บท 65: Defection, Ruining Reputation, and Destroying the Hokage Rock
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**Outside Konoha Village**
Late at night.
A group of ninjas dressed in black quietly fled the village and gathered in the dense forest outside. Leading them were Sarutobi Hiruzen.
"Hiruzen, it seems a little too smooth, right? I feel something is off," Utatane Koharu said with a frown.
This time, they led the ninjas of their respective clans to defect from Konoha, and the process seemed a bit too smooth. With so many people fleeing, not even an Anbu ninja was found.
"Do not worry. There are people of mine in Anbu," Hiruzen snorted coldly. No matter what, he stayed in Hokage's position for decades. Inside Anbu, he has many confidants. Even if he abdicates now, there are still many people willing to be loyal to him. This is also the reason why he chose to take desperate risks.
After hearing Hiruzen's words, Koharu was relieved. After several people walked some distance, the ninja in front suddenly stopped. Seeing this, Hiruzen and others couldn't help but frown.
"What happened?"
The ninja in front turned around, his voice trembling.
Immediately, a burst of hearty laughter rang out.
"Third Hokage, it's so late, where do you want to go with so many people?" Takuya slowly stepped out of the shadows.
" Takuya!" Seeing Takuya, Hiruzen's face was filled with anger. He originally thought that this time the plan was foolproof, but it was discovered.
"Third Hokage, answer my question. Where are you going?" Takuya put away his smile and asked coldly.
"After you became Hokage, you have your own way of doing things. In order to save ourselves, we have no choice but to leave the village," Hiruzen snorted.
"Oh? Am I going my own way? Should I agree to your proposal and let ninjas from other clans go to the battlefield to die for the ninjas from the Sarutobi clan? Besides, I just used the same methods you used against the senju, why can't you stand it?" Senju Takuya asked rhetorically.
After hearing Takuya's words, Hiruzen's old face became a little embarrassed. This was really how he dealt with the Senju clan back then.
"Whatever you say. Anyway, we are determined to leave today." Now that it has reached this point, Hiruzen was too lazy to continue arguing with Takuya.
"I understand. So you guys want to be rebel ninjas. At this moment when the life and death of the village is at stake, you actually want to defect! Sarutobi Hiruzen, you deserve to die," Takuya said coldly.
" Takuya, don't be too arrogant. There are so many of us. If a fight breaks out, you may not be able to kill all of us. The ninjas of Konoha will also suffer heavy losses. So, I advise you to act like you don't know anything," Shimura Hozumi said loudly as he stepped forward.
There are nearly a thousand ninjas from the four clans combined. Even if the opponent is Hokage, would he really dare to kill them all?
Before he finished speaking, he saw Takuya raise his hand and a kunai quickly flew towards him. Hozumi quickly drew out his sword to block the kunai, but what he didn't expect was that Senju Takuya instantly appeared in front of him.
*Poof!*
With a muffled sound, Hozumi was pierced through, and Senju Takuya returned to his original position in an instant.
Hozumi held his neck, blood pouring out, his eyes widened. In just a few seconds, the vitality in his body quickly evaporated. Until his death, he couldn't believe that Takuya would act so decisively.
Seeing this, Hiruzen and others all took a deep breath. What a fast speed! Everything happened in a flash.
If it weren't for Hozumi body lying on the ground, they wouldn't be sure whether Takuya really took action just now.
Hiruzen's face looked ugly. Takuya's speed was even faster than Minato's!
"Let's meet at the place we agreed on. Now, disperse!" After Hiruzen gave the order, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura immediately led the ninjas and ran quickly in all directions. He knew that even if they went together, they wouldn't be able to hurt Takuya. So, he chose to sacrifice himself to save his clan's ninjas.
"Takuya, it's time for us to end this," Hiruzen said earnestly.
"Good. Then let me see how powerful the so-called strongest Hokage is," Takuya chuckled a few times. He didn't care about the ninjas who escaped. Not far away, he had laid a dragnet. Tonight, even flies can't fly out.
"Summoning Technique!" Sarutobi Hiruzen bit his finger, slashed his palm, and then slapped it on the ground.
