If this had happened before the war, Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju could have stepped in to say a few good words for the Third and settle the matter.
But this problem had erupted in the middle of a war, leaving Hashirama Senju no choice but to prioritize the bigger picture.
Besides, the Third had done nothing decent. Even if he wanted to help, there was nothing Hashirama could do.
Though he had not looked deeply into it, he could tell from the argument that the Third's generation had done far more than one or two stupid things.
Otherwise, they would not have pushed Yan into personally assassinating people from the village to divert their attention and buy himself and his clan a chance to catch their breath.
Hashirama Senju had never been good at using his brain. This was exactly the sort of thing he least wanted to get involved in.
See? Even Tobirama Senju had stopped talking.
"Asuma is innocent."
The Third's eyes reddened.
Yan sneered. "Cut the act. Because of your indulgence, Danzo killed countless innocent people. Your son is innocent, but everyone else wasn't? Don't tell me you didn't know what Danzo had done."
Now he wanted to say his son was innocent?
What had he been doing earlier?
"Don't use matters concerning the village's interests to slander me. Other than exposing Root's shameful dealings, I did not leak any other intelligence from the village, much less harm its interests. The people harming the village's interests are you."
"Sarutobi, Shimura, Utatane... every last one of you. Under the guise of nurturing civilian shinobi, how much of the village's blood have you sucked dry? You know that yourselves."
"For Tsunade's sake, I gave you plenty of face by not conducting a purge."
"Wait! What do you mean,