Meanwhile, in the Hokage Office.
Not only the Third Hokage, but also the two Advisors, Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu, as well as Strategist Shikaku, who had since hurried back from outside the village, looked grim and serious.
"The intelligence Danzo provided about Orochimaru's base has also been confirmed to be a trap."
"Stealing Shisui Uchiha's body, conducting forbidden research, suspected secret collusion with the rogue ninja Orochimaru, and providing false intelligence with the intent to harm the Hokage..."
The charges were confirmed one by one. Even the two Konoha Advisors, who knew both Danzo and the Third inside out, had no intention of pleading for Danzo in the face of such irrefutable facts—
After all, this time, the Third had let them witness Danzo's actions firsthand.
Even by the standards of supposedly protecting Konoha from the village's shadows, Danzo had gone too far.
Unspoken rules followed in the shadows could never be brought out into the open.
Once they were exposed, things had to proceed according to the official rules, unless the person involved was worth protecting even at the cost of breaking those rules.
But clearly, in the two Advisors' eyes, Danzo was no longer worth that.
"Have the members of Root revealed anything else?"
"No. According to Ibiki's interrogation, they most likely have Sealing Jutsu placed on them. We can't get any intelligence out of them."
Shikaku shook his head.
Still, that no longer mattered.
What Danzo had already done made it impossible for him to escape conviction.
Now, only one question remained—
How should they deal with Danzo?
The Third remained silent for a long time, then gave a deep sigh and finally made his decision.
“For now, put him in Prison.”
After leaving the Hokage Office, Shikaku Nara walked home in a foul mood.
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