*Boom!*
With a burst of white smoke, an ape wearing a tiger skin vest appeared next to him.
"Monkey, what's going on?" As soon as the ape appeared, he looked at Hiruzen's solemn expression and asked strangely.
"Enma, this time the opponent may be a little tricky. Transform into Adamantine Staff," Hiruzen didn't explain much.
"Understood." After the Enma finished speaking, his body immediately transformed into an iron rod.
Hiruzen held the Adamantine Staff in his hand and pointed it at Takuya.
"Extend!" The Adamantine Staff immediately attacked Takuya quickly.
"Snort!" Seeing Hiruzen's attack, Takuya snorted coldly. As soon as his mind moved, his figure disappeared from the place.
"Retract!" Hiruzen gave an order, and the Adamantine Staff immediately retracted to its original length. At this moment, Takuya appeared in front of Hiruzen.
*Boom!*
Takuya kicked, but Hiruzen blocked it with his Staff. However, the powerful force directly kicked him away.
*Boom!*
With a loud noise, Hiruzen's body slid on the ground for hundreds of feets before stopping.
*Pfft!*
Hiruzen spat out a mouthful of blood. With just one blow, he was already seriously injured.
Far away, the clan leaders of each family were all shocked.
"With just one blow, Hiruzen was seriously injured. This... isn't this terrible?"
"Yes, how strong is the the Fourth Hokage?"
"It's incredible. I thought that even if the Fourth Hokage could win, it wouldn't be easy. I didn't expect Saratobi Hiruzen to be so weak."
"No, you are wrong. It's not that Sarutobi Hiruzen is weak, it's that the Fourth Hokage is too strong."
Sarutobi Hiruzen's strength is considered outstanding even among Kage-level experts. But he was seriously injured by a single blow. Senju Takuya's strength once again made everyone present feel deeply afraid.
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Looking at the injured Hiruzen, Takuya sneered.
"You can't even catch one of my moves, but you still have the nerve to brag about being the strongest Hokage? So thick-skinned."
"Hateful," Hiruzen muttered as he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and placed the Adamantine Staff next to him.
He knew that now he had to fight with everything he had.
"Shadow Clone Technique!" Hiruzen formed a seal with his hands, and four Shadow Clones appeared beside him.
"Five Release: Great Flame Technique!" The main body and four Shadow Clones formed seals simultaneously.
Fire, thunder, water, earth, wind—five ninjutsu with different attributes combined to form an extremely powerful combination jutsu, attacking Senju Takuya.
"Interesting. Five Release: Great Flame Technique!" Senju Takuya chuckled, then divided into four clones and jointly released the same jutsu as Hiruzen.
*Boom!*
With a loud noise, the two combined jutsu collided in mid-air. Immediately, the jutsu released by Hiruzen was directly swallowed.
"What?!" Seeing this, Hiruzen's face was filled with incredulous horror. Why was the opponent's jutsu so powerful? He had struck with all his might, but there wasn't even a splash?
As the Great Flame Technique whizzed toward him, Sarutobi Hiruzen closed his eyes as if resigned to his fate.
*Boom!*
A powerful wave of heat rang in his ears. "Um?" There was no pain as expected. Hiruzen opened his eyes in surprise.
His Summoning Beast Enma had opened its arms and stood in front of him. "*Hiruzen...*"Enma reluctantly opened his mouth, but his body could no longer hold on.
*Boom!*
With a puff of smoke, the summoning spell was lifted.
"Third Hokage, the battle is not over yet," Takuya said as he came to Hiruzen's side and slapped him on the stomach.
Instantly, a powerful seal completely sealed the Chakra in Hiruzen's body. Then, Takuya broke Sarutobi Hiruzen's limbs.
"Ahem...why don't you kill me?" Hiruzen asked weakly, looking up at Takuya.
"It would be too easy for you to die like this. I will let you see with your own eyes your ruined reputation," Takuya said coldly.
Growing up, he had escaped death countless times. If it weren't for Uzumaki Mito, he might have been killed by Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo. He was clearly a disciple of Senju Tobirama, but he repaid his kindness to the Senju clan with cruelty. He would never show mercy to such an enemy.
