I have a bunch of relatives who want to become Hokage.

Based on the tastes of Mr. and Mrs. Xinhu, he selected ingredients such as eggs, tofu, and shiitake mushrooms, and meats such as beef and eel.

I made a sukiyaki for three people, along with a thick omelet with scallions and eel rice with yakiniku sauce, and finally a potato salad.

It was perfect. They had just finished and the Xinhu couple went home.

"Shingen, you're back?"

As soon as he entered the door, he smelled a delicious aroma, and Uchiha Nobutora knew that his son had returned.

After all, his wife was right there beside him.

Uchiha Shingen didn't cause his two sons much trouble growing up. In fact, even if he wanted to, he couldn't, since neither of them had ever been ninjas.

Coming from a ninja family, I know a little bit that this profession isn't easy.

Family background is a resource for ninjas, but it's not the deciding factor.

In the era of one country and one village, there was little difference between ninjas from ordinary families and ninjas from ninja clans in the genin to chunin stages. The advantages of ninja clans could only be truly brought into play at the jonin stage.

Uchiha Shingen was quite promising; he became a Jonin at such a young age and gained increasing attention from the clan.

The couple was quite happy about this.

They naturally had many concerns, but they also knew how to exercise restraint.

If he shows too much concern, it will not be good for Uchiha Shingen.

"Father, Mother, you've worked hard today. Please try my cooking." Uchiha Shingen eagerly served the dishes.

Since becoming a Jonin, I've had less time to eat with my parents.

This is better than the first playthrough, where he didn't even get to see his parents.

The parents in the zeroth cycle didn't even have a chance to properly take care of him before he was transported to another world.

A lifetime is a lifetime, and besides seizing the opportunity to be filial to one's parents in this life, there is nothing else to think about.

The family ate dinner happily, cleaned up the dishes and kitchenware, and spent the whole night with his parents. After they went to sleep, Uchiha Shingen went back to his room to rest.

The calm before the storm is best enjoyed at home.

Starting tomorrow, this storm in Konoha will last for quite some time, and as a Jonin of the Uchiha clan, he will definitely have to participate in it.

Chapter Forty: The Death of Danzo Shimura

This winter in Konoha Village will probably be particularly cold.

Winter hadn't even arrived yet, but the ninjas of Konoha were already feeling a chill in their hearts.

Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin, was exposed for extracting cells from the remains of the First Hokage for experiments. After his scheme was exposed, he attempted to escape but failed and was imprisoned in the Anbu's internal prison that same day.

The ninjas of Orochimaru's faction lived in constant fear.

If the Orochimaru lineage of ninjas was merely living in fear, then the Root organization was completely paralyzed.

There's no way to wash them; every single one in the lab is located in the base at the root.

Lax oversight? Are you kidding me?

The angry relatives of the victims blocked the entrance to the Hokage Building, and no member of the Anbu dared to argue with these enraged relatives at this time.

Moreover, even the ANBU ninjas were furious about this.

Most of them also came from ordinary families in Konoha, so they can empathize with each other.

This time, the Sarutobi clan failed to demonstrate their sense of ownership.

The entire clan was completely dumbfounded.

Orochimaru, the beloved student of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Danzo Shimura, a former Hokage's assistant from the Shimura clan, was a long-time comrade-in-arms who supported Hiruzen Sarutobi for many years.

Aside from exclaiming "Holy crap!", the Sarutobi clan had absolutely no idea what to do.

For a whole month, Konoha Village was in complete chaos.

Anyone directly or indirectly involved in this matter will be arrested immediately once the evidence is conclusive.

If Shimura Danzo hadn't prepared a bunch of fake materials beforehand, making it impossible to establish evidence of his involvement in this matter, he would have been imprisoned long ago, just like Orochimaru.

Even so, he was placed under house arrest and not allowed to go anywhere.

At the root of the matter, every single one of them, whether they are on the official payroll or not, as long as they are in the village, they will all be suspended from their duties and placed under investigation.

The review was handled by the Yamanaka clan.

For the past month, the ninjas of the Yamanaka clan have dared not leave their homes without carrying some ration pills.

The Uchiha and Hyuga clans were tasked with sealing off the village.

Other ninja clans, in coordination with the Jonin squads, are on 24-hour shifts, ready to capture people at any time.

In this so-called "purge," hundreds of ninjas who were originally part of Konoha's regular army were expelled from Konoha. Most of them were executed directly, while the few who were left alive would suffer more than if they were dead.

