Chapter 527 Danzo's Script Has Been Seen Through

The vast sea, boundless, Kanpū, who is in Taki's persona, and White Zetsu's clone are running fast on the sea surface. The two people are shaking their four hands in the sea breeze, free and unrestrained.

"Zetsu, didn't you say that we can rush back to the Land of Fire in half a day?"

Kanpū asked while running, "It's already more than half a day. Why haven't I seen the coastline yet?"

White Zetsu's clone also wondered.

The pier where they came before was a bit far from the small island of Land of Whirlpools, so it takes three days to take a boat, but if they go back, the straight line between the two points is very short, and they only need to cross this sea area to reach the coastline of the Land of Fire. At their speed, a half a day is more than enough!

'Unless…'

White Zetsu's clone looked Kanpū, who was leading the way at front, and his white, chalk-like face twitched slightly. He forced a smile and said: "Taki, are you lost?"

There's no way Kanpū would accept such slander, so he said, "Zetsu, let me tell you a secret! I won't get lost! I swear in the name of Hyuga Clan's ancestors!"

Kanpū argued with courageous and confident tone, "So don't make this kind of joke with me!"

"I hope so."

White Zetsu's clone looked up at the position of the sun and used the sunlight and compare the time, finding the direction they were running, and then found that they have gone off the path.

'The ancestors of Hyuga Clan are so miserableto have such an unfilial descendant.'

White Zetsu clone's thought in his heart, but his movements were fast. He leaped over Kanpū with a stride, and said with a smile, "Let me lead the way next."

"Okay."

Kanpū readily agreed, obediently follow White Zetsu's clone, and then he activated Byakugan. While staring at White Zetsu's clone, he pretended to ask unintentionally, "Zetsu, can't you blend into the sea?"

White Zetsu's clone did not hide it, and said: "I can only integrate with earth."

"Why can't you integrate with the sea water?" Kanpū asked.

'Is it because you are made of wood?'

"This is my Ninjutsu, there is no reason for it."

White Zetsu's clone said without looking back, "It's like your Byakugan, can't it use Genjutsu like Sharingan?"

"So it's like that."

Kanpū pondered in his heart: 'So in the ocean, White Zetsu couldn't track and monitor silently?'

'But before this, on the ship… well, he might be combined with the cabin, after all, it is also made of wood.'

'Since White Zetsu has this weak spot, then I can come to the sea if I change my identity later.'

Kanpū's thoughts revolve.

Under the accurate guidance of White Zetsu clone, Kanpū finally saw the endless coastline of the Land of Fire before sunset.

"We're finally here."

Kanpū smiled and asked, "Zetsu, where is Orochimaru?"

Now that he got the remains of the Uzumaki Clan's members, then the next step is the Impure World Reincarnation, 'In order to prevent Orochimaru from being lazy, I really need to keep a close watch on him, I might be able to collect him up along the way!'

"Orochimaru is in the Land of Waterfall now." Zetsu clone was silent for a few seconds before replying.

Kanpū was startled, 'Land of Waterfall?'

'Does Orochimaru have a laboratory in the Land of Waterfall?'

Although he was puzzled, he knew that White Zetsu would not lie to himself on such matters, so Kanpū set out immediately.

...

Konoha.

Hokage Tower.

Minato has learned from Kakashi about the information of Koharu's late night private meeting with Danzo.

He sits at his desk, frowning in thought.

'Danzo's first contact with the two advisors should be to encourage them to use Shisui's defection as an excuse to force them to make a decision against the Uchiha Clan.'

'But I didn't agree to it.'

'So they started the second contact, and after this contact, they will definitely start actual actions.'

'What will it be?'

Minato thought about it for ten minutes but couldn't figure it out.

He immediately asked the guard on duty today to call Shikaku into his office.

He believed that Shikaku's help, it shouldn't be a big problem to take care of the matter!

Half an hour later, Shikaku arrived.

"Yondaime-sama." Nara Shikaku saluted slightly, "Suddenly calling me like this, did something happen?"

"It's about Advisor Koharu."

Minato told him about the private meeting between Danzo and Koharu and also his concerns, and then he asked Shikaku to analyze it.

Shikaku's IQ is 250, so he started reasoning immediately.

"Shisui's defection has caused a huge shock in the Uchiha Clan. If it weren't for Clan Head Fugaku using Uchiha Mizusawa to attract their attention, the situation might have been out of control."

Shikaku then said "But even if there is Mizusawa shouldering the blame, there are still many Shinobi begin to stir inside the Uchiha Clan. If I'm not mistaken, Advisor Danzo should have send someone to provoke these Uchiha Clan's clansmen. When they can't help but make a move, the two advisors will have a reasonable reason to go beyond you, Yondaime-sama, and directly punishes the Uchiha Clan."

'Go beyond me and act directly?'

Minato frowned slightly.

To be honest, Minato does not have a strong desire for power, so Hiruzen, Koharu, and Homura are all entrusted with heavy responsibilities, and he delegates the administration of Konoha's government agencies to the three of them. Things such as urban construction, land planning, water and electricity, medical industry, etc. are all managed by the three of them, and Minato is mainly responsible for signing the documents.

As for the organizations related to Shinobi, Minato personally controls them.

