"That's really not something Hokage-sama would say."

Although all the ninjas and villagers standing on the stage heard Hiruzen's declaration, it was certain that it would cause a certain amount of commotion among the crowd.

However, there are still some ninjas who do not believe that these words come from the Hokage's true intentions.

Hong is one of them.

As a jounin, she is also the mentor jounin for this year's graduates. She has had quite a lot of contact with Naruto. She can't say that she fully understands him, but she never believes that the old man will reveal himself at this time.

mistakes.

"Asuma, don't you know what happened?"

Kurenai didn't know what prompted the Hokage to make such a decision, but the smell of conspiracy inside had been clearly smelled.

Asma held a lit cigarette in his mouth, took off the cigarette butt, blew out a smoke ring, and said: "No, I haven't met the old man much recently. The old man's behavior is indeed a bit strange."

"The rest of the people also looked in disbelief."

"Of course. As a Hokage, how could he do such an unqualified thing? It's really unbecoming."

The person who said this was not Asuma, but Ebisu who was standing to Asma's right. His voice sounded very low and depressed.

Even during the end of the Third Ninja War, many ninjas in the village were dissatisfied with the appeasement policy implemented by the Hokage himself, but subsequent resignations were only decided through internal jounin meetings. Public meetings like this were not possible at all.

It's impossible.

"I didn't expect you to come too. How is Naruto doing?"

Hong asked.

"With Kai protecting us secretly, there will be no problem for the time being. But Kakashi's whereabouts are still unknown, even Mr. Shikaku. Something big must have happened up there when we didn't know it."

Ebisu stared at Hiruzen above, feeling slightly uneasy.

While they were communicating, Hiruzen, who was standing on the rooftop of the Hokage Building and looking down at the crowd below, spoke out again:

"...One of my faults was that on the day of arresting Orochimaru, I did not use my full strength, which resulted in Orochimaru successfully escaping. This matter...is absolutely true. And at that time, I did have the power to arrest Orochimaru.

Arrest..."

The tone of voice changed from calm to sad, and what Hiruzen said made the atmosphere at the scene suddenly become tense and uneasy.

Many people looked at Hiruzen in disbelief.

Because of Orochimaru's defection, Konoha's original reputation suffered a huge blow.

Not only that, the crime of Orochimaru's defection was to use the ninjas and villagers in the village for taboo human experiments.

Today, the families of those victims are still living in the village of Konoha, and they deeply hate defectors like Orochimaru.

And the thing is far more than that. In order to ensure that Konoha's confidential information is not leaked, Konoha has repeatedly set up Jonin and ANBU teams to pursue Orochimaru over the years. However, because Orochimaru is too cunning, the pursuit team is in vain every time.

He returned and suffered many casualties in pursuit of Orochimaru.

These old and new grudges should have ended at the beginning.

As a result, because the Hokage himself did not do his best on the day of the incident, more people died, and he failed to give justice to the families of the victims...

Therefore, the family members of the victims who appeared below because of Orochimaru looked at Hiruzen, the Hokage, in shock, as if they thought they had heard wrongly.

"What does it mean?"

"Hokage-sama, please give us an explanation!"

"What happened in Orochimaru's negotiations?"

Such voices continued to be heard from the crowd. They ignored the expression of pain and guilt on Hiruzen's face and started questioning him one after another.

Not only the civilians, but also the ninjas couldn't sit still.

Many of them were former supporters of Hiruzen.

They couldn't believe that this kind of thing actually existed.

Of course, there are more instigators of the militant faction.

They had long been dissatisfied with Hiruzen, the Hokage who liked to implement appeasement policies externally. This dissatisfaction had already been laid during the Second Ninja War before the Third Ninja War.

At this time, they saw that Hiruzen was on the verge of collapse, and naturally they were unwilling to let go of such a great opportunity.

After all, if Hiruzen himself doesn't stand up and make a statement, they can only complain quietly in secret.

"...Second..."

Hiruzen still had a sad look on his face and continued to speak.

The voices below became quieter again, and the eyes looking at Hiruzen were full of complexity and doubt.

Something that the Hokage himself admitted could never be false.

It was precisely because of this that those of them who once believed in Hiruzen were in such a low mood.

"I must clarify one thing, that is, regarding the Kyuubi's attack on Konoha twelve years ago, I did not deliberately delay the rescue time, causing the fourth generation to die in the battle with the Kyuubi..."

He denied the untrue rumors that he had framed the Yondaime.

Such words make many people feel at ease.

However, before they could breathe a sigh of relief, Hiruzen said again: "However, the genin in the village... Naruto Uzumaki is indeed the son of the Fourth Hokage. It was also me who personally concealed the identity of the heroic son of Naruto Uzumaki..."

stunned.

The people below looked at Hiruzen in stunned silence.

I didn't expect there would be a reversal at this time.

Things confirmed by the Hokage himself are naturally extremely convincing.

In other words, Naruto, who has been hated and despised by them for so many years, is indeed the son of a real hero, not a fiction.

The villagers and ninjas who had cursed Naruto were at a loss for a moment and looked at their hands blankly, as if they were saying, 'What stupid things have they done?'

"Why is this happening?"

"Hokage-sama, why do you want to hide such a thing?"

"Could it be that you really want to regain power..."

"In that case, isn't the testimony that the Yondaime-sama was never framed also full of lies?"

"..."

Doubts, anger, confusion, confusion, questioning... In short, all kinds of voices came out, making everything here in a noisy and noisy atmosphere, which made people feel extremely harsh.

Next, no matter how the working ninjas on the scene tried to mediate, the emotions of the crowd below could no longer be suppressed.

Some places even lost control and caused stampedes. Fortunately, ninjas had quick eyesight and quick hands to prevent such a thing, otherwise there would have been many tragedies today.

Facing the commotion below, Hiruzen said nothing. He just bent down and bowed, as if to apologize, and did not raise his head for a long time.

"Hiruzhan..."

Behind, Mito Kadoen and Koharu, who were watching Hiruzen, wanted to step forward to stop them. They couldn't bear to see their old friend suffer such humiliation. However, they noticed the coldness coming from beside them, so they still put their palms down and closed their eyes.

Eyes sighed.

"Danzo, your goal has been achieved, don't torture Hiruzen anymore!"

Mito Monobu knew that there would be no way to hold the next public meeting.

The emotions of the masses have reached such an extent that they are almost on the verge of losing control.

Whether it was Orochimaru or the revelation of the son of the Fourth Hokage, each of them was enough to make Hiruzen unable to step down.

But now that the two have broken out together, the consequences can be imagined.

The sky in Konoha has changed.

"Of course, I had no intention of taking his life. From now on, Hiruzen can just enjoy his old age and not let his colleagues go to waste."

Danzo looked calm.

He didn't comment at all on the noisy sounds around him.

In fact, it is enough to reveal it here.

Because, these are the only two things that Hiruzen has done.

Although the cause of the incident has more complex components, such as root involvement, etc., the angry crowd has already begun to make infinite associations.

And this kind of association will turn false things into reality, and all kinds of mistakes that have not been mentioned, or even that Hiruzen has not committed, will be directed towards Hiruzen.

Even if it is not true, it will become true.

Remove the roots completely.

After all, if some things are explained in too much detail, there may be flaws.

"I hope you will do what you say."

Mito Monobu couldn't tell whether Danzo's words were true or false, but at this time, he could only believe him.

Then, he turned to the ANBU not far away and ordered: "Stop this public meeting and evacuate the crowd."
To be continued...