"Bang!"
In Root's underground base, Danzo smashed his desk to pieces with a vicious punch.
This was already the third desk he had broken.
And it was not just the desk. The shattered objects littering the floor all testified to Danzo's fury.
Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura watched quietly. Their faces were expressionless, but inwardly, they sighed.
Naturally, they understood why Danzo was so angry. Everything he had worked for all his life had come to nothing.
They also understood why Hiruzen Sarutobi had made this decision. After all, Danzo had gone far too far and overstepped too many boundaries.
One could even say that Danzo only remained alive because Hiruzen Sarutobi had shown mercy and paid an unknown price to make it possible.
Danzo had no chance left, unless something major happened that made bringing him back unavoidable.
But even they could not feel optimistic about that possibility.
"Calm down, Danzo." Mitokado Homura sighed. "You can't blame anyone else for how things have turned out. You brought this on yourself."
"Hmph! I brought this on myself?" Danzo turned and glared viciously at Mitokado Homura, roaring, "Yes, I did! But there was only one reason things reached this point, just one!"
"Do you realize how much damage you've caused?"
Looking at Danzo's deranged state, Utatane Koharu could not help shaking her head slightly.
"You didn't deploy Root during the Nine-Tails Incident. That alone angered a great many people.
"To protect you, Hiruzen had to surrender a considerable share of his interests to the Uchiha.
"And when Hiruzen went to the capital, instead of being grateful, you actually sent Root assassins to carry out an assassination?
"You went too far, Danzo!
"How could you make such a decision? Didn't you know Senju Natsuhiko was accompanying Hiruzen?
"This time, Hiruzen paid an