In Konoha, you call this a ninja tool?

He then turned and ate a prayer towards Fugaku Uchiha, who had been resurrected from the Edo Tensei...

"I have let down the Uchiha clan!"

Afterwards,

He faced his teacher Tobirama Senju and the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju.

"The Thousand Hands clan was wiped out... I have also failed the Thousand Hands clan!"

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi was beaten until his head was bleeding profusely.

After doing all this, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Tenno again.

"Tianyu, I'm sorry..."

"You devoted yourself wholeheartedly to Konoha, yet I allowed Danzo to wreak havoc on the village, even plotting against your family..."

"It's all my fault, I'm a failure as Hokage!"

After all,

Hiruzen Sarutobi bowed deeply to the heavens once more.

Of all the people, what he needed most was for the Emperor to approve of his actions.

Only if Tianyu is satisfied will he not expose more darkness and prevent Konoha from being destroyed.

Seeing Hiruzen Sarutobi in such a posture

Tenyu remained silent, simply watching Hiruzen Sarutobi perform.

In the very end,

Hiruzen Sarutobi... turned to Naruto, then to Minato Namikaze, and then to Kushina Uzumaki.

"Naruto...it's Grandpa's fault!"

"Minato, I'm so sorry to your family!"

"Boom boom boom!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi kowtowed three more times to Naruto's family.

Kushina Uzumaki immediately shielded Naruto behind her.

She learned the general situation from the entrance of Namikaze Mizuki's house.

Kushina glared at Hiruzen Sarutobi: "You shameless bastard, whose grandfather do you call yourself?"

"Naruto doesn't have an elder like you!"

"..."

After a moment's silence, Hiruzen Sarutobi finally spoke: "I'm sorry, Naruto..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi felt that the people he felt most indebted to were Naruto's family...

Here,

He added one more thing.

"The night of the Nine-Tailed Fox..."

"It wasn't me who leaked the exact date of Kushina Uzumaki's childbirth."

The Nine-Tailed Fox's Tribulations

It was because of Kushina Uzumaki and Naruto that the Nine-Tails seal was at its weakest.

At this most vulnerable moment, the enemy happened to attack...

Nine-Tailed Night

There are also dark secrets lurking within.

Tenyu didn't point this out because he couldn't defeat Uchiha Obito and had no evidence.

But now, Hiruzen Sarutobi has brought this up himself.

"Over the years, I've investigated..."

"The person who leaked the exact time of Kushina's birth... was Danzo!"

what?

Everyone present was shocked.

The Night of the Nine-Tails is the most recent disaster to Konoha.

They remember it vividly!

The Night of the Nine-Tails was, in their hearts, Konoha's greatest calamity.

And now...

The greatest calamity was actually caused by Konoha's own people?!

How could they not be shocked!

Countless Konoha ninja risked their lives outside the village, all so that Konoha could have a better life.

But the people in Konoha used every means to cause Konoha to suffer disaster and damage!

They...are heartbroken!

He told the story.

Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't even notice whether Minato Namikaze and his family treated him any better.

He...should get going.

He moved his knees again.

To the people of Konoha

"I'm sorry to everyone, I'm sorry to Konoha!"

"I am not a competent Hokage..."

As he spoke, Hiruzen Sarutobi took out a dark-colored kunai.

"I have no face to face you..."

With a soft "plop",

Hiruzen Sarutobi plunged the dark kunai into his heart.

Fresh blood,

It overflowed from the chest area.

The chakra surrounding Hiruzen Sarutobi dimmed and slowly lost its activity.

"Cough cough."

After coughing twice, blood also flowed from the corner of Hiruzen Sarutobi's mouth.

"Having done so many bad things, the only thing I can do is... atone with my death!"

"I hope everyone can forgive me..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's life force is rapidly fading away.

"If possible... could you scatter my ashes in the winds of Konoha...?"

After saying that,

Hiruzen Sarutobi's life was completely extinguished.

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, has perished!

Chapter 167 should end here.

Hiruzen Sarutobi is dead.

In the public eye,

He confessed to his crimes and died by piercing his heart with a kunai.

The chaotic sounds lingered in my ears for a long time.

Some people angrily cursed Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Some lamented Hiruzen Sarutobi's suicide.

Some voices, filled with uncertainty about Konoha's future, echoed.

Anyway,

Hiruzen Sarutobi is dead.

His final wish was that Tianyu would stop revealing more things.

He hoped his ashes would be scattered in the wind of Konoha.

Will Ten'yu grant Hiruzen Sarutobi's dying request?

will not!

Hiruzen Sarutobi is dead, and he ended his life in the way that Ame-no-Mikoto had imagined.

but...

To bring back life to long-decayed leaves, the rotten roots must be removed.

"Everyone!"

"Although Hiruzen Sarutobi is dead, the matter is not over!"

Tian Yu shouted.

It grows among the leaves and becomes connected with the people within them.

Tenyu still has feelings for Konoha and a sense of belonging.