After agreeing on the standard answer, Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others began to assign tasks.

"As for the hospital, Xiaochun, you should do a good job of screening. After you have a list, I will arrange for them to be implanted with the curse mark."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice became steady and powerful.

"As for the frame-up shown on the light screen, I will take the villagers of Konoha to the location shown on the light screen to see for themselves. There is no mass grave in Konoha!"

With a determined look in his eyes, Hiruzen Sarutobi's meaning was clear: make sure to clean up the traces as quickly as possible and leave no trouble behind!

After a moment's hesitation, Hiruzen continued, "Leave Sasuke to me. As for Itachi, I'll talk to him. For the sake of Konoha's peace, we can only ask him to make some sacrifices!"

The old buddies nodded silently and got up to complete their respective tasks.

That night, most people in Konoha stayed up all night, and the Konoha F4 also began to take action overnight.

In the secret base of the Anbu, Itachi lay on the bed, resting with his eyes closed. He was seriously injured, and even after emergency medical treatment, he had only barely regained some mobility.

He was pondering the changes that had occurred tonight and how to deal with his silly yet adorable little brother.

Knock knock knock, Hiruzen Sarutobi knocked and entered. His face looked very heavy. When he saw Itachi on the sickbed, he managed to force a few bitter smiles.

"It seems your injuries are healing quite well, which puts my mind at ease. Itachi, I must thank you for tonight's events. Although some unexpected things happened at the end, a civil war between Konoha and the Uchiha clan was indeed avoided. In fact, I regret that the Uchiha clan should not have ended like this."

In the past, Itachi would probably have been deeply moved by Hiruzen's actions, and even if he was too weak to move, he would have struggled to get up and bow.

But after seeing the dark secrets revealed on the screen tonight, and Hiruzen Sarutobi's act of yielding to the enemy for the sake of his clan, he felt that he might have been wrong before.

Itachi was deeply confused. As a pillar of Konoha, the Hokage had placed his clan above the village. Was it right for him to choose to slaughter his entire clan for the sake of Konoha's safety?

Sensing Itachi's somewhat cold attitude, Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart tightened, and he quickly continued, "That mysterious person tonight deliberately slandered Konoha, causing many villagers to doubt Konoha. Fortunately, most people are clear-headed and will not be misled."

Having finalized the nature of tonight's screen content, Hiruzen Sarutobi continued, "Don't worry about Sasuke. Danzo protected him very well. He didn't see the rest of the content, only you..."

Hiruzen was a little embarrassed and awkwardly changed his words, "Well, there's also good news, Sasuke has awakened the Sharingan."

Mentioning Sasuke instantly perked it up, and it stared at Hiruzen Sarutobi, "Hokage-sama, what are your plans regarding Sasuke and the Uchiha clan members who escaped?"

"Don't worry about Sasuke. I will keep my promise. He will continue his studies and become an excellent ninja of Konoha. However, some preparations are needed."

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Itachi with a complicated expression. The situation was urgent, and there were many things to do. He couldn't slowly try to win Itachi over.

......

The next day, all the problems that occurred the previous night were perfectly resolved.

Hiruzen Sarutobi apologized to the Konoha villagers who were frightened at the foot of the Hokage Building last night, stating that he had investigated the matter thoroughly and had summarized and reviewed his work.

The video did not fully show Itachi's massacre of the Uchiha clan for his brother and Konoha, but the residents of Konoha knew that he had massacred the Uchiha clan.

However, the sequence of events is unclear.

Therefore, in Hiruzen's words, Itachi became a sinner who, for personal ambition, contacted a mysterious organization to create momentum, incited some members of the Uchiha clan to cause trouble, and then deceived Elder Danzo, slaughtering the entire clan.

As for what the mysterious person created, it has been confirmed to be a combination of illusion and film.

The Hokage personally led a team to search the site but found no base or mass grave, proving that the things in the light screen were faked to slander Konoha's reputation and create chaos so that he could escape after killing people.

Elder Danzo was misled by Itachi and mishandled affairs, so he was stripped of his position as Hokage's assistant and punished with three months of seclusion to reflect on his mistakes.

The Sarutobi clan, however, proved to have far fewer ninjas than they actually had. Most of their fighting strength had been exhausted during the defense of Konoha the previous night, leaving behind many old, weak, sick, and disabled members.

To summarize the entire process, it involves: attaching great importance to the matter, holding special meetings, conducting joint investigations, thoroughly investigating the problems, severely punishing those responsible without leniency, drawing lessons from the experience, carrying out special investigations, timely publicizing information, and investigating enemy conspiracies.

At the height of his excitement, Hiruzen Sarutobi even trembled and tears welled in his eyes. He patted his chest and promised that Konoha's next step would be to gather skilled fighters, form a team, track down the mysterious man, and eliminate this madman who dared to provoke Konoha.

Behind the so-called truth.

The Root organization quietly replenished its ranks with over 500 civilian ninjas who had been imprinted with the Tongue Disaster Seal, significantly increasing their strength compared to before.

As for the Anbu, Hiruzen Sarutobi, relying on his personal prestige over the years, disregarded the quota and directly expanded it by more than 1,000 members. These new members were all taciturn and extremely loyal.

As for those family members, most of them were released, with only a small number "voluntarily" requesting to join the Anbu and serve the Hokage.

After Hiruzen Sarutobi and his group took turns visiting, the various clans of Konoha reached an agreement. They would send a portion of their clansmen to take over the positions of the Sarutobi clan's lost members, thus shouldering more responsibility for Konoha.

They then agreed with the truth of last night, stating that they would not allow rumors to spread and disrupt the harmony and stability of Konoha.

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