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[RNZO] Ch 187: Danzo Must Die
🕑 Added 2025-04-23 13:23:29 +0000 UTC— — — — — —
"Oh?"
Tsunade raised her eyebrows in surprise. "Didn't expect that from you, kid. You're surprisingly insightful. So, what's the point of bringing all this to me? Don't tell me you're just being generous?"
Yeah, no way she was buying that.
"Obviously, I want the Uchiha Clan to finally be treated fairly in Konoha. No more surveillance, no more targeting, no more being treated like enemies," Renzo said calmly. "I don't think that's asking too much."
"I just don't want things to escalate to the point where we're forced to stand against Konoha."
"If it ever came to that… trust me, it wouldn't be the Uchiha who'd lose out. It'd be the entire village."
With the kind of power he had now, even someone like Minato would think twice before crossing him.
"Tsk, tsk…"
Tsunade clicked her tongue and looked at Renzo with a teasing expression. "Aren't you a bit too confident in yourself, brat? What makes you think you could go up against the entire village and walk away fine?"
"Konoha's not something to be taken lightly—even if we're at our weakest right now."
Renzo smiled, eyes closed.
Then, in a flash, his eyes snapped open—revealing the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan with nine tomoe.
In that instant, his aura exploded within the room like a thunderclap, shaking the whole building. Not a single ripple leaked outside.
His control over his power… was absolutely terrifying.
CRASH!
Tsunade leapt to her feet in shock, knocking over a stack of files on the table as she did. Her body instinctively tensed under the crushing pressure of Renzo's chakra.
Eyes wide in disbelief, she stared at him. "That's the Mangekyō Sharingan? No, wait… that's not just any Mangekyō! Why the hell does it have 9 tomoe?!"
"And what the hell is with your chakra and that insane life force?!"
To her, it didn't even feel like she was facing a human anymore. It felt like standing in front of something more terrifying than a Tailed Beast.
Just the life force alone… it felt like her grandpa, the First Hokage himself.
"Since when did the Uchiha have this kind of vitality? No… this isn't normal. This is like… Sage Body-level!" she thought, visibly shaken.
Then, just as easily, Renzo retracted all of it—the power, the aura, the Sharingan—like it had never happened. He smiled casually at the still-stunned Tsunade.
"Now do you understand where my confidence comes from? With my current strength, I could take on both the First Hokage and Uchiha Madara if they were resurrected—and still come out on top."
He snorted. "So yeah, being Hokage? That's a joke to me."
"Konoha? I don't really care about it all that much either."
"If I wasn't so nostalgic for the village… if I didn't think it was still a decent place to live, I would've turned against Danzo and Hiruzen the moment they sent assassins after me and tried to suppress me."
"Honestly, if I really wanted to, I could've taken the Uchiha and walked out of Konoha to start a new country. No sweat. Heh."
The truth was, Renzo was just too sentimental.
"Hmph."
Tsunade scoffed, clearly annoyed, but deep down she had to admit—this brat's strength was on a whole other level.
But saying he could beat her grandfather?
"Don't get too cocky, brat! I'll admit you're strong, but my grandpa had full mastery of Sage Mode! There's no way you—"
Before she could even finish, Renzo calmly switched his energy. In an instant, his chakra shifted—becoming pure Sage Chakra. He let the energy fill the air as he gave her a cheeky smile.
"You mean this?"
"You—"
Tsunade's expression changed again, completely stunned. She pointed at him in disbelief. "You've mastered Sage Mode too?! And… how come you don't have any of the facial markings? No toad eyes or weird designs?!"
"And where the hell did you even learn Sage Jutsu?"
All she could sense was pure, untainted Sage Chakra—nothing else.
As far as she knew, there were only three places in the world where someone could learn Sage Jutsu: the three great summoning realms.
And every one of them came with a distinct transformation. She'd seen it with Jiraiya. She'd even heard about the Snake Sage's mode from Orochimaru.
But Renzo?
His Sage Mode didn't carry any of those traits. It was like… he was the Sage itself.
"Where do you think?" Renzo shrugged with a grin. "Ryūchi Cave, obviously."
