Chapter 10: Ins and Outs
Seeing Shimura Danzo pointing his finger at himself and the others, Mitokado Homura immediately retorted: "We agreed to suppress Sakumo, but did we ever let you force him to commit suicide?"
"Hmph!" With a cold snort, Shimura Danzo continued, "Don't laugh. If you didn't agree, do you have another option? You can't tell me because you at that time would have no ability to stop it."
The three people present were dumbstruck and unable to reply. There was no way to refute. After all, that was precisely the case.
If the four people present disagreed with this approach, Hatake Sakumo, who was the leader of Anbu, would have spread the content of his task.
Because of this, Hatake Sakumo understood Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others' intentions. He avoided fighting with them and chose to commit suicide in the end.
The reason why they made this decision was very simple. It was because, at the time, Hatake Sakumo was already the next Hokage that everyone expected, but this does not mean that Hatake Sakumo is the ideal candidate for their mind.
After all, to them, only people like Namikaze Minato who would sacrifice their lives, family, and everything for Konoha are the best candidates for Hokage. And Hatake Sakumo is obviously not such a person. The mission he gave up to save his companions meant that he was not suitable for Hokage. Therefore, he, who was too popular, had become the 'unstable factor' in the hearts of several old fellows.
Death was the best attribution for Hatake Sakumo. The same was true for Orochimaru.
Now that Namikaze Minato was selected, Orochimaru naturally became an unstable factor. It must be eradicated. Otherwise, it would be impossible to condemn Orochimaru for continuing to do human research. After all, in the beginning, Sarutobi Hiruzen personally agreed to the research.