chapter 200 part 1
Chapter 200: Lord Hiruzen's Power is Unmatched! How Could He Die?
A transparent barrier firmly separated Sarutobi Hiruzen's hand from the Reaper's!
Uchiha Ren looked up, revealing his face!
"This, this is!"
"Uchiha Ren!!"
Seeing that the newcomer was Uchiha Ren, Hiruzen and Orochimaru were both utterly astonished!
Orochimaru was shocked that Uchiha Ren had actually awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, and with such a rare ability.
Hiruzen, on the other hand, was shocked that Uchiha Ren hadn't died in the clan compound and had come here to help Orochimaru.
Of course, Ren's Mangekyo and its abilities also startled Hiruzen.
"Uchiha Ren, you..." Hiruzen's eyes were filled with complex emotions, a mix of surprise at Uchiha Ren's survival, and indignation and incomprehension at him siding with Orochimaru.
Orochimaru instantly regained his composure, a strange smile curling his lips. "Sensei, it seems your Will of Fire hasn't been passed on very well."
Uchiha Ren nodded slightly to Orochimaru, then turned his gaze to Hiruzen, his eyes filled with icy coldness and determination. "Sarutobi Hiruzen, I killed Danzo! I'm protecting Orochimaru! The darkness of Konoha, it's time for it to be exposed!"
Upon hearing that Danzo was dead, Hiruzen frowned tightly and roared, "How could Danzo die by your hand?! What nonsense are you spouting?!"
Uchiha Ren sneered, "Don't worry, you'll meet him down below very soon. You can exchange notes on your ailments then."
Hiruzen understood the unspoken threat. Though shocked, if the Mangekyo's ability could resist the Reaper's pull, then it wasn't entirely impossible.
Thinking of this, Hiruzen glared. "You traitor to the village! Colluding with Orochimaru! What 'darkness of Konoha'? Have you been brainwashed by him?!"
A smile played on Uchiha Ren's lips. "For so many years, you turned a blind eye to Danzo's actions, letting him carry out those despicable schemes in the shadows to persecute the Uchiha Clan. Is that not the darkness of Konoha?"
Hiruzen's expression changed slightly. "I wasn't entirely unaware of Danzo's actions, but he was also acting for the sake of Konoha's stability..."
"For Konoha's stability?" Uchiha Ren interrupted. "He was only serving his own ambition. To control Konoha, he resorted to any means necessary, stirring up conflict between the village and the Uchiha Clan, leading to the clan's tragic annihilation. Is this what you call 'for Konoha'?"
Orochimaru watched their conversation with great interest from the side. He wanted to see how his sensei would explain himself.
Hiruzen was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "Uchiha Ren, perhaps there were many misunderstandings in the past, but now you're aiding a villain. Siding with Orochimaru will only plunge more people into suffering!"
"Hahahaha! Aiding a villain? Am I supposed to just lie down and wait for death for the sake of your damned village's so-called stability?"
Uchiha Ren glanced back at the panting Orochimaru, then turned back to Hiruzen, who was stuck in the Reaper Death Seal and unable to move forward. "Back then, you groomed Minato, that puppet Hokage, to take office. The documents he had to review in his office each day amounted to only a few pages of inconsequential content. He was completely sidelined!"
"Minato sacrificed himself for the village. Yet on that night, you and Danzo, for your own selfish reasons, specifically ordered the Uchiha Clan to remain confined to their compound, forbidding them from participating. Afterward, you pinned the blame for controlling the Nine-Tails on them and repeatedly forced them to relocate their clan grounds!"
"I originally thought that after Minato's death, his rival Orochimaru would take his place. But to my utter surprise, you, old man, brazenly sat back down in that position and stayed there for seven years!"
Uchiha Ren cursed loudly, "What the hell were you trying to do?! Rule from behind the curtain?!"
Hiruzen immediately retorted angrily, "I wanted to pass it to Orochimaru! But his heart was twisted! He performed human experiments!"
"Bullshit! You really have no shame, old man!" Uchiha Ren locked his gaze on Hiruzen. "After the Nine-Tails incident, the village felt a sense of crisis. Wood Release was the best ability to suppress the Nine-Tails, so you and Danzo used the entire village's power to have Orochimaru conduct Wood Release experiments. For this, you brainwashed the village's shinobi, making them sacrifice themselves."
"Because of the invasiveness of Hashirama's cells, more shinobi died in the labs than on missions outside the village!"
"If it weren't for the fear of running out of people to use, would this experiment have ever stopped?"
Hiruzen immediately explained, "But I stopped it! And after I did, Orochimaru defied the village's will and continued his experiments, even using infants! That is unforgivable!"
"Hahahaha!" Uchiha Ren laughed, clutching his stomach. "And who benefited from those experiments?"
Hiruzen was so angry he was momentarily speechless, and Uchiha Ren struck again.
"The infants Orochimaru cultivated with Hashirama cells had a survival rate close to zero. After Orochimaru defected from Konoha, a child who successfully had Hashirama cells transplanted was taken by Danzo. He placed him in Root to serve him. Later, when you learned all this, you didn't punish Danzo. You merely took the child away, kept him by your side, and made him work for you."
