"Has the Hokage finally realized that he's incapable and wants to step down?"
When those words exploded through the crowd like a thunderclap from a clear sky, everyone instinctively turned toward the source of the voice.
It was a tall, handsome man with a faint smile at the corner of his lips, as though he did not care in the slightest about what he had just said.
Upon hearing that voice, Fugaku Uchiha could not help but feel a complicated surge of emotions.
He was far too familiar with its owner—so familiar that he was almost embarrassed to turn around and look at him.
However, the reactions of those around him made Fugaku Uchiha realize that he could no longer continue ignoring the man named Uchiha Yato.
Uchiha Yato's first appearance undoubtedly gave everyone present quite a shock.
They had not even seen Uchiha Yato's true strength. His extraordinarily thick skin and those startling words alone had already left everyone dumbfounded.
The instant Hiruzen Sarutobi heard that voice, he had already guessed the speaker's identity.
The smile on his lips remained appropriately composed, but perhaps only he himself knew what lay behind it.
"So it's Yato. It is only with rising juniors like you that Konoha can become better."
"We really are getting old, and I truly have had such thoughts."
There was a world of difference between Uchiha Yato saying it and Hiruzen Sarutobi saying it himself.
Still, Hiruzen Sarutobi's genuine intention to step down and yield his position had indeed won the favor of many shinobi and a small number of clan heads.
Standing in the back, Uchiha Yato could not help nodding.
"Indeed. Since you're getting older, it's perfectly normal for your judgment to slip."
"Rest assured and go in peace, old man. We young people will