["Hey, hey, hey, did you guys hear?"]
["What, what?!"]
["It's about what happened yesterday!"]
["Let me tell you..."]
[After Iruka Umino left.]
[The students did not leave immediately.]
[Perhaps they realized that after graduation and becoming Genin, the opportunities to meet would decrease.]
[This was true not only for Class 1 but for other classes as well.]
["Ah?!"]
["That can't be true?!"]
["How could people from the Konoha Military Police Force... do something like that?!"]
["The Sarutobi Clan... could this be connected to Lord Third Hokage?!"]
["Don't talk nonsense!"]
["How could Lord Third Hokage possibly permit something like this?!"]
["Those guys must have done it secretly, hiding it from Lord Third Hokage!"]
["Damn it... treating comrades like livestock?!"]
["Watch your words!"]
["The Root Organization... it's very mysterious. I heard my dad say it's similar to the Anbu!"]
["What?!"]
["How could an organization like that... attack us?!"]
["..."]
[For a moment, everyone felt fear and anger.]
[Of course, they were also deeply confused.]
[The Root Organization... the Anbu... and the Konoha Military Police Force, weren't they all supposed to protect the Village?]
[Why would they do things that harm the Village.]
[Suddenly.]
[The class suddenly fell silent.]
[Everyone looked at the few people walking out of the classroom.]
[The Naruto Gang!]
[In another corner (the window seat, the King's homeland), Uchiha Sasuke frowned.]
["Hey, hey, hey, did you guys hear?"]
["What, what?!"]
["Uh... what else is there?"]
["I'm telling you, you might not believe it!"]
["Remember the Uchiha Clan?"]
["Of course!"]
["On my way to school, I heard someone say... the Uchiha Clan massacre seems to have many unknown secrets!"]
["The Village is even involved in it!"]
["Yes... specifically the Root Organization and the Anbu!"]
["Oh my god~!!!"]
["And also, and also!"]
["When the Uchiha were in charge of the Konoha Military Police Force, someone deliberately..."]
Uh—
[Their voices trailed off.]
["Don't mind me, keep talking."]
[Sasuke appeared beside them, his face frigid.]
Gulp—
[However, his appearance frightened the group.]
[Seeing this, Sasuke turned his head away.]
[Finally, he closed his eyes.]
["Please."]
Hmm???
[Instantly, the group was dumbfounded.]
[Was this... the arrogant Uchiha Sasuke?]
[Even the classmates who had gathered to listen were stunned.]
["That's right!"]
["Exactly!"]
[Suddenly, a girl exclaimed.]
[Then she added, "After what happened last night... anyway, my mom said that when the Uchiha were the Konoha Military Police Force, even though they were all cool and aloof like Sasuke-kun, the Village never had any major incidents when the Uchiha Clan was in charge of the Konoha Military Police Force!"]
[Someone chimed in, "Also, the Back Mountain was bombed a few days ago, did you know?"]
["They claimed it was an enemy attack at the time!"]
["And also, and also..."]
[Everyone started discussing animatedly.]
[Sasuke's face grew colder.]
[He glanced at the Naruto Gang, who had already left.]
[After a moment of hesitation, he still didn't chase after them.]
[Just as he was about to leave.]
[Suddenly, the person who spoke first came back.]
["Hey, hey, hey, did you guys hear?"]
Everyone: "..."
Senju Tobirama: "Brat!"
Fourth Raikage: "Hahaha~"
Fourth Raikage: "Black-Framed Naruto is finally starting to exert force."
Mei Terumī: "I'm looking forward to seeing how the Third Hokage handles this."
Ōnoki: "Isn't that simple?"
Ōnoki: "Just shift the blame to Danzo Shimura, the darkness of konoha."
Ōnoki: "He even managed to suppress the Uchiha Clan massacre."
Rasa: After that, he'll just cut off his own tail to survive, pushing a few Sarutobi Clan members from the list forward to take the fall.
Rasa: He could even use others to disguise them.
Ino Yamanaka: "So dark!"
Tenten: "So dark!"
Sakura Haruno: "So dark!"
...The black-framed large screen continued.
["What, what?"]
["It's about Naruto, Uzumaki Naruto!"]
["Let me tell you, I saw Naruto a long time ago!"]
["That was when everyone first found out about the Fox... Demon!"]
["..."]
[Sasuke stopped, frowned, and continued listening.]
[Meanwhile, in Konoha, on a bustling street.]
[Even at this time, the Commercial District still had a lot of foot traffic.]
[Many people were discussing what they had seen and heard recently.]
[Including the incidents that happened before.]
["Sigh... how did things turn out this way?"]
["Hmph!"]
["Does that even need to be said?"]
["I told you a long time ago, those guys are the type who eat people without spitting out the bones!"]
["That's why I haven't seen Inoue for so long... even his shop has been completely pawned off."]
["Good advice can't save a doomed soul."]
["The so-called Will of Fire, what a joke!"]
["Also, I said back then that even though the Uchiha are arrogant, they never shortchanged anyone and were always fair and just. Whenever some people did bad things, they always smeared the Uchiha!"]
["And also, and also, do you remember the matter of the Fox Demon, or rather, that child?"]
["I just don't understand why they had to inflict the anger and resentment meant for that monster onto a child."]
["..."]
[These voices appeared everywhere in Konoha.]
[No one noticed that Naruto's Shadow Clone was constantly listening to their conversations and observing their expressions.]
[Recording all their reactions.]
[No one knew that this was their only and final chance.]
[In the future, Naruto would not possibly spare every person from that time.]
[However, through these recordings, he could determine the severity of their punishment.]
[Initially, Naruto wanted to kill them all, but... on second thought, death seemed too easy and too cheap compared to other methods of punishment.]
[Wiping out all of Konoha would certainly be satisfying, a feeling that goes straight to the soul.]
[But only for a moment.]
[But if he made these people suffer the same physical and mental agony he once endured, day and night, while still giving them a glimmer of hope for life... forcing them to live perpetually in fear...]
[That would be far better than anything else.]
[And while these people are alive, they might still be able to squeeze out considerable value.]
[A win-win!]
[Just then.]
["What nonsense are you talking about?!"]
[A sharp shout.]
[Immediately after.]
Bang—
[The Genin who had been indignantly expressing his views was punched down by someone.]
[The man's face instantly turned pale.]
["Lord Sandaime has already said!"]
["This was a malicious trick by outside Ninja!"]
["It was a serious mistake made by the former Hokage Advisor!"]
["There were indeed a few scoundrels in the Sarutobi Clan, but Lord Sandaime has punished them all!"]
["As Ninja of Konoha Village, do you not even have this much sense?!"]
["When you have nothing to do, read more about the Will of Fire! How could Lord Sandaime be that kind of person?!"]
["If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll beat you to death!"]
[The man's face was full of malice.]
[For a moment, he intimidated quite a few people.]
[Just at this moment.]
["What are you doing?!"]
[Members of the Konoha Military Police Force arrived late.]
["I did nothing wrong!"] the person stated self-righteously.
[The Konoha Military Police Force handled the matter professionally; since someone was injured, they naturally had to deal with it.]
[This scene continued to play out across various parts of Konoha.]