Chapter 490: Depths of Danzo

“Adamantine Sealing Chains?” – muttered Danzo with a thoughtful expression, then instructed one of the Root subordinates, “Bring the secret scroll of Adamantine Sealing Chains.”

“Yes, Danzo-sama!” The Root ninja nodded and hurriedly disappeared from his position.historical

A few minutes later the Root Shinobi returned back to the laboratory carrying a red scroll case in his hands and respectfully passed it to Danzo.

Danzo directly opened the case and said, “This was left by Mito-sama.”

Undoubtedly, Danzo is referring to the wife of the Shodaime Hokage Senju Hashirama, the princess of the Uzumaki Clan, and the first Jinchuriki of Kyuubi, Uzumaki Mito.

Uzumaki Mito was known for incredible her Fuinjutsu Mastery, High Sensory Skills, and special Chakra. In terms of personal strength, she was no inferior to Nidaime Hokage Senju Tobirama, and with the Kyuubi sealed inside her, her strength was definitely superior to Nidaime Hokage. However, she was a devoted wife and not the kind of person who preferred to be in the limelight, coupled with the fact that the strength of Shodaime Hokage was too strong, strong enough to dominate and suppress the entire Shinobi World by only himself that every other person became bleak in his presence, therefore, she isn’t too renowned these days.

But Orochimaru who was a disciple of Sandaime Hokage, and a close friend of Senju Tsunade knows the truth and has also explained all these political problems of early Konoha to his disciple Hyuga Kuroto, therefore, Fujin also knows the truth.

After the death of Shodaime Hokage and Nidaime Hokage, and during the time when Sarutobi Hiruzen had just taken the position as Sandaime Hokage, Uzumaki Mito was the backbone of Konoha.

Uzumaki Mito is the true reason why even after the death of Shodaime Hokage and Nidaime Hokage, Konoha did not collapse due to political struggle between various Clans.

Although it is not well known these days, however, when Senju Tobirama selected Sarutobi Hiruzen as his successor to be the Sandaime Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen wasn’t immediately accepted by all the Clans of Konoha, after all, at that time, Sarutobi Hiruzen was too young and did not have enough prestige, he may have been the disciple of Shodaime Hokage and Nidaime Hokage, and the next Patriarch of the Sarutobi Clan, however, that still wasn’t enough to be accepted by all the Clans. Especially the likes of the Uchiha Clan, the Hyuga Clan, and even the Senju Clan was unwilling to accept Sarutobi Hiruzen as Sandaime Hokage.

The Uchiha Clan wanted Uchiha Kagami another disciple of Nidaime Hokage to be Sandaime Hokage, while the Senju Clan wanted Uzumaki Mito to be Sandaime Hokage. The Hyuga Clan did not have any good candidates for the position of the Hokage, but they preferred Uzumaki Mito over Uchiha Kagami to be Sandaime Hokage.

However, both Uzumaki Mito and Uchiha Kagami refused to take the position, and choose to trust the judgment of Nidaime Hokage, so Uchiha Kagami kept the Uchiha Clan in check, while the rest of the other clans all supported Sarutobi Hiruzen to be Sandaime Hokage because of Uzumaki Mito’s prestige.

Thus, Sarutobi Hiruzen managed to successfully become Sandaime Hokage of Konoha while the other disciples of Nidaime Hokage managed to gain the power center of the Village despite being a member of a small Shimura Clan, and the other two being mere civilians.

After Sarutobi Hiruzen successfully took the position of Sandaime Hokage, Uzumaki Mito retreated to her small courtyard and spent the rest of her life there, she rarely ever ventured out and even took her final breath there and died in that small courtyard before passing the Kyuubi to Uzumaki Kushina.

Therefore, even if the younger generation of Konoha may not know Uzumaki Mito very well, however, all three including Shimura Danzo, Orochimaru, and Fujin know about Uzumaki Mito quite deeply, and refer to her in a very respectful manner, because she is indeed a woman worthy of true respect.

All that aside, when Orochimaru saw the scroll, he said with a sly smile, “I did not expect that the Secret Scroll of the Adamantine Sealing Chains is in your hands, no wonder I was unable to find it when I sneaked inside the secret Archive before defecting from Konoha. At that time, I had assumed that perhaps the scroll was in the hands of Uzumaki Kushina, but now it appears that I was wrong.”

