Execution (Part-4)

The villagers of Konoha had returned to their previous lives thanks to the Uchiha's police forces actively making rounds. Therefore, they began to feel more and more thankful and goodwill for the Uchiha Clan.

At this point in time, Minato officially announced something very shocking to the public..!!

Hatake Sakumo has filed an official lawsuit against the Elder council, and the trial is set to be on tomorrow. Every Person in power is required to have a mandatory presence. whether be it civilian council, elder council, sandaime, or any clan head.

He even announced that someone tried to assassinate Sakumo san and that someone is a member of Danzo's Root..!!

Through this, Minato disclosed the existence of Root to the entire village.

Previously, this division was well known to big families, but many people had no idea about it.

...

(Koharu's house) (At night)

"Danzo, what are you doing? Why did your men try to assassinate Sakumo just because of a mere Lawsuit? Don't you know how fragile the situation is right now?"

"I didn't do anything. Today is my first time hearing about this as well. Not to mention, I even asked my Root ANBUS on who did that, No one knows anything about this"

"Maybe they are lying"

Danzo shook his head, "The seal is still on them, If someone managed to remove or modify that seal, I would have known. And other than that, It's impossible, they can not lie to me at all"

"Do you think Minato is lying about Sakumo's attack?"

"maybe, maybe not. Sakumo might be the one lying about it. We can't know"

"..."

"But the question is, Why is Minato announcing it to the public"

"Leave that question to me"

XXXXXXX

In the afternoon of the next day, many of Konoha's higher-ups arrived together at Minato's office.

The highest-ranking among them was Koharu (elder), who took the lead and asked: "Hokage sama, I hope you could give us a proper explanation!"

"There is nothing to explain. Hatake Sakumo has filed an official complaint against the elder council, It's a matter of grave concern, so of course, the trial must be heard in front of everyone so that all of my villagers can feel the sense of justice"

Koharu's face changed greatly, and she asked: "What do you mean, Minato?..!!"

Minato giggled, "Koharu sama. I wonder if you think that you are Hokage or something?"

!!!!

"No, I truly wonder if the Hokage's title is so meaningless these days that a mere elder like you can question my authority"

"I-I am not--

"Shut up"

"..."

Hiachi Hyuga also persuaded: "Hokage sama, Sakumo is nothing but a mere Clan leader, how can you let a trial happen against the elder council. If Sandaime sama was here, he wouldn't have let this happen"

"Do I look Sandaime sama to you?"

"..."

"Besides, I tried to persuade Sakumo san into dropping the Lawsuit, How can I let a mere Clan leader file against Elders... But he didn't budge from his position, And you are not just Hyuuga elder, you are its previous Leader as well, You should know that before this entire incident went down, Hatake sakumo's charm was so great that almost our entire army was willing to follow him up"

"..."

"Do you really think that I can turn down someone like him?"

"T-Then what's the point of having and announcing the trial in front of everyone, Only you, Elders, and Sakumo are needed right?"

Minato frowned, as he slammed the table, "Nonsense. It is such a grave matter, Of course, it must be announced and done in front of everyone, or Sakumo san could spread the rumor about Elders integrity, Besides, what could a mere Hatake head do anyway"

"..."

"What about the announcement about Root then?"

Minato shrugged, "I did nothing wrong, As the Leader acknowledged by the people of Konohagakure, It's only fair that they know about everything. Including Root"

Koharu was very angry at that point, These are the same things the elders fed Hiruzen as well as Minato a few days ago. Exact same words.

"Hokage sama I think you are not getting it, Root was the eyes and ears of the Nidaime. They are the legacy that he had left behind for us in Konoha..!! and you---

"Yes, I know, they are the plague left behind by the Nidaime…"

"H-Hokage sama…"

Minato smiled and shrugged, "I'm just speaking my mind, Hiachi"

Koharu glanced at Minato who was sitting in front of him with a smile on his face, and she said to Minato, "How could things left behind by Tobirama Sensei be a plague?..!! Aren't you getting to conceited, Minato? I absolutely disagree with you on this matter, and will not be agreeing in the future..!!"

Minato smiled gently, "You are forgetting your manners again, But it is alright, As for your permission, Like if you don't agree I won't be able to do anything here. That's so tough"

"..."

"Old woman, wake up, Sandaime sama isn't here today, isn't that enough for you to understand to stand down?"

"Y-you, You can't do that…"

"And also, Forget your manners once again, and I will be the one you will be afraid of"

"..."

