"I've heard of Lord Homura and Lady Koharu. Isn't Lord Danzo the village official who was rumored to have ordered the assassination of a Konoha Elder?"
"Don't talk nonsense. There was never any evidence against Lord Danzo. The Hokage only imprisoned him temporarily out of respect for the Elders Council.
"But as soon as Lord Danzo was locked up, Root stopped operating. That gave Sunagakure and Iwagakure their opening. If Lord Danzo hadn't been removed from his post, Konoha wouldn't have lost so many ninja."
"What kind of department is Root?"
"Root is one of Konoha's secret departments. Where there's light, there's shadow. Root's ninja are the real heroes of Konoha.
"They willingly enter the darkness for the village. They have only codenames; they give up their names and families, leaving room in their hearts for nothing but the village.
"They may live in darkness, but they're the people in Konoha who yearn most for the light."
The others nodded. "That's right. No one wants to stay in the dark forever. Root's ninja gave up the light for Konoha. What they do is remarkable."
"As for this move to remove the Advisors, I don't think the time is right. All three have Konoha's interests at heart. We can't remove them at a critical moment like this.
"Even if we want to, we should wait a few years, until Konoha has recovered its former strength. Lord Danzo, in particular, is a powerful deterrent to the other nations of the Shinobi World.
"If Advisor Danzo is removed now, that deterrent will weaken. Some nations may start causing trouble for Konoha again, and Konoha is vulnerable right now."
Fugaku and his two companions heard every word. After listening to a few more ninja talk, it became clear that Danzo had planted most of