Konoha
Hokage Office.
The Third Hokage tapped on the desk.
"There are already far too many rumors circulating in the village. There's no point in dragging this out any longer."
They all knew about the rumors that had recently surfaced in the village.
They claimed that on the night of the Nine-Tails Incident, the Uchiha Clan had been ordered by Konoha's higher-ups to protect noncombatants.
That was entirely different from not participating in the battle.
In the past, no one would have believed such rumors.
After all, you Uchiha were the Military Police Force. You offended people every day—why would anyone speak up for you?
But the Uchiha of today were completely different. These days, it was rare to even see members of the Uchiha Clan lingering around Konoha.
The Uchiha Clan was no longer the Military Police Force, nor did they rely on Konoha for missions. Their restaurant business was thriving.
With such rumors now spreading, many people naturally began to wonder: Had the Uchiha Clan parted ways with Konoha because they had suffered such grievances?
"The Hyuga are such fence-sitters!" Danzo said angrily. After what happened last time, the Hyuga should have thoroughly fallen out with the Uchiha and sided completely with Konoha.
But after the Hyuga Clan accepted the position of honorary elder, they had not directly clashed with the Uchiha at all.
Now they were clearly helping the Uchiha again, which deeply displeased Danzo.
The rumors had spread so quickly that, after the Anbu investigated, they all knew they had originated from the Hyuga Clan.
Unfortunately, there was little they could do to the Hyuga Clan. Konoha was already struggling enough in its current state. They simply did not dare make trouble for the Hyuga.
They could only turn a blind eye to it.
Of course,