Among Konoha's Council of Elders, Koharu Utatane and Mitokado Homura might have held relatively considerable authority. But among the Council's members, none possessed more influence than Shimura Danzō—the man who controlled Konoha's dark side and whom even Uchiha Yue deeply feared.
In Shimura Danzō's own view, everything he did was for Konoha. However, after losing the struggle for the position of Hokage, even Danzō himself failed to notice the inexplicable change in his mentality. Gradually, he was no longer a Council member devoted wholeheartedly to Konoha. Instead, he became a selfish spokesman of darkness, someone who turned his own interests into Konoha's interests for his personal gain—the very embodiment of conspiracy.
Poor Koharu Utatane and Mitokado Homura had completely lost their usual composure under Shimura Danzō's verbal manipulation. Moreover, power was the sort of thing that could rot one's heart. Amid their peaceful lives, Koharu Utatane and Mitokado Homura became the chief planners of that deadly scheme within Danzō's plan.
Unfortunately, neither Shimura Danzō, Mitokado Homura, nor Koharu Utatane realized that the deadly scheme they had devised was precisely the deadly scheme that would lead Konoha toward decline. Originally, after the Third Shinobi World War, Konoha had both the capability and the influence to become the true number one ninja village in the Shinobi World.
Yet it was the schemes of Council members like Shimura Danzō that caused postwar Konoha to suffer a devastating catastrophe.
After that catastrophe, Konoha never regained the glory it had possessed during the Third Shinobi World War and began its decline from then on.
By the time Konoha became powerful once more, Council members like Shimura Danzō had also reached their end.
While Shimura Danzō, Koharu Utatane, Mitokado Homura, and the others secretly planned their deadly scheme, Uchiha Yue slept soundly in Tsunade's residence. He