Who are you calling a stable boy?!

Zheng Jing, who had scattered 50,000 copies of "Excerpts from Danzo's Crimes" throughout every street in Konoha, flew back to Old Blue's side.

That's why the courtyard shopping service is so good.

If you're willing to spend the money, you can buy a complete set of solar-powered printing presses, printing paper, and printing ink.

It's not expensive.

Anyway, it was spent using Jia Ning's courtyard coins.

This print run is for 50,000 copies; I wonder if Konoha Village currently has enough people to live there.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Aizen smiled and pushed up his glasses, then looked at Itachi sitting nearby.

"Are you ready, Itachi-kun?"

He patted Itachi on the shoulder.

"Shisui-kun's other eye will soon be put to use, which can be considered Shisui-kun's revenge."

Chapter 195: Do you like me, God of War?

Fifty thousand copies of "Excerpts from Danzo's Crimes" were scattered throughout the streets and alleys of Konoha Village.

The rain fell during the bustling morning hours in Konoha.

In this situation, even if all the Jonin of Konoha were sent out, it would be impossible to clean up the 50,000 copies of "Excerpts from Danzo's Crimes" before the villagers saw them.

If any villagers see the contents of the document, Danzo's fate will be far more serious than just imprisonment.

As a ninja village, and a major ninja village at that, its efforts to maintain internal order are indeed more unreasonable than those of ordinary towns in this era.

To put it more bluntly, the ninja world today is based on extreme privilege.

The Hokage's assistance to Danzo Shimura in surrendering to the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, was such a momentous event. If it had only happened in the Hokage's office, the villagers would likely have only heard news like "The Hokage assisted Danzo Shimura in stepping down."

Of course, it's more likely that the vast majority of villagers would never even know about this.

However, these 50,000 copies of "Selected Excerpts from Danzo's Crimes" completely covered up the matter.

Once you step on the scale, things change.

Because there are two points in this "Excerpt of Danzo's Crimes" that even the most ignorant and indifferent villagers would mutter a few words about after reading it.

Firstly, it desecrated the body of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and used village ninjas and ordinary villagers for live experiments, resulting in the deaths of hundreds and thousands of people.

Secondly, they stole a large number of the bodies of heroes who fought for the village and died in the war during the Third Shinobi World War, using them for human experiments on secret techniques and bloodline limits. The Uchiha clan suffered the most persecution in these experiments.

The first point alone was enough to incite the villagers of Konoha to fury.

The latter point is enough to immediately unite the radical and moderate factions of the Uchiha clan.

And this is only "two of the excerpts" from Danzo's "Crimes".

Therefore, Danzo's trial clearly needs to be conducted in public.

Otherwise, the negative impact of this incident on the young people in the village... would be immeasurable!

Fortunately, Danzo's confession seems to be genuine.

He cooperated fully with the work of the Dark Division, handing over everything in the Root organization to Minato.

Of course, this also includes himself, whose very existence is a sin.

At this moment, Shimura Danzo has been imprisoned in Konoha Prison, where he will face a public trial.

Although he showed remorse, he was still the leader of Root and possessed Hashirama cells, so as a dangerous criminal, Danzo was subjected to multiple seals and temporarily imprisoned in the deepest part of Konoha Prison.

However, instead of the Jonin who came to bring him for trial, Danzo was greeted first by an old figure in the dimly lit prison.

"You're here, Hiruzen."

"coming."

With his hands behind his back, Hiruzen Sarutobi stared at Danzo Shimura, who was sitting in the shadows.

His old friend looked calm and composed, not at all like someone about to face a public trial and be disgraced.

You look great.

"Better than ever before."

Danzo nodded slightly.

"I have almost forgotten how many years it has been since I felt such a sense of relief to receive a fair trial and correct the mistakes I have made."

His tone was gentle, his expression calm, and every word he spoke was sincere.

"I'm a little disappointed by the final result, but I don't regret it."

"Wow, that's really awesome."

Zheng Jing, after removing his straw hat and revealing his true form, marveled at the sight.

When chickens and ducks die, people call it "the death of a minor god".

Seeing that the person who came to see him was not his old friend with whom he had almost known and fought for a lifetime, Danzo was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and chuckled twice.

"Are you here to confirm the effects of Kotoamatsukami?"

Danzo asked.

"Let's do it while we're at it."

Zheng Jing shook his head.

"I'm mainly here to make you sad."

Upon hearing this, Danzo looked up, somewhat puzzled.

As he looked up, his eyes immediately met those of a familiar Mangekyou Sharingan.

That was Shi Shui's other eye.

—It was the eye he had taken from Shisui, which he hadn't yet had a chance to use to perform the Kotoamatsukami technique!

