"Shocking news! Third Hokage resigns to take responsibility! Election for the Fourth Hokage about to begin!"
A bombshell swept through Konoha with the night. The darkness stirred the lights of Konoha, and the news stirred everyone's hearts.
"Whoo~!"
"Great! Great! Absolutely fantastic!"
"Well done, Jonin brothers! Did you hold a blade to old Sarutobi's neck in the Hokage Building and force him to step down? Otherwise, I'm not all that impressed!"
"Congratulations, everyone! We unilaterally recognize you as still belonging to the Eastern Front!"
A crowd of Eastern Front ninja gathered below the Hokage Building, surrounding the Eastern Front Jonin as they emerged and clamoring for details of the meeting, eager to hear about Lord Danzo's gallant bearing and that brat Sarutobi's disgrace.
That would give them something to brag about at the taverns. They showed none of the awkward restraint ordinary ninja felt around Jonin.
"Let me tell you..."
One Eastern Front Jonin with a large dog was about to brag up a storm to his companions when he suddenly spotted his clan head at the Hokage Building's entrance, glaring at him indignantly.
Guilt instantly filled his heart, and he swallowed the boasts he had been about to make.
"Tell us! Why'd you stop?" the crowd urged impatiently.
The Inuzuka Jonin gestured that someone had come out of the Hokage Building, and the Eastern Front ninja turned their gazes toward the distinctly unhappy Inuzuka Clan Head.
"Hey, old man! What are you staring at?!"
"Don't you know our Lord Danzo's about to become the Fourth Hokage?"
"Keep staring and I'll gouge your eyes out! Bet Lord Danzo wouldn't even punish me!"
Assuming the Inuzuka Clan Head belonged to a faction opposing Danzo, the Eastern Front ninja all showed their most obnoxious sides, threatening the indignant clan head.
They completely