"From now on, if Hyuga Akira comes to see me, tell him I'm not here." Danzo summoned all the Root Shinobi and addressed them.
Everyone exchanged glances. He had summoned every Shinobi just for this?
Wasn't this making a mountain out of a molehill?
"Did you hear me?!" Danzo demanded angrily.
"Yes!!" everyone answered in unison.
"All right, dismissed." Only then did Danzo wave them all away.
After thinking it over, he still felt it wasn't enough and suddenly called out, "Ryoma!!"
Aburame Ryoma emerged from the darkness and knelt on one knee before Danzo. "Lord Danzo."
"Move my office somewhere else," Danzo said. "And we're relocating the base, too. Move it immediately."
"Yes!" Aburame Ryoma answered, then vanished.
Only then did Danzo breathe a little easier. He knew Hyuga Akira didn't want to become Hokage, because the position would restrict him.
But Hyuga Akira did want to become the leader of Root!!!!
He had to run now and keep Hyuga Akira from seeing him. Otherwise, he strongly suspected Hyuga Akira would kill him outright to take over Root!!
After leaving the Hokage's Office, Hyuga Akira returned home and lay on the sofa, listening to his subordinate's report.
"Does Danzo really have to go this far?" Hyuga Akira remarked, speechless.
Did he look like the sort to burn bridges after crossing them?
Well, he was, but if he had wanted to kill Danzo, he would have done it last time. Why wait until now?
There were actually two reasons he kept Danzo alive.
The first was that Danzo possessed Wood Release and would later have the technique Izanagi. That was the resurrection technique Hyuga Akira had his eye on.
If he put a few more Sharingan in his inventory, each Sharingan would be a resurrection token.
So he