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Chapter 921 : Bizarre Coincidences!
🕑 Added 2025-06-21 00:30:16 +0000 UTCHiruzen thought for a while and muttered, “While I can understand the allure of Shisui's eye, it shouldn't be something so appealing to someone who claims to be an ancient expert. Even for me, it is a nuisance at best. I doubt it'd help him against other ancient experts. It doesn't match up to the gains he would have had by partnering with us.”
Danzo nodded, “That part confuses me too. The change in his attitude was too abrupt.”
Hiruzen asked, “Were you thinking of ways to harm him while calculating our partnership?”
Knowing his old friend, Hiruzen knew what the answer was. Danzo frowned, “I didn't leak any bloodlust or killing intent.”
Hiruzen replied, “Maybe not, but perhaps he has ways to know if someone is plotting against him. Who knows how honed the instincts of someone who has survived for several eras can be? Perhaps his instincts warned him of the danger.”
Danzo's frown deepened as he wondered, ‘Was I killed simply because I was scheming?’
He immediately shook his head, “No, it shouldn't be that simple. There were too many suspicious elements in that battle.”
Hiruzen, Tsunade and Kakashi agreed with Danzo without any hesitation. Only Shizune was a bit confused.
Kakashi muttered, “Even though he said and acted like he didn't know of your abilities, he had perfect counters for every one of your trump cards. Shisui's eye failed to put him under Genjutsu. Your Izanagi turned from a life-saving trump card to a deadly trap. Even your summon was dealt with instantly. It's almost as if he spent a long time creating proper counters against your techniques.”
Kakashi hit the hammer right on the nail. This was exactly what Danzo had been feeling. While Akuro being an ancient expert was a possibility, the more plausible explanation was that Akuro was already aware of Danzo's abilities and had prepared accordingly.
This was a clue Fujin accidentally left behind due to how good his performance was. Had he not killed Danzo so rapidly after every use of Izanagi, Konoha wouldn't have reached this conclusion so quickly. Unfortunately, Izanagi's weakness was simply too tempting to not exploit it.
Danzo added, “It goes even deeper. I couldn't analyze it for a second time during our battle, or I'd have noticed the anomalies right away. He noticed the hidden secrets in my right eye and right arm right away despite them being hidden with seals. No one has managed to do so yet.
His observations reinforced our belief in the rumors of him being an ancient expert. However, if he was already aware of my trump cards, he wouldn't need to look through my seals to detect them. He merely said them to create a psychological impact on us and keep us on the backfoot.”
Shizune asked, “If that's true, why would he withdraw his lightning jutsu instead of continuing his attack?”
Tsunade answered, “Perhaps he was just putting up an act to reinforce his story. Or perhaps he was afraid of harming Shisui's eye. That would make sense if he was targeting it from the very beginning.”
Kakashi said thoughtfully, “I still don't understand how Akuro could have been aware of Elder Danzo's abilities and prepared counters for them…”
The abilities and strengths of every famous ninja were generally well known throughout the ninja world. Everyone kept some hidden cards, but the more one fought and gained fame, the more of their abilities would become public knowledge. However, Danzo had never publicly used his trump cards. He was more like Fujin in this aspect.
Danzo didn't reply. He turned his head and gazed at Hiruzen. Hiruzen raised an eyebrow and questioned, “Are you suspecting me?”
Danzo didn't agree or deny, but answered, “Apart from my subordinates, you were the only one who is aware of all my abilities. And, no one can extract information from my subordinates.”
Even though Danzo didn't state the obvious, everyone understood that Danzo was blaming Hiruzen for leaking his information. Hiruzen replied, “I have only informed Tsunade and Jiraiya about your abilities and asked both of them to not mention it to anyone. Do you suspect them?”
Danzo looked at Tsunade, who said, “I haven't mentioned it to anyone. I don't see any reason for Jiraiya to do so either.”
Danzo turned his gaze back to Hiruzen and asked, “What about Suzuki Fujin? Did you inform him? Or, could he have spied upon your conversation?”
Hiruzen replied with a frown, “I haven't, and that's impossible. Are you still suspecting a connection between Fujin and Akuro?”
Danzo sighed, “Even now, I have no proof against him. Akuro denied knowing him, but I can't trust his words. My instincts still tell me he had something to do with the attack on my headquarters. You may not believe me, but I have a grave feel that the boy poses a hidden danger to the village. Don't drop your guard, Hiruzen…”
Since he was the one who reanimated Danzo, Hiruzen could sense that Danzo didn't speak a single lie. The circumstances were no longer like when Danzo was alive. He wouldn't gain anything by pushing blame on Fujin.
Hiruzen frowned. On one side was his old friend and comrade, who aided him for several decades before their relationship soured. On the other side was a promising young ninja who represented Konoha's future. Even though Hiruzen was troubled by Fujin's greed, he never had a reason to suspect his loyalty. However, he couldn't ignore Danzo's instincts either.
