Chapter 1235 Danzo's Counterattack
Danzo was troubled by the fact that he had to expose Duran's true identity, but he couldn't monitor him. After being hit, he regained his fighting spirit. As long as Konoha didn't fall, his efforts were valuable, which was beyond doubt.
Everyone should take care of their own business and not worry about other people's troubles. Even if people outside Konoha also yearn for peace, even if provoking civil war in other countries is only effective in the short term, it will accumulate pressure for rebound in the long run. But life is only a few decades long, and Danzo is not the only one who is short-sighted. In this case, what Danzo did will naturally get support from many people. For example, the people don't care about the life and death of other countries at all.
Danzo knew that there were still people who needed him, so he had to cheer up. Now Konoha is facing the biggest enemy not outside, but inside, that is Duran.
For the sake of the village, Danzo must expose Duran's true identity.
Then he had to collect evidence, but he couldn't let the Anbu monitor him. Danzo thought of letting the young ninja who rarely appeared in the Root take off his uniform and restore his civilian identity to continue tracking.
So more than a dozen orphan ninjas, including Sai, restored their civilian appearance and lurked, and even sneaked into the ninja school to monitor.
Danzo didn't believe that he couldn't find any evidence against Duran.
Sai had no doubts. A mission was a mission. It didn't matter if the target of surveillance was highly respected in Konoha. As long as he wasn't monitoring the Hokage, anyone could monitor him. No need to ask.
Sai disguised himself as a mobile vendor and hid near Duran's house. He didn't get any particularly important information for several days. Duran either went to work at school or went back to the Hyuga family's villa, and then went shopping with his wife. It can be seen that Duran and his wife have a good relationship, but her daughter is not seen. Instead, the Hyuga family's youngest daughter is often with them.
As far as Sai knows, Duran's wife and daughter suddenly appeared recently. There was no record of them in the past ten years. However, just looking at the intimacy between Duran and Denise, they should be a real couple and not fake. Sai also knew that fake was unrealistic. If a single person for ten years suddenly said that he had a wife and daughter, only an idiot would believe it, so it was probably true.
However, it is said that Duran's daughter looks only about ten years old, which means that she was born before and after Duran came to Konoha. I don't know if she is her biological daughter. Because theoretically, Duran's daughter is likely to be born one or two years after Duran came to the village.
Sai looked serious, and there were many forgiving thoughts in his heart.
If a girl younger than him is not in the village, where would she be? Sai felt very confused. Even if she was a ninja, she would not leave the village in her teens. It was too dangerous.
The only abnormality made Sai alert. He hoped that when Saori came back, he could provide clues so that he could complete his task.
Where did Saori go? She went to find suitable land to build a base. Duran told her that having a special base would be conducive to the activities of new ninjas in the future, but this base could not be directional, so it could not be set up in Konoha Village. It could be set up in other places, preferably with beautiful mountains and rivers and cheap land prices.
Saori also felt that the base was indeed necessary, so she went out to find a base first, and indeed found a good place. So when Sai was conducting various investigations, Saori finally came back.
The investigation also had a breakthrough. One day, Sai heard the three of them walking on the street and talking. They had contacted the ninjas of the Hidden Mist Village and selected their strongest ninjas to destroy Konoha at any time.
Duran's original words were: "The Hidden Mist Village ninja Bai and you two have the strength to destroy Konoha. You can find others at will. We have been waiting for ten years. When we act, we must be vigorous and successful."
Did Duran and his men use ten years just to destroy Konoha? Sai was nervous. Now he knew why Danzo asked him to monitor Duran. It turned out that Danzo discovered Duran's ambition.
Continuing the investigation, he intercepted a ninja eagle delivering a letter and obtained a crucial piece of information.
It was a list of ninjas. In addition to the Hidden Mist Village ninjas, there were also the names of ninjas from other villages. There was a number after each name. These numbers were definitely secret codes. They were probably contacting the contact person outside.
Sai copied a copy of the information and released the ninja eagle. The ninja eagle's target was the Hidden Mist Village. The root had already begun to establish an intelligence network for the Hidden Mist Village, and there should be a response.
When the intelligence gathered, Danzo was very excited. He knew that as long as he kept a close eye on him, he would be able to find Duran's handle. If the third generation had not stopped them ten years ago, they should have caught Duran ten years earlier.
And Duran's wife and daughter suddenly appeared, and they must have cooperated with Duran's work. His goal was to destroy the village. Now he must be impatient to realize his ambition, but he underestimated himself. Danzo thought that he might have to thank Duran for hitting him. If it weren't for his words, he wouldn't have completely targeted him.
Duran was so smart that he was fooled by his own cleverness. Danzo was very excited. He felt that he was going to make a great contribution. Duran spent his talent and time hiding for ten years. What kind of plan was this? But no matter how cunning a fox is, it can't beat a hunter. No matter how hard Duran tried, he couldn't hide it from his eyes.
Now there is a witness and another piece of intelligence. As long as the intelligence is cracked, then Duran's evidence of guilt can be known.
Check immediately, first to determine whether the ninja in the intelligence exists, and the meaning of these numbers. If necessary, you can capture a few ninjas and interrogate them, and ask them the meaning of the numbers.
The meaning is simple, it is the amount of money.
When the interrogation information was fed back to Danzo, he was shocked, because all the numbers added up to billions, which must be the money for bribing ninjas.
Using hired ninjas to destroy Konoha? Danzo's eyes became dangerous. He thought Duran underestimated Konoha. However, Sai also said that Duran's daughter had found a very strong ninja, and with their family, it was a force that could not be underestimated.
But as long as he took the initiative, he would definitely be able to catch Duran's family.
The interrogation information also had some other content. They didn't know what they were doing with the money. It seemed to be a very secretive operation. I'm afraid they would not be informed of the true nature of the mission until it officially started.
It's not enough. More information is needed, and more plainclothes ninjas are dispersed. This is definitely an innovation of Danzo. The ninjas shed all their characteristics and blended into the civilians to conduct low-key plainclothes investigations. In this mission, Sai showed excellent observation and investigation skills.
As the investigation deepened, more and more evidence emerged that Duran's family had money transactions with ninjas from other villages and intended to subvert Konoha. Finally, when Danzo thought that the evidence was conclusive and Duran could no longer refute it, he chose to attack decisively.
It was a cloudy day, and Konoha was also shrouded in a subtle and strong ominous feeling. All ninjas had an indescribable sense of oppression, and it was like a storm was coming. Today, Danzo led the core members of the Root, holding Duran's evidence and surrounded the Hyuga Villa where Duran lived. For a time, Konoha was shaken and the ninjas were all shocked. They didn't know what Danzo was going crazy for.
A big drama is about to begin.