Yet he had never expected that preserving his strength during the Chunin Ninja Exams by refusing to send Root's Shinobi to help Konoha would lead to this.
The consequences were so severe that neither he nor Root as a whole could bear them.
Before Danzo could lash out, the families of the Shinobi who had died horrific deaths during the Konoha Crush Plan had already begun denouncing him.
"Danzo, if Root had sent Shinobi to help defend the village..."
"My husband might not have died!"
"My family wouldn't have ended up like this!"
A mother confronted him in anguish, tears already streaming down her face.
Her words sparked a wave of condemnation.
One victim after another stepped forward to accuse Danzo.
Seeing them wail in grief,
everyone else felt tears prick their eyes.
These had all once been happy families, but now their loved ones were dead or crippled.
"Danzo's crimes are unforgivable!"
No one knew who shouted it first.
Then came a second voice, and a third.
Danzo's face turned utterly livid.
He bitterly regretted not sending his Shinobi to help defend the village.
He regretted even more that he had not disposed of that little bastard Zhou Cheng sooner.
If Zhou Cheng had not interfered, he would already have secured the Hokage position.
Every Shinobi stared at Danzo with hostility.
They had no evidence that he had colluded with Orochimaru, so they dared not make that accusation lightly.
But it was a fact that not a single Root Shinobi had helped defend the village.
That alone was enough to condemn Danzo!
"Danzo, dissolve Root!"
"Otherwise, you really won't leave this place alive today!"
At some point, Jiraiya had appeared beside Danzo, barely concealed delight in his eyes.
If everything Zhou Cheng had said was true, then Danzo was