"That Hyuga Sho is becoming more and more lawless!"
Konoha, the Hokage Building, first-floor conference room.
Utatane Koharu's furious voice reverberated throughout the room.
A routine inspection.
She had discovered that ANBU were slacking off.
And because of that... Uchiha Izumi had stumbled upon the secret of monitoring the Uchiha.
Listening to Utatane Koharu's furious shouting.
Shimura Danzō sat calmly to one side.
"I said long ago that Hyuga Sho was a threat..."
I told you before.
But you wouldn't listen.
Now that you've suffered for it, you finally realize your mistake?
"..."
Mitokado Homura frowned.
Hyuga Sho had disguised himself too perfectly behind the Will of Fire.
In the past, no one could see through to his true thoughts.
Who could have imagined it?
That a mere Branch Family Member would rise in a single leap and become a monster?
The Hyuga, whom no one had ever respected,
and which did not even have a single Kage Level ninja,
had somehow produced such an anomaly as Hyuga Sho.
"Sarutobi, what do you think?"
Mitokado Homura adjusted the glasses on the bridge of his nose.
At last, he turned his gaze toward Hiruzen Sarutobi.
From the very beginning, Hiruzen Sarutobi had silently smoked without saying a word.
"We're already old..."
he said.
"We should trust the younger generation..."
"Sarutobi, what do you mean?!"
Utatane Koharu narrowed her eyes until they looked like slits.
"You still want to continue indulging him?! Last time, he carved the Caged Bird Seal into the foreheads of every Hyuga Clan ninja. This time, he even dared to fight me. What about next time? Aren't you afraid he'll climb right over your head?"
Utatane Koharu scolded him.
"Konoha's strength has already declined to an unprecedented degree..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi did not answer Utatane Koharu.
Instead, he gazed