Night had already fallen by the time Uchiha Reki emerged from the Hokage's Office.
Standing upon the stone steps, he gazed quietly up at the moon. Within the realm of darkness, Senju Hashirama remained equally silent. For days, the former Hokage had silently observed how events unfolded. Now that the truth had finally come to light, however, he felt no sense of relief whatsoever. The atrocities committed by Shimura Danzo, as recorded in the scroll, stabbed relentlessly at his heart, one crime after another. Monkey's promise to clear the White Fang's name offered only a fleeting moment of solace before sinking into an even deeper wave of discontent.
*What were you doing all this time? Shimura Danzo committed so many vile acts, and as the Hokage, you knew absolutely nothing about it? If not for Uchiha Reki, how many more innocent shinobi would have suffered under false accusations?*
Chapter 60