Consultants, You Should Go to Jail

These ninja clans still exist. Sigh, the teacher died too early!

Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head, but now, he saw hope for integrating those clans into the village.

That was the Study Corps. He could order Uchiha Kazuto to have members of those clans frequently join the Study Corps, learn from each other, blend together, gradually erasing the barriers between them, and ultimately achieve his teacher's ambition—dissolving the great families entirely, turning them into pure village strength.

Though in this process, Uchiha Kazuto would constantly face hostility and hatred from these clans, that was no big deal. After all, the Uchiha Clan would be dissolved too in the end.

As for his own Sarutobi clan... that was different.

Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head. As the head of the Sarutobi clan and the acting Hokage, he had never once considered dissolving the Sarutobi clan. He didn't even plan to dissolve the Ino-Shika-Cho trio of clans. After all, it was different.

If he truly had that resolve, that conviction, he should have followed his teacher's example and dissolved the Sarutobi clan after becoming Hokage.

But, teacher, your ideals are good. I must learn from them dialectically—some things can be adopted, others are unnecessary.

"Heh heh, Kazuto, I'm counting on you!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi puffed his pipe and nodded. Uchiha Kazuto was a rare and useful tool.

He was now completely at ease with Uchiha Kazuto, without a shred of suspicion. Look at what Kazuto was doing now—loyal, utterly loyal, thinking of everything for the Hokage and the village in every way.

Compared to the former Uchiha Fugaku, it was night and day. A thousand times better than that brain-dead Danzo, who only talked about killing, killing, killing.

He had a general understanding of the current situation in the village, but as an old man, as a ninja, he didn't see it as too big a problem—especially after getting Uchiha Kazuto's explanation.

The village's situation was excellent. If it weren't for the fact that Uchiha Kazuto was from the Uchiha Clan, he would have promoted him to be the new Danzo.

What a pity!

Military Police Office.

"Heh heh, those two old fossils really do have some shady dealings with Danzo."

Uchiha Kazuto looked at the documents in his hands. These were all things seized from Root back then—various classified intel, human experiments, the dark side of Konoha. But Kazuto had suppressed all of it, never reporting it to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Hiruzen never asked either. Probably, he thought that given the loyalty Kazuto displayed, he wouldn't misuse these materials. After all, the image Kazuto projected to the outside world was far too loyal.

Moreover, Kazuto had used some of these materials—some real, some fabricated—to extort a hefty sum from those clans, which only made Hiruzen more convinced that Kazuto wouldn't cause trouble.

"How dare they! Those two damned old bastards, colluding with that Danzo, profiting behind the great Lord Hokage's back! With vermin like this, how can Konoha ever be good! How can Konoha ever govern properly!"

The next moment, the playful expression on Uchiha Kazuto's face vanished, replaced by one of extreme grief and fury, as if he were truly enraged.

Clenching his teeth, Kazuto grabbed the documents and headed for the Hokage's office.

Soon after.

"Lord Hokage, those two advisors have gone too far. What they're doing is treating Konoha as their own private property, trampling your dignity and the village's interests underfoot!"

Uchiha Kazuto handed the documents to Hiruzen Sarutobi, his face righteous and indignant.

"This..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the documents in his hands, a troubled expression on his face. He had anticipated something like this. If it were anyone else, it would be a serious problem. But if it were these two old comrades of his, he didn't see it as too big an issue.

Uchiha Kazuto, Uchiha Kazuto. I call you loyal, but you're too stubborn. Fine, I'll call Homura and Koharu over, scold them a bit, have them cough up some benefits, and that should settle it. Surely Kazuto will understand.

"Ha! Just as I thought!"

Uchiha Kazuto watched Hiruzen's expression, sneering inwardly. From the start, he knew this evidence wouldn't threaten those two old fossils. His goal from the beginning wasn't to bring them down—after all, when Danzo's mess blew up so big, didn't he end up with nothing happening to him?

Entrusting Konoha to people like this was a complete waste. With Hiruzen's way of doing things, Konoha's high-end combat power had either died or fled. If Naruto didn't have protagonist's plot armor, Konoha would have been finished long ago.

"Lord Hokage, this... I know this puts you in a difficult position. After all, the two advisors have contributed so much to Konoha. But what they're doing now has crossed the line. They've trampled your dignity underfoot. If there's no punishment, what will the ninjas in the village think?"

Uchiha Kazuto looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi with utter loyalty, cutting off Hiruzen's objections in advance.

At these words.

Hiruzen Sarutobi lowered his head. There was some truth to that.

"So, Kazuto, what do you suggest?"

Hiruzen asked.

"Lord Hokage, I propose that the two advisors come to the Military Police Force for two years."

By "come," he meant two years in prison.

Just two years in prison.

Hiruzen thought it over. It didn't seem too bad. Those two had indeed gone a bit too far this time. But the Military Police Force wouldn't do—with Kazuto's personality, what if he tortured those two old comrades?

"Uchiha Kazuto, what are you saying!"

Just then, Utatane Koharu's voice rang out. The next moment, Koharu and Mitokado Homura walked in one after the other.

They glared at Uchiha Kazuto with dark expressions. What had they just heard? This reckless, inherently evil Uchiha—the murderer of Danzo, the beast who had bewitched Hiruzen—dared to go after them!

This was insane!

What had they even done? Just some benefit exchanges with Danzo! What was so wrong with that?

Even if we're not clean, are you, Hiruzen Sarutobi, clean?

Or are you saying you had no dealings with Danzo at all?

At this moment, both of them were furious.

"Two advisors, the evidence is ironclad. You ask me what I'm saying? I should be asking you—what have you done? Do you even realize that your actions are violating Konoha's laws, betraying the great Will of Fire, and betraying the great Lord Hokage!"

Uchiha Kazuto stared at the two old fossils, his face full of righteous fury.