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  "Uzumaki Kai, are you sure Senju Nawaki is dead?"

  Danzō looked at Kai and asked.

  "I pushed him into the trap myself. There's no way he could have survived," Kai replied.

  "Then where's his body? I told you I wanted his body," Danzō pressed.

  "I couldn't find it. The explosive tags must have blown him to bits."

  "Even if there were no bones left, there should be something remaining. Are you pying me for a fool, Kai?"

  Danzō's eyes narrowed dangerously.

  "I-I'm not! There was nothi. The ground was blown into a crater!"

  Kai quickly expined.

  Danzō stared at him, then said, "Don't breathe a word of this to anyone. You know the sequences."

  He didn't want this information leaking out. Tsunade would be furious if she learned of Nawaki's death, and if she found out he was involved, she would e after him with a vengeance.

  He wasn't afraid of Tsunade, but there was also Uzumaki Shin.

  He looked at Kai thoughtfully. Kai shifted unfortably under his gaze.

  Kai was already regretting joining Root. But it was too te to back out now.

  "Danzō-sama, I hope you haven't fotten reement," Kai said.

  "I haven't. Even if you didn't remind me, I wouldn't fet."

  Danzō had agreed to help Kai win over Akiko and eliminate Shin and Minato.

  Kai had a grudge against Shin and saw Minato as a rival.

  Danzō dismissed Kai.

  After Kai left, a Root agent—one of Danzō's trusted subordinates—emerged.

  "Danzō-sama, why not eliminate him? If he leaks this information, it could be troublesome."

  "No, he's still useful. I need him to help me trol the ails Jinchūriki."

  Danzō wasn't going to kill Kai yet. He was still valuable.

  And there was another reason. Shin had both Uzumaki and Uchiha blood. He was incredibly strong. What if he imphe Sharingan in Kai?

  ...

  Shin and his team had returo the battlefield.

  "That Jutsu is so ve, Shin," Kushina said enviously.

  "Kushina, do you want it too?" Shin asked.

  Kushina's eyes lit up. " you give it to me?"

  "No, I was just asking."

  Kushina's excitement vanished, and she gred at Shin. Why get her hopes up for nothing?

  They had just returned when they received hat the Sandaime Hokage was gathering forces for a surprise atta Iwa that night.

  Hiruzen had sent Shinobi to iigate and firmed that Shin had indeed destroyed Iwa's supplies. And ōnoki was injured.

  Hiruzen wasn't going to let this opportunity slip. Konoha was currently fighting Iwa, Kumo, Suna, and Amegakure. The pressure was immense. He had to gain an advantage somewhere.

  He had initially pet Suna, but his pns had ged.

  He had tried to sabotage Shin, but it hadn't worked. But there was a silver lining: with their supplies destroyed and ōnoki ihis was a good time to attack Iwa.

  "Report to the Sandaime Hokage that I was injured on my st mission and 't participate in tonight's attack," Shin said to the messenger.

  He thehe messenger away.

  "We're really not going?" Kushina and Mikoto asked.

  "Of course not. I'd rather research Wood Release." Shin nodded.

  He was still a Hiruzen f to sabotage him.

  "What about you, Tsunade?" Kushina asked.

  "Kushina, call me 'nee.' Show some respect." Tsunade gred at her.

  "Tch, who are y to intimidate with that stern face? So what if you're a little older than me? I'm not calling you 'nee!'" Kushina refused.

  She used to call Tsunade "nee" because she was weaker, but now she felt she could challesunade.

  "Hmph, I don't have time to deal with you now, but I will ter. You'll be beggio be your 'nee'."

  ...

  Night fell. At one in the m, the Konoha forces were ready. Under Hiruzen's and, they charged towards the I.

  Almost all of Konoha's forces were mobilized. Hiruzehe charge, followed by Danzō, Sakumo, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya.

  Hiruzen was determio force Iwa to surrender.

  Tsunade didn't go. She had initially po participate, but Hiruzen had ordered her to stay and guard the camp.

  They couldn't leave the camp undefended.

  Hiruzehe assault on the I. They didn't bother with stealth.

  With over three thousae Konoha Shinobi, they didn't o. They could crush Iwa in a head-on attack.

  But as they easily broke through Iwa's defenses, Hiruze a sense of uhere was barely aance.

  "Hokage-sama, something's wrong," Sakumo Hatake said.

  He also felt it was too easy. Iwa's defenses couldn't be this weak.

  "This is a trap! We've been tricked!" Hiruzen yelled.

  Just then, an explosion sounded in the distance. Explosive tags.

  Many Konoha Shinobi were caught i.

  Don't uimate explosive tags. Even Jōnin could be killed by them.

  More explosions followed. Hiruzen's face darkened.

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