Why Go Through All This Trouble?! [Third Update, Request for Full Subscription]

"Did you hear that clearly?"

"Huh?!"

The Anbu member froze for a moment before snapping back to his senses. He hurriedly said, "Please rest assured, Lord Hokage. I will spread the news as quickly as possible."

"Good. Then I'll leave you to it."

Nodding, the Third Hokage remained standing atop Hokage Rock. The cool night wind swept in, stirring the hem of his robes.

Gazing at Konoha's nightscape, the Third Hokage was inexplicably lost in thought.

"What?!"

"That's impossible!!!"

"This news has to be fake!!!"

"Are you stupid? How could news personally announced by the Hokage Office Building be fake?! I think you're the fake one."

"The village has really been lively lately. The ongoing war is bad enough, but Danzo actually did something so inhumane that harmed the village's interests."

"Exactly. The previous matter already caused such an uproar. Danzo and the Shimura Clan really are no good."

"I heard they've even been targeting the Uchiha. They've always been like that, and they angered Uchiha Clan Head Uchiha Hiko so badly that he wants to leave the village."

"Hmph, if it were me, I'd take my clan and leave too. We keep making contributions to the village, only to be targeted in every possible way in the end!!"

"The Shimura Clan are inhuman, especially Shimura Danzō!!!"

Konoha was lively—truly lively. The matter of Hiko taking the Uchiha away from Konoha had caused an enormous stir. Surprisingly, most villagers stood on Hiko and the Uchiha's side, while Danzo and the Shimura Clan had become rats everyone wanted to beat.

Most villagers were discussing the matter and speaking up for the Uchiha. Quite a few of them were deeply embarrassed, because they themselves had once viewed the Uchiha through prejudiced eyes.

Now that everything had come to light, these people were