After hearing such shocking news from Haruno Sakura, not only Uzumaki Naruto was stunned, but even Uchiha Sasuke, who was almost collapsed, was also stunned.

"What are you talking about? Wasn't the Uchiha clan destroyed by Uchiha Izumi? What does this have to do with Konoha? Sakura, what do you mean by that?"

"Sasuke, you are a genius, but can't you figure this out?" Haruno Sakura said:

"No matter how strong Uchiha Izumi is, she is just one person. How could she possibly kill all the Uchiha clan members with over a thousand members? In this Konoha village, the only one who could kill the Uchiha clan so thoroughly was Konoha itself. Only when the top leaders of Konoha give the order to blockade the entire Uchiha clan, the Uchiha clan will be completely exterminated. As for Uchiha Izumi, she just managed to escape with her life at that time. Moreover, she was still blamed by the top leaders of Konoha for the massacre of the Uchiha clan."

"Impossible, impossible, what evidence do you have?" Sasuke asked hysterically again.

"Does this require any evidence?" Haruno Sakura waved her hand.

"The conflict between the Konoha high-ranking officials and the Uchiha clan was known to almost everyone in Konoha Village. The reason why the Uchiha clan was exterminated is clear to everyone with a little status in Konoha Village. Only a naive person like you would not know the reason until today."

Hearing Haruno Sakura's words, Uchiha Sasuke subconsciously looked around. He saw that many Konoha ninjas around him began to evade their gazes. It was obvious that they had long known the reason for the extermination of the Uchiha clan, but no one was willing to tell Sasuke. Even among these people, there were his classmates Nara Shikamaru and Yamanaka Ino. As the young patriarchs of the major families, they naturally knew the truth about the extermination of the Uchiha clan.

"Okay, so you all knew about it, and I was the only one who was kept in the dark!"

Uchiha Sasuke laughed wildly, and tears flowed from his eyes. His Sharingan, which originally had only two magatama, was spinning rapidly at this moment, and unknowingly it had become three magatama, and even had a tendency to evolve into the Mangekyō Sharingan.

"Sasuke?" Seeing Uchiha Sasuke almost collapsed, Uzumaki Naruto couldn't help but feel a little worried.

But before he stepped forward, Uchiha Sasuke had miraculously regained his composure. He looked at the Konoha ninjas present, his eyes as cold as ice, and then looked at Haruno Sakura, wondering:

"I have another question. Why was I able to survive the night of genocide?"

In response, Haruno Sakura shrugged and said:

"I am also a ninja who came from a commoner family. This is all I know."

Sasuke looked at Kakashi again after hearing this, and Kakashi felt a headache. Just as he was weighing what to say, Sarutobi Asuma said:

"Because the main person who carried out the plan to exterminate the clan was your brother, Uchiha Itachi. As a reward for destroying your own clan and bearing the greatest sin, you, as his younger brother, saved your own life."

what?

"Besides Uchiha Itachi, there were two other people who also participated in the genocide. They were my brother, Sarutobi Shinnosuke, the leader of Konoha Anbu at the time, and his wife, Konohamaru's mother. The two of them were responsible for the aftermath of the genocide. After your brother took action, the couple conducted a thorough sweep of the Uchiha clan and killed all the few civilians who escaped."

"Asuma, you?"

Yuhi Kurenai on the side looked at Asuma in disbelief, not understanding why Asuma would reveal her brother's scandal.

But then, everyone saw Asuma kneeling directly in front of Sasuke and said:

"Because of the sin of killing innocent people, my brother and sister-in-law committed suicide after this mission. Before they died, they cried to me about the pain and struggle in their hearts. So as their younger brother, I apologize to you on their behalf. Please forgive them. They are just ninjas who followed orders. They have paid for their sins with their lives!"

Seeing Asuma's crying, everyone present was inevitably moved, only Sasuke said in a cold tone:

"I'm not interested in listening to you howling here. Tell me, who gave the order to massacre our Uchiha clan? Was it your father, the Hokage of our Konoha?"

Asuma remained silent, basically agreeing to this matter.

Seeing this, Uchiha Sasuke turned his head and looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen who was standing high up. At this moment, there was no respect in his eyes when he looked at the high-ranking officials of Konoha, only cold murderous intent.

In addition to Sasuke, there was another person who was also in pain. Looking at the civilians who died tragically, Uzumaki Naruto asked Jiraiya in horror:

"Sennin, there are many people among those people who are not members of the Uchiha clan at all, right? How did they die? Were they also massacred by the Hokage grandfather like the Uchiha clan?"

Jiraiya didn't want to answer this. But there were many ninjas in the crowd who were dissatisfied with the Konoha high-level officials. At this moment, they spoke up one by one:

"The civilians in the Fire Country's capital were burned to death by Uchiha Itachi, who ordered Sarutobi Hiruzen to do so. I heard that more than 100,000 people were burned to death that time!"

