I tossed the sheet on the table and leaned back in my chair, regretting once again that I couldn't send clones to keep an eye on the one-eyed head of the Root and the Hokage. It's possible to send clones to follow the one-eyed head of the Root and the Hokage, but these veterans somehow start to feel the surveillance after a couple of minutes, even though the direct gaze and the person doing it are absent as a matter of fact, and the attention is not focused on the targets at all!
At the same time, I know for a fact that both old men have no special sensory talents and are unable to track the clones lurking in the shadows. It's no wonder that such monsters have managed to survive two world shinobi wars in places where shinobi of equal strength were guaranteed to die.
And I have my doubts that I'll be able to get rid of them even if I need them badly - people much stronger than me have tried, and so far to no avail. More precisely, the result is there, but in the opposite direction. And if I used to think I could get rid of Shimura at least, I'm beginning to doubt it after the failure of the surveillance.
I've forgotten a lot of things over the years, but one thing's for sure in my notes: Danzo was the culprit or one of the causes of the Third Shinobi World War. Of course, probably not personally, but when you have a large number of fighters under your command who were raised in fanatical devotion to the village and are ready to do whatever you want, it's not that hard to provoke a new round of hostility between old enemies.
And it is not at all smiling for me to be on the front line again, sending my charges into the meat grinder. I don't even need to mention that my friends, comrades and partners will also go to war. Yeah, and the recent baby boom will result in an influx of orphans into orphanages and those left in the care of the Clan.
Rubbing the bridge of my nose, I stood up and began to run circles around the basement. How could I find out what was going on? I couldn't count on my friends and family - Danzo didn't like other clansmen, and he wouldn't share his plans to find out through rumors. Catching and extracting information from one of Root's fighters isn't an option either - it smells of outright betrayal, which should be avoided without a very good reason, and it's unlikely that a simple performer knows all of the commander's plans.
The only thing left is a long surveillance with the available personnel, but how to scrape up chakra for clones for five hundred people? Even if only a third of them leave and return from the total number, but even this is a very serious figure, which will make the pure-blooded Uzumaki feel bad. In principle, to provide a clone of every twentieth is quite realistic, but will you be lucky to come across something worthwhile at such a scattering? Even if it doesn't make sense to keep an eye on everyone, it's enough to limit myself to a team, but even so, I'll have a constant headache.
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