Chapter 269 Danzo's Successor

In the process of reporting the details of the mission, Uchiha Itachi spoke very detailed, but Danzo did not listen very seriously.

He was just a jonin who betrayed Konoha, not worth mentioning at all. Even if he had the strength of an elite jonin, he could not make much waves in front of Konoha's huge military force.

In comparison, he cared more about Uchiha Itachi, and he was eager to train Uchiha Itachi into an outstanding subordinate and become a sharp blade in his hands against Uchiha.

Uchiha Itachi was the son of Uchiha Fugaku, the leader of the Uchiha clan, and he was also a genius who could do anything.

In less than half a year, Uchiha Itachi graduated from the Ninja School, breaking the record left by Kakashi, and even aroused the jealousy of the leading jonin during the execution of the mission.

At that time, Itachi's leading jonin refused to apply for Itachi to take the Chunin Exam on the pretext that the overall strength of the team was insufficient.

He applied for Itachi's qualification to participate in the Chunin Exam himself, and Itachi did not disappoint him in the end. He defeated all the candidates in the Chunin Exam with absolute strength and became the first in the exam.

Since then, Uchiha Itachi has been influenced by him.

He finally passed the mission assessment and became a root ninja under his command.

After listening to the mission report, Danzo said to Uchiha Itachi: "You did a good job in this mission and solved a potential threat for the village. If he escaped to the enemy country, he would definitely leak a lot of important information."

After a pause, Danzo asked meaningfully: "By the way, Itachi, how does it feel to kill the rebel ninja with your own hands?"

Itachi was silent for a while, then said: "Danzo, I don't know what it feels like. He is obviously a companion in the village. Why did he choose to betray the village? What happened to him?"

"In the process of getting along with him, I saw that he was a gentle Konoha Jonin, full of warmth to both his companions and his family."

"I I think he must have had some compelling reasons to betray the village. "

"Every ninja who betrays the village has a compelling reason..."

After a slight pause, Danzo said solemnly:

"But it is the job of the Hokage to understand the reasons behind these. Our roots are the sharp blades that protect Konoha. We don't need to know the past of the traitors, nor do we need to enlighten them. It is enough to just deal with the ninjas who threaten Konoha."

"This is the mission of the roots, and it is also what you need to learn and practice in the future."

After hearing these words, Itachi fell silent again. He felt that what Danzo said made sense. Ninjas didn't need to understand how traitors became traitors.

From the time the other party chose to defect, it didn't matter what they had experienced in the past.

Seeing Itachi fall into thought, Danzo raised a faint smile at the corner of his mouth. Those words just now were the experience he had summed up in his decades of ninja career, and they were also his heartfelt words.

Only by speaking his true thoughts can he win the trust of a genius like Uchiha Itachi.

Since the first time he met Uchiha Itachi, Danzo had this idea in his mind. He wanted to train this maverick genius Uchiha who had a ninja mindset at the age of six to be his successor.

Inherit his root will and his overall view.

After pondering for a long time, Itachi bowed to Danzo and said, "Thank you for your reminder, Danzo. Do you have any tasks for me to perform?"

Danzo glanced at Uchiha Itachi and said, "There are no tasks for you to perform for the time being, but I hope you can study the will of fire carefully and don't go the wrong way like other Uchiha."

"In addition, report to the root early tomorrow, and Ryoma Ninja will issue you a task."

"Yes, Danzo..." After saying this, Itachi left the room, turned around and walked towards the dark passage, and soon disappeared.

After Uchiha Itachi left, Danzo showed a meaningful expression.

He could see that Uchiha Itachi did not completely believe in his ideas, but as long as Uchiha Itachi was still in the root, he could not get rid of the influence of the root.

Sooner or later, I will be able to assimilate Uchiha Itachi and let Uchiha Itachi deal with Uchiha.

Uchiha is a naturally evil clan, and its mere existence has brought many unstable factors to the village.

Uchiha Madara in the first generation, Uchiha Setsuna in the second generation, and even the mysterious masked man in the fourth generation have all brought great trouble to the village.

After the night of the Nine-tailed Fox, Shisui awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and became a major concern for the village.

Although Shisui is now very close to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who knows if Shisui will change his temperament and suddenly control the young Jinchūriki to start another ninja war in the village.

Instead of worrying all day, it is better to solve the threat of Uchiha in advance.

If I take the initiative to attack Uchiha Shisui, how high will the probability of victory be? After getting Uchiha Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan, I should have the power to become a Hokage.

However, ideas are ideas. He would not attack Shisui before he was absolutely sure.

The crime of attacking fellow villagers is very serious. Even if he attacks Uchiha, the old monkey Sarutobi Hiruzen will take advantage of his opportunity to push him to the edge of power.

The most urgent task is to slowly cultivate Uchiha Itachi and let Uchiha Itachi slowly turn against Uchiha.

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When Uchiha Itachi left the Root Base, it was already dusk.

It was a good thing for him to be recognized by Danzo and become a member of the Root. From today on, he could finally enter the Root.

He learned about the views of the family from the mouths of the most hostile Uchiha ninjas in the village.

This is very helpful in resolving the conflict between the family and the village.

However, after leaving the Root base, he gradually came to his senses. What Danzo said just now seemed very reasonable, but in fact it was affecting his concept of ninjas and distorting his three views.

What was even more fatal was that he actually agreed with Danzo's ideas in his heart.

He also had the idea of ​​living in darkness and protecting light in his heart, and this idea had already existed before he went to ninja school.

Unknowingly, Uchiha Itachi had returned to the clan.

At this time, a female Uchiha ninja in a ninja uniform was walking towards him. She said to Itachi, "Itachi, you are back. The clan will hold a clan meeting soon. Do you want to go there right away?"

"By the way, there is one more thing. I have passed the graduation assessment and officially become a ninja. We may have the opportunity to perform tasks together in the future."

Itachi glanced at the lively girl in front of him and nodded, "Let's go together, Izumi."