Konoha.
It was the same old Hokage Office, but on the Hokage, seat sat a relatively Young Sarutobi as in front stood the Young Danzo, Koharu and Mitokado.
"Hiruzen, as Danzo said, the Senju Clan is dangerous; they are too full of themselves and don't put us in their eyes; we have to think of a way to deal with them."
The beautiful Koharu said to Sarutobi, reminding him of their danger.
"If I do this, how would I face Sensei after death?"
Sarutobi tried to persuade his friends as he couldn't kill the Clan that his Sensei belonged to
"Humph, you are too soft, Hiruzen, since they are threatening the village, then we have to deal with them; if Sensei was alive, he would have agreed with us."
"You don't need to do anything; I'm Konoha's Darkness; leave it to me."
Danzo turned to leave as Koharu, Mitokado, and Sarutobi were left in the room.
Sarutobi clenched his fists as he seemed to be struggling about something.
"Sigh..."
Finally, Sarutobi loosened his fists as he leaned back and sighed at his incompetence.
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It was the same old Hokage Office once again.
"Hiruzen, Sakumo is too famous right now; if we don't do anything, you'll have to give up your seat of Hokage."
Mikado seemed to have some wrinkles on his face in this memory.
"But he is Konoha's hero; how can I do anything to him?"
Some hair of Sarutobi has turned white at this point.
"We only need to ruin his reputation; leave it to me, Hiruzen."
Danzo said as Sarutobi once again for his rule nearly sacrificed a hero of the village.
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"Haha, soon it will be the end of Kozuki."
Koharu and Mitokado laughed loudly as they saw Sarutobi had finally given up his last resistance.
"Hiruzen, I will be the one who will take his head off; don't you dare stop me at that time."
Danzo had a cruel smile on his face as he couldn't wait to complete his revenge.
"What I did is for Konoha."
Looking at his laughing old friend, Sarutobi again said these historic lines consoling himself.
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The whole Hokage Office had a pin drop silence.
"How...could...they do this."
Tsunade sat down holding her head as tears fell on the floor from her eyes.
She couldn't believe that her Clan was Killed by the people of Konoha.
"Sensei"
The eyes of Itachi turned red uncontrollably as the three tomoe began to spin wildly.
Soon, the tomoe connected together, forming a whole different pattern.
But Itachi didn't seem to notice it as his mind was blank by what he had seen.
Sakumo was sad as he never expected that the elders would be involved in that incident.
Kakashi and Shisui were silent as they kept their heads down, but their whole bodies were trembling.
For the first time, everyone questioned themselves as to the point in putting their lives for the village if the result was to be killed like Kozuki.
Whenever Kakashi and Shisui try to imagine the sight of Kozuki suddenly being attacked by his own fellow villagers, they couldn't even think how he would have felt.
The more they think, the more they feel terrified of how their Friend and Sensei would have died in despair.
Minato was looking at his hands, as he still could remember that he, with his own hands, sent Kozuki to death.
Remembering the cheerful Kozuki and then the face of Kozuki, who, even after being betrayed, still had a smile on his face, he didn't know now whether it was a regretless smile or a mocking smile.
The heart of Minato seemed to rip apart, and his hands were shaking continuously.
"I'm sorry..."
Minato squeezed out these two words with extreme pain as his words were filled with regret, grief, pain.
The whole Hokage Office was silent as this quietness lasted for several minutes before being broken by an angry voice.
"How dare you attack us, Inoichi."
At this moment, Koharu and Mitokado, who had passed out, woke up as they yelled at Inoichi, but they stopped suddenly as they saw the sad faces of everyone.
They immediately remembered what Inoichi had done to them some time ago, as fearful expressions appeared on their faces.
The voice of the advisors immediately pulled out everyone from their thoughts as they suddenly looked towards the advisors, their eyes red with anger.
"How... dare... you do that..."
Tsunade stood up as she roared towards the elders.
"Listen to us... we can ...exp__Boom..."
Mitokado tried to explain, but Tsunade suddenly appeared before him, and a punch fell on his stomach.
"Argh..."
Mitokado immediately spurted out a mouthful of blood as he directly passed out once again.
Tsunade didn't use much power as there was no way she would let him die so quickly.
Koharu's face was pale as her whole body was trembling with fear looking at Tsunade.
Minato, step by step, arrived in front of Koharu as he looked at her and said.
"I can't change the past, but I swear I would make a future where no one has to suffer like Kozuki, and your public execution would be the first step towards it."
Minato said, looking at Koharu as Kakashi, Shisui, and everyone else suddenly looked towards Minato as they seemed to have found hope, someone who can they still trust and sacrifice their lives for.
Minato summoned the Anbu and ordered them to take away and lock both advisors.
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