Chapter 43 Exit "The Uchiha are arrogant and aloof. We know this ourselves, but Konoha chose to give the most offensive job in the police department to the Uchiha. You should all be able to guess the reason." "so what?" Uchiha Inahiro sneered disdainfully: "We enforce the law impartially, no one can say anything." "But it is impossible to avoid the slander from the villains behind the scenes." Uchiha Yashiro seemed to be thinking about it: "It is even hard to say whether there are high-level officials who are fanning the flames. Judging from the experience of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, this is not impossible." "Yes." Fugaku nodded: "That's why I realized that perhaps the conflict between the Uchiha and the village is not irreconcilable, but the top leaders are at work." "The police department is only performing its duties. On the contrary, the so-called mediation by the top leaders has invisibly put the Uchiha on the opposite side of the village. They have also used the Nine-Tails Rebellion as an excuse to widen the rift between us and the village, and have taken advantage of the situation to push us to the edge of the village." "But now looking back, all of this was just sanctimonious rhetoric from the top management. Of course, this is also my fault. I was too naive and had high expectations of the top management. For this, I must apologize to everyone."
Uchiha Fugaku said this, placing his hands on his knees and lowering his head deeply. "It's not your fault, Patriarch!" "That's right! It's all the fault of those old guys in the upper echelons!" "Damn you guys, how dare you fool the Uchiha!" Seeing their family head bow his head, all the Uchiha were filled with indignation. "It's better to just forget about the coup!" Someone shouted loudly, and immediately gained the approval of most people present. "No!" Fugaku stood up and sighed slowly, "The best option for us now is to do nothing, especially the duties of the Police Department, which should all be returned to Konoha." Yashiro hesitated: "But if so, what will happen to the tribesmen in the tribe?" Fugaku smiled, "Don't worry, we are ninjas." "I see... can you be patient?" "…We form a team to take on missions." The eighth generation of Uchiha's old face turned red and he lowered his head deeply. Damn, I've been holding that stable job for so long that I almost forgot my professional skills. Uchiha Fugaku also sighed deeply. Perhaps there had been peace for too long. If everyone in the clan had this kind of reaction consciousness, it was no wonder that they were ostracized by the top leaders like this. Maybe I have been immersed in the glory of the past for too long? "Also, in order to prevent the higher-ups from attacking clan members who are on missions outside, we should try not to accept missions above B-rank. The jonin will be responsible for leading the younger generation to complete low-level missions." "On weekdays, be careful not to rashly conflict with the villagers. In short, starting today, Uchiha will have only one attitude."
"Whatever happens in the village, it has nothing to do with us. We just need to stay calm and do our own thing." As the words fell, the handsome young man with a low ponytail beside Shisui frowned slightly. "But father, how long will this estrangement last?" "What's going on? One against seven? Can't wait to report to your masters?" Uchiha Inahiro teased casually, and a burst of mocking laughter followed around. "I just don't want to see the family and the village completely split." Uchiha Itachi was indifferent to the ridicule of the tribesmen around him. In his opinion, Inahori's magnanimity was not enough to make him angry. "Split... That's not the case." Fugaku's eyes flashed with helplessness: "Right now, the top leaders cannot tolerate Uchiha, and the most important thing is that the villagers don't agree with us. Even if we seize power through a coup, it is not a glory in my opinion. It even completely negates all the contributions that the family has made to the village in the past." This sentence made everyone silent. Fugaku was right. After all, Konoha was founded by the Uchiha and the Senju together. It is no exaggeration to say that it was the hard work of their ancestors. Therefore, unless the top leaders push too hard, no one would be willing to use force to seize power. As for the saying that Konoha owes Uchiha a Hokage, it is just a slogan shouted by some extremists who are mentally unbalanced. What is really hard for most people to accept is that as one of the founders of the village, they were kicked out of the center of power. In fact, just recently, the conflict between Uchiha and Konoha was no longer able to be suppressed. But no one had ever expected that the village's Jinchūriki would suddenly pat his butt and run away! After that, before the Uchiha could even react, the Hidden Cloud Village jumped out first and ran to the border of the Fire Country to make its presence felt. This also caused the top leaders who had been pressing Uchiha step by step to suddenly stop their actions, and even Sarutobi Hiruzen swallowed his pride several times and tried to show goodwill, hoping that Uchiha could send some personnel to support the border. However, this time, Uchiha Fugaku was not blinded by the immediate benefits, but temporarily perfunctorily dealt with it. Sure enough, within two days, perhaps the news of Naruto's return to Konoha gave Sarutobi Hiruzen some illusion, and Lao Deng straightened his back again and issued an announcement about the Night of the Nine-Tails. Fugaku sneered at the dog's inability to stop eating shit. He didn't know what Sarutobi Hiruzen was thinking, but he was sure that Uzumaki Naruto didn't tell Kakashi about Obito's intelligence out of his feelings for Konoha. It's probably because of Kakashi's eye... The conversation between Naruto and Jiraiya on the street had already spread quietly throughout the village, even to such a remote place as the Uchiha clan's territory. As the head of the Uchiha clan and his wife being a close friend of Naruto's mother, Fugaku naturally paid special attention to this matter. In his opinion, Naruto had a very precocious mind, and unlike Itachi, the child was extremely good at reading people's minds and had the ability to see through the essence of things at a glance. Once such a person recognizes certain things, he will never be confused at all! In this way, Sarutobi Hiruzen's inexplicable confidence seems ridiculous... "The Uchiha need a Hokage, but not now."
Fugaku looked at everyone and said, "For us, the most important thing now is a Hokage who can tolerate the Uchiha and pull them out of the quagmire." "What a pity! If the Yondaime were still alive, the Uchiha would never have fallen into this situation..." Yashiro shook his head and sighed, that man was so outstanding that even a proud Uchiha had to praise him as perfect. "But when will this happen?" "Yes, right now, the two most qualified to succeed the Hokage in the village are only those three ninjas, right?" Everyone was talking about it, and Shisui was helpless: "Do you have any candidates for the clan leader?" "Uzumaki…Naruto!" After folding his arms and thinking for a long time, he finally gave an answer that shocked everyone. "This is just my personal opinion, but the child is still young and there is a high probability that he will not return to Konoha in the future." "There is no need to be obsessed with the Hokage. The top brass has lost their prestige now. We just need to do our best. Since they reject the Uchiha...then we should withdraw!" The second update today! Please vote for me and read on! Thank you everyone! (End of this chapter)