After the review records were returned to the Hokage Building, the Konoha High Command's reactions were divided.
Hiruzen Sarutobi read them slowly.
He lingered particularly long over the line that read, "departed by an unconventional route."
The Anbu recorder had not exaggerated.
The Hyuga ninja had offered no judgments that could not be proven.
The Nara Chunin had merely confirmed that the scene lacked any conventional route of infiltration.
Yet the more restrained the record was, the more dangerous it seemed.
If no one had made unfounded claims, the conclusion would be all the harder to overturn.
Danzo set the record back on the table.
"An unusual infiltration on Konoha's outskirts does not mean it has anything to do with the Night of the Nine-Tails."
Fugaku said calmly, "I never said it had anything to do with the Night of the Nine-Tails."
Danzo said coldly, "But you want everyone to think it does."
Fugaku looked at him.
"If someone is afraid of others thinking that, they should submit evidence to the contrary."
The Conference Room fell silent for a moment.
Gen was not entitled to a seat here.
But every word Fugaku spoke bore traces of what Gen had written for him beforehand.
Don't rush to define the incident.
Don't fill in the other side's accusations for them.
Ask only for evidence.
Whoever rushed to turn the clues back against the Uchiha would expose their own intentions first.
Of course, Danzo would not lose his composure so easily.
He approached it from another angle.
"The spatial traces could also come from some unregistered ocular technique within the Uchiha clan."
The moment he said that, Mitokado Homura's gaze shifted to Fugaku.
The Uchiha's Sharingan had always made Konoha wary.
As long as an unknown ability was linked to the Uchiha, suspicion