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Chapter 81 Hashirama Cells!
Chapter 81 Hashirama Cells!
The Root ninjas were indeed all elites, but unfortunately, they were facing an Anbu that outnumbered them by a wide margin.
Therefore, no matter how strong they were, they couldn't maintain it for very long.
At this point, the ANBU, who were already bloodthirsty, didn't care whether their opponents begged for mercy or not.
The deputy commander's order was to kill without mercy, so it was reasonable for them to kill all these root members.
Soon, the members of the Dark Division finished clearing out all the Roots and stood in front of Gen Takuya again.
"Reporting to the deputy commander, all the Root rebels have been dealt with!" one of the squad leaders said.
"Hmm, not bad. Have the injured members disperse first. Also, arrange for some people to send the Root ninja corpses to the intelligence department to investigate their identities," said Gen Takuno.
"Yes!" The squad leader immediately made arrangements after hearing the instructions.
In terms of personnel deployment, the squad leader was far more familiar with it than Yuan Tuoye.
"Next, begin searching the root area, pay attention to every corner!" Takuno Minamoto said at this moment.
"Yes!" The members of the secret service immediately sprang into action after receiving the order.
Soon, the ANBU reported a series of problematic matters to Gen Takuno, though they were all minor issues. However, the sheer number of them was alarming.
He truly lives up to his reputation as the Darkness of Konoha.
"Sir, there's a prison beneath Root, holding some people who went missing from Konoha before!" At this moment, a squad leader reported, his tone filled with shock.
As expected, Gen Takuno used corpses mostly collected from the battlefield, unlike Orochimaru. After the war, when there was a shortage of corpses, he gradually turned to the corpses of people around Konoha and even the villagers of Konoha.
As for Shimura Danzo, he basically never left the village, so the sources of his experiments must have been villages around Konoha and some peripheral ninjas within Konoha.
"Take me there," Yuan Tuoye said.
"yes!"
Soon, Yuan Tuoye also arrived at this extremely harsh prison, and the people inside did not react to their arrival.
It seems that all hope has been lost, and some have even stopped moving, appearing to be dead.
"Can you confirm their identities?" Takuno asked.
"Reporting to you, sir, it can be basically confirmed that the main group consists of Konoha ninjas who disappeared for unknown reasons, as well as some ordinary villagers, and the rest are likely people from surrounding villages," the Anbu said. These people had all appeared in their missions before.
But those missions all ended in failure, and they never expected that they would come to them in this way.
"Those whose identities can be confirmed should be sent directly to the hospital for treatment. Those whose identities cannot be confirmed should be kept under supervision while they are treated at the hospital. During this process, the intelligence department should investigate their identities," Yuan Tuoye instructed.
"yes!"
Seeing this, Yuan Tuoye spoke again, "Go to the Hokage Building now. If the meeting there is still going on, report this to the Hokage. If a battle has broken out there, don't go. Preserve your own life first."
The squad leader was taken aback. The Hokage Building? A battle?
These two words were somehow connected, and then he thought about this operation. Did the Vice-Captain-General think that Shimura Danzo would attack the Hokage at the Hokage Building?!
The squad leader wanted to say that this was impossible, but when he looked at the prison in front of him, he fell silent.
It seems there is indeed nothing that Shimura Danzo couldn't do.
"yes!"
The squad leader responded and then quickly left.
When he returned to Konoha Village, he could feel the two powerful chakra fluctuations erupting in the central area of Konoha even before he reached the central region.
At that moment, his eyes widened. What the deputy captain said was actually true!
Danzo Shimura was truly audacious!
The investigation on Gen Takuno's side was still ongoing. He frowned. There was no way that Shimura Danzo wouldn't have put the Hashirama cells somewhere else.
Just then, another squad leader arrived.
"Deputy Captain, we've discovered a very secluded place, but it's blocked by a powerful sealing spell, and we can't get in right now," the squad leader said.
"Take me there." Yuan Tuoye's eyes lit up, and then he said.
"yes!"
Soon, Gen Takuno arrived at the barrier that blocked the path of the Dark Division. From this side of the barrier, he could see a very intricate gate inside, which seemed to be storing something very important.
Looking at the barrier in front of him, Yuan Tuoye immediately realized that this was not a barrier like the Four Purple Flame Array, which would cause danger if touched. It was just a barrier to prevent others from entering.
"You guys go investigate other places first, I'll solve this one," Yuan Tuoye instructed.
"Yes!" The secret agents had no doubts and went off to search other places.
And you know what? The Root's base is indeed large enough, even comparable to the Dark Division's base, which has far more people than Root.
Yuan Tuoye looked at the barrier in front of him and wasted no time before starting to break it.
