Whatever Xia Yan called interesting was certainly nothing good in Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was truly bewildered now. He had never dreamed Danzo would go mad, and he even wondered whether everything he had done for Danzo had been worth it.
But Hiruzen Sarutobi quickly calmed down, because he knew that unless Danzo died outright, he had to save him!
It was an embarrassing situation for him, and one that left him helpless.
To a certain extent, Danzo had become what he was today because of him!
Danzo was his shadow. Practically everything Danzo did had his tacit approval, and the man knew most of Hiruzen Sarutobi's secrets.
If Danzo fell into the hands of someone like Senju Natsuhiko for any reason, Hiruzen Sarutobi was certain that the brat would dig out every last secret!
What might happen then was certainly not something Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted to see.
Because it would deal a devastating blow to their enormous interest group!
Beyond that, Hiruzen Sarutobi had another reason for repeatedly saving Danzo: personal feelings.
Danzo had been his closest friend since childhood. Such feelings truly could not be erased. Besides, he really did deserve the credit for what Danzo had become.
Danzo wanted to become Hokage, which was an unchecked challenge to his authority. Naturally, he could not allow it.
So he had begun shaping a fixed image of Danzo, constantly making him feared and loathed within the village and even throughout the Shinobi World.
Someone so dark, someone so unpresentable, naturally could not become the Hokage who stood in the sunlight!
He could be said to have single-handedly destroyed Danzo's future and pushed him into the abyss of darkness.
He had also kept indulging Danzo, letting him taste power and believe he could become Hokage, until he had reached