None of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, not even the weakest Sunagakure, has ever experienced such an incident where a village's leaders were brutally beaten by leaders of another village on their home turf.
It can only be said that Kumogakure is too powerful; even if they do this, no one dares to stand up and rebuke them.
Who told them that 5,000 Kumogakure troops were guarding outside?
Actually, it's not that no one dares to rebuke them; Konoha isn't so spineless.
Instead, it was Shimura Danzō got beaten up. Apart from the Konoha F4 and the Root, no one wanted to help Shimura Danzō. On the contrary, they wished that Ziyun would beat him to death.
Killing this bastard will surely bring peace to Konoha for a while.
Even the Senju Clan Members and Tsunade watched this scene with considerable satisfaction.
In their view, Yeyue Ziyun's actions were a great relief for the Senju Clan.
Tragically, the person who stood up for the Senju Clan was actually a high-ranking official from another village.
Why has Konoha become like this?
" Danzo, Danzo, after serving as Konoha's Hokage Advisor for so many years, you've been beaten up like this and no one's even speaking up for you. You really have a lot of people in your life."
Ziyun laughed when he saw Danzo, which was almost swollen like a pig's head.
Throughout the entire process, apart from the Konoha F4 saying a few words, no one— Hatake Sakumo, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, or the other clan leaders—stood up to speak for Danzo.
It can only be said that 02 brought this upon himself and is doomed.
"Night... Yeyue Ziyun, you..."
Danzo with hatred, and he also harbored resentment towards the clan leaders who were present but did not plead for him. He vowed to settle the score with them in the future.
"You dare talk back? Looks like you haven't had enough of being beaten yet. Keep hitting you!"
Ziyun a cold shout, and then the sound of slaps continued to echo in the lobby of the Hokage's office.
The slapping continued until Danzo was almost unconscious before Ziyun called a halt.
He was genuinely afraid that Danzo would kill him, which would make his sins even greater.
After all, they'll need to rely on this "King of Pots" to train more talent for them in the future.
Sure enough, before he even left Konoha, the Senju Clan came knocking on his door. If it weren't inconvenient, Ziyun would have invited Danzo to a meal.
" Fourth Raikage, Danzo's words were indeed inappropriate. You've vented your anger. Now, Konoha needs to handle internal affairs. I ask for your understanding Fourth Raikage, and please lead the Kumogakure Village leadership out of Konoha."
When Hiruzen Sarutobi Danzo, he held back and didn't say a word until the Kumogakure Village had finished.
You must endure.
As long as the green hills remain, once Konoha produces a few more geniuses, I will surely raze your Kumogakure to the ground!
Hiruzen Sarutobi can only fantasize about this in his mind now.
"Internal affairs? What a joke, Third Hokage."
"I overheard you saying from within Konoha that the Senju Clan is secretly Kumogakure. Do you have any evidence?"
"Without evidence, why are you slandering our Kumogakure! No one is leaving until this matter is resolved today!"
Ziyun snorted coldly, exuding the aura of Peak Kage Level expert, which oppressed the Konoha High Command and many Konoha Ninja present.
" Fourth Raikage, what... what do you mean?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi was furious, but his tone remained perfectly calm.
You've been secretly colluding with the Senju Clan, and now you're asking me for evidence?
What does it mean to get a bargain and then act innocent? This is exactly what it means to get a bargain and then act innocent.
Ziyun also felt that he was quite shameless, but his methods were nothing compared to those of the Konoha High Command.
"Do I need to repeat myself? Third Hokage, you say the Senju Clan is secretly colluding with Kumogakure? Let me tell you, Kumogakure has no such shameless scoundrels. If there were, I would execute them on the spot and never allow such evil to flourish!"
"People like this can secretly collude with the Senju Clan today, and betray Kumogakure tomorrow, so we must bring them to justice."
" Third Hokage, don't you think this is a good opportunity? We can gather the strength of both villages, find this traitor, and see who is so shameless."
"I think the Senju Clan thinks so too, after all, the Senju Clan has suffered a lot of injustice because of this traitor."
Ziyun said coldly, his aura constantly rising.
The Konoha members present also felt a chill run down their spines.
The aura of Peak Kage Level expert is terrifying.
Furthermore, there is a difference between Peak Kage Level and Peak Kage Level.
Ziyun is undoubtedly a Peak Kage Level expert who is close to the threshold of the Super Kage Level, completely different from ordinary Peak Kage Level experts.
Ziyun only needs to claim the rewards from the Super S-rank mission, obtain the Perfect Sage Body, and Awakening a Devil Fruit. He will undoubtedly become Super Kage Level powerhouse, capable of going toe-to-toe with Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju.
"Yes, old man Sarutobi, Fourth Raikage, I also think this is a good opportunity to expose the traitor!"
"I'd like to see if anyone in my Senju Clan is secretly colluding with the Hidden Cloud Kumogakure!"
