Konoha had been far from peaceful lately.
Many ninja clans had their eyes fixed on the Sarutobi Clan.
Every one of them was like a powder keg.
After all, their clans' graves had been dug up, while the Sarutobi Clan's remained untouched.
Everyone was looking at the Sarutobi Clan differently now.
Though the Sarutobi Clan had many members, with every ninja clan watching them—
Every Sarutobi clansman had begun to tread carefully.
Amid this tense situation—
Konoha's high-level meeting began.
Konoha's conference room.
This time, every elder who entered wore a grave expression.
Sarutobi Ko and Sarutobi Takamasa both looked exceptionally solemn.
This time, some ninja clans would definitely come after them.
Sarutobi Ko felt more helpless than anything. He had originally just been a slacker.
Orochimaru had appointed him an Advisory Elder precisely because he only wanted to coast through life.
But times had changed, and after he had taken the position of Advisory Elder himself—
Sarutobi clansmen kept returning to the village, greatly increasing the Sarutobi Clan's strength.
He had also been swept along by his clansmen time and again.
Especially after Third Elder Sarutobi Takamasa began commanding the Military Police Force, the Sarutobi Clan had flourished like the midday sun.
Although the Sarutobi Clan's large number of ninja had taken a sizable share of missions, causing dissatisfaction among the other ninja clans, the Fifth Hokage had suppressed those complaints.
But this matter was different. Every ninja clan's graves had been robbed.
Only Sarutobi Hiruzen's had not been touched.
Though there was no proof that the Sarutobi Clan had anything to do with the grave robbers—
This distinction alone made every Konoha ninja look at the Sarutobi Clan with barely contained anger.
Recently, the Sarutobi Clan had already clashed with other ninja clans several times.
The Hyuga Clan,