At the same time, traveling through time, starting from subverting the war at the top

Chapter 136 Neat and Neat
The Third Hokage, no, it should be said that the entire Konoha leadership's policy towards the Uchiha clan was utterly wrong.

If you consider the political event of Hyuga Hizashi's death in the same context, you'll find it particularly ironic.

The Konoha leadership is a classic example of "the blade is turned inward"—they strike hard internally, but are subservient to external forces.

The death of Hyuga Hizashi occurred in Konoha year 51, three years after the Nine-Tails' attack.

Many people wonder why, given Konoha's strength, they ultimately chose to swallow their pride when facing Kumogakure.

There are two reasons.

First, Konoha suffered a severe blow after the Nine-Tails' attack.

Secondly, the Konoha leadership was focusing a significant amount of their energy on monitoring the Uchiha clan during this period. They believed that internal instability and stabilizing the village were their top priorities. Therefore, they had no choice but to accept the humiliating terms from Kumogakure.

Despite the fact that the Cloud Village delegation kidnapped Hyuga first, Cloud Village not only refuses to acknowledge the kidnapping, but also demands that the Hyuga clan pay with their lives, threatening to wage war otherwise.

Not only that, the Cloud Village specifically requested the corpse of the Hyuga clan's murderer, which was clearly an attempt to blatantly steal the Hyuga clan's Byakugan.

In the end, the Konoha leadership, for the sake of the overall situation, still allowed Hyuga Hizashi to commit suicide and handed his body over to Kumogakure. What a humiliation that was!

If at this point in time.

The Konoha leadership's policy towards the Uchiha clan wasn't so drastically wrong. If Hiruzen Sarutobi had ordered the Anbu to discontinue their "routine" surveillance of the Uchiha clan, at the time of Hinata Hyuga's abduction, it would have been a win-win situation: internally, it could have united the village's forces in the face of war pressures; externally, it could have freed up military resources tied up by internal conflicts.

Looking back at Hyuga Hizashi's death, it's ironic that the Konoha leadership would rather use the strength of the Anbu elites to restrain the Uchiha clan, binding their own hands in order to make concessions to other villages and let Hyuga Hizashi die!
It should be noted that the Uchiha clan did not finally be able to resist launching a coup until Konoha 55.

Prior to this, the Uchiha clan was completely willing to die for their cause, as evidenced by the Uchiha clan members who volunteered to be on the front lines during the Nine-Tails' attack.

To prove his innocence, he endured oppression for seven long years; no one could bear that.

However, the seven years of forbearance were worthless in the eyes of Konoha's higher-ups.

Original sin of bloodline.

Who made you a family of evil, with the blood of the Uchiha clan flowing in your veins?

"Surrendering before the battle even begins! Hiruzen Sarutobi, do you know what you're doing?!"

Danzo, who was pinned to the ground, angrily questioned Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had surrendered before even starting the fight.

Lin Mo, flying in the air, looked down at Hiruzen Sarutobi below.

"You have no right to negotiate with me. And I've said it before, blood debts must be repaid in blood."

The area where the Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu families were located was also not spared.

Since the decision was made together, Danzo shouldn't be the only one to take the blame.

If a team decision is wrong, let's share the consequences.

As members of Konoha's F4, we should all be neat and orderly.

Looking at the scene in front of me.

Hiruzen Sarutobi seemed to have aged ten years, and he could barely stand.

Hiruzen Sarutobi never imagined that the peace he had worked so hard to maintain throughout his life would ultimately be destroyed by his own hand.

In the original story, after the night of the massacre, Itachi Uchiha found Hiruzen Sarutobi and gave him his final report.

Hiruzen Sarutobi said something like this: "Although the Uchiha clan was wiped out, the peace of the village was preserved."

In Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart, the peace of the village is the most important thing. There is no doubt about that.

People are multifaceted.

He was the one who used the power held by the Hokage to develop and expand the Sarutobi clan.

He was also the one who was willing to sacrifice himself for Konoha Village.

Therefore, at this moment, instead of attacking Lin Mo as Danzo requested, Hiruzen Sarutobi was willing to sacrifice his own life.

Just moments ago, Lin Mo had killed his entire clan.

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Danzo, who was still roaring angrily while being nailed to the ground, and his eyes revealed a cold killing intent. The next moment, he appeared in front of Danzo and directly pierced his throat with the kunai in his hand.

After doing all this, Hiruzen Sarutobi knelt down and raised the kunai in his hands above his head.

"Only a few of Konoha's high-ranking officials knew about the Uchiha clan massacre. Now that all four of our clans have been wiped out, the rest of Konoha are innocent. I hope that after you take away me, the last sinner stained with the blood of the Uchiha clan, you will spare Konoha."

"Lord Hokage!"

The Konoha ninjas around them tried to stop him, and some of them even picked up their weapons at Lin Mo, but they were all stopped by Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"I am a sinner of Konoha. Do you all want me to leave this world in unease? In the days to come, even without me, continue to protect Konoha, wherever the leaves dance."

What the people of Konoha found touching and moving, Lin Mo found only annoying.

"If you're going to die, then die sooner rather than later, stop spouting nonsense."

The next moment, a flash of light appeared.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's head flew up, fell to the ground, rolled a few times, and landed next to Danzo's corpse.

Lin Mo's movements were so fast that not only the Konoha members, but even Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't react in time, as could be seen from the expression on the severed head on the ground. Hiruzen Sarutobi was still preparing his final speech.

Only when blood gushed out and Hiruzen Sarutobi's headless corpse crashed to the ground did everyone react, calling out Hiruzen Sarutobi's name with grief and indignation.

"The Third Hokage-sama!"

Lin Mo looked at the Konoha people and said, "Those who want to avenge Hiruzen Sarutobi can make their move now."

Those young people who had been brainwashed by Hiruzen Sarutobi's Will of Fire all looked at Lin Mo with resentment. One of them, a hot-blooded idiot with a kappa-like hairstyle, thick eyebrows, and a resolute appearance, couldn't hold back and was about to rush towards Lin Mo.

But before he could take a step, a member of the secret service behind him pinned him to the ground with his joints reversed.

"Sir, I am truly sorry. Guy did not mean anything by it. He was simply emotional because of the death of the Third Hokage. I hope you will not take it to heart," the Anbu member said apologetically.

Lin Mo looked at the ANBU member and could easily see that the other's left eye was actually a Sharingan.

Then the identity of this member of the Anbu becomes obvious: Kakashi Hatake.

"If no one has any objections, then I'll be leaving now," Lin Mo said.

He could have chosen to leave immediately after killing Hiruzen Sarutobi, but he still gave the people of Konoha a chance for revenge.

He's not some traitorous ninja.

If you're going to leave, you should leave with the dignity of a king.

Being kicked out and leaving voluntarily are two different things.

(End of this chapter)