Danzo could only shout:
"Hiashi, in the name of an elder, I order you to pull Fugaku away!"
"Shikaku Nara!"
"Maruboshi Kosuke!"
"Shibi Aburame!"
"Ah!!"
Like a man clutching at his last lifeline, he screamed madly.
No one paid him any attention.
The civilian jonin wore cold expressions, while some of the clan jonin even curled their lips into faint smiles.
Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura were blocked.
"You two, hurry and..."
Hiruzen looked toward his Anbu guards, but the moment he spoke, his voice abruptly died away.
To his astonishment, he found that his Anbu guards were avoiding his gaze.
In an instant.
It was as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over Hiruzen's head, chilling him to the bone.
Those Anbu guards had all been personally selected by him.
Even if he was no longer Hokage, they should still have been loyal to him personally, shouldn't they?
Avoiding his gaze now clearly meant they were not going to follow his orders.
A fear that the tide had turned completely suddenly rose in Hiruzen's heart.
He abruptly realized that the power in his hands had been completely dismantled in just a few exchanges—his exchanges with Junichi Uchiha!
Abandoned by the ninja clans...
Abandoned by the civilians...
Abandoned by the Anbu...
The only ones he could likely still command were the Sarutobi Clan and the three Ino-Shika-Cho clans.
Once he realized this.
Hiruzen felt an indescribable terror, cold sweat seeping down his back.
He had to take back his previous conclusion.
This Junichi Uchiha was not merely like his teacher Tobirama Senju. He was already every bit as terrifying as Tobirama Senju!
Where had he learned such methods and schemes?!
Waves crashed through Hiruzen's heart. Seeing that Danzo's bandages were about to be removed, he gritted his