The Hokage's office was so quiet it was suffocating.
Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura sat silently, scarcely daring to move.
Hiruzen Sarutobi wore a blank expression.
At last, Danzo slowly rose to his feet and said, "Don't worry. I'll deal with Uchiha Kazuna."
Hiruzen Sarutobi still said nothing.
Koharu and Homura felt like their heads were about to explode.
Good Lord, Brother Danzo, you're at it again?
You had already acted twice. It would have been one thing if you had failed to achieve anything, but you had also gotten Root crippled.
Weren't we in such a passive position now because of you?
Koharu could not help saying, "The Uchiha have completely fallen out with us. If we fail to kill him in one blow this time, it may very well ignite a war."
Hiruzen Sarutobi's face twitched.
That was precisely what worried him, and why he had kept yielding all this time.
"Foolish!"
Danzo barked, "It is precisely because you keep clinging to such thoughts that that little brat has forced us back step by step. We fear war, but do the Uchiha not fear it as well? Do not forget that the Uchiha's Dove Faction has always hoped to coexist with the village. If war truly breaks out, the Uchiha may split apart internally first."
"This..."
Koharu and Homura exchanged glances.
Come to think of it, that really was possible.
Danzo said coldly, "Stay out of this. I will handle it. It is time to use Itachi and Shisui."
Hiruzen Sarutobi finally spoke, slowly saying, "Are you sure there is nothing wrong with them? They are Uchiha too!"
Koharu and Homura's eyes widened.
So you had never trusted those two in the first place?
Monkey, you really are ruthless. You hid deeper than anyone else.
They had thought