Complete Betrayal

"Sasuke! What are you doing?!"

Tsunade watched as the Konoha ninja around her all collapsed in an instant, their eyes rolling back as their consciousnesses were dragged into the bottomless abyss of a genjutsu.

To be honest, Tsunade herself wanted these idiots who could not read the situation to shut up immediately.

But she could not—she was the Fifth Generation Hokage, while the blonde girl before them was the leader of Akatsuki, the organization that had attacked Konoha. No matter how disgusted she was by those insults, she had no right to stop her subordinates from expressing their anger toward an enemy.

But the one who had acted was Second Pillar, the only ninja in this world capable of confronting Uzumaki Mai head-on.

"You expect me to tolerate the looks on these people's faces?" Sasuke's voice was calm and cold. His Mangekyō Sharingan swept over the Konoha ninja sprawled on the ground, as though he were looking at a pile of discarded trash.

"Fifth Generation Hokage, since things have reached this point, there is no need for me to keep hiding it. I have wanted to do this for many years."

"...What?"

"Did you really think I had any interest in reviving some nonsensical department like the Uchiha Police Force?"

The corner of Sasuke's mouth curled slightly. His smile was cold and mocking, carrying the frankness and disdain of someone who had shed every disguise.

"I merely wanted a legitimate reason to deal with these people. Today, they call her a 'monster.' Tomorrow, they call her a 'calamity.' Do you think this is the first time I have heard such things? I have been hearing them ever since I could remember. Every day, on every street, in every corner. You are the Hokage. You clearly know everything, yet you stand