"..."
Silence fell.
Danzo clenched his teeth and kept his eyes shut, as if meditating, but in his heart, he had already seen through everything!
Those wicked Uchiha... This was all a scheme by that brat and Orochimaru!
Those master and student were cut from the same cloth!
The situation was very unfavorable for Danzo, but the only thing he could do now was stay silent and leave everything to Monkey.
"..."
The Lord Third could only remain silent as well.
Apart from the White Fang incident, Danzo had... actually tried to assassinate this child, too!?
Danzo had truly gone too far this time. His actions had crossed certain lines.
The Lord Third was genuinely angry this time!
But no matter how angry he was... Danzo's life still had to be protected.
In fact, in this situation, protecting Danzo's life was the most the Lord Third could hope for.
"..." Fugaku fell silent, too.
Although Ruohuo being targeted for assassination by Root had also enraged Fugaku and every Uchiha.
Objectively speaking, however, the current situation favored the Uchiha.
With Ruohuo having been targeted for assassination, the Uchiha had another bargaining chip.
But anything Fugaku said now could become the spark that set his clan members off, so he had to be cautious!
It would be best to let the Lord Third make his position clear first, then Fugaku could consider whether to apply pressure.
"..." Orochimaru didn't answer Ruohuo's question either.
He had already subtly steered things once before. If he answered directly this time, it would be no different from making his intentions obvious.
Some things couldn't be said in this setting, especially with his teacher present...
However...
There were things Orochimaru didn't dare say, but someone else did.
"Uncle knows the names of those two you mentioned, little