The Road to the Throne of White Eyes

In the forest outside Konoha Village, thousands of ninjas looked at Hinata Feng's disappearing figure and couldn't tell whether they were disappointed or relieved.

They were arranged to block the mysterious man outside Konoha Village, but they didn't have time to set up a strong barrier, so their hope was not great.

Hinata Feng left in a very cool manner, and Konoha was in a mess. Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the corpses on the ground with a sad expression.

Nara Shikaku came over and posed another difficult question, "Hokage-sama, according to the report, the masked man has already used the space-time ninjutsu to leave, but we still can't let down our guard. Also, there are too many people injured tonight, and we may not have enough doctors."

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the respectful Shikaku with a complicated expression. "Too much happened tonight. I'll have to trouble you to take care of the treatment and the damage statistics. The medical staff can draw on those who have learned medical ninjutsu from various families and do their best to treat the patients. I will arrange for the Anbu and the barrier team to be on guard together."

Shikaku accepted the order calmly, took his leave respectfully, and then consulted with members of various families and some civilian jonin.

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the ruins of the Sarutobi clan's territory, frowned and began to smoke. Too many things happened that night and he needed to sort them out.

At this time, several Anbu ninjas hurried over to report, their voices panicking, "Hokage-sama, we just checked and found that the Hokage Building was broken into, the Book of Seals was stolen, and the spare supply warehouse under the Hokage Building was emptied!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen's body suddenly stiffened, and after a few seconds he gritted his teeth and squeezed out the words "Uchiha Tajima" from his throat, with a few traces of blood oozing from the corners of his mouth.

After struggling to arrange people to check other secret warehouses and arranging the search and sorting work in the Uchiha and Sarutobi clan territories, Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to the Hokage's office with a tired face, and closed the door to discuss with Shimura Danzo and others.

The atmosphere in the Hokage's office was terribly low, and everyone had a gloomy look on their faces.

Sarutobi Hiruzen glared at Danzo and shouted coldly, "What's going on with all those experiments and data from the Root?!"

He knew a little about Danzo's private actions. He was not angry about Danzo doing such a thing, but about leaving so many things unfinished and having them broadcast by others.

The thought of the possible reactions of those families and civilians gave him a splitting headache. What happened tonight was enough to ruin the reputation of all the Konoha high-level officials.

"Everything I did was for Konoha," Danzo said with a serious face. He knew that what happened tonight was a bit of a big deal, but he still believed from the bottom of his heart that everything he did was for the good of Konoha.

Mitomonen and Utane Koharu glared at Danzo and said coldly, "This reason is not enough to explain to the residents of Konoha, nor will it satisfy those families. Now that this has happened suddenly, do you think we can still sit here when they react and cause trouble?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at his old buddies, his eyes filled with gloom. He had always valued his reputation, but tonight it was all ruined. How to deal with the mysterious man's revelations was also a major problem. This was no longer something that could be solved by simply dismissing Danzo. On the way back just now, those ninjas had looked at him and Danzo with something strange in their eyes.

Thinking of this, Hiruzen looked at Danzo with hatred, "You suddenly disappeared during the battle. The things have been cleaned up, right? And Sasuke, where did you take him?"

Danzo was horrified and aggrieved by Hiruzen's fierce glare, and began to explain: "What? That was the masked man slandering me. The Root does not conduct human experiments. As for Sasuke, the masked man massacred the Uchiha clan tonight, and I was protecting him."

Such shameless words made the three old friends who knew him very well feel sick as if they had eaten a fly. However, it seemed that all the unfavorable things had been destroyed by Danzo, so they could rest assured.

"Hand over Sasuke, the Anbu will protect him," Sarutobi Hiruzen made the arrangements, then turned to ask Koharu, "How's Naruto doing?"

"That's some rare good news tonight. He ate expired instant noodles and had a stomachache. He was in the bathroom the whole time and didn't see anything. When the video screen played the part with sound behind it, I had someone knock him out and put him under protective custody."

Hearing this, Hiruzen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"So, how do we explain what happened tonight? Too many people have seen that light curtain!"

Utane Koharu looked back and forth at his old buddies. "The civilians are fine, but those ninjas are hard to appease. Not to mention the various families. After seeing what happened to the Uchiha clan, how can they still trust us?"

"Ninjas should sacrifice themselves. If those families dare to take any action, the Root will not tolerate them." Danzo's words are always so tough and domineering.

Hiruzen rolled his eyes in annoyance, "How many people are left in the Root? Can they suppress so many civilian ninjas and family members? Not to mention the Root, the Anbu have suffered heavy losses. Some Anbu members themselves are already unstable!"

Even though the combined combat strength of their families is more than two thousand ninjas, it is still far behind the strength of Konoha civilians and ninjas from other families. What's more, the gap is even greater when their basic base begins to become unstable.

After a long silence, Danzo, with a fierce and terrifying look in his eyes, offered a suggestion, "The Anbu and Root lost too many men tonight and need a lot of reinforcements. I think it would be better to recruit all those restless civilian ninjas. Add in members of several of our families, and we'll be very strong. Then, Hiruzen, you deal with Ino-Shika-Chou and the others, and I'll talk to Hyuga Hiashi. Basically, Konoha will be safe!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen was a little tempted when he heard this, but he also had many concerns. "Even if we recruit those civilian ninjas, we can't guarantee their safety. How can they obey orders peacefully if we don't explain what happened tonight?"

Shimura Danzo's eyes grew even colder. "Do you remember the special seal technique our teacher invented called the Tongue-Slaying Seal? It can prevent the person cursed from revealing specific information or news?"

"This, isn't good," Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a gleam in his eyes, pretending to hesitate.

Mitomonen and Utane Koharu looked at each other, suppressed their impatience, and tried to persuade, "Huruzen, this is all for Konoha. We can't let rumors and misunderstandings destroy the peace of Konoha!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen hesitated for a long time before agreeing after being persuaded by several people. "Okay, we will recruit these ninjas in batches and plant the curse seals on them. I will talk to the clan leaders of those families."

Sarutobi Hiruzen comforted himself in his heart that the Seal of the Tongue could not kill directly anyway. Apart from the death penalty for leaking information, it could only make the body of the person under the curse stiff and paralyzed, and cause excruciating pain in the bones. As long as these ninjas were loyal to Konoha, everything would be fine.

After discussing for a while, they decided the truth about the Uchiha family incident.

Uchiha Itachi colluded with two mysterious men to massacre the entire clan. Danzo was deceived by Itachi and thought that the Uchiha clan was going to rebel, so he led his team to garrison on the periphery for defense.

As for those things in the light curtain, they were all forged by a mysterious person using illusion and film technology. It was a conspiracy to destroy the peace and stability of Konoha, and it has been seen through by the wise and intelligent Konoha high-level officials!