Shimura Danzō was truly about to explode with rage.
Ever since voting began, he had been sending Root out to publicize his contributions to the village.
At first, once the villagers learned about them, quite a few had voted for him of their own accord.
He had thought his votes would keep rising smoothly until he reached first place and naturally became the village's Fourth Hokage.
Who would have thought the rate of growth would slow, leaving him nowhere near Minato Namikaze and Orochimaru ahead of him?
In most people's eyes.
Even though Shimura Danzō, the former Hokage Advisor, had given a great deal to the village, he still could not compare to Minato and Orochimaru, the heroes who had fought on the battlefield.
His vote count therefore remained stuck somewhere in the middle.
Combined with Root's lack of presence in the village, there were even times when Danzo had fewer votes than the Nara Clan Head.
He had already been furious.
Then this inherently evil Uchiha brat had actually dared to mock him in front of so many people.
He was asking to die!
Shimura Danzō truly wanted to rush over and kill the foul-mouthed brat.
But when he saw the several Anbu ahead and the strange looks from the onlookers, he suppressed his anger and quickly calmed down.
This was not like the nighttime assassination attempt a while back.
There were so many people watching.
If he dared attack Uchiha Jin in the street, the onlookers would certainly condemn him.
That would hurt his chances in the Hokage election.
"I am discussing your practice of identifying suspects without evidence."
Shimura Danzō questioned him coldly, his face dark.
"Your behavior is utterly unreasonable. How did you identify the culprit without evidence?"
"Surely you aren't so extraordinarily gifted that you