Yamanaka Inoichi raised his voice and publicly proclaimed Sarutobi Hiruzen's list of crimes.
Instantly, the crowd—which had been noisy—fell into a dead silence, not a sound to be heard. Everyone listened quietly to the final verdict.
"Sarutobi Hiruzen has committed at least ten major crimes!"
First: He exterminated the Senju clan, which founded the Konoha Village!
The Senju clan was the chief benefactor in creating Konoha: The First Hokage and the Second Hokage both came from the Senju clan, making extraordinary contributions to achieve peace and stability, and were universally revered!
Yet despite being the Second Hokage's student, once Sarutobi Hiruzen took the Hokage seat, he turned around and plotted against the Senju! His methods included enticement, brainwashing, framing, and slaughtering them via traps!
For instance, regarding Tsunade's younger brother Senju Nawaki: The founding of Konoha by the First Hokage was meant to create a world where children wouldn't need to go to war, yet Hiruzen tacitly allowed the child Nawaki to be forced onto the battlefield during the Ninja War—leading to his tragic death at a tender age, blown to pieces with no remains to bury!"
Just from that first crime alone, it was like a thunderous bombshell, instantly leaving all the Konoha shinobi and villagers in shock. Yet Yamanaka Inoichi did not stop at merely reading out the crimes: the Intelligence Division and the Interrogation Department personnel also presented the conclusive evidence for each accusation, plainly for all to see.
Though the people were appalled, with the iron-clad proof there, they had no choice but to accept it.
"S-so the Senju clan…was actually wiped out by the Hokage's own hand?! I always thought they chose on their own to hide their name and vanish…"
"And Nawaki, Tsunade-sama's younger brother—wasn't that the First Hokage's own grandson?!"
"Yeah, such a tiny kid forced onto the battlefield…blown apart with no remains. This is just too cruel, too pitiful…"
As Yamanaka Inoichi went on, everyone's viewpoint swiftly began to change…
"Second crime: Placing trust in Shimura Danzō and his Root organization, allowing them to commit countless atrocities beyond measure—
including using innocent people's lives, even children, for various inhumane human experiments…"
He revealed how Hiruzen had commanded Danzō and Orochimaru to cooperate in experimenting with Hashirama's cells, plus how Danzō, for reanimation‐related tests, had kidnapped children from the orphanage as living test subjects or even sacrifices.
Naturally, the incidents of robbing graves, stealing corpses, etc., were only the tip of Root's monstrous crimes.
With each account laid out, the entire crowd's anger rose higher!
"Third crime: Framing and driving to death the village's hero—Konoha's White Fang, Hatake Sakumo!"
At this, Hatake Kakashi's heart gave a jolt. He could not help looking back…finally, the truth behind his father's tragedy was being fully exposed…
"Fourth crime: Condoning and collaborating with his own student, the utterly depraved Orochimaru!"
"Even after discovering Orochimaru's human experimentation, Hiruzen let him off. In fact, to combat the Uchiha clan, he secretly worked with Orochimaru again…"
"Fifth crime: Harsh oppression at home, feeble weakness toward foreign enemies.
For instance, during the Third Great Ninja War, even though Konoha effectively won, he ended up signing humiliating treaties with the other villages, handing over land and resources—disgraceful and unworthy of a victor!
Likewise, in the Hyūga Affair, clearly Kumogakure had attempted to steal the Byakugan, yet Sarutobi Hiruzen forced the Hyūga Clan to sacrifice one of their own to placate the enemy's demands, bending the knee, utterly unforgivable!"
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"Seventh crime: Doing nothing during the Nine-Tails Incident— letting the young Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, and the Jinchūriki Uzumaki Kushina both die, failing to act!"
"Eighth crime: Suppressing and persecuting the Uchiha Clan, brainwashing Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi into turning their blades against their own kin and even their own parents. This destroys moral bounds, defies every principle of humanity!
He even colluded with that masked man, the foreign enemy who unleashed the Nine-Tails on the village and caused massive casualties—hoping to eradicate the entire Uchiha clan!"
"Tenth crime: Hiding the identity of the village's hero—the Fourth Hokage's son, Uzumaki Naruto! Instead, he let rumors spread that Naruto was the evil Nine-Tails demon fox.
