Konoha!
The bustling commercial avenue experienced an eerie, collective shutdown today.
Men led their wives and children out the door, blending into the flow of people on the street and moving in the same direction.
The adults wore solemn expressions, and even the clueless children grew silent under the influence of the oppressive and gloomy atmosphere.
Everyone dressed in black, holding a white flower in their hands.
The casualties caused by the Fourth Yagura Karatachi's raid on Konoha were not massive, but people still died, though the deceased were basically all shinobi.
Today,
it was precisely the memorial service held for the Konoha shinobi who died in battle that day.
Especially since the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi had also died in this battle, making this memorial service all the more important.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's reputation had basically collapsed among the Konoha Jonin, and some extremists even wanted to dig him up and whip his corpse to vent their anger.
Only...
the era of Hiruzen Sarutobi had indeed come to an end, but the impact he created still remained.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, who came to power in Year 17 of Konoha, had been ruling for nearly forty years up to the present Year 57 of Konoha. Although there was a brief abdication in the middle when he handed power over to the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze, the core power of Konoha had always been held tightly in his hands, which was no different from his actual rule.
His long governing career allowed the clan behind him to also reap abundant profits.
For example: after the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and his wife died in battle, their estate basically all flowed into the Sarutobi Clan.
Under the pile-up of massive resources, the number of shinobi in the Sarutobi Clan was terrifyingly large.
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