Come to think of it, the place where things had gone wrong last night was closest to the Hayate Clan's turf.
Of course, a bottom-tier clan like theirs was hardly any different from ordinary civilians. They did not really have a clan compound; they simply lived clustered together in that area.
Tsunade's heart sank. Had it already started?
"From yesterday evening until the whole Nine-Tails incident was over, Crow was with me the entire time."
Hatake Sakumo folded his arms across his chest and gave him a sidelong look. "Hayate Clan Leader, are you questioning my judgment?"
"Well..."
The Hayate Clan Leader was at a loss for words.
The man before him was probably second only to Hatake Xuanzhe in strength throughout the village. How could an ordinary Jonin like him dare stand up to him?
But nearly a third of the dead belonged to his clan. He could not swallow his resentment without demanding an explanation.
"If there's no evidence, stop bringing it up!"
Tsunade made the final call, cutting short the endless argument.
Her words were also a hint to the senior officials present: without evidence, they should stop fixating on the Uchiha.
Still, what they kept to themselves and what they thought in private were two different things.
Besides, everyone in the village had clearly seen the Sharingan in the Nine-Tails' eyes last night.
The Nine-Tails had demolished part of the village, but the damage was not severe enough to require relocation as it had in the original story.
Shisui's Wood Release would be enough to rebuild it.
Nor would Tsunade deliberately make trouble for the Uchiha the way Danzo had.
The meeting soon adjourned.
But as the clan leaders and several civilian-born decision-makers left the Administration Building, they all put some distance between themselves and Uchiha