"I made a deal with Orochimaru and got access."
"Of course, the version I'm using now is something I refined myself—completely stripped of the Snake Sage's influence. What I use now is pure Sage Mode."
"Plus, my control over Sage Chakra is insanely high, so it's totally normal that you don't see any of the usual physical features."
"But hey, if I wanted to show them off, I could. Like this…"
The moment he said that, the atmosphere shifted. Renzo's chakra flared again, but this time it changed—his eyes became slitted like a snake's, purple markings spread around his eyes, and his skin turned eerily pale.
To Tsunade now, Renzo felt even more snake-like than Orochimaru himself.
"…Damn."
Tsunade stared at him, finally convinced.
"So, you still think I wouldn't be able to beat your grandpa now?" Renzo smirked as he let the transformation fade and returned to his usual form.
"You brat! Stop looking at me with those eyes like that, or I'll gouge them out myself!" Tsunade snapped, flustered. She tried to cover up her embarrassment with a threat.
She had to admit it—what Renzo just showed her was terrifying. He really could go against the whole Village if he wanted to.
And the fact that he hadn't already done so, despite being capable, meant one thing: he genuinely didn't have bad intentions toward Konoha. He really was trying to protect it in his own way.
"…Fine. I agree with what you said."
"But as for Danzo… that bastard's mine. If he dared to go after my little brother, and orchestrated attacks on the Senju clan too, then he's dead. No discussion."
"Danzo must die."
Tsunade's tone was firm. This was non-negotiable.
That's right—among the files Renzo had handed over, there were records proving Root's involvement in plots against Nawaki, her parents, and other direct members of the Senju clan.
Tsunade would never let that slide.
"Sure," Renzo nodded. "Just be careful. That old bastard's had First Hokage cells implanted in his body, and he's collected quite a few Sharingan too."
"Even his right eye is a Mangekyō. Don't let him catch you off guard."
Danzo might have used sealing techniques to hide all that from others, but Renzo? He could see right through it with his sensory abilities.
He could even sense the massive chakra stored in the Yin Seal on Tsunade's forehead.
"…What?"
Tsunade's face changed immediately. She shot up, furious. "You're telling me Danzo used my grandfather's body for his experiments?!"
"And the Mangekyō? Whose is it? Where the hell did he get a Mangekyō Sharingan from?!"
As far as she remembered, no other Uchiha besides Madara—and this crazy kid in front of her—had awakened the Mangekyō in the last few decades.
How did one even end up in Danzo's hands?
Renzo gave a light shrug. "Danzo never stopped experimenting with Hashirama's cells. At one point, he even teamed up with Orochimaru."
"If you check Root HQ, you'll find a ninja codenamed Kinoe, the only one who survived the grafting process. He can use a trash-tier version of Wood Release."
"Honestly, it's only useful for planting trees and building houses. At least he can use the first Hokage's Wood Style: Three-Bedroom-One-Living-Room Jutsu." He grinned.
Tsunade: "…"
What the hell is that supposed to be? There's no way her grandfather created such an embarrassing technique. That was pure slander.
And wait… Orochimaru was involved too?
"ORO-CHI-MA-RU…" Tsunade growled, venom practically dripping from her eyes.
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Meanwhile, far away on the battlefield near the Mist Village (Kiri), Orochimaru suddenly sneezed and almost got wrecked by the current Mizukage mid-fight.
"…Someone's talking about me. And I've got a really bad feeling about it," he muttered, then continued his battle like nothing happened.
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Back in Konoha, Renzo continued, "As for the Sharingan? Danzo collected them from Uchiha members he secretly had assassinated over the years. The Mangekyō he's using probably belonged to Uchiha Kagami."
"That guy died under shady circumstances too. It's obvious Danzo was behind it."
"Kinda embarrassing for the Uchiha, honestly."
Renzo figured Kagami was probably just as naive as Shisui—fell for Danzo's fake goodwill and got taken out without even realizing it, all for the sake of 'the bigger picture.'
After all, Kagami was Shisui's grandfather. Being that stupid probably ran in the family.
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