Hokage Tower.
Slap!
The Third Hokage flung a stack of documents onto the desk.
"Danzo, what are you trying to do? You actually opened the Heavenly Prison without authorization?! How would you take responsibility if other prisoners escaped?"
Danzo replied coldly, "Sarutobi, what are you talking about? This old man knows nothing about the Heavenly Prison."
The Third Hokage roared, "You're still denying it? Kido's corpse from your Root was found in the Heavenly Prison, and you still claim you knew nothing?"
Danzo planted his cane on the ground. "Kido acted on his own. It had nothing to do with me."
"Danzo! Stop putting on an act in front of me. Did you think no one knew you ordered Ryoma to seize the Uchiha's Sharingan?"
"The Secret Arts Squad has already found evidence inside Ryoma's corpse!"
"Hmph!" Danzo stopped pretending and glared furiously at the Third Hokage.
"Sarutobi Hiruzen! I told you long ago that the Uchiha needed to be eliminated early, but you kept hesitating!"
"Now the Uchiha have grown too powerful. There are two Mangekyō Sharingan users within the clan, and Itachi and Shisui outside it."
"If you hadn't stopped me, I would have wiped out the entire Uchiha Clan long ago!"
The Third Hokage slammed his hand on the table as well. "Kill! Kill! Kill! All you know is killing! Uchiha Fugaku has long been a Mangekyō Sharingan user! He simply never made it public."
"Can you defeat Susanoo?! How many lives would you need to throw away to destroy the Uchiha Clan?"
"Can you guarantee the Cloud Village won't take advantage of the situation?! Can you guarantee the Hidden Mist Village won't come? Or do you think the Hidden Stone Village is easy to deal with?"
Danzo retorted, "If you had weakened the Uchiha sooner, would