It had to be said, Shimura Danzō was quite methodical. He first sent someone to report Orochimaru's actions to the Hokage. After the Hokage had officially confirmed the matter, he then announced it to the entire world, cementing Orochimaru's status as an S-rank Rogue Ninja.
It could be said that, apart from failing to become Hokage, Shimura Danzō was truly skilled at internal power struggles. He had completely cut off Orochimaru's path.
Want Orochimaru to become Hokage? Dream on. However, Danzō hadn't considered what kind of impact the betrayal of a ninja on the level of the Three Legendary Sannin would have.
Tsunade had been wandering the ninja world for a long time. Now that Orochimaru had become a rogue ninja, Jiraiya would soon leave Konoha as well, traveling the ninja world while pursuing Orochimaru... After Konoha lost the Three Legendary Sannin, its entire high-level combat structure collapsed.
In the fifty years since the village's founding, Konoha had never been this weak. Fortunately, the Ninja World War had already ended. Otherwise, it was hard to say what would become of Konoha.
To minimize the negative impact, the best way to handle Orochimaru's defection would have been to let the matter die down quietly. Yet Shimura Danzō had chosen the worst possible way to bring it to light... Orochimaru's defection from Konoha was an event that shocked the entire ninja world.
To be honest, Yuhara didn't quite understand what Danzō was trying to accomplish. It seemed to him that Danzō was hurting others without benefiting himself... Even if Orochimaru went down, would Danzō really get a chance to become Hokage next?
Or did Danzō believe that anything he couldn't have deserved to be destroyed? Was he acting out some melodramatic romance? Well, it really did seem that way. He was the