The two old fools were beside themselves with fury. Through the Crystal Ball on Sarutobi Hiruzen's desk, they watched several jonin they had painstakingly cultivated over the years, using resources siphoned from the village through every conceivable means, fall beneath Uchiha Shisui's Susanoo in mere minutes.
"The Utatane Clan and Mitokado Clan have done a remarkably fine job educating their ninja." Uchiha Toko chuckled. Those brief words were enough to make cold sweat stream down the faces of the two advisors.
They knew their own circumstances well. Most of the ninja attacking Shisui's Susanoo in the Crystal Ball's image were not listed among the village's ninja ranks. In other words, they were private soldiers maintained by their two clans.
Though most of the village's ninja clans did the same thing, some matters weighed little when left unexamined, yet became immeasurably grave once put under scrutiny.
Sarutobi Hiruzen set down his pipe and cut off the Chakra feeding the Crystal Ball. What Uchiha Toko had said truly was not fit to be brought into the open. Setting aside the fact that the Sarutobi Clan did the same, given the current circumstances, no matter how foolish Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura were, he had to grit his teeth and protect the ninja of those two clans. Otherwise, there would hardly be any ninja in the village left who obeyed him completely.
"Third Hokage, through interrogating the rioters involved in the mob coercion, the Military Police Force has basically confirmed that the source of the rumors concerning Kakashi in the village came from the Utatane and Mitokado Clans. In a moment, I ask that the Two Advisors return with me to the Military Police Force for questioning," Uchiha Toko said.
"Uchiha Toko, we were personally appointed by Lord Second Hokage as Hokage Assistants.