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"Exactly! Which of those achievements wasn't part of his duty as Hokage? Otherwise, what right did he have to hold that position? But every crime he committed was another step up over the backs of the villagers!"
"We absolutely can't let the Third Hokage off lightly! And not just him-the Sarutobi Clan and Shimura Clan behind him can't get away with it either!"
"That's right! You have no idea how much better life has been without those Sarutobi and Shimura thugs throwing their weight around, making trouble, and extorting us."
"Huh? The Sarutobi and Shimura clans actually stooped that low?"
"With the Hokage and Danzo backing them, why wouldn't they act high and mighty? Eating and shopping on credit, then never paying-that was an everyday thing."
Up on the platform, Danzo and the Third Hokage had already been brought out under guard. Danzo was bound tightly to a pillar, all his power sealed away. He couldn't move a muscle.
Villagers crowded around them, their noisy voices filled with accusations and curses. Danzo gritted his teeth in hatred, staring darkly at the people before him.
If he hadn't been completely helpless, he would have killed every last one of them.
Since when had these commoners dared speak to him like that?
They all deserved to die.
The Third Hokage's expression grew increasingly stiff, his face etched with despair.
He had never imagined that, after barely ten days in confinement, the mood in Konoha would have changed completely. Whenever the villagers spoke of him or the Sarutobi Clan behind him, their voices were full of disgust and contempt.
And he could tell that most of what they said was true, not something Xunjing and the others had secretly orchestrated.
Only then did he realize how many vile things the Sarutobi and