The ninjas divided into two sides met at the crossroads in the very center of Konoha, then stared each other down across the intersection. They looked just like two gangs of hooligans arranging a fight after school.
The commotion caused by their meeting and the tense atmosphere that followed—perhaps everyone also had that sixth sense that something major was about to happen—drew a large number of Konoha Ninjas over.
They made no move, simply piling up silently on the rooftops on either side like spectators waiting for the hooligans to bash each other's heads in.
Over there, Shimura Danzō and the two advisers stood in a triangular formation. Shimura Danzō, standing at the front, saw that everyone on this side was present and unharmed. He lowered his eyelids slightly, concealing the disappointment in his eyes, but still stepped forward decisively and said:
"Yuhara, why don't you surrender?"
Yuhara stopped the people on his side who wanted to speak, especially Kinoshita Tadashi. He also walked a few steps forward and said, "In Konoha, I only obey the Hokage's orders. Why is someone allowed to bypass the Third Hokage and command all the ninjas?"
"There's no point in arguing now. Dozens of Root Organization ninjas personally witnessed you attacking the Third Hokage. We should be asking you: where is the Third Hokage? Is he alive or dead?" Shimura Danzō said.
"Regardless of where the Third Hokage is, and whether he is alive or dead, I already said that I only obey the Hokage's orders." Yuhara repeated himself.
Shimura Danzō frowned. Why is this man so impervious to reason? Can't he answer properly? We're talking at cross-purposes. Weakly defying the Eighth Hokage's orders is meaningless. Did I really expect to turn things around in that situation?
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