Chapter 793

"The order to annihilate the entire Uchiha clan — when you were issuing it, did you think of the First Hokage on the Hokage Rock? Did you think that the name 'Konoha' was given by the ancestors of my Uchiha!"

Sasuke's roar echoed all around, as he spoke all the way from the original Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama, straight through to the night of the clan's massacre.

The Uchiha's genjutsu was innately powerful, and now, bolstered by sage techniques, every one of Sasuke's questions struck straight at the hearts of those shinobi.

Bolstering genjutsu through voice — Naruto had tried it earlier, but the effect wasn't all that great. Sasuke, however, had the innate bloodline boost for genjutsu.

Even Tsunade, standing not far away, felt a pang of bitterness at that moment, and it even stirred up certain resonances deep within her heart.

Hatred — it wasn't Sasuke alone who possessed it.

"Teacher Sarutobi Hiruzen, when you were scheming to have Nawaki killed, did you ever think he was Grandpa's only grandson?"

"When you forced me out of the running for the Fourth Hokage, did you ever think I was Grandpa's granddaughter? When you drove Orochimaru into defecting, did you ever think he was your student? When you used rumors to hound to death the man known as Konoha's White Fang, Hatake Sakumo, did you ever think he was the village's new generation of elite?"

"You, back then…"

Tsunade's voice carried grief — women were inherently emotional, and she was no exception.

Just now, pierced through by Sasuke's voice, the pain deep in her heart had been completely detonated. One question after another appeared, successfully leaving the Third Hokage utterly dumbfounded.

Some of these things he had done, but some he simply could not have done — so why was it that every single one was remembered?

"Actually, I'm quite curious — the specific date of Kushina's childbirth back then, who exactly leaked it to that masked man who attacked? Right, it seems it was to make the Uchiha clan take the blame — the Third never publicly announced the existence of that masked man…"

"But based on what I learned from Minato earlier, it seems no one who knew Kushina's exact delivery date ever left that place back then, so…"

Orochimaru added another stab, successfully tying the Night of the Nine-Tails' Rampage to the Third Hokage as well.

But just as he finished speaking, Kakashi in the stands froze in an instant, and some memory deep in his heart was awakened at that moment.

But at this moment, no one paid him any attention. The only one who wanted to come care for him, Might Guy, also only wanted to come offer comfort because Konoha's White Fang had been brought up.

At this moment, on the rooftop, the atmosphere once again grew taut. The Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, opened his mouth several times, wanting to explain, only to find the accusations too many, feeling as though he didn't know where to even begin.

But today, no one wanted to hear his explanations. These people's actual purpose was just one thing — to shatter the kind, righteous, fair image he had always cultivated.

"Orochimaru, to slander me, you've actually brought together so many people. Which of your own crimes back then was false? You—"

After thinking for a long while, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt he still had to pick them off one by one.

First, get Orochimaru dealt with, then the others. But before he could finish speaking, he saw three more people appear before him.

More precisely, four — because the Second Hokage was still carrying one in his hand.

"Tobirama, look at your fine student — it's this bastard who forced the newest generation genius of the Uchiha to go wipe out his own clan."

"The condition was just that as long as he did it, his brother could be kept safe. And you even had to use this kid's brother to threaten him into going to the Akatsuki as a spy for Konoha? You never did anything this shameless back then either, did you? How on earth did you teach a student like this!"

Senju Hashirama had been listening to Sasuke's accusations from the side the whole time. No one's feelings ran deeper than his, because that was his and Madara's experience!

Konoha was still here, Madara was gone, and now the Uchiha were gone too.

"…Big brother, can you not pin everything on me? These guys grew crooked on their own, how can that be counted on me? When they were in front of me back then, they got along just fine. But the moment something happened to me, this one went and dug out Kagami's eyes, and this one…"

Senju Tobirama, seething with fury, tossed Danzo onto the roof tiles, pointed straight at Sarutobi Hiruzen, and started cursing without preamble.

Back then, when he was looking after these brats, every single one of them had a perfectly good attitude.

Especially Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, and Uchiha Kagami.

But later, they all turned into a bunch of scheming scumbags who only knew how to scheme against their own people. If you've got the ability, why not protect the village? What's the skill in being rotten to your own people?

But right now there were people from other villages here as well. Senju Tobirama, though his tirade never ceased, did not say anything that would provoke the other villages.

Even so, Sarutobi Hiruzen was thoroughly scolded into utter despair.

It wasn't that he wanted to admit to certain mistakes — he was now very certain that he truly couldn't beat these people. Danzo had been crippled. Among the current jonin in the village, probably not many would choose to stand on his side. The First Hokage Senju Hashirama, the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama, the Fourth Hokage Bofengshui Sect — not to mention anyone else, just the influence of these four in Konoha, even as dead men, was no less than his own. Especially Senju Hashirama — that legend of the Shinobi World.

GLOSSARY:

【Sun Zi, Sun Nu, Bofengshui Sect, Shinobi World, Uchiha, Konoha, Hokage, First Hokage, Second Hokage, Third Hokage, Fourth Hokage, Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, Uchiha Kagami, Uchiha Madara, Hatake Sakumo, Konoha's White Fang, Tsunade, Nawaki, Orochimaru, Akatsuki, Kakashi, Might Guy, Naruto, Sasuke, Kushina, Minato, Night of the Nine-Tails' Rampage】