Danzo was so angry that he went to find his old team member, Sarutobi Hiruzen.

  He is not a fool.

  The information obtained by the Yamanaka cn's search showed that there was a discrepancy between Uchiha Doumu's specific strength and the information he had.

  The art of hiding in the mist!

  The art of earth escape!

  Seal with one hand!

  Weird shadow clone!

  "The Uchiha cn is indeed ambitious."

  Danzo came to Sarutobi Hiruzen's house that night, thinking about how to start the conversation.

  With two elite Root teams destroyed, he had to re-evaluate Uchiha Doumu's strength.

  "Look at this, Hiruzen!"

  As soon as Sarutobi Hiruzen came in, a piece of information was angrily stuffed into his hand.

  He was somewhat surprised by his old teammate's anger. He lowered his head and flipped through the information. His expression suddenly changed and he asked carefully, "What is this information?"

  "I found all of them from the brains of my lost Root members." Danzo said in a deep voice.

  "Could there be a mistake..." Sarutobi Hiruzen pondered for a moment, "To be honest, it's hard for me to believe that a special jonin suddenly became so powerful."

  Danzo sneered and said, "Rather than saying that his strength has suddenly increased, it's better to say that Uchiha is hiding deep. This is the information integrated from the fragments of the two teams. Do you know what he is doing?"

  Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned.

  "He is provoking!" Danzo snorted coldly, "It is impossible for Uchiha-dono not to know the methods of the Yamanaka cn, but he deliberately left the head just to let us know that the murderer is him!"

  Sarutobi Hiruzen gnced at his old friend and shook his head inwardly.

  He didn't see it as a provocation.

  As long as Uchiha Doumu is not crazy, he will not do such a stupid thing as challenging his original ninja vilge.

  This would cause Konoha to hunt him down with all its might.

  "I've said from the beginning that the fire must be reted to Uchiha Doumushi. His whereabouts have been unusual in the past six months, and my subordinates have reported it to me." Danzo stared at Sarutobi Hiruzen and said in a low voice: "Believe me Hiruzen, Uchiha has never been trustworthy, and they can't trust us. The Nine-Tails disaster five years ago is a tragic example!"

  "...Okay, just go and hunt down this Uchiha." Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head and said.

  Although he thought Danzo was too extreme, he did not intend to stop him.

  Defectors must not be forgiven, especially those from the Uchiha cn who are now acting strangely!

  "Just in case, let's not report this matter for now." Sarutobi Hiruzen said after thinking for a while.

  Danzo naturally knew who the purpose of not notifying was.

  "Don't worry, I won't let the Uchiha know." He nodded, stood up and left.

  The goal has been achieved.

  Overnight.

  Four Root teams were dispatched.

  This time it's a team of three.

  Two teams are led by official jonin, and two teams are led by special jonin.

  The team members are all experienced elite Chunins who are proficient in exploration, combat, and defense.

  "This time, I mobilized a lot of manpower..."

  Danzo watched the team set off with a twinkling gaze.

  Naturally, he would not take a mere Uchiha Douwu seriously. Although he had hidden his strength, he was only at the same level as Kakashi after all. He was not to the point where he could not be solved.

  The key is...

  Taking advantage of this opportunity, he can send people out of the vilge openly.

  All four teams were tasked with other secret missions.

  …

  "Pay attention, eliminate the target Uchiha Doumu as soon as possible, and then carry out the mission from Danzo-sama."

  "Bnket reconnaissance, focusing on nearby towns and vilges. He can't be in the wild all the time. The target needs supplies."

  "Team Jiufeng is heading in the same direction as me, and Team Dashe is following you."

  The captains of the four teams exchanged attitudes and formuted a battle pn.

  Like their leader, Elder Danzo, they don't care much about the goal.

  They have memorized all the information about Uchiha Doumu since his birth. In a sense, they know the target better than the target himself.

  Although the target is hidden.

  But you have to know that as long as anything exists, there will be traces.

  Uchiha Doumu's resume is there, suggesting the upper limit of the goal.

  Even the famous Seven Bdes would have most of their men left behind by being exchanged by the four teams.

  This is the confidence of the root members.

  …

  puff.

  Phew.

  thump.

  Tang Wu, who had his eyes blindfolded, frowned. To be honest, he was a little tired of the sound of beheading.

  But for some reason, the shadow clone is keen on doing this kind of thing.

  "Done, the third Root team." The shadow clone came over with a half-broken ninja sword and casually stuck it into the ground.

  The strong smell of blood hit Tang Wu's nose. He knew without looking that there were broken limbs and corpses all over the ground behind him.

  Tang Wu stood there in silence, thinking for a while.

  "Okay, let's go," he said.

  The shadow clone took out a new ninja sword he had obtained as a trophy, sheathed it and pced it behind his back.

  …

  Information about the damage was transmitted back to Konoha through various channels.

  Although the departure of a rge number of Root personnel from the vilge was secretive, it was never a secret among the high-level officials.

  "We need to know the truth." In the office, Utane Koharu said to the gloomy Danzo and the silent Sarutobi Hiruzen.

  Each piece of damaging intelligence repeatedly irritated the nerves of their elders.

  This is not war time!

  Peace has only arrived for a few years, how could there be such a loss rate in missions!

  Sarutobi Hiruzen remained silent.

  Utatane Koharu and Mito Kado En looked at Danzo and asked in unison, "Please expin, Danzo."

  "What exactly are you and Hiruzen hiding from us?"

  "What mission did the Root personnel who left the vilge yesterday carry out?"

  "Confidential." Danzo replied coldly.

  Of course he knew that the losses were heavy. Not only the Root personnel died, but also the Konoha ninjas who were on missions nearby. Those ninjas were attracted to the battle and also died at the hands of Uchiha Doumu.

  Each Root team only sent back information once, which was when they discovered that another team had been killed.

  Then, the situation of their team appeared in the casualties intelligence of other teams.

  Utane Koharu and Mito Kado En kept asking questions.

  This is their right to know as elders, and it is also the basis for maintaining Sarutobi Hokage's status and limiting Danzo's power.

  "Okay, okay, let me tell you."

  Finally, it was Sarutobi Hiruzen who spoke up: "Danzo and I discovered that there was something wrong with the forest fire four days ago, so we sent people to investigate. We found the traitor ninja, Uchiha Doumu."

  It was nothing at first, but as soon as the Uchiha surname came out of the Third Hokage's mouth.

  The office immediately became quiet.

  "We confirmed Uchiha Domu's defection from the memories of the fallen ninjas, but..." Sarutobi Hiruzen held his pipe in his mouth, his eyes revealing a look of deep regret, and said in a deep voice: "We underestimated his strength."

  "A total of six Root teams, three Konoha executive ninja teams, and six jonin were all killed by Uchiha Doumu."

  "His strength is not particurly jonin, nor is it jonin, but... kage level!"