They're Framing Me! This Master-and-Student Duo Is Ruthless!

"What happened?"

"What does the newspaper say?"

Those who hadn't managed to buy a copy looked over in confusion.

"Do you know Shimura Danzō?"

A villager who had read the paper called out to the people still in line.

"Shimura Danzō? Never heard of him."

"I know him. Isn't he one of our village's Hokage Advisors...?"

"Right! A lot of people seem to support him becoming Hokage this time. Not long ago, people were everywhere praising his achievements."

Answers came from all through the crowd.

Hearing that, the villager holding the paper spat hard on the ground.

"Pah!"

"The paper says it plain as day: Shimura Danzō was Hiruzen Sarutobi's teammate."

"He used his authority to persecute ninja from his own village. He secretly conducted Human Experiments and killed ninja who refused to obey his orders..."

As the villager read on, the faces of those in line shifted from curiosity and confusion to horror and anger!

"Damn it! He did all that? How could someone like him still be a Hokage Advisor?"

"Hmph! Isn't it obvious? Hiruzen Sarutobi must have had a hand in it. They were teammates."

"Damn it! So Orochimaru conducted Human Experiments on his orders?"

"He stole Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan and even transplanted Sharingan into his arm... He's a monster!"

"And a man like that wants to become Hokage? He doesn't deserve to live!"

"That's right! Arrest him and kill him. Let him keep Hiruzen Sarutobi company."

Naruto Uzumaki had written the article himself, and Fukuoka had polished it. It was powerfully persuasive.

In a Shinobi World without even nine years of compulsory education, an article like that was a bombshell.

In mere moments, Shimura Danzō became a man everyone wanted to hunt down.

Konoha.

Inside a gloomy cave.

Shimura Danzō stared in disbelief at the Root