Just as the First Hokage had said, he had already lived long enough. Even if he died, the Third Hokage did not feel there was anything to regret.
The only thing he could not let go of was Konoha Village.
After inheriting the position of Hokage from his mentor, the Second Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi had led Konoha through two Ninja Wars, each time facing an enemy force larger than his own.
He had also witnessed how Konoha declined from its prosperity. Or perhaps his life had begun heading toward failure ever since Orochimaru, the disciple he had thought most highly of, betrayed the village...
Yoru Machi was even more gifted than Orochimaru. If he ultimately turned against Konoha, the Third Hokage did not even dare imagine such a future.
Looking at the old man before him, who worried about Konoha's future until the very moment of his death, Yoru Machi let out a heavy sigh and said to the old man who was, by status, his grandteacher, "My teacher Tsunade may become the Fifth Hokage, and my disciples are here as well.
"Konoha Village also embodies the efforts the Senju Clan once poured into it. Unless Teacher Tsunade expels me from her school and removes me from the family register, I most likely will not betray the village."
Hearing Yoru Machi's final assurance, the Third Hokage revealed a relieved smile as sealing bandages slowly covered him completely.
On Yoru Machi's main body's side, after the two Wood Clones successively sealed the Second Hokage and Third Hokage and then dispelled themselves, Yoru Machi received the corresponding information.
"The Second Hokage and Third Hokage have been dealt with? In that case, as long as I seal the First Hokage before me, this farce can end."
Standing atop the wooden giant, Yoru Machi