It was to be expected that everyone would be so emotional after learning this. Seeing the situation escalate, Fugaku stepped up and scolded, "Everyone, calm down."
"Captain!"
"Captain!"
"Captain!"
Under normal circumstances, everyone could calm down, but now the higher-ups were planning to exterminate their clan, which made it impossible for them to calm down.
Fugaku couldn't control the crowd. Tōshirō had no choice but to speak up. "Everyone, calm down first. What's with all the commotion?"
His voice was leisurely, but it was more effective than Fugaku's previous scolding. Everyone fell silent, looked at Tōshirō, and waited for him to give further instructions.
Since Tōshirō's return, everyone's focus had unknowingly shifted to him.
Tōshirō slowly stood up from the chair and said to a long-haired Uchiha member, "Inabi, you and a few members go back to your posts. Everything is to proceed as usual so that no one gets suspicious. At the same time, don't let anyone get close to this room. This is very important, understood?"
"Yes..."
Inabi called a few subordinates and left the room.
The upcoming meeting was very important and might decide the future of the Uchiha. Although he was excluded, Inabi was unwilling, but preventing eavesdropping was just as important.
After assigning the task, Tōshirō immediately gave a new one. "The rest of you, come with me for a meeting about what's next."
"Yes..."
Everyone responded in unison.
After the door was closed, the members of the Uchiha Military Police Force all sat on the floor, their eyes fixed on Tōshirō and Fugaku.
Although Tōshirō's external image seemed small to them, in their hearts, Tōshirō was bigger and more imposing than anyone else.
Without him, the Uchiha clan would probably have been exterminated by the higher-ups by now.
It was no exaggeration to say that Tōshirō was their heaven and earth, a person whose word was law.
Tōshirō's gaze slowly swept over everyone's murderous expressions. He said plainly, "Speak. What do you plan to do?"
As soon as he spoke, a clan member couldn't hold back his emotions and slammed the floor, giving a fiery opinion. "What else is there to plan? Of course, we're going to kill those bastards!"
His mouth was filled with killing the higher-ups. This showed how radical his words were, but no one present thought it was inappropriate. In fact, it was seen as politically correct. Anyone who opposed it would be a traitor to the clan.
"Tōshirō-sama, let's start the coup! With your power, we can definitely catch the higher-ups off guard."
Someone suggested this, and it was quickly supported by everyone present. As long as Tōshirō gave the word, they would kill those higher-ups.
They wanted to exterminate the Uchiha clan? They would strike first and exterminate them instead.
However, to their disappointment, Tōshirō shook his head and refused. "No."
"Tōshirō-sama, why?"
Everyone present found it unbelievable and couldn't understand. "The Konoha higher-ups are already treating us like this. Do we still have to be merciful to them?"
"Don't get it wrong. If we're talking about anger, I'm more furious than anyone here," Tōshirō said coldly. "After all, those bastards made me take so long to revive."
"Wh-what..."
Everyone was shocked. They had their suspicions but no evidence. Tōshirō didn't say anything when he came back, so they didn't feel comfortable asking. Now that Tōshirō had taken the initiative to tell them, they couldn't pretend they didn't see it.
"Tōshirō-sama, please tell us what happened."
Tōshirō didn't hide anything and told the Uchiha members his story.
Everyone who learned the truth was stunned.
Tōshirō had even dared to extort the Daimyō back then. Although it was understandable for the village to want to kill Tōshirō for this reason, from the fact that they were even willing to sacrifice Tsunade to kill Tōshirō, it was clear that the village didn't want to kill Tōshirō just for this reason. There were obviously other reasons, which led the village to take such drastic measures.
Combined with the various oppressions the Uchiha had suffered from the village over the years and the later plan to exterminate them, it was likely that the village wanted to kill Tōshirō more because he was an Uchiha.
With this, everyone understood why the village was pushing them to a dead end.
It wasn't just pushing them to a dead end. They were clearly trying to kill them.
Over the years, the Uchiha had always been at the forefront of protecting the village's peace, shedding blood and sweat, yet these higher-ups were always plotting to exterminate them.
For a moment, all the Uchiha members present were filled with righteous indignation. They couldn't wait to grab their weapons, storm into the Hokage's office, and fight those treacherous people to the end.
Everyone's emotions were in place. Tōshirō got straight to the point. "After all this talk, I'm not afraid to tell you that I'm now in a state of mutual annihilation with both the Konoha higher-ups and the Land of Fire Daimyō. Since the grudge cannot be resolved, there is only one path for me to take."
Hearing this, Fugaku glanced at Tōshirō, as if he had already anticipated what the next conversation would be.
Everyone said without hesitation, "Tōshirō-sama, just tell us what you want us to do. We'll listen to you."
Tōshirō looked up, tilting his head at a forty-five-degree angle toward the ceiling. He clenched his fist and swore with an imposing aura, "Is it so predetermined that kings and nobles must be born? I want both the village and the Land of Fire."
Everyone was shocked by his words and gasped.
"Is it so predetermined that kings and nobles must be born?" What an ambitious thing to say.
