Chapter 168 Uchiha suffered injustice

Konoha Ninja Village.

Two weeks have passed since the Nine-Tails Rebellion.

It was difficult for the villagers and ninjas of Konoha to get out of the shadow of turmoil in two weeks, but after a period of recuperation, Konoha seemed to have returned to its former prosperity and tranquility, just like a few months ago.

But the cold names on the commemorative monument and the rebuilt streets in the village told them that the era of the fourth generation was over, and the Hokage who was born as a commoner had completely disappeared.

However, the villagers and ninjas had no objections to the Sandaime's return as Hokage.

The Third Hokage has been in charge of Konoha for decades, and even during the Fourth Hokage's reign, he still had a decisive influence.

Now it is just a continuation of the third generation's rule, not much different from before.

Apart from Uchiha, the only other person who was dissatisfied was Danzo, the leader of the Root Organization.

Although he knew in advance that Hiruzen Sarutobi would sit on the position of acting Hokage for a long time, Danzo still became angry after seeing that Hiruzen Sarutobi had not nominated the next Hokage.

He had no choice but to bear Sarutobi Hiruzen to continue to be the Hokage, but he had no way to stand for election as Hokage.

If you want to run to become Hokage, in addition to having huge influence in the village, you must also be recommended by the elders. Although he has very high qualifications, he cannot recommend himself.

And these days, he also sent people to Daming Mansion to ask.

The Fire Nation daimyo did not support his idea and still chose to maintain the status quo, allowing Sarutobi Hiruzen to continue to serve as the Hokage of Konoha.

Orochimaru is also a failure, hiding in the laboratory all day studying wood escape ninjas.

We haven't seen much results from the experiment, but it has consumed a lot of money, accounting for almost one-fifth of the total budget. I hope Orochimaru can really train qualified Wooden ninjas.

After sighing softly, Danzo pushed open the door of the conference room on crutches.

Today is a clan elders' meeting regarding land distribution, which will directly determine the location of future clan lands in Konoha's major ninja villages.

Looking at the heads of the major ninja clans sitting in front of them, Danzo secretly cursed the Third Hokage.

Normally, the work of appeasing people is never allowed to be carried out directly. Once this kind of task involves the distribution of interests and offends a large number of ninjas, it is his turn to carry out it.

Do you really want to bear the stigma and lose the chance to run for the Fifth Hokage?

After taking a seat at the main table in the conference room, Danzo began to carry out the land distribution work seriously, and arranged some benefits for his own people.

Even if it is destined to offend some ninjas, it is better to take advantage of the opportunity to gain some benefits.

Faced with the Inorakacho family, which held a core position in the village, Danzo allocated a core area close to the Hokage building. If he wanted to become Hokage in the future, he would definitely not be able to avoid their assistance.

Then there are small families such as Inuzuka and Aburame.

These small families can become the helpers of the roots in the future. It is not impossible to allocate better land, but they must hold their fate in hand before they can allocate it with confidence.

After the distribution, the small and medium-sized ninja clan basically got the land, leaving only the three big clans of Sarutobi, Hinata and Uchiha.

The Sarutobi clan can't be too bad, but it can't be too good either. Danzo allocated relatively ordinary land.

As for the Hyuga and Uchiha clans, Danzo first looked at the two clan leaders, Hyuga Hizashi and Uchiha Fugaku, and then said in a faint tone:

"This area near the downtown area will be allocated to Hinata."

"As for Uchiha, you should continue to stay near Nanga River. That area is your ancestral land and it is also convenient for you to gather and so on."

After hearing Danzo's assignment, Hinata Hizu naturally had no objections.

The Hyuga clan has always adhered to neutrality and never chosen a factional team in the village. Although the land currently allocated is not considered a core area, it is considered good compared to Uchiha.

As for whether he would be isolated by the rest of the ninja clan, Hinata Hizatsu never worried about this issue.

As long as there are Rou Fist and Byakugan, Hyuga ninjas will not lack ninjas to form a team. This is the core competitiveness of the Hyuga clan.

Contrary to Hinata and Hinata, Uchiha Fugaku frowned and couldn't help but said:

"Lord Danzo, the Uchiha tribe is originally far away from the city. You have arranged the Uchiha to the edge this time. How should the security forces carry out their work?"

