Hiashi was deeply displeased with their doubts.
"Is the Hyuga clan faking it?"
He said with an unhappy expression. "If anyone has doubts, feel free to go to Danzo's Root laboratory to check, provided it is under the guidance of my clansmen."
This incident exceeded the scope of ordinary people's understanding; he had never thought of it. It was truly shocking.
Danzo actually did such a terrible thing—those were more than fifty fresh lives. Letting them see it with their own eyes should also be enough to eliminate the suspicion of him faking it.
The clan leader who raised doubts stiffened in expression, not expecting Hyuga Hiashi to speak this way, even letting them inspect the evidence. After thinking about it, he decided to forget it.
Such a scene—perhaps after seeing it, they wouldn't be able to sleep. The other clan leaders also had nothing to say.
Since they were allowed to check and verify, could it still be fake?
Ryosuke saw that no one had objections, so he let the Ino-Shika-Cho three clan leaders and the Inuzuka clan leader present their evidence.
Shikaku felt helpless in his heart; he never expected that once a loyal supporter of the Third Hokage, he now had to provide evidence of the Third Hokage's crimes.
Before coming, the three had already discussed and decided to report truthfully. Lying would mean going against the Uchiha clan.
Facing the current Uchiha clan, this was obviously an unwise move—it would bring disaster upon their families.
On the other hand, even if the Third Hokage was put on trial, their actions were not betrayal; they were just telling the truth, and there was no crime in that.
Of course, the most important thing was still hidden—that was the matter of Senju Nawaki's human body sample.
This matter must never be revealed; otherwise, the village would be greatly disappointed and even lose face throughout the shinobi world.
Shikaku also sorted out a stack of documents, stood up, and said, "Just like the Hyuga clan, our four clans also went to another base of Danzo's. In it, we found a large amount of human experiment equipment and test data. The detailed documents are all here; later, they will be distributed for each clan leader to review."
"Additionally, if there are still those who don't believe, of course, you can also go and check."
"Furthermore, we found Shisui's corpse in Root's base. After being examined by the Inuzuka clan leader, there was only a single fatal wound in the heart, likely from a sneak attack. The Third Hokage is highly suspected."
"Moreover, Danzo's base was under the Third Hokage's control. Afterward, our four clans and the Uchiha clan briefly interrogated the Third Hokage, and he has already admitted that he secretly killed Uchiha Shisui."
"Shisui's corpse has been handed over to the Uchiha clan."
Fugaku immediately stood up and said, "Clan Leader Shikaku is correct. Indeed, Shisui's corpse has been handed over to us, the Uchiha clan, and Shisui's body has been properly preserved. I hope everyone will not request to examine it again—this would be disrespectful to the deceased."
After hearing Fugaku's words, the other clan leaders had no objections in their hearts. Not being allowed to inspect Shisui's body did not matter, as many among them had already seen Shisui's corpse.
What they didn't expect was that the Third Hokage had indeed killed Uchiha Shisui.
They had already heard rumors and were mentally prepared. However, another human experiment made their scalps tingle—Danzo actually had two major human experiment labs within the village?
Soon, they began reviewing the documents distributed by Shikaku's people.
They found out that the experiments involved the Senju clan members, which left them deeply shocked.
They never expected Danzo to be so ruthless—to even dare to lay hands on the Senju clan. And the records in the documents were truly shocking. No wonder the Senju clan declined so quickly, to the point where Tsunade had to disband the Senju clan. Perhaps this was the reason.
They also sighed in their hearts—if the Senju clan still existed, perhaps the Uchiha clan wouldn't be so dominant.
After all, back then, the Uchiha clan had been completely suppressed by the Senju clan.
Yet such a powerful clan actually fell at the hands of a village elder. And the backer behind this village elder was the Third Hokage.
Fugaku also felt speechless. The Uchiha clan had indeed respected both the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, and the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama. After all, they were old rivals.
In the ninja world, the only clan that could truly rival the Uchiha clan was the Senju clan.
They never expected that their old rivals were not defeated by the Uchiha, but instead, by their own people. They didn't know how to feel about this. They wanted to laugh but couldn't. If the Uchiha clan didn't have Uchiha Ryosuke, would the Uchiha clan also have been controlled by the Third Hokage?
But fortunately, their clan had Uchiha Ryosuke as its pillar. Their hearts felt much lighter.
At this moment, Ryosuke began putting pressure on two elder advisors, Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado. "May I ask, do the two elder advisors know about this matter?"
The two elder advisors were extremely flustered in their hearts and hurriedly shook their heads, saying, "We knew about the experiment of Senju clan members merging with Lord Hashirama's cells."
"The reason for letting the Senju clan members merge with Senju Hashirama's cells was to recreate a Wood Release user to uphold Konoha's prestige."
"You all also know that after the Second Hokage died in battle, not only Kirigakure, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure had their eyes on the fertile lands of the Land of Fire—"
"At that time, there were no top experts in the village, and the situation was extremely dangerous. Even when Uzushiogakure was destroyed, our Konoha Village did not dare to intervene."
"So, we had no choice but to do this—it was all for Konoha, and the Senju clan members were also voluntary."
Everyone present sighed deeply. At that time, the situation was indeed dire—the village lacked top-tier fighters, internal strife was rampant, and external enemies were invading. The higher-ups had no choice but to take risks.
Seeing everyone's reaction, the two elder advisors felt relieved. It seemed they would not be implicated. They continued speaking.
"As for Danzo conducting infant experiments with Senju Hashirama's cells, we were indeed unaware."
After speaking, they looked toward Uchiha Ryosuke. They knew very well that it was actually Uchiha Ryosuke who called the shots in the Uchiha clan now. If he accepted their explanation, then they could walk away unharmed today.
But Uchiha Ryosuke asked, "Since you conducted experiments to merge Senju clan members with Senju Hashirama's cells, sacrificing so many Senju members, you must have achieved great results, right? How many successful cases?"
Homura Mitokado sighed and said, "There were no successes. Lord Hashirama's cells were too strong—it was simply not easy to merge with them. All the Senju members who underwent the experiment died from being devoured by Lord Hashirama's cells."
Ryosuke had already known this outcome, as he was a transmigrator. "I never expected this result. So many people sacrificed, yet this was the outcome. Do you think just saying 'for Konoha' can fool your way through?"
"The Senju clan actually declined because of you so-called Konoha higher-ups. Do you acknowledge your crimes?"
Everyone present turned pale, not expecting Ryosuke to first target the two advisors instead of the Third Hokage.
The two advisors were also terrified. Using the Senju incident to suppress them? They could not resist. They also knew the future situation. There would be no place for them among the higher-ups in the future, so they could only confess and seek safety.
The two looked at each other and spoke in unison.
"We acknowledge our crimes."
Other clan members also had nothing to say. Causing so many Senju clan members to die and directly leading to the decline of the Senju clan, this was already a very, very major crime.
Although their starting point was good, there was no doubt that they did not produce any results and also sacrificed so many Senju clan members.
Uchiha taking action against them was naturally not a problem.
And Ryosuke also seriously said, "Since you two have already admitted your guilt, such a major crime, then let's remove your positions as advisor elders. You should have no meaning anymore, right? Others should have no objections, right?"
The two former advisor elders immediately responded, "We have no objections."
Although they lost their positions, they were still alive.
Ryosuke saw these two being so straightforward and also did not bother to pursue them further.
"Alright, starting from today, your positions will be removed. Later, the village will select new advisor elders."
"Additionally, regarding Danzo conducting experiments on fusing infants with Lord Hashirama Senju's cells, did the Third Hokage know about it?"
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