Unlike Hiruzen Sarutobi, who still clung to luck and a sliver of hope, the other three clans faced utterly different circumstances and felt entirely differently.
The entire Shimura Clan had fallen apart mentally, left utterly numb.
They knew perfectly well that if they started pulling strings now, Naruto might still relent. Personal ties might still count for something.
But Sasuke Uchiha would never spare the Shimura Clan!
What Shimura Danzō had done to the Uchiha Clan had long since created a blood feud.
On the Sky Screen, Sasuke had even taken the list Naruto gave him and personally hunted down the Shimura Clan's last remaining members, one by one.
This was a fight to the death, with no room for pleas or reconciliation.
Compared with the utterly despairing Shimura Clan, the members of the Utatane Clan and Mitokado Clan were trembling with rage, filled with fury and resentment.
The two veteran advisors stared fixedly at the Sky Screen, practically bursting with anger.
Utatane Koharu's face was livid, her entire presence icy as she demanded through gritted teeth.
"What does Tsunade mean by this?!"
"Is she just abandoning our two clans?! This is outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!"
Beside her, Mitokado Homura looked helpless.
Naruto was the one who wanted to wipe out the clans. How was Tsunade, who pleaded for mercy, being outrageous?
Naruto was the outrageous one!
Still, he too felt wronged and furious, and could not help protesting bitterly.
"Why?!"
"From beginning to end, every scheme and decision back then was masterminded by Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō!"
"At most, we just passively agreed and sided with them as things unfolded. We were accomplices at worst!"
"Why does the Sarutobi Clan, the mastermind's clan, get to survive, while we accomplices have to face total extermination?! What kind of justice is