Chapter 52: The Real Vegetable
"Holy shit!"
As soon as Kamizuki Hikari pushed open Danzo's bedroom door and laid eyes on his current state, he couldn't help but let out a curse.
What stood before him was a humanoid tree trunk. Danzo's legs had turned into roots burrowing deep into the ground, and from his head sprouted thick green foliage. Only the aged face embedded in the middle of the tree hinted at his former identity.
Tsunade was silent.
'With him looking like this, you're asking me to save him? Do you think I'm a god or something?'
Originally, when Tsunade heard Danzo was a "vegetative state" patient, she assumed it was the usual kind—brain damage leading to a coma. She never expected that he'd literally turned into a plant.
A real plant and a vegetative state are not the same thing, alright?
'If someone actually manages to bring him back, I'd willingly ask them to be my teacher.'
Tsunade grumbled silently, then turned her sharp gaze on Yamanaka Fū. "As a member of the Yamanaka clan, you should be familiar with Yin Release. Did you find any clues when extracting Danzo's memories?"
'Hikari acted alone—I hope he covered his tracks. If Danzo somehow recorded his appearance, things could get messy.'
No matter how much Tsunade or the other shinobi clans of Konoha despised Danzo, as long as he remained one of the village's elders, his death couldn't go uninvestigated. If any evidence pointed to Kamizuki Hikari, Tsunade would have to take action.