Before Hiruzen Sarutobi retired, Shimura Danzō often visited the Hokage's Office.
But ever since Minato Namikaze became the Fourth Hokage, he had never visited the Hokage's Office again.
Today was his first visit in a year.
Shimura Danzō pushed open the office door and suddenly noticed how tense the atmosphere inside was.
Everyone's eyes fell on him, leaving him momentarily confused.
Why is everyone looking at me?
He began carefully recalling the bad things he had done lately.
It seemed he had only ordered Root ninja to capture a stronghold's worth of bandits and hand them over to Orochimaru for experiments.
Logically, they should have had no reason to summon him.
After all, clearing out bandits counted as a good deed.
"Danzo, do you admit your wrongdoing?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi set down his pipe, tapped it lightly against the desk, and spoke first.
Danzo was his old friend, after all. It was better to leave this sort of thing to him.
Otherwise, being questioned by a junior like Minato would surely make his old friend lose face.
Minato Namikaze's brow furrowed again at the sight.
The Third did not seem to take him, the Fourth, seriously.
He was not actually someone who craved power. In his view, as long as the village could develop, it made no difference who served as Hokage.
But Hiruzen Sarutobi kept exercising authority that belonged to him.
It really was an unpleasant feeling.
Shisui Uchiha noticed the change in the Fourth's expression and tactfully lowered his head, pretending he had seen nothing.
This was a matter between the two Hokage.
He had come here only to seek justice for his good friend. Anything else was outside his consideration.
"Admit my wrongdoing?"
Shimura Danzō pointed at himself, looking utterly bewildered.
"Monkey, are you still half asleep? What