Inside the Hokage Building, no one spoke except the two advisors and the Third Hokage.
Then Danzo suddenly opened his eyes and said coldly, "Hiruzen, is this something you can resolve just by stepping down?"
He did not spell it out.
But everyone understood what he meant.
If you stepped down, who would you leave this mess to?
The next Hokage?
Or did you expect the major clans to take the blame for you?
As for the advisors, if they had possessed any sense of responsibility or the courage to shoulder it, White Fang would never have defected.
"Danzo, what are you saying?" Utatane Koharu glared at him.
"Enough. This is getting nowhere."
Torifu Akimichi interrupted them. "Advisor Danzo isn't wrong. If you make a mistake, you have to take responsibility for it. Thanks to you, every villager now knows what happened. Don't you owe them an explanation? Or do you really intend to just wash your hands of it?"
Mitokado Homura said with an air of seniority, "Torifu, that isn't what we mean. But the village needs rebuilding, the families of the fallen shinobi need comforting, and the God Organization needs investigating. If we choose a new Hokage at a time like this, what will the villagers think?"
Torifu Akimichi frowned. "You mean we should just let this slide?"
What was that supposed to mean? You caused all this trouble, and now a casual excuse about being busy was supposed to make it disappear?
He was not the only one. Everyone else could not help frowning either.
"Well..."
Hearing that and seeing the others' expressions, even someone as shameless as Mitokado Homura could not bring himself to continue.
"Enough. I know what I need to do. Let's choose a candidate for the Fourth Hokage first!"
The Third took a