That morning, after Konoha's higher-ups left the laboratory, Nawaki personally took command of the investigation. The senior officials who supported him stayed behind to help, while the Anbu's headquarters personnel were mobilized in full force to search throughout Konoha.
As a key target of the investigation, the entire Root base was thoroughly searched by the Anbu, yet they found no useful clues at all!
On the second day, Nawaki ordered the search area expanded. Anbu began appearing frequently in every corner of Konoha, inevitably alerting its residents that something was amiss. However, because Konoha's higher-ups had tightly sealed off all information concerning the assassination, no one connected it to the Hokage for the time being. They merely assumed the Anbu were searching for spies, so it did not cause any unrest.
During the search, quite a few spies from enemy nations exposed themselves in their panic and were subsequently captured. That counted as an unexpected gain for the Anbu.
Unfortunately, even after the comprehensive search on the second day, the Anbu still found no clues whatsoever related to the assassination!
On the third day—the final day of the agreed deadline—with his search yielding nothing, Nawaki had no choice but to change direction. He shifted the focus of the investigation to the internal leadership, began summoning the higher-ups of Konoha's various factions one by one, and questioned everyone in hopes of finding the suspect!
Although Konoha's higher-ups were extremely dissatisfied with Nawaki's forceful actions, they could only grit their teeth and cooperate in order to avoid being labeled suspects themselves.
At this time, Danzo, who had been secretly watching Nawaki all along, finally let out a complete sigh of relief. In his view, Nawaki was desperately grasping at straws. Not only would he fail to uncover any clues, but he would