Silence fell once more between heaven and earth.
The entire Hidden Leaf Village seemed to be shrouded in a heavy gloom.
As the night deepened, that oppressive shadow only grew thicker.
Konoha's elites no longer dared utter a single word.
They could only listen, rigid and pale, to the "self-detonation" happening ahead.
As for the Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, his face was filled with shock.
He knew his old friend had done some questionable things.
At times, he had even deliberately turned a blind eye.
But—
no one had ever told him there were this many.
And worse, after committing so many atrocities, Danzō was now standing here, openly confessing them in public!
Compared to everyone else's stunned silence, the reaction of the two Hokage advisors was far more intense.
"Damn that Danzō! How could you be so utterly insane?!"
"Execute him! Execute him now! Someone, kill Danzō at once—he deserves nothing less!"
The two of them shouted one after the other, nearly hopping with rage.
At a glance, they looked like righteous saints cutting down their own.
Unfortunately, the ANBU merely glanced at the Third Hokage—and did not move.
Meanwhile, Danzō continued speaking without pause:
"Not just the eyes… the inheritances of those who died in the wars…"
"You old bastard, you really deserve to die!"
At that point, Utatane Koharu could no longer hold herself back.
Her hands moved in a blur, and she flung out a dark shadow—
A shuriken!
Whoosh!
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!"
At the same time, Mitokado Homura spat out a mouthful of chakra-laced water without hesitation.
The two attacks shot straight toward Danzō.
The ANBU elites guarding the area—somehow—were a beat too slow.
They simply watched as the two advisors' attacks flew toward Danzō.
Toward a completely defenseless Danzō.
With no defenses up, even a Kage-level shinobi would be severely injured by such an attack.
Even someone beyond Kage-level could be knocked unconscious by a three-year-old's punch under the right circumstances.
There was precedent for that.
It worked!
Seeing their attacks about to land, the two advisors' eyes lit up.
Pop~
But when the shuriken and ninjutsu reached Jin's immediate vicinity, the same scene played out once again.
Like a drop of water falling into the ocean—
it caused only the faintest ripple before dissipating into nothingness.
Jin leapt forward in a single step, placing himself directly in front of Danzō.
And at that moment, the controlled Danzō obediently continued his confession.
"The laundering of the inheritances was successfully carried out with the help of my old friends, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura."
"As for village subsidies—anything meant for war orphans was skimmed off."
"Orphans don't know these things anyway. At most, they'll resent the village."
"And those with too much resentment—I gathered them into Root and branded them with the Tongue Curse Seal."
Thud.
Thud-thud.
It was over.
The two advisors exchanged a glance, their faces instantly wilting.
They knew it.
Their political careers in Konoha were finished.
The moment those words were spoken, the gazes of everyone present changed.
Dark.
Angry.
Filled with killing intent.
There was no respect left—only icy hostility.
No one had imagined that the Hokage advisors they placed such trust in were parasites of this magnitude.
Even the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, was stunned.
A rare flush appeared on his aged face—
not from embarrassment, but from pure rage.
Because village affairs were so numerous, he had relied on these three as his left and right hands.
And yet they had done something so utterly self-destructive.
To allow such darkness to fester in the village he prided himself on illuminating with the Will of Fire!
At this moment, when he looked again at his three old friends, the balance in his heart completely collapsed.
Across from them—
Jin casually toyed with the small silver "sun" in his hand, his gaze sweeping over the shocked and furious Konoha crowd.
The corners of his mouth slowly curved upward.
Good.
Worthy of being the "Pot Shadow."
If someone had to shoulder all this blame, who better than you?
And in truth, the moment Danzō began talking, the conflict between the Uchiha and Konoha had already begun to shift—quietly but decisively.
"Shut up! Shut up! He's talking nonsense!"
"Yes! Don't believe him—this is slander! It's all him!"
Utatane Koharu screamed hysterically. The bun tied at the back of her head fell loose, hair scattering wildly.
Like a madwoman, she spun around and pointed at Jin, her face twisted with ferocity.
"Yes! It's him! He must be controlling Danzō!"
"Kill him! Kill him! All ANBU—attack now!"
"I order you in the name of the Hokage's advisor!!!"
"And Root—what are you waiting for? Move!"
Cornered and furious, weren't they?
Jin's smile grew even wider.
"You two blood-sucking parasites… your usefulness ends here."
"Clear the court of traitors. Execute the villains. Starting with you."
As his words fell, a surge of crimson chakra erupted from his body.
That sinister chakra gathered into enormous hands and slammed straight down toward the two of them.
Whooo—!
The night itself seemed to ignite.
"No! Hiruzen, save—"
Squish!
Utatane Koharu's scream was cut short.
The crimson chakra hands crushed down like rotten wood being snapped apart.
Before Sarutobi Hiruzen's clouded eyes, before the silence of Konoha's high command and clan leaders—
the bodies of Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura were crushed midair by those chakra hands.
Squish!
A rain of blood fell from the sky.
Beneath that blood rain, the small figure of Jin stood like a demon god—unshakable.
Even looking directly at him felt blinding.
Many instinctively lowered their heads.
"Hah… what a shame. Weren't these two part of the Hokage's squad in their youth? Why are their traits so terrible?"
Jin had seen their traits clearly.
Things like Chakra Refinement, Shuriken Familiarity, or trash-tier traits such as Abuse of Authority and Insatiable Greed.
Even worse, he had drawn two of the few green-tier ones.
[Defeated Utatane Koharu. Attempting to copy trait.]
[Copy successful. Congratulations, host has obtained Fine Trait: Corrupt Official (Green) — You possess exceptional talent in embezzlement and profiteering.]
[Defeated Mitokado Homura… Congratulations, host has obtained Fine Trait: Fox-and-Hound Friends (Green) — Birds of a feather flock together, taken to its extreme.]
"Fuse them. Fuse them."
He didn't hesitate at all.
Completely useless.
Afterward, he took a deep breath and flung Danzō to the ground like a dead dog.
Smack!
"Tonight—"
He stepped on Danzō's head, pointing at the arm filled with sins.
Under blood rain and moonlight, the small figure of Jin stood tall, his voice ringing like a bell heralding a new era:
"With the blood of traitors, we honor the dead!"
"With the crime of stolen eyes, we proclaim to the world!"
"Konoha's cancer—I, Uchiha Arata, remove it with my own hands tonight!"
"Setting things right—starts now!"
Whooo—
A fierce wind swept through.
The stench of blood in front of the Hokage Tower was blown away.
Only the flames burning within hundreds of crimson Sharingan remained—
declaring that Konoha was about to see the heavens and earth remade.
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