After the Uchiha people left cheerfully.
Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura questioned the Third Hokage. "Hiruzen, why did you agree to the Uchiha's demands? Don't you know Teacher always told us to be wary of them?"
The Third Hokage Took a Drag of Smoke and said, "The most important thing right now is to stabilize the Uchiha. Even if Danzo were here, all he could do is stabilize the Uchiha."
Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura fell silent. The Third Hokage was right.
Madara Uchiha was the Sword of Damocles hanging over their heads, liable to destroy Leaf Village at any moment.
Their top priority now was to focus all their energy on dealing with the coming conflict with Madara Uchiha.
As for the Uchiha problem, it was nowhere near important enough in front of Madara Uchiha.
Besides, the Third Hokage had transferred them to Mist Village partly to keep them away from the main battlefield and prevent them from colluding with Madara Uchiha.
And partly to leave this stage to Minato.
The Sannin were either dead or crippled. The answer was already obvious: whoever could render great merit in the coming battle against Madara Uchiha would be the next Hokage.
The Third Hokage believed Minato, who possessed the Flying Thunder God Technique, would be the protagonist of this war.
Fugaku Uchiha was still too green.
"Minato, come with me. I have something to tell you!"
"All right!"
Inside the Hokage Building.
The Third Hokage sat in his office chair, smoking. In a long, drawn-out tone, he said, "Minato, I want you to investigate Madara Uchiha. With your Flying Thunder God Technique, even Madara Uchiha won't be able to do anything to you."
"I still don't believe Madara Uchiha's goal is to rule the world over the Five Great Shinobi Nations.