Obvious Targeting

Danzo ignored the questioning gazes and accusatory words from Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado.

His gaze sharpened like a knife as he stared at Fugaku Uchiha.

"The decision we reached previously was that your Uchiha Clan should publicly apologize to all the people of Konoha!"

"At the same time, we will compensate all villagers for their medical expenses, emotional distress, and lost wages!"

"But what are you proposing now?"

"Don't try to pull any tricks or use sophistry in front of us old folks, Fugaku Uchiha."

"You weren't even born when we were fighting the enemy on the battlefield."

Shimura Danzo bluntly exposed Fugaku Uchiha's ulterior motives.

The meaning of these words is quite clear: they are not only criticizing Fugaku Uchiha, but also rejecting the solution proposed by Fugaku Uchiha on behalf of Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado.

In other words, this is a direct way to put pressure on Fugaku Uchiha.

This forced him to reconsider his previous proposal.

In fact, even greater sacrifices than before are needed to successfully resolve this crisis facing the Uchiha Clan.

Upon hearing Danzo Shimura's words, both Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado's expressions darkened slightly.

They had originally intended to force Fugaku Uchiha to step down.

After all, they are not on Shimura Danzo's side yet.

The purpose of summoning Fugaku Uchiha today is not only to question him, but also to properly resolve this crisis.

But who would have thought that Danzo was so cunning and shrewd, rejecting Fugaku Uchiha's solution first.

So now, we'll have to renegotiate.

"Lord Danzo..."

Fugaku Uchiha was very unhappy after being directly confronted and berated.

He could tell that Danzo was deliberately trying to make things difficult for him.

They even deliberately wanted to oppose the Uchiha Clan.

But nowadays, when you're under someone's roof, you have no choice but to bow your head.

Fugaku Uchiha could only suppress his displeasure and explain, "Lord Danzo, you're exaggerating."

"I never intended to shirk the responsibilities that the Uchiha Clan should bear."

"However, as you all should be well aware, the predicament facing our Uchiha Clan is far more complex than simply a conflict with the villagers..."

"Shut up, Fugaku!"

"Aren't you just defending your Uchiha Clan right now?"

"I don't care what difficulties you have, wrong is wrong!"

"Think about it carefully yourself about how to handle this matter! In short, I'll pretend I didn't hear what you just said!"

"If you really want to solve the problem, you should at least show some real commitment! Trying to negotiate with the villagers in private is just deceiving yourself!"

Danzo Shimura then launched into another round of blunt criticism.

Fugaku Uchiha felt his face burning.

But he couldn't find the words to respond to Shimura Danzo.

Seeing that the atmosphere on the scene was suddenly becoming more and more tense, and considering that completely angering the Uchiha Clan and putting too much pressure on them might backfire.

At this moment, Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado finally spoke up again.

"Enough, Fugaku may not be in a position to defend the Uchiha Clan, you certainly don't have the right to point fingers and issue orders without authorization."

"Don't forget you're just a Hokage's assistant. With Sarutobi not around, you still need my and Homura's approval to make any decisions!"

"I only have two suggestions!"

"Either we follow the conditions Sarutobi set out to, and have the Uchiha Clan publicly apologize to all the villagers in Konoha and compensate for the losses."

"That puts the matter behind us. We at the higher-ups will definitely step in on your behalf, properly appease the villagers, and help you resolve your troubles."

"As for the second point, we'll discuss it in more detail after Sarutobi returns from the Land of Fire Daimyo's Capital!"

Koharu, who turns the bed, is no ordinary person either.

Both she and Mitokado Homura knew why Danzo did this.

At that moment, she directly offered her solution.

Mitokado Yan didn't say anything, but his face was serious.

Danzo Shimura, however, couldn't help but snort coldly after hearing Koharu Utatane's words.

"Sarutobi?"

Whether he can come back is still unknown!

Shimura Danzo thought to himself silently, a cold smile playing on his lips.

The Root Organization members, whom I personally trained, are no pushovers.

Each one of them is an elite.

In the event of a sudden attack, even Hiruzen Sarutobi would be severely injured if he didn't die.

At that time, the entire Konoha will surely fall into my hands.

Given the current situation in Konoha Village, there is a shortage of young talent.

While many of the new generation of ninjas are exceptionally talented and skilled, none of them are capable of shouldering the heavy responsibility of becoming Hokage.

As for the two people in front of me, they are only able to sit in this position and boss me around because they have a good relationship with Hiruzen Sarutobi.

If Hiruzen Sarutobi dies or loses his ability to govern, what other options do they have besides supporting themselves to succeed him as Hiruzen Sarutobi?

Danzo Shimura was lost in his fantasies, feeling smug and self-satisfied.

He wouldn't even deign to argue with Koharu Utatane.

Seeing that he only sneered and remained silent, Mitokado Homura finally spoke up, looking at Fugaku Uchiha and asking, "What are your thoughts?"

"It's up to you to choose which solution to pursue."

After a brief moment of thought, Fugaku Uchiha decided that the first method would be more appropriate.

He looked at Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado and replied, "In that case, maintaining the solution established by the Third Hokage is something we can discuss..."

If we don't follow this method, because today the Konoha Police Force injured people again and arrested more than a hundred villagers.

At that time, the compensation plan will probably be completely different.

The number of villagers who were harmed was greater than before, which meant the Uchiha Clan had to spend more money.

It can only be said that, although this result is also not entirely satisfactory.

But it's still much better than other solutions to the problem.

"Alright, now that you've made your promise, Fugaku, we expect you to strictly keep it."

"At the same time, I hope you can truly and diligently manage your own people."

"We must never allow any more members of the Uchiha Clan to cause trouble in the village."

"Otherwise, even for us, it would be difficult!"

Koharu, seeing that Fugaku Uchiha had been guided back to the right track, felt a sense of relief.

At least the head of the Uchiha Clan isn't completely unreasonable.

He was also willing to obey the orders of these high-ranking officials.

This is a good thing.

Otherwise, things will really get complicated.