Danzo's reaction caught Qianyue by surprise.
But considering it was Danzo, it was unexpected yet understandable.
After all, he was the kind of man who would never give up until he hit a wall. If Qianyue had not laid the groundwork beforehand and prepared everything, he might not have been able to take Danzo down so openly and legitimately.
That was why Qianyue had to wait for Danzo to make the first move before proceeding with the plan.
Although they had already reached a consensus with the major clans and formed an alliance, if anything unexpected happened—if he lost this battle, for example—
the major shinobi clans would likely turn like grass in the wind for the sake of their own interests and choose Hiruzen's side without hesitation.
That was why Qianyue had not dared involve the major clans in this battle.
Politics had always been a filthy mess of conflicting interests. He was not broad-minded enough to expose his back to these allies before victory was secured.
As for Jiraiya, that was simply because Qianyue had already anticipated Naruto going berserk. Facing Naruto, who was both his disciple and grand-disciple, that old man in his fifties might not be able to bring himself to strike.
It was safer to leave it to him.
Not only did Danzo's attempt to turn the tables fail to convince the clan heads beside him, it instead made them look at him with suspicion.
Qianyue slowly walked over to the clan heads and stood at the very front of the group.
"Hokage Advisor, that's not what you should be saying. Shouldn't you be saying that someone misled you into launching an attack on our Uchiha?"
"Looks like our Hokage's account has gone wrong somewhere. It's completely different from yours."
"Why don't you two take