After hearing this, Danzo glanced at Uchiha Fugaku and then said:

"You Uchiha have a large population. If we don't arrange them in the fringe area, they will occupy at least three or four clans of other ninja clans. I also consider everyone's interests, can't the Uchiha be sacrificed?"

After a pause, Danzo said meaningfully: "Moreover, the dispatch speed of the security forces is very slow. There is no difference in arranging them more remote. It will have no effect anyway."

As soon as he said this, the eyes of the surrounding Jonin also fell on Fugaku.

What Danzo said makes sense. If they occupy the core area in Uchiha, ninjas like them will be squeezed into remote areas, and it will be difficult for them to stand up.

And aren’t you Uchiha friends with the Yondaime?

Why didn't you see the security forces coming to support you during the Nine-Tails Rebellion? After the turmoil ended, you Uchiha were the least injured ninja, without even a single sacrifice.

It's hard not to wonder if you guys ran away from the battlefield and abandoned the village without caring about the safety of the village.

Being stared at by such a gaze, Fugaku suddenly became more stressed. He could not explain that he had received an order from the Hokage at that time, and it was the Hokage who told them to stand still.

There is no way of knowing whether it was the Fourth Hokage who gave the order or the Third Hokage.

At the moment, he can't get the Hokage's warrant, nor can he withstand the pressure of so many people to forcefully claim the land in the core area. It seems that he can only endure it for the time being and accept the arrangement from the village.

Thinking of this, Fugaku glanced at Danzo with a gloomy face and lowered his proud head.

After Fugaku raised no objections, Danzo quickly arranged the land for all the ninja clan. After the meeting, he deliberately looked at Fugaku's back a few more times.

He thought that Uchiha Fugaku would take the initiative to leak what happened on the day of the Nine-Tails Rebellion and then confront him.

Unexpectedly, Fugaku was so cowardly that he didn't even dare to say that he was trapped in the clan's territory at that time. Was he afraid of the power of the Hokage family, or did he have other agendas?

The Hokage line is now in great decline, and it is impossible for Uchiha to be afraid of the Third Hokage.

Then there is only the last and only possibility left. Uchiha is really related to the Nine-Tails Rebellion. If he hadn't led the roots to block the security forces that day, Uchiha's plan would have succeeded.

As expected, he could see further than Sarutobi Hiruzen. Without him, Uchiha would have long since sought power and usurped the throne.

…

After the high-level meeting, the Uchiha clan also held its own clan meeting at Nanga Shrine.

The unfair land distribution and Danzo's words aroused unprecedented resentment among Uchiha. At that time, they either did not want to leave the clan to support them, or they were blocked from the clan by Danzo.

If Chief Fugaku hadn't stopped them, they would have fought with the root ninjas.

Now that the Nine-Tails Rebellion is over, Danzo is once again accusing the security forces of not coming to support, which is really too much.

One Uchiha said: "Captain Fugaku, let's go to the Hokage Building to protest and expose everything that happened that day."

Another Uchiha stood up to stop him and said: "It is useless to protest at the Hokage Building. Danzo cannot fake the order. This must be the intention of the Third Hokage. We must become Hokage immediately."

At this time, other Uchiha also echoed: "Captain Fugaku, we can't bear it any longer. If we can't become Hokage, Uchiha will continue to be bullied like this!"

After hearing the speeches of the tribesmen, Fugaku shook his head and sighed softly:

"Everyone, we don't have the strength to run for the position of Hokage at the moment. Danzo is using the land to win over other ninjas. No matter how strong Uchiha is, he can't deal with other ninjas at the same time."

"Fortunately, Uchiha didn't lose much in the Nine-Tails Rebellion, so let's just let them talk."

After Fugaku comforted them for a few words, the clan members' emotions had almost calmed down. They had suffered injustice this time, but their overall strength had not suffered much loss.

The rest of the ninja clan lost many jounin, and the chuunin and genin suffered countless casualties.

Uchiha standing up at this time will definitely arouse opposition from other ninjas. Those people don't care about the truth. They only care that Uchiha did not take action in the Nine-Tails Rebellion.

Most Uchiha want to live peacefully and are obsessed with the position of Hokage, but they are not guilty of launching a coup. At most, they can just complain at the clan meeting.

