They all had their own clans behind them, and over the years, they had done no small amount to target the Uchiha.
What if the Uchiha used the same tactics against the clans behind them? What would they do then?
Even with the great authority of the advisory elders, they could not run to the Police Department every day and demand the release of prisoners.
Just look at the Shimura clan—arrested, released, then arrested again.
Even if nothing came of it, it was enough to disgust you to death.
The moment they thought of the Shimura clan crying out in misery, suffering beyond endurance, the two advisory elders secretly resolved that they had to stop the Uchiha.
This absolutely could not happen to their own clans.
"The Shimura clan is being targeted because Danzo still refuses to behave himself at a time like this."
The Third Hokage grew angry whenever this matter came up.
I'm up here cleaning up all your messes and running myself ragged. I don't even know how many brain cells I've killed or how much hair I've lost, yet you're still dragging me down from behind.
Danzo's deliberate attempts to undermine the Uchiha might not have seemed like much normally, but at this critical juncture, they were nothing but a hindrance.
Konoha's reputation had already been thoroughly ruined, and he was still fanning the flames.
"Tell me yourselves—at a time like this, still refusing to let go of the Uchiha, if that isn't making trouble for me, then what is?"
"..."
The two advisory elders had nothing to say.
Because Danzo's actions really were causing trouble.
And precisely because he had continued to stir up trouble during such an extraordinary time, the Uchiha had fixed their sights on the Shimura clan.
"Besides, Jiraiya asking Uchiha Yan