After questioning Bieshu Feifan, the Root Shinobi continued investigating the Shinobi along the road.
He soon caught another person.
Again, he asked for their name and about their Wind Release Ninjutsu.
Watching the Root Shinobi's rather dim-witted approach, Bieshu Feifan gradually realized something.
Danzo was looking for the culprit who had impersonated him.
Bieshu Feifan had been cleared of suspicion, but he was annoyed. The Root Shinobi had left without even finishing his questions.
Being cleared meant he had established his persona well, but it still left him feeling annoyed.
In the Root building, Danzo no longer sat in the highest seat. He had moved into the spacious hall instead.
His brow remained furrowed as he examined the investigation results.
Practically everyone in Konoha skilled at Wind Release was listed here, yet he had found no one suspicious.
His Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere was not so easy to imitate.
Only a Wind Release genius could copy it.
The Uchiha were an exception, of course.
But this time, the victim happened to be an Uchiha. The Uchiha could not possibly sacrifice one of their own to frame him.
After thinking for a long while, Danzo finally found two suspects.
Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru.
Both were experts proficient in the Five Basic Nature Transformations. Imitating him to kill an Uchiha Chunin would be easy.
But Hiruzen Sarutobi was unlikely to collude with Sunagakure's Magnet Release genius.
That left only Orochimaru.
Orochimaru seemed very fond of all sorts of Kekkei Genkai.
Danzo suddenly felt he had uncovered something incredible. He simply could not understand why Orochimaru would target him.
After turning it over in his mind, Danzo suddenly thought of a possibility, and his expression turned ugly.
Orochimaru wanted to become the Fourth Hokage!
And he, Shimura Danzō, was undoubtedly Orochimaru's greatest obstacle.