Konoha had been far from peaceful lately.
Many ninja clans had their eyes on the Sarutobi Clan.
Every one of them was like a powder keg.
After all, every other clan's graves had been dug up, while the Sarutobi Clan's remained untouched.
The way everyone looked at the Sarutobi Clan had changed.
Although the Sarutobi Clan had many members, with all the ninja clans watching them—
Every Sarutobi Clan member had begun to tread carefully.
Amid this tense situation—
The Konoha High Council Meeting began.
Konoha's conference room.
This time, every elder who entered wore a grave expression.
Sarutobi Kō and Takashi Sarutobi of the Sarutobi Clan both looked deeply solemn.
This time, some ninja clans would surely make trouble for them.
Sarutobi Kō felt mostly helpless. He had originally just been a slacker.
Orochimaru had appointed him Advisor Elder precisely because he only wanted to coast through life.
But times had changed, and once he had taken on the position of Advisor Elder—
More and more Sarutobi Clan members had returned to the village, and the clan's strength had greatly increased.
He, too, had been continuously swept along by his clansmen.
Especially after Third Elder Takashi Sarutobi took control of the Police Force, the Sarutobi Clan had flourished like the midday sun.
Although the Sarutobi Clan's excessive number of ninja had taken away many missions, causing dissatisfaction among the other ninja clans, Fifth Hokage had suppressed those complaints.
But this incident was different. Every ninja clan's graves had been robbed.
Only Hiruzen Sarutobi's had not been touched.
Although there was no proof that the Sarutobi Clan had anything to do with the grave robbers—
This exception alone made every Konoha Ninja look at the Sarutobi Clan with barely contained anger.
Recently, the Sarutobi Clan had already clashed with other