BXBX NOVEL Chapter 575
Chapter 575: Danzo’s Worries
In addition to collecting the agreed payment from the Sandaime Hokage, Homusubi had one other purpose why she used the Tsukihi Clone publicly, and that reason is to take over the work of Fujin in the improvement of Chimera Buds and Chimera Jutsu and participate in Shimura Danzo’s plan.
After all, the Fujin Clone was too badly damaged in several battles against the members of the Akatsuki Organization and won’t be of any use for the time being, but the improvement and development of the Chimera Buds and Chimera Jutsu are an immediate priority that can not be delayed, and Kuroto must be involved in the whole process to make sure that nothing is left out.
The rapid improvement in Nagato’s strength has made Kuroto feel a little desperate and urgent.
At present no one can judge what are the upper limits of Nagato, nor can anyone, including Homusubi infer when Nagato will make his next move or what will be his plans, therefore, Homusubi must not waste any time in dangling around and must do what he can in order to speed up the development and advancement of the Chimera Jutsu to complete his Project Godhood as soon as possible.
With this thought in her mind, Homusubi continued to walk further and quickly approached Shimura Danzo’s base.
Whoosh Whoosh
But before Homusubi could get too close, suddenly two shinobi wearing the Root subdivision gear appeared in front of her and said to him respectfully, “Danzo-sama is waiting for you at the base, please follow us.”
The one who spoke was none other than the Bishojo-chan Fujin was quite familiar with, and knowing the other party’s identity, Homusubi nodded lightly, ‘It seems my arrival was within Danzo’s expectations, oh well… it doesn’t really matter if Danzo expected me to come or not…’ and followed the two.
It didn’t take very long for the party of three to arrive at Danzo’s base, and Homusubi soon met up with Danzo.
“The two of you can go back to your posts.” “Yes, Danzo-sama!”
After instructing the two subordinates to go back to their posts, Danzo first took a deep look at Homusubi, then said, “I do hope that your Amatsukami will abide by their previous agreement!”
Homusubi was taken aback by the sudden words of Danzo, and asked in a confused tone, “What agreement are you talking about?”
Danzo frowned, and questioned, “Does Amatsukami intends to fool me now? Fujin clearly stated, ‘for the future of the Shinobi World, Konoha needs a new Hokage, someone courageous enough to stand against the wind, and Amatsukami has chosen Shimura-san for this purpose.’ After giving out such a promise of supporting me to the position of the Hokage, do you intend to back out now?”
When Homusubi heard Danzo’s words, she couldn’t help but realize, ‘No wonder this old guy is jumping up and down in the village recently… so this is where his confidence is coming from!’
At the same time, Tsukihi was a bit speechless after listening to Danzo’s reiteration of Fujin’s words.
Back then Kuroto used the Fujin Clone to make a deal with Shimura Danzo, and to make Danzo trust him, he spoke all that nonsense of supporting him to become Konoha’s Hokage. It was supposed to be just empty talk to tempt Danzo and lower his guard so that he can become the perfect lab rat without any opposition. Kuroto never expected that this old guy would really take that empty talk seriously to his heart.
And it just so happens that soon after that talk the Village was nearly destroyed, causing Sandaime Hokage to lose trust and confidence from the people of the village. This made Shimura Danzo realize that his chance is here, and he started to jump up and around the village in order to take advantage of this god-given once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Seeing Homusubi silent and not giving any reply, Danzo snorted coldly, “What now, did Hiruzen offer something more tempting?”
Danzo is obviously aware of the fact that Homusubi has just met up with the Sandaime Hokage, and it wouldn’t be so strange Sandaime Hokage made a deal with Amatsukami, causing that organization to tilt their support from his side to Hiruzen’s side.
After listening to Danzo’s question, Homusubi’s brain turned, and she chose deliberate silence, which was regarded as acquiescence by Danzo.
‘Damn it, Hiruzen! I won’t lose to you… not this time!’ after cursing inwardly, Danzo looked at Homusubi and said, “Humph, what can Hiruzen even give to Amatsukami? I know his character better than anyone, he can’t give Amatsukami anything except for just some money…! But I am different… As long as Amatsukami continues to support me and help me ascend to the position of Konoha’s Hokage, I can give the entire Land of Water to Amatsukami!”
“Huh?” Homusubi was startled by what Danzo said, and for a moment she even suspected that she heard it wrong.
Danzo turned around, and said in a fanatic tone, “The era of the Five Great Shinobi Villages will end in my hands… When that happens, the entire Land of Water and the neighboring islands can be handed over to the Amatsukami to manage. One of the Five Great Nations in exchange for supporting and helping me in becoming Konoha’s Hokage, is not a bad price don’t you think? I believe you should feel my sincerity.”
