Chapter 273: War Crimes or Just Another Tuesday in Konoha?

Funan pondered for a moment and asked, "Did you get them to talk?"

"No." Yako shook her head and explained, "Nara Shikaku is clear about that. If he can't defeat us, he will at least hold out hope that someone else will. He won't betray them."

Funan frowned. "Even those from the Yamanaka clan can't get information out of him?"

"Impossible." Yako sighed in resignation. "Have you forgotten who Nara Shikaku is? He is the leader of the Ino-Shika-Cho clans. Do you think he doesn't know the secret techniques of the Yamanaka clan? That he wouldn't be prepared? He knows we have people from his clan in our possession. He has already taken precautions."

"Makes sense." Funan narrowed his eyes and ordered, "In that case, send Nara Shikamaru to the lab. Keep Nara Shikaku alive for now. I want him to see with his own eyes how his people become experimental subjects."

"Understood." Yako nodded and called the ANBU to relay the order.

Cruel?

They didn't see it that way.

They knew full well that if they failed, Konoha would fall into chaos. Their families and friends would be mercilessly exterminated.

Instead of waiting for the other side to be cruel to them, it is better for them to be cruel to the other side first.

In just a few minutes, several orders came out from the Hokage's office, and the entire Konoha began to operate.

After hesitating for a moment, Yako asked, "What about the Yamanaka clan?"

"What about them?" Funan frowned.

"Yamanaka Inoichi chose betrayal, but his daughter..." Yako sighed. "According to the information I have, the girl did not want to betray Konoha."

She recalled the image of the young girl. She was on the verge of collapse.

In just one night, she went from being the heiress of the Yamanaka clan to a prisoner. Her entire clan was branded as traitors.

It was too hard a test for her.

Funan took the hint. "You mean..."

Yako spoke seriously, "Hokage-sama, don't you think we should grant forgiveness to some? There are those who simply went along with the flow. We could give them a chance."

Funan put his pen down on the desk. "Explain your reason."

"The number of people being punished is enormous." Yako flipped through the records. "The Hyuga clan, though not executed, have lost their freedom, marked with the caged bird."

"The Sarutobi clan is being prosecuted. There are no exact numbers yet."

"The Shimura, Mitokado, Homura Ino-Shika-Cho clans..."

Funan looked at the records Yako showed him and realized the magnitude of the purge.

"Too many people have been punished." Yako sighed. "If we continue like this, fear will take over Konoha."

Funan let out a sarcastic laugh, annoyed. "Did I punish someone innocent? Whoever betrays Konoha deserves to be punished."

"If anyone feels threatened in Konoha, they should leave."

But Yako insisted: "We are talking about the Ino-Shika-Cho, Hyuga, Sarutobi clans and other minor clans. There are more than fifteen hundred shinobi. If we add their immediate families, the number exceeds twenty thousand people."

Funan was stunned. "Twenty thousand? Are you sure?"

Yako crossed her arms. "Most of them come from the Sarutobi clan. They alone number more than ten thousand."

"But..." Yako stared at him. "The outside world won't see whether they were traitors or not, whether they're from the Sarutobi clan or not. They'll only see the final number."

Funan blinked. The number was staggering, even for him.

Twenty thousand people.

With the population base of Konoha, the whole village will obviously appear empty.

No matter how much he justified it, the rest of the village would become worried. People with bad intentions might even start spreading rumors.

Funan thought for a moment, then smiled. "I don't care."

"You may not worry," Yako replied seriously, "but what about the next Hokage?"

She knew well that Funan had no attachment to the position of Hokage and could resign at any time.

Uchiha Itachi was his choice for his successor.

"Consider this a test for Itachi." Funan smiled maliciously. "If he can't even solve this problem, how does he expect to be Hokage?"

"What you say…" Yako sighed in resignation. "You are a terrible person. I'm sure Itachi hates you with all his soul."

"And you think I'm worried about that?" Funan thought for a moment before continuing. "Okay, select a few. Keep the unimportant ones alive and the ones who might still be useful."

Immediately, names began to appear in Yako's mind. People of no importance. People of some value.

With those two criteria, she could easily filter out several thousand.

Of course, she was also clear that the core members of the Sarutobi clan could not be left out.

No matter how innocent they were, no matter how ignorant they were of the situation, their fate was already sealed.

