Itachi wanted to say something, but in the end, he let out a long sigh.
There was no helping it!
In the past, the supervision within the clan was relatively lax, so they naturally did whatever they wanted. Now that his father had spoken to this extent, even Hokage-sama would find it difficult to speak for them.
And indeed, it was so!
Although ninja clans had a certain degree of autonomy, and the Hokage could not interfere easily, if the ninja clan was slightly weaker, the Hokage could naturally intervene slightly in the internal affairs of the ninja clan. This was the case with the Uchiha in the past.
Because of the weakness of Fugaku, the Clan Head, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo intervened one after another, which led to the situation of Itachi and Shisui.
But, similarly.
As long as the ninja clan could be tough, the Hokage would be stuck!
This was actually the reason why the Konoha higher-ups had been trying to divide and kill off various ninja clans. After all, he did not have the tyrannical strength of Senju Hashirama, nor the ability of Senju Tobirama to maneuver and game, which was first-class in the ninja world.
To possess power, one must do this!
Now that Fugaku suddenly became tough, even Sarutobi Hiruzen had nothing to say. After all, if he forcibly interfered in the internal affairs of the ninja clan, then the next day he would be blocked by all the ninja clans.
They might not ally with the Uchiha, but when it came to the autonomy of ninja clans, no ninja clan would agree to this.
Because if the village could interfere with the Uchiha today, then tomorrow it could interfere with other ninja clans.
So.
Even though Sarutobi Hiruzen was now trembling with anger, and his eyes were filled with infinite killing intent.
But...
At this moment, he could only remain silent!
"Hokage-sama, I'm truly sorry."
"My clan has other arrangements for Itachi and Shisui, so starting today, they will withdraw from the Anbu, and also withdraw directly from the ninja sequence."
"Of course."
"If the village lacks ninjas, the Uchiha will supplement new clansmen to join the ninja sequence to offset these two quotas."
"I still have some matters in the clan, so I won't delay your time."
"Farewell!"
Fugaku's face was calm, and his tone was neither light nor heavy.
After speaking.
He took Itachi and Shisui directly out of the Hokage's office. Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted to say something but chose to shut up.
Because—it was unnecessary!
Shisui, a Mangekyou powerhouse, had been crippled. Although Itachi was also a good pawn, after all, he only had Three-Tomoe now, and Sarutobi Hiruzen really didn't think much of him.
For a crippled Shisui and an ordinary Three-Tomoe Uchiha, it wasn't worth breaking the rules and falling out with the Uchiha.
Finally.
He could only watch Fugaku leave with his people. He didn't speak again from beginning to end, and his face was terribly ashen.
Sigh!
With a helpless sigh, Sarutobi Hiruzen relaxed.
Putting on the Hokage robe symbolizing the Hokage again, and wearing the bamboo hat, Sarutobi Hiruzen sat behind the desk again.
He smoked one puff after another, and the worry between his eyebrows deepened.
"Jin? Fugaku?"
"The situation is getting more and more out of control. I can only hope that Danzo can succeed!"
"Failure? Impossible!"
"Even without the combat power of Itachi and Shisui, Danzo still holds many chips in his hand. That bastard Uchiha Jin is still too arrogant, daring to step in even knowing it's a trap."
"But being an Uchiha, it's quite normal!"
"But even someone as strong as the Third Raikage could be besieged and killed by the Hidden Stone. I don't believe you, Uchiha Jin, are stronger than the Third Raikage!"
"That bastard Uchiha Jin will pay the price for his arrogance!"
"Fugaku? Hmph!"
"Although he awakened the Mangekyou, he is still a pure idiot."
"As long as Uchiha Jin's death can be confirmed, then the Uchiha will be easy to deal with next!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes flickered.
Only after he truly figured out these problems did he completely breathe a sigh of relief.
Finally.
He took a deep look at the portraits of the past Hokage hanging on the wall, then went to the window and stared blankly at the night view outside, and finally focused his gaze on the Hokage Rock...
In this dark night, the statues of the past Hokage were flickering.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's gaze fell on the second statue, the sculpture of his teacher, Senju Tobirama.
"Teacher..."
"I will protect Konoha well and never let the Uchiha touch the position of Hokage!"
"Everything, for Konoha!"
...
On the other side.
Outside the Uchiha clan grounds, in the pitch-black night.
Uchiha Jin leaned against a utility pole. There were dim lights on the wide road, and a group of crows flew up from the dense forest behind him. These were all summoning beasts raised by Uchiha clansmen.
But at this moment, Jin had no mind to look at those.
At this moment, he frowned slightly, his eyes flickering uncertainly, and his brain fell into deep thought.
Of course.
He was not thinking about the messy affairs between the village and the Uchiha, but about the top guys in this ninja world.
First—Sage of Six Paths!
This guy was hiding in the Pure Land. Uchiha Jin couldn't be sure in his heart whether this guy could come to the ninja world?
He only showed up once during the Fourth War. Considering that he had few scenes, many things had to be guessed!
He really wanted to kill Sasuke and Naruto directly because protagonists were very uncontrollable creatures. He was afraid that even if he did well in the early stages, if these two guys grew up and didn't approve, they would deliberately come over to sabotage him.
But, similarly.
If he really made a move against these two guys, would the Sage of Six Paths jump out and slap him to death directly?
Looking at every reincarnation of Indra and Asura, almost all of them could only and would only die at each other's hands, and none of them died at the hands of others.
This made Uchiha Jin feel like there was a thorn in his back.
Also, the Three Great Sage Regions were very strange, especially Mount Myoboku at the head. Why did a group of toads care so much about humans?
We are not even the same species, okay?
This is as ridiculous as humans caring very much about the world of ants, and even constantly selecting certain ants among them, then teaching these ants senjutsu and so on, and letting these ants find the savior among ants.
Would humans care if ants went extinct?
No!
Then by the same logic, why did Mount Myoboku care so much about the human world?
And more importantly, the other party could also prophesize through dreams. Could he prophesize about him?
Besides that, there was Jigen in the dark, Hamura Otsutsuki whose life or death was unknown, the mysterious Shinigami, King of Hell, Jashin, and the Exchange Office whose origin no one could figure out. Was it really just supported by Daimyo and nobles?
And the strange pattern in the ninja world, was it really just because ninjas were too loyal that they allowed Daimyo and nobles to crawl on their heads?
Was there a deeper reason?
Behind the Daimyo and nobles, were there some people behind the scenes?
Sigh!
Thinking of this, Uchiha Jin couldn't help but sigh helplessly.
The water in the ninja world was still a bit too deep. This was the real reason why he didn't dare to flip the table easily but probed carefully.
After all, he was just an ordinary person without a system cheat, and his strength was only Mangekyou. He was really afraid of destroying the layout of some old silver coins, and then being slapped to death by some person behind the scenes jumping out!
So, laying low is good.
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