He flew into a rage, then raged some more.
He swept everything off the desk, leaving only one photograph. He smashed everything that could be smashed!!!
"Sarutobi! Is this the kind of student you've trained? That was a blatant threat and slander!!"
Danzo grew even angrier. At the thought of the Third Hokage's deadpan face, he flung the photograph of himself and Hiruzen Sarutobi straight off his desk.
"Sarutobi, you'll regret this!"
Unfortunately, no one would ever say to him again, "Danzo, I'm the Hokage..."
This was how it all began.
After Orochimaru's cargo was secretly exposed by Danzo, it was intercepted by a group of Konoha nobodies.
Orochimaru then sent Josuke to retrieve the cargo.
After Josuke's spectacularly effective operation, everyone in Konoha was convinced.
The villain who had stolen their cargo and injured their people was the evil Yamanaka Fū.
After the Konoha group returned to Konoha in a sorry state, Tsunade began a secret investigation into the matter.
As it turned out, the investigation revealed something startling.
Fuu Yamanaka was Danzo's subordinate, and his appearance matched the descriptions given by the ninjas who had been attacked that day almost exactly.
He also had no alibi for that day, and no one could vouch for him.
On top of that, Fuu Yamanaka had done plenty of bad things in private.
So, with approval from the Hokage's office, the Anbu would assist with the investigation, and Konoha's administrative staff would cooperate. Orders were issued to investigate both Fuu Yamanaka and Danzo.
As for why Danzo was being investigated—well, everyone knew.
These days, even when village children got into trouble at school and their parents found out, their first thought was that Danzo must have done it—or that it was the work of some evil Uchiha brat.
That showed just