Minato giggled, "What do you think Hiachi san? Don't you agree with me"

"Hokage sama in my humble opinion, I believe--

"Oh, That's too sad that we are still at that point where you and I have different opinions, I thought we were bonding real good in that last meeting, Remember, my first meeting? Where Hyuuga clan was supposed to be exec--

"The Hyuga clan agrees!", Elder Hiachi spoke hurriedly

Minato smiled, "Really? I am so touched. What about you in the back"

"Kurama clan agrees!"

"It seems like everyone here is very sensible!" Minato smiled gently like he wouldn't hurt a fly, with his harmless-looking self.

"Perhaps we should do another meeting like that every so often"

"..."

"Ahem, Since everyone agrees, the Root---"

Koharu interrupted, "I don't agree! Hokage sama, you can't just question Sensei's legacy!"

She left in a huff..!!

"wait"

"What do you want?"

"Sakumo san asked to confine the elders in case they try to destroy the evidence"

"MINATO"

"Silence your voice. I am your superior, not your friend"

"..."

"Men, Please take Elder Koharu to her house and confine her till the time of the Trial, and present her there, She can do whatever she wants, as long as she does not destroy or tempt with any pieces of evidence, she also can not talk or contact anyone. No matter who"

"Hai"

"Let's go to your house Koharu Sama", came the shadow in the mask from thin air.

"..."

Everyone else present was rather scared of this Hokage sitting in front of them, He makes look Sandaime an angel in comparison. After that last meeting with him, Let's just say that they are grateful that they had agreed earlier.

...

At the same time, around the 3rd's residence, people constantly came to meet him, but Yasaki and his group of Anbu kept rejecting them. Anyone who went too violent was killed by Yasaki. And anyone not important enough was immediately made to disappear.

In the Hokage's office, Minato read the report of Yasaki about Lord Sandaime

"I can't believe it! How can one old man coop up in his house all day long? he didn't meet anyone, yet, he didn't suspect anything. Is he shy or something? How the hell can you coop in your little house with no one in it and he doesn't even want to meet anyone. What the hell is he doing all day long in that house ", Yasaki asked

Minato laughed reading those files

"You remember the summer festival? We prepared so much, Yet the old man didn't even once leave his house for the entire festival"

Minato chuckled, as he leaned on his chair, "Isn't it?"

"..."

XXXXXXX

"Hello Sandaime sama", Minato said as he met Hiruzen in his home

"Minato? What are you doing here in my house"

"Won't you invite me in?"

"Yes come in"

They sat on the sofa in the Living Room as Hiruzen made tea for both of them

Minato smiled, "I have tons of ANBUS outside your house to reflect the visitors"

"..."

"You knew it from the start didn't you?"

"..."

Minato smiled, "Sir"

Hiruzen chuckled, "Isn't that normal? I spent years with those guys in my office hiding behind my back. I think I know where to see them, and how to see them, Not to mention, You are doing such a terrible job at keeping everyone away. Tell me, How can I not meet anyone these past few weeks and still not get any suspicious"

Minato laughed lightly, "I guess so"

Hiruzen chuckled again, as he offered tea to Minato who took it.

XXXXXXX

At this time, Root, Danzo, and Homura were confronting Kakashi and Rin.

"Kakashi, how dare you barge in here, What do you want to do?"

"I'm not here to explain, I'm just following my orders, You are to come with me" Kakashi answered casually.

"Orders? The Hyuga and the Sarutobi clans would never agree for this trial..!!" Homura retorted.

"..."

"Ah right, They agreed"

!!!!

"what?"

Danzo's eyes narrowed, "That meeting... He is blackmailing everyone"

Rin giggled, "Yup, Right now, he is controlling everything in the village"

"..."

she opened her eyes in a cold way, "You have nothing, so just shut the fuck up and come with us. or we have the authority to drag you outrightly"

Homura was gritting his teeth and yelled, "I am the elder--

Homura and Danzo only saw a flower-shaped pattern made out of blue water surrounding them, before Homura and his men fell to the ground.

"We can not kill them", Kakashi shrugged and said

Rin giggled, "I didn't kill them, They are just heavily bleeding Internally"

"..."

"How is this not killing them?"

She shrugged, "Because I can completely heal them before the Trial"

Seeing his comrade for many decades lying in a pool of blood on the ground, Danzo was stunned. He never expected that Rin would actually dare to do it, dare to severely hurt an Elder Councilor of Konoha..!!

"Jinchiruki Rin! How dare you kill an elder counselor?! Have you betrayed the village?" Danzo shivered in rage and grief as he asked Rin.

