After two years of development, Danzo had successfully secured a clone of Director Yamada and became hopelessly immersed in the enormous returns brought by technological breakthroughs and the continuous positive feedback generated by expanding his sphere of influence.
Yet amid this overwhelmingly favorable atmosphere, Root's conduct had also grown increasingly overbearing as the number of chips in its hand increased...
Taking advantage of the already harsh social controls of wartime, Root—holders of a license to kill—became even more brazen in displaying its aggressive external expansion. As a result, it earned a reputation for being universally reviled even earlier than in the original timeline!
Thus, not only large organizations like the Yamada Faction, which were directly competing with Root, but even groups that had originally remained neutral in the struggle had begun to regard the old war hawk with caution!
"Recently, Lord Danzo's methods of absorbing upstream and downstream industries have become increasingly unscrupulous. Root appears intent on developing an integrated pipeline of research, production, and armed force independent of the conventional oversight system.
"By that logic, the two institutes, as indispensable links in the current talent selection system, must have long been thorns in Root's side. It is hard to say whether they might use the Spirit Body Transfer Technique as an excuse to come into direct conflict with us."
Inoue Reina's voice was quiet, but even her mild tone could not conceal the conflict between Root and the two institutes!
Takimotoji Saemon frowned slightly at this, but the person in charge of Konoha Hospital quickly caught the unspoken implication in Miss Inoue's words.
"Wait... you mean Director Yamada has already given instructions regarding the next phase of operations?"
"There are some differences in formality, but that is roughly what it means."
To avoid the numerous disturbances before the surgery,