"The result was pretty good. Sasuke was fine."
Hearing that Sasuke was all right, Naruto and Sakura immediately breathed sighs of relief.
"However, Danzo is dead. Sasuke shot him dead with an arrow from Susanoo, and even his body was burned away by Amaterasu."
Hawking shrugged.
"What?!"
Kakashi and Shikamaru's eyes widened at once.
Danzo had been the leader of the Hidden Leaf's Root, a true high-ranking power holder in the village, second only to the Hokage.
Sasuke had killed Danzo. That would unquestionably make him a rogue ninja.
It was different from before. Back then, Sasuke had been abducted from the Hidden Leaf by Orochimaru. Although he had trained under Orochimaru these past few years, he had not done anything to harm the Hidden Leaf.
Even joining Akatsuki to capture the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki had only offended Kumogakure in the end. There was still room to argue over something like that.
Not to mention that they had failed to capture him in the first place. Even if they had succeeded, hadn't Kumogakure once tried to abduct Kushina, the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki, and Hinata, the Byakugan Princess?
As long as Sasuke was willing to return to the Hidden Leaf, reform himself properly, and become a good ninja of the Hidden Leaf, they could find a way to smooth all of that over.
But Sasuke had personally killed Danzo. No matter what, that made him an undeniable rogue ninja, the kind the Hidden Leaf's higher-ups would never forgive.
Even if Fifth Hokage Tsunade were willing to plead on his behalf, Sasuke could never become a Hidden Leaf ninja again. Even if they did not execute him, he would spend the rest of his life in prison.
"Hawking, why didn't you...?"
Kakashi rubbed his forehead.
He knew that, with Hawking's strength, he had been