Hiruzen Sarutobi: "..."
Upon hearing these words, he instantly froze in place.
No way!
He truly couldn't refute it!
Uzumaki Kushina's chain of suspicion was simply too perfect. Although the other party couldn't produce any evidence, the problem was that such matters didn't require evidence.
Only he and Kakashi knew about it beforehand, and he actually believed Kakashi wasn't the culprit who leaked the information.
Then—who else?
It seemed only himself!
But, damn it.
It really wasn't him!
Hiruzen Sarutobi was so angry he wanted to go mad, but the problem was that no matter how hard he thought, he couldn't think of anyone to shift the blame to!
Wait—blame?
A figure instantly appeared in his mind.
It was his lifelong good brother, the guy with bandages wrapped all over his face and arms.
Yes.
That was Konoha's King of Blame—Danzo!
His eyes lit up at the thought, and he immediately spoke loudly.
"Danzo! It must be Danzo!"
"At that time, I considered the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki's childbirth to be of great importance, so I secretly informed Danzo's Root to be on guard."
"Danzo also knew about this beforehand, so this must have been Danzo's doing."
"That guy's lifelong wish was to become Hokage. When the fourth hokage was about to take office, I needed to go to the Daimyos Mansion to negotiate with the Daimyo, and Danzo even tried to assassinate me at that time."
"Considering his age, he must have thought that if he could eliminate Minato Namikaze, he could then seize the opportunity to become the Fifth Hokage."
"Danzo has a reason to act. This must be something he did secretly behind my back!"
"Damn it, it must be him!"
"After all, that guy also has Kagami's Mangekyo Sharingan in his possession, so the Mangekyo projection in the Nine-Tails' eyes back then can also be explained."
Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately spoke.
If at first he was just trying to shift the blame, the more he thought about it, the brighter his eyes became.
Because... it made too much sense!
Even he himself vaguely felt that this matter might not be him shifting the blame; there was a high probability it was indeed Danzo's doing.
His gaze grew increasingly firm, and even others began to vaguely believe him.
Uchiha Jin narrowed his eyes slightly.
How interesting!
He hadn't expected the situation to progress to this point.
However.
If he could witness a dog-eat-dog scenario, it would also be quite interesting.
With that thought, he immediately summoned a scroll and pulled out Danzo's Wood Release arm from it.
Immediately after.
Uchiha Jin immediately declared: "Truth always becomes clearer through debate. My New Konoha, under Uchiha Jin's rule, will not let a single villain go, nor will it wrongly accuse a single good person!"
"Even if Hiruzen Sarutobi is utterly evil, as long as it's not a wrong he committed, I will not directly pin it on him."
"This is Danzo's modified Wood Release arm. Besides Wood Release cells and Sharingan, it naturally contains some of Danzo's genetic information."
"Someone!"
"Go to the prison and bring me a condemned criminal!"
As Uchiha Jin spoke, the eyes of everyone present instantly filled with admiration and pride.
Look!
This was their New Hokage!
Even though Hiruzen Sarutobi was already utterly evil, their New Hokage still didn't make baseless accusations. This action naturally made everyone trust Uchiha Jin even more.
Don't let a single villain go, don't wrongly accuse a single good person!
So well said!
So, upon hearing these words, the Civilians immediately began cheering and applauding wildly.
Tsunade frowned upon hearing this. Honestly, she didn't like using the Edo Tensei jutsu often, but she couldn't refute what Uchiha Jin said, so she ultimately sighed softly and chose to accept it.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
The faces of the many Edo Tensei powerhouses and countless Civilians and Ninja below the stage instantly darkened upon seeing Danzo's arm.
Especially the pale Wood Release cells and the crimson Three-Tomoe Sharingan on it, which made everyone despise the Old Konoha High Command even more.
Look!
This was one of the sins of the former Old Konoha High Command!
"The Old Konoha High Command, they truly deserve to die!"
"Wood Release and Sharingan, two bloodlines. What exactly did Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others want to do?"
"What I'm more concerned about now is, did Old Konoha not get involved with other bloodlines?"
"This—damn it!"
"Fortunately, Uchiha Jin, this new Hokage-sama, rose to power, otherwise we Ninja Clans would not know how we would have been harmed by those Old Konoha High Command!"
"That's right!"
"Those Old Konoha High Command, they really deserve to die!"
Everyone present spoke up.
Especially the families with bloodline limits and secret techniques, whose faces now looked increasingly grim, and their gazes towards Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others became increasingly filled with murderous intent.
In fact, let alone them, even the Edo Tensei powerhouses had increasingly grim expressions at this moment.
Sakumo Hatake sighed softly: "I knew there was a lot of darkness in Old Konoha, but I didn't expect it to be this dark!"
"Damn it, truly damn it!" Uzumaki Kushina cursed angrily: "Is this the so-called Will of Fire?"
Uzumaki Mito snorted: "Seeing this arm truly sickens me!"
As for Hashirama Senju, he was even more furious.
Honestly... he both valued the Village greatly and, in a way, didn't value it that much.
What he truly wanted was to establish a Village where children could grow up peacefully; whether this Village was Konoha or not didn't matter.
This was also why he wasn't too angry when he learned that Uchiha Jin was establishing New Konoha. After all, in his opinion, since Uchiha Jin could gain everyone's approval, whether it was the original Village or not was simply unimportant.
They were still the same people as before anyway!
But, what about now?
Earlier, when he heard Hiruzen Sarutobi's many crimes, although he was angry, he didn't feel much of it as real.
Now, however, it was different!
Looking at this utterly disgusting arm, especially the crimson Sharingan on it, made Hashirama Senju's heart bleed!
Is this the Village he created? Has it decayed to such an extent?
Honestly.
If the current Hokage, Uchiha Jin, hadn't spoken, he truly would have wanted to slap Hiruzen Sarutobi to death!
But he still endured, choosing to hand over the judgment to Uchiha Jin.
Therefore.
He immediately pointed at Tobirama Senju: "Tobirama, look at the disciple you taught!"
"Big brother, I..." Tobirama Senju's mouth twitched: "They weren't like this before!"
Speaking of which, Tobirama Senju also felt his scalp tingle and was extremely wronged.
No way.
His disciples back then were still very well-behaved and obedient, weren't they?