Only Dan Katō

Konoha.

Before Hokage Rock.

A group of shinobi were carrying out demolition work atop Hokage Rock.

Destroying was naturally easier than building.

But the faces of the Third Hokage, along with those of the Second and Fourth Hokage on either side, could only be removed slowly.

Of course, deliberately having the construction crews work slowly served other purposes as well.

For example, this was Konoha's first time tearing down Hokage Rock, and the area below was packed three layers deep, inside and out.

Most of them were villagers, watching chunks of Hokage Rock being hammered down one by one.

Everyone was talking at once.

"I used to think Hiruzen Sarutobi was a good man. I never expected him to have done so many terrible things."

"Pah! If it weren't for those people, Konoha would have been so much stronger."

"Back then, the Fourth Hokage sacrificed himself to save the people of the village, yet Hiruzen Sarutobi turned around and swallowed up the Fourth Hokage's inheritance."

"Sigh, come to think of it, we didn't understand Jinchuriki back then either. Led around by the nose by Hiruzen Sarutobi's rumors, I refused to sell anything to Naruto Uzumaki."

"He must have only been four or five years old then. I really deserve to die."

"Enough. Hiruzen Sarutobi deliberately blocked the information. Luckily, all I did was stop my child from playing with him."

"I heard the Fourth Hokage's last words were for the Third Hokage to take good care of Naruto Uzumaki."

"..."

"After Naruto Uzumaki left the orphanage, no one cared for him. He went hungry one meal and ate his fill the next."

"He only had two sets of clothes in total."

"Then couldn't he just go to the Ninja Academy later?"

"What are you talking about? It was the children