When the man refused to cooperate, Hiruzen actually had his ANBU place a seal on Danzo to force the reveal.

The fact that Danzo was already acting guilty kinda told him what he would see when those bandages came off.

Danzo stood in the center, his bandaged right arm now fully exposed.

And it was revealed to the world what he had been hiding under there... his arm was exactly how it looked in the book. It was completely white.

And Tsunade could feel it.

This was Hashirama cells—no ifs, ands, or buts about it.

Even when the bandage was removed, he had a Sharingan there...

Hiruzen immediately knew...

That was Kagami's eye.

Fuck.

There was no escaping it. The book had been right.

Every word.

Hiruzen's face was like stone.

"This isn't just treason," he said. "This is betrayal of our deepest trust. Desecration of a hero's body. Sabotage of an allied clan. And... the potential involvement in the fall of Uzushio."

He couldn't hide behind nuance anymore. No more peacekeeping dances or backdoor politics.

If Hiruzen went easy on Danzo now, he'd basically confirm he was the bottom Hokage.

And not in the political way.

He inhaled, then exhaled like a man about to cut off a limb.

"Danzo Shimura..."

Silence.

"You are hereby stripped of all titles. You are sentenced to death for crimes against Konohagakure."

Danzo didn't even flinch. He stood tall, but it was clear:

He had lost.

"And," Hiruzen continued, "all of Root will be purged. Every subordinate. Every officer. Every facility. The clan you harmed will receive the assets seized. The Uchiha will inherit your holdings."

The fire crackled behind the Hokage's throne.

"You will be handed to the Uchiha clan. They will decide what to do with you," he said coldly. He wasn't in the mood for Danzo's "I did it for the village" nonsense.

"I am the needed darkness of the village. These actions were required to keep the village afloat. If there is light, there must also be darkness," Danzo tried to explain.

As those words escaped his lips, the book began to play a sound.

The sound of old cheeks being clapped could be heard.

"Let me show you how hard those roots are."

...

It seems like Aizen had programmed some dialogue that would play anytime Danzo said a keyword.

Oh.

Shit.

Execution – Later That Week

When he was executed, the man revealed all the tea—and I do mean all of it. He threw shade at all of the Elders, even Orochimaru.

If he was going down, everyone was going down with him.

He wasn't going to go out alone and watch everyone else act all noble like they didn't benefit from his evil deeds.

Hiruzen didn't care.

Hiruzen needed the world to know:

"He is not my secret lover."

And if anyone ever doubted it again, they'd know he had no problem cutting down a decades-long ally.

As for the council—well, shit, they were cut too. Both of them.

The remaining clan leaders were having a vote currently. If the Elder passed the age of 60, they'd be required to give up their rank to someone younger.

Not finna have old heads run this shit again.

Some very drastic changes were happening in Konoha.

During that time, Aizen Sōsuke robbed the Root base for Hashirama cells, but that was a chapter for another time.

A Week Later – Jiraiya's Desk

He held the second book in his hands. The cover?

"The Lightning Rod of Love: Raikage x Third Hokage (ft. Interrogation ANBU Kink)"

By: The Ero-Tactician

Pinned to the front was a note, scrawled in deliberately neat calligraphy:

"Sad news. You ruined the Danzo arc before I could finish it. There were at least 20 volumes planned. Seriously, you're no fun, old man. You dodged a missile. Literally. Anyway, next up: the Raikage—he's the dominant, by the way. Cheers."

Jiraiya's fingers tightened slightly on the spine.

"...They're getting bolder."

Oh wow. He had read enough NTR to see where this was going.

Especially when he saw Biwako's name on the list of characters that may be included.

Well, fuck.

Hokage's Office – Same Time

Hiruzen stared at the same note.

He had read it.

Reread it.

Reread it again.

He closed his eyes, pinched the bridge of his nose, and whispered:

"...I dodged a fucking missile."

He took a long drag from his pipe.

Then coughed.

Then realized it wasn't lit.

He looked at the book again.

"Volume 3: Political Intrusion with Lightning-Style Discharge"

"Dear God," he muttered.

The Daimyō was asking him to retire basically every day now, demanding a new Kage take his place.

Currently, to the rest of the world—and somehow even to people who didn't even know Konoha existed—Hiruzen was the submissive type to his shadow Hokage, taking Wood Style in them guts and all.

He aged like 40 years.

He looked about as old as he did in canon. Mind you, man was like in his 40s or something.

Now he looked like he was hitting 70 to 80 years of age, as if his prime just... went by. Nada.

Oh well.

If only he knew this was just the beginning.

He looked at the paperwork in front of him.

All of the Hashirama cells were not found.

It seemed like they were destroyed.

Damn... Danzo was petty.

A/N And to think this could have been avoided if Danzo wasnt a bitch, anyway, Danzo not a threat, Seijuro used him a pawn and dismissed him, the Hashirama cell missing would be scene has Danzo burning the evidence.

Also Seijuro had very solid aliby, he was always seen with Konoha Shinobi and for anyone asking, wait he is a slug sage, shouldnt he be able to do Mitosis and that be a good thing, not really, If Tsunade were to ask the slug sage they would say his body was to weak he had way to much Yin energy splitting in half would kill him, so once more, perfect alliby, and the only person who can see through it, is Mikoto and this is why, his Aizen personality will avoid her like the plague, though Kushina slowly gaining that ability, maybe she catch him ofguard as for anyone else, they will chase shadows their whole life.

How did yall like this little mini arc.