Humans were creatures that submitted to [habit].
Long years in high positions and the intoxicating fragrance of power had made them accustomed to ordering others around.
They stood at the very top, unwilling even to lower their heads. They either craned their necks to peer at even higher positions or looked straight ahead. The [insects] below them didn't matter at all.
They were merely ants under their control, after all.
From the throne at the top of the pyramid of power, looking down, the Uchiha Clan didn't even occupy a single seat. To them, the Uchiha naturally counted as insects, too.
Even with Sarutobi Hiruzen, their [king], dead before their eyes, they still stepped forward.
They weren't the Hokage. The Uchiha had no reason to fight them to the death. That was how it was supposed to work, right?
Mitokado Homura was left speechless, but that didn't mean the other advisor would stay silent.
Utatane Koharu's face fell as she said in a low voice, "The Hokage knows most of the village's intelligence, including a great deal of top-secret information. That includes information about [her]. You don't want that information getting out, do you?"
Though she used [her] as a substitute, Uchiha Yuji knew exactly who she meant.
It was information known only to a few of the village's top officials.
The fact that Kushina was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
"That's fine."
"I'm sure Jonin Yamanaka Inoichi is already used to his work in the Interrogation Department. His lips are as tight as ever. If even top-secret information gets leaked, then I'd say the Yamanaka Clan is probably choosing to defect from Konoha."
At the word "defect," cold sweat broke out on Yamanaka Inoichi's forehead.
The usual way the ninja world dealt with traitors was to hunt them down.
"When that