Seeing this scene, the radicals within the tribe also temporarily gave up the idea of ​​launching a coup.

They are not fools. They know the strength gap between Uchiha and the village. They yell a few words to show their presence and express their dissatisfaction.

But when I think about Kyuubi being manipulated by the attacker that day, special thoughts always arise in my heart.

At that time, the Kyuubi's movements were not flexible, and it looked like it was controlled by genjutsu. In their impression, the only ninjas who had the ability to control the Kyuubi with genjutsu were Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama.

But Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara have been dead for more than ten years, and it is impossible to be resurrected at this time.

Could it be that besides them, there are other Uchiha in the ninja world, and they have also opened the Mangekyo Sharingan and launched the Nine-Tails Rebellion?

In the crowd, Uchiha Shisui silently watched the quarrel among the clan members.

Not only this clan meeting, but also at other clan meetings, clan members are always arguing about whether to run for Hokage, and complaining about the injustice from the Hokage Building and other clan members.

He had long been used to this, and knew that Uchiha's hope of becoming Hokage was very slim.

More than thirty years ago, Uchiha Madara, one of the founders of Konoha, failed and became a rebellious nin who attacked the village, becoming a taboo name within the clan.

More than twenty years ago, his grandfather Uchiha Mirror became a subordinate of the Second Hokage and had the opportunity to participate in the Hokage campaign in the future, but died in a secret mission.

A year ago, Captain Fugaku also planned to run for Hokage, but was not even qualified to be nominated.

The repeated failures have made Uchiha farther and farther away from the position of Hokage, and also made the distance between the tribe and the village farther and farther. If they continue like this, sooner or later they will launch an attack on the Hokage building.

It was a pity that he went out on a mission on the day of the Nine-Tails Rebellion. Otherwise, he might have been able to use the opportunity of the Nine-Tails Rebellion to mend the rift with the villagers and even save the Fourth Hokage.

Thinking of this, Shisui sighed softly and quietly left Nanga Shrine.

…

After leaving Nanga Shrine, Shisui wandered around for a while. In a complicated mood, he came to the nearby woods and heard the sound of whooshing through the air, with a faint smile on his face.

After entering the grove, Shisui found Uchiha Itachi who was training in the forest clearing.

Itachi also noticed Shisui at this time, put away the kunai in his hand, and said with a smile: "Brother Shisui, you are here. If you are free, can you be my sparring partner?"

Shisui picked up the kunai on the ground and nodded gently.

After signing the seal of opposition, the two quickly disappeared from the spot and started a pure physical contest, with the sound of body collisions in the air from time to time.

After blocking Uchiha Itachi's kick, Shisui seemed to remember something and asked, "Itachi, I remember today is a school day, why did you sneak out of school?" Uchiha Itachi said expressionlessly: "The school curriculum is too boring. I have mastered all the cultural and physical education courses. The senior students there are not my opponents. I can't find a reason to stay there." Shisui frowned slightly and said, "I know that ninja school is very boring, but if you don't go to class, you can't graduate from ninja school and become a ninja successfully!" "It doesn't matter, I used the shadow clone technique, and those ninja school teachers who are only at the level of Chunin can't see through the shadow clone technique!" Uchiha Itachi said absent-mindedly, his mind was on attacking Shisui. Hearing this, Shisui nodded: "If you use the shadow clone technique, there will be no problem. Let's continue training. Actual combat is much more useful than those theories!" In a few words, Uchiha Itachi and Shisui have completed the battle practice. While sitting on the ground drinking water and resting, Shisui seemed to remember something and suddenly asked: "By the way, Itachi, what is your dream?"

"My dream?"

Uchiha Itachi was stunned, then said: "Probably to resolve the conflict between the family and the village and make the world peaceful forever. Perhaps it can only be done after becoming a Hokage."

"However, whether it is father or brother Shisui, the probability of you becoming a Hokage is greater than mine."

After hearing Uchiha Itachi's dream, Shisui was stunned. He almost knew Itachi's answer before asking the question.

Itachi is so outstanding, his dream in the future must be to become a Hokage.

But after really hearing Itachi's dream, Shisui remembered what Bai Ye once said: If an Uchiha's dream is to become a Hokage, then he is not far from destruction.

He didn't believe this sentence before, but now he has begun to waver.