"Hiruzen, what did you call me here for?"
Danzo entered the Hokage's Office and found not only Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu there, but also Nara Shikatei, Hatake Sakumo, Hiruzen Sarutobi's three students, and others. Unless something major had happened, the four of them could usually handle things themselves.
Danzo thought this with a slight frown, then sat down in his seat.
"Danzo, you're late."
After reprimanding Danzo, Hiruzen Sarutobi put down his tobacco pipe and addressed everyone in the room with a somewhat grave expression. "Now that everyone is here, I'll share the intelligence from the front lines. The border posts between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rivers, the Land of Grass, and the Land of Hot Water, as well as several along the southeastern coast, have all suffered lethal attacks."
After hearing this intelligence, the others all frowned. Those four directions were guarded against the other four great ninja villages, yet trouble had struck all of them at once.
Nara Shikatei asked, "Lord Hokage, were the four great ninja villages responsible?"
"They won't admit it, but who else could wipe out three outposts at almost the same time? We hardly need evidence."
Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke with a somewhat grim expression. It had only been a little over three years since the war ended. After such a brief period of peace, were they about to enter another war? What concerned him most was that the border posts in all four directions had suffered attacks. Had the other four great ninja villages joined forces?
This was not a good sign.
"Danzo, we need intelligence. Root will handle the matters in the Land of Grass and the Land of Rivers. I'll leave the rest to ANBU to investigate."
Danzo nodded with a somewhat sour expression. "Understood." Recently, he