Uchiha Kazuto knew everything. That diary of Shimura Danzo's had definitely been fabricated by Uchiha Kazuto. He might even have deliberately spread it throughout the village. The civilians and the various ninja clans alike had all been Uchiha Kazuto's pawns, arranged from the very beginning. Otherwise, if almost the entire village knew that Hiruzen Sarutobi was the one who had killed the Second Hokage, why had the ninja from the few clans closest to Hiruzen Sarutobi been the ones who didn't know?
Hiruzen Sarutobi hadn't learned about it until the coup.
Under normal circumstances, Anbu should have found out about this kind of information long ago and reported it to Hiruzen Sarutobi. But they hadn't.
If this wasn't a conspiracy, what was?
It was a terrifying scheme that Uchiha Kazuto had plotted right under Hiruzen Sarutobi's nose. What's more, Hiruzen Sarutobi himself had driven many of the plans forward. Step by step, he had pushed himself onto the guillotine, then had his head chopped off amid everyone's cheers.
He understood all of this now. But what good was knowing?
It didn't matter anymore. Uchiha Kazuto had gained unstoppable momentum, and all of Konoha stood behind him. Even if he made his suspicions public, he'd only be accused of slandering Uchiha Kazuto and dismissed as a madman raving. Then Uchiha Kazuto would brand him a remnant of Hiruzen Sarutobi's faction, confiscate his family's property, wipe out his entire clan, and stack their severed heads into a Skull Pyramid.
Oh, no. Konoha didn't have the death penalty anymore. The entire Akimichi Clan would be thrown into the Research Department and turned into material for those scientists.
"Jiraiya, none of this matters anymore. Whether you believe it or I do, at least here in Konoha, your teacher has become a complete traitor. No