Hiruzen Sarutobi lifted his head from the pile of documents. When he saw who had come in, he nearly dropped his pipe.
Why has this menace suddenly come to see me?
Alarm bells rang in the Third Hokage's mind, but he quickly put on a kindly smile and set down his pen.
"Genya, what a rare visitor. It's been a while."
Genya walked up to the desk, pulled over a chair, and sat down without the slightest nervousness about facing the Hokage. He got straight to the point.
"Third Hokage, it's been a while. Let's skip the pleasantries. I'm here to collect the 'compensation' we agreed on a few years ago."
Hiruzen Sarutobi tensed inwardly, though his smile remained unchanged.
"Compensation? Genya, you mean..."
"The Uchiha Sharingan."
Genya's tone was calm, but left no room for argument.
"Danzo's arm had multiple Sharingan implanted in it, and he secretly persecuted members of the Uchiha clan. He's gone, but Konoha still owes us an answer for that. I said back then that we needed appropriate compensation. Now that I've graduated, it's time to make good on it."
The Third Hokage fell silent for a few seconds.
Of course he remembered. It seemed the boy had come to collect his debt.
"What compensation do you want?"
The Third Hokage asked cautiously.
He knew that whatever Genya asked for would be no small matter.
Genya leaned forward and looked the Third Hokage straight in the eye.
"I want to see the Scroll of Seals... the forbidden techniques scroll Konoha keeps, in other words. I want to learn a few techniques."
Hiruzen Sarutobi's pupils abruptly contracted!
The Scroll of Seals! It was one of Konoha's most closely guarded secrets!
Every technique recorded in it was forbidden, whether for its immense power, its demanding training requirements,