"Hah…"
Letting out a long sigh, Seii steadied his emotions.
He had successfully uncovered his adversary's mission objective through Abura Muin's mories.
It was, in fact, himself.
As he expected, their focus on him stemd from the seemingly insignificant yet suspicious flaw in his use of Fire Style: Elental Combustion Technique.
For days, the Root division had been investigating the destruction of the Demon Realm Island base.
Initially, they hadn't suspected him.
Although he was powerful, it didn't seem plausible for him to locate the base without precise intelligence.
However, his frequent use of the Fire Style: Elental Combustion Technique in battles, recorded and reported to Danzo by Root ninjas, changed things.
Danzo, with his cunning instincts and experience in scheming, keenly linked this technique to the Sharingan's ability to copy jutsu.
Thus began his plan to target Seii.
As for evidence?
Danzo didn't need any.
If you were even slightly suspicious, he would act against you, following his philosophy of "better safe than sorry."
Beyond this, his deep-seated animosity towards the Uchiha clan ant he was determined to prevent a genius like Seii from flourishing.
Every stellar performance by Seii on the battlefield was a thorn in Danzo's heart, robbing him of peace.
Danzo dread of eliminating him.
This opportunity played right into Danzo's hands. Whether there was a misunderstanding or not, he imdiately devised a plan to kill Seii.
Considering the war wasn't over, Danzo knew he couldn't cause too much disruption within the village. He also doubted his own strength alone would be enough.
So, he planned to borrow soone else's blade.
The first step was leaking intel about Kirigakure's operation near the Black Stone outpost to Nara Keiko.
This was easy for Danzo.
Since Nara Keiko received intelligence from the ANBU, and Root had infiltrated ANBU heavily, Danzo often used ANBU's na for his operations.
Thus, the information smoothly reached Nara Keiko.
Danzo wasn't worried about her verifying it, as the intel aligned with Kirigakure's actual plans, albeit exaggerated to push her into reinforcing the Black Stone outpost quickly.
The second step involved ensuring Seii was assigned to the reinforcent unit.
This wasn't difficult either.
Danzo had thoroughly studied Nara Keiko's behavior.
He anticipated that she would likely send Seii, who had ties to the Black Stone outpost and was familiar with the terrain.
The only variable was whether Seii would refuse to leave the main battlefield.
Luckily, Seii played along.
Thus, the second step succeeded.
The third step was the real act of borrowing the knife: leaking Seii's unit's whereabouts to Kirigakure.
This led to the ambush earlier.
For most people, this would have been the end. Facing enemies far outnumbering them, with retreat cut off, survival would have been impossible.
But Seii was no ordinary man.
This was rely the beginning, a way for Danzo to drain his chakra and weaken him.
The true killing blow was the three hidden Root squads.
Indeed, in the vicinity of the battlefield, three Root squads were lying in wait.
Abura Muin's mories revealed Danzo's orders for him to coordinate with these squads to kill Seii.
However, Abura Muin didn't know their exact locations.
Additionally, Seii learned that within his reinforcent unit, there was a Root mole.
This person was responsible for guiding Abura Muin and the hidden squads in case Seii deviated from the predetermined route.
"Heh… Planting operatives on both sides—classic 'Darkness of the Ninja World' style!"
With a cold laugh, Seii reviewed the information and behavior of everyone in his unit.
To his disappointnt, he couldn't identify a suspect.
Clearly, this mole was highly skilled.
Coupled with Abura Muin's imdiate self-destruction, it was evident that Danzo had sent his elites.
Unfortunately for Danzo, he hadn't anticipated Seii possessing the Byakugan.
This allowed Seii to instantly pick out Abura Muin among the Kirigakure ninjas and uncover so much.
Wait—
Seii suddenly realized the absence of Hyuga clan mbers in his unit might also be Danzo's doing.
If true, Danzo's ticulousness surpassed Seii's expectations.
The more thorough the scheming, the more Seii was determined to eliminate him.
He had no intention of living under the constant threat of a lurking snake.
Glancing at the evolution progress of his Mangekyo Sharingan—**(17296/50000)**—he felt conflicted.
Originally, Seii planned to deal with Danzo after his Mangekyo evolved into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, eliminating the risk of blindness.
But now, it seed he couldn't wait that long.
Recalling Danzo's information, Seii concluded that Danzo at this ti wasn't as decrepit as in the future.
However, he lacked the arm of Sharingan eyes and its immunity-granting Izanagi.
Seii needed only to guard against Danzo's bandage-wrapped, sealing-protected right eye to avoid a fate like Uchiha Shisui.
Factoring this in, Seii was confident in defeating him.
The challenge lay in locating Danzo.
As a master of shadows, Danzo kept his whereabouts secret, even from Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Still, Seii wasn't worried.
Once the war ended and everyone returned to the village, opportunities to strike would arise.
For now—
Seii gazed at Abura Muin, threw a kunai, and struck his throat.
Monts later, confirming his death, Seii used Fire Style: Elental Combustion Technique.
With a burst of flas, Abura Muin and the insects within him were reduced to ashes.
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