Is the Uchiha Clan Trying to Betray the Village?

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look, and indeed, the speaker was a Konoha Ninja.

"Spare his life?"

Uchiha Makoto muttered those words, Susanoo stopped raising its sword.

Before the Sand Ninja could even breathe a sigh of relief, Uchiha Makoto asked another question.

"None of us Uchiha have received orders from the Lord Hokage, so how do you claim to have Lord Hokage orders?"

In an instant, the Sand Ninja, whose lives depended on one man, were on tenterhooks, especially Chiyo, whose eyes were fixed on the Root member.

"Our Anbu is a unit directly under the Hokage, so of course we have the Lord Hokage's orders!"

The Root's eyes shone brightly, showing no sign of stage fright, and his answer was firm and powerful. If Uchiha Makoto hadn't been certain that he was Root, he might have been deceived by his appearance.

"Ridiculous! The Lord Hokage truly cares for our Uchiha Clan, and in this campaign to punish the Land of Wind, he has given us full leadership!"

"In a situation like this, you dare to come out and confuse the public!"

Uchiha Makoto spoke, the still Susanoo began to move again, as if it were about to slash down at any moment!

Seeing that the situation was dire, the root Root took a step forward and roared:

"Does the Uchiha intend to betray the village?"

For a moment, the entire arena fell silent, and Uchiha Makoto stopped what he had been doing.

However,

Uchiha Makoto looked down at him, his anger turning into a cruel laugh, "Traitor to the village? How dare you, so weak, say such things to me?"

His words were calm, yet tinged with a strange smile.

Like a dull, monotonous life suddenly interrupted by a mischievous yet irritating joke, there's a hidden sense of pleasure and dissatisfaction.

Before the Root members could explain, Uchiha Makoto looked at Jiraiya, Jiraiya was still exchanging glances with the people around him.

"Lord Jiraiya, as the Lord Hokage's disciple, are you aware of the orders given by this Anbu member?"

Uchiha Makoto's calm words concealed a great deal of anger, which gave Jiraiya a real headache.

"This..."

Jiraiya opened his mouth. After talking with the Anbu members around him, he knew perfectly well that it wasn't Anbu but Root.

However, he also knew very well that Root itself was there to deal with the dark problems that Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't handle as Hokage!

He had also witnessed Hiruzen Sarutobi commanding Root members before Shimura Danzō, and in his memory, Shimura Danzō didn't seem to have the guts to do such a thing...

He wasn't sure if this situation was actually Hiruzen Sarutobi's order!

"It seems there really was no order from the Lord Hokage!"

Seeing Jiraiya's stammering manner, Uchiha Makoto made a definitive judgment on him.

"Then, may all the enemies present vanish!"

To everyone's ears, Uchiha Makoto's words were filled with anger, and his Chakra made it hard for them to breathe.

Now that the general framework of the plan has been completed, Uchiha Makoto has no intention of hiding his strength.

From that moment on, the almost skyrocketing Chakra was released without any concealment.

With such immense Chakra, even the void in everyone's vision was distorted!

The chill of death seemed to rise straight to the top of one's head.

"That order is given!"

The katana, which was slashing down, suddenly turned in mid-air and looked towards the distant mountains.

The explosion, powered by a force capable of destroying everything, caused everyone to experience a brief period of deafness.

The billowing dust and swirls covered a large portion of the Land of Rivers.

The power was like a nuclear explosion; even on the border of the Land of Fire, people felt the earth tremble beneath their feet!

Just now, at that critical moment, Jiraiya practically roared it out.

Once everything had calmed down, Uchiha Makoto, expressionless, coldly looked at Jiraiya.

"Is that so, Lord Jiraiya?"

"Did the Lord Hokage really give the order to stop?"

Faced with Uchiha Makoto's questioning, Jiraiya could only nod awkwardly. Just now, when Uchiha Makoto slashed down, for some reason, he shouted it out as if possessed.

It's too late to back out now.

For a moment, Jiraiya's gaze towards Uchiha Makoto was filled with a hint of shame.

With him saying that, the Uchiha's future is going to be tough!

However, he didn't regret it! For the sake of peace, he couldn't just watch Uchiha Makoto slaughter the Sand Village!

Under the watchful eyes of everyone present, Uchiha Makoto remained silent for a moment, then expressionlessly dispelled his Susanoo and landed on the ground.

At that moment, his heart was filled with joy!

Very good!

With Jiraiya's admission, the blame was effectively pinned on Hiruzen Sarutobi!

If Uchiha Makoto's various plans and rhetoric were digging a pit for Hiruzen Sarutobi, then Jiraiya is now Hiruzen Sarutobi alive!

Even if Hiruzen Sarutobi had a lot of evidence afterward, he couldn't clear his name!

All that's needed now is to fit Nagato Uzumaki into the plan, and then the plan will be perfectly executed!

The intrigue and scheming are about to end, and the rightful Hokage Position is about to be awarded!

However, it's time to wrap things up.

Standing atop the only remaining hill on the battlefield, Uchiha Makoto looked around, his expression one of utter disappointment and dejection.

"I never imagined that after all the sacrifices our Uchiha Clan made for the peace of Konoha, we would ultimately become nothing more than political pawns once again?"

On the devastated battlefield, under the gaze of the two sides' ninjas who had suffered heavy casualties, Uchiha Makoto slowly closed his eyes, trying to tilt his head back at a 45-degree angle, but large, scalding tears still flowed down like a broken string.

Jiraiya opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Could it be that he didn't actually know whether Hiruzen Sarutobi had given an order to stop the war?

Or perhaps we could compromise and just kill half of the Sand Ninja?

Finally, feeling that the atmosphere had been set right, Uchiha Makoto gently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and turned to look at the Hokage's direct subordinates, led by Jiraiya.

"Let our Uchiha's battle in this Shinobi World War end here!"

Having said that, he turned and walked towards the Land of Fire without looking back.

All the surviving ninjas silently watched him depart until he disappeared into the horizon.

Ding-dong!

The kunai slipped Kunai the hands of a Sand Ninja, and he collapsed to the ground, utterly exhausted.

His actions were like flipping a switch; more and more Sand Ninja put down their weapons and sat on the ground, panting heavily.

"I... I survived!"

"Hahaha! I survived!"

"Praise be to the Hokage! Praise Lord Jiraiya!"

"..."

Faced with the exclamations and praises from the Sand Ninja, more and more Konoha Ninja turned their attention to Jiraiya.

Some were seriously injured, some were collecting the bodies of their comrades, but most were filled with hatred!

Was all that sacrifice they paid, even giving up their lives, just a political sacrifice?

"Minato, did I... do I do something wrong?"

Jiraiya found it hard to face these gazes and asked Minato Namikaze with bitterness.

When Minato Namikaze saw what the Konoha Ninja were doing, they all fell silent.