Konoha.
Hokage's Office.
The Third Hokage sat behind his desk, his face grim as he looked over the intelligence in his hands.
Seated nearby were Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Nara Luhe.
Smack... The Third Hokage tossed the black-market intelligence onto the desk.
"Take a look. Hidden Cloud is about to escort supplies across the border."
The other three merely gave it a token glance. They had already known before arriving at the office.
Now, the entire shinobi world was watching Konoha's response.
Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura remained silent. Though both had clans behind them and their own influence as elder advisors,
they had plenty of low-ranking shinobi and no shortage of elite jonin.
But that was an entirely different matter from the combat power of Uchiha wielding the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Whether it was Uchiha Shisui or Uchiha Itachi, Susanoo combined offense and defense, making ambushes nearly impossible.
Itachi's Amaterasu had killed more than a dozen ANBU in an instant.
Shisui's genjutsu had not taken lives, but everyone brought back had become an idiot.
The defection of those two alone had dealt Konoha an unprecedented blow during peacetime.
Now, they could not think of any way to keep the Uchiha in check.
Of the original Konoha F4, Danzo had already been crippled. Only the three of them remained, and they could no longer suppress the Uchiha.
The Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura were all disciples of the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama. For years, they had carried on Tobirama's vigilance and suppression of the Uchiha.
Senju Tobirama often said one thing:
"The evil Uchiha."
For a Hokage to speak such words, it was only natural that his disciples spared no effort in suppressing the Uchiha.
But Nara Luhe, seated on the other side, saw things differently from the