From the perspective of the warlord boss, the Third Hokage, all this public harassment was merely a minor nuisance to Konoha. Once Konoha made another official announcement, it could easily suppress those rumors. If everyone still refused to believe that Konoha hadn't done it, then fine—so what if we did? Come and bite me!
But when it came to Tahm himself, the feeling was extremely unpleasant.
The moment Tahm walked out of the Hokage's office, he immediately found himself under intense public scrutiny again.
Before, when Tahm hadn't known what was happening, he had only felt somewhat uncomfortable. Now that he knew all these passersby considered him a murderous maniac who slaughtered little girls, he was utterly devastated.
Unfortunately, with Tahm's build, no amount of lowering his head could hide his eye-catching physique. Wherever he went, he became the center of attention.
He had already experienced this feeling of fame once before, thanks to the Akatsuki, but now the Akatsuki had given him an entirely different experience: notoriety.
Although most Konoha shinobi would not be misled by such an article—and they had killed their fair share of minors—ordinary civilians still made up the vast majority of Konoha's population.
Thus, Tahm received the same treatment Zhang Liao had enjoyed in his previous life, the kind that could "silence children at night." The shopkeeper who usually sold him bread turned pale whenever he saw him, while parents taking their children out for a stroll would drag them around him.
Tahm could already imagine that when the next generation of Konoha children grew up, they would hear tales late at night about how "if you don't go to sleep, the toad monster will come and take you away."
Time always passed slowly when one was being watched. At last, under the enthusiastic escort