Chapter 216
After leaving Roran, Zixu headed straight to Konoha. Pain's invasion had only taken place a few days ago, and the village was still undergoing reconstruction. With the likelihood of war increasing, the unstable presence of Danzo needed to be dealt with quickly.
It wasn't that Zixu was being petty—it's just that he really didn't want to be hit by Kotoamatsukami (Distinguished Heavenly Gods) from his so-called "teammate" in the middle of battle. Even someone as cunning as Orochimaru had been caught off guard. Zixu didn't believe he could defend himself from that old man's sneak attack with one hundred percent certainty.
"It looks like war is inevitable. Even though I haven't seen how massive this so-called energy source is, I can already tell there are going to be a lot of people involved. Otherwise, how else could we sustain a war?"
Zixu quietly arrived just outside Konoha. Everyone there already knew him, so there was no need for any inspections—they let him in without question.
Nagato's plan through Pain had achieved a certain effect. Thanks to Zixu's interference, Nagato didn't follow his original path. Those who had died during Pain's invasion had truly died this time. The Konoha shinobi experienced the same helplessness and suffering that the smaller villages had endured during the previous wars.
Although Zixu wanted to eliminate Danzo, he couldn't do it outright. He needed at least a halfway reasonable excuse.
After thinking it over, Zixu decided to abandon the idea of finding a justification to kill Danzo. Why should he give others reasons for his actions? If it were someone like the legendary First Hokage, he might reconsider. But in the current Konoha? Honestly, Zixu wasn't afraid of anyone.
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What Zixu didn't know was that he wasn't the only one targeting Danzo. In a cave outside Konoha, Sasuke stood with his bandaged eyes bleeding, his expression dark and sinister.
"You're saying Itachi did all of this under orders from Konoha's higher-ups? To snuff out a potential rebellion before it began..."
Uchiha Sasuke had just heard a truth from Uchiha Madara that shattered his worldview. The Konoha he once saw as bright, harmonious, and noble turned out to be a rotten hell where people were devoured without a trace. The shock of it left him disoriented.
"Don't be fooled by the surface. Konoha has always been this way. The darkness never disappeared—it's just hidden beneath a thin skin of light..."