Other World Chimera
Parents don't get rest

Hiruzen's parents had the worst headache of their lives. To think that the entire clan would be killed in his time as the Hokage. He understood their actions even though he could not in good faith approve of them. In the end, he blamed himself as much as they did for the blood that had been spilled.

The only silver lining to everything was that Sasuke Uchiha survived. Maybe in time they can revive the clan and make amends. A wishful thinking but it's better than nothing. Until now he knew that other villages were paying attention to Konoha. Two major incidents have occurred and weakened them.

“Mr-Hokage, great news! There are others who survived!” Suddenly a ninja working in the lower office walked into his office while shouting. Oh how happy and confused Hiruzen is to hear this. He did not expect anyone else to survive. More precisely, there should be nothing else.

"Who are they!? Where's them!?" Hiruzen could not help but raise his voice. The only reason Sasuke survived was because of the deal Itachi made with the board. Now, these new survivors can be a source of excitement or trouble.

How much do they know? How old are they? Are they loyal to the clan or to Konoha? Those and other questions are very important and will determine their survival or not. As he continued to think, a girl entered the room. About the same age as Sasuke with raven black hair and eyes. Wearing black pajamas with the emblem of the Uchiha clan on it.

"Lord-Hokage" said that Nozomi bowed respectfully to Hiruzen. While walking here he listened to Tomoka's plan. He had to act stupid but not so stupid that it would arouse suspicion.

"Nozomi Uchiha, right? First of all let me say I'm glad there are others who survived this tragedy.” The friendly old man's eyes turned sad, but Nozomi could not believe it. He felt Tomoka had hidden some info from him. Now he understands what it is. This old man also knew about the massacre and he did nothing.

Nozomi's anger and rage boiled deep in his heart. The only thing he wanted right now was to tear this old man into small pieces with his fuuton. However, he had to control his anger and behave normally. His life is at stake here and he will not let Tomoka's efforts go to waste. So all he did was nod.

"I don't know. I was at home preparing to sleep when someone covered my mouth and nose with a wet cloth. It smells weird and makes me sleepy all of a sudden. Next thing I know I woke up in one of the nearby woods ”

Listening to the girl's words made Hiruzen feel confused. Someone had kidnapped her right that night only to leave her unattended and out of control in a random forest still inside the walls of Konoha? That only leads to two possibilities. Either he lied, or whoever did this learned of the massacre and saved him for unknown reasons.

“Did you see the others? Something to tell us about who this mysterious savior is? Everything is as planned, Nozomi thought. He did not know how but Tomoka had predicted this question as well. Sometimes Nozomi feels Tomoka is too smart for a child her age.

“When the person put me to bed, I tried to see their faces but all I saw was a shapeless porcelain mask” With this he just blamed the root member.

This strategy is born of two factors. Tomoka knew very well just how secret the old eye thief was. He would not under any circumstances allow others to look into his organization. In this way, Hiruzen's investigation will be deadlocked. On the other hand, Danzo might investigate who the traitor was but with such a simple description finding a traitor who did not exist was absolutely impossible. Not to mention, if this world still follows the cannon then the root must be disbanded after yesterday's incident but the reality will continue to exist under the nose of the third Hokage.

"I understand. Well, I'm glad you survived Nozomi and once again, I'm sorry” With that Nozomi left the Hokage's office. While Hiruzen felt his headache getting worse. That girl is hard to read. Throughout everything, he looked at her with dead eyes. At least there was no hatred and seeing how young he was the chances of him just acting was rather low.

“Truly messy, I really have to retire”