"Shouldn't you all know what we're doing today?"
"That's right. We're leaving Konoha!"
"Uchiha Xuan Yu drove out our Clan Head. There's no place for the Sarutobi Clan here anymore!"
"If we stay, the Uchiha Clan will target us!"
"So we're leaving this place, leaving Konoha!"
Sarutobi Hayashi looked at the people gathered from the clan. There were over a thousand of them, all Sarutobi Clan members. He thought that if he took them with him, even Uchiha Xuan Yu would not dare stop him.
These people
were their guarantee for leaving Konoha.
"There's no longer room for us in Konoha. We must leave. Once we leave Konoha, the Sarutobi Clan can establish a village of our own!"
"Leave Konoha together. Don't let the Uchiha Clan target us!"
"Leave Konoha!"
"The world outside is vast. We don't have to remain confined to Konoha!"
After Sarutobi Hayashi finished speaking, the people beside him echoed his words. They also incited their own clansmen, urging them to leave with them.
As these people stirred up the crowd, the eyes of those below changed from initial confusion to fervor. Their blood began to boil. Leave—yes, they had to leave Konoha and establish their own village.
Under the instigation of Sarutobi Hayashi and the leaders of his branch, they truly believed them. They believed that if they remained in Konoha, Uchiha Xuan Yu would target them. Rather than that, they might as well follow their leaders out. At least then, they would not be targeted.
"We're willing to leave with you!"
"I'm leaving too!"
"Let's leave now. I've long since stopped wanting to stay in Konoha!"
"That's right, let's leave together!"
"Leave together!"
"We don't want to stay in Konoha. Without our support, Konoha will weaken too!"
"Do they really think that just because they