How dare Danzo!!!!
This was not yet the Hiruzen Sarutobi of later years, that wily old fox. He was not yet the smiling peacemaker who had lost his edge and come to be known as the Professor of Ninjutsu.
Right now, Hiruzen Sarutobi was the Shinobi Hero! He had fought his way to the Hokage Position through his own skill!
Hiruzen Sarutobi's face twisted. His nostrils flared, and disbelief filled his eyes.
"Perhaps this is the best ending you could have hoped for, Danzo."
Fire Release: Ashes Burn.
Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep drag on his pipe and breathed out a scorching cloud of ash, burning all the documents on Root that lay across the desk.
He did not know whether he felt relieved or saddened by Danzo's death.
If he had obtained these documents while Danzo was still alive, Hiruzen Sarutobi would not have known how to face him.
Perhaps he would have squeezed the last bit of value out of Danzo, then stripped him of his authority?
Danzo certainly would not have taken that lying down. In the end, the two of them would have become strangers, or even enemies.
Does that mean I should thank the man who claimed to be Madara Uchiha?
Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed.
If Uchiha Yin had known what Hiruzen Sarutobi was thinking, he would definitely have said the old man was kidding himself.
When did you ever learn what Danzo was up to in the original story? Even if you had known, you would have let it slide! If I hadn't stepped in, who knows when Danzo would have died?
Hiruzen Sarutobi still doubted whether the mysterious man from that day was really Madara Uchiha.
What had happened that day made far too little sense. Madara Uchiha had wiped out Danzo and Root