Chapter 131: Sarutobi Hiruzen's Hesitation

"Don't worry, Lu Lin. The tribesmen will definitely agree to leave. After all, it's for their own good."

The originally unruly Second Elder was now standing in front of Lu Lin, speaking with a smile.

"That's good."

Lu Lin nodded and said:

"They are all from the same tribe, and I don't want to do anything to them."

The other elders also smiled and turned to go out to gather the clan members of their respective branches.

The Uchiha clan is divided into four factions: conservatives, radicals, neutrals and the clan leader's faction.

Normally, they would basically obey the orders given by Fugaku, the clan leader, but as long as the family and Konoha Village were involved, there would always be quite a commotion.

But with Lu Lin, no matter what faction you belong to, if you don't follow my arrangements, you are a reactionary. I will let you go and let you fend for yourself. But if you go too far, I'm sorry, I will kill you without mercy.

The elders naturally knew the situation, so they didn't dare to provoke Lu Lin easily. There was nothing they could do because Lu Lin was too much like their former patriarch Uchiha Madara.

Whether in terms of strength or methods, even though his power is slightly inferior to Madara's, his methods are definitely much more ruthless than Madara's.

When Madara wanted to leave Konoha, no one in the entire village could stop him, even though Hashirama was still alive.

But even so, not a single tribesman was willing to follow him, because they knew that if they didn't follow Ban, he wouldn't take action against them. But Lu Lin was different, he would really take action.

On the streets of Konoha, Obito was quietly following a female ninja. That female ninja was none other than Nohara Rin, the girl Obito was thinking about day and night.

After walking for a while, the two came to an extremely secluded place. Nohara Lin slowly turned around and looked around:

"Come out."

After waiting for a long time, she was still alone at the scene. Nohara Lin frowned:

"Come out quickly, I've spotted you a long time ago, why are you following me?"

Her eyes looked somewhere for a long time, and Obito slowly emerged from it.

"Who are you and why are you following me?"

At this time, Obito was still using someone else's face, so Nohara Rin naturally didn't recognize him.

She originally thought that it was someone she knew who was joking with her. After all, she didn't feel any hostility.

Looking at the girl he had been missing for a long time, Obito didn't know what to say for a moment and just stared at her blankly.

"What do you want? If you don't tell me, I'll leave."

Nohara Lin said vigilantly. She didn't know why, but the stranger in front of her made her feel familiar, but she had never seen him before.

"Lin..."

Obito's throat was a little dry, and he didn't know whether he should take off his costume and meet Nohara Rin.

He knew very well what his ultimate purpose was in coming to Konoha this time, so if he revealed his identity to Nohara Rin, it would likely put her in an unfavorable situation.

Finally making up his mind, Obito turned around suddenly and left without looking back. After a few jumps, he disappeared from Nohara Rin's sight.

"Hey, you..."

Looking at the other person's gradually blurred figure, Nohara Lin couldn't help feeling a little strange. The other person obviously knew her identity, but he didn't say anything to her.

Besides, he doesn't look like a hostile ninja, so why is he...

After a long time, Nohara Lin suddenly opened her eyes wide. She thought of her two best friends who had left the village, Obito and Kakashi.

"Could it be them? But why don't they recognize me?"

She didn't really understand, and she missed these two close friends terribly, but unfortunately after they left Konoha, she had been alone and had never teamed up with anyone else.

Originally, she was not a person obsessed with power, so if she had to team up with people she was not familiar with, she would rather be a medical ninja.

So, now she works in Konoha's hospital every day.

Obito, who was running on the path, was not very clear about all of this, but he was already extremely satisfied to be able to see Nohara Rin again. It was a pity that Nohara Rin would not agree to leave Konoha with him, otherwise he would definitely go and invite Rin in person.

Not long after, he arrived at the Uchiha clan's territory and met up with Lu Lin and others. At the same time, the Konoha high-level officials also noticed that something was wrong with the Uchiha clan.

"That's weird, why didn't the Uchiha clan set up a stall today?"

"Yeah, he used to be very punctual."

Looking at the shop with closed doors, the villagers who were used to buying things here were very confused.

In the Hokage's office, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, and two members of the Elders' Council were holding a small meeting.

"What do you think about the Uchiha's strange behavior these days?"

In the past few days, almost all Uchiha have become much quieter. Some of them even stay at home all day and are unwilling to go out.

"The Uchiha clan must be plotting something evil."

Danzo said coldly:

"Ever since Uchiha Lulin betrayed the village, the entire Uchiha clan has become abnormal."

How could the Uchiha in the past be willing to have anyone interfere in the Guard Department? But now, if Sarutobi Hiruzen had not specifically talked to Fugaku, the position of Guard Department Minister might have been given up by the Uchiha.

"Why not send the Anbu to infiltrate the Uchiha clan's territory and investigate."

"No."

Sarutobi Hiruzen rejected the proposal:

"We have done our best to place our people outside them to monitor them in real time. Their Sharingan is difficult for the Anbu to dodge."

It was already very good that the Uchiha agreed to have ninjas monitor them from the outside. If they really placed monitoring ninjas in their clan, these people might riot if something went wrong.

They all knew about what happened in the Hidden Mist Village. Although the Uchiha people were not as crazy as the Kaguya clan, they were much stronger than the Kaguya clan.

If a riot really breaks out, Konoha will suffer heavy losses. Moreover, many Uchiha are not in Konoha.

If the roots of the problem are not eradicated, those Uchiha outside will become a sword hanging over the heads of Konoha ninjas, and no one knows when this sword will fall.

"But we don't know what's going on with the Uchiha clan right now. If they really do something, it will become extremely difficult to deal with them at any time."

Danzo has always been full of malice towards the Uchiha clan, and he has always wanted to obtain a few pairs of Sharingan with awakened Mangekyō.

"Have your Root ninjas monitor the outskirts of the Uchiha clan at all times. If there is any movement, tell me immediately."

Sarutobi Hiruzen thought for a long time and finally decided to strengthen the surveillance of the Uchiha periphery.