Mentality is one thing, action is another.
Especially now that the village is in turmoil, it is hard to imagine that Sarutobi Hiruzen would do something that would cause turmoil in the village again. Restraint is Sarutobi Hiruzen's greatest strength, and it is also where he most often makes mistakes. The conclusive evidence and the facts before his eyes make Sarutobi Hiruzen must deal with Orochimaru seriously. Listing it as S-Class Rogue Ninja is what it means. Danzo can only be forced to keep it in custody. What we need to care about now is where Orochimaru will go after rebelling against the village!
As a quasi-high-level executive in Konoha, Orochimaru knows many confidential matters in the village. Once he joins other ninja villages, it will be a devastating blow to Konoha. This is also why Why Sarutobi Hiruzen would order his direct subordinate Anbu to find out the biggest reason for Orochimaru's whereabouts as soon as possible, even if he has no way to deal with Orochimaru himself.
But as long as he waits for his other disciple - Jiraiya to return, he can completely entrust a matter to Jiraiya to handle. Before that, he must strictly control the impact of this situation, including The wanted order for S-Class Rogue Ninja is temporarily limited to Anbu. It is 100% impossible to hide it permanently, but Sarutobi Hiruzen can still easily do it by hiding it for a short period of time.
This is also the reason why Uchiha Clan needs to be dealt with. Therefore, Hiruzen Sarutobi also immediately summoned Mitokado Homura to explain these things in a concise and comprehensive manner, including the disgraceful role Danzo played in it, one by one.
It makes Mitokado Homura's expression very difficult to look at.
He really didn't expect that the people behind the worst disappearance case in the village were actually Orochimaru and Danzo!? Danzo even used this to slander Uchiha, forcing the village and Uchiha Clan to completely break up.
This is not to say that Uchiha Clan does not need to be processed.
Mitokado Homura is also very afraid of and disgusted with the Uchiha Clan, but we must pay attention to the method and method. The most important thing is the occasion and timing. When the village has no preparations, directly stimulate Uchiha Clan. Isn't this making trouble!?
However, what Hiruzen Sarutobi can think of, Mitokado Homura can also consider. Now, even if he is angry in his heart and dissatisfied with Danzo's behavior, he can only acquiesce. This is already a fait accompli. Blaming and pursuing blame cannot solve the problem.
Moreover, Danzo is still their companion who has fought side by side for more than thirty or forty years. Even for the sake of this, they can only suppress the resentment in their hearts.
"I understand what you mean, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, please leave it to me. I won't let him mess around anymore. With other Ninja Clan, Koharu communicates relatively smoothly, and Torifu is also here, and can help us in many places. We Let's concentrate our efforts first and deal with the Uchiha Clan first. I also think it's time to adopt the strategy of Teacher Tobirama. Overall suppression is not realistic. It should be no problem to deal with Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Shōji and others, unless they dare to directly start a rebellion, but that has its pros and cons!"
"By the way! Shisui, is there still no movement?"
Mitokado Homura After pondering for a while, he raised his eyes again and said.
"Still not!"
"Then I suggest you put it directly on the blacklist that must be dealt with. Now is not the time to be merciful, Hiruzen Sarutobi!"
Mitokado Homura stared at Third in front of him and spoke in a low voice.
"Well, I understand what you mean, Yan. After the communication between Koharu and Torifu is completed, and Jiraiya returns, we will immediately take action against the Uchiha Clan. Even if it takes a period of labor pain, there is nothing we can do!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded heavily and said in response.
And when he saw that his old friend had finally made up his mind, Mitokado Homura also showed a look of joy on his face.
What I'm afraid of now is that hesitation will give Uchiha Clan a chance. Even though Uchiha Clan was completely wronged in this matter, Uchiha Shōji's performance has already proved the problem! They don't care about the antecedents. The most important thing is to look at the consequences. Besides, they still have the whole story about Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's Attack a year ago!
No matter how you look at it, liquidating Uchiha Clan is not an exaggeration.
This is Mitokado Homura's opinion!
The matter of Orochimaru is being investigated secretly, and the matter of Danzo is being left aside for the time being. The first one to be dealt with is Uchiha Clan!
This is the consensus of Hiruzen Sarutobi, Yan and other Konoha High Commands. Uchiha Clan is already very dangerous, and now with the addition of a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan, they must do their best to clean it up. Of course It is also because of this that Third needs to unite more forces to suppress Uchiha Clan. How terrifying Mangekyō Sharingan is, this direct disciple of Second Hokage knows this better than anyone else.
And this happens to be one of the intentions of Shōji.
It is necessary to make Sarutobi Hiruzen and others more fearful of the Uchiha Clan, so that they will not take action easily, and can give them Uchiha Clan more preparation time. In the shortest possible time, the prospect of directly evacuating Konoha is not a good one, and it is unlikely to be a smooth road, but this is undoubtedly the best choice for the Uchiha Clan.
Konoha Year 49 On December 30, on the third night after the conflict broke out.
Uchiha Clan Station, at the westernmost edge.
As the night fell, there were already thousands of shadowy figures, relying on the cover of the night, quietly leaving the clan station and arriving at a certain point under the giant city wall on the westernmost side of the village.
These people are the first group of tribesmen in the Uchiha Clan to evacuate Konoha.
Most of them are old, young, women, and children from the same clan, including Shōji's grandmother, younger brother, and younger sister, as well as Mikoto, Itachi, Sasuke, and others are all in this group.
The leaders are Uchiha Genran and Uchiha Chie in Eight Great Elders. Although in the previous meeting, Eight Great Elders stated that he must stay as a successor, but in fact it is impossible for all the senior leaders of the clan to stay as a successor, but no one in Eight Great Elders Unwilling to leave early, they drew lots. Two elders, Chie and Genran, were the first batch of evacuees to lead the young, old, women and children to leave early. Shisui was the escort, leading more than two hundred adult tribesmen, most of whom were open-minded, to escort the first batch of people to leave.
Originally Shisui also wanted to stay.
I was just persuaded by Shōji's words.
"Shisui, although the clan and the village are at odds, there is still some room for maneuver that does not count. The premise of this room is that the village does not suffer greater losses, and most of our clansmen can evacuate safely."
"This is a realistic requirement, and it is also the bottom line. I know what you are worried about, but I promise you that I will try to avoid the most intense conflicts. Once the evacuation process of the second batch of people is almost completed, I will immediately return to the village to cover the retreat of the clan leader and others and ensure that the conflict is restrained to a certain extent!"