"Naruto: Ice God"Chapter 127: Feng Bai's Idea
"During the Second Hokage's era, Uchiha Setsuna rebelled. Lord Tobirama received intelligence in advance and crushed the uprising in its cradle."
"For the captured hawks, Lord Tobirama only punished Setsuna and other leading Uchiha, imprisoning them. Most of the others were released back to the clan."
"He never held the Uchiha Clan collectively responsible, still allowing them to manage the Military Police Force."
"The only substantive punishment was relocating the Uchiha compound next to Konoha Prison to prevent another Setsuna from emerging."
Hearing Danzo's explanation, Feng Bai considered things from the village leadership's perspective and realized the suspicion toward the Uchiha Clan wasn't unfounded.
After two rebellion attempts, they still controlled the Military Police Force and maintained autonomy—the leadership had truly been magnanimous.
If the Uchiha Clan existed not in the Naruto world, but in some ancient Eastern dynasty...
They'd probably be reduced to having their eggs scrambled, earthworms split vertically in half, and every ant hill doused with boiling water.
"To show goodwill toward the Uchiha Clan, Lord Tobirama also promoted the moderate Uchiha Kagami to the guard squad, planning to eventually bring him into the village leadership."
"Then Uchiha Kagami died under mysterious circumstances."
Mentioning Uchiha Kagami's death, Danzo's expression turned ugly.
Feng Bai was stunned. Many suspected Danzo was behind Kagami's death, but hearing his father speak this way, the Uchiha Clan seemed more suspicious.
Actually, thinking carefully, it made sense. Uchiha Kagami died at only twenty-five, when Danzo was far from being as extreme as in later years.
When Sarutobi Hiruzen questioned him, Danzo admitted Uchiha Kagami had helped him more than once with his dōjutsu.
The Danzo of that era probably hadn't yet developed covetous thoughts toward the Sharingan.
"Even now, Uchiha Kagami's descendants aren't particularly valued within the clan. Many hawkish Uchiha believe the peace faction's gradual rise is all Uchiha Kagami's fault."
Restraining his emotions somewhat, Danzo continued explaining to Feng Bai.
"Therefore, after Uchiha Kagami's death, the Third Hokage never again promoted Uchiha Clan members to the leadership."
"Tell me—facing such a clan, what kind of authority should we grant them to ensure peaceful coexistence with the village?"
Danzo threw the final question back to Feng Bai.
"Uh... the Hokage position?" Feng Bai replied weakly.
Looking at it this way, appeasing the Uchiha Clan's resentment might only have one option—the Hokage position.
But that wasn't quite right either.
In the original story, what triggered the Uchiha Clan's dissatisfaction wasn't just exclusion from leadership, but also discrimination from villagers and ordinary ninja.
Deep-rooted prejudice made it impossible for the Uchiha Clan to feel secure in Konoha.
"Is there any way to eliminate the village's prejudice against the Uchiha Clan?" Feng Bai clicked his tongue, asking as Danzo's expression darkened due to his previous answer.
"Prejudice against the Uchiha Clan... Not bad, you can see that layer too." Danzo suddenly felt his son's intelligence might actually be salvageable.
"The prejudice against the Uchiha Clan stems from their personality."
"Due to their nature, the Uchiha Clan is overly rigid in law enforcement, lacking flexibility. That alone wouldn't make villagers so hostile."
"But they also have autonomy, meaning many criminal Uchiha clan members can only be judged by themselves. Think about it—if you were a villager..."
Danzo paused, then continued:
"Hiruzen and I once discussed whether to strip the Military Police Force from the Uchiha Clan, but the Uchiha consider the Military Police Force's authority their sacred territory, absolutely forbidding anyone from interfering. Several attempts failed."
Problems Feng Bai could see, Hiruzen and Danzo naturally could too.
But as Danzo said before, the Uchiha Clan, excluded from the power core, already viewed the Military Police Force as their last lifeline. While stripping this authority might ease tensions, such action would only provoke them.
This was quite the deadlock.
"We need to find a way to persuade them to reform the current Military Police Force system."
"As compensation, moderates like Uchiha Fugaku could be promoted to advisory positions, easing the Uchiha Clan's resistance. For hardline hawks, we should use heavy measures, but preferably have the Uchiha Clan handle it internally—that way the village won't be criticized."
After hearing Danzo's explanation, Feng Bai had some ideas.
"Easier said than done. Human hearts are the hardest to fathom. Uchiha Fugaku may seem moderate, but who knows what he's truly like deep down." Danzo shook his head.
If not for his son's reputation, he would have started killing long ago.
Human desires grow bit by bit. When the Uchiha Clan first joined Konoha, weren't they well-behaved too?
After appeasing them this time, what if they become dissatisfied again over future issues?
After all, their personality is just like that—extreme and stubborn.
That said, Danzo was already quite satisfied.
At least his son's intelligence wasn't as low as imagined. With continued guidance...
Completely at ease, Danzo looked up toward the tent window, only then noticing the sky outside had grown somewhat dim.
He'd rushed here and hadn't yet had time to transfer command from Mitokado Homura.
Originally, he'd planned how to make the Uchiha and Hidden Mist bleed properly after taking command.
But after hearing Feng Bai's account, Danzo saw many issues clearly.
The Uchiha Clan probably hadn't joined forces with Hidden Mist on a large scale—the front lines remained stable.
Hidden Mist hadn't begun their final counterattack after losing a Tailed Beast, proving they didn't know where it had gone.
This indicated the Uchiha Clan hadn't completely joined Hidden Mist—otherwise, with their numbers on the front lines, they should have easily recaptured the Tailed Beast.
Outside the village, there might be Uchiha who belonged neither to Konoha nor Hidden Mist, yet were extremely familiar with Konoha.
Setsuna's remnants? If so, that wasn't terrifying.
What was terrifying was another person...
Danzo had made his calculations.
It seemed the Uchiha didn't need bloodletting—only Hidden Mist deserved it now.
"Hmph, daring to target my son—it's time to make you pay the price."
With a grim expression, Danzo strode out of Feng Bai's tent with his subordinates, heading toward Mitokado Homura's camp.
Seeing Danzo leave, Feng Bai finally exhaled deeply.
No way—communicating with his old man was too mentally exhausting.
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