the fact that their extermination plan hadn't even begun, raised the question: where did the Sharingan on this guy's arm come from?

"You seem quite surprised..."

Taking note of the surprise in Yu's eyes, Danzo seemed to display a triumphant expression. "Even if I tell you, it doesn't matter... These are the eyes of my former teammate from my youth—Uchiha Kagami."

Uchiha Kagami?!

Upon hearing this, Yu's expression froze. Uchiha Kagami was Shisui's grandfather, one of the six disciples of the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, and a former teammate of Third and Danzo when they were young. He had saved Danzo on the battlefield more than once, yet Danzo had taken his Sharingan?

"I see, even the eyes of comrades are fair game..."

Hearing Danzo's explanation, Yu sneered with disdain in his eyes. "So this is what you call silently guarding Konoha in the shadows? Haha... It's truly sickening!"

As the words fell, Yu's hands began to swiftly form seals, fearing he might vomit if he listened to Danzo any longer.

"It's Water Release seals! Everyone, get ready!!"

True to the experience of a Kage-level ninja who had been through countless battles, utilizing the excellent dynamic vision of his Sharingan in his right eye, Danzo quickly perceived the Ninjutsu that Yu was about to unleash from his rapid hand seals.

"Water Release: Water Dragon Biting Explosion!!"

In the blink of an eye, the S-rank, super-powered Water Release Ninjutsu directly altered the environment of this underground space. Suddenly, behind Yu, a massive surge of water emerged out of nowhere, quickly forming into a roaring, rampaging water dragon that surged towards Danzo and the numerous Root Ninja in front of him!

"Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!!"

Under Danzo's command, a dozen well-trained Earth Release Ninja beside him swiftly formed hand seals together, releasing layers of rapidly rising earth walls from the ground.

Earth Release counters Water Release, and now, with all of them located in Root's underground base, the Earth Release Ninjutsu they employed clearly held the advantage.

"Ahhhh!!"

However, reality defied everyone's expectations. Along with a series of screams, the S-rank Water Release unleashed by Yu directly shattered the earth walls simultaneously erected by the dozen Earth Release Ninja!

With undiminished momentum, the raging water dragon erupted with ferocious lightning, instantly engulfing all the dozen Earth Release Ninja in front of them, directly taking away their lives!

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