"I'm just fighting for the village!" She answered faintly.

"For the village? This is ridiculous! Do you mean that the elder Councilors put in place by Tobirama sensei would harm the village?"

"Oh yes definitely..!!", said the latest voice

Everyone looked at the newest Entry of Yasaki

"Yasaki what are you doing here?", said Rin

"Trial time has moved up for some reason, I am here to carry them, what happened to him though?", asked Yasaki pointing to the fallen Elder

Kakashi said shrugging, "He is bleeding Internally"

"..."

"Do we... move him to the hospital?"

Rin giggled at that, "Oh no worries, He is fine, after some shock from me and he will be as good as new"

"..."

Kushina sensei is teaching you how to become psychopath. Got it

"HOW DARE YOU MAKE FUN OF US ELDERS, YOU INSOLENT BRATS?..!!"

"Huh?", Yasaki looked at Danzo

"How dare you question Tobirama Sensei?"

"Huh?"

"Men, Attack them"

"..."

No one moved

"WHY AREN'T YOU FOLLOWING MY ORDERS"

"Can you guys please drag him to the Hokage's office? We will drag that old man once he is awake"

"WHAT ARE YOU DOIN--

He was kicked on his knees, as he was forced to kneel down, as a Kunai was pressed on his throat, "Please corporate Danzo sama"

"What have you done", Danzo asked pissed off

"You should have known that when Rin told you, He is controlling everything in Konoha"

"..."

"Ah, It was also because of these guys that we knew all your location and plan in advance"

"..."

"Please drag him away"

"Yes"

XXXXXXX

"Thank you all for coming today on such short notice", Minato said

Everyone was nervous because, after their last meeting, This Hokage is basically controlling them like a puppet.

"I have called you guys today for nothing more than to right than what was done wrong"

"..."

"Until now, Elder Council was trusted and was given Hokage's powers to manage the village's internal affairs. However, there has been a Complaint filed against him saying he committed some wrong doings. And I wish to correct them"

"We three are being framed. Don't let the words of that corrupt Sakumo hindsight your insights. He started the third war remember?", came the voice of elders who were covered in dirt as they were dragged in here

There was a mumble in the crowd between Leaders.

"That's right, Elders has done so much for the village, It's too much to do the trial against them. Yes its too much"

"..."

"That's right Hokage sam--

Minato smiled, "you were saying?"

"..."

"N-Nothing Hokage sama"

"Is anyone here challenging my authority and decision?"

No one spoke

"Hatake sakumo is a member of Konohagakure Village, and as the village's head, I will give everyone a fair chance, If the elders are not guilty, I promise you guys, He won't get out of this building unscratched. But I will hear him no matter what, and You guys shall do it as well"

"..."

"Genma"

"Yes Hokage sama"

"Summon Hatake Sakumo"

"Yes"

He opened the gate, and Sakumo entered

"Hatake sakumo, you have accused the three elders today, correct?"

"Yes Hokage sama"

"Do you know the consequences of your actions if you fail to prove them guilty?"

"Yes Hokage sama"

"You are currently deem as a traitor who started the third war, and are not on active shinobi roster list. So, to believe you we need hard evidences and witnesses, are you able to provide to that?"

"Yes Hokage sama"

"Then please start"

"Hokage sama, How could you listen to the words of a traitor", Koharu the elder yelled

"No matter who, we will fairly listen to everyone that is a resident of Konoha, so that justice can be served without corruption. Hatake Sakumo please continue"

"..."

"The following are the sins of Elder Council under the leadership of Sandaime Hokage"

"From year XXXX to year XXXX the elder council has emabazzled around 60% of the entire Village's fund for their personal use, without giving anything in return"

*Silence

"Sortly after, they started accepting bribes"

"..."

"These documents here are the proof that all, Sandaime Hokage didn't have much time to see and watch the treasury and thus, He could only use 40% of the entire treasury to develop Konoha, We are also on a very tight money lease after Kyuubi attack and everyone here is poor is because of this"

"..."

"Elder Council has abused the power Sandaime Sama had invested in them"

"General Kagami of Uchiha Clan was their first victim 22 years ago, He was an Uchiha and current Uchiha Matriarch, Mikoto's father, who performed exemplary in the second war and also taught me, He was the hero that did everything just because he wanted Uchihas to be recognized as the village's comrades rather than some objects to be used with eyes"

"..."

