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The Hyuga Clan?
Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes narrowed sharply.
The more he thought about it, the more terrifying the implications beca. A major conspiracy was brewing beneath the surface.
Who was the leader of the Hyuga clan?
Hyuga Hikari.
And what was her identity?
She shared a close relationship with Uzumaki Kushina and Uchiha Mikoto.
Now, Uzumaki Kushina and the Uchiha clan had already aligned themselves.
Was the Hyuga clan part of the sa alliance?
What a terrifying possibility.
Hiruzen suddenly realized sothing.
He had finally figured it out.
Uchiha Mikoto had taken control of the Uchiha clan.
Then, Hyuga Hikari had beco the leader of the Hyuga clan.
This was no coincidence.
It all made sense now.
Back then, when Uzumaki Kushina and Uchiha Mikoto had clashed with the Hyuga elders, Sarutobi Hiruzen had been there to witness it.
No wonder they had confronted the Hyuga clan's elders so fiercely.
At the ti, Hiruzen had sided with Kushina.
He had thought there was no comparison between the Hyuga clan and the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki.
But now, it felt like a slap in the face.
It turned out they had all been working together from the start.
And the fool in this entire situation... was none other than Sarutobi Hiruzen himself.
His voice was heavy as he finally spoke:
"Danzo, Homura, Koharu... be careful. The Hyuga clan may have joined forces with the Uchiha."
"What?!"
Danzo and the two advisors turned pale.
"Hiruzen, this... this is all your fault." Danzo's voice was grim. "How do you plan to face the First and Second Hokage after this?"
Danzo's expression darkened. He hadn't expected things to escalate to this point.
"Danzo, now is not the ti for bla. We need to focus on the imdiate crisis," Koharu interjected.
Homura nodded in agreent.
For once, they were right.
The situation was dire—far more dangerous than anything Konoha had faced in recent years.
Two of the village's oldest and most powerful clans, Uchiha and Hyuga, had seemingly joined forces.
One wielded the legendary Sharingan.
The other possessed the Byakugan.
Both had played crucial roles in the Third Great Ninja War.
And now, they were launching a coup at the sa ti.
This was no re rebellion.
This was a war against Konoha itself.
And then there was the wildcard—Uzumaki Kushina.
The Jinchūriki of the Nine-Tails.
The village had never faced a crisis like this before.
Sarutobi Hiruzen, Danzo, Homura, and Koharu—these veterans of the First Great Ninja War—felt sothing they hadn't felt in years.
Their hearts pounded.
For the first ti in decades, they were nervous.
"Uzumaki Kushina... The village has treated you well. Why are you doing this?"
Hiruzen's voice carried disbelief.
He had believed Kushina had embraced the Will of Fire.
How had it co to this?
Why?
He truly did not understand.
Kushina clicked her tongue and smirked.
"Tsk, tsk... Third Hokage, still spouting the sa tired lines?"
Her voice was laced with mockery.
"If you really want an answer, it's simple. It's both a whim... and sothing I've planned for a long ti."
Hiruzen's body tensed.
That was an extrely dangerous mindset.
A drop of sweat slid down his temple.
Kushina continued:
"I'm not Mito-sama. It's ti for Konoha to change hands."
Her crimson hair swayed as she spoke.
"And I, Uzumaki Kushina, will be the new ruler of Konoha—no, of the entire Land of Fire."
Her words sent a chill down Hiruzen's spine.
The ntion of Mito-sama made him recall the past.
The First Hokage's death.
The Uzumaki clan's downfall.
The destruction of Uzushiogakure.
Could this be... her revenge?
Kushina smirked.
"If you try to stop , I don't mind unsealing the Nine-Tails. Let's see if you can seal it back like Hashirama or Mito-sama."
A direct threat.
Uzumaki Kushina was threatening to destroy Konoha.
Hiruzen's breath hitched.
"Kushina! Do you not care about the villagers' lives?"
He tried to appeal to reason.
To the Will of Fire.
But Kushina only laughed.
"Old man, words like 'benevolence' and 'righteousness' don't an anything to ."
Hiruzen's face turned ashen.
This was the village they had all fought to protect.
If the village fell, then what was left?
But what scared Hiruzen even more...
Kushina's words were just words.
The true danger stood beside her.
The masked figure who had remained silent until now.
Then—
"Tch... let's not waste ti with words. Let's finish this."
A low, magnetic voice cut through the tense air.
Hiruzen's eyes snapped toward the speaker.
Up until now, his attention had been on Kushina and Mikoto.
But now, he realized...
The most dangerous person in this room wasn't them.
It was him.
Kushina respected him.
And now, he removed his mask.
A handso face was revealed.
Short, orange hair.
Scarlet, vertical pupils.
Hiruzen's breath caught.
"Kurama...?"
This na—he had never heard it before.
There was no such ninja in Konoha's records.
Hiruzen clenched his fists.
"Damn it... why do I feel like I've seen him before?"
That face.
Those eyes.
They made his entire body scream in warning.
An overwhelming sense of unease gripped him.
Even the war-hardened Danzo felt it.
This wasn't normal.
Even Uchiha Mikoto with her Mangekyō Sharingan... even Kushina with the Nine-Tails... neither gave him this level of fear.
But this man—Kurama—
His very presence made them feel like prey before a predator.
Danzo made a split-second decision.
"It doesn't matter who he is! The Uchiha and Hyuga clans dared to stage a coup—we must wipe them out!"
Homura and Koharu swallowed nervously.
The oppressive feeling in the air was suffocating.
"Why... why hasn't backup arrived yet?"
Even if the Hyuga clan had sided against them, Konoha still had other forces.
But where were they?
At that mont, a heavily wounded Konoha shinobi stumbled into the room.
His voice was filled with terror.
"Third Hokage-sama... It's bad... It's very bad..."
Hiruzen turned sharply.
"Speak! What happened? Where are the reinforcents?"
The shinobi trembled.
"They're coming... to kill us."
"Who is?!"
The shinobi's voice cracked.
"Akamichi Choza. Might Duy. And... the more than 10,000 Konoha shinobi who died fighting Kirigakure."
Hiruzen's blood ran cold.
Danzo and the others froze.
Their faces turned pale.
Impossible.
Those shinobi had died on the battlefield.
And yet...
"No..."
It was the first ti in his long life that Sarutobi Hiruzen felt true terror.
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