The power of newspapers was greater than imagined. They could present certain information before others, and whether civilians or shinobi, everyone could learn something from them. With their wide reach, even the upper-class elites could not completely destroy them, no matter how much they wanted to ban them!
Likewise, the emergence of newspapers was like a key that opened the world of the upper class, letting common civilians understand that there were many things beyond their reach, but that did not mean those things did not exist.
A small newspaper had stirred up monstrous waves in Konoha. Its reports on the war, in particular, offered insights sharper than even Hiruzen Sarutobi's. But when his gaze shifted to the side, he discovered an even more explosive piece of news.
"Does whoever made this newspaper have a grudge against Danzo? Why are they putting everything in it?"
The so-called human experiments were mostly exaggerated, and whenever there had been a theft in Konoha—someone's pot went missing, someone's chicken disappeared—it was all pinned on Danzo.
It was obvious slander. However, a piece of information below regarding Root's selection of shinobi made Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression grow much more solemn. He instructed the ANBU shinobi standing guard outside:
"Have Danzo and the two Hokage advisors come over."
A short while later, after all three had taken their seats in the office, Hiruzen Sarutobi took out the newspaper and asked in a somewhat questioning tone:
"How much of what is written here did you do?"
Danzo had been in Root's experimental base and had not yet received today's newspaper. Yet on his way here, he had sensed the heavy hostility around him. Many villagers had wanted to rush up and beat him.
So the matter had been published in the newspaper. Danzo held the reports concerning