Sleeping until he woke naturally.
Danzo slept comfortably, with no one disturbing him and no need to keep his nerves taut as he monitored every movement around him.
It had been some time since his return to the village. During this period, Danzo had behaved himself and stayed out of every open and covert struggle.
He ambled lazily to the window and watched sunlight shine across the land. There were no skyscrapers rising from the ground, nor were there streets reflecting dazzling lights even in broad daylight.
The leisurely rural life slowly calmed Danzo's somewhat restless heart, which had been stirred by war.
He no longer lived at Root's base outside the village, but in the Shimura Clan's territory, in his own home.
After staying here for one night last time, Danzo had people tear down the old house, redraw the plans, and construct a modern building even taller than the Hokage Building.
That was why he could now look out over the entirety of Konoha from his home.
After washing up, Danzo carried the breakfast his subordinates had prepared long ago and picked up a document from the table to read.
It had been compiled by Root's people and contained major events from across the shinobi world the previous day, as well as trivial matters from the Land of Fire and Konoha.
Though he had secluded himself at home, Danzo's intelligence network had not been cut off in the slightest.
Root had not disbanded because of their previous conversation. It seemed that, due to the Newspaper Office issue, Sarutobi had tacitly accepted Danzo's refusal and had not sent Anbu to take over Root.
He cheerfully flipped through the information on Naruto's whereabouts. As the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Naruto had Root compile an itinerary for Danzo every so often, and Danzo