"Boom!!!"
Terrifying chakra surged from Gengetsu, spreading outward like a shock wave.
The Sarutobi Clan, Utatane Clan, and Mito Clan ninja who had just approached Gengetsu had no chance to react before the terrifying pressure of his chakra blasted them away.
"What... what kind of monstrous chakra is this?!"
"My body... I can't move!!"
"This is terrifying! Are we really going to attack him!?"
The ninja who had been driven back stared at Gengetsu in terror.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, standing at the very front, bore the brunt of that pressure.
Feeling Gengetsu's terrifying chakra, the righteous expression on Hiruzen Sarutobi's face instantly crumbled, replaced by shock.
He had never expected that, faced with the entire village's doubts and the accusation of "stealing the First's Wood Release," Gengetsu would offer not a single word in his defense and instead move straight to violence!
According to Hiruzen Sarutobi's decades of experience in political struggles, even a Hokage facing such accusations had to bow to public opinion, explain himself, and prove his innocence.
As long as Gengetsu began defending himself, he would fall into the verbal trap they had prepared.
But Gengetsu?
He refused to play by their rules!
Instead of explaining, he overturned the whole game and prepared to attack.
That instantly left Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others at a loss.
"Gengetsu! What are you doing!"
"Y-you wouldn't actually dare kill us, would you!?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi shouted.
Behind him, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura also forced down their fear and glared at Gengetsu.
In their original plan, all they had to do was accuse Gengetsu of stealing a kekkei genkai and stir up the civilians and ninja.
Under the tremendous pressure of public opinion, Gengetsu should have obediently surrendered, accepted their judgment, and handed over the Hokage's authority.
How could Gengetsu resist? How