Chapter 392: Ambition
Speaking of which, Danzo Shimura's mood had also been up and down in the past two days.
First, he received wind that the Seven-Tails might be in the Land of Waterfalls, overjoyed; then he thought he could forcibly snatch the Jinchuriki from the Land of Waterfalls, but unexpectedly the Jinchuriki was traveling with Haruno Sakura. Root couldn't contend with the combat power of two Kage-level ninja, and the plan to seize the Seven-Tails failed, greatly disappointing him; then the unwilling Danzo sent people to quietly follow the group until they found them facing the Akatsuki. How Danzo hoped that this group of people would fight like two tigers until both were hurt, so that he could reap the benefits and recruit "Kage" level experts, who were the scarcest in Root!
However, in the end, Kisame died, the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki was taken away, and Itachi and Sakura stopped halfway through the fight...
All ideas turned into drawing water with a bamboo basket—all in vain.
The fantasy in his heart was shattered abruptly. The huge gap between imagination and reality made Danzo, who usually didn't show his emotions, unable to help but get angry!
Danzo took a deep breath and suppressed the surging anger in his heart.
"Haruno Sakura likely knows Uchiha Itachi's identity..." Calm Danzo quickly guessed the inside story, "That's why she let Itachi leave."
"Forget it... ignore Uchiha Itachi, it's not time to touch him yet!"
"Keep a close watch on Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke for me." Danzo's voice was as cold as ten-thousand-year-old ice, as if it had lost its temperature. "She fought two big battles in a row, her aura has weakened a lot... her strength has greatly declined!"
"In that case..."
He put away the trench coat on his body and the cane in his hand, revealing a combat uniform.
This old man, who looked hunched, stood straight at this moment. The aura on his body was actually majestic and surging, even more vigorous than the able-bodied ninja around him!
Those turbid and dim old eyes flashed with divine light at this moment, sweeping sharply over the Root ninja kneeling in front of him.
Looking at these loyal subordinates, for some reason, Danzo felt a long-lost sense of heroism.
"If we can't get the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki," Danzo's cold words contained deep malice, "then let's make up for it with the Ice Style Kekkei Genkai and Sharingan!"
"Let's go, let's meet this Ice Style ninja!"
Danzo waved his right hand fiercely, creating a whistling sound, and the Root ninja under him responded in unison.
"Set off!"
For a moment, the Root ninja, who were usually gloomy and sneaky, actually felt like walking into the sun with boiling blood and heroic spirit.
It's just... thinking about it a little, daring only to attack a ninja who had fought two consecutive battles and was exhausted, could this behavior really be called heroic?
Furthermore, was Haruno Sakura really as weak as he imagined?
"It seems their target really was just the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki."
After carefully checking twice more, Haruno Sakura finally came to a conclusion.
Anyway, although Danzo was insidious and didn't care about the lives of his subordinates, he wasn't stupid. As Haruno Sakura's strength became stronger and stronger over the past two years, Danzo's attempt to recruit her as a Root ninja became more and more of a joke.
After all, anyone with a little common sense would know that Root simply couldn't accommodate the existence of a Kage-level expert: treatment, reputation, and even methods to improve strength, "Root" didn't have any—even if there were, they had to be supplied to Root's leader, Danzo Shimura, first.
Regarding the incident where Danzo stopped her on the street back then, if it were someone else, after possessing Haruno Sakura's current strength, they might try to slap Danzo in the face and retaliate to achieve peace of mind and comfort. But Haruno Sakura had a very good mentality and was too lazy to care about such trivial matters. As long as Danzo didn't provoke her, she didn't care about getting even.
With her personality, either she didn't make a move, or if she did, it would definitely not be as simple as just "getting even"...
Fortunately, Danzo wisely chose to retreat and didn't create any more trouble to disturb our protagonist lady. After all, whether by status or strength, Haruno Sakura had already stood at the top level of Konoha Village. Danzo didn't have her fatal leverage or something she must obtain in his hands. Wanting to coerce or entice such a ninja, Danzo was currently powerless.
So discovering Root ninja monitoring the battlefield after a long time, Haruno Sakura was surprised but also realized that they were not coming for her, but for the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki.
"Consider yourselves sensible."
The Ice Style ninja snorted coldly and signaled the clone to go forward and close the eyes of the deceased.
"Although you are Root ninja, you are still people of Konoha after all. Since I've seen you, let you rest in peace..."
The pink-haired girl sighed deeply and said faintly.
Just as she showed a trace of soft-hearted pity, Haruno Sakura's expression suddenly moved. The next moment, the softness on her face disappeared completely, replaced by a face full of frost.
"Danzo..."
The girl and her clone simultaneously cast their gaze towards the world outside the hidden cave.
Outside the limestone cave.
"Is Haruno Sakura inside?"
Danzo and the Root ninja following behind him appeared at the cave entrance. Before he could stand firm, he asked eagerly.
"Huff, huff... Yes, after Haruno Sakura walked in here, she hasn't left yet." The sensory ninja walking at the front of the team panted heavily and pointed at the cave entrance.
"Well done, Ryuichi..."
Unfortunately, because of the urgent mood and rushing too fast, Ryuichi's stamina was exhausted, and he was powerless to participate in the subsequent actions. But fortunately, Haruno Sakura was already blocked in the cave, so having a sensory ninja or not wasn't a big problem...
Danzo glanced at the sweating sensory ninja and other subordinates who were also panting slightly, silently calculating his side's combat power. The closer to success, the less careless one can be. Although Danzo was eager, at this time he forced himself to slow down first, doing nothing, waiting for his state of mind to calm down before passing the sensory ninja and saying coldly: "Ryuichi, you stay outside and rest!"
"Yes... my lord!" Ryuichi retreated to the side and responded in a low voice.
"Next..." Danzo cast his gaze into the dark cave, a trace of fanaticism hidden in his eyes, "Let's go in."
Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura...
Hidden under the cold and hard expression like a rock was the raging fire in Danzo's heart. The thought of recovering a pair of new Sharingan and obtaining Kage-level subordinates to break Root's current predicament was like fierce tongues of fire, constantly teasing his heartstrings...
With excitement, Danzo followed behind the subordinates acting as the vanguard and walked into the limestone cave.
In Ryuichi's view outside the cave, darkness gradually swallowed Danzo's back... He watched Danzo go deep into the cave, and for some reason, an ominous premonition originating from the keen intuition of a sensory ninja arose spontaneously!
However, Ryuichi didn't have the guts to stop Danzo's steps.
Having worked under Danzo for so many years, he knew Danzo's stubbornness and self-will. Once a decision was made, he wouldn't tolerate anyone opposing him, and the fate of opponents was usually not very pleasant...
Ryuichi hesitated for just a moment, and Danzo had already disappeared from his sight. At this time, shouting anything would be unheard by Danzo...
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