Although the Third Hokage had no way to act against Uchiha Madara, who controlled the Mizukage, it was very easy for him to make moves within Konoha.
Fewer and fewer Anbu were being allowed into Danzo's Root. The people truly replenishing Root had become children personally selected and trained by Danzo—Konoha's ninja no longer joined Root.
Over these three years, the Third Hokage had done quite a few things that infuriated Danzo, yet Danzo had no way to say anything. Root itself was illegitimate, and if the Third Hokage, Konoha's highest leader, wanted to abolish it, he could absolutely do so.
However, most Root ninja had been branded with curse seals. To prevent Danzo from doing anything extreme, the Third Hokage was slowly boiling the frog in warm water.
Meanwhile, Orochimaru slowly moved his research materials, samples, and subjects into the heavily guarded steel laboratory, bit by bit, like ants relocating their nest.
Finally, standing before Oguri Hayashi was a lion-nosed man several years older than him, with a short sword on his back. He was Kagami Uchiha's son, the Uchiha Clan's recent genius, "Body Flicker Shisui"—Shisui Uchiha.
Shisui Uchiha's father was Kagami Uchiha, who had been the same age as Danzo and the Third Hokage. In other words, Shisui Uchiha was now two or three years older than Minato Namikaze, and four or five years older than Oguri Hayashi.
If Shisui Uchiha awakened the Mangekyo now, he would undoubtedly be at Kage-level. He was powerful and approachable, one of the few Uchiha ninja who truly cared about Konoha.
The future could not change their nature, but it could provide a considerable amount of intelligence.
There were two purposes in sending Shisui Uchiha to Oguri Hayashi. One was that this side needed manpower for a great many missions. The other