Biwako, without considering anyone else's feelings, directly pressed, "Danzo, what exactly do you want to say?"
Seeing that Minato remained silent, Danzo's tone became increasingly aggressive: "The so-called Hokage should protect their comrades, but the Fourth Hokage's negligence led to the previous Hokage being seriously injured and the two advisors being assassinated. Shouldn't he be ashamed?"
Minato looked directly at Danzo and said, "That's right, I should indeed be ashamed, ashamed that as the Hokage, I failed to discover your evil deeds in advance!"
Danzo attempted to play the sympathy card: "Does the Fourth Hokage blame me for not protecting Homura and Koharu well enough? If that's the case..."
"Enough, Danzo!" Minato interrupted him, unable to bear it any longer. "I already know everything about your collusion with Orochimaru, leaking village information, and then murdering the two advisors!"
Minato pressed, "Why did you do such a thing? Did you want to become an advisor or the Hokage's assistant, or did you want me to commit suicide like White Fang-senpai?"
It would be best if you could commit suicide out of shame, of course, Danzo couldn't say these words. He also couldn't admit to the previous crimes, so he changed the subject: "As the Hokage, are you only capable of slandering your comrades to shirk responsibility?"
Minato had already roughly guessed Danzo's purpose and didn't want to entangle with him any further: "Torune has already confessed your crimes clearly. Are you still not admitting it?"
Danzo felt uneasy when he heard Torune's name and argued, "It's just one-sided!"
Minato turned to Yamanaka Inoichi and asked, "Inoichi, what are the results of the investigation into the Sound Ninja Four?"
Inoichi stepped forward and said, "We did indeed find images in their memories of Orochimaru's and Danzo's subordinates exchanging information."
Danzo remained stubborn: "Oh? My subordinates actually did such a thing? I was completely unaware of it."
At this moment, an Anbu arrived and reported, "Hokage-sama, after rescue efforts, Sai is out of danger."
Minato waved his hand, signaling him to step back, and said, "As long as we interrogate Sai, we can find out whether he acted on his own or on your orders. Danzo, what else do you have to say?"
Danzo fell silent. Things had reached this point, and it seemed there was no way to salvage the situation. His plans were gradually falling apart as one piece of evidence after another emerged.
"It's true, I did it." Danzo gripped his cane tightly, then suddenly released his hand, letting the cane fall to the ground as if giving up resistance. He said resignedly, "But I have dedicated my entire life to Konoha. Doing this is because..." He shouted, "Fu, move!"
As Danzo's voice fell, a scarecrow puppet holding a sickle suddenly fell from the sky, attacking Naruto. Naruto instinctively slammed a Rasengan into it.
"Don't touch it, that's the Mind Transfer Puppet Curse Seal Technique!" Inoichi recognized the puppet.
But it was too late. The Rasengan hit the puppet, and as the puppet flew away, Naruto's consciousness was also trapped within the puppet's body. The sudden change in perspective made Naruto think he had accidentally used the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Yamanaka Fu then occupied Naruto's body, immediately controlling Naruto to move towards Danzo.
Danzo took the opportunity to hold a Kunai to Naruto's neck, but in the next second, Yamanaka Fu seemed to suffer a huge blow—the gate to the Nine-Tailed Seal space had never been locked, and he was clearly not fortunate enough to enjoy the welcoming ceremony from the Nine Tails. Although Yamanaka Fu's consciousness returned to his body, he was unable to wake up.
Naruto's consciousness returned to his body, and he was mocked by the fox, "So weak, you can even fall for such a small trick."
Naruto was embarrassed and enraged, instantly activating Golden Body Mode. A Chakra hand extended from his shoulder, blocking the Kunai at his neck, and another Chakra hand extended from behind, condensing a Rasengan and pressing it against Danzo's chest.
"Ugh." Danzo hijacked Naruto because he seemed to be the weakest person in the entire place, and also the person Minato cared about the most, which could buy him a chance to escape. However, he had not anticipated this change. He was sent flying by Naruto, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
Before he could land, Kushina's fist had already smashed into his face: "How dare you...kidnap my son!"
Kushina's red hair flew wildly as she rained down continuous punches on Danzo's face, beating him beyond recognition even by the Third Hokage, but Danzo suddenly disappeared.
Amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, Danzo appeared outside the crowd, all the injuries on his face gone, and he sprinted towards the gate.
It was Izanagi! At the moment of activation, the Sharingan recorded the caster's own state, and then within the effective time of the technique, any damage suffered by the caster, including the caster's death, would be restored to the state recorded by the Sharingan. The price was the permanent blindness of one Sharingan eye. It was a forbidden technique of the Uchiha clan.
After being knocked away by Naruto, Danzo activated Izanagi the moment Kushina pursued him, buying himself a chance to escape from the crowd. The Sharingan he used was obtained from his former teammate, Kagami Uchiha.
He believed that as long as he escaped, with so much confidential information about Konoha in his possession, he would definitely have a chance to make a comeback in the future!
But things obviously wouldn't go as he wished. Before he could rush out the door, Minato pinned him to the ground: "Hurting Konoha's comrades, hurting my family, I can't let you leave!"
Seeing Danzo still resisting, Minato held out his hand: "*Big Ball Rasengan!*"
"Ah!" Danzo screamed, "You will regret this, Fourth Hokage!"
With his last strength, Danzo tore open his clothes, and blood spurted from his entire body, turning into a black Ninjutsu formula, swelling into a sphere: "For the future of Konoha, even if I die, I can't let you naive people continue to be Hokage!"
Minato immediately left Danzo's side and shouted, "Everyone, retreat!"
Reverse Four Symbols Seal, a Ninjutsu that Danzo had inscribed on himself in advance, activated at the moment of his death, sealing all surrounding matter into his body and taking it to the Underworld, so that it would never see the light again.
Hearing Minato's reminder, everyone immediately retreated to a safe position.
Then Danzo fell to the ground, and within a spherical range of dozens of meters centered on him, everything disappeared, including the originally flat ground, the unconscious Yamanaka Fu, and—the gate of Danzo's house...
The darkness of the ninja world, the life of Danzo Shimura, came to an end.
...
Looking at the devastated scene, Minato was silent for a moment, and said, "I will investigate and announce Danzo's crimes. The two advisors will also be properly buried. Shikaku will cooperate with Jiraiya-sensei to count Konoha's casualties and other losses. Inoichi will cooperate with the Military Police Force to appease the villagers."
"Yes!" *2
"I'll trouble Lady Biwako to go to the shelter and explain the situation to the VIPs."
"Okay."
"Asuma, please take the Tenth Squad to the Daimyo's mansion to report this incident later."
"Leave it to me."
After Minato finished assigning tasks, everyone dispersed, leaving only Naruto and Kushina beside Minato.
Naruto suddenly remembered something important: "Um, Dad, Mom, I haven't had time to tell you, the Shukaku's Jinchuriki has been placed in our house by me."
"Huh?"
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