Uchiha Yin listened as the two of them laid out their conspiracy bit by bit.
He had to admit, those two scheming old foxes had planned everything meticulously. They had even worked out what to do in all sorts of situations.
They had even anticipated that he might resist and decided how they would respond.
They had placed Cursed Seals on themselves to resist Genjutsu. If Uchiha Yin tried to control them with Genjutsu, they would notice at once, then keep dragging his name through the mud.
What they had not expected was for Uchiha Yin to produce something as bizarre as the Truth-Telling Barbecue Bun, rendering every one of their plans useless.
Uchiha Yin also learned Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura's ultimate goal: to damage Tsunade's reputation so she could not become Hokage so soon.
Otherwise, their own power and standing would suffer.
With Danzo dead and Root gone, the Elder Council's armed strength had dwindled to almost nothing. That was why they had come up with this scheme.
Everyone listened in shock as Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura recounted it all, astonished by what they heard.
Who would have thought Konoha's elders would go to such lengths to undermine Tsunade's reputation for the sake of their own power?
It was just...
Even more astonishing was that Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura really were obeying Uchiha Yin, confessing their motives in full. It sent a chill down everyone's spine.
Who would willingly reveal something so damning about themselves?
More frightening still, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura clearly were not under Genjutsu. They had even said they had long since taken precautions against the Uchiha Clan's Genjutsu.
Yet here they were, acting as though they were under Genjutsu, laying out their entire plot.
At first, the assembled Ninja found it