When Shisui heard the news that Uchiha Ryota dared to attack Hyuga Hizashi, he was taken aback.
In the eyes of general Konoha shinobi both the clan are noble and honorable, but they also know that the Uchiha Clan is stronger than the Hyuga, whether in terms of strength or fame.
But only Uchiha Shisui who knows the true strength of Kuroto understands that with the presence of Kuroto-san, Hyuga Clan is undoubtedly superior to the Uchiha Clan.
Therefore, he was a little panicked when he heard that Hyuga Hizashi was attacked by Uchiha Ryota, he can't imagine what would the consequences be if Ryota actually killed Hyuga Hizashi.
When Shisui met up with Kuroto, he apologized, again and again, to make sure that Kuroto-san overlooks Ryota's audacity this time.
Kuroto waved his hand and said, "Forget it, this time, I was a bit negligent. With the kind of temperament Uchiha Ryota has, I should have considered that he will take brazen actions if stimulated."
Shisui was a little sad.
He had even started to consider if just the sacrifice of Uchiha Hideki would be enough to save the Uchiha Clan from their predicament.
However, it seems that he was expecting too much, Uchiha Ryota's not only created a problem for the clan with the Hokage faction through his action, but he even dared to provoke the Hyuga Clan, therefore Shisui can't help but think that the extremists really have to purge as they are too harmful to the clan!
After making up his mind, Shisui said, "Kuroto-san, when are we going to kidnap Uchiha Ryota?"
Kuroto glanced at Shisui with a smile, "Heh, I thought you would still hesitate for a while?"
Shisui can't help but smile bitterly, "The plan has already progressed to this point, and Uchiha Ryota is doing more harm to the clan than good, so it is better to continue."
Kuroto nodded and did not tease Shisui anymore, after pondering a little he said, "You should investigate Uchiha Ryota's movements to look for the possible opportunities when we have the appropriate window, we can take swift action."
Shisui nodded and the both of them separated.
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Temporary Prison.
Knock… Knock…
The sudden knock on the door interrupted Shimura Danzo's thoughts, recollecting himself he said,
"Come in."
Followed by the command a Root Anbu walked into Shimura Danzo's office and passed a document file.
"Danzo-sama, this document contains all the intelligence we have obtained so far."
Danzo reached out his hand to take the document file while questioning, "Has the base camp of Amatsukami been tortured out?"
The root ninja shook his head, "Please forgive this subordinate Danzo-sama, till date we have obtained no valid intelligence about Amatsukami, no matter how much torture the people are put through, no matter how much mind reading is done nobody knows anything! They… they are all completely ignorant of any information related to Amatsukami!"
Smash… Crack…!
Danzo threw the document file at the wooden table and smashed his fist on top of it while speaking angrily, "They don't know anything? Then what is this document you are giving me? Do you want me to plan out the further actions using this rubbish!!?"
The kneeling Anbu shook his head repetitively, "No-no-no… Danzo-sama they really don't know anything… a-a-and this file records the information about A-Akatsuki Organization…"
"Akatsuki Organization…?" – Hearing these words, Danzo's gaze became grim, picking up the document file from the table, he read the content and he was shocked… the more he read the more his face turned pale!
"Orochimaru, Uchiha Shinichi, Hiruko, Shinno, Biwa Juzo, Sasori, Kakuzu… these damn S-Class defected-nin from all the villages have joined the Akatsuki, what do they want to do?!"
Looking at the long list of names he is quite familiar with, Danzo's anger was off the charts.
Akatsuki is different from Amatsukami, where Kuroto has made sure to disguise his identity using a mask, cloak, eliminating body odor, etc… to make sure that nobody could figure out his identity.
When the members of Akatsuki acts, all of them show their true color and act without any scruples, therefore, when Konoha started this full-scale hunting operation, all over the Land of Fire… the information about so many S-Class missing-nin being part of Akatsuki was immediately exposed.
Kuroto secretly uses Konoha's intelligence network when he acts as 'Yama' or 'Suijin' and most of the time, he used the Tenseigan Chakra Mode to travel from one location to another, therefore he did not have much interaction with irrelevant people.
For this reason, even if he has completed many missions in the Black-Market Circle as 'Yama' and 'Suijin' the only people who have seen him are either his targets or the Bounty boss.
Akatsuki members are different, most of the time, they travel on foot, uses their own intelligence network or that of the Black-Market Circle, whether it is food, lodging, or intelligence collection, they come in contact with all sorts of people, for that reason, the intelligence about 'Who are they?' and 'who do they work for?' inevitable leaks.
Putting down the file with a gloomy look, Danzo can't help but think, 'It seems that the previous rumors were indeed true!'
Not too long ago, there were rumors about Orochimaru, and Uchiha Shinichi joining a mercenary organization in the Black-Market Circle, but nobody including Shimura Danzo believed such ridiculous nonsense.
And it is natural because, in the eyes of Sandaime, Danzo, and others, a ninja at the level of Orochimaru would never bother to join some mercenary organization unless they have a special love for money, which is obviously not the case for both Orochimaru and Uchiha Shinichi.
Although, the four members of the elder advisor council were not sure about Orochimaru, however, in regards to Uchiha Shinichi they all initially believed that he has defected to Kumogakure therefore they were doubtful whether the rumors were intentionally spread by Kumo.
But now that he read this file, Danzo realized that rumors were not false.
Danzo can't help but feel disturbed at the thought of so many powerful defected ninjas of Konoha hiding in Akatsuki.
Moreover, they all have some story behind the scenes with Shimura Danzo, therefore, Danzo felt that Akatsuki poses a much greater threat to Konoha compared to Amatsukami.
After a long silence, Danzo questioned, "Is there no information about the current leader of Akatsuki?"
The kneeling Root Anbu quickly replied, "The current leader of Akatsuki is also very mysterious, and it seems that other than the official members of Akatsuki, nobody knows anything about him, he has also not made any appearance in the shinobi world, so we were not able to torture out any information about him."
Hearing this Danzo nodded in understanding and ordered in an unquestionable tone, "Continue to collect intelligence, I want all the information about Akatsuki Organization too!"
"Yes, Danzo-sama!" – The Root Anbu nodded respectfully and left the office.
At this time, Danzo again picked up the file recording Akatsuki's intelligence and muttered to himself, "Akatsuki, Amatsukami… what do they really want to do?"
Suddenly, another root Anbu appeared in the office and reported, "Danzo-sama, we have just obtained a piece of intelligence according to which, Amatsukami and Akatsuki are in a hostile relationship. The report even says that there was a fierce conflict between them!"
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