Chapter 516: Ganging up on Danzo!

Chapter 516: Ganging up on Danzo!

Without missing a beat or even looking at Homura, Fujin replied, "Just because you have contributed in the past doesn't give you a right to behave like a rogue ninja inside the village. If every ninja who contributed to previous wars acted this way, Konoha would collapse within a few hours.

Regardless of how much a ninja has contributed, if he begins targeting the Konoha ninjas for any reason, he should be eliminated or at least imprisoned. Don't forget that not too long ago one of the three Legendary Sannins did something similar and went rogue. Today, he is one of the main suspects behind the deaths of 20 Root ninjas and the destruction of Root Headquarters.

Even if Elder Danzo wasn't the one who gave those instructions, this event shows that he is incapable of leading the Root. His subordinates are willfully ignoring his commands and attacking a Council Member.

Not to mention, he has shown that he doesn't care much about the lives of Root ninjas. Instead of protecting the headquarters in time of crisis, he dispatched them away not caring that they might be targetted and leaving the Root headquarters with very low manpower! We cannot afford to keep losing excellent ninjas just because he is no longer capable of leading them properly."

Silence spread in the room once again. Rage was once again visible on Danzo's face. However, this time, it wasn't an act. Fujin had openly called him incompetent in front of everyone! Danzo was extremely tempted to use the eye but controlled himself as Hiruzen was in the room as well and staring at him.

Before he could explode in rage, Shikaku said, "He isn't wrong."

Danzo immediately looked towards Shikaku and said, "Instead of searching for the culprit, you want to blame me? This time Root was targetted. Who would you blame if he targets the Nara clan?"

Shikaku explained, "Dealing with the culprit would have been the best way. Unfortunately, we don't even know who the culprits are or what their motivation is. The only thing we know is that they are targeting the Root for some reason.

If their goal is just to seek revenge on something you or the Root have done, then the attacks should stop once Root ninjas are mixed in with the Anbu. If their enmity is too high and they still try to target Root ninjas, then they won't be able to cover up their traces as well as they have been.

So, it'll be best for the Root to disband entirely. It might be our only method of dealing with the culprit. Not to mention, the incident of spying on and attacking Fujin needs to be investigated properly as well. If even council members get attacked within the village, then no one will feel safe inside the village.

I suggest that we disband the Root entirely for the time being. We will continue looking for the culprit and investigate the attack on Fujin. Depending on our results on those two findings, we can decide whether Root should continue existing secretly or leave it in the past and move forward."

As the Jounin Commander and publicly accepted as the smartest ninja in Konoha, if not the world, Shikaku's words held a lot more sway than Fujin's. Danzo understood that. He immediately replied, "Whether Root continues to exist or not is not up to the Council."

Not too long ago, Danzo was hoping to use the Council to revive his Root. And now, the circumstances had forced him to do the complete opposite. He understood that saying it meant that he could never use the Council to force Hiruzen to revive the Root. However, he could only handle one situation at a time. As long as the Root continued existing, he could always come up with more schemes to increase its strength.

It was a strange plan as every successive step was less intense and destructive than the previous step. The first step was total annihilation, the second step was just retraining a few ninjas and the third step was diplomacy without any fighting involved. It went against the traditional way of slowly escalating the situation. However, it fitted perfectly in this scenario.

Seeing every clan leader speaking against Danzo, Koharu and Homura decided to go silent. Danzo, of course, wouldn't take everything lying down. He argued against everyone, but Fujin didn't even need to open his mouth.

In terms of politics, the clan leaders were far better than him. Even in terms of intelligence, no one was a slouch. If they were, then they wouldn't have been clan leaders. They couldn't do anything earlier as Danzo never gave them an opening.

Now that they had it, they immediately ganged up on Danzo and countered every single point he made while levelling more accusations against the Root.

The situation became intense in no time. With neither side backing off, it immediately became very ugly. Understanding the situation, Hiruzen sighed. He flared his chakra, silencing the room once again and gaining everyone's attention.

He looked at everyone and said, "Don't forget that we are the leaders of Konoha. Please maintain decorum. I had called everyone here to keep everyone informed about the attack on Root headquarters. I didn't think that the meeting would take such a turn. I'll think about what to do and we will have an official council meeting soon. For now, everyone except Danzo is dismissed."

[A/N : Next Chapter - Hiruzen's Decision]

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