The place where Naruto had originally fought Hiruzen Sarutobi—the Hokage Building—was now a field of ruins.
Because Hiruzen Sarutobi had summoned the villagers there to make his announcement, no one had been working inside the Hokage Building. Thus, when the building collapsed, not a single person had been injured.
Therefore, Kakashi's cleanup work would not be too difficult.
The only thing to watch out for was whether the survivors of Hiruzen Sarutobi's faction would go mad.
Fortunately, the high-end forces of that faction had all been swept aside by Naruto. The remaining small fry could be handled by Kakashi, Orochimaru, and Sasuke.
After retrieving Hiruzen Sarutobi's corpse, Kakashi, Orochimaru, and Sasuke began gathering up the members of the Sarutobi faction elsewhere. As for how to deal with them, that would ultimately be up to Naruto.
Among the neutral side, Might Guy wore a complicated expression upon seeing Hiruzen Sarutobi's death. He had never expected the Hokage of this generation of Konoha to die at the hands of the boy he had thought so highly of.
Anko Mitarashi also sighed with emotion. Lord Hokage had died just like that.
He had died at Naruto's hands. No matter how one looked at it, it felt surreal. Anko Mitarashi did not know the reason, but if she had dared to stand against Naruto back then, she would probably have ended up like Kurenai and the others.
In truth, she had thought well of Naruto ever since the exams. The boy was sunny and positive, powerful, and enthusiastic about making friends, though his methods of making friends were a little unique.
Anko Mitarashi did not believe that someone like him would do something like killing Lord Hokage.
But things clearly were not that simple. That big lug Might Guy might not have noticed, but