Sky Curtain: Short Video Commentary on Konoha Villagers

The images on the sky changed:

[The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi: An all-around warrior with five attributes, the strongest Hokage, and the professor of ninjutsu]

Hidden Rock Village.

Onoki crossed his arms and turned to open his mouth to the yellow earth below.

"After belittling the villagers of Konoha, are they now singing praises to the village's leadership?"

Huang Tu scratched the back of his head and answered in a muffled voice.

"The strongest Hokage? Where does that leave the First Hokage?"

Onoki snorted coldly and floated back to the ground.

"Hiruzen Sarutobi dares to call himself the strongest? Konoha's shamelessness is getting thicker and thicker."

In the Hidden Cloud Village, Ai was furious.

"The strongest combatant? My Lightning Release Armor hasn't even spoken yet, how dare this withered old man claim to be the strongest?"

On the border of the Land of Lightning, in a dense forest.

Tobirama Senju leaned against a tree trunk, his chest heaving violently, blood dripping from his armor onto the grass.

Young Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo Shimura, and others surrounded the area, keeping a watchful eye on the pursuers behind them.

The group looked up and saw the large characters on the sky.

Tobirama Senju nodded, his gaze fixed on Hiruzen.

"The strongest Hokage... that's a bit of an exaggeration, but it's reassuring to entrust the village to him."

The young Hiruzen Sarutobi clenched his fingers, his breathing became rapid, and his chakra surged wildly within his body.

"I...I'm the strongest Hokage? Stronger than the First Hokage and Tobirama-sensei?"

He straightened his back, drew the ninja sword from his back, and wished he could turn around and go back to fight Gold and Silver Brothers right now.

Danzo Shimura stood in the shade of a tree, staring intently at the sky.

"The professor of ninjutsu? The strongest Hokage?"

"Why is it always Hiruzen's reputation that's so great!"

"In what way am I inferior to him!"

The text on the sky continued to scroll.

[He once single-handedly fought against two Edo Tensei Hokage, and Hiruzen was not afraid at all.]

As the strongest fighter in the village, the Third Hokage was once the strongest person in the entire village in his youth, truly deserving of the name of a ninja hero, and was the hope of the whole village.

But in old age...

[He simply collapsed and never recovered; old age makes one too weak.]

Konoha 60th year.

Hokage Building.

Hiruzen Sarutobi leaned back in his chair, puffing on his pipe, the white smoke swirling in the air and obscuring his face.

Jiraiya abandoned his nonchalant sitting posture, stood up straight, and walked to his desk.

"Old man, Tianmu's assessment is truly insightful."

"You have indeed backed down too much over the years."

Hiruzen Sarutobi tapped his pipe, sending sparks flying onto the wooden floor.

"As people get older, they have more worries."

Jiraiya placed his hands on the table, looking down at him.

"Stability? How long can stability achieved through compromise last?"

Training Course.

Naruto pointed at the sky, shouting and jumping up and down.

"My grandfather, who spanned three generations, was not a coward at all! He was very capable!"

Sasuke snorted and put his hands in his pockets.

"Even Tianmu says he's a coward. If a village's shadow can't even be decisive, what kind of shadow is he?"

Sakura looked left and right, not daring to speak, and could only lower her head and kick the pebbles on the ground.

The red text started jumping again.

During the reigns of three generations, ninjas and children frequently went missing.

These people were all kidnapped by Orochimaru to be used for human experiments.

After the third generation discovered this, they actually turned a blind eye and let him go.

Then they even went so far as to send people to arrest him.

Konoha Village Street.

"My child! My child was kidnapped by Orochimaru!"

"The Hokage knew perfectly well! Why did he let the murderer go?!"

"This is the Will of Fire? This is the Hokage who protects us?!"

"Hiruzen Sarutobi! You don't deserve to be Hokage! You've let down the villagers who died!"

Below the Hokage Building, the crowds of protesters gathered again, even more surging than before.

Countless people, armed with kitchen knives, shovels, and kunai, frantically stormed the gate.

An ANBU ninja stood in front of the door, drawing his ninja sword, but was met with angry villagers throwing stones and smashing vegetable leaves.

"Get out of the way! Let Hiruzen Sarutobi come out here!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi in the Hokage Building was stunned. Why did these commoners react so strongly to something Tianmu said so casually?

Am I being bullied?

The underground base of the roots.

Danzo Shimura sat on a stone chair, staring with his one eye at the projected image on the sky.

His withered flesh twitched, and he let out a cold laugh.

"Hiruzen, Hiruzen, you've finally met your match."

He stood up, tapping his cane on the ground.

"I also participated in Orochimaru's human experiments. But now, all the blame is being placed on you."

"Once you fall, the Hokage position will be mine!"

The period when Konoha was founded.

Hashirama Senju stared blankly at the sky.

"Using the village children for experiments... Not only did the Hokage not care, but he also let the culprit escape..."

"What on earth happened... how did the village become like this...?"