Chapter 337: Naruto: I am Uchiha Shirou [337]
Konoha.
As night gradually fell, it was clear that something major had happened in Konoha these past few days. Some sharp-nosed ninja had already sensed something was off.
Recently, all ninjas in the village were permitted to enter but not leave. Only special teams carrying orders from the Hokage herself could come and go.
After the many ninjas from the Sarutobi, Mitokado, and Koharu clans returned, none of them went out again. This was exactly what they wanted.
Inside a house—
"Homura, Tsunade doesn't want us to send any message to Danzo. She wants him dead!" Koharu's face was dark. In their view, Tsunade's recent actions were a trap, waiting for Shimura Danzo to come back and fall into her net.
Mitokado Homura nodded grimly as well.
"We can't get any information out. Why did Danzo have to leave at this time? Now he's back, what can he even do? Root is gone! Even the research inside the Root base has been exposed by Tsunade. Danzo is finished!"
"Even if Danzo doesn't want to leave, Tsunade will surely lure him out. This whole thing is a setup!"
With heavy expressions, Homura and Koharu were convinced that the removal of Danzo, the lockdown of Konoha, and the power grab were all part of Tsunade's premeditated plan.
But they didn't know: if Danzo had still been in Konoha, Tsunade wouldn't have had to go through all this trouble.