In Konoha: Three Choices at the Start

A Konoha villager who had lost his mind grabbed someone and roared in fury.

The others snapped out of it and rushed at the people working in the market, attacking and cursing them. The quiet crowd erupted into chaos.

Nearby Ninja tried to stop them, but there were too many rioting villagers for them to handle.

The ugly side of human nature was on full display.

Liuyun left, taking half of Konoha's villagers and the members of Hiruzen Sarutobi's four clans with him.

Liuyun had not killed Hiruzen Sarutobi. For one thing, Hiruzen still had an important role to play, and killing him would drastically change the history of the Shinobi World.

For another, Liuyun wanted him alive—and suffering.

Sometimes death solved nothing. A fate worse than death was what mattered.

Farewell, Mieko! Uchiha Izumi!

That was Hiruzen Sarutobi's fate. His clan had died because of him, and half of Konoha's foolish villagers had died indirectly because of him too.

Of the four old friends from his generation, he alone remained.

And that was before the surviving villagers came looking to settle scores with him...

The thought of Hiruzen Sarutobi's future filled Liuyun with satisfaction.

Best of all, he had secretly killed that little brat Asuma Sarutobi.

That meant one less rival pestering Kurenai.

This trip had gone just as he had hoped.

Outside Konoha!

The Kage Level figures of the Four Nations watched everything happening inside Konoha with unease. They feared Uchiha Liuyun even more now.

"I'm afraid Uchiha Liuyun has destroyed Konoha this time!" Ōnoki's eyes flickered.

"More or less. Konoha has lost half its population. Even with its favorable geography, recovery will take ten or twenty years!" the Fourth Raikage said grimly.

"From now on, it's best not to cross Uchiha Liuyun if we can avoid