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"Quiet! These villages are too weak. They only know how to flatter Konoha!"
"We'll soon reach the Land of Earth. The Land of Earth has always been on bad terms with Konoha. They'll definitely let us stay!"
"In the Land of Earth, we definitely won't live worse than we did in Konoha!"
"Because of Lord Hiruzen, those clansmen left in Konoha will definitely be targeted by the Uchiha Clan. They'll surely regret not leaving with us!"
Sarutobi Hayashi could sense their resentment and began trying to persuade them.
In truth, he had counseled them countless times over the past few days. If not for the few loyal jonin still following him, the group might have already fallen apart.
"What if they refuse to take us in?" The others glared angrily. After everything that had happened these past days, they no longer trusted Sarutobi Hayashi.
From the very beginning,
Sarutobi Hayashi and the others had incited them to leave Konoha. Later, when they no longer wanted to go, Konoha had directly abandoned and expelled them.
The hardships and wandering of this period had only proven that Sarutobi Hayashi's decision had been wrong.
"Impossible. The Land of Earth and the Land of Fire are enemies to begin with. Once we go there, we'll be a powerful fighting force. They have no reason not to accept us!" Sarutobi Hayashi said earnestly.
"Heh... no reason not to accept us? You said the same thing about those small countries we visited a few days ago." Someone retorted unhappily, "If the Land of Earth refuses us too, are we supposed to crawl miserably to the Land of Lightning?"
The Sarutobi Clan Members sneered, their tones full of distrust.
"If they don't want us either, then we'll build our own country... Our Sarutobi Clan Members aren't