"You! You... What's this guy doing here?"
Naruto was extremely shocked at first. He really did seem to have been startled by Moriyue, and judging by his reaction, he did not appear to be pretending. He was genuinely wary of Moriyue.
But after thinking calmly for a while, he quietly said those things. Naruto might have been simple-minded, but Sakura and Jiraiya were not fools. There was no way they would believe what Danzo had said.
At the very least, how much credibility anything that guy said carried was highly questionable. During that meeting, Danzo had been extremely firm in his stance, seemingly determined to brand Moriyue as the criminal who had stolen Konoha's intelligence.
But when asked to produce actual evidence, all he could offer was a young man from the Root Organization as a witness. The so-called evidence was utterly unconvincing, nothing but cheap tricks anyone could see through at a glance.
But the higher-ups knew that all Danzo wanted was a show of attitude. So they gave him one.
Jiraiya, however, knew Danzo well. Nine times out of ten, that man was lying. Moriyue had likely gotten hold of some leverage against him, which was why Danzo had been so evasive about the matter.
Naruto had not understood at first, but from Jiraiya and Sakura's attitudes, he could tell that Moriyue was not as heinous as Danzo had made him out to be.
Moriyue was somewhat surprised to see Naruto treating him this way. The corners of his lips lifted slightly as he smiled. Beneath that harmless-looking exterior, who knew what lay hidden?
"Oh? You're not afraid of me? I remember Konoha still has a warrant out for me, doesn't it?"
He was deliberately testing Naruto, but Naruto's attitude was worth pondering. He knew the village might