The two also helplessly said, "This, we are not clear about."
Because they indeed did not know, newborn infants, even if they could fuse with Lord Hashirama Senju's cells, would still not be able to immediately transform into combat power.
This was probably Danzo's own idea. Although they were old classmates, now that he was dead, they should not be dragged down by him anymore.
Uchiha Ryosuke saw that he could not get an answer and did not intend to bother with these two people anymore. He had already successfully revoked their positions as advisor elders. This could also be considered a small gain.
Now it was time to judge the main culprit.
He ordered the Uchiha clan members to bring the Third Hokage up. Before long, the Third Hokage was escorted into the grand conference room by two Uchiha clan members.
His entire body was tightly bound.
And at this moment, the Third Hokage also felt unbearable shame. He never expected himself to end up in such a situation. 'Damn Uchiha clan.'
A Hokage receiving such treatment—this was probably a first in the ninja world.
The people present were also dumbfounded, staring at the Third Hokage. The shadow of a village had actually fallen to such a state. However, knowing the Third Hokage's crimes, they did not step forward to say anything.
Uchiha Ryosuke looked at the Third Hokage and interrogated him.
"Third Hokage, do you admit to killing Shisui?"
The Third Hokage had nothing left to deny and said angrily, "Everything I did was to eliminate you. You are the true scourge of the village. Now that I have fallen into your hands, I only ask for a swift death."
A slight anger rose in Ryosuke's heart. Even now, he was still being so stubborn. Today, he would completely tear off the other party's hypocritical mask.
"Third Hokage, may I ask if you knew about Danzo's human experiments?"
The Third Hokage's expression changed, and he said, "I didn't know."
He did not want to be involved in human experiments. Because human experimentation was a major taboo in the village and would definitely be despised by the villagers.
He did not want his reputation to be utterly ruined after his death.
Even if he was killed, some villagers would still believe he was righteous, that he was forcibly deposed and assassinated by the Uchiha clan. Perhaps he could even leave behind a good name after death.
But Uchiha Ryosuke sneered coldly. "You didn't know? As the Hokage of the village, with the Anbu covering the entire Konoha, and Danzo conducting inhumane experiments in two huge laboratories right under your nose, you claim you didn't know? Are you, the Third Hokage, trying to be funny?"
"Danzo was at least your trusted right-hand man, right? Can such a statement convince anyone?"
Today, he had to pin all of Danzo's experiments onto the Third Hokage. Using Danzo to tarnish the Third Hokage's reputation.
The other clan leaders in the room also did not believe it at all.
The Hokage's power was the greatest in the village, and the Anbu essentially covered the entire village. How could he possibly not know? If he truly did not know, then it proved that the Third Hokage was extremely incompetent and completely unfit for his position.
But if he did know, then it was infuriating—he had actually allowed Danzo to experiment on infants. That was utterly without moral boundaries.
After all, this was an evil experiment involving more than fifty infants.
The Third Hokage's face turned ashen, and he closed his eyes, unwilling to answer. As long as he did not respond, the Ryosuke could do nothing to him.
But Ryosuke only sneered. Closing his eyes and refusing to answer—did he think that meant nothing could be done to him?
He directly said, "Let's put this matter aside for now."
"During the Nine-Tails incident, the Third Hokage did not bring people to support the Fourth Hokage to stop the Nine-Tails' rampage in the village. Instead, he blocked the gates of my Uchiha clan and prevented us from supporting the Fourth Hokage. What exactly was the meaning of that?"
"If our Uchiha clan had supported the Fourth Hokage, the village might not have suffered such heavy losses. Perhaps even the Fourth Hokage and his wife would not have died young."
"In other words, it was actually you, the Third Hokage, who caused the death of the Fourth Hokage."
He placed the blame for the Fourth Hokage's death squarely on the Third Hokage.
Everyone present was shocked, their faces filled with disbelief. They never expected that instead of focusing on the laboratory incidents, Uchiha Ryosuke had instead dug up past grievances.
