For a moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly regretted agreeing to Danzo and the others' plan.
Not only had it failed to suppress the Uchiha, it had instead placed them on the execution block.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was being questioned, and the others naturally could not escape involvement either.
You were all Konoha's upper echelon—in plain terms, you were all in the same boat.
Sarutobi Hiruzen knew Uzumaki Naruto's identity, so surely you did too.
Yet you gave the hero's son such treatment. It was truly chilling.
"Actually, this isn't the Hokage's fault."
At that moment, Roy spoke up.
Upon hearing that, let alone everyone else, even Sarutobi Hiruzen himself wondered whether Roy had gotten his wires crossed.
Helping him explain himself at a time like this?
"First of all, Naruto's identity is far too special and cannot be revealed directly."
"Although the Fourth Hokage was powerful and left the shinobi of many villages with terrifying memories during the Third Shinobi World War,"
"he also made quite a few bitter enemies."
"Naruto is still young, and after the Fourth Hokage's sacrifice, no one was there to protect him."
"Concealing his identity is perfectly normal."
Roy laid it out clearly. No one could fail to understand such a flawless reason.
Hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded as well.
All of a sudden, he felt that perhaps having someone like Roy among the Uchiha could truly be of use to him.
At that time, not only would their overall combat strength increase, but his own position would become more secure as well.
What neither the First nor Second Hokage had managed to accomplish might perhaps be realized through him.
The key figure... Uchiha Roy!
Although the members of the other clans understood Roy's words, their faces remained filled with melancholy.
They even began to wonder whether