If the situation really develops according to what Shikaku said, as long as Minato withdraws the power from the two advisors in advance, he can directly destroy their actions from the bottom.

'However, Advisors Koharu and Homura have been in charge of Konoha's government agency since Sandaime took the office, and their presences are really deeply entrenched there. If they are removed for inexplicable reasons, the government agencies may be paralyzed.'

Minato pondered about it, 'I should just ask Shikaku for advice.'

Hearing Minato's distress, Shikaku scratched his high ponytail, feeling that he had lost a lot of hair, pondered for a while, and said: "In fact, you got the wrong point, Yondaime-sama."

"Eh?" Minato was startled.

"Yondaime-sama, even if there is no Advisor Koharu, the Uchiha Clan's hardliners will still act with Advisor Danzo's extreme style of behavior. Once the Uchiha Clan's Shinobi can't hold back anymore and cause bad effects, can you turn a blind eye, Yondaime-sama?" Shikaku asked back.

"So, the most important thing is Advisor Danzo." Minato's expression gradually became serious.

As an advisor, Danzo's power is different from Koharu and Homura.

The Root is Danzo's power!

Taking down Koharu and Homura may paralyze government agencies. But if Danzo is taken down, Root may cause chaos.

This is also the reason why Minato keeps suppressing Danzo, but does not kill him directly!

Of course, Minato's original plan was to weaken Root step by step until it was completely disbanded, and then he would remove Danzo or arrange him in a government agency, as well as his companions, Koharu, Homura, and Hiruzen!

In the past few years, Danzo and his Root have been scrambling around, and they haven't seen each other for a year or so. In this case, Minato has no excuses for looking for trouble.

"It seems that my previous thoughts were correct."

With this incident, Minato is more determined to take care of the Root and Danzo.

"Shikaku, do you have any suggestions?"

Minato was not ashamed to ask Shikaku.

In terms of combat power, Minato left Shikaku by several miles, but in terms of IQ, Shikaku might be the best in the Shinobi World!

Shikaku held his chin for a long time, lowered his head in thought, and after some time passed, he suddenly noticed something was wrong.

"Yondaime-sama, we seem to have overlooked a very important point!"

Shikaku suddenly looked up towards Minato, and his eyes are shining brightly, "What is the motivation of Advisor Danzo for doing this?"

"Motivation?"

Minato pondered for a while, and said, "Advisor Danzo has always been biased against the Uchiha Clan. He probably wanted to use Shisui's defection incident to suppress the Uchiha Clan. "

As soon as the words were spoken, Minato immediately frowned.

Danzo is very smart. After half of his Root's funding and the gambling hall were banned, he must know that Minato is targeting him, which is why he has been particularly low-key in recent years!

In other words, Danzo knew that once he jumped out to make trouble, he would be powerless to defend himself, so why did he take such a big risk to suppress the Uchiha Clan?

Could it be that successfully suppressing the Uchiha Clan prevent Minato from targeting him?

Shikaku had already thought of the answer, but he didn't say it directly.

Minato thought for a long time, before he vaguely came up with a terrible conjecture.

"Advisor Danzo wants to force the Uchiha Clan… to launch a coup-d'état?" Minato looked towards Shikaku in disbelief.

If Uchiha Clan lauched a coup-d'état, Minato will naturally have no time and energy to make it difficult for Danzo!

Shikaku smiled with relief, and then added: "To be precise, it should be a joint coup-d'état! Shisui's defection, coupled with the continuous suppression of the village's higher-ups, will make the Uchiha Clan jittery. At this time, Advisor Danzo appeared and cooperated with the Uchiha Clan sincerely. With the two sides in open and the dark, once the coup-d'état is launched, the consequences would be disastrous!"

Hearing this, Minato's face became more and more ugly.

He thought that he had valued Danzo enough, but he didn't expect he still underestimated it.

'Coup-d'état?'

'Danzo's behavior style is already extreme, so coup-d'état is really not surprising!'

'And the Uchiha Clan, if they follow Danzo's script, they are very likely to be dragged into the water by him!'

Fortunately, there is a huge 'flaw' in the middle: 'Danzo did not know that Shisui defected to execute the spy plan, but Clan Head Fugaku did!'

Minato's eyes narrowed slightly, and a 'conspiracy' gradually emerged in his mind.

"Yondaime-sama, I should go." Shikaku got up and said.

Since they have seen through Danzo's conspiracy, the rest is easy.

"Thank you very much this time." Minato stood up and thanked him.

After Shikaku left, Minato continued to work, get off work, eat, and take care of Naruto as if nothing had happened. It was not until the dead of night that Minato wrote a letter in the bedroom, sealed it with Fuinjutsu, and then handed the letter to Kushina.

"Kushina, please hand this letter to Uchiha Mikoto, please." Minato said solemnly.

"Got it."

Kushina realized that this letter may be related to Shisui's defection, but she didn't ask more.

In the morning of the next day, Minato went to work as usual, while Kushina went shopping with her best friend, Mikoto. After they separated in the evening, Mikoto had an extra letter in her pocket.

On the third day, Mikoto took the initiative to invite Kushina to go shopping.

On the fourth day, they didn't meet again.

But Minato and Fugaku have already reached a cooperation without anyone knowing it.

The cooperation to pit Danzo to death!