He analyzed, ‘Danzo's instincts have helped the village several times, but I can't act based upon them. Were his instincts correct, or was he subconsciously biased as Fujin caused him to lose all political power? Besides, I have already done several investigations based on Danzo's suspicions and have never found anything wrong about Fujin…’
Hiruzen thought for a bit, before realizing, ‘Could it be that Fujin's actions somehow resulted in Akuro targeting Root? It should be an indirect result, with him not having any knowledge of the consequences of his actions. Or perhaps Root attracted Akuro's hostility due to something they did while targeting Fujin. Sigh, I'll look deeper into this. Regardless…’
Hiruzen said, “I'll be careful, but it doesn't explain the current situation. Fujin isn't aware of your abilities. Even if he was, how could he send information of your movement to Akuro when he isn't even in the village? Did you feel anyone trailing or tracking you when you moved towards the crystal vein?”
Danzo answered, “No one followed us. And no, I'm not accusing him of supplying information about my abilities to Akuro. He would have been my primary suspect if he knew. But since he didn't, it is pointless.”
Danzo let out a long sigh, “On surface, all of this seems to be one big coincidence. However, there are so many coincidences that I can't help but smell something fishy.
Shirabe and Higure just happen to run into a Lightning Crystal Vein within the borders of our country while returning from our mission. A vein we never discovered despite exploring our lands several times.
Soon after they inform me of the same, Akuro, who has only been spotted in the Land of Lightning for the past couple of years, just happened to discover the same vein and killed them.
He just happened to roast chicken at the same time we reached there, just like how he happens to do so when Kumo ninjas run into him.
And this self-proclaimed ancient ninja just happened to possess the ability to see past my seals and counters for each of my trump cards despite claiming ignorance of my abilities…”
The more he spoke, the angrier Danzo became. He cursed, “Either I was somehow set up and lured into a trap, or I have had the worst luck of any ninja in history! That bastard even ‘educated’ me about karma, making me subconsciously believe this string of unlucky coincidences were nothing but a consequence of my past actions!”
Others maintained silence, letting Danzo vent about the unfairness. They would have been just as angry if they were set up this badly.
Ironically, what annoyed and frustrated Danzo the most wasn't that he fell into such a trap and lost his life. No, what frustrated him the most was that he still lacked a single piece of evidence to prove it was a trap and not a bizarre coincidence and bad luck. For someone who prided himself on his ability to weave schemes, this was a big blow!
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Devil Hex
Hadn't thought of it earlier, but there was a recommendation to have Fujin run into Naruto and Jiraiya. Could cover it then if I do so.
Devil Hex
4-6h
Antonio Fazio
ETA?
Zereket
As for Orochimaru, I don't see the point, he most likely doesn't know about Shisui's eye, otherwise he would have been first in line to her. And why would Orochimaru even target Danzo and come up with a plan, he won't gain anything from it, especially since in Shippuden Danzo leaked information about Tsunade's ANBU to Orochimaru. If Orochimaru wanted to kill Danzo, nothing would have stopped him from doing it earlier, even before Shisui's eye.
Stefan_Ov3rdose
We had like 2 chunin arcs already so idk if he doing that again. An interaction with Fu and possibly Chomei wud be cool...I believe he is going to Kiri based on the Mizukage being dead...although that means Isobu wont return for a few years so maybe there is no rush..
Marimo
Author-san, I have some ideas to explore. Feel free to consider: 1. Suna-Konoha joint chunin exams occur around this time. The 7 tails jinchuriki Fu appears in this arc, right after which she gets captures.. could this be a chance to steal her chakra? She is literally the only one captured during the time skip. Fujin's only chance for a massive chakra upgrade 2. mini-arc of Fujin meeting up with Jiraiya/Naruto "accidentally". Maybe Fujin would want to spar with Jiraiya? Or teach naruto a little something or even go on a small mission to find Orochimaru. 3. A visit to Phantom haven society? see how Ranmaru and Karin progressed?
