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As Satoru had foreseen, the deaths of Danzō Shimura, Homura Mitokado, and Koharu Utatane temporarily plunged the village into a state of uncertainty and chaos.
However, all of that was indifferent to Satoru.
He continued with his daily routine as if nothing had changed. After all, he was just a child in the eyes of others.
As he had also anticipated, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, took firm measures after Danzō's death.
One of his first actions was to order the definitive dissolution of ROOT, the clandestine organization that Danzō had secretly led for years, under the pretext of protecting the village from the shadows.
Although officially ROOT had been dismantled a long time ago, it was still actually operating, with a network of ninjas indoctrinated and loyal only to their leader, Danzō.
The ninjas who had been indoctrinated by ROOT were placed under the custody of the Yamanaka Clan, recognized experts in the handling of the mind and subconscious. Supervision fell directly to Inoichi Yamanaka, a member of the renowned Ino-Shika-Cho trio.
Following the orders of the Third Hokage, Inoichi took charge of evaluating and treating those ninjas who, under coercion or mental manipulation, had blindly served Danzō.
His goal was not to punish them, but to help them recover their autonomy, break the mental seals implanted by ROOT, and reintegrate them, as much as possible, into normal life within the village.
It was a long and delicate process. Many of them barely remembered who they were before belonging to the organization, and some even showed resistance to abandoning their orders.
But over time, and under the patient guidance of the Yamanaka Clan, some began to awaken from the shadow in which they had lived for years.
Some hidden ROOT files came to light, revealing human experiments, political manipulations, and undercover operations that directly contradicted the village's ideals.
For most in the village, Danzō Shimura would be marked in history as a traitor who strayed from the true path of the Will of Fire.
His actions, although apparently aimed at protecting Konoha, ended up staining the ideals he swore to defend.
His name would not be remembered with honor, but with suspicion, as someone who acted in the shadows, believing the end justified the means, even if that meant sacrificing the principles Konoha swore to protect.
Satoru soon realized that Hiruzen had made a decision: to bury Danzō in the shadows, completely and forever.
There would be no posthumous honors, nor farewell words for him in front of the Hokage Mansion. His name would be slowly erased from official records, and his legacy buried.
Just as he lived in darkness, so he would be forgotten.
As for the new Konoha Council, it was formed by Shikaku Nara, Hiashi Hyūga, and Fugaku Uchiha.
Satoru was not surprised to discover that, with Fugaku Uchiha now a member of the Konoha Council, Hiruzen had authorized the Uchiha Clan's move back to their old compound, the very one they had lived in before the Kyūbi attack.
The return of the Uchiha Clan to their old compound was more than just a simple change of location: it was a symbolic gesture of reconciliation, albeit carefully calculated.
After the Kyūbi attack, the Uchiha clan was relocated to the outskirts of the village under the pretext of maintaining security. However, for the Uchiha, that measure was always seen as an act of marginalization disguised as precaution.
Satoru assumed that Fugaku had set conditions to accept a seat on the council. Hiruzen would not have allowed the Uchiha Clan to return to the heart of the village without prior negotiation.
One of the decisions that surprised Satoru the most was the official withdrawal of the Uchiha Clan from Konoha's Military Police.
For the Third Hokage, it meant a loss of control he could neither ignore nor openly confront.
For decades, entrusting that role to the Uchiha had served as a way to keep them occupied and out of political power and village governance.
By having them as law enforcers — often in confrontation with other citizens — it fueled both the villagers' animosity toward them and a growing pride and arrogance within the clan itself.
The very location of the Military Police headquarters, built near the village prison and away from the center, was an obvious symbol of segregation. For Satoru, all this was part of a system designed to oppress them, disguised as responsibility and duty.
But Fugaku had understood this dynamic. And by freeing himself from that role, he took the first step to redefine the Uchiha Clan's role in Konoha. The resignation from the Military Police not only marked the end of an era but the beginning of a new path: one of integration, respect, and recognition.
Thanks to his leadership, the image of the Uchiha Clan began to change. Gradually, distrust gave way to acceptance. And with it, the desire for rebellion also faded.
The Uchiha Clan had regained their place in the village without shedding a single drop of blood.
But the best thing happened when, finally, calm returned to the village. With the full support of the new Konoha Council, Naruko was officially adopted by Fugaku and Mikoto Uchiha.
Hiruzen had tried by all means to stop it. He firmly believed that the Uchiha Clan planned to use the Kyūbi Jinchūriki as a weapon, a tool of power rather than as a child who needed a home. However, without Danzō, Homura, or Koharu on the Council, there was no one left to support him.
This time, no one shared his distrust, except Satoru, who watched closely for a while until he realized he was wrong.
Fugaku and Mikoto truly treated Naruko as their own daughter, and that filled him with happiness, though he would never say it.
It was also then that Hiruzen understood his new reality: his influence on village decision-making had drastically eroded.
He had lost the ability to shape the village's future at will.
He hoped, at least, to count on Hiashi's support — aware of the old rivalry between the Hyūga Clan and the Uchiha Clan for the unofficial title of "the most powerful clan of Konoha" — but even Hiashi remained neutral.
Naruko, for her part, was confused at first. The idea of having a family — a real one — was something she had never been allowed to dream of.
But over time, and especially thanks to Mikoto's warmth, she began to open up. It was Mikoto who first spoke to her, tenderly and without reservation, about her true parents: Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki. About who they had been, how much they had loved her, and how they sacrificed everything for her sake, so she could have a future.
Naruko cried that night, but they were different tears: not of pain, but of happiness.
To Satoru's misfortune, from that day on Naruko did not stop proudly boasting that she was the daughter of Konoha's Hero: the Fourth Hokage.
She also never stopped showing him a picture of her mother, Kushina Uzumaki, talking endlessly about her and how beautiful she was.
Satoru had no choice but to agree with her on that matter. Kushina really had been a beautiful woman.
The revelation was also made public, and slowly the village's perception began to change in her favor. Hatred and fear turned into shame and sympathy. But Naruko, although still a child, was no longer an innocent child.
She had spent too many years carrying the villagers' contempt to easily accept their apologies.
The damage was done, and trust would not be restored with forced smiles or empty words. Satoru had personally taken care to remind her of that. He made sure she would not be easily seduced by the hypocrisy of those who had once ignored and mistreated her.
And with Naruko now under Fugaku's care, but above all under Mikoto's close and maternal protection, Hiruzen found that he could no longer approach her as before. His attempts to instill the Will of Fire in her, as he used to do privately, were blocked by a wall he could no longer cross.
For the first time, Naruko had a family... and for the first time, Hiruzen was not part of it.