"Besides, if we're talking about bloodlines, who can compare to the Uchiha clan? Why do these useless Land of Fire Daimyō, who can't even use ninjutsu, get to control so much wealth and be worshiped by others?"
"Is it because of their governance?"
Tōshirō scoffed. "If you were to tie a dog to the throne, it would be a hundred times better than these useless nobles."
Tōshirō's words made everyone think, and they almost slapped their thighs in agreement. He's right!
Why should the Daimyō control so much wealth?
If you were to talk about governance, the Daimyō didn't seem to be doing a very good job.
In their minds, they just ate and drank all day. Perhaps it was just as the great Tōshirō said, that even a dog tied there would be a hundred times better at governing than these people, at least a dog wouldn't cost much.
If that were the case, since these useless people could be Daimyō, why couldn't the great Tōshirō be one?
"What do you say? Do you want to join me in building a great future? I can guarantee that the Uchiha clan will reach an unprecedented height in your hands. Your descendants will never be ostracized again and will even be flattered."
Tōshirō held out his hand, his voice full of seductive magic. "To that end, I have even come up with a name for our future country: the Land of Blaze."
After Tōshirō's analysis, everyone instantly became fired up. The last highly inflammatory sentence from Tōshirō made them start breathing heavily, their eyes filled with eagerness.
The Land of Blaze. What a great name.
The Uchiha were a ninja clan that specialized in Fire Release. "Blaze" also had one more flame than "fire," symbolizing that they would reach a higher level.
Thinking of this, someone immediately waved their hand to show their loyalty. "There's nothing more to say, Tōshirō-sama. The Uchiha clan has no retreat now. We will die if we don't advance. We're with you."
After that, someone else immediately echoed, "Hearing the great Tōshirō's words has opened my mind and cleared my vision. In the past, we only focused on the position of Hokage. We were thinking too small."
Since the clan members were so understanding, Tōshirō had nothing more to say and made a final conclusion. "In the future, there will be no more Konoha and no more Land of Fire. There will only be one Land of Blaze."
"The Land of Blaze..."
Everyone's breathing became ragged.
After successfully getting the most elite members to join his cause, Tōshirō immediately began his next plan. He asked his puppet, Shigen, "There's one thing I'm still confused about. Tell me, how did Uchiha Shisui die?"
When everyone heard this, they all looked at him.
They had never been able to find out how Shisui died. Now, this might be their chance.
The puppet, Shigen, replied, "Danzō-sama killed him..."
The higher-ups' crimes were too many to count. The Uchiha members were even angrier and swore to be irreconcilable with the higher-ups and avenge Shisui.
Everyone was filled with righteous indignation about this matter, but one person was acting very strangely. He wasn't yelling with them, but was thinking.
This made him stand out like a firefly in the dark, so it was easy for everyone's gaze to fall on him.
"Tōshirō-sama, is there a problem?"
Tōshirō pondered for a moment and replied, "Yes, there is."
Everyone looked confused.
"Why did Danzō kill Shisui?"
"Why would that be a question?" Everyone asked in confusion. "When Shisui was alive, he was the clan's top master. If he was killed, our strength would be greatly reduced, which would benefit Danzō in his plan to exterminate the Uchiha clan."
"It's not that simple." Tōshirō shook his head and analyzed. "If Shisui was truly our clan's top master, Danzō wouldn't have been able to kill him so easily, even with a sneak attack, unless it was under a situation of extreme trust."
Tōshirō's words were obviously hinting at something. Everyone understood that Tōshirō was suspecting that Shisui was also a spy. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been unguarded against Danzō.
In fact, Tōshirō said as much. "Although it may be offensive to say this, is it possible that Shisui was also a spy? Have you ever thought about it?"
When everyone heard this, they immediately shook their heads and denied it. They believed in Shisui's character and that he wouldn't do something like that. "That's impossible. Shisui was a man who took the lead in any mission for the sake of his clan."
"He couldn't be a spy. Besides, didn't that spy disguised as Shigen say that there were only three spies in the clan? If you count Shisui, that would be four. And even if he was a spy, it doesn't make sense logically why Danzō would attack one of his own."
"For the Kotoamatsukami..."
Tōshirō gave a reason. "That's simple. It's possible that Horse-Head's authority was low, and he didn't know about the spy, Shisui, or maybe the way I asked the question was wrong."
"After all, I'm not very good at genjutsu myself, so the spy's answer might have been incomplete."
"As for why Danzō targeted Shisui, I don't have enough information to give an accurate guess yet."
After saying that, Tōshirō, for the sake of his outward guess, asked his puppet, Shigen, again, "Tell me, was Shisui a spy for the higher-ups?"
Shigen answered honestly, "Yes."
"Then why didn't you answer when I asked you just now?"
"Because he's already dead..."
After Tōshirō finished his interrogation, he looked at the Uchiha members, who all had a look of utter dejection.
There was a good reason for their dejection.
The Uchiha were being infiltrated like a sieve.
And it wasn't just any spies, but the two most famous geniuses in the clan.
No wonder the higher-ups had the confidence to exterminate them. Both of their top masters were traitors.
(End of Chapter)
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