The Injured Otsutsuki

Konoha.

Orochimaru returned just as public opinion was at its peak.

Orochimaru immediately announced that the Sarutobi Clan had betrayed the village. Everyone who had left the village was to be classified as Konoha Rogue Ninjas.

Any Konoha Ninja who encountered Sarutobi Clan Members could abandon their current mission and prioritize hunting them down.

The few Sarutobi Clan Members who remained in the village, as well as Asuma and the others who had gone to the Daimyo's Mansion, had to abandon the surname "Sarutobi," or they would be treated as accomplices.

In other words, as long as your surname was Sarutobi, you were a Konoha rogue ninja.

The Sarutobi Clan Members who remained in the village were angry, distressed, and heartbroken.

However, after Orochimaru issued his next order, many chose to change their surnames.

Orochimaru's order was that all previous loans had to be repaid by the individuals who owed them.

However, half of the Sarutobi Clan's remaining properties would be given to those who changed their names and surnames.

On one side were rogue ninjas being hunted down. On the other was changing one's name in exchange for numerous properties.

These Sarutobi Clan Members quickly compromised. After all, those who could remain had basically never taken loans from Orochimaru.

Or they were Sarutobi Clan Members who had lived in Konoha for a long time.

They all shared one trait: they belonged to the Dove Faction. Though giving up their surname was difficult for them,

compared to losing their lives, they sensibly chose to follow their hearts.

The name "Sarutobi" had already become infamous before this. No one was willing to team up with them to do missions.

When they went out to buy things, if people recognized them, they would very likely refuse to sell to them.

Now they