Root ninja never wasted words. They only carried out Lord Danzo's orders.
The instant Danzo gave the order to seize them, the Root ninja at his side sprang into action. Caught off guard by the sudden betrayal and already severely injured, Konoha's people were subdued without putting up any resistance.
In that brief chaos, Danzo became Konoha's Fifth Hokage. His deal with Muzan allowed Konoha to weather this crisis.
The Third Hokage, now a prisoner, glared at his former friend with a face full of hatred. The two Hokage advisors beside him immediately cursed at Danzo.
Danzo paid no attention to their insults and simply had them escorted into the deepest underground prison.
Yet the unrest was far from limited to what lay before them. Many people were dissatisfied with Danzo's rise to power, Jiraiya among them!
The Third Hokage had been his teacher, while the Fourth Hokage had been his disciple. When Danzo launched his coup, Jiraiya clashed with him. Unfortunately, badly wounded as he was, Jiraiya was no match for Danzo. At the last moment, he summoned a toad and used Reverse Summoning to enter Mount Myoboku.
The escaped Jiraiya needed to recover from his injuries and care for Naruto, making it difficult for him to act against Danzo in the short term. This indirectly emboldened Danzo's arrogance.
Then there was Konoha's younger generation. Led by Kakashi, they refused to acknowledge Danzo's position and caused several conflicts. Unfortunately, this was a critical time for Konoha. If they all left, Konoha would truly decline into ruin.
They took a step back and did not erupt into a large-scale conflict with Danzo, but neither would they obey his orders.
Some of the neutral faction, such as Sakumo Hatake, had no interest whatsoever in the changing of Konoha's ruling power. To