"Lord Danzo, Obito Uchiha is making suspicious moves!"
After being injured by Obito, the two Root organization ninja assigned to monitor him swiftly returned to the base and reported the situation to Shimura Danzō.
"He actually dared to attack Anbu members, yet he still claims he isn't a spy."
Shimura Danzō was overjoyed upon hearing the news.
He had been worrying over the lack of an excuse to deal with Obito, only for Obito to hand him a ready-made pretext.
Although Root was effectively a force personally controlled by Shimura Danzō, it was nominally subordinate to the Anbu, so calling Root ninja Anbu ninja was entirely accurate.
And attacking Anbu ninja was no trivial matter.
"However, with the Uchiha coup imminent, Hiruzen will probably be especially sensitive about this."
After some thought, Shimura Danzō suppressed the urge to immediately dispatch a team to forcibly arrest Obito Uchiha.
It would not have mattered normally, but this was the critical period for exterminating the Uchiha Clan. There was no room for carelessness.
If Hiruzen Sarutobi discovered his clan massacre plan because of this, the losses would outweigh the gains.
After careful consideration, Shimura Danzō once again headed for the Hokage Building.
He did not expect Hiruzen Sarutobi to impose any severe punishment on Obito. He merely hoped Obito Uchiha would be locked up for a few days, kept from causing trouble outside and affecting the clan massacre plan.
Once the scheduled day of the massacre arrived, he would kill Obito along the way.
Shimura Danzō intended to let only two Uchiha survive.
One was Uchiha Itachi, who would be put to work, while the other was Sasuke, who could be used to keep Uchiha Itachi in check.
Yet what Shimura Danzō had not expected was that, even after lowering his expectations so