As more and more people from the major ninja clans gathered.
Kairen said loudly, "Sarutobi Hiruzen, didn't you say Root has already been disbanded?"
"Now people dressed like Root have appeared again, they must naturally be spies from outside villages."
"Or are you saying, Root was never disbanded at all?"
All the Uchiha looked provocatively at the Third Hokage.
The Third Hokage looked as if he had eaten feces.
How was he supposed to answer? The outfits of these Root members were so obvious, anyone could tell.
These Root members had been hiding before, so of course they wouldn't specially change their clothes.
Orochimaru had tampered with the Hashirama cells he gave to Danzo before.
After being exposed to the nutrient fluid, they crazily exploded.
All of them went berserk and trees continuously burst out.
"Sarutobi Hiruzen, answer me! Are they spies from outside villages or not?"
Uchiha Kairen's voice was like a great bell, forcing Sarutobi Hiruzen to grit his teeth and respond, "If they are spies from outside villages, you still need to report it!"
Uchiha Kairen pulled a smile on his face, "Our Uchiha, as the police force, naturally must protect the safety of Konoha, and protect the villagers as fast as possible."
"Let alone Lord Orochimaru."
The Third Hokage's expression was gloomy, "Kairen, Orochimaru defected long ago, you know that."
"That year Lord Orochimaru defected was because he kidnapped infants for human experiments."
"But there was another hidden truth to this matter. Lord Orochimaru was framed," Fugaku stepped forward, seemingly speaking to the Third Hokage, but actually addressing nearby villagers and some ninja clans.
Orochimaru stood behind the Uchiha squad, quietly watching the Uchiha's performance.
He was a little emotional, why did Uchiha Rengoku have so many strange and peculiar ideas.
Fugaku kept calling him "Lord" Orochimaru, constantly elevating Orochimaru's status, when in reality Orochimaru was only a few years older than him.
"The Hyuga clan recently discovered that Shimura Danzo was again conducting bloody human experiments, so they contacted Lord Orochimaru."
"Lord Orochimaru personally came to Konoha to investigate and found that even though Danzo was suspended, he was still maintaining a private force."
"And he was also secretly capturing villagers for human experiments."
"Our Uchiha clan, along with the Hyuga clan, are here to expose Danzo's crimes and clear Lord Orochimaru's name."
At this point, the Third Hokage could only stall for time and asked Orochimaru, "You were framed back then?"
Orochimaru also cooperated and said, "That's right. Back then, I was framed by Danzo."
"Unfortunately, Danzo was the Hokage's assistant at the time, with powerful influence, and I couldn't defend myself."
Orochimaru and the Third Hokage were both pretending not to understand each other, they both knew the truth.
Back then, Orochimaru and Danzo were collaborating.
Now, they were just dumping all the blame on Danzo.
At this moment, Fugaku also signaled to the Hyuga clan that it was their turn.
Hyuga Souta also cooperated and said, "Please, Lord Hokage, come with us. We have already used the Byakugan to discover that Danzo is hiding quite a number of people."
"Those trees that erupted in the village came from their human experiments."
Many nearby ninja clans looked strange in expression, repeatedly glancing at the Third Hokage, the Uchiha clan, and the Hyuga clan.
Some understood inside, some didn't.
But everyone was already pulled along by the Hyuga.
Of course the Third Hokage knew all the Root members were hiding in the base.
It's just that even he didn't know what exactly was inside Root.
But everything inside was certainly not fit to be exposed.
The Third Hokage's face was full of hesitation, his mind frantically working for a solution.
'So the Uchiha actually wanted to uproot Danzo entirely. And even got Orochimaru to help.'
"Lord Hokage, let's go. Otherwise, Danzo's men will escape!"
Fugaku, Uchiha Kairen, and Orochimaru all surrounded the Third Hokage.
They didn't intend to kill the Third Hokage, only to leave him no other choice.
The Third Hokage's eyes flickered and he could only follow the others towards the Root base.
However, his fingers holding the pipe kept flicking up and down.
The elite who had always been nearby protecting him had already quietly left the crowd and headed towards the Uchiha's clan land.
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After the Sarutobi clan gained great wealth, of course they tried their best to train their clansmen.
What they most hoped for was to train some elites capable of standing on their own.
Although the Sarutobi clan had the secret Fire Release technique, they had no Kekkei Genkai.
The probability of producing jonin wasn't high.
Among thousands of Sarutobi clan members, one person was the strongest.
That was the person who always protected Sarutobi Hiruzen's side, named Sarutobi Ishishu.
He was, besides Sarutobi Hiruzen, the strongest person in the Sarutobi clan.
He was especially skilled at disguise techniques, assassination techniques, and his individual combat power was extremely strong.
Besides Ishishu, the Sarutobi clan also had 12 others at jonin level.
This was the entire high-end force the Sarutobi had cultivated over the years.
The hand gesture the Third Hokage made just now was telling Ishishu to take advantage of the Uchiha sending out their elite to launch a surprise attack.
Having followed the Third Hokage for many years, Ishishu shared that tacit understanding.
His figure swiftly leapt between the trees and soon arrived outside the Uchiha clan grounds.
There were already many Sarutobi clan members here.
The Sarutobi's field commander, Sarutobi Ryogen, was also present.
When Ishishu landed, Ryogen was shocked.
He knew that Ishishu never showed himself unless it was extremely urgent.
"Lord Ishishu!", Ryogen quickly stepped forward.
Sarutobi Ishishu wore a cloth headband, his entire body pitch black, standard infiltration gear.
His voice came from under the mask, speaking quickly, "Immediately send someone to go find Konoha's Mitokado Homura or Utatane Koharu."
"Let them delay Uchiha Rengoku at the school."
"Naoyuki, Mitsumasa, Shingo, Kojirou…"
Sarutobi Ishishu called out 11 Sarutobi jonin-level names in succession.
"Immediately remove identifying insignias, bring a large number of explosive tags, and while the Uchiha are vulnerable, launch a surprise attack."
"The rest stay here and wait for orders."
"If there's a chance, we'll fire a red signal flare. If the Uchiha are prepared, we'll fire a blue flare."
"Remember: blue means retreat, red means attack."
"Naoyuki, you follow me."
Sarutobi Ishishu quickly gave instructions, and those he named had already begun removing insignias as he spoke.
By the time he finished speaking, the other Sarutobi had already gathered a large number of explosive tags, at least three to four hundred.
Sarutobi Ishishu led the team, taking these people, figures flickering, charging toward the Uchiha clan.
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