Some public ninjas in the administrative department were also found to have participated in the arrangement of funds. They arranged funds in the past, and now Konoha has arranged their deaths.

If we were to categorize these people into factions, we couldn't really call them the Orochimaru faction or the Danzo faction.

They should be extreme militants and doves.

Frankly speaking, it's understandable that extreme militants would do something like this, but the fact that extreme doves would also get involved is truly astonishing.

There are monsters every year, but this year there seem to be more than usual.

After the initial surprise subsided, the knife fell swiftly, and the next person moved on.

In the end, only Shimura Danzo and Root were left.

Their unique characteristics dictate that they will be left until the very end.

But it's only left until the very end.

Now that the matter has been brought to the forefront, there is no room for maneuver; it can only be resolved through a bloody confrontation.

At this time, the cold wave pouring down from the northern Land of Lightning plateau had reached the entire territory of the Land of Fire, and the country officially entered winter.

However, the killing intent sweeping through Konoha Village was even stronger than the chilling air.

After a month of capture and trial, the various ninja clans were no longer as apprehensive as they had been initially. Their inherent bloodlust had been fully unleashed. Shimura Danzo, though born into a ninja clan, was seen as a dangerous figure by all the other ninja clans.

The anger of the villagers and lower-ranking ninjas did not subside. Feeling a sense of shared fate, they believed that if they didn't cut off a significant head, the fire could burn down the entire Hidden Leaf Village.

Under these circumstances, the public trial of Shimura Danzo and Root also officially began.

Yes, a public trial.

For Danzo Shimura, this was a war that was completely unfamiliar to him.

First, he was placed under house arrest for a month, entirely managed by ninja clan members, who completely cut off his contact with the outside world.

This is a complete lack of intention to give him any chance to operate.

When he was allowed to leave the house again, he was informed that he had to attend a public trial, and he was the one being tried.

All his strategic planning was for naught. Without access to information, Shimura Danzo was no different from any other old man.

In terms of strength, he didn't reach the level of Hiruzen Sarutobi. His madness over the past month had completely negated the residual power he had accumulated over the years.

Because he committed heinous crimes.

When Shimura Danzo was once again in the sunlight, he felt a chill throughout his body.

He knew what that felt like.

This is what it feels like to be a loser.

He overestimated his own deterrent power and underestimated the strength that grassroots ninjas and villagers could form when united.

He also underestimated those ninja clans. Even if a tiger has its teeth pulled out and is kept in a cage, it is still a tiger. Given the opportunity, it can still kill someone with a single slap.

He was the root of the leaf, but when the leaves were slowly destroyed, leaving only bare branches, the lake water on which he depended for survival was frozen, and the root could only rot in the soil.

When Danzo Shimura appeared at the Hokage Building, he attracted everyone's attention.

There were no formalities, no small talk, no pity.

A month has passed, and almost all of Danzo Shimura's dark history has been uncovered.

The evidence is irrefutable: Shimura Danzo was the mastermind behind everything, and Orochimaru can only be considered an accomplice.

If this matter hadn't been fully exposed in the village and had only been dealt with on a small scale, then no one could really do anything to Shimura Danzo; he had plenty of people to take the blame for him.

For example, Orochimaru.

Unfortunately, he ran into Minato Namikaze.

Minato Namikaze, who excels at quickly analyzing intelligence in battle, rapidly grasping the enemy's weaknesses, and formulating countermeasures, shares the only thing in common with Danzo Shimura: once they make a decision, they will eliminate all interference to achieve their goal.

I might regret it afterward, but I won't hesitate when I'm doing it.

As a result, the ruthless and cunning Shimura Danzo lost to the simple fighting style and highly adaptable Minato Namikaze.

It was their first game together, and also their last.

In Uchiha Shingen's view, this was the best outcome.

Since Shimura Danzo was the former Hokage's assistant, he was only fit to die at the Hokage's hands.

The best way for a Hokage to die is on the battlefield, dying while protecting the village.

The atmosphere at the public trial was intense, and Danzo Shimura, as the person being tried, remained silent.

He remained silent in the face of questions from the victims' families, even when the people criticizing him were ordinary people.

Finally, when it was his turn to defend himself, he asked Minato Namikaze a question.

"Fourth Hokage, can you do better than me?"

Minato Namikaze answered him firmly: "Your darkness will destroy Konoha."

Danzo Shimura chuckled and then looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi.

The two old men stared at each other for a long time.

In the end, he didn't say anything.