"Something like that actually happened?"
Minato Namikaze felt caught between laughter and tears after hearing about it from the various clan leaders.
Who on earth had been bored enough to spread rumors like these?
The most ridiculous part was that the villagers actually believed them.
That left him rather helpless.
"Lord Hokage, you must help us find the culprit!"
No one present was angrier than Hyuga Hiashi.
His daughter had only been born a short while ago, and now this had happened.
Although no one in his clan would believe he was having an affair with a widow, the spread of something like this would seriously affect the clan's reputation.
Especially when the target of the rumor was the Hyuga Clan Leader!
If they failed to find and severely punish the culprit promptly, wouldn't they be telling outsiders that the Hyuga were so incompetent they couldn't even find someone spreading rumors behind their backs?
They had to find the culprit as quickly as possible.
The other clan leaders felt the same way.
They were all prominent figures in the village.
None of them wanted things to escalate any further.
If they didn't find the culprit soon, who knew whether even more outrageous rumors would emerge?
They certainly didn't want rumors about an improper relationship with a three-hundred-jin widow spreading about them as they had about the Hyuga Clan Leader.
As Minato Namikaze watched the indignant clan leaders, the smile he maintained grew somewhat awkward.
He really did need to assign someone to handle this.
Otherwise, these clan leaders probably wouldn't let the matter rest.
"Lord Hokage, why not have Uchiha Jin find the culprit?"
When it came to who was best at catching culprits in the village, everyone would think of Uchiha Jin.
Although that fellow never bothered with evidence