Wood Release's significance to Konohagakure was equivalent to a powerful claim!
And it was the indisputable kind, unlike the Mangekyo Sharingan, which was utterly useless.
If this really was an arrangement and power left behind by their teacher before his death, why had they suddenly attacked the Uchiha Clan?
More importantly, they had not only attacked the Uchiha Clan; they had not spared even the Anbu ninjas.
What did that mean?
Was their teacher dissatisfied with them?
"This could not have been our teacher's arrangement."
Shimura Danzō stood beside Sarutobi Hiruzen and spoke with a firm gaze. Both of them had once followed the First Hokage, and they had a profound understanding of the First Hokage's final wishes and ideals.
They both knew that the First Hokage had left behind the power of Wood Release to protect Konohagakure, not to turn it into a tool for destroying the village.
"Perhaps it was their own idea."
It was impossible to make them admit their mistakes, let alone when neither of them believed they had done anything wrong.
All of this left Sarutobi Hiruzen confused and unable to understand.
He began to wonder whether he had not done well enough, causing the Wood Release Ninjas to attack Konohagakure.
He began reflecting on his past, wondering whether he had done something wrong that had led the Wood Release Ninjas to take such action.
However, Shimura Danzō did not see it that way.
He believed the Wood Release Ninjas had not acted because they were dissatisfied with Konohagakure, but because they had their own agenda. He believed they might want to seize control of Konohagakure and become its true rulers.
That thought shocked Sarutobi Hiruzen. He could not accept such a reality, nor could he believe the Wood Release Ninjas would do such a