Sitting in his office at the Root Base, Danzo quietly waited for news about Itachi.
As the Root Leader who had overseen the village's dark side for decades, Danzo certainly knew how inappropriate his recent actions had been.
If Uchiha Fugaku learned of his attempts to win Itachi over, he would, at most, tacitly accept them.
After all, only a handful of Uchiha ninja served in the ANBU, and Fugaku had always obeyed the village's orders.
But if Oto Uchiha learned of them, the situation would be entirely different. She had always liked opposing the village.
Before long, Danzo met with the Root ninja monitoring Itachi. According to him, despite Itachi's young age, he was highly experienced, on par with many jonin.
Had he not prepared thoroughly beforehand, Itachi might even have discovered him.
At the Root ninja's words, Danzo inwardly shook his head. The subordinate before him had already been discovered and was none the wiser.
Aside from Danzo himself, very few ninja in Root could follow Itachi without being detected.
This was not because he understood Itachi's strength so well, but because he knew the Three-Tomoe Sharingan intimately. Once a Sharingan reached the three-tomoe level, its reconnaissance abilities alone were not far behind the Byakugan's.
Even ANBU jonin had to use special secret techniques to track ninja with a Byakugan or Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
After a brief silence, Danzo waved his subordinate out of the office, then took a stack of documents from a drawer. They contained records of Uchiha who had awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
The first and second pages, however, contained information on Uchiha who had revealed their Mangekyō Sharingan.
To Danzo, Oto and Shisui, who possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan, posed a greater threat than the unremarkable clan head, Fugaku.
Of course, no Uchiha with a Three-Tomoe