"This matter needs an explanation."
At the same time, Tsunade, as if grasping at a straw, said...
This matter has become a thorn in the side of the Senju Clan Members. If it is not removed, it will only grow deeper and deeper, eventually costing the Senju Clan their lives.
"This... this..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Ziyun, sweating profusely, too anxious to speak for a long time.
In fact, he had only guessed that someone in Konoha was secretly communicating with Kumogakure, and he had long ago ordered Hatake Sakumo of the Anbu Captain, to investigate carefully.
The investigation revealed that no one was secretly colluding with Kumogakure.
But I just had a moment of madness, and I wanted to teach the Senju Clan a lesson, so I just went with the flow and said that.
This has led to the current situation, and now that I'm asked to produce evidence, where am I supposed to find any?
But if they can't produce it, how will they explain it to the Senju Clan?
Because of this incident, the already weakened Senju Clan is now even more devastated, with only a dozen or so ninjas left.
Now that things have come to this, Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't wait to slap himself twice.
I should have known better than to suppress the Senju Clan in the first place.
"Hmph, Third Hokage, can't say it? That means none of the higher-ups in Kumogakure are secretly colluding with the Senju Clan."
"Since that's the case, then the Konoha High Command is slandering the Kumogakure leadership. Third Hokage, if you don't want this matter to escalate, you must apologize to the Kumogakure leadership!"
Seeing that Hiruzen Sarutobi was speechless, Ziyun again in a cold voice.
He wasn't afraid that Hiruzen Sarutobi wouldn't be able to produce evidence; he was afraid that Hiruzen Sarutobi would be able to produce evidence.
However, Ziyun knew that while the Kumogakure's higher-ups might have colluded with other major Konoha clans, they would never collude with the Senju Clan.
The Senju Clan is a clan of Konoha's honor; even if they were all wiped out, they would never betray Konoha's interests.
In the original story, didn't Tsunade return to the village and become the Fifth Hokage when she was the only remaining member of the Senju Clan?
This is enough to show the Senju Clan Members's feelings for Konoha.
So what I need to do is deliberately guide Hiruzen Sarutobi, making him think that an apology is enough, and leading him to say that the Senju Clan has no Kumogakure.
This way, the Senju Clan won't need to lift a Kumogakure; they'll unleash their power on their own.
After all, the number of the Senju Clan is much smaller than last time, and they have probably suffered a lot of suppression because of this incident.
" Yeyue Ziyun, at such a young age, your methods are actually so ruthless."
The clan leaders of the major Konoha clans present also saw through Ziyun's thoughts and couldn't help but sigh that this Fourth Raikage, who had only been in office for less than a few hours, was even more terrifying than the thick-skinned Third Raikage.
Moreover, their combat strength is even greater!
The title of " Strongest Raikage " will likely soon be passed on to someone else.
Hiruzen Sarutobi knew perfectly well that he could never apologize to Ziyun, for that would be tantamount to admitting that the Senju Clan's collusion with Kumogakure was entirely fabricated.
In that case, the Senju Clan is likely to experience a major outbreak of violence.
But he couldn't produce any evidence, and who could have imagined that Tsunade would suddenly launch an attack at this moment.
Now it's a dilemma, neither left nor right. It's too difficult.
" Lord Hokage, Fourth Raikage, as the captain of Konoha's Anbu Captain, I have conducted a very thorough investigation of the village's inhabitants and have found no evidence of anyone secretly colluding with Kumogakure. I believe this is just a misunderstanding."
"I am willing to apologize to the higher-ups of Lord Hokage on behalf of the Kumogakure. Your Kumogakure leadership has indeed not colluded with any of the major clans of Konoha."
Just as the two sides were deadlocked, Hatake Sakumo stepped forward to help Hiruzen Sarutobi.
He didn't understand why the Lord Hokage was hesitating so much when an apology could have resolved the matter.
Today, the Kumogakure Village has humiliated us countless times; shouldn't they apologize at least once more?
"I didn't catch Hiruzen Sarutobi, but I caught Hatake Sakumo instead. Interesting."
Seeing this, Ziyun chuckled to himself.
That was exactly what he wanted to hear. The reason Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't say it was because he was afraid the Senju Clan would rebel on the spot.
Who knew that Hatake Sakumo, that idiot, would immediately claim it was a misunderstanding? What are the Senju Clan Members supposed to think of that?
Because of a misunderstanding, more than a dozen members of my Senju Clan Members committed suicide.
Because of a misunderstanding, the young master of the Senju Clan was framed and killed.
No wonder Hatake Sakumo in the original work was a stupid person who committed suicide after being slandered a couple of times; he was truly an idiot with zero political intelligence.
As expected, no sooner had Hatake Sakumo unleashed her Tsunade.
" Sakumo, you!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi shocked; he never expected Hatake Sakumo to interrupt at this moment.
He's undeniably too naive.