As Xia Yan's words fell, his aura instantly reached its peak.
He gave Danzo no room to choose. This was an outcome everyone had agreed upon after his meeting with Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Xia Yan now felt rather conflicted about Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Because he had discovered that the mettle this old man displayed was truly beyond comparison with a sewer rat like Danzo!
Admittedly, Xia Yan and this man stood on opposing sides, and the many historical grudges between them had left them no choice but to become enemies.
But putting himself in Hiruzen Sarutobi's shoes, Xia Yan considered how he had become Hokage at a very young age.
There had been no internal discussion in Konoha, either. Tobirama Senju had directly named and promoted him, leaving him without any political foundation or much support.
Below him were the troublemaking Uchiha, a large number of dissatisfied Senju, and the Uzumaki, who would not necessarily pay him any heed.
Beyond that, Konoha was fighting Kumogakure, and signs of a Shinobi World War were already beginning to appear.
In his place, how could Xia Yan have secured his own power, quelled Konoha's internal unrest, and won the war at the same time?
Perhaps personal charisma could have brought everyone together to face the war and changed quite a few things.
But the problem was that he had not been accepted at all. How could he even begin to lead everyone into war?
After thinking it over, Xia Yan felt that, had he been handling all this, he would naturally have mobilized troops to resist the external enemy while seeking every available source of help within the village.
At the same time, he would have used the authority of the Hokage to pressure the Senju and others, forcing them onto the battlefield.
Then he