LRAB Chapter 148 The Dark Side of the Ninja World
Chapter 148 The Dark Side of the Ninja World
The tent flap was pulled open by a hand with distinct knuckles, letting in the slightly cool morning sunlight.
"explain."
Danzo didn't even look up; his gaze remained fixed on the huge engineering blueprint, his voice hoarse and impatient, typical of construction sites.
Before him, a Root ninja knelt on one knee, his entire body wrapped in black tight-fitting clothes, his face covered by a white mask without any patterns.
The ninja made no sound, but silently took out a scroll from his pocket.
The scroll was black, bound with scarlet silk thread, and branded with a complex, spiraling sealing incantation.
The highest level of encryption on the reel.
Only the Hokage and the Root leader can activate it.
The air inside the tent seemed to become heavy and stagnant in that instant.
Across from him, Uchiha Kagami, who was elegantly enjoying his breakfast, also put down his chopsticks.
Danzo finally looked up from the drawing.
He glanced at the scroll, then looked at the subordinate in front of him whose breathing was barely audible.
He reached out and took the reel.
As his fingertips touched the cool surface of the scroll, a hint of doubt flashed in Danzo's bloodshot eyes, which were filled with the marks of long hours of reviewing blueprints.
The dam project is progressing very smoothly, even better than expected.
With his and Kagami's joint supervision, and the full cooperation of the Hyuga, Uchiha, and other clans, this massive project is progressing at an astonishing pace.
He couldn't recall anything that required using a scroll of this caliber to report.
He untied the silk thread and slowly unrolled the scroll.
"Click."
A soft sound.
It was the sound of Danzo's teeth clenching.
His chewing motion on the tricolor dough suddenly stopped.
The noisy, vibrant construction noise around him seemed to be completely cut off by an invisible hand at that moment, stripped away from his world.
His eyes underwent a dramatic change in just one second.
The look of weariness yet satisfaction that belonged to the chief engineer vanished instantly.
What followed was a bottomless, chilling cold, like an ancient iceberg.
It was a pure, unadulterated killing intent.
The temperature inside the tent seemed to have dropped several degrees.
Uchiha Kagami sensed this change.
He looked at Danzo's profile, which had suddenly become completely unfamiliar, and his heart clenched.
Since taking charge of the Konoha construction team, he had not felt this almost tangible killing intent from Danzo for a long time.
He transformed from a foreman staring at blueprints and data back into the chillingly ruthless Ninja Darkness.
What happened?
Danzo remained silent.
He stared intently at a particular line of text on the scroll, his knuckles gripping the scroll so tightly that the veins bulged.
Then, without saying a word, he handed the scroll to Uchiha Kagami beside him.
Jing took it with a puzzled look.
When his gaze fell on the reel, his face, which always wore a gentle smile, froze instantly.
The Land of Hot Water intelligence team has confirmed that the Hidden Mist delegation has secretly met with the Third Raikage in the Land of Lightning.
[The Land of Lightning's intelligence team confirmed that following the meeting, both Kumogakure and Kirigakure villages simultaneously entered a state of combat readiness.]
[A message from Seagull, the highest-ranking informant within Kirigakure: Alliance target—Land of Whirlpools! Objective—To seize the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques!]
Every word struck Uchiha Kagami's heart.
The Land of Whirlpools.
That was Konoha's closest and most important ally.
That was the hometown of Mito Uzumaki, the wife of the First Hokage.
It is also the source of most of the sealing techniques in the village.
If something happens to the Land of Whirlpools, if the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques fall into the hands of another country...
Jing's eyes sharpened instantly; he understood what this meant for Konoha.
This is not just a blow to Konoha's allies.
This is digging up the roots of the leaves.
"What a brilliant Mizukage! What a brilliant Raikage!"
Danzo suddenly stood up, and the chilling killing intent emanating from him made the entire tent tremble.
His deep voice sounded like it was being squeezed out from between his teeth.
"Have they already forgotten just how sharp Konoha's fangs really are?"
Uchiha Kagami slowly stood up and stood side by side with Danzo.
He carefully rolled up the scroll and handed it back to the Root ninja who was kneeling on one knee.
"Um."
Kagami's voice remained calm, but the resoluteness it contained was no less than the murderous aura emanating from Danzo.
The two exchanged a glance, said nothing more, and quickly walked out of the tent together.
The morning sun was shining brightly, and the construction site was bustling with activity, full of vibrant energy.
This peaceful and prosperous scene stood in stark contrast to the harsh winter in their hearts.
"Lord Danzo, Lord Kagami."
Not far away, the Hyuga brothers, Hiashi and Hizashi, saw the two of them come out and quickly came forward to greet them, bowing respectfully.
Danzo's murderous aura subsided slightly the moment he saw the two young men.
Looking at Hiashi Hyuga's composed face, which was beyond his years, and the detailed geological survey report in his hand, a smile appeared on his face.
He reached out and patted Hyuga Hiashi's shoulder heavily.
This action startled both Hiashi and Hizashi.
"Nizu."
Danzo's voice regained the composure of the chief engineer.
"Jing and I have some urgent business to attend to and need to go back to the village immediately."
"I'll leave this place to you for now."
Hiashi Hyuga's heart skipped a beat.
He felt the power emanating from Danzo's palm, and behind that power, a profound sense of trust.
"I trust you."
Danzo looked into Hiashi's eyes and said, word by word.
"This dam was personally designed by the Hokage; it will be another wall protecting Konoha's future."
"It cannot have any flaws."
"yes!"
Hiashi Hyuga suddenly lowered his head and responded loudly with all his might.
"Please rest assured, Lord Danzo! I swear in the name of the Hyuga clan that I will never let you and the Hokage down!"
An unprecedented sense of pressure and mission, like the surging waters of the Naka River, instantly filled his chest.
He knew that from this moment on, the enormous project concerning the future of Konoha had fallen on the shoulders of him and the Hyuga clan behind him.
"very good."
Danzo nodded in satisfaction.
He took one last look at the bustling construction site and the dam that was beginning to take shape, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes.
There was reluctance, but more than anything, there was a resolute determination to head to a new battlefield.
The next second, he exchanged a glance with Uchiha Kagami.
The figures of the two, along with the Root ninja, became blurred.
Under the solemn gaze of the Hyuga brothers, the three figures gradually disappeared from sight using the Leaf Village Body Flicker Technique.
Only a gentle breeze blows by, stirring up a few fallen leaves.
Hyuga Hizashi looked in the direction where the three shadows disappeared and couldn't help but swallow.
"Old man... has something serious happened?"
"I just... felt that Lord Danzo's eyes were terrifying."
Hiashi Hyuga did not reply.
He simply gripped the report in his hand and turned to walk towards the enormous engineering blueprints.
"Hizashi."
His voice was more resolute than ever before.
"From now on, we must be extremely vigilant."
"Lord Danzo entrusted the Konoha Dam to us; we cannot let them down!"
"clear!"
……
the other side.
In the forest outside Konoha Village, three figures were moving at a speed that was difficult to detect with the naked eye.
Danzo and Uchiha Kagami remained silent, their faces both shrouded in frost.
They are rushing to the underground root base.
The wind whistled past my ears.
As Uchiha Kagami stared at the cold, aloof figure ahead, a thought uncontrollably flashed through his mind.
Such crucial intelligence.
The secret alliance between Kumogakure and Kirigakure is a massive conspiracy to destroy Uzushiogakure.
All of this came so suddenly, yet it seemed as if it had been foreshadowed on some invisible chessboard.
this matter……
The Hokage...
Did they already foresee this?