There was nothing unusual about the Core Sealed Archive's door.
That was the first line of Crow's report.
The seals were intact.
The access logs were complete.
The witnesses temporarily assigned by the Hokage's Anbu were also in place.
On paper, Danzo had not touched any of the entries already locked down by the index.
Uchiha Jun's first reaction after hearing the report was to frown.
"He's really leaving them alone?"
Gen shook his head.
"He won't touch the door."
Everyone looked at him.
Gen spread out the layout of the Core Sealed Archive.
"Anyone who touches an entry already locked down by the index will stand out now. Danzo won't make that mistake."
He pointed to the corridor outside the Sealed Records Room.
"He'll target the related files, supplementary indexes, and transfer records."
Che understood immediately.
The main archive files were like a tree's trunk.
The related files were its roots.
When the trunk was being watched, someone who truly understood archives would deal with the roots first.
Once the related files vanished, even if many entries remained, proving the connections between them would become difficult.
"So we can't just watch the door," Fugaku said gravely.
Gen nodded.
"We also have to watch who's moving things."
When the Hokage Building received the Uchiha's additional request, Mitokado Homura was visibly displeased.
"Witnesses have already been assigned to the Core Sealed Archive, and now you want to monitor transfers outside it too?"
Fugaku replied, "If the material can't leave through the door, it may leave through the transfer process."
Crow stood to one side and offered no objection.
Instead, he submitted his own additional observations.
There was nothing unusual in the Sealed Records Room's access logs.
But the transfer records outside it had gaps covering two time periods.
The door had