Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression darkened.
He forcibly suppressed the towering rage in his heart.
"Even if Danzo was at fault first!"
"You should have submitted the evidence to the village and left the judgment to me, to the Konoha High Command!"
"Instead of taking the law into your own hands and brutally killing an elder who had rendered outstanding service to the village!"
"Why did you kill him?!"
"Why?!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's final words were practically roared out.
Uchiha Yao smiled.
That smile was filled with undisguised mockery.
"A judgment?"
"Hokage-sama."
"Is your so-called judgment like what happened with your disciple Orochimaru? You clearly knew he was conducting inhumane human experiments, yet you let him go again and again, until he ultimately defected from the village?"
"You..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression instantly turned extremely ugly.
He had indeed deliberately let Orochimaru escape.
Uchiha Yao slowly walked over to Danzo's corpse.
He kicked the body over with one foot.
Danzo's right arm was exposed.
Gasp—
A wave of sharp inhalations rose from the surroundings.
The faces of those present showed incredulous horror, along with irrepressible disgust.
"Hokage-sama."
"You asked me why I killed him."
"Now, I'll answer you."
Uchiha Yao stretched out his foot and kicked that nauseating arm.
"Because he deserved to die."
"I don't need to explain these transplanted Sharingan, do I?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi opened his mouth, but not a single word came out.
He had no answer.
That arm was irrefutable evidence.
Uchiha Yao swept his gaze across the Konoha ninja present.
"Everyone."
"You all still remember Orochimaru, don't you?"
"I'll tell you a secret Hokage-sama has hidden for many years."
"Orochimaru's greatest collaborator back then."
"The mastermind who provided countless funds, locations, and experimental subjects for his experiments."
"Was Shimura Danzō."
Uchiha Yao's gaze slowly swept over the clan heads