"He was going to betray the village, and destroy us"

"Yes that was the reason he was given the execution order, Sandaime sama has personally ordered it, Since he is present here, Sir, I want to ask you; was General Loyal"

"..."

The Elders looked at Hiruzen, and Everyone waited for his answer

"Yes, He was loyal"

"Did you feel threaten by him?"

"No"

"So why did you order his execution orders"

"Elders told me about his suspicious behaviour at that time, and after some months, He went mad and tried to attack and destroy Konoha"

"Do you know why he did that?"

"..."

"Sir"

"His Youngest son was killed in front of his eyes by some Shinobi"

"..."

Sakumo nodded, "The shinobi that Sandaime just talked about was an Anbu of Roots, This here is his profile and the Postmortem report as well as the DNA report of the assiliant"

Everyone gasped

"What does it have to with elder, Sakumo san", Minato asked

Sakumo nodded, "Hokage sama might not know it, But there is a seal on every one of the Root agent, It's on their tongue that don't let them speak against him or do anything without Elder Danzo's orders. If it's done by a person with that curse seal, it means Elder Danzo ordered it"

Everyone Gasped at this new information as they looked at Danzo

"Danzo is not Seal expert", someone said

"Yes, But Lord 2nd was, Root was created by him in the first place, that seal was placed by him as well, Elder Danzo is not a seal expert and just use the same formula that's why the seal is very outdated and not worth learning or knowing"

Uchiha clan head look at Danzo with absolute hatred

"At Year XXXX Elder Danzo started the third War"

!!!!

Everyone was straight at that

"You are speaking Nonsence"

"Don't put your pot on someone else"

"You are sameless"

There were Boos and jarring everywhere.

"Danzo Shimura had his Root agent with him at time, When he was conversing with some Unknown man with Orange mask"

"The conversation holds no record or proof of any sort, but its the truth"

"THAT'S A LIE", Koharu yelled

He raised a paper, "This is the profile of that Root agent, We have him under our custody, Ibiki Morino have his confession recorded"

"You Piece of Trash"

"You filthy Traitor"

"You jerk, You are the one that killed my wife and daughter. I will fucking kill you"

...

Everyone was very angry at Danzo, To think that they were outing their anger on someone who didn't deserve this, While the guy who started everything was just laughing at them watching them showing their teeth like a monkey. They were fuming at him.

Minato smirked, "Silent, Now"

"..."

"Continue

"At year XXXX he and Elder Council, have Root members Stole the 1st Hokage's body, and Kidnap Kids from various orphanages and provided them to Orochimaru"

"Elder Koharu and Elder Homura provided him the place, Financial freedom and once he was caught, it was also them who let him escape"

!!!!

This time, with everyone present there, Even Hiruzen was shocked to hear this, as he shook his head, and sighed. How low have these guys fallen.

"T-That's a lie"

Minato sighed, "Are you broken Recorder that can only say a single thing?"

"..."

"Do you have any Evidence for this Sakumo san"

"Yes, Hatake Kakashi and Rin Nohara have found Various Proofs and Various Witnessess regarding this matter. I will present them one by one"

XXXXXXX

Yasaki stood on the trees watching the Konoha from outside.

After the trial everything went smoothly, Elders were made to be Executed at the very same day, Every clan, Every person in that room agreed to this, And that room contained every head of the village. Even the head of the Civilian Council...

Mobs took it out on their remaining clan members, There properties are all burned or destroyed, Their family members were forced to live like the outcasts under those bullies.

On the good side, Uchihas got their reputation back, Hatake Clan got their reputation back as well, Konoha is under a decent Leader and although Naruto's reputation is still bad, Considering he is a Jinchiruki that everyone knows, But Minato's claw is on every clan's neck and weather they are civilians or Clan members they stopped being Mean to him and went to just being indifferent to him.

Rin and Kakashi made some progress with their strange relationship.

Sakumo is made/ Forced to be an Elder in Danzo's place, and he was supposed to be the Root's Latest head, but the first order he gave was removal of the seal and dismissal of Root.

People came to apologize to him... He sent all of them back. Kakashi and Yasaki were no different to people's flattery, They didn't pay them any mind, These guys are disgusting.

On the flip side, shisui is making his very own technique, A Shunshin that works just like Hatake's After Image Technique.

Naruto and Sasuke still compete in everything, whenever the two toddlers see each other.

Gai call them the eternal Rivals.

As for Yasaki, he was going to Kiri, It's time to bring his wife back.

Yasaki chuckled, he turn around and break into Lightning as he turned into a Lightning bolt that travels at Incredible Speed.