Seeing Danzō like this, the Third Hokage furrowed his brow. He thought Danzō was playing dumb.
Who among their old circle didn't know that Danzō and the Uchiha were at odds, and that he wanted to strike first and solve the Uchiha problem once and for all?
Shisui's disappearance this time was most likely Danzō's doing.
Though he didn't know how Danzō had learned the secret of Shisui's Mangekyō, Danzō always had his own special channels for information. Otherwise, why would he have sent people to look for Shisui in the first place?
Shisui had actually awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Danzō slowly put the pieces together. So Shisui had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan after all. No wonder the Root Squad he'd sent out had been wiped out. He'd underestimated Kagami's descendant.
It was no wonder Hiruzen had come to see him in person. He must have thought Danzō had gotten his hands on Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan.
At that thought, Danzō hurried to explain. "Hiruzen, have you misunderstood something? I truly didn't know Shisui had awakened the Mangekyō."
"If you didn't know he had the Mangekyō, why did you attack him?"
The Third Hokage looked at Danzō as if to say, "Are you kidding me?" His expression turned stern as he said:
"Stop pretending. You attacked Shisui for the Mangekyō Sharingan. Just admit it openly. No amount of arguing will change the fact that you attacked him."
"You've gone too far this time. The Uchiha have already sent people to see me. To appease their anger, I'm temporarily relieving you of your authority over Root."
"You must also hand over Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan as soon as possible..."
"Hiruzen, you don't believe me?"
After hearing the Third Hokage's decision, Danzō's face darkened. He suspected that Shisui didn't have the Mangekyō Sharingan at