Danzo glanced at Orochimaru coldly, but choose not to say anything, and unfolded the scroll in front of Fujin and Orochimaru.

Adamantine Sealing Chains is an A-Rank secret Fuinjutsu of the Uzumaki Clan, and it is also one of the best Fuinjutsu to be practiced by a Jinchuriki as it is capable of easily subduing even the like of Kyuubi, the strongest of the nine Bijuu.

In the canon, when masked Obito forcibly summoned the Kyuubi sealed inside Uzumaki Kushina, Kushina who was on the verge of death and incredibly weak used this Fuinjutsu on Kyuubi and managed to successfully restrain the fox.

It must not be forgotten that at that time, she had just given birth to Naruto so her body was incredibly weak, and then even the Kyuubi was forcibly summoned out of her.. so it wouldn’t be wrong to say that all the oil in her lamp was already dried at that point, yet, she was able to use Adamantine Sealing Chains thanks to her Uzumaki physique and managed to successfully restrain, the strongest of the nine Bijuu. This feat alone shows how effective Adamantine Sealing Chains are.

Therefore, when Danzo unfolded the scroll of Adamantine Sealing Chains, Fujin looked at it with great attention and studied it.

After a while, he withdrew his gaze and thought, ‘No wonder only the members of the Uzumaki Clan can use this Fuinjutsu.. it turns out that only those with the special chakra/blood of the Uzumaki Clan can use this Fuinjutsu.’

But Fujin wasn’t disappointed too much, he has already completely memorized the scroll, and when he gets out of here, he will record it in a different scroll and store it with himself. Fujin may not be able to use this Fuinjutsu, however, Karin can learn it.

Different from Fujin, Orochimaru was a little disappointed, and muttered, “A pity.”

According to Orochimaru, the Uzumaki Clan has long since disappeared, at present; Uzumaki Nagato, leader of the Akatsuki Organization, and Uzumaki Naruto the current Jinchuriki of Kyuubi are the only members of the Uzumaki Clan left in the Shinobi World.

There’s no need to mention Uzumaki Nagato as no way in hell would Danzo dare to go in front of Nagato.

As for Uzumaki Naruto? He is just a 7-year-old child who knows nothing about E-Rank or D-Rank Fuinjutsu much less such a complex A-Rank Fuinjutsu. Obviously, he can not help Danzo keep the Chimera Buds in control.

While Fujin had a thoughtful look under his mask, and Orochimaru had a disappointed expression, Danzo was looking at the scroll of the Adamantine Sealing Chain with a frowned expression. This is not the first time he has read the scroll of Adamantine Sealing Chains and is naturally aware of the requirements of using this Fuinjutsu. So, after a while of thinking, he said in a deep tone, “Maybe the old man can try to learn it.”

Fujin glanced at Danzo.. but said nothing and chose to remain silent.

On the other hand, Orochimaru had a mocking smirk.

Both of them are very clear about the meaning of Danzo’s words. Danzo has implanted the Hashirama Cells which can be regarded as the blood of the Senju Clan, it is well known that the Senju Clan and the Uzumaki Clan were close relatives, and the blood of the Uzumaki Clan also flows within the veins of Senju Clansmen because of intermarriage between the two Clans over several generations.

Therefore, if any clan other than the Uzumaki Clan has the possibility of learning this Fuinjutsu, then it is obviously the Senju Clan, and Danzo who implanted the Hashirama Cells may be able to learn this Fuinjutsu.

Of course, this is just a theoretical possibility. And neither Fujin nor Orochimaru is very optimistic about Danzo being able to use this Fuinjutsu.

This is because to dig out the hidden potential in blood, extreme talent is necessary, and Shimura Danzo clearly does not have such talent. Because if he did, then he wouldn’t have to rely on implanting so many Sharingan and Hashirama Cells and finally turn towards the Chimera Jutsu with the hope of improving his strength.

So, even if theoretically Danzo may hold some degree of qualification in learning this Fuinjutsu, Fujin and Orochimaru don’t think that he can.

Noting Fujin’s silence which stated that he has no opinion on the matter Danzo sighed, but then he noticed Orochimaru’s mocking smirk, and he was a little annoyed and said, “If this is not an option, then do you have any other way?”

