Danzo looked ferocious, staring at Hiruzen who had brought him over. "Hiruzen! What are you still waiting for!"
Hiruzen looked unbearable, as if he wanted to say something about his own helplessness.
Hiromi spoke, "Danzo. Conducting human experiments with Orochimaru, murdering my parents, Uchiha Kazuto and Uchiha Shizuka, on the night of Nine-Tails' attack, promising compensation for the Uchiha clan's relocation but failing to provide it, spreading rumors in the village about the relationship between the Uchiha clan and Nine-Tails, and slandering Naruto as a demon fox, assassinating the Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, tricking the Uchiha clan into serving on the front lines during the war with Kumogakure and Iwagakure, and concealing the Uchiha clan's battle merits, murdering the Kumogakure envoy captain and framing the Uchiha clan, gouging out the eyes of my nii-san, Shisui, and sending people to hunt him down and take his life, tricking Itachi into betraying the Uchiha clan, kidnapping the important village figure Naruto. Danzo is hereby sentenced to death."
Everyone around, including the Uchiha Clan Members, was stunned.
Human experimentation, killing Uchiha, reneging on promises, spreading rumors, assassinating the Hokage, concealing battle merits, framing, gouging eyes, tricking, kidnapping...
Even Hiruzen was shocked. He knew about half of these things, but now that they were totaled up, he still couldn't help but be shocked.
Was such a person really his teammate? Was he really the Hokage assistant he chose?
Danzo's expression was ugly. He knew that it was too late to say anything now. Even if he hadn't killed the Kumogakure envoy captain, it was too late to quibble now.
But...
"Hiromi! You have no right to execute me!"
Hiruzen agreed with this statement. The others agreed as well.
But before Danzo could feel relieved, he was struck by panic the very next second. He saw the small cage trapping him continuously shrinking.
The scorching heat burned his flesh, advancing toward his internal organs. He felt as if his entire body was melting, letting out a shrill scream from the burning pain.
"Hiruzen! Hiruzen!!!"
Danzo's shrill urging made Hiruzen unable to keep silent any longer.
"Enough!"
"Hiromi! Stop it!"
But Hiromi wanted to kill even him, how could he possibly listen to his words?
The golden flame cage continued to shrink, and a pungent burnt smell wafted out. Combined with Danzo's screams, it made Hiruzen's mind reel with agitation.
"Hiromi! I told you to stop!!!"
"Do you want Konoha and the Uchiha to go to war!!!"
Hiromi's expression remained calm. Those closed eyes, with the golden light within them soul-stirring, looked toward the enraged Hiruzen with a gaze full of deterrence.
"Then let there be war."
Hiruzen thought Hiromi would be afraid, so he spoke the words he had prepared in his heart. "Then hurry up and release..."
Halfway through, he froze and stared blankly at Hiromi.
At this moment, it was as if he realized for the first time that he simply didn't possess the value to make the other party change his mind.
"Ahhhhh!"
"Hiromi! Konoha will be destroyed by your hands! Even in death, I will not let you off!!!"
Hiromi slowed down the movement of the cage, making Danzo feel a surge of joy, thinking Hiromi had been intimidated by his threat.
But Hiromi's next sentence made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
"Don't be happy. I'm slowing down just so you can feel the pain slowly, so you can die a bit slower."
Then, he ignored Danzo's frantic curses, as well as the awe and fear of the surrounding ninjas.
He turned toward Hiruzen and said, "Hiruzen, as the Hokage, Danzo has committed so many wicked deeds, yet you are still protecting him? You even just used all of Konoha to threaten me? Are you practicing nepotism?"
As the words "practicing nepotism" fell, Hiruzen's heart suffered a heavy blow, and his expression changed drastically.
Not just him, even the ninjas nearby couldn't help but look at Hiruzen, as if they had been deceived, their gazes filled with shock and disbelief.
"No... no... it's because Hiromi has no authority to execute... I... I..."
Hiruzen hurriedly explained to the ninjas, but the ninjas he looked at all averted their gazes, not a single person echoed his words.
The scene was dead silent, with only his panic spreading through the air.
Hiruzen's face slowly filled with gloom and defeat.
The Uchiha Clan Members behind Hiromi were so excited they wanted to clap their hands.
'Hiromi is too amazing!'
Their eyes shone, all feeling that if Hiromi wasn't the Clan Head, it would be unfair. With such a Clan Head, why would the Uchiha worry about not rising?
'Shisui! Hurry up and give up the position to Hiromi!' This sentence was shouted excitedly in the hearts of all the Clan members.
Shisui watched calmly, a faint smile appearing on his face. He had long been disappointed in Hiruzen, unlike a certain someone currently hiding in a corner doubting their choices.
Hiromi wanted to torture Danzo slowly. But Danzo couldn't bear the pain of the torture and chose to throw himself into the golden flame cage, committing suicide.
Before he died, he left these words: "Hiromi! I'll haunt you even as a ghost!!!"
Hiromi narrowed his eyes.
[Mission Name: You think I'd just let you off like that?]
[Mission Content: Torture Danzo for a hundred days!]
[Mission Reward: Lava Release Chakra Mode]
Besides the new mission, there was also a reward for a completed mission.
[Mission "Think You're the Only One Who Can Scheme?" completed. You have obtained the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.]
Hiromi felt a bit more relaxed. Losing his eyes wouldn't have had a huge impact on him, but it was a bit of a regret after all. Now his eyes were back.
Especially since the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan allowed him to use Susanoo without any cost, it was a massive boost to his combat power. He was super strong now.
He even had a thought—Should I take this chance to kill Hiruzen?
After thinking about it, he decided to wait a bit longer. If he killed him now, Konoha would fall into chaos.
So, with his eyes closed, the golden light full of pressure fell upon the defeated Hiruzen, his voice filled with authority. "From today onward, Root will be controlled by the Uchiha clan. Hiruzen, do you have any objections?"
Hiruzen's lips were dry, and he instinctively wanted to object vehemently. But as soon as he opened his mouth, he saw the surrounding ninjas who were somewhat distant and repelled. In the end, the words of refusal got stuck in his throat, and he didn't say a single word, lowering his head as if nodding.
That night, the Uchiha clan became the masters of Root.