Several days passed in the blink of an eye.
Konoha.
Hokage's Office.
Bang!
The Third Hokage slammed the documents in his hand onto the desk, flying into a rage.
"Why was the village's intelligence completely leaked?!"
The ANBU below had just returned from the black market, bringing back the very intelligence Zhengye had had Itachi sell a few days earlier.
Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura exchanged looks. They had no idea how the intelligence had been leaked.
Everything that had happened recently was a scandal to Konoha's upper ranks, so the news had been tightly sealed away.
Nara Shikaku picked up the intelligence and gave it a brief look, narrowing his eyes slightly. "It could only have been leaked by someone from the high-level meeting."
It was probably Uchiha Zhengye's doing. Only he would act like this.
Luhe understood that clearly, but he did not say it aloud.
The Third Hokage had his suspicions as well, but he had other suspects.
"Koharu, how are things on Danzo's end? Did he send anyone out?"
Utatane Koharu shook her head. "It wasn't him. Although he sent Yamanaka Fu out to carry out some activities, he didn't go to the black market."
"We don't know exactly what he did, but no one went to meet Danzo, and Danzo himself didn't go anywhere."
The latter half was somewhat unnecessary. After all, Danzo had no limbs.
"Keep an eye on Danzo. The Uchiha won't let this go."
The Third Hokage gave the order warily.
Nara Shikaku looked at his nose, his nose at his heart, as though he had no intention of involving himself in their conversation.
Though his position as the Hokage's advisor had been raised up by the Uchiha, he would only correct some of the Third Hokage's previous erroneous policies and provide