Though she was an old woman herself, Chiyo chuckled happily when she heard the news.
People always said women should not make things difficult for other women, but clashes between women were actually more intense than those between men.
"Y-yes... It seemed Utatane Koharu questioned Jingyi Hyuga and was attacked by him..."
This was utterly ridiculous. Were Konoha's higher-ups really having this much fun?
Over a single question, someone had directly attacked and beaten another high-ranking official into the hospital, where she would even need treatment for some time before being discharged.
The ridiculous part was that Konoha had no intention of suppressing the news.
Too many people had seen it; the news was difficult to contain.
Furthermore, Jingyi had no intention of suppressing it. Since he made no move to do so, the Third Hokage and Mitokado Homura felt Utatane Koharu needed to suffer a little, lest she cause trouble again in the future.
And so, the matter spread.
Everyone tacitly chose to ignore it, let alone waste effort suppressing the news.
Thus, word that Utatane Koharu had been beaten into the hospital spread throughout the village.
This news was absolutely explosive, even more attention-grabbing than Kushina's battle with the Big Fox.
Jinchūriki? Tailed Beasts? Those things were far too distant from ordinary villagers. Most of them did not even know what Jinchūriki or Tailed Beasts were.
But they understood very well what the village's higher-ups represented.
They were the village's important figures.
The kind who stood high above everyone else.
Yet one of those important figures, so lofty in their eyes, had been beaten by another important figure!
A single slap from far away had sent her flying dozens of meters. That was with buildings blocking the way—without them, who knew how far she would have flown?
Quite