In Konoha's dim underground chamber, the leader of Root, Shimura Danzō, was reading through all the reports on the previous battle in the Land of Wind. Before he had even finished reading them, he had already confirmed several facts...
First, he definitely wouldn't be able to get "Kou," the Wood Style Ninja from Root, back. The Third Hokage would keep that ninja firmly in his grasp. Second, whether it was Yuhara or Kou, their rates of growth and advancement far exceeded expectations. At this point, even he could no longer act against either of them at will.
Or rather, even if Danzo wanted to do something, he would at least have to wait until the attention surrounding certain people had died down. Otherwise, he would be showing far too little respect for the Third Hokage.
See? This was the scope of Lord Danzo's vision. Whenever faced with a major event, he always prioritized calculating his own petty schemes, while easily overlooking the greater impact of the incident... As one of Konoha's higher-ups, shouldn't he have prioritized maintaining peace and thought about how to handle relations with Sunagakure after the war?
To put it harshly, the contributions Yuhara and the others had made to Konoha over the past few days might have been greater and more important than all the contributions Danzo had made in his entire life. For old-timers like Shimura Danzō, people often described them as having no achievements but plenty of toil. But where were Danzo's achievements? Where was his toil? Did killing Yahiko but failing to kill Nagato count?
And yet Shimura Danzō had it rough too. At this moment, Danzo was also confused about his future. His ideal was to become Hokage and carry out his own "Will of Fire." However, the Third Hokage was still