Chapter 15 Undercurrent

Konoha Ninja Village, Uchiha Clan Land. An expensive cup flew out of the door and fell heavily to the ground. The scattered fragments scared the two raccoon cats who were playing and fighting. The two pairs of eyes looked into the house in confusion, wondering why the owner who usually spoke calmly was so angry.

Uchiha Shizan paced around the room like a trapped beast, his usual composure gone, his face thick with anger. The people kneeling on the floor lowered their heads, not daring to breathe.

After a long while, Uchiha Shizan calmed down and sat on a chair. He looked at everyone and said, "Tell me what we should do next."

Several people raised their heads cautiously and looked at the expression of the clan's chief elder. They were all startled and lost the courage to speak.

Seeing the silent people below, Uchiha Shishan sighed inwardly and had to call out their names.

"Uchiha Shinichi, you speak first."

Uchiha Shinichi, who was named, swallowed his saliva, straightened his back quietly and said, "The most urgent task is to determine the whereabouts of Uchiha Jing. I suggest sending the family's death squad to the Rain Country to search for him. It is the rule of the family to find the person alive or the body dead."

"I'm asking how to calm the anger of the village, not about the life or death of that loser!"

The long-standing elder put a lot of pressure on Uchiha Shinichi. Under the other party's gaze, he calmed down, thought for a while and said: "I suggest joining forces with the Senju clan!"

The others who had their heads down shuddered when they heard this, but said nothing. The atmosphere in the room gradually became strange.

Uchiha Shishan's fingers tapped on the table repeatedly, as if tapping on everyone's heart. After a cup of tea, he finally spoke: "You will take the lead in this matter and hand it over to the etiquette office. Keep a low profile and report to me at any time. In addition, from today on, you are the patriarch of the Uchiha clan."

After casually appointing the new clan leader, Uchiha Shizan stood up and walked out slowly. The kneeling people hurriedly bowed down and respectfully sent off the highly respected elder.

After Uchiha Shishan left, the people in the room stood up and congratulated Uchiha Shinichi with smiles on their faces.

These people knew that Uchiha Shinichi, who had the support of the great elder, was sure to become the clan leader. Uchiha Shinichi responded to everyone's congratulations with reserve, but he was not very happy about his upcoming appointment as clan leader. He was just a puppet clan leader, and there was really nothing to be happy about.

Any dictatorial organization cannot go far, this is an iron rule. The secret of the ancient Uchiha clan, which has been passed down for thousands of years and has always been glorious, is to get rid of dictatorial rule. The establishment of the Elders' Council is to weaken the influence of the clan leader within the clan. But by the time of Uchiha Shinichi's generation, the clan was damaged by the willful behavior of the former clan leader Uchiha Madara, and the position of clan leader has been vacant for decades. If it weren't for the strong rise of Uchiha Kagami, those so-called elders would not have considered the matter of nominating the clan leader.

After dealing with a few people, Uchiha Shinichi returned home. As he had a high status in the clan, his living conditions were naturally not bad.

After changing into slippers at the entrance and coming to the living room, he saw his son Uchiha Fugaku lying on the ground with lifeless eyes, wondering what he was thinking.

Uchiha Shinichi himself does not have outstanding qualifications and has always been suppressed by Uchiha Kagami in the clan. He has never cared much about this because he has a good son.

"Fugaku, why didn't you go to the guard team?"

Uchiha Shinichi poured a cup of tea, but before he could drink it, he was shocked by his son's words.

"Father, do you really want to join forces with the Senju clan?"

Looking at his son lying on the ground in surprise, Uchiha Shinichi smiled and deliberately asked, "Oh? Who said that? The Senju clan is our sworn enemy, how could we join forces with them?"

Uchiha Fugaku sat up and said seriously: "Because the Senju clan is afraid that he will be the next unlucky one."

"What nonsense! The Third Hokage is from the Senju clan."

Fugaku had a sneer on his young face. He snorted and said, "People who are close to you are the most ruthless. Just wait. It won't be long before the Second Hokage will regret choosing Sarutobi Hiruzen as the Hokage."

"Why do you say that?"

"Father, you don't know yet, right? Sarutobi Hiruzen has already ordered Senju Yukihira to be the leader of the Jonin Squad. This is a lucrative position."

The Jounin Squad is a system created by the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, to manage the increasing number of Jounin in the village. It is a sinecure in peacetime, but a real job in wartime.

"Old tricks again?" Uchiha Shinichi was puzzled. After seeing the Uchiha clan suffer a loss, would the Senju clan be so stupid to take the bait?