Fujin and Orochimaru thought a little, then said in unison, “Try other Fuinjutsu.”

Danzo was surprised by the tacit understanding between Fujin and Orochimaru, he stared at the tow with a suspicious gaze for a while, then sighed and said, “In that case, come with me.”

Fujin and Orochimaru nodded, then followed him out of this laboratory, and after walking for a while, the three came to another laboratory which appeared to be a Large-scale incubation room.

As soon as he stepped into the Large-scale incubation room, Futen expression under the Fujin mask turned terrified and he took a deep breath.

The scale of this Incubation Room is extremely large, with rows and rows of Large Incubation Capsules arranged horizontally and vertically. At a mere glance, Fujin could see that hundreds of Large Incubation Tanks were placed here, and more than 30 researchers were busy in the laboratory.

Not only this, similar to the previous laboratory, this laboratory is also highly advanced, some of the things Fujin has never even seen before. It seems that these are all confidential equipment prohibited from entering the mass market.

Had it not been for the mask on his face, the surprise and greed in Fujin’s eyes would have again been noticed by Orochimaru and Danzo, but thankfully he could still maintain his dignity.

Calming himself down, Fujin even began to wonder ‘Was Root really disbanded by Sandaime-sama? Because if it was and even then, it still has access to such humongous funds and personnel then Fujin can’t even begin to fathom just how deeply has Danzo dug his claws in the Shinobi World.’

At the same time, Fujin also realized that perhaps Sandaime-sama himself doesn’t even know the true depths of Shimura Danzo’s Root.

But different from Fujin, Orochimaru did not have all that complicated or surprised look. He has used and was used by the Root several years ago, therefore, he knows quite deeply about Root.

Danzo did not know about Fujin’s thoughts, nor did he care, because in his eyes, an organization as big and secretive as Amatsukami must have its own depths, besides, what they see here is only a part of what Root is truly capable of.. as this is just one of the laboratories, there are many other laboratories, some of them are so secretive that aside from himself only a dozen people know about them.... And one particular laboratory is only known to him and an extremely loyal researcher named Shigaraki Tanuki.. what’s being researched there is only known to him and Shigaraki Tanuki.

Anyway, Danzo led Fujin and Orochimaru inside the Incubation Room, and while pointing towards the Large Incubation Capsules in front, he said, “The old man has already tried more than 20 different seals on these Chimera Buds, but the effect is not ideal.”

Looking at the Lage Incubation Capsule in front of him Fujin sighed, ‘From where does he bring such high funds?’

Fujin’s reason for sigh is reasonable because in these hundreds of Large Incubation Capsules Chimera Buds are being cultivated, and many of the Chimera Buds that have already been cultivated have been engraved with Fuinjutsu.. which clearly means Danzo has done a lot of experiments in private.

It is important to know that creating and cultivating a Chimera Bud is not much cheaper than creating a Clone body. And unlike Fujin’s case where he seized a lot of these from Shinno, the Chimera Buds created and cultivated by Danzo are all done by his own resources.

Aside from solving the technical aspects, the consumption of resources for cultivating hundreds of Chimera Buds at a time is an astronomical figure that Fujin can’t even calculate.

And then there is the fact that Danzo says that he has already tried 20 different seals but the result has been a failure, which means that 20 shinobi have been sacrificed by him.

‘This is.. this is simply cheating!’ Fujin wanted to cry tears of blood.

At the same time, he couldn’t help but be glad that he chose Shimura Danzo to be his ‘Pawn’.

Orochimaru was also surprised, of course, his surprise was not related to Danzo’s depths, but something else entirely.

The fact that in just a few days Danzo not only cultivated hundreds of Chimera Buds but even started the experimentation and testing procedure. This clearly indicates something, so glancing at Danzo from the corner of his eyes, Orochimaru sneered, ‘Is he so impatient?’

But soon Orochimaru’s gaze turned to that of pity or to say to that of sympathy. In Orochimaru’s eyes, Shimura Danzo is no longer the man who used to the darkness of Konoha, no longer the man who would protect Konoha from Shadows like he used to once, the man has completely changed to a foolish creature who has been caught in the whirlpool of greed for power, paranoia, and madness. And for these things, he is willing to destroy everything.. be that morality, humanity, and even his loyalty.