Creak, creak, creak!
The door opened, and Danzo walked in with a gloomy expression.
The moment he entered the Hokage's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi held the envelope in his hand and asked himself aloud, "Danzo, did you send people to the front lines to assassinate the Uchiha Clan? This matter has already caused a huge uproar!"
The Hokage merely suspected Danzo, because according to the letter, the precise route of the mission's advance could only have been exposed by the Hokage, Danzo, or finally, the Uchiha Clan itself.
"When did I ever send people to assassinate the Uchiha Clan? The ninja I sent out went to find Hanzō of the Salamander. Where would I have found the time?"
Faced with the Third Hokage's questioning, Danzo lied without batting an eye. There was no way he could admit to the assassination. Besides, he believed Root had acted with great secrecy. Even if they had uncovered a few clues and deduced that he was responsible, they had no conclusive evidence. Even the Third Hokage could not punish him.
In the face of Hiruzen Sarutobi's questioning, he immediately denied it and countered, "What exactly happened at the front lines? How did the force that had just gone to reinforce them run into trouble? Could it have been the Uchiha Clan's doing? Just as I said, they may be trying to use deaths as an opportunity to break away from the village."
Not only did he refuse to admit it, but he even tried to shift the blame. In truth, Danzo had already prepared his excuse before coming here.
He had also received a very useful piece of information: the Uchiha Clan's leader had awakened a legendary power during this attack.
According to the documents collected so far, the most recent person to awaken it