"No! Teacher! You've truly misunderstood! We absolutely did not collude with the Uchiha!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked up in terror, his aged face drenched in cold sweat and despair. He desperately waved his hands, trying to explain the absurd situation before them to his former teacher.
However, in this hellish scene, his explanation seemed utterly pale and powerless.
The "Will of Fire" that had once supported him in maintaining Konoha's balance, the lofty ideal he had prided himself on, now seemed like a stinking rag beneath his teacher's icy gaze.
His disciple Orochimaru had been conducting human experiments. That was a fact.
Danzo had just openly admitted to driving Hizashi to his death and spreading rumors about Naruto. That was also a fact.
The Uchiha Clan had come to rescue them. That scene unfolding before their eyes was likewise a fact.
"Monkey, even now, you still want to hide the truth from me?"
Tobirama Senju sneered, deep disappointment and contempt gleaming in his azure eyes.
Danzo, lying in a pool of blood and clutching his severed arm, finally came to his senses as well.
He stared fixedly at Fugaku, then looked toward Orochimaru, his mind racing wildly as he tried to find a reasonable explanation.
He would never accept that the "darkness of Konoha" he had borne his entire life could be denied so completely. He desperately wanted to prove that he was still
the most qualified disciple.
"Teacher! This is a conspiracy! The Uchiha Clan is trying to seize power amid the chaos!" Danzo roared through gritted teeth, enduring the agonizing pain. "They didn't come to protect anyone! They came to—"
"Enough! Danzo!"
Tobirama abruptly turned his head. The killing intent radiating from him was like tangible frost, instantly freezing the air throughout the underground laboratory.
"Seize power? With this