What Hizashi said was too shocking, no less than a heavy bomb thrown into the crowd, blasting everyone into a daze.
No one believed what Hizashi said.
But Koharu Utatane, Kushina Uzumaki, Ibiki Morino, and all the bigwigs on the stage echoed with oaths, saying that things were indeed as Hizashi said.
This made the villagers even more confused.
After all, so many big figures couldn't collude to deceive everyone, right?
There was no reason for it at all!
At this time, Koharu Utatane began to use the third step: shifting the focus.
"Everyone, Konoha has suffered heavy losses due to the civil war launched by the Third Hokage. Other villages such as Cloud Village and Rock Village are very likely to take advantage of the fire to rob and take the opportunity to attack Konoha."
"Therefore, in the recent period of time, everyone should reduce the number of times they go out as much as possible, and try not to leave the village if they can."
"Even in the village, you must always be vigilant! Because war... may happen again!"
Sure enough, as soon as Koharu Utatane said these words, the scene fell into widespread panic.
Most of the attention was shifted from the "Third Hokage launched a civil war and died" to this matter.
Everyone was in danger, and they were all worried about what to do if other villages attacked in the future, how to arrange their wives and children, and whether they could protect their families.
Who would care how the Third Hokage died?
Since this meeting, Konoha had fallen into a period of extreme oppression and depression. Every villager's face was filled with confusion, panic, and unease.
Almost everyone was like they had a funeral at home, and their faces were so gloomy that they seemed to be dripping with water.
In such a big village, no one could see a smiling face or hear a trace of laughter anymore. Even the little kids who didn't understand anything all had a straight face.
Suzaku and others saw these situations in their eyes, but they could only sigh helplessly. This was the transitional stage that had to be experienced at present.
"No wonder the news of the White Fang's mission failure spread all over the sky on the second day. It turned out that the Third Hokage deliberately released the news!"
"The Third Hokage actually wanted to cleanse Kakashi just after Kakashi's father died? If Kakashi hadn't passed the test, he would have been dead!"
"Nawaki accidentally entered a trap on the battlefield and was blown to death by explosive tags? This is too absurd, right? Thinking about the demise of the Senju clan, isn't it chilling to think about it carefully?"
"The Senju clan was a super clan that established Konoha, but it declined to only Lady Tsunade during the Third Hokage's reign. Isn't this too abnormal?"
...
And in this silent and oppressive atmosphere, all kinds of black materials about the Third Hokage began to spread all over the village.
Each of those black materials had a nose and eyes, and they were spread in a vivid manner, with great persuasiveness.
Like a hurricane, it quickly swept to every corner of Konoha. Basically, all the villagers were talking about this kind of thing when they met.
In just a few days.
The Third Hokage had changed from the Hokage who was respected and loved by everyone to an insidious and cunning, unscrupulous despicable villain.
Three people could still make a tiger, let alone the whole people discussing it. The power of public opinion was so terrible.
When everyone was talking about one thing, even if that thing wasn't true, many people would blindly believe it.
Of course, the black materials wouldn't spread for no reason. This was all the Uchiha clan's operation behind the scenes.
The Konoha high-level officials such as Suzaku also acquiesced to this behavior.
The blackening of Hiruzen Sarutobi by the Konoha high-level officials a few days ago had only sown a seed in the hearts of the people, and that was all. It was far from enough.
If they wanted to successfully smear the Third Hokage, they needed to constantly water and fertilize it.
This was exactly what the Uchiha clan was doing now.
"There's no need to worry about the public opinion anymore. After a few more days of brewing, blackening the Third Hokage will become the mainstream of public opinion."
"At that time, even if there are still people who have doubts about this, it won't affect my ascent to the position of Hokage."
"There's no need to worry about these at all."
Walking leisurely on the street, Kouki couldn't help but think like this as he listened to the discussions about the Third Hokage that were constantly coming from his ears.
But then his brow furrowed slightly, and he rubbed his temples: "Now the most troublesome thing is that old guy Yuhi Shinku has forbidden Kurenai from seeing me... Should I kill him?"
Of course, the last thought was purely a prank-like thought.
In fact, Kouki could also understand Yuhi Shinku.
No matter who it was, they wouldn't let their daughter casually contact an executioner who had killed the Third Hokage, Hiashi Hyuga, and a group of high-level officials, right?
"Forget it, this matter can't be rushed, I can only take it one step at a time."
Kouki shrugged, shook his head and sighed, and then returned directly to the clan territory.
After Kouki's strength was completely exposed, he had become a business card of the Uchiha. How could Fugaku still let Kouki do things like patrolling?
Moreover, the thrilling "Konoha high-level officials' great cleansing" had only just passed a few days ago, and it wasn't appropriate for Kouki, as the protagonist, to wander around Konoha in a high-profile manner.
These days, Kouki had basically been staying in the clan territory except for going to Kurenai Yuhi's house to find Kurenai.
"Lord Kouki!"
"Lord Kouki!"
Along the way, no matter which clan member he met, they would greet Kouki with endless admiration and fanaticism.
Kouki had completely become the idol of the Uchiha clan, and his popularity in the clan was simply terribly high.
"What did you say, the Uchiha clan rebelled, the Third Hokage was killed, and countless high-level officials died in this turmoil?"
After these few days of brewing, such a major change that had occurred in Konoha inevitably spread to the ears of other countries.
All the ninja villages that received this information were extremely shocked, and then immediately began to send people to investigate.
The investigation results showed that the rumors were actually true!
The Third Hokage did die in that turmoil, and the Konoha cemetery also had tombstones of big figures such as Hiashi Hyuga and Inoichi Yamanaka.
The memorial stone also had the names of those big figures!
In addition to those high-level officials, nearly a hundred of Konoha's Anbu and ordinary jonin had also sacrificed, and Konoha's strength could be said to have been weakened to the lowest point in history.
After the information was confirmed, the entire ninja world was shaken, as if a bomb had been thrown into the calm surface of an ancient well.
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