Naruto: Two opponents versus Naruto, Konoha panics!

Ino Yamanaka: "They've played both the bad cop and the good cop."

Onoki: "It's a despicable tactic, but it's normal to use such methods when you can treat the people of your own village like this."

The Fourth Raikage: "Hmph!"

The Fourth Raikage: "What a scumbag!"

Azabu: "The stain on the Second Hokage's life."

Tobirama Senju: "..."

Sakura Haruno: "If that's the case... it seems my family is also at considerable risk?"

Kiba Inuzuka: "It's wrapped!"

......

The large screen with its black border continues to display the image.

To control public opinion, the Konoha Police Force has gone to great lengths.

Almost everyone was mobilized.

[A large number of people are acting alongside villains disguised as the Will of Fire using transformation techniques.]

This is tantamount to using violence to instill a single idea in everyone.

In conclusion, there are mistakes, but not many.

In the short term, the effects may not be that significant.

After all, this has only just happened.

Furthermore, many things follow predictable patterns.

It's impossible to silence everyone all at once.

[Unless the great Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, issues another ban.]

But that's clearly impossible.

Therefore, the Konoha Police Force resorted to violence to achieve a kind of prohibition effect.

In time, this matter will be resolved peacefully, and nothing will happen again.

[And then they behaved themselves for a while, or perhaps, they handled those 'experimental subjects' even more secretly.]

And so, this incident came to an end.

Most people are forgetful.

Although someone may remember it later, suppressing the matter will become very easy then.

Right now, the most important thing is to act well.

【Bang--】

On this day, everyone discusses this matter.

[Those who went along and witnessed the death of Moegi's mother, as well as the corpses of Konoha police, Anbu ninjas, and Root organization ninjas, were almost all warned.]

"God!"

"Are we going to die?"

"No... I don't want to die such a gruesome death!"

"But... what can we do?"

"They are all ninjas under the Third Hokage's command; we can't escape either."

【"Shh~!"】

"Just behave yourself and don't say anything out of line!"

"This...sigh..."

They could only accept their fate.

They didn't know.

[Actually, if there hadn't been so many ninjas present that day...]

[Disappearing all at once will cause a negative reaction.]

【otherwise......】

None of them survived last night.

[To be silenced, or to be captured.]

[For the Sarutobi clan, that is, the Konoha Guard, it's too easy.]

Not to mention the Root organization and the Dark Side.

The ninjas felt a chill run down their spines.

【at the same time.】

[Inside the Hokage's office.]

【boom--! ! ! 】

Hiruzen Sarutobi slammed his hand heavily on the table.

[Looking at the Sarutobi clan ninjas and ANBU ninjas kneeling before him.]

Hiruzen Sarutobi's face was ashen.

"Bring Danzo to see me!"

[Looking at their tribesmen, heads bowed low, constantly begging for mercy.]

Hiruzen Sarutobi felt utterly exhausted.

【"yes!"】

[A voice from an ANBU ninja rang out from outside the door.]

Hiruzen Sarutobi closed his eyes.

"Tell me about it."

"Who was involved?"

[The instant Hiruzen Sarutobi finished speaking.]

"Chieftain, it's just the two of us; everyone else has been bewitched by us!"

The two Sarutobi clan ninjas kneeling on the ground immediately spoke.

【"OK!!!"】

This undoubtedly made Hiruzen Sarutobi even angrier.

If this matter isn't suppressed, he, as Hokage, will likely be the subject of gossip and criticism every night.

"Call me Hokage!!!"

[You still dare to call yourself clan leader?]

"Lord Hokage, it's all our fault!"

"There's also the Root organization; Lord Danzo was involved in it too. Lord Danzo even consulted with us about this matter!"

"We didn't coerce or bribe them; they all did it voluntarily!"

"Yes! It was all voluntary..."

They weren't given a chance to continue.

[Hiruzen Sarutobi takes a single step, one kick to each of them.]

[Bang bang—]

The two were sent flying backward, crashing into the door of the Hokage's office.

"Alright, alright, you like taking on responsibilities so much, huh?"

"Then I'll start with the two of you!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi laughed angrily.

"You two, and your entire families, not one of you will escape. Arrest them all and execute them tomorrow!"

【boom--】

The two were dumbfounded.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's words struck like a bolt from the blue.

This was something they never expected.

After a few breaths, both of their eyes turned red.

"Chief, you even held him..."

"Call me Hokage!!!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi flicked his sleeve and then sat back down in his Hokage seat.

"Still watching the show from outside?!"

"You've been here for a while, so hurry up and come in!!!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi roared angrily at the door.

This time, he was truly furious.

[It was all very subtle before.]

This time they were actually exposed, and the way they did it was incredibly ruthless and insidious.

Most importantly, the whole village knew about it in less than a day.

This made his image as the Third Hokage untenable.

[Click—]

Unlike before, Danzo Shimura, the leader of the Root organization, entered the Hokage's office in a very "gentle" way this time.

Hiruzen Sarutobi glanced at his best friend.

"Is there anything you want to say?"

"If you don't have any, then do what those two did and give your last words."

Having said that, Hiruzen Sarutobi turned around and lit his pipe.

The two Sarutobi clan ninjas kneeling on the ground turned pale instantly.

"Chieftain!"

"I'll tell you everything!"

"And there's Lord Danzo..."

"Call me Hokage!!!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi took a drag of his cigarette, then turned around, interrupting the two men.

【Bang--】

The ashtray hit one of the people on the forehead, instantly causing him to bleed profusely.

"Get out!"

"If you dare to conceal even the slightest thing, your whole family will be ready to go to jail and wait to die tomorrow!"

"Yes, Chieftain!"

"Yes, Hokage-sama!"

The two immediately scrambled out the door.

【Bang--】

The gates to Naruto have been closed once again.

Throughout the entire ordeal, Danzo remained silent, calmly observing Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't say anything, he just kept smoking.

This matter is even worse than what happened with Orochimaru back then.

[Does Hiruzen Sarutobi really think he couldn't guess? Orochimaru spends all his time in the lab, so who would provide him with test subjects?]

If Orochimaru hadn't been "disobedient," Hiruzen Sarutobi wouldn't have forced his most beloved student that time.

"Tell me, how many people have been harmed since Orochimaru left?"

"One Uchiha isn't enough to satisfy your appetite?"

"Do you still want the seat I'm sitting on?!"