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Ryosuke helplessly responded. "Maybe they think our clan has affected Konoha's peace."
Izumi widened her eyes, full of confusion. "I don't get it. Our clan has grown strong, so how does that affect peace?"
"Isn't a strong clan better able to protect the village?"
Ryosuke couldn't help but sigh. This was the thinking of a normal person. He could only reply helplessly.
"Maybe Itachi's way of thinking is different from ours."
Izumi was also a bit gloomy. It was true that Itachi had always had his own unique thoughts and had never confided in her. But now, her friend had been captured like this, accused of committing the grave crime of betraying the clan. She didn't even know what kind of punishment awaited him.
At this moment, Ryosuke took a piece of fruit from the tray held by Nii Yugito and fed it into Izumi's mouth.
"Eat. Don't be so down. There's no need for that right now."
Izumi looked at the fruit near her mouth, opened her mouth, and ate it. As she chewed, she asked. "What kind of punishment will Itachi receive? Will he be executed directly?"
Ryosuke comforted her, saying, "Don't worry. The death penalty is unlikely. I've already handed everything over to Clan Leader Fugaku. I don't think he would execute his own child."
"But he will still face very severe punishment. Being imprisoned is a real possibility."
Hearing this, Izumi took a deep breath. As long as it wasn't the death penalty, that was enough.
For committing such a grave crime, she had really been afraid that the clan would execute Itachi on the spot.
Looking at Izumi's small face, Ryosuke handed her another piece of fruit. Izumi was quite a little beauty, and raising her since childhood was a good thing.
Izumi happily ate another piece of fruit. After hearing bad news earlier, now that she had heard some good news, she was no longer as upset.
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On the other side, Uzuki Yugao had naturally also heard the news that the Third Hokage was going to be put on trial.
As a member of the Hokage's Anbu, she had no intention of rescuing the Third Hokage. She had already paid a great price for him.
Moreover, the news she heard completely overturned her previous perceptions.
'That man, Shisui, was actually dead?' To think that he had also been a member of Anbu. Uzuki Yugao couldn't understand why the Third Hokage would do such a thing.
It felt like he had brought it upon himself and had no one else to blame.
She had even heard that in Danzo's Root base, there was a large number of human experimentsâinhumane experiments.
She had secretly investigated this before and reported it to the Third Hokage, but he had not allowed her to pursue it further.
She hadn't expected that such darkness was hidden within the village.
Without the Third Hokage's cover, Danzo would never have been able to carry out such things in absolute secrecy.
Kakashi, naturally, had also received this news. As an Anbu member, what could he do? Nothing at all.
He saw things clearly. This was nothing more than an internal struggle between two major factions in the village.
It was obvious that the Third Hokage had wanted to deal with the Uchiha clan, but he failed and was instead caught in a scandal.
The outcome of this battle was clearâthe Uchiha clan had won.
The village was about to change, and he had no power to intervene. Might as well go have a bowl of ramen.
Walking into Ichiraku Ramen, he said to the owner, "One bowl of ramen, please."
"Alright, coming right up."
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Two days later, in the Hokage Building, all the clan leaders of Konoha were gathered.
At this moment, the Hokage Building was already under the control of the Uchiha clan. Fugaku personally led the Uchiha Police Force to take control of the building.
All the clan leaders held their breath. They already knew who was going to be put on trial at this clan leader meeting.
It was none other than the Third Hokage.
Their emotions were complicated.
Some of the smaller clans that had supported the Hokage were feeling uneasy. If the Hokage fell, their clans would surely face difficulties in Konoha's future. Worse yet, they feared being purged by the Uchiha clan.
Most of the clan leaders, however, had calmed down over the past two days.
The Third Hokage's actions were truly scandalous. Killing Uchiha Shisui to steal his eyes and attempting to control Uchiha Ryosuke in order to manipulate the entire Uchiha clanâthese were grave crimes.
The Uchiha clan would never let him go.
As for why Shisui's eyes could control Uchiha Ryosuke, there were rumors that Shisui had awakened the MangekyĆ Sharingan and gained a special dojutsu. The exact ability was unknown.
That was why the Third Hokage had killed Shisui and taken his eyes.
Furthermore, the Police Force had found a large amount of evidence of human experimentation at Danzo's Root base. It was even rumored to be linked to Orochimaru.
Back then, Orochimaru had caused a huge scandal that shook the entire villageâconducting experiments on both civilians and shinobi.
Now that Danzo was exposed for similar crimes, how could the Third Hokage not be held accountable?
This was something that no one could believe. It was truly a failure of leadership.
Of course, these were just rumors, but they could very well be the truth. Such things don't spread for no reason.
At this moment, Fugaku looked around at everyone present, feeling a surge of emotion.
Not long ago, the Third Hokage and Danzo had worked together to suppress them. But now, it was his turn to put the Third Hokage on trial. He would make sure to crush him completely.
Not only for Shisui's case, but he would also pin the entirety of the Root base's human experiments on the Third Hokage.
Completely shattering his reputation in the village. That would make handling him much easier.
This was something he had discussed with Ryosuke.
He glanced at the many clan leaders present. They, in turn, looked at the standing Fugaku.
Not long ago, the Uchiha clan had been suppressed by the village leadership, but now, they had completely turned the tables.
The wheel of fortune had turned.
Fugaku spoke coldly. "I believe everyone has already heard the rumors in the village and seen the announcement made by the Uchiha clan. I won't waste words.
"Now, we will proceed with the trial of the Third Hokage."
"First, let the heads of the Ino-Shika-ChĆ clans, the Inuzuka clan leader, and the Hyuga clan leader present their evidence.
"They have collected their own evidence."
By saying this, he was trying to distance the Uchiha clan from the case, proving that the evidence wasn't fabricated by them.
The expressions of the clan leaders changed.
They were already presenting evidence to bring down the Third Hokage? Had he really done all those things?
All eyes turned to those few clan leaders.
They were all from major clans in the village, and their words carried weight. Besides, if their words couldn't be trusted, it would mean they had sided with the Uchiha clan. In that case, Konoha would be completely under Uchiha control.
After some observation, it was clear that, aside from the Hyuga clan, the other clans still kept their distance from the Uchiha.
This proved their testimony was impartial.
The Hyuga clan leader, Hiashi, slowly stood up with a prepared document.
"This is what I found in one of Root's laboratory bases. It is now under Third Hokage's control. These are detailed records of human experiments."
At the same time, he signaled his subordinates to distribute the documents to the other clan leaders.
As they read, their expressions darkenedâit was shocking.
There were the remains of 59 children alone. The documents even detailed the experiment: fusing children with the cells of Lord Hashirama.
This was horrifying.
For a while, there had been rumors in the Land of Fire about missing children. They had thought another nation was responsible. They hadn't expected it to be their own people.
Some clan leaders even spoke up. "Are these documents real? Did Danzo really conduct these experiments?"
To use so many children for experimentsâthis was utterly inhumane. They could hardly believe it. After all, Danzo was a village elder. His duty was to protect Konoha and ensure the stability of the Land of Fire.
How could he have done something so evil?
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