At this moment, Uchiha Lian stood before everyone, holding the ballots.
For some reason, the atmosphere felt incredibly tense.
The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, paused his pipe. Uchiha Kei kept his Sharingan open, quietly watching the ballots.
As for the man at the center of it all, Uchiha Yato leisurely had Tom brew him a cup of tea and bring over some snacks.
If everyone had not known that these ballots concerned him, they would have thought he was merely here to enjoy the show.
After the count was complete, Uchiha Lian unfolded the blackboard before everyone.
When the blackboard was fully displayed, quite a few people were stunned.
Uchiha Kei burst into loud laughter.
"What a bunch of heartless bastards. Someone actually voted in favor!"
At that moment, Uchiha Lian's voice reached everyone's ears, informing those who had still been confused of the final voting result.
"The results of the vote to remove Uchiha Yato from the position of Fourth Hokage have been announced."
"Four votes in favor, sixty-three votes against."
"Based on the collective wishes of everyone, the previous condemnation of Uchiha Yato's responsibilities as the Fourth Hokage has been revoked."
Seeing those numbers, most of the ninja breathed a sigh of relief.
Judging from the current state of the war, it was unwise to replace a commander before the fighting, and Uchiha Yato had been doing a fine job.
At the same time, the more perceptive ninja understood something when they saw those numbers.
When Mitokado Homura cast his vote at the very beginning, it meant he was one of them.
Even after counting Hiruzen Sarutobi and Utatane Koharu, there was still one more vote. Who had cast it?
Either someone disliked Uchiha Yato and deliberately wanted to disgust him.
Or there was a spy among them!