At Danzo's home in the Shimura Clan Compound.
"Why is there a scar on your face?" Milu asked in confusion, her eyes tightly shut as she stroked Danzo's face and felt her way down to his chin.
She distinctly remembered that it hadn't been there before.
"The Third Kazekage ambushed me," Danzo said flatly.
"Bro! You're going to be Hokage! Are you excited?" Just then, Dave barged into Danzo's house, shouting without a care.
"Ahem, ahem... I didn't see anything. Carry on. Call me when you're done!" Dave entered the room, saw Milu stroking Danzo's face, coughed twice, and immediately turned to leave.
"Huh? Someone's here?" Milu asked, hastily lowering her hand.
"...Come in," Danzo called toward the door, shaking his head helplessly.
"Hehe, Milu, what are you doing at Danzo's house? Could it be that you two...?" Dave clung to the doorframe and poked his head around it, grinning, his eyes gleaming with a thirst for gossip.
"...She lost her eyes. Living at home alone was inconvenient, so she moved in here, and I've been looking after her," Danzo said with a headache.
This crazy woman. He had planned to transplant a pair of eyes for her, but she had actually refused, saying she was fine this way. Danzo's left eye was wrapped in a bandage marked with a seal. Mito had sealed it for him, and he only needed to undo the seal when he wanted to use it. After all, the Sharingan was a burden on him.
"Ohhh, I get it, I get it. Hehe, you're about to become the Third. Excited?" Dave said with a grin, giving the two of them a knowing look.
"What? Hokage?!" Danzo froze, then asked excitedly.
"Wait, hasn't the Second only been in office for a few years? How could it