The Hokage Office is located in the northern part of Konoha, directly below the Hokage Rock, and its exterior is a huge circular building.
Yang Tao landed on the top floor of the Hokage Office and saw several people inside the office through the window.
Danzo, whose face was covered in bandages, no longer had his previous look of deep-seated bitterness; a smile he couldn't suppress was plastered on his face.
"Sensei, I, Danzo, am the most suitable person to be Hokage. Hiruzen is too soft-hearted."
The two people standing beside him seemed not to have heard him, guarding Danzo emotionlessly.
"Heh heh, you should be grateful that Sarutobi Hiruzen is soft-hearted. If not for that, would you still be alive?"
Hearing Danzo's words, Yang Tao pushed the door open and spoke mockingly.
The moment he saw Yang Tao, Danzo's pupils constricted sharply and he said, "It's you!"
Konoha had only sealed off the news of Naruto's abduction, but Yang Tao's portrait was still circulating among the higher-ups, and Danzo recognized Yang Tao at a glance.
"You actually still dare…"
Before Danzo could finish his sentence, green Chakra surged from Yang Tao's body, and the next moment, Danzo felt a sharp pain in his shoulder.
Yang Tao's figure had already appeared beside him, and at the same time, the arm embedded with the Sharingan disappeared.
"You…"
As soon as he uttered a single word, Yang Tao's finger had already plunged into his eye beneath the bandage, and with a forceful gouge.
A roughly 80% new Mangekyo Sharingan, just like that arm, was put into his backpack.
"Seriously, wrapping it in bandages is still worse than an eye patch."
Yang Tao was not Sasuke, so he didn't have to give Danzo time to unwrap the bandages; the two seconds it would take to unwrap them would be enough for him to mince Danzo into meat paste.
All of this happened too quickly.
By the time Yamanaka Fu and Aburame Torune, who were acting as guards, reacted, everything had already settled.
"Lord Danzo!"
Yamanaka Fu, being of the Yamanaka clan, immediately formed hand seals, clearly preparing to use the Yamanaka clan's secret technique.
"Mind…"
Pfft.
A scarlet light flashed before his eyes, and his voice abruptly stopped; not only him, but Aburame Torune on the other side, who had just released his parasitic insects from his body, was also cut across the body by Yang Tao with a single slash.
The difference was that Yamanaka Fu died instantly, while Aburame Torune was enveloped in a ball of flames before falling to the ground and dying.
After doing all this, Yang Tao then chuckled as he looked at Danzo, the biggest tumor in the Naruto World, and said with a smile, "You don't have any Sharingan stuffed in other parts of your body, do you?"
Danzo's face was contorted, like a demon that had crawled out of hell: "Who exactly are you? Why are you doing this?"
With the Yamato pressed against Danzo's heart, Yang Tao smiled and said, "All of this is, of course, for Konoha!"
Danzo truly didn't expect Yang Tao to say that, and he was genuinely a bit flustered.
"The Hokage is the Konoha bathed in sunlight, you are the Root in the darkness, and I…"
Danzo looked at Yang Tao with his one remaining eye, wanting to hear his final words, only to see Yang Tao reveal a playful smile and say, "And I, am your wall-breaker…"
Pfft.
The sharp Yamato pierced into Danzo's heart without any obstruction, but Danzo showed no fear of death; instead, he shouted maniacally, "Haha, taking you with me before I die, I can die with a clear conscience for Konoha!"
"Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Jutsu!!!"
Silence~
No matter how Danzo tried to activate the Chakra within his body and the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Jutsu carved into his body, there was no reaction.
He widened his eyes, looking incredulously at the Yamato stuck in his chest, and said weakly, "Demonic… Demonic Blade…"
Then, his body was completely drained by the Yamato, like rotten wood.
Yang Tao made a clicking sound with his tongue as he looked at Danzo, who lay lifeless on the Hokage's desk, then put away the Yamato and said, "Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Jutsu? Since I came to take your life, how could I not guard against that move of yours?"
Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Jutsu.
The caster must first engrave the Reverse Four Symbols Seal on their own body. This Jutsu activates upon the caster's death, causing all their blood to gush out, forming a seal as it expands into a sphere, sealing surrounding matter and dragging it into hell.
With the Yamato piercing his heart, let alone Chakra, even the blood needed to perform the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Jutsu was drained.
A generation's hero met his end.
Yang Tao reinserted the Yamato into its sheath, walked out of the empty office, and gazed at the distant arena, where thick smoke billowed.
'The Third should be on his way now, right? How interesting, they really are good friends, even going together. Next up is… Orochimaru and Yakushi Kabuto…'
Yang Tao lightly leaped, flying directly towards the arena. When he arrived, he just happened to witness the famous scene of the Third Hokage's soul being devoured by the Shinigami's phantom.
The battle below had already ceased, and the three factions were now confronting each other, their tension palpable.
Kakashi looked at the familiar yet strange Sasuke and Naruto, holding a Kunai, and asked, "Sasuke, Naruto, what are you two doing?"
Hearing Kakashi's question, Naruto's expression was complex, while Sasuke said calmly, "All of this is that Lord's decision…"
"That Lord?"
Yang Tao's image immediately appeared in Kakashi's mind, and he couldn't help but grip the Kunai in his hand, but he didn't directly attack. He had no choice, as the odds were against him.
Behind Sasuke and Naruto now stood nearly two hundred Ninja, including not only masked Root Ninja, but also the Sand Ninja who initiated this attack.
Compared to the Konoha Ninja.
The Sand Ninja Maki felt like dying. Originally, the number of Ninja they brought from the Sand Village was not too many, but this time, a quarter of them directly defected. This is something no leader could accept.
"Shiki, do you also want to betray the Sand Village??"
The Sand Ninja named Shiki gripped the Kunai in his hand, saying with fanaticism, "Only by following that Lord is the right path, Maki, for the sake of our past friendship, I'll give you a piece of advice."
"Surrender, and accept that Lord's grace."
Maki's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot. This time, with the Konoha Crush plan, no matter the outcome, their Sand Village was basically finished.
The Kazekage was currently missing and very likely dead, and a quarter of the Ninja brought this time were killed, while another quarter were controlled by some unknown ability.
The rest of the Sand Ninja were now of unknown fate.
Kakashi glanced at Maki and the masked figure standing beside him, just as he was about to ask Sasuke and the other what they intended to do.
Bang.
A figure descended from the sky, crashing heavily onto the masked figure.
"Yang Tao…"
Kakashi watched Yang Tao cautiously, his palms now subtly sweating.
Yang Tao chuckled and extended his hand, greeting Kakashi, "Oh, isn't this 50/50 Kakashi? Long time no see."
Then he lowered his head and said amiably to the figure beneath his feet, "It's an honor to meet you, Yakushi Kabuto…"