"Have you forgotten the humiliation you bear?"
"Have you forgotten what those Grass bandits did to us?"
"I know what you want to say. We lost this battle, but it wasn't us who lost. It was... another accident!"
"This is fate!"
"We haven't lost! We're still alive! As long as we're alive, Konoha is still Konoha!"
Seeing the expressions of his three companions change, how could Danzo not know what the four of them were thinking?
He waved his hand, turned slightly in the hidden corridor with his cane, faced away from them, shook his head, and let out a long sigh.
"These past few days, I have been thinking... what meaning is there in surviving like this? What can we still do? We are nothing but a disgrace!"
As he said this, he raised his head slightly, his cloudy eyes gazing at the ceiling of Navy Headquarters.
"Think of that vast Konoha!
Yet it fell in our hands and was annexed by the Land of Grass.
Although Konoha's annexation was not something we could control, my heart is still filled with guilt and helplessness!"
"I often ask myself, is my life really going to end like this? What is the meaning of my existence? Where am I going to go?"
His eyes seemed to be filled with confusion.
"If we do this... can we face the ninja who sacrificed themselves to protect Konoha?"
The moment those words fell—
"Gasp—"
Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other two, whose expressions had already changed, all sucked in a sharp breath. They seemed to understand what their old friend intended to do.
At a time like this, couldn't he take it easy?
After exchanging glances, Hiruzen gave an awkward laugh, stepped forward, and said, "Danzō, Konoha's choice this time was the decision of the