"The reason why the civilians of the Rain Country were killed was probably because they might be descendants of the Senju clan, right? Also, some civilians who wanted to flee to the Fire Country were killed by the Konoha ninjas stationed at the border."

"I know the civilians of the Land of Grass. Most of them were scientists who wanted to develop a machine called a tiller. But they were all killed by the Root ninjas. Even their children were not spared."

"It's so tragic! So many civilians, and so many children, died just like that!"

"So now they are surrounded by these vengeful demons, and that's what they deserve!"

……

At first, only a few people spoke out, but gradually, the voices criticizing the current Konoha high-level officials surged.

And they are no longer just speaking for civilians, many ninjas have also begun to speak for themselves, or for their own families.

For example, a ninja from the Abururu clan cried about the tragic experience of his relative being forcibly dragged into the Root by the Root's Danzo.

There was also a ninja from the Akimichi clan who also said that one of his cousins was suppressed by the Third Hokage because of a certain incident.

At the beginning, what everyone said was reasonable and well-founded, but later on, the voices in the crowd became all over the place.

The Inuzuka family lost a ninja dog, the Yamanaka family had a flower plucked, and even someone said that he fell down on the street and it was a sin committed by the Konoha high-level officials.

Finally, seeing that the Konoha high-level officials were deserting them, the Hyuga clan finally told the cause of Hyuga Hizashi's death. They said that this was a suppression of the Hyuga clan by the Konoha high-level officials. It was a pity that the Hyuga clan had always been loyal to Konoha, but they almost followed the Uchiha clan's footsteps.

Seeing the surging public opinion around her, Haruno Sakura couldn't help but recall what Uchiha Izumi once said to her.

"Never underestimate the power of civilians! The more critical the moment, the more important the support of civilians is."

Now, Haruno Sakura finally realized the horror of public opinion.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who once dominated the Konoha Ninja Village for decades, now has his rule foundation collapsed in the anger of the Konoha villagers. Even though he is still confronting Uchiha Izumi at this time, Haruno Sakura knows that Sarutobi Hiruzen, as the Hokage, is dead!

Chapter 66 New Hokage

everything is over.

Sarutobi Hiruzen realized this when he saw that the coffins contained civilians who had died because of Konoha.

He is not Haruno Sakura. Sarutobi Hiruzen, who has been the Hokage for thirty years, knows better than anyone how important the support of the villagers of Konoha is to a Hokage. As long as this Hokage does not have the almost godlike power of the first generation Hokage and cannot rely on his personal strength to suppress the opposition forces in Konoha Village, he must gain the support of the villagers in various ways.

He is the Hokage only when most people in the village recognize him.

And when the villagers of Konoha began to doubt him, his position as Hokage was no longer secure.

But now, it is more than just a suspicion.

With the help of the Impure World Reincarnation Technique, Uchiha Izumi directly revealed the darkest corner of Konoha in front of all Konoha ninjas. Those bloody, despicable, shameless, and dirty deeds were exposed to the sun at this moment. Everyone was surprised at the heaviness of this darkness, but no one would have thought that this darkness was also an important pillar supporting the big tree of Konoha.

The villagers of Konoha would not think of taking on this sin themselves, even though they are also the beneficiaries of this sin. Because everyone knows how heavy this sin is, and no one wants to live with it. So in this case, blaming others will become everyone's collective subconscious, and become the instinctive reaction of every Konoha villager in pursuit of psychological comfort.

This is human nature.

No one likes the feeling of admitting fault; it is human instinct to pass on the blame.

Faced with the collective mistakes made by Konoha, everyone would only blame the Third Hokage. Because only the Hokage could bear such a sin, and only the Hokage was qualified to bear the collective blame of the villagers of Konoha. As for Danzo, who was always called the Nabekage, he was not even qualified to be mentioned by name at this moment.

So even though they were far away, Sarutobi Hiruzen could faintly hear the sound of the Konoha villagers shifting the blame.

The villagers of Konoha who once respected and loved him must have changed their attitude at this moment.

People who once lived happily in Konoha Village will instantly become victims of oppression by Konoha's high-level officials.

Those voices that originally praised the Hokage turned into curses against the Third Hokage.

Even the towering Hokage Rock would become an eyesore at this moment.

……

In the crowd, Uzumaki Naruto listened to the villagers of Konoha cursing the Third Hokage. He felt that the voices were so harsh and the faces of the villagers of Konoha were so disgusting. Even though he knew that the Third Hokage had done many wrong things, he still felt that the Third Hokage should not be treated like this.

Especially the way these villagers cursed the Third Hokage instantly reminded him of the faces of these villagers when they hated him.

Same, all the same.

At this moment, he suddenly found that the Hokage seemed different from what he had imagined.

