Before long,
Kakashi, Sasuke, and Orochimaru escorted several people over. There were men and women, young and old, all wearing ashen expressions.
Once they reached the ruins before the Hokage Building, Zabuza and Haku were told to guard them.
"Grandpa!" Just then, a little boy suddenly broke away from the crowd and ran toward Hiruzen Sarutobi's corpse nearby. He dropped to his knees and burst into tears.
"Grandpa!" Seeing his grandfather's eyes tightly shut, the little boy immediately knew he was dead. He grabbed Hiruzen Sarutobi's right hand and shook it violently. However, instead of waking his grandfather, he shook the arm right off.
"Grandpa!" Holding his grandfather's arm, the little boy was at a complete loss and cried even harder!
"Do you want me to bring that little brat over?" Zabuza asked Kakashi. For the time being, Kakashi was the leader of their faction.
Looking at the miserably crying Konohamaru, Kakashi shook his head. "Forget it. Just keep a close watch on him and don't let him leave. As for Hiruzen Sarutobi's body, we can put it back together later."
Zabuza nodded at that and looked toward Haku.
Meeting Zabuza's gaze, Haku silently stepped behind Konohamaru.
"Kakashi, come here for a moment!" At that moment, Hyuga Hiashi called out to him.
Kakashi walked over. "Lord Hiashi, what is it?"
"Come on. The Hokage is dead, so we should gather and discuss a few matters." Hiashi looked at Kakashi and gestured toward the ninja clans on his side.
"Mm." Kakashi nodded and followed Hyuga Hiashi and the other clan heads to a nearby teahouse to use as a temporary meeting room.
"We're going too." Seeing them move, Might Guy said to Anko Mitarashi beside him.
Anko Mitarashi immediately followed Guy over. No one stopped them from joining; Guy and Anko