Xia Yan probably never dreamed that Danzo could be this self-centered.
After Minato Namikaze decided to recuperate at Mount Myōboku and Hiruzen Sarutobi regained the Hokage's authority, Danzo had actually developed such thoughts.
Not just Xia Yan-even Hiruzen Sarutobi himself probably never imagined that Danzo, whom he had done everything he could to protect, would think this way.
Xia Yan had been right about one thing: Hiruzen Sarutobi had indeed made considerable compromises over Danzo.
He had learned exactly what Danzo had done during this Nine-Tails Incident. The man had actually stopped the Uchiha Clan and forbidden them from deploying!
Normally, that might have been a precaution, but the problem was that Konoha had been short-handed then, and Danzo had neither concrete evidence nor deployment orders from the Hokage.
On top of that, he had not sent a single member of Root to do anything throughout the entire Nine-Tails Incident, naturally giving others ample grounds to criticize him.
What was more, Minato Namikaze and Senju Natsuhiko, and even the Anbu protecting Minato Namikaze, had all confirmed that the man who attacked Kushina and released the Nine-Tails was not a Uchiha from Konoha at all!
Meanwhile, the Uchiha Clan's performance during the operation against the Nine-Tails had been commendable. In comparison, Danzo had little to show for himself.
As a result, Hiruzen Sarutobi had first been forced to appease the Uchiha Clan by assigning them a location closer to Konoha's center during the village's reconstruction.
At the same time, to keep Minato Namikaze from pursuing the matter-or rather, Xia Yan, who had never gotten along with Danzo-he had even tacitly permitted the Anbu to change hands.
He knew that, given Xia Yan's performance on the Night of the Nine-Tails and his display of Wood Release, Danzo would be in serious trouble