"Danzō wants to see me?" A flicker of confusion flashed across Ueno Kei's face as he asked himself inwardly.
This was certainly something new. Ueno Kei had had virtually no contact with Shimura Danzō over the past few years. The only times they had met were when he happened to run into him at the Third Hokage's home.
Even during those few encounters, Shimura Danzō had merely cast a few indifferent glances his way.
And now he wanted to see him? Ueno Kei found it somewhat unbelievable. Still, if Shimura Danzō wished to see him, it would be difficult for Ueno Kei to refuse so long as he was not on a mission.
By Ueno Kei's way of thinking from his previous life, Shimura Danzō was technically an elder of sorts—his teacher's senior or junior martial brother.
Although Ueno Kei disliked, even loathed, Shimura Danzō as a person, he would not refuse to meet him. Besides, if it involved something important, he had no choice but to go.
Thus, Ueno Kei did not deliberate for long before giving a calm nod.
Following behind the Anbu operative, Ueno Kei wound through twists and turns, passing along several dim passageways before arriving at an underground facility. Only a few places within the facility gave off the faintest threads of light.
Everywhere else was pitch-black.
Even Ueno Kei, who had spent a long time in the Anbu, found it somewhat uncomfortable. If the Anbu handled the most difficult and darkest missions within the village—
Then Konoha's Root was even darker than the Anbu.
From Shimura Danzō at the helm to the members of the lower squads, every one of them seemed shrouded in a grim, sinister air. Moreover, every Root member had sealing techniques placed upon their bodies.
Sealing techniques that prevented them