Marimo
Author-san. I think you could include the following angles of investigation as well. Unfortunately, there is nothing in the scenario that ties up the incident with Fujin. As for predicting what Danzo can do in the battle, the people conveniently left out two suspects: Itachi and Orochimaru. Orochimaru knows about Danzo's right arm, and Itachi definitely knows about Shisui's eye. There could be two additional theories: 1. Orochimaru sold Danzo's details to Akuro, and helped lure him there. Rationale: Orochimaru still want to target Konoha's S rank ninja; (a) Akuro can't defeat 'Fujin' because Fujin's dominance on wind release. (b) Hiruzen is known to be out of commision.. no way he would make a move (c) Tsunade - Hokage wont move for mere crystal mine. She has other powerful ones at her disposal (d) Jiraiya - Orochimaru knows Jiraiya is searching for Sasuke, so he wont focus on this sort of thing (e) Any Anbu and Root ninja can be easily handled by Akuro, so if he keeps killing them, Danzo/Kakashi will come given its importance. 2. Itachi could start holding a grudge on Konoha for letting Sasuke be kidnapped by Orochimaru. Akatsuki joined up with Akuo, and sold him details. They want to weaken Konoha so that kidnapping Naruto could become easier for them, since Konoha already has Tsunade, Jiraiya, Fujin and Danzo - 4 active S rank, still much stronger than any other great villages. - While Danzo knows the truth, he is a lunatic. So his nature is to suspect everyone, even if they are loyal to him/Konoha. If Danzo can suspect Hiruzen, he should definitey suspect Itachi for similar reasons. For these reasons. Orochimaru and Itachi can still be more suspicious than Fujin.. Both know a lot about Danzo, and have reasons to kill him, while both are rogue ninja
Melegant
At the first whispers of dawn, when the cavalry blows the horn, you shall find the mystical new chapter together with the rest of the fellowship of the patreon members.
Stefan_Ov3rdose
ETA?
Rubén López
I wonder if there will be a chapter or two mentioning what Naruto's journey/training is like, that would be something. Although there is a lot of talk about how it focuses a lot on Fujin, there have been several chapters where Fujin does not appear and the world continues to function whether through his actions directly or indirectly. Although it makes sense Fujin is an important force, before he was not so visible now he is, and many forces take him into account, both the villages and the Akatsuki. Fujin, who has knowledge beyond, has influenced the ninja villages, probably making them protect their jinchuriki, it is only the case of the 6 tails that it is not known if he joins the village, and the 3 tails is free. I suppose Yukimaru is still alive, and would be a perfect Jinchuriki of the Sanbi and possible member of the Phantom society.
Devil Hex
Well, you wouldn't want to keep a traitor in. If those are the consequences of expelling him now, imagine how severe it'd be if he's allowed to spread his influence further. It'll be a huge loss, no doubt, but the younger generation can be 'baptized' with the will of fire, lol.
Diametric
Did you read last chapter? He narrated the whole fight down to the smallest details.
Marcus Hernandez
😂 great chapter boss
Kama W
Go fuck yourself, Danzo
Yamir
I was wondering, even if Fujin ended up exposed, could the higher-ups of Konoha really expel him from the village? Most of the ninjas who have a real chance of reaching S-rank in Konoha right now are Fujin's students—Hoka and Naruto (I don't count Sakura since the council probably doesn't know about her talent, and Sasuke for obvious reasons). Expelling Fujin from the village could backfire on Konoha's relationship with the younger generations very badly.
Marimo
Senile bastard keeps spouting out his delusions. Even after death, this guy just held his grudges. He is just a dark person... doesn't matter if he benefits from it or not. The deluded old bastard might as well say, "I died stupidly, don't have any proof, but my gut tells me that it's the MC. All coincidences are suspicious." Danzo conveniently didn't tell Hiruzen about Fujin's description of Indra and Ashura chakra. Just twisted all the facts in a way favorable to him.
Rubén López
The worst thing is that reality sounds like even greater madness "Fujin a reincarnated from a real world to the world where Hiruzen, Danzo and the others come from, which is a story from an anime manga created in Japan", although well if you find out about the things that happen in The Last and Boruto, I still don't know which would surprise you more, the aliens, that the Moon was literally falling, the androids, or better yet that Madara was the Puppet of Black Zetsu, and the true final enemy is an alien goddess. XD. Damn, telling the truth would be the most ridiculous way to lie to their eyes.
Stefan_Ov3rdose
Tyftc, I had anxiety reading that whole chapter... worried about Fuijin being exposed and missing out on the wholesome moments with Hoka, Guy, Naruto and the Kiri orphans. Koharu reaction ought to be funny she will never leave the village again.
Stefan_Ov3rdose
The tailed beasts are huge, far bigger than the average large summon, you better off looking up source material like the great war for size references to see their size in comparison to a humanoid
Ren
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Aaftab Kang
Completely unrelated to this but I have a small question. In this story how big are the tailed beasts, summons, creatures, or even the size of buildings and what not in this story? Like how many meters or storey are there size.
Yamir
nice
Aaftab Kang
You know? They haven’t even discussed all the divine figures and people talked about. Interested in them discussing akuro’s words.
SHIK
Funny idea on thirds line of thought would be akuro saying fujin was his last remaining descendant. Im interested to see how fujin will play the akuro card and if he will try to gain other dōjutsu or just go for having shisuis eye.
Moses
Even after death he’s bamboozled
Aaftab Kang
Thanks for the chapter.
