The timing was perfect. The Akatsuki Organization had broken through the Allied Shinobi Forces head-on, and even Mifune, the Land of Iron's general, had been captured, his fate unknown.
Given how insane the Akatsuki Organization was, sending reanimated powerhouses out to pillage and slaughter was perfectly reasonable and logical!
Everyone present was stunned after hearing Xuanye's explanation.
Sarutobi Hiruzen must have had eight lifetimes of rotten luck to end up opposing you.
He defected from Konoha years ago. How could you still drag him out to take the blame?
Were you really not going to let him off at all?
Even Orochimaru felt a little sorry for the old man.
Kabuto was a talent, too. Through all those twists and turns, he had actually managed to pin the blame on Sarutobi Hiruzen again.
"So you don't need to worry about Konoha's reputation. Once you've done all this, Konoha will immediately condemn the Akatsuki Organization and Sarutobi Hiruzen, then send shinobi troops and the necessary government officials to temporarily take over those small nations ravaged by the Akatsuki Organization!"
"After all, they've suffered so much. When they see Konoha's heavenly army arrive, who wouldn't jump for joy and weep tears of gratitude?"
Xuanye spoke with righteous conviction. Yet, setting aside his final joke, everyone thought it over carefully and found there really wasn't a single flaw in his logic.
All of this had been done by reanimated shinobi controlled by Sarutobi Hiruzen. It was a plot by those terrorists in the Akatsuki Organization!
Arrest Liang Fei... no, arrest Sarutobi Hiruzen!
As for Konoha sending specialized personnel afterward to protect their lives and property, that was internationalist aid!
It was one thing not to be grateful, but they actually dared to bark madly and resist Konoha's heavenly army?
How dare they!
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