With his current strength and mastery of sealing techniques, breaking this barrier shouldn't be too difficult for him.
He quickly broke through the barrier, opened the last door, and went inside.
Upon closer inspection, he saw dozens of pairs of eyes, each a Sharingan, currently immersed in a solution.
Takuno was not surprised by this. Danzo Shimura had already begun his experiments with the Sharingan, and it would be much easier for the other party to obtain the Sharingan than for him.
He still had to figure out how to avoid being discovered, while Shimura Danzo could simply use his power to directly replace him.
However, these were not his main targets; he was searching in this very clean environment.
It contains not only the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan, but also insects from the Aburame clan, and various other strange things whose origins are unknown.
However, it didn't have the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan.
It seems that even Shimura Danzo would have a hard time gaining the Byakugan from the Hyuga main family.
Logically, they could kidnap Hyuga clan children, but those children rarely leave Hyuga clan territory before receiving the Caged Bird Seal.
Even if it weren't for the chaos caused by the Nine-Tails' attack and the resulting weakened defenses of the Hyuga clan, even if Minamoto no Takuno had reached the Kage level, he wouldn't have been able to easily infiltrate such a large clan.
"No Hashirama cells?" Takuno frowned. He didn't believe that Danzo Shimura didn't have Hashirama cells. His arm definitely needed maintenance, and if he wanted to install a new Sharingan, he would need Hashirama cells.
Yuan Tuoye narrowed his eyes, then took a deep breath and maximized his senses.
"Kagura's Mind's Eye!"
Gen Takuno sensed the chakra fluctuations around him and finally succeeded in sensing an energy full of life.
"It's quite well hidden." Yuan Tuoye opened his eyes, walked to a wall, and pondered how to open it.
He looked around at the layout and, after checking many items, finally found the mechanism under a vase.
Suddenly, a fairly large culture tank emerged from the almost unmarked wall, containing the very Hashirama cells that Gen Takuno was searching for!
Although he had never seen what interstitial cells looked like, he was certain that these were interstitial cells!
Because even if it's just a cell, the intense life force is something he can feel even without Kagura's Mind's Eye!
Yuan Tuoye's lips curled up. He hadn't expected that what he wanted most in Konoha would be obtained so easily.
This was all thanks to Minato Namikaze's help; it was Minato's plan to target Danzo Shimura that gave him the opportunity.
And here comes the reward for saving Minato Namikaze!
If it were the Third Hokage, even if Shimura Danzo made a mistake, he might punish him, but it would only be some mild punishment, and it would never be a punishment like confiscating his property.
If it were Minato Namikaze, or even if it weren't Minato Namikaze, but someone else as Hokage...
As long as he is a Hokage who cares about Konoha, he cannot possibly tolerate Shimura Danzo.
Since Danzo Shimura wanted to become Hokage, he couldn't just stay obedient and do nothing forever. So, sooner or later, a qualified Hokage would have to stand against him and take action against Danzo Shimura.
Takuno also believes that although Minato Namikaze was initially annoyed by the Nine-Tails' attack, he definitely considered giving face to the Third Hokage and the others, and never intended to kill Danzo Shimura.
But now, that's not necessarily the case.
Whether Shimura Danzo can survive depends on whether the Third Hokage can save him.
Yuan Tuoye chuckled. After all, Shimura Danzo's remarks touched on Namikaze Minato's wife and son, which was bound to be his Achilles' heel.
While he was thinking, he also collected some of the Hashirama cells, not because he didn't want to take them all.
But what if Shimura Danzo didn't die, and then revealed Hashirama's cells, and Danzo took them all? That wouldn't be good.
Moreover, not that many intercolumnar cells are needed; they can be cloned later if needed.
Cell cloning is not difficult for him.
The most difficult part of cloning technology is cloning organs. The working principles of those organs are too complex, so cloning organs or even whole organs is extremely difficult.
Of course, for reproductive clones that require nurturing from a young age in the mother, it is much simpler.
However, the clone would take too long to grow, and the time required to verify its abilities would be even longer, so he generally doesn't want to get involved in those things.
The results are in, and I guess everything is over.
After doing all this, Gen Takuno looked at the collection room, but ultimately did not touch the Sharingan. It would be troublesome if the number of Sharingan eyes was recorded, since it was not like cells that were difficult to count.
After Yuan Tuoye finished doing all that, he stood there waiting.
Finally, the other secret agents gathered here after they had finished clearing out other places.
When they entered the collection room and saw the Sharingan eyes, their eyes widened.
The Uchiha are a major clan in Konoha, how could Danzo Shimura have actually attacked them?!