"YOU ALL! HOW DARE YOU BETRAY THE KONOHA!"
As many of the familiar faces stood behind Orochimaru, leading this rebellion and betrayal, Danzo roared with anger, exuding a powerful killing intent!
"I WILL KILL ALL OF YOU AND MAKE YOUR DESCENDANTS INTO THE TOOLS UNTIL THE DEATH!"
Danzo's threat wasn't for nothing, and he would truly do what he planned to do!
Naturally, as Danzo's words echoed, everyone, especially those who were on the side of Hiruzen, stared dangerously at Orochimaru and those families who had decided to betray!
All of them were filled with indignation, hatred, and anger!
How dare they?!
Who gave them the courage to do this?!
Did they think that they could get away with what they had done?!
They all wished for peace and stability, yet how could they not understand that!?
Hiruzen also felt anger, yet his face was still blank as the dirty work for this type of a problem should be left to Danzo and the others, but he, on the other hand, had to keep his saint-like attitude, becoming an angel and anticipated what would happen next with a gentle attitude, making them to rethink their decision, and swept them up with a minimum price.
Yet, without a doubt, as Hiruzen saw Orochimaru, who planned and orchestrated this coup, his expression became tense and complicated, and a slight guilt mixed within his expression before he hardened his expression, becoming as cold as the iron kunai.
'Sensei...'
Orochimaru, who had been observing Hiruzen and ignoring Danzo's barking, snorted inwardly, thinking that Hiruzen was the same as ever, and because of that, he didn't have any regrets anymore and decided to go all out!
"Tools? Don't you treat all of them like disposable tools that you can discard at any moment when they break? What are you trying to threaten them for? What you did every day was all the same! You never thought of them as people, and you just think of your benefits! If all of them did nothing, then all of them would die the same!"
As Orochimaru roared, everyone heard his heart-piercing words, causing those who became scared due to Danzo's threat to also become angry, and regain their spirits!
Yes, what was the difference between their current role?
If they did nothing, they would die, but if they fought, at least they had a chance to change their fate!
Moreover, they are ninjas!
If they could die in battle, then it was better!
At least they had their dignity, and their beliefs remained!
As long as their spirits burned bright, their resistance would exist!
"That's right! What are we besides tools in your eyes?!"
"Don't you want us to work for you till death and tools to make money?!"
"JUST DIE, DANZO!"
No matter what, Danzo was hated by everyone since all the hatred that Hiruzen should have received was all being thrown at Danzo, who had become a good place to receive everyone's dissatisfaction!
Still, when those who wanted to resist were about to have their spirits lifted high, the fight would break out at any moment, Hiruzen said calmly, "Calm down, everyone. We're all from the same village, Konoha. I know that some misunderstandings between us have happened, but we can talk! We can solve everything by sitting down and lowering our weapons. Or, do you want to kill each other with your families? Having our ninja be tarnished by the blood of the family? I know that you have a lot of dissatisfaction, yet I believe that we can solve this peacefully and reach an agreement that everyone is satisfied with, so let's stop this nonsense conflict and stop believing that traitor, since, just like how he could betray the Konoha, he could betray all of you, too!"
As someone who could stand for a long time, or even the longest serving of Hokage, while he was weakened, his mastery over the hearts of people reached a frightening level.
At the same time, by talking, he tried to buy time for everyone to come to save him and his group. After all, no matter how strong Orochimaru and the others were, their numbers weren't high.
Yes, they were all elites, Hiruzen knew that, but sometimes, the strongest of a group was far mightier than the power of an individual!
"...." Senju Hashirama, Madara, and Otsutsuki Hagoromo.
Regardless, Hiruzen could see that the barrier that Orochimaru had set up was quite powerful. No, it was extremely powerful as those who touched it would be burnt to ash, which made him break out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, he wasn't alone, and he believed his words could persuade all of them—
"Sensei, you are really good at words." Orochimaru sighed and asked, "Are you trying to buy time so the ninjas from the Sarutobi, Utatane, Shimura, and Mitokado will come to become your reinforcement, then use the power of the crowd to make us the criminals, like how you have put all the blame for your crimes, like human experiments on me?"
"No, I never did that!"
Human experiment?
Wasn't it Orochimaru who was the one who did it?
Yet, while Hiruzen had such a belief, unlike Danzo, who could remain stone-cold and cruel, he was a slight softie, so his expression flickered for a moment.
"Hahaha... of course, you would never do that. You leave all of your dirty work to Danzo and the others, so you can remain like a saint, always perfect and good, then when we have started to believe, you will stab us to death from behind, giving us the most painful death."
Before Hiruzen could refute, Orochimaru shouted, "Everything is for Konoha! You have always used that excuse to hide all of your ugliness! You use a child as a ninja! You have sacrificed ninjas who aren't part of your group, and massacred all of the family ninjas, turning them into your slaves, and made this village as good as yours!
"How long are you going to pretend that you are a good ruler who believes that he is doing good?"
"THEN, HOW ARE YOU DIFFERENT, OROCHIMARU?! YOU JUST BRING ALL OF THEM TO DEATH!"
"No, I am different." Orochimaru was calm when he faced Hiruzen. "Unlike you, who has the most ninja in the village. I am all alone. When I am old, I will give the Hokage position to someone else, not my own child. Under my rule, I will make everything fair and just! There will be no more unfairness, and I will make Konoha great again!"
Those words came from his heart, and they quickly affected everyone, including the members of the Anbu, who were just slightly brainwashed, not entirely like the Root.
Yet, when Hiruzen couldn't refute Orochimaru as he knew well that he planned to let his son, Asuma, become the next Hokage, a kunai was thrown and was about to pierce Orochimaru to death!
"As expected, you want to kill all of us! Attack!"
Along with Orochimaru's shout, everyone made their moves to kill Hiruzen and everyone!
"Danzo!"
Yet, as Orochimaru made his move, Hiruzen was angry, but Danzo was as calm as ever. "Everything is for Konoha. They should be erased, Hiruzen."
"..."
As if making a painful choice, Hiruzen made up his mind before he decided to erase Orochimaru and everyone.
After all, as Danzo had said before, everything was for Konoha!
"I will kill you myself, Orochimaru!"