Mitokado Homura did not immediately condemn Naruto and Sasuke. Instead, he first turned his accusations on Hiruzen Sarutobi, who looked as though all strength had left his body.
His tone carried undisguised questioning and dissatisfaction. "Hiruzen! You just stood there and watched them kill Danzo?!"
"As the Third Hokage, with so many Anbu at your side, you still couldn't stop two genin from committing murder? This is a grave dereliction of duty! The most serious trampling of the village's order! You must take control of the situation at once!"
Neither of the two advisors could understand why the Hokage, who possessed absolute authority and military strength, had allowed matters to reach this point.
Naruto and Sasuke might indeed have some skill, but with the Third Hokage and so many Anbu present, he still could not stop them?
When they had discussed matters earlier, Danzo had made it clear that his objective was merely to seize Karin and thereby indirectly control the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. He had even sworn that everything was proceeding according to plan.
How had it turned into such a disastrous ending?
What on earth had Hiruzen Sarutobi been doing?
Hiruzen Sarutobi himself opened his mouth, a surge of bitterness, grievance, and fury rushing straight to his head.
He wanted to explain that Shikaku had not mentioned earlier that Naruto had become a perfect Jinchuriki.
He wanted to describe the helplessness he had felt when he tried to stop Sasuke and Naruto, only to find himself unable to do so.
Yet before the ironclad facts in front of him and the accusations of his two old friends, any explanation seemed pale and futile.
In the end, the more Hiruzen Sarutobi thought about it, the angrier he became.
Especially since the root cause of this situation was not that they