It seems that Hokage cannot gain everyone's recognition, and the person who becomes Hokage seems to be no different from himself who is ridiculed as the last one.

Thinking of this, Uzumaki Naruto looked at Jiraiya beside him and asked:

"Hey, lecherous sage, is this the Hokage?"

Jiraiya said helplessly:

"This is the Hokage. Normally everyone will flatter you, but when something goes wrong everyone will hate you. So, do you still want to be the Hokage now?"

"I don't know, I just feel a little confused right now."

Just when Uzumaki Naruto was confused, a voice rang out from the crowd.

"What are you guys doing?"

Uzumaki Naruto looked in the direction of the voice and saw Haruno Sakura in the crowd speaking passionately:

"No matter what mistakes the Third Hokage made, he is still the Hokage after all! He is the Hokage of our Konoha Village and the nominal leader of all Konoha ninjas. Now he is confronting the enemy and there is a high possibility that he will die at the hands of the enemy. At this time, as Konoha ninjas, shouldn't we step forward to help?"

"But the Third Hokage made a huge mistake after all!" said a Chunin.

"Yes, the Third Hokage ordered the entire Uchiha Izumi clan to be killed, and Orochimaru was also expelled from Konoha by the Third Hokage." said a female ninja.

"Those who were resurrected by the Impure World Reincarnation were all civilians who were ordered to be slaughtered by the Third Hokage. These were the sins of the Third Hokage. He deserved to die at the hands of these people, right?"

……

Facing the doubts of the Konoha ninjas, Haruno Sakura said:

"So what?"

"So what if the Third Hokage committed a serious crime?"

"So what if the Third Hokage deserves to be cut into pieces?"

"Even if the Hokage of our Konoha made a mistake, it should be judged by our Konoha. How can we let two traitors deal with him at will?"

"If the Third Hokage really died at the hands of two traitorous ninjas, how would other ninja villages view us, Konoha? And how would the ninja world view us, Konoha?"

"Just because the Third Hokage made a mistake, can we allow others to trample on Konoha's dignity?"

Haruno Sakura's words were sonorous and powerful, and immediately caused a new response among the crowd.

"That's right, after all, he is the Hokage of our Konoha!"

"Even if you die, you can't die at the hands of outsiders, right?"

"The Third Hokage has committed serious crimes, and it is shameful enough for our Konoha. If the Third Hokage dies at the hands of a traitorous ninja, wouldn't it be even more shameful for our Konoha?"

"Then should we protect the Third Hokage instead?"

"Yes, save the Third Hokage first, and then execute him!"

……

With her words, Haruno Sakura actually changed the public opinion of Konoha. The Konoha ninjas who originally only wanted to watch their Hokage being beaten to death were now eager to save their Hokage and then judge him openly.

Because this will not only wash away one's own sins, but also protect the dignity of Konoha!

However, Sakura Haruno's behavior caused dissatisfaction among the two people.

Uchiha Sasuke looked at Haruno Sakura in apathetically as she stirred up public opinion. At this moment, he had already seen that his companion had bad intentions. Of course, this was just a small matter. What really made Uchiha Sasuke dissatisfied was Konoha itself.

As expected, in Konoha Village, we Uchiha are the excluded ones.

Even though the Third Hokage made so many mistakes, the villagers of Konoha still wanted to protect him. And thousands of us Uchiha clan members were killed, but now no one cares.

What kind of village is this, what kind of Konoha is this!

Uchiha Sasuke clenched his palms tightly, letting the blood flow from his nails. For the first time in his life, he felt deeply dissatisfied with Konoha.

The other person who was dissatisfied was Uzumaki Naruto.

However, he couldn't figure out the purpose of Haruno Sakura's action. What really made him dissatisfied was a word from Jiraiya beside him.

"Naruto, now it seems that the one who will eventually become Hokage should be this little girl in your class. As for you, you'd better give up as soon as possible!"

Chapter 67 Civilian Tragedy

There was a bustling crowd and a lot of noise below, but the platform of the Chunin Exam was inexplicably quiet.

After Uchiha Izumi had resurrected nearly 10,000 civilians who had died tragically, she stood there leisurely. She did not unlock the seal on the minds of these civilians, she just let the sins of Konoha be exposed to the world.

She was waiting, waiting for the foundation of the Third Hokage's rule over Konoha to collapse, and then watch herself become a lonely person. She was also waiting for someone, waiting for that person to appear in front of her, and then feel the most extreme pain under her calculations.

And opposite to Uchiha Izumi, Sarutobi Hiruzen was also waiting.

He was recovering his strength while waiting, waiting for Danzo's Kotoamatsukami to recover his eye power, waiting for the last ninja loyal to him to appear, and he was also waiting to see what kind of ending the ninjas of Konoha would give him.

Both of them were waiting, but their moods were very different.

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