Chapter 169: Forging Alliances(Part2)
"Fugaku, you know that what you are going to do will directly put you against Danzo, and if you fail to eliminate him this time, the Uchiha clan will directly be against him. He will stop targeting you in the dark and will openly go against you," Hiashi, the clan head of the Hyuga clan, said.
After the Uchiha clan, this was the clan that had contributed the most in building this village along with the Senju clan, which is why they were called the noble clan of Konoha.
"I know, but he has already done so much harm in the dark that I would rather make a move against him than keep on suffering. The number of ninja we have lost is almost 1.5 times as many as yours," Fugaku said.
Kiba Inuzuka, the clan head of the Inuzuka clan, asked, "Fugaku, are you sure that what you have reported in your report is true?"
"That was just two incidents. Don't tell me you actually believed that the 10-year-old chunin from your clan died fighting against some bandits when a rogue ninja ambushed him. How absurd would it be for a rogue ninja to successfully ambush an Inuzuka clan member if they are not a jonin?
And do you think a rogue jonin would come that deep into our territory and also be able to take the bodies of him and his dog while the bandits were killed to hide the traces? Try telling this to the children of your clan and see if even they believe this bullshit," Fugaku said with an annoyed voice.
"You know what I'm talking about," Kiba continued.
"Yes, and you also know that Root is the only organization capable of pulling that stunt off," Fugaku said while passing all of the complete files to the clan heads.
They took the files and began reading them, with their chakra flaring time to time. Many of their young talents who were 'accidentally' killed or kidnapped during their missions were under Root.
There was ample proof present in the files to validate those claims.
Shibi Aburame, the leader of the Aburame clan, became increasingly angry about this because it was his clan that had suffered the most after the Uchiha clan.
It was easier to kidnap the ninjas of other clans, but not his, therefore, most of them were killed and used as research material by Root.
Then he remembered how Danzo came to his office a month before, taking a batch of young ninja from his clan to become a part of Root. No matter how much he wanted to deny him, knowing the high casualty rate of Root training, he didn't have the authority to do so and had to give Danzo many young children from his clan, but only on the condition that these ninja would not have the same training as other Root ninja and die during training.
But according to the report in his hand, only 2 out of 10 ninja were able to survive the training. Knowing that Danzo now had his eyes on his own son, Shibi became a complete supporter of the Uchiha clan in removing Danzo.
"I will support you completely." This was his only statement, but it was enough because all the clan heads understood from his statement that even if the Uchiha failed in this attack, the Aburame clan would still support them.
Slowly, every clan head gave their support to Fugaku, even though not to the extent of the Aburame clan, but they were going to support him completely this time.
Having so many clan heads as his supporters, Fugaku could easily make Danzo take a break from his position for more than a couple of years, even if Hiruzen supported him as usual.
But the whole situation had changed, and with his lips slightly curling up, Fugaku became apparently happy thinking about the face Danzo would make after he understood how messed up his situation had become.
"Then I will raise a complaint against Danzo tomorrow with an official request for a council meeting. I would be expecting your approval for that," Fugaku said.
Everyone present nodded their heads, hearing that, and went back to their clan compounds after that, but they didn't go back alone. Each one of them had a shadow tailing them back to their clan.
They were all jonin under Fugaku, tasked to keep an eye on those clan heads because any one of them may leak his plans to Danzo for some extra benefits.
Fugaku didn't want to take any risks at this point in time. Then he called a ninja and told him to bring Shisui to his office, going back to his office to complete some other preparations required for this task.
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"Good evening, Fugaku-sama," Shisui said, entering Fugaku's office.
"What happened to you? Why are there two black balloons under your eyes? Did someone try to poison you?" Shisui asked, trying to act concerned.
"For fuck's sake, can you be serious for once in your life? Here I am working non-stop to make this plan successful, and you are resting your ass off for the last two days," Fugaku said angrily.
"I'm sorry, sir, but I respectfully remind you that I am the one you sacrificed the most and completed the task given to me," Shisui became serious once again.
"Yes, I want a full report about that. Tell me everything in detail," Fugaku said.
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Shisui directly went to the Hokage's office after dropping his mom and Yomi at Fugaku's house.
"I want to discuss something very important with Lord Third," Shisui said to the Receptionist.
The Receptionist just nodded her head and went to the Hokage's office to relay the information.
'Danzo, what have you done this time?' Hiruzen thought and told her secretary to call Shisui.