The key was that this was a muddled account.
Logically speaking, if someone escaped from prison, the guards should have been responsible.
But the prisoner was Danzo, and the Third Hokage had specifically cleared out that entire floor.
He said Danzo had too many secrets and was only suitable for solitary confinement.
So there had not been many guards on that floor, only two.
After all, with the exits sealed, where could someone inside possibly escape to?
Yet Danzo had escaped.
The moment the guards were killed, the Hyuga had immediately sealed off the exits.
No one had expected Danzo to dig his way out.
In the end, the Hyuga sent after him had died in the forest.
They had died horribly, their bellies ripped open by Wood Release, blood spilled everywhere.
Sai had been monitoring Danzo the entire time, yet he did not even know how those three Hyuga Clan members had died. He could only guess that Yin-Yang Face had done it.
If Hizashi had not been forceful enough, the Hyuga Clan would have had to take the blame.
Moreover, Konoha now could not do without the Hyuga Clan. Shamu had even gone to Hizashi personally to form an alliance.
So even if it meant offending the Third Hokage, they still had to throw this blame elsewhere.
The Third Hokage sighed. He did not call Hizashi back; this truly was a muddled account.
He had not expected Danzo to have modified even himself.
And Danzo really had been colluding with outsiders.
Perhaps the person who had helped him escape was one of Danzo's successful Wood Release test subjects from these past years.
There was no point arguing with the Hyuga Clan now.
What mattered was how to patch up this hole.
Executing Danzo could ease relations with the