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"Backlash?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen listened to Uchiha Itachi, sounding somewhat helpless before finally letting out a sigh. "For Konoha, it has to be done. The Uchiha Clan is evil—we must strike first!"
"As for backlash... as long as I wipe out the evil Uchiha Clan, there will be no backlash. Konoha can return to the right path as well!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen spoke with righteous indignation, not even looking at Uchiha Itachi's expression.
Uchiha Itachi sneered. "Sarutobi Hiruzen, haven't you realized it? You are the tumor poisoning Konoha now. The real tumor!"
In Uchiha Itachi's eyes, none of this would have happened if Sarutobi Hiruzen had behaved himself.
After that, he could have simply stepped down!
Sarutobi Hiruzen was already senile and utterly unfit to remain Hokage!
"Haha. I'm unfit to be Hokage?" Hearing Uchiha Itachi's words, Sarutobi Hiruzen could not help laughing. Then he looked at Uchiha Itachi with a hint of madness. "I have devoted myself to Konoha for decades. If I am not fit to be Hokage, then who is fit for the position?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen was clearly unconvinced. Naturally, he was unwilling to accept being told that he was unfit to be Konoha's Hokage.
In his view, without him governing Konoha, Konoha would have collapsed long ago. Without him sitting in the Hokage's seat, the Uchiha Clan would never have worked so hard for Konoha!
All of this was the credit of him, the Hokage!
"Sarutobi Hiruzen, you've become senile!" Uchiha Itachi shook his head helplessly. He knew that Sarutobi Hiruzen had gone mad.
Truly mad!
He was no longer fit to continue serving as Hokage.
"No, I'm not senile. On the contrary, I'm perfectly clear-headed!" Sarutobi Hiruzen spoke with great seriousness, yet his tone was exceptionally cold. "I am not wrong. Not wrong in the slightest!"