Leaf Village, Root.
Danzo had been resurrected through Kabuto's Impure World Reincarnation.
Danzo examined his reanimated body. He could not feel a thing. No wonder those summoned through Impure World Reincarnation always looked so miserable.
A body like this desecrated the soul and violated all ethics.
But the darkness in Danzo's heart allowed him to endure it.
He listened as Ryoma reported everything that had happened after his death.
Danzo had once tried to seal Liao Wu with the Reverse Four Symbols Seal, but Liao Wu had evaded it.
Later, an attack from the moon had given the Ninja Alliance a chance to escape the Land of Rain.
Then came the final battle at Mount Myōboku.
Danzo listened to it all. When he heard that the Third Hokage had sacrificed his soul to seal Madara inside his stomach, he fell silent for a long time.
"So Sarutobi... can't be resurrected, or brought back through Impure World Reincarnation?"
Ryoma nodded, then told Danzo about the current state of the Leaf Village.
The Hokage was a thing of the past. These days, most children at the Ninja Academy dreamed of becoming the leader of the Ninja Sect.
The ruler of the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
"Words alone won't do. Take me outside so I can see for myself!"
"All right!"
Ryoma led Danzo out of Root. Many of Root's ninjas showed no reaction to Danzo.
Very few of Danzo's loyal followers remained in Root. Most of its members now belonged to the Senju Clan, and they only obeyed Tobirama's orders.
Danzo emerged from the darkness into the moonlit Leaf Village. At a glance, he saw that its once-famous Kage Rock had become Sage Rock.
On Sage Rock, Hashirama and Kushina stood side by side.
The Leaf Village had already been replaced by