When Hiruzen approached the Shimura clan compound, the thick smell of blood made him feel as if he had returned to the battlefield, giving him a sense of reality.
Entering the Shimura clan compound and seeing the tragic scene of corpses, blood, and sword marks, his heart couldn't help but ache, and his mind went blank.
Really... wiped out...
Several Uchiha Root Members were gathered nearby, stained with blood, shaking their heads and discussing.
"I didn't expect them to have such poor patience, they were just talked about by the villagers a bit."
"Exactly, we Uchiha have been targeted since the Second Hokage's time, and it's nothing."
"Yeah, the Shimura clan's patience is too poor."
"They are too irritable... Uh, Department Chief, hello, Hokage-sama, hello."
These Uchiha Root Members, who were "gossiping," realized belatedly and hurried away.
Hiruzen did not look at them. He stumbled through the area, looking at the dilapidated, bloody scene before him, his face filled with disbelief.
The Shimura clan, which had been on good terms with the Sarutobi clan since the Sengoku era, actually got wiped out.
But Hiruzen did not suspect that the reason for the Shimura clan's extermination was that they were framed. After all, he was the Hokage. Who would dare to suddenly slaughter a clan right under his nose?
It could only be said that the Shimura clan's capacity was too small.
How could they have such thoughts of a Coup d'état? And wanting to avenge Danzo...
Without Danzo, why did the Shimura clan become so narrow-minded?
Sigh, the human heart is hard to predict.
Meanwhile, Itachi still wore that slightly suppressed, calm expression. He looked a bit dead-eyed because of the few Uchiha Root Members arranged by Hiromi. But seeing Hiruzen's unsuspecting appearance, he realized that Danzo could truly do whatever he wanted.
A sentence suddenly popped into his mind.
"No wonder Danzo was so arrogant."
Hiruzen was too incompetent.
—
Early morning.
A shout broke the silence.
"Damned thief! Someone come!"
Soon, the thief was caught, but the Police Force never came.
"Why hasn't the Police Force come yet?"
"The Shimura clan is getting worse and worse."
"Looking at it this way, the Uchiha were actually quite good."
The villagers had strange expressions.
Not just quite good, the Uchiha clan disdained taking bribes, could see who was right and who was wrong at a glance, never wronged anyone, and would never let a criminal escape easily.
Compared to these Shimura people...
"Sigh."
This sigh seemed to be the villagers exhaling their shared helplessness, filled with regret.
At this moment, the person who had gone to the Police Force ran back, his face full of annoyance.
"What's wrong?"
"Where are the Shimura clan members?"
"Why did only you come back?"
Facing the villagers' questions, the man said unhappily, "I went there, and there wasn't a single person in the Police Force."
"???"
"This Shimura clan..." The villagers gritted their teeth.
They didn't expect the Shimura clan to handle the Police Force like this.
At this time, a middle-aged woman came back from afar, looking dazed.
"Eh? Didn't you say you were going to buy groceries? Why are you coming back empty-handed?"
The woman came to her senses and said with a strange expression, "Guess what I saw at the Shimura clan compound?"
"What did you see?"
Before the villagers could guess, the woman quickly said, "You don't know, the Shimura clan actually wanted to stage a Coup d'état."
The villagers were shocked.
"A Coup d'état?"
"Oh my god!"
"What were they thinking?"
"So what's the situation now?"
The woman said proudly, "Of course, they were dealt with by Hokage-sama."
"Third Hokage is truly the strongest Hokage in history."
"Too amazing!"
After praising Hiruzen, they couldn't help but discuss the Shimura clan again.
"Why do you think the Shimura clan wanted to stage a Coup d'état?"
"Exactly, they were in charge of the Police Force, and many clans didn't have it as good as them."
"It's because of that."
"What?"
"Ambition."
"They were already in the Police Force, so they wanted to be Hokage?"
"Yeah. Otherwise why would they stage a Coup d'état?"
"I heard the reason for the Shimura clan's Coup d'état was that they staged it because we gossiped about them."
"Huh?"
"We definitely weren't wrong."
"Exactly, look at the Uchiha clan, although we don't really see them much, aren't they still living well?"
"Exactly."
"And the Shimura clan wasn't doing a good job, and they wouldn't let others talk about it."
"It was just a few words of gossip, what could be the big deal?"
"Look at me, I get lectured by my mother-in-law dozens of times every day, and I'm still doing just fine."
"Um... is your mother-in-law mute now?"
"Does she still hit you?"
The daughter-in-law smiled very happily. "She doesn't hit me anymore. She's sick now, and I have to take care of her eating and bathroom needs while she's in bed."
Someone asked, "She seems to be only in her forties, right?"
The daughter-in-law said helplessly, "Some people die in their thirties. Being in your forties and unable to speak or move, but still having a daughter-in-law to take care of you, is already considered not bad."
The villagers nodded in agreement, only a few people looked at the daughter-in-law with some fear.
At this time, ninjas wearing green vests passed by, preparing to go to work.
Hearing that the Shimura clan was wiped out, the ninjas without sources of information were all a bit shocked. The news came too suddenly.
Those with sources of information were somewhat suspicious and uneasy. They felt something was wrong because this looked very familiar, as if they had seen it somewhere before. However, this had nothing to do with them, so they naturally chose to stay out of it and ignore it.
As Shikaku passed by, hearing about the destruction of the Shimura clan, he couldn't help but stop, and look towards the Uchiha Clan Compound at the edge of the village.
"Sigh."
'I hope the demise of the Shimura clan can appease your anger.'