The next day, the Canopy Screen began playing right on schedule.
[In the scene, dawn had barely broken when Konoha's rescue forces entered the Uchiha Compound, which had become a living hell.]
[The fires had yet to die out completely. Black smoke rose everywhere. Bodies lay in the streets, courtyards, and inside and outside the houses. Blood had pooled and congealed to a dark brown.]
[All that remained of the former glory of one of Konoha's founding clans was shattered masonry and endless silence.]
[Flanked by ANBU and Root ninja, Shimura Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi walked through the devastated ruins.]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi's face was grim. His brows were drawn tight and his lips pressed into a hard line. With every fallen Uchiha clan member he saw, the grief and guilt in his eyes deepened.]
["Search every corner!" Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered hoarsely. "Find survivors first! Don't overlook the slightest sign of life! Move!"]
["Yes, sir!" The ANBU Ninja around him immediately spread out and carefully searched the ruins, taking pains not to miss even the faintest trace of life.]
[Then a young ANBU member dragged a child's body out of a collapsed house. He turned his head away, choking back a sob. "This is awful. It's a massacre."]
[He had voiced what every Konoha Ninja there was thinking. A heavy sense that they might be next hung in the air.]
[Shimura Danzō was far colder. His single eye swept sharply over the bodies, as though he were tallying spoils.]
[There was no grief on his face, only the calm of someone who believed the matter settled, and a barely perceptible hint of satisfaction.]
[Just then, hurried footsteps approached.]
["Lord Hokage! Lord Danzō!" An ANBU Jonin appeared with the Body Flicker Technique and dropped to one knee. "We found Fugaku Uchiha's residence