Chapter 104: Chapter 104: Public Outrage, and the Elder Council in Panic

Chapter 104: Chapter 104: Public Outrage, and the Elder Council in Panic



Early in the morning, the villagers of Konoha woke up to find new pieces of paper plastered all over the streets in prominent locations.

Curious, they went up to check, and what they read shocked them to their core.

"Telescope Technique, created by the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi. This technique allows the user to lock onto another's chakra and observe them remotely. It can also be used to peek into unshielded areas such as the rivers, bathhouses, and hot springs of Konoha. A warning to the women of Konoha: avoid bathing in the rivers, bathhouses, or hot springs."

"The technique requires a crystal ball as a medium. Hand seals are as follows..."

"This is a jutsu!"

"Telescope Technique, huh? Sounds impressive... Wait, isn't there something off about this? Are we all being watched?"

"Being watched is one thing, but this technique can be used to spy on women bathing! Someone, write this down-this is gold!"

"So this was developed by the Third Hokage himself? That's amazing."

For a moment, those who saw the notice became excited. Some shinobi even quietly memorized the hand seals for the jutsu.

Why are so many villagers gathering?

Noticing the commotion, the members of the ANBU Black Ops arrived to investigate, only to be dumbfounded by what they saw.

As members of the Hokage's personal guard, they were well aware that the Third Hokage often carried a crystal ball to "keep an eye on things."

But now, someone had spread this information to the public, and it was likely that many people had already taken note of it-including spies from other villages.

This was a disaster!

The ANBU quickly moved to disperse the crowd and began tearing down the papers, rushing them to the Hokage's office as fast as they could.

"Hokage-sama, we have a major problem," one of the ANBU reported, their tone filled with

urgency.

Although it was barely dawn, the Third Hokage had already started his day, seated at his desk and handling paperwork. The panicked arrival of the ANBU caused his heart to skip a beat. What he feared most were the potentially devastating reports from the front lines.

"What is it?" he asked, bracing himself.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"Hokage-sama, it's best if you see for yourself," the ANBU member replied, hesitating as they handed over one of the papers they had removed from the streets.

Paper?

With his pipe in hand, the Third Hokage glanced at the paper on his desk, puzzled.

This is just an ordinary piece of paper, he thought.

But he had been too optimistic-it wasn't just a few. These papers had been plastered all over the village, in every prominent location, practically everywhere except the Hokage's office

itself.

This was a full-blown disaster...

"Sarutobi, what on earth is going on?"

Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane burst into the office, looking as if they were about to

have a collective meltdown.

Villagers had initially been curious, but as more and more started reading, complaints and

outrage began to swell.

Times were tough enough during the war; everyone was barely scraping by.

And then, the Hokage himself was caught engaging in such behavior. Don't you have a wife? Haven't you ever seen a woman bathe before? Why do you need to spy on people?

Just hearing the word "surveillance" made members of the Uchiha and Hyuga clans squirm.

These clans were used to being closely monitored, especially the Hyuga, who had long

resigned themselves to it.

The Hyuga had chosen to lie low, accepting whatever the village's leadership decided without

interference.

But the Uchiha? Their pride wouldn't allow them to take it lying down.

This difference in attitude was a constant source of tension between the two clans, especially when debating which had the superior dōjutsu in the shinobi world.

As soon as they heard the news, Koharu and Homura rushed to the Hokage's office, arriving

just in time to encounter a crowd of irate bathhouse and hot spring owners demanding

answers.

Even with the best possible spin, this situation was getting out of control.

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