'Bastard! Bastard! Bastard!'
'How dare he... how dare he speak to me like that!'
Danzo's gaze burned like ghostly flames as he stared fixedly at Hyuga Wuye.
Hyuga Wuye, meanwhile, remained calm, as if he felt nothing.
He had done it on purpose.
He wanted to push that old schemer Danzo to his limit, force him to attack in anger, so he would have a legitimate reason to deal with him!
Otherwise, it would be difficult to catch him in the act.
Just like this incident. Wuye had wanted nothing more than to point the finger directly at Danzo.
But these Root shinobi were too loyal, and they had been branded with the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal. There was no way they would betray Danzo.
And even if they did, this matter alone was not enough to warrant death.
An old fox like him never left any evidence behind.
Whether it was his little schemes against him and Kaguya during the Second Shinobi World War, or the rumors this time, he had handled everything well enough that nothing could be traced back to him.
"Jonin Wuye..."
Danzo had originally intended to tell Hyuga Wuye that the Third Hokage was behind the rumors, and that Root had merely acted on orders.
But now, he had no intention of wasting any more words.
He could tell from Hyuga Wuye's indifferent attitude that anything he said would be pointless.
Though he did not know why, Hyuga Wuye had already pinned the blame for everything on Root—on him.
Anything more would only invite humiliation...
"I hope Jonin Wuye can remain fair... no matter when..."
After saying this in a sinister voice, Danzo turned and left the Security Force under the shocked gazes of the Root shinobi, without even looking back.
At that moment, the