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Many ninjas and villagers even believe that he has already qualified to become Hokage!

Of course, this is only some of the overt support!

If that were all, I wouldn't have gone so far as to drive him to his death!

However, at that time I also heard a lot of gossip from the villagers!

He said that he was too old to be Hokage anymore!

It would be better to simply step down and let someone more capable take over!

To avoid becoming so exhausted that you suddenly die at your desk!

Tobirama-sensei, tell me... if you were the Hokage back then, and someone talked about you like that behind your back, how would you feel?

Hiruzen Sarutobi's words were filled with resentment!

This left Tobirama Senju speechless!

indeed!

If he had been the Hokage on duty at the time!

He might even fly into a rage!

Oh shit!

I haven't abdicated yet!

So some people are gossiping behind my back?

If he were to announce his abdication, what would become of him?

[Tobirama Senju: Sarutobi, but even so, that's just what the villagers think. Sakumo is innocent!]

He only wanted to do his best for Konoha Village, and there was nothing wrong with that!

You should have had a serious talk with him back then and told him to stop letting others gossip behind his back. Wouldn't that have solved the problem?

He was, after all, an important fighting force for Konoha. Killing him would be a significant loss for the village!

After thinking for a while, Tobirama Senju could only say this in the end!

Have no idea!

After hearing what Hiruzen Sarutobi just said!

He suddenly realized that Hiruzen Sarutobi might not have been wrong in this matter!

After all, Sakumo Hatake was incredibly prestigious at the time!

It's even gotten to the point where the villagers want him to succeed the Fourth Hokage ahead of schedule!

This kind of thing isn't a big deal, but it's not insignificant either!

To put it simply, it was just the villagers' good intentions, hoping that Konoha Village could have a better leader!

To put it more bluntly, this is no different from the ambition to seize power!

[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Tobirama-sensei, you don't know this, but my first reaction was that Sakumo Hatake was innocent, so I didn't attack him right away!]

But later, after some investigation, I learned that the villagers and Konoha ninjas who were gossiping behind my back were actually instigated to say those things!

This makes me have to be suspicious!

Did Sakumo Hatake actually pull something behind the scenes?

He deliberately let the villagers spread those rumors so that he could more quickly inherit the Hokage position!

Hiruzen Sarutobi continued to explain.

However, as soon as these words were spoken!

Sakumo Hatake, who had been listening in the background, finally lost his composure!

[Hatake Sakumo: Third Hokage, don't make false accusations. When did I instigate the villagers and other Konoha ninjas to spread rumors in private?]

Don't try to excuse your shameless behavior from back then by spouting nonsense!

[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Hmph~ Sakumo, even now you still don't dare to admit it?]

[Sakumo Hatake: What do I have to admit? I didn't do that at all!]

If you're going to talk about me, this is the crime you forced upon me!

[Hiruzen Sarutobi: I don’t have that much free time. I sent people to investigate that matter back then!]

Okay... since you won't admit it, that's fine too!

I'll just ask you one question, and you'll have to answer me honestly!

[Sakumo Hatake: What do you want to ask me?]

[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Are you aware of what those villagers and Konoha ninjas were discussing in private back then?]

[Sakumo Hatake: I...know...]

[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Since you knew, why didn't you stop them? Knowing but not stopping them is reverse acquiescence, and reverse acquiescence, strictly speaking, is instigation...]

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Chapter 712 Danzo wouldn't lie! (Begging for full subscription)

[Hatake Sakumo: Third Hokage, stop talking nonsense! You know what happened to me back then!]

I've been on missions outside ever since the Second Shinobi World War ended!

I didn't return to the village until the Third Shinobi World War began!

Even if you hear those rumors, you only hear them from other people!

You mean... in that situation, how could I stop them?

Sakumo Hatake was furious as the Third Hokage's words became increasingly outrageous!

He never expected it.

This Third Hokage, who once drove himself to his death, has become so shameless!

I did it all for the peace of Konoha!

But he's always out on classified missions!

All their hard work and dedication is for the sake of peace in the village!

But the result was quite different!!!

Not only did they fail to gain a good reputation!

He was even accused by that old man, the Third Hokage, of condoning the villagers' gossip!

What a shameless excuse! How could he even come up with it?!

[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Sakumo, you're really not convinced. Others might not see through your little tricks, but I know them very well!]

[Hatake Susumu: My little tricks? When have I ever played any tricks? I've been working diligently for the village, always on duty outside. Where have I ever resorted to any tricks?]

Hiruzen Sarutobi: I knew you'd say that!

They actually took advantage of this, which is why they dared to encourage others to gossip wildly in the village, right?

[Sakumo Hatake: Me? Encouraging others to gossip?]

[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Hmph~ Things have come to this point, are you still afraid to admit it?]

[Sakumo Hatake: I admit it, damn it, I...]

Seeing that Hiruzen Sarutobi was being unreasonable and aggressive!

Even with Hatake Sakumo's usually calm and collected personality, he couldn't help but swear!

Have no idea!

He felt that if he didn't swear and vent his anger, he would be in trouble!

He'll definitely be so angry at that old bastard Hiruzen Sarutobi that he'll have internal bleeding!

Hiruzen Sarutobi: Sakumo, since you insist on breaking through that last layer of paper!

Then don't blame me for not showing you any mercy...

[Hatake Sosho: When the hell have you ever shown me any mercy?]

Hiruzen Sarutobi: Hmph~ Don't try to act tough in front of me!

I remember you wanted to go outside the village to carry out a secret mission back then, and you applied for it yourself!

If I'm not mistaken!

Back then, you probably wanted to take advantage of your mission outside to incite others to gossip wildly in the village!

In this way, you can stay out of it and be the one pulling the strings behind the scenes!

Even if the truth comes out in the end, I will still blame you!

You could also use your absence from the village as an excuse to avoid it, wouldn't you?

Hiruzen Sarutobi said without any mercy.

After hearing this, Hatake Sakumo's mind nearly exploded!

He never imagined the hard work he had put in back then!

This is the result we got in the end!

[Sakumo Hatake: Third Hokage, everything needs evidence. I clearly didn't say that back then, so why are you insisting on pinning that blame on me?]

[Yagura Karatachi: Konoha's White Fang, the Third Hokage, was he really that outrageous, putting the blame for his own mess on your head?]

[Sakumo Hatake: Uh... that was just a metaphor, the Fourth Mizukage, don't take it seriously...]

[Yagura Karatachi: I never thought even someone as meticulous as you would start using this kind of rhetoric!]

[Sakumo Hatake: Oh well, I guess I'll just go with the flow~ After all, spending so much time in this livestream room, I'm bound to be influenced by you guys a little bit!]

[Yagura Karatachi: I see...]

[Tobirama Senju: Monkey, Sakumo isn't wrong. Everything needs evidence. Even if you're the Hokage, you can't just spout nonsense. Do you have evidence to prove that Sakumo was the mastermind behind that 'gossip incident' back then?]

[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Of course! I... uh, I mean I sent Danzo to investigate this matter back then, and Danzo himself told me the results of the investigation!]

Danzo, as the Hokage's assistant, holds a high position of power in the village; the information he reports should be accurate!

[Shimura Danzo:? ? ? 】

[Hiruzen Sarutobi: By the way, Danzo, why have you suddenly stopped talking?]

Now that Tobirama-sensei has asked, you'd better prove it to him!

What made you believe that Sakumo Hatake was the mastermind behind that "gossip incident"?

[Shimura Danzo:...]

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Chapter 713: Sakumo Hatake is furious with Danzo! (Please subscribe to the full chapter!)

Danzo is in a complete panic right now!