"You were behind everything that happened to Shimura Danzō and Sarutobi Hiruzen, weren't you?"
Although Tobirama had no desire to mention those two disgraceful students, anger had clouded his judgment, and the words slipped out before he could stop himself.
Even with Orochimaru and Kakashi right there, Xuanye nodded without the slightest hesitation. "Of course. Those two old bastards never did a single decent thing, but yes, I was the one who drove one to his death and the other to defect."
Actually, after reading through all the rotten things Danzo and Sarutobi Hiruzen had done, Tobirama saw nothing wrong with Xuanye getting rid of them.
They had become cancers within Konoha, clinging to that great tree and sucking up its nutrients without contributing anything. Removing them had only benefited Konoha.
"Does anyone else in Konoha know about this besides me?"
Xuanye nodded and answered without any attempt to conceal it. "Everyone who needs to know knows."
There was no evidence, but those shrewd old foxes had surely already guessed the truth.
In Danzo's case, Xuanye had merely given events a nudge. His death had been thoroughly deserved.
But many of Konoha's older veterans actually did not believe that Sarutobi Hiruzen had murdered the Daimyo.
After all, Sarutobi Hiruzen was such a coward that he paid reparations even after winning wars against foreign enemies. How could he possibly have had the nerve to murder the Daimyo?
Still, there were benefits to following Uchiha Genya, far more than there had been under Sarutobi Hiruzen, at least. What they received was cold, hard cash.
So they often simply overlooked some of Uchiha Genya's more outrageous maneuvers.
It was not as though he was trying to kill them. Why should they get so worked up?
Tobirama took a deep breath. Uchiha Genya had