"In addition, we also need to guard against other villages.
Once the intelligence is leaked, other villages will definitely believe that Konohagakure has a way to replicate Wood Release.
They will definitely stare at us, make a fuss about this matter, smear us, slander us,
And even constantly send spies to infiltrate the village and dig up intelligence."
Unable to control his emotions, the Third Hokage picked up his pipe and lit it, taking big puffs of smoke.
The meeting room was filled with smoke.
"I will give an explanation to the villagers."
"You make it sound easy."
Tsunade really wanted to spray the Third Hokage's face, but in the end she chose to give in, didn't do too much, sat back in the chair, and gritted her teeth:
"Old man, just announce everything, everyone has the right to know, we also want to know, what happened in the middle."
"I agree."
In this regard, Jiraiya, who has always chosen to evade, chose to stand with Tsunade.
He felt that he should not keep silent.
Otherwise, his conscience would be uneasy.
Let him kill the enemy, spy on intelligence, disrupt other villages, Jiraiya would never retreated.
But the village uses war orphans for experiments, and even the villagers and ninjas of Konohagakure are not spared, Jiraiya cannot accept.
"Tsunade, the most important thing now is to respond....."
Utatane Koharu still wanted to suppress the matter.
The Third Hokage interrupted her.
"Koharu, it's okay, I think Tsunade is right, everyone has the right to know all this."
"But...."
Utatane Koharu was a little unwilling, and Mitokado Homura shook her head slightly at her.
It's too late to think of a way now, get ready to face the storm.
There is no point in continuing to hide at this time, it is better to be honest.
With Mitokado Homura's persuasion, Utatane Koharu finally sat down unwillingly.
"The matter has to start with the teacher."
The Third Hokage put down his pipe and began to recall:
"In order to maintain the order and peace of the ninja world, the teacher took the lead in launching an experiment on Wood Release.
Although the research cannot be done without the cells of the First Hokage, the teacher did not move the body of the First Hokage, but only retained some cells for research."
"The research faced a lot of resistance, and eventually, the Ninja War broke out."
"After the Ninja War, my teacher died in battle, and I became the Third Hokage of the village, inheriting my teacher's will and continuing the experiment on Wood Release."
"After many years of experimentation, the replication research on Wood Release was fraught with difficulties, and I eventually stopped all experiments and research on Wood Release."
"What about Danzo and Orochimaru?"
Tsunade didn't believe that the Third Hokage was unaware:
"Don't tell me you didn't know. Without the support of the village, Danzo and Orochimaru alone wouldn't have such power to mobilize enough funds and equipment."
Faced with Tsunade's questioning, the Third Hokage hesitated.
Sitting next to him, Mitokado Homura's eyelids twitched, and she quickly said:
"This is due to my and Koharu's negligence. Danzo wanted to expand the Root, so he applied for a lot of funds and equipment. Koharu and I didn't know he was using it for experiments, so we agreed."
This was their fault, there was no escaping it, because the Third Hokage really didn't know at the beginning.
"You really are negligent."
Tsunade couldn't help but sneer.
She saw clearly these two elder advisors, they didn't do good things, but they could make all kinds of trouble.
Being ridiculed by Tsunade, the two were very embarrassed, but they had no words to refute.
They could only curse Danzo and Orochimaru in their hearts. It was all their fault. If it weren't for them, how could it have become like this?
Shameful!!
Too shameful.
The Third Hokage didn't care about these and continued:
"During the Third Ninja War, the behavior of Danzo and Orochimaru became very strange. They used the war to gather war orphans from the village for experiments, and even after the war ended, they didn't stop."
"The cells of the First Hokage are very scary. Once transplanted into the human body, it's as if the cells have become cancerous and will turn the person used for the experiment into a tree."
"The experiment encountered many difficulties and many people died.
Because the war stopped, there were not enough experimental subjects, and after I paid attention to the orphanage, Orochimaru reached out to the villagers and the ninjas in the village."
"....."
Everyone's faces became increasingly ugly.
Like Jiraiya, although they didn't agree with such cruel experiments, they just resisted from the bottom of their hearts.
But reaching out to the villagers and the ninjas in the village, this is unacceptable.
"According to the archives of the police department, after the end of the Third Ninja War, indeed many people and ninjas in the village disappeared, including Uchiha people."
Fugaku conveniently inserted a sentence.
Even the big family ninjas are touched?
This bottom line is being broken again and again!!!
Everyone present was not calm.
Taking action against the villagers, taking action against the ninjas in the village, has already crossed the line.
Even the family ninjas are taking action, this is stabbing a knife towards each ninja family of Konohagakure.
"The most missing people are from the Shimura clan, as for whether they were captured or sent there, it is unknown."
The cowardly clan leader could also stab a knife at a critical moment.
Isn't the Shimura clan strongly supporting Danzo?
Come on, can you guys take this blame?
Everyone's eyes looked at the Shimura clan leader.
"....."
The face of the Shimura clan leader changed greatly.
Damn Uchiha Fugaku, Who let you talk too much.
"Nonsense, how could the Shimura clan support such a heinous thing?!"
For self-preservation, the Shimura clan was also in a hurry:
"Hokage-sama, the Shimura clan has never been involved in these things, and it is even less likely to send the clan's people and ninjas over for experiments."
This blame absolutely cannot be taken, otherwise the Shimura clan would be completely finished.
"Alright, I believe in you, and I also believe in the Shimura clan."
This blame cannot be borne by the Shimura clan, regardless of whether they have supported Danzo in this matter, the Third Hokage will not let them bear the blame.
"Thank you for your trust, Hokage-sama."
The head of the Shimura clan was so excited that he was about to cry.
He didn't forget to give Fugaku a fierce look, Uchiha Fugaku, you really have it.
"Later on, everyone knew what happened. I found out that Orochimaru was a person with a dark heart, so I recommended Minato to become the Fourth Hokage of the village, and Orochimaru's matter was soon discovered by Anbu."
"Such a thing happened, it was my mistake and dereliction of duty, I will give an explanation to the villagers, so let's discuss the election of the Fifth Hokage."
When such a thing broke out, it was definitely an earthquake. The Third Hokage was very self-aware and knew that he would not be able to continue sitting in the position of Hokage.
Might as well take this opportunity to let the wise, let everyone elect a suitable candidate.
"Hold on!!!"
Tsunade raised her hand, not giving the Third Hokage a chance to back down, and directly asked:
"Hokage candidate's matter, can be put aside for now, I want to know, old man, how will you deal with Danzo."
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