Chapter 168 Uchiha Suffered Injustice

Konoha Village.

Two weeks have passed since the Nine-Tails Rebellion.

Two weeks is not enough for the villagers and ninjas of Konoha to get out of the shadow of the turmoil, but after a period of recuperation, Konoha seems to have restored its former prosperity and tranquility, just like a few months ago.

But the cold names on the memorial and the rebuilt streets of the village are telling them that the era of the Fourth Hokage has ended, and the civilian-born Hokage has completely disappeared.

However, the villagers and ninjas have no objection to the Third Hokage's re-appointment 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 significant influence.

Now it is just a continuation of the Third Hokage's rule, which is not much different from before.

The only two people who are dissatisfied, besides Uchiha, are the leader of the Root Organization, Danzo.

Although he knew in advance that Sarutobi Hiruzen would sit in the position of Acting Hokage for a long time, Danzo was still furious when he saw that Sarutobi Hiruzen had not nominated the next Hokage.

He could not bear to see Sarutobi Hiruzen continue to stay in the position of Hokage, but he could not go on stage to run for the position of Hokage.

In order to run for the position of Hokage, in addition to having great influence in the village, he must also be recommended by the elders. Although he has very high qualifications, he can't recommend himself.

And these days, he also sent people to the daimyo's mansion to ask.

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

Orochimaru is also a loser, hiding in the laboratory all day to study Wood Release Ninja.

There are not many experimental results, but the funds consumed are very much, almost accounting for one-fifth of the Root's funds. I hope Orochimaru can really train qualified Wood Release Ninja.

After sighing softly, Danzo pushed open the door of the conference room with a cane.

Today is a clan leader meeting on land allocation, which will directly determine the location of the future clan land of the major ninja villages in Konoha.

Looking at the heads of the various ninja clans who were seated in front of him, Danzo cursed the Third Hokage in his heart.

Usually, he was never allowed to directly carry out the work of appeasing people's hearts. Once this kind of task involved the distribution of benefits and offended a large number of ninja clans, it was his turn to carry out.

Do you really want to let yourself bear the stigma and lose the opportunity to run for the Fifth Hokage?

Although he was complaining in his heart, after sitting down at the main table of the conference room, Danzo began to seriously carry out the land distribution work and give some benefits to his people.

Even if it was destined to offend some ninja clans, it would be better to take the opportunity to get more benefits.

Facing the Ino-Shika-Chou family who held a core position in the village, Danzo was allocated the core area near the Hokage Building. If he wanted to become Hokage in the future, he would definitely not be able to avoid their assistance.

Then there were small families such as Inuzuka and Aburame.

These small families could become helpers of the Root in the future. It is not impossible to allocate better land, but they must hold their life gates in their hands before they can be allocated with confidence.

After the distribution, the small and medium-sized ninja clans basically got the land, and the remaining ones were only the three large clans of Sarutobi, Hyuga and Uchiha.

The Sarutobi clan cannot be too bad, but not too good either, so Danzo allocated a relatively ordinary piece of land.

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

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

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

After hearing Danzo's distribution, Hyuga Hiashi naturally had no objection.

All along, the Hyuga clan has always adhered to neutrality and never chosen factions in the village. Although the land allocated to them is not considered a core area, it is already good compared to Uchiha.

As for whether they will be isolated by other ninja clans, Hyuga Hiashi has never worried about this issue.

As long as there are soft fists and white eyes, the Hyuga ninja will not lack ninjas to form a team. This is the core competitiveness of the Hyuga clan.

Unlike Hyuga Hiashi, Uchiha Fugaku frowned and couldn't help but say:

"Danzo, the Uchiha clan is far away from the city. You arranged the Uchiha to the edge this time. How should the security force carry out its work?"

Hearing this, Danzo glanced at Uchiha Fugaku and said:

"You Uchiha have a large population. If you don't arrange it in the edge, it will at least occupy the range of three or four clans of other ninja clans. I also consider everyone's interests. Can't Uchiha be sacrificed?"

After a pause, Danzo said meaningfully: "And the speed of the security force is very slow. There is no difference if it is arranged in a remote area. Anyway, it has no effect."

As soon as this was said, the eyes of the surrounding senior ninjas fell on Fugaku.

What Danzo said makes sense. If the Uchiha occupies the core area, they will be squeezed to the remote area and it will be difficult to have a chance to turn over.

Besides, aren't you Uchiha good friends with the Yondaime?

Why didn't we see the security forces coming to support during the Nine-Tails Rebellion? After the rebellion, you Uchiha had the least number of injured ninjas, not even one sacrifice.

It's hard not to wonder if you deserted the battlefield and abandoned the safety of the village.

Being stared at by such eyes, Fugaku's pressure increased. He couldn't explain that he received the order from the Hokage at that time, and it was the Hokage who asked them to stay put.

As for whether it was the Fourth Hokage who gave the order or the Third Hokage who gave the order, there was no way to know.

