When Hatake Sakumo heard this news, he was utterly dumbfounded. A stormy sea raged within his heart, and he even forgot his current predicament entirely.
After all, he knew nothing of this matter, and such things were certainly not glorious achievements to be flaunted. In order to protect their own images, the Third Hokage and his associates would never publicize it.
Sarutobi Hiruzen had only ever announced to the public that he had won the recognition of the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, during the Second Shinobi World War, and had gained the support of the villagers to inherit the mantle of Hokage.
Chapter 124