Shimura Danzō had thick skin. Breaking his spirit would not be easy, but Uchiha Yi wanted more than to kill him. He wanted to crush him first.
What Yi could not understand was what Danzō was doing with the money. By Yi's reckoning, Danzō had diverted more than a hundred million ryō, and that was only the tip of the iceberg. The full amount might well exceed three hundred million.
That was an astronomical sum even for Konoha. Root's annual budget was less than fifty million ryō; three hundred million could accomplish a great deal. To keep the war going, Hiruzen Sarutobi had even considered paying death benefits in installments.
Of course, the installment plan would pay out more in total—roughly ten percent more—so plenty of people were willing to accept it.
"Grandma Mito, do you think that even if I gather all the evidence, Lord Hokage still won't move against him?" Yi asked. He understood the situation well enough; he wanted to hear her confirm it.
"That's certain. Monkey and Danzō have been bound together since childhood. But when something affects all of Konoha, Monkey cannot simply let him do as he pleases.
"To Monkey, Konoha comes first." Mito Uzumaki was still pleased with Hiruzen Sarutobi. At the very least, the successor Tobirama Senju had chosen was a good one.
Many said Hiruzen Sarutobi could not match Hashirama Senju or Tobirama Senju in strength. But how many people in the history of the Shinobi World could match Hashirama?
He was a reincarnation of Asura Chakra, after all!
As for Tobirama, he was a once-in-a-generation genius himself. He had created more than half the Ninjutsu recorded in Konoha's Sealing Scroll.
Whenever Tobirama came to Hashirama with a newly created Ninjutsu, Hashirama would ask if it was Water Release. If it