"His codename was Tenzo or Yamato, something like that."
Hiruzen's eyes widened in bewilderment. "How do you know this?"
"Hehe." Uchiha Ren didn't answer, continuing his tirade.
"Using Orochimaru's technology, Danzo transplanted Hashirama's cells and used them to implant a large number of Sharingan into his arm. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of shinobi in the village with the Byakugan. Did none of them ever tell you, their 'great' Hokage, about the strange chakra flow in Danzo's body? You only talk about Orochimaru's human experiments. Why don't you talk about Danzo, who provided him with the test subjects?! What, is Danzo your father or something?!"
"This..." Hiruzen was at a loss for how to retort, because it was all true.
Uchiha Ren recalled the scene from the Allied Shinobi Forces' memories when Ao of the Mist, using a stolen Byakugan, instantly saw through the unique green chakra of Shisui's Sharingan, which Danzo had transplanted. Righteously, he began his accusation.
"The Uchiha Clan's genius, Uchiha Shisui—his Mangekyo ability could change a person's will! He was a Jonin by your side and had at least a dozen opportunities to change the will of the clan members! But you did nothing! You let Danzo hunt him down! Even after learning the truth, you did nothing to Danzo. You just watched as a shinobi who deeply loved the village died at Danzo's hands, and you even indulged Danzo by letting him transplant Shisui's eye, turning a blind eye to it all!"
"You're truly a piece of trash! Everything was a conspiracy between you and Danzo! All that talk about 'where there's light, there's darkness' is complete bullshit! You're just a classic white lotus, a manipulative green tea bitch! If you and Danzo weren't on the same page, you would have gotten rid of him ages ago! It's precisely because there were many things you couldn't do yourself that you had Danzo create Root!"
"Danzo is disgusting, but you, you old bastard, are even more deserving of death!"
"You are even more disgusting than Danzo, who caused all of this!"
Hiruzen had maintained a dignified and revered image his entire life. He had never heard such words. Even Orochimaru, standing behind Uchiha Ren, was truly seeing his sensei from a third-person perspective for the first time.
But even then, Uchiha Ren still hadn't stopped his accusations. He had more to say!
"The Nine-Tails' attack, due to your improper handling, led to the early demise of the genius Minato. If you had just nodded and allowed the Uchiha Clan to assist in controlling the Nine-Tails, you could have first saved Minato and the lives of most of the village's sacrificed shinobi. Secondly, you could have cleared the Uchiha Clan of suspicion and restored their reputation."
"But you did neither!"
"After that, Minato sealed the Nine-Tails inside his own son. And how did you treat the orphan of a sacrificed Hokage? You just occasionally gave him some living expenses and left him to fend for himself! You old bastard, how much did you hate Minato to treat his son like that? If you had just arranged for foster parents for Naruto Uzumaki, he wouldn't have had such a tragic childhood!"
Hiruzen was stunned. "How do you know Naruto is..."
"Haha, he has the same hair as Minato. Changing his mother's surname only further confirmed he was Kushina Uzumaki's son, not to mention the so-called 'fox demon' rumors..."
"You could have completely protected Naruto! As Hokage, a single word from you would have made the villagers see Naruto in a new light. Even if they had just treated him like a regular person, he wouldn't have had to eat instant noodles for every meal, with his fridge full of expired cartons of milk!"
Hiruzen's expression instantly fell. "I... I was busy with work and neglected many things..."
Uchiha Ren grinned. "Admit it, you're an incompetent Hokage! The worst villain in the world isn't as bad as one of your stupid 'bright ideas'! You're stupid, two-faced, a manipulative bitch, and completely useless! The village the Second Hokage entrusted to you has been run into the ground by a son of a bitch like you!"
"Cough, cough!" Hiruzen coughed up two mouthfuls of blood, but they were blocked by the Divine Net Barrier.
Watching the blood trickle down, Uchiha Ren continued twisting the knife. "This technique of mine isolates all evil. If you truly are the great Hokage you claim to be—one who has lived his life for Konoha, for the villagers, for the Will of Fire—then your blood..."
Uchiha Ren's lips curved into a smile. "How come it can't spray onto my face, huh?"
"Pfft!"
Hiruzen spat out another mouthful of fresh blood, much worse than the last! He clearly only had a few breaths left.
"Forget it." Uchiha Ren finished his tirade. "I won't hasten your death. Whether you're evil or just stupid, after you and Danzo are dead, the village will finally see a rare period of peace. Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you, the Uchiha Clan wasn't annihilated. I saved over fifty clan members who were hiding in a cellar. They will take root and sprout outside the village. But by then, they won't listen to any 'Will of Fire.' They will only live for themselves."
"So die! Only a dead Sarutobi Hiruzen is our respected and great Third Hokage."
Finally, Uchiha Ren delivered the finishing blow. "Just die already! Why aren't you dead yet?!"
He took a deep breath. "I have never seen someone as... utterly shameless as you!!!"