Time passed.
Just as Tobitake Tonbo had expected, with Kakashi seriously ill, Yamato, who could suppress the Nine-Tails' power, became Team 7's captain.
Danzo extended his influence into Team 7.
After learning Orochimaru's intelligence, Konoha's two old geezers would rather send Tobitake Tonbo, an important force protecting Konoha, than let Naruto, the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki, go out on a mission.
However, after Tsunade argued her case, Naruto was still sent out on the mission.
And Danzo's influence...
Namely Sai, joined Naruto's team.
This situation had all been within Tobitake Tonbo's expectations.
Seeing the real world was different from reading the original work.
Although Danzo had been dismissed by the Third Hokage and Root had been disbanded, he was still the Shimura Clan's head and one of Konoha's higher-ups.
When he kept quiet, he was merely a dismissed Jōnin.
But when he spoke, he represented the will of the Shimura Clan.
Seeing Danzo's maneuvers with his own eyes made Tobitake Tonbo feel the old fox's political power even more keenly than in the original work.
Danzo's shadow was likely present in most of Konoha's departments.
Tobitake Tonbo only let it slide because he knew Danzo would die in the future. Otherwise, when he had served as acting Hokage, he would have dragged Danzo's influence out into the open.
Although the Mind Reading Technique damaged the brain, he could also plant seeds of emotional perception to determine whether someone's emotions had changed.
Or perhaps Danzo's training was so incredible that his people had no emotions at all.
He could also invade their nerves directly and determine whether they carried Sealing Jutsu within their bodies.
Based on what he now knew about Danzo, the man could never trust subordinates who had not been branded with Sealing Jutsu.
"This feeling of having others clear the