Clearly, when the Nine-Tails attacked, Hiruzen could have sacrificed himself instead of the young and full‐of‐promise Fourth Hokage, but in the end allowed Minato to die. Though he promised to care for Minato's infant son, he cast Uzumaki Naruto aside as an orphan, leaving him to endure scorn and hostility from an early age!"
At these words, an uproar swept the crowd, and many gazes shifted to a small boy confusedly standing off to the side—Naruto, only about four or five.
"He's… the Fourth Hokage's child?! Why did we never know that?! We'd all thought him the damned Nine-Tails demon fox!"
"Yeah…he's just a little kid, yet we all turned against him…this is so cruel!"
Naruto, still very young, only somewhat grasped what was happening. He mumbled:
"I… I'm the Fourth Hokage's son? Is that… really true…"
His eyes lit with excitement, but at the same time he recalled his lonely, neglected life. Tears slid down his cheeks…
Naruto's plight was merely one example. When all ten charges against Sarutobi Hiruzen were finally read out—complete with documented proof posted and displayed—every shinobi and villager understood the horrifying truth behind the Hokage's kindly mask.
"He's done so many vile things—execution is too good for him!"
"He's a monster who sold out the whole village for his own power. He's not worthy of living in this world!"
"Chiyu-sama did the right thing!"
Their fury, like crashing waves, swept through Konoha, drowning Sarutobi Hiruzen in collective hate.
Slumped and bound, Hiruzen looked out at them with a complex expression. He thought back to that day the Second Hokage designated him as Hokage…
He remembered how, in youth, he was full of grand ambitions—wanting to protect and sacrifice himself for the village…
But now the people's curses, hatred, and utter contempt might be the fitting retribution for all he'd done…
At last, he gave a hoarse, bitter laugh:
"Uchiha Chiyu, fine— you've won, and I've lost, lost utterly… all I ask now is death. If you're a man at all, then kill me quickly!"
Chiyu looked on impassively:
"Your attempt at goading is pointless.
I'm not concerned about your opinion.
Of course, you will die… but I did say: Since you don't want to witness the Uchiha Clan rising to power, I'll make sure you do witness it.
Since you didn't want your crimes shown to the world, preferring death with a clean name, I won't let you die quickly.
Now, your sins are all revealed for everyone.
Sarutobi Hiruzen, letting you die would be simplest, but I don't aim for simplicity. I want you thoroughly disgraced, with a reputation forever infamous, your name cursed throughout history.
That's already done."
At these words, Hiruzen bellowed, enraged:
Damn you, Uchiha Chiyu! Even if I die, I won't spare you!
Once I'm in the afterlife, I'll curse you so you'll never know peace!"
Chiyu's face remained cold:
"If curses worked, you wouldn't be in this position.
I said it before: I want you to die with everlasting disgrace."
Hiruzen let out a final, despairing roar:
"Uchiha Chiyu!! I'll kill you myself! I'll destroy your entire Uchiha Clan! I'll kill every person who insults me, humiliates me—make you all kneel at my feet—!"
Nearby, Koharu sighed:
"That's enough, Hiruzen. We've lost…why humiliate yourself further before dying?"
But Hiruzen shouted back:
"You people are all worthless, incompetent garbage! Danzō, Homura, you too, Koharu—every single one fell to that wretched Uchiha Chiyu!"
Koharu sneered bitterly:
"Aren't you likewise defeated?"
Hiruzen couldn't reply.
Yamanaka Inoichi then bowed slightly and said:
"Chiyu-dono, the charges are all laid out."
Chiyu nodded and stepped forward, ignoring Hiruzen's hoarse cries.
"Sarutobi Hiruzen, guilty of grievous sins beyond measure, with no atonement possible.
I, as Captain of the Police Force, officially pronounced the verdict in public—and now… carry out your execution!"
Two Police Force officers—Aoki and Yamakaze—dragged Hiruzen forward.
"Captain, please finish him yourself!"
Chiyu drew his blade behind him, raising it high.
Hiruzen sensed the lethal aura and finally trembled:
But Chiyu gave him no chance to speak.
The blade flashed down.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's severed head tumbled onto the ruins of the collapsed Hokage Tower, blood gushing from the stump, mixing with the dust and debris.
Then, an enormous cheer shattered the stillness.
Many stood conflicted, but the majority who beheld the horrors of his crimes shouted with the fierce triumph of justice done.
So ended Sarutobi Hiruzen—once the Third Hokage, a figure of complex history and innumerable sins—finally killed by Uchiha Chiyu.
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