Thinking back carefully, the situation at that time was indeed like this. If the Third Hokage and the Uchiha clan had supported the Fourth Hokage on the battlefield, the outcome would have been very different.
Even though the Third Hokage had stepped down due to the disgraceful peace treaty with Iwagakure, he was still in his prime and had Kage-level strength.
If two Hokage had fought together, along with the Uchiha clan, they might have truly been able to defeat the Nine-Tails or at least reseal it. At the very least, the losses could have been minimized.
Perhaps, just as Uchiha Ryosuke said, the Fourth Hokage and his wife would not have died. Some of their own clansmen might not have perished in battle either.
Now, their hearts were filled with anger toward the Third Hokage's past decisions. Even though the Third Hokage kept his eyes closed, he could still feel the furious gazes around him.
Having more dirt thrown onto him, he could not help but say, "This is pure slander! How could the Fourth Hokage's death be my doing?"
Uchiha Ryosuke showed no regard for the Third Hokage's anger and sneered coldly. "And you still claim it wasn't because of you?"
"You did not support the Fourth Hokage, but instead, you stopped our Uchiha clan from taking action. And you still say you didn't cause the Fourth Hokage's death? What was your true intention? Could it be that you deliberately wanted the Fourth Hokage dead?"
"Do you think you were worthy of Konoha? Were you worthy of the title of Third Hokage?"
The Third Hokage's face was full of fury. To say that he was unworthy of the title of Third Hokage—nothing could anger him more than this. Enraged, he said, "During the Nine-Tails' rampage, its eyes displayed the pattern of the Sharingan! Who knew if it was controlled by your Uchiha clan? Back then, your Uchiha clan was the most suspicious!"
"Of course I had to be on guard against you and prevent you from causing trouble!"
Ryosuke sneered even more. "Ridiculous! Konoha was founded by our Uchiha clan and the Senju clan. Now that you and Danzo have driven the Senju clan into decline, only our Uchiha clan remains among the founders."
"Konoha is our Uchiha clan's home, yet you accuse us of destroying our own village and our own home? What benefit would we gain from that?"
"The Third Hokage is not only incompetent but also full of baseless suspicion. It was precisely because of your unfounded paranoia that the Fourth Hokage and his wife were sacrificed."
"Or perhaps, you deliberately wanted the Fourth Hokage and his wife dead so that you could reclaim your position?"
The Third Hokage was furious. To suggest he had done it intentionally—he absolutely had no such thoughts.
The Fourth Hokage was still his protégé's student. Minato was Jiraiya's disciple, and Jiraiya was his own disciple. By lineage, Minato was practically his grand-disciple. His appointment as Hokage was entirely his recommendation.
He immediately refuted, "I absolutely did not do that! You are spouting baseless accusations! I personally recommended Minato as Hokage—why would I oppose him, let alone plot against him?"
Ryosuke countered, "Then why did you not go to support the Fourth Hokage? The statement of our Uchiha clan rebelling is completely untenable."
"Or do you think that the naive Fourth Hokage could single-handedly deal with the incomparably powerful Nine-Tails?"
"No matter what, the deaths of the Fourth Hokage and his wife are all related to you. Such a genius figure, in the Nine-Tails' chaos, actually did not receive any support at all?"
"The death of the Fourth Hokage directly led to the Cloud Hidden Village actually launching an attack on our Leaf Village once again."
The clan leaders present also did not know what to say. At that time, they also did not feel that what the Third Hokage did was wrong, but now, after quietly thinking about it, perhaps it was precisely the Third Hokage's mistaken judgment that indirectly caused the death of the Fourth Hokage.
The recent sensational Cloud Hidden Village incident—the reason why Cloud Hidden Village dared to do such a thing, daring to secretly abduct the Hyuga clan's Hinata during peace talks— it was precisely because they saw that there was no great general in the Leaf Village, so they dared to carry out such a plan.
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