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"Heh... I came here, and as the captain of the Sarutobi Police Force, you didn't know?"

Uchiha Xia looked at the people who had already gathered, his gaze turning serious. "Sarutobi Konohamaru controlled Hatake Sakumo, who had been brought back through Impure World Reincarnation, and committed violence in Uchiha territory? He injured several civilians and Uchiha clansmen. I came here to take him back for trial!"

As he spoke, Uchiha Xia deliberately raised his voice so everyone nearby could hear him.

Whoosh...

Sure enough, the moment those words came out, the crowd began whispering among themselves.

"Hatake Sakumo? Is that the Hatake Sakumo I'm thinking of?"

"Wasn't he already dead?"

"Wait. Impure World Reincarnation? I think I've heard of that ninjutsu. Isn't it a technique that can bring the dead back to life?"

"What? There's a technique like that? How is that possible? Does that mean I can bring my dad back too?"

"Hmph, if it were me, I'd revive the ancestors of our Akimichi Clan. Then our Akimichi Clan would become incredibly powerful!"

"Impure World Reincarnation?"

"Don't tell me you think Impure World Reincarnation is a good technique? I heard that every person revived requires the sacrifice of a living person's soul. It was listed as a Forbidden Technique by the First Hokage long ago. I never expected the Sarutobi Clan to dare use Impure World Reincarnation again!"

"Since someone has already been revived, that means civilians have already been sacrificed!"

"I was wondering why so many people had gone missing in Konoha lately. So Sarutobi Hiruzen had been taking them away as sacrifices!"

"Could someone be framing the Hokage?"

"Framing him, my ass. Sarutobi Hiruzen isn't the Sarutobi Hiruzen he used to be. Besides, the First Hokage wrote the Impure World Reincarnation technique into the Sealing Scroll. Only