- Danzo-sama, a report from an agent from Kaminari no Kuni," a subordinate peeked into the office of the Root Leader.
- Put it down, I'll read it later," the aging shinobi waved it away, not taking his eyes off the papers already on the desk.
Anbu Ne put the report on the table and quickly disappeared, not wishing to be around his superiors longer than necessary - lately, his character, already not the easiest, had become even worse, as if under the pressure of the ordeal that had fallen on the organization, and he could quickly find an occupation for his "idle" subordinate, usually not particularly pleasant and safe.
Sighing, Danzo put the papers aside and rubbed his face, leaning back in his chair. Age was taking its toll, and even a well-trained shinobi's body couldn't take the strain of a twenty-hour workday. But even this time was sometimes not enough to deal with all the affairs of a large organization.
At times, the apprentice of the second even thought of transferring some of the cases (not the most important), subordinates, but the habit of controlling everything and be aware of events, along with a healthy sense of paranoia, did not allow to do so.
Especially now, when the Root was experiencing not the best of days, it was necessary to keep his hand on the pulse, and it was not always possible to react in time, like not so long ago failure in the capital of the Fire Country.
There were some things that were urgent but could wait, like Orochimaru's work, along with a request for more funding and new equipment with a few test subjects, and some things that couldn't be put off. The latter included the reports of spies and informants from the enemy camp that a subordinate had delivered.
Taking the puffy envelope sealed with Fuin, Danzo folded the seal of concentration and quickly drew a certain symbol on the back of the envelope. The symbols appeared on the paper and began to shrink into a single point, forming a hieroglyph that flashed for a moment and then disappeared, after which Shimura calmly unsealed the paper envelope, breaking the wax seal.
Founder's acquired knowledge of fuin allowed for great enhancement of the organization's security, from the transmission of correspondence burning when opened by a person unaware of the small surprise to better concealment of bases with corridors of traps based on seals.
Even though Root's specialists were not without accidents in the process of learning new knowledge, it was certainly worth it.
Taking out five sheets of paper, densely covered on both sides with fine hieroglyphic text, Danzo immersed himself in the reading, beginning to frown with each passing minute. Finally, setting the paper aside, he thought deeply - the news from Kumogakure no Sato was on the one hand somewhat pleasant - once again a biju had broken out, ruining the jinchuriki - and on the other, very disturbing.
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