"So this is Root's classified archive? The security really is laughably tight."
Shengu Xuan's voice echoed through the empty archive with a chilling casualness. He pulled out Danzo's leather chair from behind the desk and settled comfortably into it, even crossing his legs and propping them on the black desk piled high with classified documents.
He casually picked up the topmost red scroll on the desk and carelessly tore off its seal.
The scroll was densely covered in writing, with a conspicuous heading: [Assessment Report on Joint Operations Between Otogakure and Sunagakure]. Shengu Xuan skimmed through it, ten lines at a glance, the sneer on his lips deepening.
"Orochimaru's Konoha Crush Plan. That old dog Danzo really did know about it all along." Shengu Xuan tossed the scroll onto the desk. "Not only did he know, he planned to sit back and let Orochimaru get rid of Hiruzen Sarutobi so he could legitimately take the Hokage's seat himself. A politician selfish to his very core."
Shengu Xuan continued looking through the other documents on the desk. Before long, a black scroll stored separately in a locked iron box caught his attention.
Shengu Xuan extended two fingers and gave what looked like a gentle pinch.
With a crack, the intricate lock made from a special alloy crumbled between his fingers as easily as a biscuit.
When he opened the black scroll, Shengu Xuan's gaze instantly turned icy.
The scroll's title read: [Target: Shengu Xuan. Extreme Threat Assessment and Capture and Experimentation Proposal].
It recorded detailed intelligence on everything from Shengu Xuan's entry into the Forest of Death to his one-punch instant defeat of Dosu in the preliminaries, and even his fight with Jiraiya that evening. Even the "dark red flames" and "black flying monster" he had used had been sketched and