Their Respective Decisions (Third Update)

Whether it was in the past.

Or in the present.

Even the decision to send people to assassinate the Third Hokage in the beginning, an act that was clearly tantamount to betraying the village.

In Danzo's eyes,

they had all been made for the village, for the greater good of Konoha!

Danzo didn't deny that he wanted to become Hokage.

But he firmly rejected the idea that it was for his own selfish desires.

He was carrying on the Will of Fire passed down by his teacher—the Second Hokage!

The White Fang incident, the Orochimaru incident, the Uchiha incident, the Naruto incident, and so on!

Danzo had always firmly believed that his judgment and decisions were the right ones. His old friends were simply too gentle and kind. Everything he did was for the village's greater good, for Konoha's interests!

He was the one who had inherited the Will of Fire most perfectly!

And with this kind of self-hypnosis—

No!

With his own unwavering, twisted 'belief' supporting him,

Danzo continued down the path he believed was right, one step at a time!

Much like this latest incident, Naruto's defection.

Capturing the Nine-Tails was naturally essential.

But when it came to Naruto himself—

"Kill him on sight. Understood?"

In a dim room,

deep within Root's most secret base,

Shimura Danzo sat at the head of the room, speaking with a deeply menacing expression.

"Yes, Lord Danzo!"

Below him,

more than a dozen shadowy figures, all wrapped in a dense aura of bloodlust, knelt on one knee in unison. As Danzo finished speaking, they bowed their heads and answered.

Those who betrayed the village!

Deserved to die!

Not just Naruto,

but also Neji Hyuga, Sasuke Uchiha, and the others.

Shimura Danzo wasn't that 'kind!'

Besides, after Uchiha Itachi returned to the village