Konohamaru's birth was no secret.
After all, he wasn't the son of the Fourth Hokage.
Nor did he have a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki for a mother.
Everyone in Konoha knew this.
This also meant that the Third Hokage was getting old...
"Lord Hokage, although you're still hale and hearty for your age, you've reached the point where you'll soon be able to retire and enjoy your twilight years... There are some matters the younger generation can handle themselves, so you needn't worry about them..."
Hyuga Sho had expressed his meaning loud and clear.
As for the grudges between himself and Shimura Danzō's group.
The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, had better stop interfering.
The reason Hyuga Sho hadn't fallen out with him completely.
Was that he wasn't sure whether the Third Hokage had a trump card.
Surely...
He must have one.
Otherwise, how could he possibly keep Shimura Danzō and Uchiha Shisui in check?
Hyuga Sho's guess was correct.
Even at his age, Hiruzen Sarutobi still had enough strength to use the "Reaper Death Seal" and take three Kage Level opponents down with him.
The Reaper Death Seal was an utterly unreasonable forbidden technique.
It could instantly kill even Kage Level ninjas.
And it could kill several at once.
That was Hiruzen Sarutobi's trump card for protecting the village.
Of course.
Hiruzen Sarutobi wouldn't use such a technique unless the situation reached a critical point.
" Sigh..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed, a trace of despondency flashing through his aged eyes.
"Because I failed to inherit the darkness of my predecessors, I made all of you bear the consequences..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi only wanted to be a righteous and shining leader.
To some extent, he was avoiding his responsibility for the "darkness."
But if a regime.
Emphasized darkness and reality to the exclusion of everything