Aoba originally thought that the third generation would let him and Kakashi investigate the situation of Danzo. What he didn't expect was that the third generation gave them the task to control the situation of Root.
Aoba thought about it a little and guessed that Danzo might have some kind of backup plan. After he died in the outside world, Root should know directly.
Therefore, the third generation is sure that Danzo is dead. For him, the most important thing is naturally the stability of Root.
You must know that Danzo has been in the dark these years, and it is unknown how many resources have been misappropriated to build Root. In addition to illegal experiments such as the Hashirama Cells experiment.
Root also has its own training base. Children collected from orphanages or Land of Fire will receive rigorous training here.
Those who survive become members of Root. It's just that these children without 'talent' will usually only become cannon fodder and experimental subjects of Root.
Root has its own R&D department. The famous Cursed Tongue Eradication Jutsu came from here. Various human experiments and secret technology development have gone further than ANBU.
In addition, Root also has members from various large families. From Hyuga, to Ino-Shika-Cho, to Aburame, Inuzuka, they are all available.
Danzo has not been doing anything serious these years. Root has an intelligence system that overlaps with ANBU but is relatively independent. A large number of spies have been placed in Five Great Nations.
These spies will continuously send back various intelligence. Strictly speaking, this intelligence is the greatest value of Root.
Danzo actually did a good job in his early years. It's a pity that he became obsessed later on and basically didn't do any personnel work for the sake of Hokage's position.
Such a huge resource was originally in the hands of Danzo alone. But now that Danzo is dead, the key is that his two assistants, Torune Aburame and Yamanaka Fū, are gone together. Root is suddenly leaderless.
In order to prevent Root from unrest, Sandai immediately sent the ANBU team to maintain the situation. However, due to the Danzo incident, a large number of ANBU teams went out to investigate the matter.
Root needed two high-end combat forces to stabilize the situation. After confirming that Kakashi and Aoba were not responsible for what happened to Danzo, he immediately sent two people to Root to take charge.
When Aoba and Kakashi arrived at Root, there were already signs of chaos here.
Danzo is good at brainwashing. Although Root acts cruelly, there are many diehards among him.
The source of the turmoil is that some diehards believe that Danzo's death was the result of Konoha High Command. This theory has a certain market in Root, which has led to many people being ready to take action.
However, all this came to a standstill after Aoba and Kakashi entered the market.
Both of them, Root, know each other. Kakashi is Elite Jonin who has been famous for many years.
Not to mention Aoba. When many Root ninjas followed Danzo for reinforcements, they had seen the duel between Aoba and Raikage. They knew that this was the top master of Konoha who had 'defeated' Raikage head-on.
Although the people of Root are madmen, they are not fools. The deterrence of Aoba and Kakashi is still enough. Seeing the two of them, the riot of Root was immediately suppressed.
Aoba took out the mission scroll of the third generation. For some reason, it felt like taking out an imperial edict. And in terms of status, Hokage was indeed no different from the imperial edict in the village.
After the old good friend died, Aoba initially thought that the third generation would find someone to take over Root. But in fact, the first move of the third generation was to dissolve Root and merge all Authority and resources of Root into ANBU.
As a result, the power of Hokage can be said to have reached its peak in the hands of the third generation.
Of course, merging two departments is not that simple.
Root has done too many shady things over the years. Aoba and Kakashi can intervene in this matter as deterrent weapons. But when it comes time to actually recover various resources.
The one who is really in charge is Shikaku Nara.
It can be seen from this that among Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi trusts Ino-Shika-Cho the most. As his think tank, Shikaku Nara is naturally able to handle this matter with ease.
But what Shikaku Nara didn't expect was that when he entered Root's secret laboratories, he found two people who shouldn't be there.
Aoba and Kakashi were packing and sealing some precious instruments and test data in the laboratory as if nothing was wrong.
I saw Shikaku Nara and said hello.
Shikaku Nara stood there in silence for a while. He was confident that with his memory, he would never remember it wrong. That is, he was the person in charge of this operation, and there was absolutely no Aoba Kamikawa or Kakashi Hatake.
But now the two of them were already standing where they shouldn't be. This made Shikaku Nara feel a pain in his head.
He directly asked his assistants to leave and walked into the laboratory.
"... You two, can't you do it a little more secretly?" Shikaku Nara looked helpless, but his tone was not that surprising.
"How secretive, just like these experiments conducted by Root?"
As Aoba spoke, he threw a stack of information in front of Shikaku Nara. Shikaku Nara just flipped through it a few times and knew that it was an illegal human experiment information.
The key is that the experimental subject used is the child of Konoha Orphanage.
"... You guys killed Danzo." Although it was a question, the tone was affirmative. At this moment, Shikaku Nara was already sure that Danzo was killed by these two people.
No, maybe there were more than just these two. You must know that according to his intelligence, there were more than thirty elites from Root who disappeared together with Danzo. However, all of them did not even pass on any information and died silently less than a hundred miles north of Konoha.
Shikaku Nara is one of the few people in Konoha who knows Danzo. He knows this root that walks in the dark and has many cards in his hand.
And it is precisely because of this that Aoba and Kakashi, who did not even pass on the slightest information to Danzo and his group, have mastered such huge power.
Shikaku Nara dare not think deeply.
Over the years, he has been paying attention to Kakashi. But the other party actually completely concealed it from him. No, the core should not be Kakashi, but Aoba Kamikawa.
Shikaku Nara glanced at Aoba Kamikawa with a complicated look. This famous civilian ninja was much more terrifying than he imagined.
"Why bother with the boring question of who killed Danzo? Now, shouldn't the problem for Shikaku-sama be how to explain the dark secrets of Root to the outside world?
Look at these human experiments. And these, this is the record of cooperation with Orochimaru. That is Konoha's S-class traitor. Shikaku-sama, I'm afraid you need to spend more energy to think about it."
Shikaku really wants to say that the purpose of my coming is to prevent all this from being exposed. As long as you cover it up, the civilians outside will not know what is happening here. He does not need to explain anything.
But... it won't work now. Shikaku is a smart person, very smart. He already understands the purpose of Aoba Kamikawa and Kakashi Hatake. The other party is waiting for him to make an offer.
In other words, he is waiting for himself to bribe them both.