Chapter 68: Everything was Shimura Danzō's fault! (Please keep reading! Please send monthly votes!)
The Hokage Building was brightly lit.
Hiruzen Sarutobi stood beside the window in the Hokage's office, gazing into the distance at the nighttime scenery around Naka Shrine.
At some point, he had taken off his white Hokage robe and changed into a black, form-fitting combat outfit.
Just a little earlier.
A bolt of silvery-white lightning had appeared near Naka Shrine, chasing something northward, with thunder roaring incessantly along the way.
All of Konoha had been alarmed.
The Barrier Team had immediately relayed a message to the Hokage Building: "An extremely powerful surge of Lightning Release chakra has broken through the village's sensory barrier from the inside."
Although Konoha looked like an ordinary little village.
In reality, it was a military base through and through!
After the Barrier Team sounded the alarm, the Hokage Building swiftly declared a lockdown.
At that very moment.
Inside the Hokage Building, all the Anbu ninja were fully equipped and ready to move.
The members of the Jonin Commander had also been summoned.
Everyone was waiting for the Hokage's next orders.
"Over at the Uchiha..."
Mitokado Homura stood beside Hiruzen Sarutobi, his expression grave.
"What exactly happened?"
"Who knows?"
Utatane Koharu looked equally worried.
"You know how it is. They're the Uchiha!"
After a swift investigation, the Hokage Building had confirmed the identity of the owner of that Lightning Release chakra.
Uchiha Minamoto!
But that raised another question.
Why had Uchiha Minamoto suddenly run out of the village?
And all by himself, at that!
Practically all the other ninja of the Uchiha Clan had remained at Naka Shrine.
The situation gave Hiruzen Sarutobi a strange sense of déjà vu.
Years ago, there had seemingly been another Uchiha who abandoned his clan and