User blog comment:Monkey.D.Me/Fairly Abridged - ԅ(≖‿≖ԅ) It all Starts when She says No/@comment-5708675-20140225100317/@comment-24551285-20140301115017

I must say that this method of doing things is very danzo like. But I think if danzo does that, danzo will be in deep shit as itachi entrust the duty to protect sasuke to hiruzen. If anything were to happen to sasuke, hiruzen might turn against danzo and itachi might just kill danzo. Danzo might have thought about this and therefore didn't kill sasuke. If sasuke is killed, it would affect orochimaru's decision to turn over a new leaf and it will affect the results of shinobi world war, which is also something danzo would not want.