At that moment, an Anbu wearing a cat-faced mask approached Takuya.
"Report to Lord Hokage, all rebels have been killed, and Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura were captured alive," the Anbu reported solemnly.
"Understood," Takuya nodded lightly.
After hearing their conversation, Hiruzen's face was filled with despair and unwillingness. He knew the Sarutobi clan was finished. For the first time, he felt a twinge of regret. If he had been kinder to the Senju clan back then, he certainly wouldn't have ended up in this situation, right?
The next day, the Konoha newspaper published the news that Sarutobi Hiruzen and others had led a crowd to defect. At the same time, TV sets placed on various bulletin boards in the streets played loops of Sarutobi Hiruzen's statements.
In the following days, the newspaper also published all the misdeeds of Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Shimura Hozumi. The villagers in Konoha were shocked.
"Damn, I didn't expect Sarutobi Hiruzen to be such a bastard. It's really surprising."
"Yes, a person who talks about the Will of Fire would actually choose to defect when the village needs him most!"
"I knew that someone who could become companions with Shimura Danzo was definitely no good."
"Haha... It's okay for other ninjas to die on the battlefield, but it wouldn't be happy for the ninjas of your own clan to die on the battlefield?"
"The guy with a human face and an animal heart is simply the scum of the village!"
"Thankfully Takuya-sama found out early, otherwise, if they surrendered to the enemy, they would be in big trouble."
"The Senju clan was almost wiped out in order to protect Konoha."
"Fortunately, Takuya-sama has cleared away all these borers."
"Execute them!"
"Destroy the Third Hokage's face on Hokage Rock, he doesn't deserve to be up there!"
After realizing the true nature of Sarutobi Hiruzen and others, the people of Konoha were extremely angry. There were calls for their execution.
At the strong request of everyone, Takuya carried out an "anti-criminal" operation. On the day of the operation, Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others were put on the execution platform. The villagers threw rotten eggs and vegetable leaves at them.
"The borers of Konoha, please die for us!"
"For your own selfish gain, you killed so many ninjas in our village. Now, this is your retribution!"
"It's all because of you that Konoha is so weak!"
"Sarutobi Hiruzen, you don't deserve to be a Hokage."
Listening to the abuse from the villagers, Hiruzen and the others had expressions of despair on their faces. It could be expected that in the future, they would definitely be nailed to Konoha's pillar of shame and reviled by future generations.
Hiruzen's heart throbbed at the thought of this possibility. It was all because he was too greedy for power. Now, the Sarutobi clan was destroyed by him, and the reputation he cared about most was also destroyed. Everything was ruined.
Looking at Takuya standing opposite, aloof, he regretted it. Only, it was too late.
Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura looked at Senju Takuya with hatred. If it weren't for this bastard, they would still be the Hokage's advisors. How could they end up being publicly scorned?
Senju Takuya sneered at their expressions.
"You old guys, die with your regrets."
"Execute them!"
With a single order, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura were beheaded in public.
The next second, the villagers started cheering.
"Long live Lord Takuya, long live Lord Hokage!"
"Great, the leaf borers are finally gone."
"This is all thanks to Hokage-sama."
For a time, Takuya's prestige in the hearts of everyone increased several times. Seeing the scene in front of him, Takuya was in a good mood. Starting today, Konoha was finally completely under his control.
After dealing with Hiruzen and the others, Takuya destroyed Sarutobi Hiruzen's face on Hokage Rock. This behavior received unanimous praise from the villagers. As for the assets of the Sarutobi clan, the Shimura clan, the Utatane clan, and the Mitokado clan, Senju Takuya took them without ceremony.
After decades of accumulation, these clans had countless assets. Although it wasn't as large as the assets in his name, it wasn't much different. Of course, Takuya also took out a small part to reward the ninjas who supported him from the beginning, making them more loyal.
The news of Sarutobi Hiruzen's execution quickly spread throughout the ninja world. Everyone was shocked. Since the ninja world ended the Warring States Period and entered the ninja village era, this was the first time a Kage had been executed in public. The name Senju Takuya also resounded throughout the ninja world.
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