Shimura Danzō's face filled with shock as he stared wide-eyed at Minato Namikaze before him in disbelief.
"Minato Namikaze! You actually dared to defy my orders! Have you stopped obeying the commands of me, the Hokage?!"
Shimura Danzō spoke sternly, immediately assuming an imposing posture as he tried to suppress Minato Namikaze with his identity as Hokage.
Yet in the face of Shimura Danzō's furious rebuke, Minato Namikaze merely curled his lips into a cold, disdainful smile.
"Hmph, I just won't listen. What are you going to do about it?"
Minato Namikaze responded without backing down, his gaze icy as he showed no concern whatsoever for Shimura Danzō's so-called authority.
At that moment, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, who had been standing to the side, were thoroughly enraged as well.
The two exchanged a glance, then began loudly berating Minato Namikaze together.
"You... you bastard! This is utterly outrageous! How could you treat the Hokage's orders like this?!"
"You, Minato Namikaze, have neither the Will of Fire nor any sense of responsibility toward Konoha's residents!"
Mitokado Homura's face flushed red with fury, veins bulging on his forehead as he pointed at Minato Namikaze's nose and roared.
"That's right! As a Jonin of Konoha, you bear the critically important and sacred duty to protect the village and resist the invasion of evil forces. Yet now, you dare to openly disobey orders. Is that not the height of irresponsibility?!"
Utatane Koharu was equally consumed by rage, her fury seemingly capable of burning everything to ashes.
With her hands on her hips and her eyes wide, her shrill, piercing voice cut through the air like a blade, stabbing into the eardrums of everyone present and echoing throughout the room.
Faced with Utatane Koharu's accusations, Minato Namikaze remained cold and composed, not the slightest