And as the Third Hokage, he was absolutely certain that the other man would never be content to remain idle.
"What will become of White Fang?"
After a long while, Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed and asked.
"I don't know!"
"But after this, he will no longer be a threat."
Danzo spoke with confidence.
Hiruzen Sarutobi fell silent again.
He was reluctant to let him go, but he understood all too well that this was an inevitable part of struggles for power and political influence. No one could escape it.
If they failed to take a hard line today, they might face an even greater disaster in the future.
No one else knew of their conversation.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten days had passed since White Fang returned to the village.
That day, the village's ninja found it strange that White Fang had not appeared for nearly half a month.
Out of curiosity, someone pushed open his gate.
Then the sight that greeted them made them freeze.
On the stone table in the courtyard, there was nothing but a forehead protector and a neatly folded Konoha jōnin uniform!
White Fang was gone.
Chapter 482: The God Tree within
White Fang had vanished!
His departure was abrupt and unexpected, yet somehow understandable.
He had left behind only the forehead protector that identified him as a member of Konoha and the uniform that marked him as a jōnin.
The meaning was self-evident.
This ninja, who had shed blood and sweat for Konoha, earned illustrious military honors, and single-handedly secured victory against Sunagakure in the Second Ninja World War, had ended his service by leaving Konoha.
His whereabouts remained unknown, but from that day onward, he never appeared before them again.
The raging campaign of public condemnation came to an abrupt