The ANBU who landed in the training ground soon found himself under the scrutiny of three pairs of Sharingan. Those scarlet eyes unnerved him, and he hurriedly said, "Captain Oto, Jonin Shisui, Lord Hokage has summoned the Fire Squad."
"All right, we'll be right over!" Shisui replied.
Hearing that answer, the ANBU left as though he had been granted a reprieve. He had only just passed the selection process for the expanded ANBU ranks and could not endure the scrutiny of three pairs of Three-Tomoe Sharingan, especially when two of their owners possessed the Mangekyo Sharingan.
Recalling the way they had stared at him, the ANBU felt that their eyes held some strange magic, as though merely looking into them could draw him under.
Only with powerful shinobi like them protecting the village could it recover from one upheaval after another.
Did the Third summon me because fewer Root operatives have been watching me? Oto Uchiha wondered.
Although she knew Zou Hyuga was using Danzo as a test subject to probe the dangers ahead, Danzo's recent achievement was genuine: he had captured Hidan of Akatsuki's Immortal Duo.
After telling Itachi and Sasuke to keep practicing, Oto Uchiha and Shisui left the training ground.
Before long, on the road leading to the Hokage Building, Oto met Zou Hyuga, who had arrived almost at the same time. Their eyes met, and she immediately moved over to him.
"Zou, what are the Hokage and Danzo up to?"
"I'm not sure either..." Zou Hyuga shook his head lightly. "Maybe his successful hunt went to his head, and now he wants to take on Akatsuki."
Danzo already possessed Kage-level strength. With the chakra network helping him resolve the dangers posed by the Hashirama cells and Sharingan, he had become even stronger than Jiraiya in Sage