Root's base.
Because Root's base was underground, the Nine-Tails' roars hadn't reached its depths.
Danzo was still playing Elden Ring.
Sure... virtual games were fun, but... he'd never stopped playing computer games, either.
He'd already beaten Sekiro, then moved straight on to Elden Ring.
"Damn it... why is this guy on horseback so hard to beat?!"
Danzo roared after the Tree Sentinel killed him yet again.
Just then, a Root Ninja dropped to one knee before Danzo and said urgently, "Lord Danzo, something terrible has happened..."
"Hmm? Who are you saying something terrible happened to?"
Danzo asked irritably.
"No... I don't mean you! I mean Konoha is in trouble!"
"Hmm? If Konoha's in trouble, go find Hiruzen Sarutobi. What's that got to do with me?!"
The Root Ninja: ...
The Root Ninja really wanted to say, "Lord Danzo, what about your dream? Don't you want to become Hokage?"
At that point, Danzo realized he'd lost his composure. He steadied himself, closed his laptop, then calmly lifted his teacup and took a sip of cold tea. "Tell me. What happened?"
"The Nine-Tails has appeared!"
Upon hearing that the Nine-Tails had appeared, Danzo sprayed out the tea he'd just taken into his mouth.
"What did you say? The Nine-Tails appeared? Doesn't that mean that brat Naruto Uzumaki..."
At that thought, Danzo began to panic.
Nothing could happen to Naruto Uzumaki now... he still hadn't gotten his hands on the method for making the Virtual Headsets!
And there was all that DLC for the games...
Seeing Danzo fall silent, the Root Ninja below him asked in confusion, "Lord Danzo, should we still go place the Uchiha under our control?"
At the mention of the Uchiha, Danzo's eyes lit up.
"That's right... with the Uchiha's Sharingan, there might still be a way to save