Shimura Danzō snorted coldly. "Hiruzen! Orochimaru is your student. You know him better than I do, so you must know that he is deeply calculating, his thoughts sinister and unfathomable, and he never reveals his true feelings."
"What is even more frightening is that he has always been willing to use any means necessary to achieve his goals. He regards human lives as worthless grass, and his mind is filled with forbidden experiments and evil arts of immortality."
With every sentence Shimura Danzō spoke, Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression darkened further, and the look he gave Danzō grew more vicious.
But Danzō did not care in the slightest and continued with even harsher words. "Orochimaru is absolutely not a good man, nor is he someone Konoha can use."
"On the contrary, he is a dangerous individual who must be guarded against at all times—the most dangerous person in Konoha after the Uchiha!"
Danzō took a deep breath and unleashed the trump card he had prepared for so long. "Hiruzen, do you think Orochimaru doesn't know about your suppression of him? Do you think he doesn't hate you for it?"
Crack!
Hiruzen Sarutobi snapped his smoking pipe and growled at Shimura Danzō, "Shimura Danzō, shut your mouth!"
"Oh, right. You are the commander of the Eastern Front. How could you return to the village on your own without filing a report?"
"Go back and take command immediately!"
Shimura Danzō shook his head. "Whether I am there or not makes little difference. Hiruzen, I was appointed commander by you, the retired Third Hokage. The Konoha ninja do not respect me at all."
"I returned to confirm the new Hokage. Only when the current Hokage appoints the commander of the Eastern Front will everyone be completely convinced."
Hiruzen Sarutobi was dumbfounded, muttering to himself, "So...