Chapter 94: Responsibilty

Genma and Raido looked at the corpse in front of them.

Not long ago, they noticed how someone was observing Eiji's home, so they ambushed him.

He was surprisingly skilled, but against the two, he stood no chance.

Seeing how he had no chance, he followed Danzo's order to kill himself as to not leak any information from being captured.

This extreme action surprised Genma and Raido, so they couldn't stop him.

"Sigh...you stay here and continue to guard, while I take the corpse and go to report it to the Hokage..." - Genma took the corpse and vanished.

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"What do you mean the Hokage is missing? Is this a joke? How did no one notice?" - Genma looked in disbelief at the trembling Koharu and Homura.

"...we assume that he wasn't kidnapped, but left on his own accord..." - Homura

After the Senbon Genma usually has in his mouth fell out from shock, he continued to ask: "Assume? Even if he left on his own accord, how could no one notice him leaving? Since when did our village become a circus of adults playing shinobis?"

'IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS DAMN DANZO!! HE ALWAYS STAYED BY HIS SIDE AND INSISTED THAT HE WOULD BE ENOUGH TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE HOKAGE!!!' - Koharu didn't show her thoughts and replied calmly: "(fake cough)...we already sent Lady Tsunade to look for him, so it's only a matter of time before we find him..."

"Yeah, if she doesn't beat him into a pulp when she finds him..." - Genma couldn't control himself and blurted his thoughts out loud.

"..." - Koharu

"...we can only hope..." Homura

'WAIT!! YOU AREN'T DENYING IT?!' - Genma

"I assume we don't have much time, so listen to me, Sasuke!"

The usual nonchalant Eiji turned suddenly serious, so Sasuke listened carefully.

"You don't know anything about the truth about Itachi and the Uchiha massacre and you only helped me because it was a secret mission I gave you as the Hokage. Also, it's better to not tell anything about your Mangekyo Sharingan. Just tell, that I was the one fighting and you helped me counter his Genjutsu, alright?"

"What are you talking about? Why should I?"

"...sigh...killing a Council member isn't exactly something legal, so let me take full responsibility, alright?"

"Hmph!" - in his usual arrogant demeanor, Sasuke didn't really reply but Eiji believed he would surely agree.

After seeing Danzo's corpse, Eiji felt a huge burden lifted from his shoulder and extreme relief.

The pressure and anxiety he felt in those recent days, vanished and were replaced by happiness.

But now his mind realized that he would need to deal with the aftermath first, before truly being able to relax.

After being summoned by Tsunade, Katsuyu the giant slug split into a dozen clones that gathered in all directions outside of Konoha to find Eiji.

Soon one clone transmitted telepathically that she found something and with that Tsunade rushed in that direction.

Tsunade smiled dangerously while thinking of how shamelessly Eiji could be to disappear without a word as the Hokage.

She would make sure to "teach" him the proper behavior as a Hokage when she finds him.

But when she arrived at his location, a scene she never imagined was before her eyes.

Eiji and Sasuke standing on a desolate battlefield and a dead Danzo with both arms missing.

This wasn't a time to joke around or blow her anger off!

She turned dead serious and said: "You...I hope you can give a good explanation for what happened here when we return to the village...and you as well, Sasuke, will be asked a few questions..."

Despite her exuding a domineering aura, Eiji shrugged his shoulders and said: "Alrighty...by the way, can you take his corpse? To be honest, I prefer the corpses of beautiful girls..."

Tsunade smashed with full force next to Eiji's head, missing his head only a few millimeters.

"This is one of the times where it would be better to just stay silent...or don't you understand the severity of this situation?"

Eiji gulped and nodded.

Sasuke who was completely exhausted from the tough fight with Danzo decided to follow quietly as well.

Now he understood what Eiji meant...this might get him into serious trouble if he doesn't let Eiji took full responsibility.

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I hope Danzo's death was satisfying enough without seeming too cheap...