The Terrifying Conspiracy, Hiruzen Sarutobi's Darkness

"Stop right there! Don't run!"

Just then, the ninja from the Military Police Force caught up.

"Damn it!"

Fuu Yamanaka gritted his teeth, completely ignoring the pain in his body as he fled swiftly and frantically. Fortunately, the only one chasing him now was a Genin who had just joined the Military Police Force. Though his physical condition was extremely poor, shaking off a Genin's pursuit should—probably—be no problem.

Lord Kazuto, you never expected this, did you? Never expected I could escape, hahaha!

I will absolutely never let Lord Danzo's diary fall into your hands.

Just as Fuu Yamanaka vanished into the darkness, a kunai suddenly appeared behind him, stabbing directly into his heart.

Pfft!

"Ah!"

Fuu Yamanaka screamed in agony, dragging his broken body like a madman with unwavering resolve, running wildly until he finally collapsed in a deserted alley.

"Lord Danzo, I won't... let you... down..."

He tore open the skin on his chest, pulled out a small scroll, and unrolled it. The next moment, a diary appeared on the ground. Trembling, he raised both hands to form hand seals, intending to release a Fire Release ninjutsu to burn the diary.

At that moment, a glimmer of hope seemed to shine in his eyes. Then...

The light faded. His body went rigid, his hands frozen in the seal position, staring blankly at the diary. He was dead.

He died in this nameless alley, with false loyalty, with the expectations of certain people, dying in despair in this alley. From the moment that kunai pierced his body, his life had already been counting down. Now, time was up.

Kawasaki Sora walked cautiously, glancing around from time to time. His heart was brimming with excitement. He felt he was about to accomplish a great feat—as a spy, to overthrow Konoha. Hahaha, once he brought such achievements back to his village, he might even become the new Kage. Hahaha!!!

Suddenly, he heard some strange noises. For some reason, curiosity stirred within him. He crept over quietly and saw, in the dim alley, a battered figure lying on the ground, seemingly already dead.

In front of this figure lay a black book.

He looked around, then quickly strode over, picked up the book, stuffed it into his chest, and hurried away.

At that moment, he had no idea what he had just picked up.

"It has begun!"

Under the moonlight, a figure silently watched this scene, then dissolved into smoke.

Not long after, several figures appeared in the alley.

"Is he dead?"

"Dead!"

"That bastard, daring to run!"

"Damn, we're getting our pay docked. We've failed Lord Kazuto's training!"

These figures stared angrily at Fuu Yamanaka lying on the ground. That bastard actually dared to run—he really didn't know his place!

"So that's how it is! Konoha is truly dark! How terrifying! The Lord Hokage and those advisors—they're actually like this!"

"How could this be! No wonder, no wonder Hiruzen Sarutobi turned out this way. So he was like this from the very beginning—he's nothing but an animal!"

In a secret room that seemed overlooked by the Military Police Force, a group of villagers stared in horror at this black diary. It recorded, in full detail, all the darkness of Konoha—the sinister dealings of Shimura Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi.

At this moment, they finally understood what kind of thing their loyal Lord Hokage truly was.

So the Second Hokage hadn't died at the hands of ninja from other villages at all—he had been killed by Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others.

Back then, the Second Hokage, following the First Hokage's dying wish, decided to treat all the clans in the village equally, including the Uchiha Clan. Though the Second Hokage was deeply displeased, he still accepted a disciple from the Uchiha Clan.

That was Kagami Uchiha.

Later, the Second Hokage discovered that Kagami Uchiha was born with the Will of Fire—a natural-born Hokage. So he decided to pass the position of Hokage to Kagami Uchiha.

After all, no matter what, the Uchiha Clan was one of Konoha's founding clans, and Kagami Uchiha truly met the conditions.

But this matter reached Hiruzen Sarutobi's ears.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was furious. He had always acted so well, so pleasing to his teacher—who else but him could sit in the Hokage's seat?

Kagami Uchiha? What right did he have!

And that Second Hokage, who usually seemed to hate the Uchiha Clan so much, had ultimately decided to hand the Hokage position to someone from the Uchiha Clan—how could they accept that?

After all, they had never missed a chance to ostracize and bully Kagami Uchiha!

Soon, an opportunity came. During the First Great Ninja War, the Second Hokage was ambushed. For the village's future, the Second Hokage stayed behind to cover the retreat. But at the time, the Second Hokage hadn't actually died.

He broke through the encirclement, and then was killed by Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others. After killing the Second Hokage, they also killed Kagami Uchiha.

In truth, if the Second Hokage hadn't volunteered to stay behind, Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others had planned to sabotage him during the battle and escape on their own.

"Teacher was truly foolish, having no idea that Hiruzen Sarutobi is nothing but an animal."

Danzō left these words in his diary—though he himself wasn't much better.

After the Second Hokage died, and Kagami Uchiha died, everyone knew what happened next. In short, Hiruzen Sarutobi became Hokage, and his other comrades became his right and left hands.

As for Shimura Danzō, he became Root, and no matter what he did, Hiruzen Sarutobi indulged him completely—because Danzō held leverage over Hiruzen.

That was also why they suppressed the Uchiha Clan.

This was the true darkness, the real truth, of Konoha afterward!

Beyond that, there were many dark experiments that could only proceed with Hiruzen Sarutobi's tacit approval, or even his allocated funding. Even Hiruzen's own disciple, Orochimaru, committed such grave crimes yet ended up as a rogue ninja instead of dead—why?

Because Hiruzen Sarutobi needed Orochimaru's research results, so he didn't kill him.

At the same time, this was also why Danzō wanted to join forces with Uchiha Fugaku to launch a coup. He was sick of being Hiruzen Sarutobi's black glove.

All the blame, he, Danzō...