That day's newspaper had no superfluous descriptions, only a headline and a picture.
Then.
All of Konoha erupted!
"You monster!!!"
"He even dared to touch the First's remains?!"
"He even dared to gouge out the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan?!"
"Shimura Danzō! You deserve to die!!!"
The fury of Konoha's villagers erupted like a volcano, impossible to contain any longer.
However unpopular the Uchiha Clan might be, it was still one of the two clans that had founded Konoha!
And the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, was Konoha's founder, a spiritual icon to countless Konoha ninja!
What gave Shimura Danzō the right to do this? How dared he do this?!
These news reports had also utterly ruined the Shimura Clan's reputation.
Word had it that the Shimura Clan's new clan head had personally rushed to the Hokage Building, knelt before Hiruzen Sarutobi, and tearfully begged the Third Hokage to seek justice for the Shimura Clan.
But what could Hiruzen Sarutobi do?
He could do nothing.
Even he himself had begun to draw whispers and pointed fingers behind his back.
After all, Shimura Danzō was his closest friend, a senior elder he had personally promoted.
Shimura Danzō had committed so many heinous deeds that enraged everyone.
Could Hiruzen Sarutobi truly have known nothing about them?
Or had Hiruzen Sarutobi known everything all along?
Had he even...
Secretly condoned it?!
Hiruzen Sarutobi's prestige had begun to waver without anyone quite noticing.
Shimura Danzō's trial took place as scheduled.
Gongs and drums thundered through the square in front of the Konoha Military Police Force building, red flags fluttered, and people packed the grounds.
Nearly every villager in Konoha had come.
The heads of every ninja clan were present.
Every member of the Jonin Commander was there, without a single absence.
The Uchiha Clan's ninja had