One of my favourite images in this storyLike so many years before, Iruka held out his hand to a confused child—and just like back then, a smaller hand was tentatively placed in his."

This is such a great image of Iruka striving to reach the children who desperately need it because they were never allowed to be children.

yes! danzo-haters of the world unite! danzo and root can not be taken down often enough.

This is an amazing take to the "Danzo as Hokage and some guys we like as a rebellion" trope. Thank you.
And the skillful way you embed some flashbacks into the story. "Pranking Asuma" was golden))

This is always amazing thank you

Absolutely loved it
Literally devoured the story
Very beautifully depicted and the plot was worth the sleepless night I put up with to read it
Thank you

I can't stop my own giggles every time I read this chapter - or the earlier ones where the kids gang up on Kakashi and/or Asuma.

This story is FREAKIN' AMAZING!
Although might I recommend reading Hakumei if you haven't already. The "what if" scenario is actually quite similar though the outcome is quite different.

As un-honorable as it is to kill a downed opponent all I'll say is that Danzou 200% percent deserves death.

Ah shit, pretty sure Danzou has just unleashed the Kyuubi (or Kurama since frankly I don't really like calling an of the bijuus by the number of tails they possess) or at least gotten Naruto angry enough that he is going to consciously or unconsciously tap into the Kurama's chakra.

Yes! I'm holding out on the hope that the splintering wood means that Yamato is joining the fray. Seriously Mokuton is one hell of a useful affinity even if he did gain it through terrible circumstances.

Jeez, just how many separate resistance movements are there? There is the concentrated one within the village which has been steadily gaining more and more power (for lack of a better word), Jiraiya seems to be trying to rally some help, and now Genma and Raidou, not to mention Ibiki has been mentioned/talked to by two groups so I'll assume he's also part of rebel group.

I realized exactly what books Gai was referring to after he said "that..." and trailed off. That is hilarious honestly! I was absolutely certain that someone was gonna attempt to murder him for having those books around teens.

Danzou is playing a seriously dangerous game. As it stands the only people who I think are truly loyal would be the ROOT members. Pretty much every clan, the ANBU and the two out of village sannin (as far as I can tell) are completely against Danzou's regime. Danzou can certainly true to say he has the upper hand but I think in ability and willingness to fight he most definitely does not have the advantage.

You've got no idea how pleasing it is to see anything Danzou do backfire on him in the future.

I was just thinking about who corresponds to each color. As it stands, shiro is Hana, kuro is Shikamaru and I'm guessing that Akai might be Itachi? Akai would make sense if the color was chosen based on the sharingan he possess. Does that mean kin may or not be Ino? She is blonde after all.