A team of seven was moving slowly through the forests of the Land of Rivers.
6 of them wore white animal masks and cloaks reminiscent of ANBU of shinobi villages while the seventh person was an old man who seemed to have bandages covering the right side of his face along with his right hand.
They positioned themselves in his front and back protecting him.
Suddenly the entourage stopped , causing the man to be confused causing him to turn his gaze to the cloaked shinobi in front of him.
" Danzo-sama I seem to have sensed a disturbance" The shinobi said in a calm tone causing Danzo to adopt a cautious expression.
Danzo turned to another Shinobi who nodded at him before sending out a bunch of insects.
After a few moments, the Shinobi turned towards Danzo and shook his head making Danzo relieved.
Since the Aburame clan's insects were unable to sense anything then there wasn't anything to worry about.
Danzo had complete faith in the Aburame clan's sensory capabilities, there were not many things that could hide from their insects.
So getting a positive response from his subordinate made him feel a bit relieved as he had been having a bad feeling since entering the Land of Rivers.
He felt a feeling of being watched, Danzo was a person who had fought in two wars and even though he had become weak and old his gut feelings never failed him.
But right now he could only blame himself for being too paranoid as there wasn't anything that could threaten him or his Shinobi in a weak country like the Land of Rivers.
Even the Shinobi of Kawagakure should only be subpar compared to a major village like Konoha.
{ A.N: Kawa = River }
Danzo was in a much more carefree mood as he commanded his Shinobi to move forward.
His pace was a bit fast as he couldn't help but want to reach Kawagakure quickly. His goal was the Shinobi World Daily, and although he acted like he was very dissatisfied with the newspaper's actions for dirtying his name ( which was partially true) that was far from the case.
At first, he may felt angry when he saw the scandalous article about him and Biwako and it may or may not have opened up old wounds.
Luckily Hiruzen didn't seem to suspect anything, which was a relief for him as he didn't want Hiruzen to turn against him at such a time.
As for the authenticity of the article? Who cares, they dared to write about the elder of a major Shinobi village so they should pay the price.
Danzo could see the potential in this seemingly ordinary and useless newspaper. Being from an impoverished region like the Land of Rivers this newspaper was able to penetrate to a major country like the Land of Fire and was able to reach Konoha.
If he was able to kill the owner of the newspaper and take control of it then wouldn't this newspaper be his, just like how negative comments about him were spread using the newspaper can't the opposite also be done.
Wouldn't he be able to show himself as a kind and honourable man who has been toiling in the background for the prosperity of Konoha?
Thinking about his rosy future Danzo urged his entourage to quicken their pace as he couldn't wait to reach Kawagakure and take control of Shinobi World Daily.
His life which had been a bit depressing these past few days had shown hopes of turning bright.
His dream to become Hokage might not be a dream anymore....
....
" Danzo-sama " Danzo heard his Root shinobi call out to him.
" What is it? " Danzo said in a serious tone as he felt a bad premonition.
" There seem to be suspicious signs ahead, my shadow clone seems to have discovered something"
Danzo felt an ominous feeling grow inside him as he followed the ROOT Shinobi to see what it was....
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" This ..." Danzo's voice trailed off as he stared at the large grassland that seemed to have been claimed by humans and turned into pasture for cattle.
If it was just a pasture then he wouldn't have been surprised but the fact that these pastures were located in an impoverished place like the Land of Rivers.
He remembered this place being a very Rocky train, but now it was just flat fields with lush grass growing everywhere.
This transformation can only be done with the help of powerful Ninjutsu, and he didn't believe Land of Rivers had such powerful Shinobi.
Even their so-called Jonin would have a tough fight against their Chunin that's the disparity between the two Shinobi villages.
So this sight in front ringed major alarm bells for him.
He couldn't help but recall the sensation of being watched he felt before and wanted to retreat immediately.
He just had 6 Shinobi with him and he didn't want to risk anything, after what happened with the Uchiha clan he had become much more cautious.
" Let's leav-" Danzo wasn't able to complete his words as he heard a very familiar voice.
" Are you leaving already Danzo-sama? "
" U-Uchiha Shisui " Danzo blurted out as his eyes widened in disbelief.
How could he not be surprised when the person he thought he had killed was still alive.
According to what Itachi told him Shisui should have committed suicide after having his eyeball plucked out.
Did Itachi lie to the entire Konoha ?....
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