Funan glanced at Yako.

There was something he didn't say out loud.

Those who were to die would be sent to his private laboratory. The God Tree inside his body needed more energy to evolve.

…

With the orders from the Hokage's office, the entire Konoha began to operate at high speed again.

After handling political affairs, Funan walked on the street.

Everyone who passed by greeted him respectfully.

The villagers of Konoha are no strangers to war.

They had fought too many battles in recent years to fear conflict.

Because Uchiha Funan had given them confidence.

And yet…

Funan's eyes reflected a complex feeling. He, although he had already become accustomed to his new life, the memories of the peaceful world of his previous life still caused him some discomfort due to the brutality of the Naruto World.

Even a village as powerful as Konoha, after each victory, only hid the pain and screams of the fallen.

Funan felt nostalgic as he walked down that bustling street.

In the blink of an eye, he was gone.

When he reappeared, he was standing atop Hokage Rock.

From there, he watched Konoha with an expressionless face.

"Are you sad?" A serene voice broke the silence.

He was a man with long black hair. He wore a tight-fitting black battle suit with red armor with overlapping plates. On his left shoulder, the emblem of the Senju Clan was engraved.

At this moment, he stared at Funan with a slightly sharp look.

"Hmph." Funan gave a cold laugh. "Do you know who I am? I am the Fifth Hokage. The supreme leader of the Uchiha Clan."

He pointed at the village beneath his feet. "Take a good look at it... Konoha!"

"The strongest shinobi village in the world. It belongs to me. And under my leadership, it has achieved unprecedented glory."

"Why should I be sad?"

"Senju Hashirama!"

Funan stared at the person in front of him with a sneer.

Hashirama had been sealed by the Sword of Totsuka, completely losing the ability to revive through reincarnation from the impure world.

This was because the Sword of Totsuka sealed the soul.

However since the sword belonged to Funan, if he could seal Hashirama, he could also free him.

As for Impure World Reincarnation...

It was an ability derived from Funan's fourth fruit.

After becoming Hokage, Funan repeatedly studied the Impure World Reincarnation. Although it took several years to master the most basic entrance, it was enough for him to develop a new fruit. Then, by consuming fruits of different levels, his ability grew in power and depth.

Now, after the last battles, Funan's Impure World Reincarnation had reached level 5.

Now he was able to use it freely.

When Konoha stabilized, Funan freed the Senju brothers and revived them with the reincarnation of the impure world.

As for whether these two will obey...

Frankly, Funan didn't care.

Konoha was there. If the Senju brothers decided not to help, they could do whatever they wanted. Funan would stand by and watch as Konoha was destroyed.

As long as he could protect the Uchiha and those loyal to them, that was enough for him.

"Alas!" Hashirama sighed and said regretfully, "It seems that blood will flow again."

"You come from the Sengoku Period, you should understand it better than anyone else."

"I don't understand!" Hashirama replied in annoyance, fixing his gaze on Funan. "You have enough power to stop wars. Why do you just let them happen again and again? How many people have died because of your inaction?"

Funan glanced at him and replied coldly, "If you acknowledge that I am strong, then you might as well shut your mouth and behave yourself, Hashirama. Right now you are only slightly stronger than an ordinary Kage. You are far from your peak level. If you don't want to get beaten up, just keep quiet and remember your place."

"You..." Hashirama's eyes burned with fury.

"Me what?" Funan laughed derisively. "You say I have the power to bring peace. Then tell me, didn't you have it in your time? Why are we still at war after your death?"

Hashirama lowered his voice and replied with some uncertainty: "I achieved peace in my time..."

"Nonsense!" Funan said disdainfully: "All you did was delay the war for a while. Your body didn't cool down enough and the biggest war the shinobi world had ever seen broke out. Your peace was for nothing."

"In fact, you were more ruthless. Thanks to you, the shinobi villages gathered strength, and when the war finally broke out, it was the most devastating war in all of history."

Funan looked at Hashirama with contempt. "Do you know what a spring is? You're the idiot who compressed it to the maximum and let others suffer the consequences when it burst!"

Hashirama: "..."

Hashirama turned to his younger brother, searching for an answer. "Is that true?"

Looking at his pitiful elder brother, Tobirama didn't know what to say.

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