Two Old Men's Love-Hate History

But there was no point dwelling on that now. Danzo looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen, who seemed as old as a man in his seventies or eighties, and sighed.

"It's been many years since I died, hasn't it? Judging by the look of you, you're getting old enough to die yourself."

When Danzo first learned he had been summoned back from the Pure Land, he had wanted to curse Hiruzen the moment he saw him. He wanted to call him softhearted for letting Uchiha Genya grow so powerful.

But faced with a man who looked ready for the grave, Danzo couldn't bring himself to say those harsh words.

Had that many years really passed?

Hiruzen, you're getting old enough to die too.

To his surprise, Hiruzen shook his head. "It's been less than six years since you... were killed."

Danzo frowned at once. He stared at Hiruzen's aged face in disbelief.

"What happened? Tell me everything that happened after I died!"

It was hard to talk about, but Hiruzen could no longer afford to hold anything back.

He was a pariah now. The entire Ninja World knew what he had done. There was nothing left he couldn't bring himself to say.

So Hiruzen told him how Uchiha Genya had become the Fifth Hokage and arranged for them to retire.

Then he had fallen into a trap. When he went to meet the Daimyo, an Illusion Technique prepared in advance had taken control of him. He had killed the Daimyo and a host of nobles with his own hands, becoming the Ninja World's most wanted criminal.

En and Koharu had died because of him. Their old friends' families had also been brought to account and completely dissolved.

Hiruzen's bounty now exceeded five billion ryō. Apart from Uchiha Genya, who openly sought to