A new day dawned in Konoha, with pleasantly crisp weather.
The wounds left by war would not fade so easily. Those who survived still had to go on living, and the village had gradually begun returning to its former peace.
Behind the scenes, however, many things began taking unpredictable turns.
Shihōin Naraku quickly finished processing the increased pile of documents at the Anbu base, then stretched.
Knock, knock, knock...
"Come in!"
Yamanaka Tsuki entered respectfully and reported, "Sir, others have discovered Danzo's body. What should we do next?"
"Nothing. This is enough."
Shihōin Naraku smiled. Although the war had ended, everyone had initially been focused on the shocking news that Hiruzen Sarutobi had died in battle, so no one had noticed that Danzo had quietly died.
It was already quite late for them to discover him today.
Yamanaka Tsuki hesitated, then finally reminded him, "Sir, as you ordered, we left several Sand shinobi and Sound Ninja corpses beside Danzo, but this probably won't fool the others."
What Yamanaka Tsuki meant was simple. If Shihōin Naraku truly wanted to conceal the fact that he had killed Danzo, he could have done a much more thorough job.
ANBU excelled at precisely this sort of thing. Once they had cleaned things up, no one would find anything amiss.
But casually tossing down a couple of corpses like this and expecting to pin the blame on the Sand shinobi or Sound Ninja was rather wishful thinking.
After all, the traces of battle at the Root Organization Base were far too numerous and obvious. Any experienced Ninja could easily find evidence among them.
"Oh, I know." Shihōin Naraku saw Yamanaka Tsuki's concern, but instead, a smile tugged at his lips. "Because I did it on purpose."
"It would actually be a little troublesome if the