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Tobirama had a deep, deep frown on his face and everyone was sending fearful glances his way.
Except Izuna, who was gloating already.
"HAHAHA~! Did you see that!? The Uchiha now have a grip on your baby Tobirama! Did you see that!? Can you see it!? The Uchiha won!! The Senju lost!!"
"Even a Senju openly admitted that the Uchiha get the throne!! We're the kings now! You're all our slaves!! Got that!? Huh!? Huuuhhh!!!??"
Veins popped out on Tobirama's forehead.
He couldn't bear it anymore and instantly punched the table in front of them.
Only, the table didn't even creak as if it were made out of some godly powers causing Tobirama's hand to hurt instead.
"HAHAHAHA~ Tobi-mama can't even break a lwittle table! AWWW~ HIS LOVE TAPS ARE SHOO CUTE! The bad boys are going to take away your daughter! What 'chu gonna do?"
"Enough!" Tobirama shouted finally while shaking the pain away from his likely broken hand.
Izuna shut up out of a sense of decency but the smug grin on his face still irked Tobirama.
In the end it was Hashirama that spoke up, "It might be for the best Tobi… after all, the Uchiha never left the village with Madara when he rebelled."
Tobirama's frown only deepened when he heard his brother supporting the Uchiha becoming the Hokage.
In the end since he couldn't do anything from this room he decided single handedly that he would convince Tsunade to become the Hokage once he was summoned using the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
"What we need to do now is to figure out what questions we want to ask the boy and what we want to teach him when we are summoned." Tobirama said after controlling his anger a little.
And everyone finally exhaled in relief.
That was when Izuna did something that snapped Tobirama-
"Wuwuwu!! My Tobi-mama is so bad!! She won't let me marry an Uchiha… Wuwuwu!!" Izuna said while making a crying face and pretending to be Tobirama's grand niece.
"IZUNA UCHIHA!!!!"
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The next morning rolled around and all the major clan heads in the village all got a simple message, "Please come to the Hokage office immediately."
None of them knew that Danzo had turned into a dog so they were still quite afraid of the summons.
So instead of going one by one, the clan heads all banded together to arrive at the Hokage office as a show of strength.
Among them, the Uchiha clan head, Fugaku Uchiha was the most prominent along with the Hyuga clan head, Hiashi Hyuga were leading the way.
While the clan heads of the other major clans like the Inuzuka, Aburame, Yamanaka, Akemichi, and Konoha's most powerful legal weapons merchant, the Tenten family head, were also present.
"What do you think is going on Fugaku?" Hiashi asked softly.
Fugaku looked at the worried Hiashi and spoke in an even tone, "The rebellion should not have been exposed yet… or else Shikaku would've informed the Yamanaka and the Akemichi clans."
Hiashi looked at them for confirmation and they nodded, they hadn't received any such messages.
"Perhaps it has something to do with the Daimyo visiting. Perhaps it's about him officiating Danzo into the Hokage position and he wants to give us a chance to take his side instead of joining the rebellion." Tsume Inuzuka said brashly.
Everyone gulped at that.
Since if Danzo was bold enough to make that offer, he had to have a reason for them to join him. And his reasons were usually sticks, not carrots.
Fugaku stayed silent but he too felt a little afraid.
Soon they reached the Hokage office.
Knock Knock
"Come in." To their surprise they heard Shikaku's voice from inside the Hokage office which confused several of them.
For a second a few of them even thought that Shikaku had perhaps betrayed them and accepted Danzo's offer before them.
But then they looked at the Yamanaka and Akemichi clan heads and thought otherwise.
Even if Shikaku would've betrayed them, the other two clans would've followed suit along with him. The very fact that they were standing with them meant that they hadn't betrayed the rebellion yet.
But then why was Shikaku the one ordering them to come inside and not Danzo?
Fugaku opened the door slowly.
He then stepped inside the Hokage room and to his and everyone else's surprise they found Shikaku sitting on the Hokage seat instead of Danzo.
The next thing that surprised them was-
"Huh? Why has he become a dog?" Inuzuka Tsume said boldly while pointing at Danzo who was sniffing his own butt.
Shikaku sighed, relieved, "You've all come together, that saves me from repeating the explanation to each one of you."
"What's going on Shikaku?" Choza Akemichi asked Shikaku, full of confusion and wariness.
"As you can see… Danzo has been turned into a dog." Shikaku bluntly stated.
Just as everyone opened their mouths to launch into a barrage of questions, Shikaku spoke again, "He's been turned into a dog by a rouge shinobi called the Ultra Fighter."
"We don't know who this person currently is… but Tsunade-sama seems to have come into contact with him in the past and he's not displayed any signs of harming Konoha when with her."
"So it can be said that he solely hated Danzo given he infiltrated the Hokage office in the middle of last night, turned Danzo into a dog, and then left all without a single person spotting him."
Everyone's eyes widened. No one could laugh.
The weight that had been pressing down on them for the last couple of months had finally disappeared. They felt free. They had been prepared to lay down their lives for this freedom, so each one of them still felt a phantom weight pulling down on them.
It felt unreal.
Fugaku almost felt his knees giving, their nightmare was over?
Just like that?
"Is this a prank Shikaku? If it is… it's not funny." Inoichi said the question on everyone's minds.
Shikaku sighed.
"Fortunately, it is not. I asked you to come here to inform you about another thing, have your kids come to training ground seven, the Jubakuchu in them will be removed by a ROOT operative in the evening today."
"And those with the cursed tongue eradication seal will also be released there by Tsunade-sama."
There was silence in the Hokage office for a while until Fugaku asked Shikaku a question. "So are you the Hokage now?"
"No. I am only the interim Hokage. The Hokage will be chosen once again by a Jonin vote after the rebellion."
"The rebellion is still happening? Is it to execute him?" Tsume asked with a fierce grin while also releasing her bloodlust.
Shikaku shook his head, "We won't be executing him… I'm not sure what should be done with him for now… but executing him seems like an easy way out for him."
"I feel like he needs to suffer for his crimes… I think that's what Ultra Fighter thought too when he turned Danzo into… this."
Danzo, who was currently licking his butt, suddenly felt various killing gazes on him and frowned.
"It's not nice to try and kill me… I am Ultra Fighter's Dog… I come in peace!" Danzo shouted, he tried to run up to them to sniff their butts to understand them, but all of a sudden a black chain made of shadows wrapped around Danzo's neck and stopped him in place.
"As you can see… this is the more appropriate option for him…" Shikaku said holding the shadow chain connected to Danzo's neck and nodded at everyone.
"I expect this to be kept a secret until the rebellion is over, at which point we'll dismiss Danzo and reinstate a new Hokage with the Jonin vote."
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