Time passed slowly for another half month.
At this time, the Konoha Daily had already spread throughout Konoha, and it would record all the interesting things in Konoha every day.
There will also be some major events in the history of Konoha Village, and of course the interpretation of the Will of Fire is indispensable.
Finally, he unwaveringly praised the Uchiha clan and advertised the Commercial West Street.
Nowadays, you can see people holding newspapers everywhere in Konoha, and everyone will discuss or even argue about what is in the newspapers.
However, no one doubted the authenticity of the contents of the newspaper, and it seemed that everyone assumed that everything written in the newspaper was true.
Tomoki walked through various parts of Konoha, looking at the villagers who had become accustomed to newspapers and used them as their main source of information.
Feeling that the time was ripe, Youshu decided to officially launch the plan. It must be said that he was almost sick of writing interpretations of the Will of Fire these days.
After all, the original text of The Will of Fire only has a few sentences, and it is not easy to expand it into a series of articles.
On this day, many villagers in Konoha bought newspapers as per custom.
After they opened it, they found that the layout of the newspaper was not divided into small blocks like before. The entire newspaper had "Special Edition" printed in white letters on a red background in the two upper corners.
The headlines on every page of the newspaper were all in large letters: An unknown secret - Roots.
The Konoha villagers who were unaware of the truth began to watch this special episode.
The opening story tells the origin of "Root". During the Second Shinobi World War, in order to deal with the endless spies and spies from various countries, the Third Hokage drew a large number of elites from the Anbu to form a team, which was led by the current elder Danzo of Konoha.
After the end of the Second Shinobi World War, "Root" was disbanded, and the newspaper kindly attached the document of the disbandment of Root.
However, because Danzo was unwilling to give in, he secretly rebuilt the "Root" without permission.
Thus, Konoha entered a dark age that lasted for more than ten years.
"Root" will collect orphans from inside and outside the village and train them from a young age. At the same time, they will keep an eye on children who show talent in various families and ninja schools in Konoha, and secretly abduct them and bring them back to the root.
The latter part reveals the cruelty of "root" training, which is endless and means death if you can't hold on.
At the same time, they were divided into groups of two. During the extremely brutal training, the teammates in the same group became these children's best friends and closest people.
After completing all the training, before officially becoming a "Root" ninja, two people in the same group will be arranged to fight each other, and the one who survives can officially become a "Root" ninja.
"This must be fake, how could there be such a scary place in Konoha?"
"Really? I was very disappointed when my child failed the ninja school assessment. Now that I think about it, maybe it was a good thing."
"Is the world of ninja so scary?"
Then the rules for "root" to perform tasks are described.
No name, no past, and no future.
Mission failed, death!
Intelligence leak, death!
Mention the information to outsiders and you will die!
Carry out assassination missions, and die after completing the mission!
Captured alive, dead!
The series of deaths made the villagers' scalps tingle.
Some people naturally think of an outstanding neighbor child they had heard of before, but who disappeared shortly afterwards.
The back of the newspaper also included photos taken at the Root base, including the Root's training grounds, lounge, and boxes of documents with Root covers.
Finally, the newspaper compared the ninja training of the Kirigakure "Blood Mist Policy" and the "Root" that made the entire ninja world shudder, and clearly stated that the survival rate of the "Blood Mist Policy" was higher.
Many villagers did not believe what was written in the newspaper was true, and some villagers asked some familiar ninjas for confirmation.
The ninjas neither admitted nor denied it, but remained silent.
The news spread very quickly in Konoha. The whole Konoha was in an uproar and all the villagers fell into panic.
When the village was in an uproar.
Tomoki appeared in the Hokage's office. He was directly "invited" by several Anbu.
At this time, the Sandaime Sarutobi Hiruzen's face was full of anger, "Uchiha Tomoki! What do you want to do?"
I didn't care that you were visiting ninja clans all over the village, I didn't care that you allowed Uchiha Shisui to gather a large number of people all day long, and I didn't care that you published the Konoha Daily to brag about your Uchiha clan.
But your direct exposure of the Root has caused great panic in Konoha, and I can no longer ignore it.
Tomoki was not frightened by Sarutobi Hiruzen and replied calmly, "I don't want to do anything. The Root shouldn't exist. Hokage-sama has always condoned the Root. I should be the one asking."
"Hokage-sama, what exactly do you intend to do? Destroy Konoha?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen knew that he was not in the right. After all, Konoha had its own system, and the Root had indeed been disbanded long ago. Danzo's Root was fundamentally not worth discussing.
Unlike the Uchiha Guard, which is an official department of the village, the Root is ultimately an illegal armed force in the village, and even the act of transferring funds to the Root is illegal.
As the Hokage, the pinnacle and ultimate beneficiary of Konoha's rules, Sarutobi Hiruzen cannot openly make remarks that violate the rules, otherwise he will lose his authority as Hokage.
The rules of Konoha gave him supreme power as Hokage, but also restricted his behavior and speech.
Sarutobi Hiruzen stopped being aggressive and just said, "What exactly do you want me to do to stop?"
"The day the Root is completely destroyed and everyone in Konoha is illuminated by the Will of Fire, I will stop."
Tomoki's expression became excited. "Before this, as the head of the Konoha Security Department, it is my responsibility to protect the villagers. I will never allow the Root to exist and threaten the safety of the Konoha villagers!"
Looking at Tomoki acting in front of him, the corners of the Sandai's mouth twitched. There is no outsider here except the Anbu. I don't know what you are doing acting so hard. Aren't you tired?
Now everyone in Konoha knows the existence of the "Root", and the Third Hokage no longer intends to continue protecting the Root.
The Root was part of the deal he had with Tomoki before. He just wanted to protect Danzo. After the Root completely disappeared, those ninjas would not die, and they could be incorporated into the Anbu.
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Tomoki and said sternly, "That's enough. I don't want to listen to your nonsense. No matter what method you use, you must eliminate the fear of the villagers."
"Anything is possible?"
"Of course not. You are not allowed to harm Konoha or betray the village. You are also a minister. Do you still need me to teach you what you cannot do?"
"I understand, Hokage-sama. I'll be leaving now."
Tomoki then left the Hokage Building.
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