"I have always conducted myself honorably."
Faced with everyone's skeptical gazes, Shimura Danzō took a deep breath and calmed down.
"When I say I didn't do it, I didn't do it!"
These people couldn't pin every bad thing that happened on him just because he had made some mistakes before.
What utter bastards!
He had finally managed to behave himself for a while, only to be saddled out of nowhere with the blame for an assassination attempt on an Uchiha.
Who could he even appeal to?
Honestly, he had reason to suspect that Uchiha Jin had staged this whole thing himself.
He wanted to make trouble this way.
For all anyone knew, his injuries had been inflicted by other Uchiha.
The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed!
Damn it!
I've been set up.
Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the changes in his old friend's expression, marveling at how much better his acting had become.
Even he couldn't spot anything amiss.
That shock, disbelief, and anger at being falsely accused all looked genuine.
Tsk, tsk. A veteran actor indeed!
Minato Namikaze silently watched Shimura Danzō's reaction.
Although he had only been Hokage for a year, he knew something of Shimura Danzō's deeds.
The most likely culprit behind the attempt on Uchiha Jin's life was Shimura Danzō.
No one else had a motive like that.
It was probably the work of Root ninja.
Root was an organization that Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi had authorized Shimura Danzō to establish during his tenure.
In essence, it was the same as the Anbu.
After succeeding as Hokage, Minato Namikaze had considered disbanding Root.
After all, Shimura Danzō wasn't the Hokage and shouldn't have a private armed force.
Most importantly, Root ninja only obeyed Shimura Danzō's orders.
They wouldn't even obey orders from the