Hold a Meeting!

In the end, a suspect was only a suspect. Sunagakure had no evidence proving that the Third Kazekage had been assassinated by Konoha's Uchiha Hikaru. Even if they used that as an excuse to trouble Konoha and pin the blame on Hikaru, it would amount to nothing more than a war of words.

Without direct evidence, everything was meaningless.

"Sigh... You should leave first." Grandma Chiyo waved a hand, signaling Baki to go out and let her calm down. The longer this dragged on, the worse things became, yet Grandma Chiyo could not think of a better way to resolve the situation.

All she could do was secretly search the village for someone suitable to take over the Third Kazekage's position, stabilize the village as much as possible, and at the same time find someone to take the blame.

The Kazekage of a major village had simply vanished. If the people gathered and exerted pressure, none of Sunagakure's higher-ups would have an easy time of it. Not to mention that Sunagakure had a Daimyo who enjoyed mocking his own village.

The combined pressure of the two was no joke. Even if they selected a suitable candidate, they would not be able to immediately bring the village under control or stabilize it.

And Hikaru was one hundred percent the one who would take the fall. His strength was sufficient, and he had once beaten the Third Kazekage so badly that he had nearly died. If Hikaru did not take the blame, who would?

If Hikaru knew that Grandma Chiyo planned to make him take the fall, he would definitely curse her out in rage. That old hag is too much. This wasn't my doing, so why dump it on my head?

Hikaru had no ability to foresee the future, so naturally