Although there was a small episode on the battlefield at Amegakure due to the intervention of two masked men, this did not affect the general outcome of the war.
Konoha won the majority of battlefields, causing massive attention all tilted towards Konoha.
At the same time, with the sudden widespread news, the name Uchiha Madara resurfaced in the ninja world, causing widespread panic.
Konoha, Hokage Building Conference Room.
The Konoha Council gathered together, sitting opposite them was the Sannin, who recently stood in the limelight.
In order to urgently pass critical information, the three broke away from the large army and took lead in returning to Konoha.
"The above is everything we encountered on the Amegakure battlefield."
The atmosphere in the conference room seemed particularly depressing at the moment.
"Uchiha Madara, A Fei..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen muttered these two names, and he didn't care too much about the one named A Fei , although Jiraiya and the others claimed that this person was very powerful, wielding his own as Mangekyō Sharingan.
Having never seen it in person and felt that sense of oppression, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't estimate how strong this A Fei truly was.
He only assumed that his three students were too young.
But Uchiha Madara is different. This name represents too many things.
Shura of the Ninja World, the founder of Konoha Village, the leader of the Uchiha clan, the most powerful rebellious ninja since the founding of Konoha Village...
Sarutobi Hiruzen felt extremely stressed and wanted to take a puff of a cigarette, but found that his cigarette pipe was not at hand. He turned to look at his old friends.
"Danzo, Homura, and Koharu, what do you think?"
Before Koharu and Homura replied, Shimura Danzo snorted coldly.
"What are you looking at? Uchiha Madara is long dead .
It was solved by the First Generation himself.
Do you dare to question the First Hokage? It must be the evil Uchiha clan who is responsible for this.
They are obviously plotting against the village.
During the conquest of the Land of Rain, they surely asked someone to come out and pretend to be Uchiha Madara.
Hiruzen, the ambition of the Uchiha clan has been fully displayed! They just want to fake that Uchiha Madara is still alive, then look for opportunities to seize the position of Hokage to rule Konoha!
We must punish the Uchiha clan!"
Danzo Shimura spoke with certainty, as if everything he said was the undeniable truth.
There is no Uchiha Madara at all, everything is a conspiracy of the Uchiha clan, and their goal is the position of Hokage.
Sarutobi Hiruzen did not respond to Shimura Danzo immediately. He knew very well what kind of character his old friend was. Whether it was the Uchiha clan or not, he would definitely regard the Uchiha as a scapegoat.
Regrettably among the teacher's disciples, Uchiha Kagami once had the best relationship with Danzo, but after Kagami's death, Danzo began to crazily target the Uchiha clan.
Although targeting Uchiha was one of the strategy left by their teacher, Danzo was a little too extreme.
"Mito, Uta, what do you think?"
The old b*****d Danzo asked.
"Hiruzen, I also think Danzo is right. Uchiha Madara is dead." Koharu Utatane also nodded.
Nothing was certain, after all, they did not see it with their own eyes, they had only heard what the Sannin experienced and read some intelligence passed back from the front line.
Seeing that these old guys didn't believe that they had met Uchiha Madara, Jiraiya slapped his hands on the table, stood up and said eagerly.
"But old man, we really didn't lie! That guy was really Uchiha Madara. He summoned the complete Susanoo, and defeated the Hanzo who summoned his psychic beast with one sword.
What we said is true, and everyone else on the battlefield also saw the huge blue giant, like god. "
"Okay, Jiraiya, I understand. You three have worked hard. Go down and rest . Konoha still needs you."
Sarutobi Hiruzen spoke up and asked the three of them to leave first to rest.
Jiraiya wanted to say something more, but Tsunade held him down.
"Let's go Jiraiya, let's go rest, the old man and the others have made their own decision."
Seeing what Tsunade said, Jiraiya had no choice but to give up.
"Then, let's leave first, goodbye teacher."
Orochimaru stood up, said goodbye and left with the two of them.
As the door of the conference room closed, Sarutobi Hiruzen was silent for a while, and finally sighed.
"Well, there are some things that I couldn't tell you originally, but it seems that I won't be able to hide it any longer."
The three of them were a little confused and didn't know what Sarutobi Hiruzen was saying.
Shimura Danzo said bluntly.
"Monkey, if you have anything to say, just say it. Is there anything else you can't tell us?"
The paddling duo also nodded. They were all old acquaintances and considered themselves to be a unit. They should have nothing to hide from each other. Even the secret that monkey would use a crystal ball to peek into the women's bathhouse was known by the three.
Sarutobi Hiruzen took a deep breath and said.
"Actually, when the teacher was still alive, he once told me something alone. At that time, the teacher asked me not to tell anyone, not even to you."
Hearing this, the paddling duo didn't have much reaction.
Only Danzo's eyes reflect a trace of envy, jealousy and complaint .
'Sure enough, the teacher was too bias towards Monkey. Isn't it only because I stood up a little late at that moment? I am no worse than Monkey. '
Although he had complicated thoughts buried in his heart, Danzo still showed his poker face.
Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't bother to pay attention to the different emotions that flashed across his old friend's face, and continued.
"Do you know how the teacher escaped back then?"
Koharu Utatane replied matter-of-factly.
"Didn't the information stated that our teacher was so powerful ,he used the Flying Thunder God's technique to severely injure the Golden Horn and Silver Horn and escaped?"
This is what Tobirama told them at the beginning. At that time, he did not intend to tell others about the existence of Uchiha Izuna.
But today, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt the need to tell them the truth.
"I'm afraid that there is a very high possibility that what Jiraiya and the others said about Uchiha Madara might be the truth."
"Monkey, what nonsense are you spouting? Your apprentice lost his brains after fighting. Are you senile?"
Upon hearing this, Danzo immediately stood up and loudly questioned Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Danzo dead in the eye.
"Danzo, listen to what I have to say."
"That's right, Danzo, don't get too excited. Let Hiruzen finish his story first."
"Yes, we are all old friends. There is nothing that cannot be discussed slowly, right?"
The paddling duo immediately spoke out to persuade and act as a mediator to calm everyone down.
Sarutobi Hiruzen continued.
"At that time, the teacher asked me to have a conversation, and the content of the conversation was the truth about the teacher's escape from the battlefield."