"War is about to begin, so Root must be prepared. Sarutobi Toru, I'm entrusting this task to you now." After hearing Sarutobi Toru's analysis, Shimura Danzō maintained a calm expression as he gave him the order.
In truth, he was cursing his old friend inwardly. Damn it, he clearly knew war was about to break out, so why didn't he inform Root? Does Hiruzen even take Root seriously at all?!
(Sarutobi Hiruzen: What? Isn't the leader of Root my nephew? Danzo? He's just Root's mascot.)
"Alright, I understand. Leave it to me." Sarutobi Toru nodded.
Danzo always felt that something was off. It seemed as though this situation and conversation had happened many times before. Come to think of it, why did it always feel like his student had more sources of intelligence than he did?
However, Shimura Danzō glanced at the two mind-control ninja lurking beside him, then considered how nearly every ordinary ninja in Root had been branded with various Cursed Seals by him. "Hmph, this old man is Root's true leader. Sarutobi Toru is nothing more than a hired hand!"
After Sarutobi Toru left, several mind-control ninja responsible for taking turns guarding Shimura Danzō respectfully approached and handed over the Intelligence Scrolls concerning Shimura Danzō from the past few days.
The Tongue-Cutting Curse was formidable; the intelligence could not even be written down on paper. Yet Sarutobi Toru had long invented all kinds of ciphers. With a codebook for reference, he could effortlessly grasp all manner of intelligence about Root's leader.
If Shimura Danzō had seen this, he probably would have coughed up blood in rage. The Root he believed to be impregnable had long since been hollowed out by Sarutobi Toru. In the entire organization, he was likely the only one still kept in the dark.