Shaking his head, Fugaku said, "It's an open conspiracy. The village will definitely not sit idly by and watch the Rain Country. It won't be long before the Senju clan will be the main force to conquer the Rain Country. They can't refuse. During the war, everything must give way to the war, otherwise they will be criticized by the whole village."

"Tsk tsk, they really shot themselves in the foot. I wonder if the Senju clan regrets it." Uchiha Shinichi said gloatingly.

The Senju clan had a lot of calculations. When the village was first built, the first Hokage promised that everyone would take turns to sit in the position of Hokage. He was the first generation, Uchiha was the second generation, and as for the third generation and beyond, everyone would vote. But after the death of the first generation Hokage, the Senju clan did not fulfill their promise and let Uchiha take the position. The various ninja clans did not say anything, after all, the Uchiha family had a willful clan leader. But when the second generation Hokage died, everyone began to clamor for voting, and the system of the senior ninja class founded by Senju Tobirama played a trick on them. The Senju clan let Sarutobi Hiruzen sit on the throne of Hokage as they wished. Who would have thought that Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was thought to be a good boy, would strengthen the centralization of power with his friends within a few years after taking office, and turned Konoha into their one-man show. The Senju clan, who could only swallow their anger, became a joke to everyone. When they met, they were treated with sarcasm by everyone. They had no way to express their grievances, and had to pretend to be good to each other, which made everyone laugh.

Glancing at his father who was secretly happy, Fugaku reminded him: "Isn't this a good opportunity for our family to join forces with the Senju clan?"

"Hmm?" Uchiha Shinichi narrowed his eyes and fell into deep thought.

...........

Just as Uchiha Fugaku expected, a few days later, the Hokage's office unilaterally issued a document on the establishment of the Root, which caused a huge uproar in the village. The elders of the Senju clan, who had been considering whether to join forces with the Uchiha clan, met with the great elder overnight. For a time, undercurrents surged, and many small ninjas who smelled an opportunity went to the Third Hokage to express their loyalty, hoping to get a share of the power reshuffle.

While the various great gods in the village were stirring up trouble, Ye Shan, who knew nothing about it, was training peacefully in the border camp. Strength determines status, and the butt determines the head. Now Ye Shan is still a small Chunin and is not qualified to sit at the gambling table and place his own bets.

What troubled Ye Shan was that without the bloodline limit, his strength improved very slowly, almost to the point of a turtle's pace. Daily training, apart from improving his physical skills, did not provide any help. Perhaps, the limit of this body was the special jonin level, Ye Shan thought bitterly.

Thinking of the genius ninjas he had met, Ye Shan certainly knew where the problem was. The strength of a ninja was determined by the techniques he mastered, and a civilian ninja like Ye Shan would have difficulty in getting in touch with powerful ninjutsu unless he had a good master. He had a lot of chakra, but it was useless.

Ye Shan's desire for the technique surged again, and he hoped that he could get a powerful ninjutsu at the next secret gathering. But what he didn't know was that Tokugawa Okata died in the Land of Rain, and the civilian organization was already dead in name only.

The days passed as Ye Shan trained diligently, and this group of ninjas who had been defeated on the battlefield seemed to be forgotten and just stayed in the border camp.

The thirty-eight years of Konoha became history in peace. Yeshan finally received the transfer order. He will spend his new year in the Konoha border defense force.

Ye Shan had no idea what the Konoha high-level officials were thinking about. The war was going on, and the ninjas who were determined to take revenge on the Rain Country were detained for patrol. When would the elite combat troops be used for border patrol? However, the transfer order clearly stated the reason. The Konoha ninjas who did not want to be traitors could only vent their anger on the mission. For a while, the unlucky smugglers disappeared at the border of the Fire Country, indirectly weakening the war reserve of the Wind Country.

Ye Shan was happy to be free, his daily life was patrol-training, training-patrol, he didn't feel bored at all, it was very fulfilling. As for Yamashiro Tatsu and Yamanaka Yuura, although their life was a bit boring, it was better than being cannon fodder on the battlefield.

The relationship of the team became more harmonious in the ordinary life, the gap between family ninja and civilian ninja was dissipating, and everything was developing in a good direction. However, Ye Shan's distress was increasing day by day. The fantasy of wanting to obtain ninjutsu made him crazy and he couldn't even enjoy his meal.

Just then, a letter from the village disrupted Ye Shan's life and put him in embarrassment.