"What is this?" He muttered, frowning as he picked up the paper. But the moment he read its contents...
Cough, cough!
The smoke he had just inhaled shot out through his nose in shock, nearly causing him to choke. Tears welled up in his eyes as he stood up abruptly, his face a picture of disbelief.
Telescope Technique?
Yes, it was indeed the Telescope Technique. But the real question was who had leaked it? Wait a minute!
As far as he know, he the only one who knows this jutsu. Jiraiya has been begging me to teach it to him for years, but he never learned it.
How could anyone else know about it, let alone spread it like this?
And there it was, in black and white-claims that he had used the technique not only to monitor everyone but also to spy on women bathing.
Sure, he had done that a few times, but having it plastered all over the village for everyone to see?
Not even the Third Hokage's thick skin could prevent the flush of embarrassment that crept up his face.
His hands trembled as he pointed to the paper on his desk.
"Who did this? How did this happen under your watch?" He demanded, his voice quivering with anger.
What were the Anbu even doing? The news was already spreading like wildfire before they noticed!
The Third Hokage rarely lost his temper with the Anbu, but this time he couldn't hold back. The war had left the economy in shambles, with villagers struggling due to reduced incomes and rising prices.
Complaints were already piling up, and now this scandal threatened to turn those complaints into full-blown outrage.
The worst part was that the Telescope Technique could single-handedly ruin Konoha's bathhouse and hot spring industries-key parts of the village's economy.
These businesses were major taxpayers, too. If this scandal drove customers away, the economic fallout would be disastrous.
But that wasn't even the worst of it. Once word spread, everyone would associate Hiruzen Sarutobi with this perverted jutsu.
His reputation would be shattered, his name dragged from the heights of respectability into the gutter.
A Hokage could have his vices, but letting them become public knowledge was unacceptable -it would destroy everything.
Feeling like he had been plunged into the icy wastes of the Land of Frost, Third Hokage's heart sank as he furiously questioned the Anbu.
Even during previous crises, Third Hokage had only ever given the Anbu mild reprimands. After all, they were his direct subordinates.
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