Hiruzen Sarutobi's face was deathly pale, his lips trembling. He seemed to want to explain or deny something, yet could not bring himself to speak.
Just then, another Anbu ninja assigned to search the other areas hurried over, carrying a small stack of sealed scrolls with a grim expression.
"L-Lord Hokage! These were found in a hidden compartment in Danzo's private chamber... They bear the highest level of encryption. Their contents... Please see for yourself!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi mechanically took the scrolls, his fingers trembling slightly as he undid the seals.
Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu could not help leaning closer to look as well.
After only a few glances, all three faces went from pale to ashen. Their pupils contracted sharply, and their bodies began to tremble.
Those scrolls contained several detailed assassination plans targeting the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi himself!
They spanned more than a decade, right up to the present, and employed various approaches, including staging mission accidents, instigating internal conflicts to create chaos, and even using outside forces to launch attacks.
Dense assessment notes accompanied the plans, analyzing their chances of success, their consequences, and ways to divert suspicion onto others.
Most of these plans had remained on paper or gone unexecuted for various reasons.
But their very existence was enough to prove just how deranged and ruthless Danzo's ambition to become Hokage had grown!
"Th-this... Danzo... How dare he?!"
Utatane Koharu cried out involuntarily, her voice shrill.
Mitokado Homura felt chilled to the bone as well, staring in disbelief at those cold-blooded plans written in Danzo's familiar handwriting.
The other Konoha ninja nearby, including the Anbu, were watching too.
Although they could not read the scrolls, the sight of the three elders losing their composure told them that something truly horrifying had been discovered, and their