At present, he couldn't produce the Hokage's order, and he couldn't withstand the pressure of so many people to forcibly demand the land in the core area. It seemed that he could only endure temporarily and accept the arrangement from the village.

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

After Fugaku didn't raise any more objections, Danzo quickly arranged the land of all the ninja clans. After the meeting, he deliberately looked at Fugaku's back a few more times.

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

Unexpectedly, Fugaku was so scared that he didn't even dare to say that he was blocked in the clan land by himself at that time. Was he afraid of the power of the Hokage line, or did he have other intentions?

The Hokage line is now very weak, and Uchiha can't be afraid of the Third Hokage.

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

He really saw further than Sarutobi Hiruzen. If it weren't for him, the Uchiha clan would have usurped the throne long ago.

...

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

The unfair distribution of land and Danzo's words triggered unprecedented resentment in the Uchiha clan. They didn't want to leave the clan to support, but were blocked outside the clan by Danzo.

If it weren't for the chief Fugaku stopping them, they would have fought with the Root ninjas.

Now that the Nine-Tails Rebellion is over, Danzo has begun to accuse the security forces of not going over to support, which is really too much.

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

Another Uchiha stood out to stop them and said, "It's useless to protest in the Hokage Building. Danzo can't fake orders. 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 continue to endure. If we can't become Hokage, Uchiha will continue to be bullied like this!"

Hearing the speeches of the clan members, Fugaku shook his head and sighed:

"Everyone, we don't have the strength to compete for the position of Hokage at the moment. Danzo even used the land to win over the other ninja clans. No matter how strong the Uchiha clan is, it can't deal with other ninja clans at the same time."

"Fortunately, the Uchiha clan didn't lose much in the Nine-Tails Rebellion. Let them talk."

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

The rest of the ninja clans lost a lot of jonin, and the chuunin and genin were even more injured and killed.

If Uchiha stood up at this time, it would definitely cause opposition from other ninja clans. Those people would not care about the truth. They only cared that Uchiha did not take action in the Nine-Tails Rebellion.

Most Uchiha clans wanted to live peacefully and were obsessed with the position of Hokage, but they would not launch a coup. At most, they would complain a few words at the clan meeting.

The radicals in the clan saw this scene and temporarily extinguished the idea of ​​launching a coup.

They were not fools. They knew the gap in strength between Uchiha clans and the village. They shouted a few words to show their presence and express their dissatisfaction.

However, when they thought of the Nine-Tails that was controlled by the attacker that day, they always had special thoughts in their hearts.

At that time, the Nine-Tails was not flexible and looked like it was controlled by illusion. In their impression, the only ninjas who were able to control the Nine-Tails with illusion were Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama.

But Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara had been dead for more than ten years and it was impossible for them to be resurrected at this time.

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

In the crowd, Uchiha Shisui silently watched the quarrels of the clan members.

Not only this clan meeting, but also in other clan meetings, the clan members always quarreled whether to run for Hokage, and complained about the injustice from the Hokage Building and other clan members.

He had long been accustomed to this, and knew that the hope of Uchiha becoming Hokage was very slim.

More than 30 years ago, Uchiha Madara, one of the founders of Konoha, failed and became a rebel ninja who attacked the village, becoming a taboo name in the clan.

More than 20 years ago, his grandfather Uchiha Kagami became a subordinate of the second generation Hokage and had the opportunity to participate in the Hokage election in the future, but he died in a secret mission.

A year ago, Captain Fugaku also planned to participate in the Hokage election, but he was not even qualified for nomination.

Repeated failures made Uchiha farther and farther away from the position of Hokage, and also made the clan members and the village farther and farther away. If they continue like this, they will sooner or later launch an attack on the Hokage Building.

Unfortunately, he was 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 between him and the villagers, or even save the Fourth Hokage.

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

…

After leaving Nanga Shrine, Shisui first wandered around for a while. With a complicated mood, he came to the nearby grove and heard the whooshing sound of breaking through the air, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

After getting into the woods, Shisui found Uchiha Itachi who was training in the forest clearing.

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

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

After concluding the seal of opposition, the two quickly disappeared from the spot and began a pure physical battle, with the sound of limbs colliding in the air from time to time.

After reaching out to block Uchiha Itachi's horizontal 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's courses are too boring. I have mastered all the cultural and physical education classes, and the senior students there are no match for me. I can't find any reason to stay there."

Shisui frowned slightly and said, "I know ninja school is very boring, but if you don't take classes, you won't be able to graduate from the ninja school and become a ninja smoothly!"

"It doesn't matter, I used the Shadow Clone Technique. Those Ninja School teachers who are only at Chunin level cannot see through the Shadow Clone Technique!"

Uchiha Itachi said absently, 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 had completed their 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?"

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

"However, whether you are father or brother Shisui, you have a higher chance of becoming Hokage than me."

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

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

But after actually hearing Itachi's dream, Shisui remembered what Byakuya once said: If an Uchiha's dream is to become Hokage, it is not far from destruction.

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