Konohamaru Orders the Crippling of Civilians, Hatake Sakumo's Helplessness

"Shut up! Is the Hokage someone lowlifes like you can criticize?"

Konohamaru stepped into the crowd. Though still young, his face carried an air of authority and contempt—the expression of someone in a high position, something that could not be feigned.

Huh?

That kind of bearing... he clearly did not take the villagers seriously. That was why he wore such a disdainful expression.

Wait, as the Hokage's grandson, shouldn't he have compassion? How could he be like this? This was no longer merely the Konoha Higher-Ups' attitude toward civilians.

"Brat, don't interrupt while adults are discussing something. You don't understand any of this!"

One of them looked at Konohamaru and instinctively waved him away, telling him to leave. He was just a little kid, perhaps he had yet to experience Sarutobi Hiruzen's oppression and still worshipped the Hokage!

Once they went through what these people had endured, they would not say such things anymore. Heh. Which of the people present had not once highly approved of Sarutobi Hiruzen? But later? It had all become a joke.

The oppression they had suffered had come from Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Sarutobi Police Force. The Uchiha Police Force had given them shelter from the storm. Now, the Uchiha were their saviors. Otherwise, they probably would not have survived.

"Brat, hurry home. This isn't a place for you. Get back now!"

"You don't understand yet. You'll understand when you grow up."

"Heh... the current Hokage is no longer the Hokage he once was!"

"Go on, go!"

Sarutobi Konohamaru's words were practically ignored by these people. They even told him to leave and stop disturbing them.

These people—

They were merely civilians. How could they have ever met the young master of the Sarutobi Clan, who lived in luxury and never saw the hardships of