Danzo's reaction caught Senya by surprise.
But considering it was Danzo, it was both unexpected and perfectly understandable.
After all, he was the kind of person who refused to give up until he hit the Yellow River. If Senya had not made arrangements in advance and prepared everything, he might not have been able to bring Danzo down with proper justification.
That was why Senya had needed to wait for Danzo to make the first move before proceeding with the plan.
Although he had already reached a consensus with the major clans and formed an alliance, if anything unexpected happened—if he lost this battle, for example—
Then the major ninja clans would likely turn like grass in the wind for the sake of their own interests and unhesitatingly side with the Third Hokage.
That was why Senya had not dared to involve the major clans in this battle.
Politics had always been a filthy struggle over interests. Senya was not broad-minded enough to expose his back to these allies before victory was secured.
As for Jiraiya, that was purely because Senya had anticipated Naruto going berserk. Faced with Naruto, his disciple's son and his grand-disciple, the old man in his fifties might not be able to bring himself to act.
It was safer to leave it to Senya.
Danzo's attempt to turn the tables failed to convince the clan heads beside them. Instead, they looked at him with suspicion.
Senya slowly walked over to the clan heads and stood at the very front.
"Hokage's Assistant, that's not right. Shouldn't you be saying that you were deceived by someone into launching an attack on us Uchiha?"
"It seems our Hokage's thinking has gone wrong. His account is completely different from yours."
"Why don't you take a good look at the current