"An order is issued in the name of Kotoamatsukami—"

Holding the crow with the transplanted eye of Shizuku in one hand, Zheng Jing smiled and waved his hand.

"Shimura Danzo, quickly change back to your original form."

"..."

"..."

"Splash!"

The chains rattled violently.

That was the sound made by Danzo, who was sealed with layers of seals and unable to use any chakra, struggling with his aging body.

"Lao Xue is right. The essence of hypnosis lies in the moment of breaking the hypnosis."

Zheng Jing muttered to himself.

"Zheng Jing!!"

Danzo roared.

"It must feel terrible to have your self distorted at will."

Zheng Jing smiled and stroked the crow's tail feathers: "You can also tell me about me, Lao Lan, and Bie Tianshen during tomorrow's trial. That way you can take a gamble and see if Master Men and the Third Generation Old Man will follow your old trick of striking first."

"If you win the bet, you might still have a chance to turn things around."

"Of course, if we lose the bet, there might not be a Konoha anymore. After all, Old Lan really thinks this place is quite suitable for the entire Qitian Prefecture branch."

"How about it?"

Zheng Jing looked at Danzo with a grin.

"Shall we bet?"

-

This is the first time in Konoha's history that a high-ranking official has been publicly tried.

A trial witnessed by all the villagers resulted in the former Hokage's assistant, Danzo Shimura, being found guilty of all his crimes, and he will spend the rest of his life in the deepest part of Konoha Prison.

Meanwhile, his accomplices were also punished one by one.

Finally, not only was the Root organization completely disbanded, but the Shimura family, a prominent clan in Konoha, was also severely impacted. Their status plummeted, and they were universally reviled.

Danzo's public trial not only further enhanced the popularity of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, among the villagers, but also made the Uchiha clan's overall attitude towards him more moderate.

Although some radicals still believe that the Fourth Hokage's decision not to execute Danzo was an act of protection, the public handling of Danzo did indeed make the Uchiha clan feel the friendliness of this young Hokage.

Not only that, even the villagers' attitude towards the Uchiha clan has improved considerably.

People are generally empathetic.

If your child were to sacrifice their life for the village, and then have their grave dug up and their eyes gouged out, how would you feel?

This pity, unexpectedly, became a wonderful buffer.

This is all good news for Fugaku.

If the police force aspect is also implemented well, the future looks bright!

But for Minato, there are still too many things that give him a headache.

The thing that troubled him the most was—

"Oh? Master Men, you're so free today, you even have time to come over for a stroll here."

Sitting in the corridor of the Fugaku family courtyard, watching the water gate silently climb in, Zheng Jing greeted them with a grin.

Chapter 196: Evil Gets Its Retribution, That's the Most Interesting Thing

In broad daylight, the Fourth Hokage secretly infiltrated the Uchiha clan's territory.

If this had happened in the past, the radical faction of the Uchiha would have seized on it and made a big fuss about it, putting Fugaku's blood pressure on high alert.

Of course, even now, some radicals would probably try to use this as an excuse to make a fuss.

After all, among the radical faction of the Uchiha clan, figures like Uchiha Toki are few and far between.

Most of them genuinely felt that the village was prejudiced against the Uchiha clan and were single-mindedly focused on making Konoha a Uchiha village, believing that this was the only way to solve the problem.

...In a sense, it cannot be said that this view is wrong.

Of course, no matter how radical the current faction is, if they want to make a fuss about this topic, they must first be able to see the topic clearly.

Master Men never infiltrated Uchiha clan territory because he didn't want to, not because he couldn't.

In fact, if he had a choice, he wouldn't have done it this time.

This time, however, Minato knew very well that he had no choice.

Am I too late?

Upon entering the Fugaku residence, he was discovered, but Minato remained completely calm, displaying an air of composure as if he had anticipated it.

"How could that be? We didn't make any plans."

Zheng Jing patted the side of him: "Sit down."

Seeing the cup of tea that had been prepared beside Zheng Jing, Minato did not hesitate and went over to sit down next to Zheng Jing.

"The tea is a bit cold, would you like a hot one?"

"No need. Summer is almost here, so there's nothing wrong with drinking some herbal tea."

As he spoke, Minato picked up his teacup, muttered "Excuse me," and took a small sip.

"Although we haven't known each other for very long, in my eyes, Mr. Zheng Jing, you always speak your mind, and I admire that about you."

Minato looked down at the tea leaves standing upright in his teacup: "So, in front of you, I also hope to speak frankly."

"Hmm? That's good, go ahead and tell me."

"Did you really make this?"

"From where to where?"

"From beginning to end."