Early the next morning.
After a night of preliminary internal screening, the core members of the Uchiha gathered again.
They held files that had been marked up and narrowed down after discussion.
Their focus was on cases involving "deep bonds," "possible discrepancies concerning the eyes," and "suspicious circumstances surrounding death or disappearance."
Among them, Obito Uchiha's file bore the most annotations and question marks, followed by the discrepancies surrounding Uchiha Munenori's body.
Genya, Fugaku, Shisui, Itachi, and Hyuga Hiashi, who served as a witness and, to some extent, an "overseer," were all present.
Hiashi had volunteered to take part in the follow-up. Given the gravity of the matter, the group took the documents and returned to the Hokage Office.
As they passed through Konoha's streets, they could clearly sense a change in the village's atmosphere.
Crowds surrounded the noticeboards, pointing and chattering.
A new official notice had been posted. Its wording was stern, and it detailed numerous major crimes that Shimura Danzō had either been confirmed to have committed or was strongly suspected of committing.
Illegal human experimentation, particularly involving Hashirama cells and the Sharingan, abuse of authority to persecute fellow village shinobi, disclosure of top-secret information concerning the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and even plotting to assassinate the Hokage...
Every charge was enough to leave people dumbfounded.
The notice concluded by announcing that Konoha had designated Shimura Danzō an S-Rank Missing-nin, with established charges against him and an extremely high threat level.
Konoha had officially offered a bounty of three hundred million ryō, dead or alive!
Beside it, someone had "helpfully" posted another eye-catching "private bounty" notice-Genya Uchiha was offering five hundred million ryō!
Eight hundred million ryō!
That astronomical figure sent Konoha's public opinion into an uproar.
The villagers were both shocked by the number and severity of Danzo's crimes