Uchiha Yan looked at him and said, "A clever man like the Nara clan head naturally knows what he should say."
After saying that, he stretched lazily. "After all, this new era of Konoha needs smart people like Captain Shikaku, people who know how to go with the tide. Isn't that right?"
Nara Shikaku's eyes flickered at Uchiha Yan's words.
He smiled, concealing his emotions. "Yan-kun is right. In this brand-new Konoha, we really do need to follow the tide."
Nara Shikaku was a smart man. After all, the Nara clan could never compete for the position of Hokage.
It was better to lower their stance, demonstrate their value, and catch the wind at their backs.
That was what best served the interests of Nara Shikamaru and the three great Ino-Shika-Cho clans behind him.
They sought no advancement, only to avoid being kicked out during this reshuffling of power.
As for the truth? It was completely unimportant.
Moreover, Nara Shikaku intended to make the dead Danzo take the blame.
Namely, that he had colluded with Orochimaru to launch the Konoha Crush Plan for the position of Hokage.
But when the matter was exposed, he had chosen to commit suicide out of fear of punishment, atoning for his crimes with death.
Because Konoha, which now had so much to rebuild, needed an outlet for its anger.
After all, the strongest Hokage of the number one ninja village had been subjected to a decapitation operation and targeted elimination in his own home by rogue ninja.
It had dealt a severe blow to the confidence and unity of Konoha's citizens.
As long as Danzo's collusion with Orochimaru was established as fact,
the issue would shift from Konoha being too weak to the enemy being too cunning.
The village's civilians and ordinary ninja did