‘I don’t feel it at all, the Land of Water was not yours, is not yours, and will never be yours, to begin with, and the same case applies to the other nations, so why do you get to call the shots? At this time, you are writing this kind of empty check in order to tempt me… do you think I am an idiot just like you?’ Homusubi thought inwardly but didn’t give an outright reply to Danzo.
Seeing that Homusubi was still silent, Danzo looked back at her, and said in a confident tone, “Hiruzen will never be able to give you such an offer, you can’t refuse me!”
Looking at Danzo’s face, ‘Wait… he was serious just now?’ Homusubi suddenly realized that this old geezer is not joking, and couldn’t help but think at the same time, ‘I really didn’t expect that he would have such grand ambitions… unifying the entire Shinobi World? This old thing is really…’
For a while, Homusubi couldn’t figure out how to describe the man named Shimura Danzo.
After a long silence, she finally said, “The reason I am here this time, its just to replace Fujin and help with the improvement of ‘Chimera Jutsu… As for your proposal just now, I will report it back to the organization.”
Hearing Homusubi’s words, Danzo’s face turned into a gloomy expression.
Homusubi didn’t care about Danzo’s reaction at all, and stated directly, “Take me to the laboratory.”
With a bit of hesitation, Danzo nodded and ordered one of his subordinates to escort Homusubi to the laboratory she will be working in.
Although Danzo was very dissatisfied with Homusubi attitude towards him, Danzo’s rationality told him that now is not the time to turn his face with Amatsukami Organization. Not to mention the Chimera Jutsu is yet to be fully completed, Danzo still needs Amatsukami’s support in advanced biotechnology and requires Amatsukami’s involvement in the improvement to check and balance Orochimaru.
Therefore, even if he is dissatisfied, Danzo chose to suppress it for now and focus on what’s more important at the moment.
After Homusubi left, Orochimaru walked out of the darkness, and said with a mocking smile, “It seems that Homusubi doesn’t have a very good opinion of you.”
“Humph!” Danzo snorted, and said in an annoyed tone, “This is the reason why I hate the Uchiha, Uchihas shouldn’t exist in the Shinobi World at all!”
Because of being deeply influenced by Nidaime Hokage, Danzo has an indelible hostility towards the Uchiha Clan. Of course, Danzo’s situation is much worse than Nidaime Hokage, Senju Tobirama, despite not having a very good opinion of the Uchiha Clan was still capable of using that Clan for the benefit of Konoha, but that’s not the case with Shimura Danzo, in Danzo’s opinion, the Uchiha Clan shouldn’t even exist.
Orochimaru also knew this fact, and said with a thoughtful expression, “Amatsukami should be aware of your oil and water type relationship with the Uchiha Clan, and yet they sent Homusubi to work in the improvement of Chimera Jutsu, I am afraid this is not a very good new for the plan… Homusubi’s involvement might even prove to be detrimental.”
Danzo’s eyes narrowed, and said, “I must find a way to get in contact with Fujin as soon as possible, otherwise, things will get out of hands!”
Orochimaru shook his head, “Don’t put too much hop on him. I was there at that time, and I am quite certain, Fujin’s injuries weren’t normal, they didn’t look like a disguise, even Tsunade was helpless and stated that he won’t survive…”
Orochimaru may not have intervened much in those battles on that night, he was still observing everything that was happening in the village, so he had a clear grasp of the entire situation, as such, he is also aware that even Tsunade-hime, the best Iryo-nin in the Shinobi World was helpless in the face of Fujin’s injuries.
Others may not know it, Orochimaru is aware of the disease that the people of the Kaguya Clan suffer from, he has figured out that that disease is majorly related to using Shikotsumyaku, as such he perfectly understands that Fujin’s situation was really critical, and it would be a miracle if he survived that condition.
Danzo said with a regretful expression, “Sigh, I warned him not to interfere too much, but he just didn’t listen, and now this has happened, he is to blame for all this problem!”
Danzo has regarded that among the various members of the Amatsukami, Fujin supports him, while Homusubi opposes him. He thinks that there must be different factions within the Amatsukami, Fujin must be part of the faction that supported him, while Homusubi must be part of the faction that opposes him, and now that Fujin is critically injured, so the faction that Fujin is part of must be at a temporary disadvantage which has caused this situation.
As for the reason why Homusubi is hostile to him and opposes him? Is there even a reason to ask? Everyone knows Danzo’s repulsive attitude towards the Uchiha Clan, so it is normal for Homusubi who happens to be an Uchiha to be hostile towards him!
Orochimaru licked his lips with an excited smile, and questioned, “Do you want to continue the plan?”
Danzo struck his crutch on the ground, and said with an unquestionable expression, “Of course, no one can stop me!”
The age is increasing, and the body is declining, but with this decline, the ambitions that should decrease as well are not only not decreasing but increasing with each and every passing day. Now his ambitions have reached such an unstoppable level that even if a ten-thousand-meter cliff is present in front of him, Danzo will not stop and jump without a shred of hesitation.