Uchiha Yamagaze looked at Captain Yagami, who was lost in thought...
He was now the real Police Force Captain, not just his superior.
"Captain, what happened to the Hidden Cloud Village envoy group?"
"You seem very concerned…"
Yagami shook his head.
"How is Aoki?"
Uchiha Yamagaze revealed a heartfelt smile.
"Much better. Although he hasn't woken up yet, the doctor said he is out of danger."
"Otherwise, I wouldn't dare come visit Captain…"
"That's good."
Yagami also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Captain, thank you…"
"Don't say such nonsense."
Uchiha Yamagaze scratched his head and smiled: "You're right…"
"However, this time it really turned everything upside down. It's true that Aoki and I were too young, naive and childish, and fell for the tricks of those villains…"
Yagami said solemnly: "I taught you, never blame yourselves, blame those villains."
"They plotted meticulously; you couldn't possibly be on guard forever."
"Captain is right, I understand…"
"That… Captain, did you really awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan?"
"Yes."
"Hiss… I really want to see Captain's Mangekyo Sharingan in action on the battlefield…"
Uchiha Yamagaze was full of longing.
The Mangekyo Sharingan is not a power that is easily controlled; it comes with huge risks and costs.
However, Yagami didn't intend to explain much more to this young man.
Uchiha Yamagaze suddenly hesitated, looking like he wanted to speak but stopped.
"Speak."
"…Actually, I'm just curious, since Captain has gained such powerful strength, why didn't you just break ties with those people?"
"For example, that bastard Uchiha Shisui, and…"
When he said this, Uchiha Yamagaze was still a little nervous, cautiously observing the darkness around them.
Yagami naturally understood what he meant.
"Yamagaze, I've said that instead of treating you as my subordinates, I'd rather treat you as…"
"Followers who inherit my will."
Yamagaze nodded: "I know, we… are certainly Captain's followers!"
"Therefore, besides improving your own strength, you also need to think more, and contemplate more."
"Contemplate?"
"Exactly."
Yagami, uncharacteristically, spoke at length and earnestly.
"I do have power, but that doesn't mean the entire Uchiha Clan has power."
"Indeed, if a person is strong enough, he can have the final say in this cruel Shinobi World."
"However, I am ultimately not strong enough to reach that level."
"Leaving aside others, just Uchiha Shisui alone, I don't have absolute certainty of victory."
Uchiha Yamagaze snorted in dissatisfaction.
"Is that traitor bastard really that powerful?"
Yagami said solemnly: "Never underestimate your enemy."
"Uchiha Shisui's strength is by no means simple. His Fire Release ninjutsu, shurikenjutsu, and the integrated taijutsu and sword style, Ken'en, coupled with his Shinobi World-renowned Body Flicker Technique, not to mention the ultimate genjutsu accompanying his double Mangekyo Sharingan…"
"Above all that, he has also very likely awakened the Uchiha Clan's ultimate dōjutsu power…"
"Susanoo."
Uchiha Yamagaze was greatly startled: "Susanoo!"
"The legendary power?!"
"He, he really…"
"Yes."
"Otherwise, why do you think Sarutobi Hiruzen would try so desperately to win him over and brainwash him?"
Uchiha Yamagaze was drenched in sweat.
He had only occasionally heard of Susanoo's existence. From the mouths of the elders, it was a terrifying power comparable to a Tailed Beast, but he had never truly witnessed it.
Yagami said calmly: "Of course, if it came down to a life-or-death battle, I have absolute confidence I wouldn't lose to him."
"But even so, a fight against him alone is a completely different concept from the Uchiha Clan going to war with the entire Konoha."
"If it were the latter, I would be unable to protect all the clansmen no matter what. At that time, even the most optimistic estimate would only be a tragic outcome of mutual destruction."
"The greater possibility is that our Uchiha Clan would be completely defeated."
Uchiha Yamagaze was young and full of vigor, high in fighting spirit, so he was naturally a fervent radical.
However, after hearing Yagami's words at this moment, he understood that there are no problems in this world that can be solved simply with passion and zeal.
Seeing that he had begun to think, Yagami continued to guide him: "What's more…"
"Even if we take ten thousand steps back, and a miracle really happened, the Uchiha Clan achieved a great victory, seized complete power, and the entire Konoha Village became ours."
"Then what?"
Uchiha Yamagaze said blankly: "Then…"
"Then, of the countless ninjas and villagers in this entire village, who would truly be loyal and submit to us?"
"Would the various great clans willingly obey the Uchiha's dictates and commands?"
"Would those elite and powerful ninjas only follow the Uchiha's lead?"
"Would those villagers feel a sense of belonging to a Konoha Village led by the Uchiha?"
"Would the Daimyo of the Land of Fire approve of all this?"
"The Four Great Shinobi Villages, watching like tigers, would they allow the extremely weakened Uchiha Clan, after a brutal civil war to seize power, to transition smoothly?"
"Have you thought about these questions?"
Uchiha Yamagaze's face turned pale.
"This…"
"Captain, I really haven't thought about all this…"
Yagami shook his head: "That's not your fault."
"Whether it's the radical faction or the conservative faction within the clan, most of them are just acting based on righteous indignation, or hatred, resentment, interests, and so on, each pursuing their own agenda and harboring their own thoughts."
"If the Uchiha are not a unified block internally, how can we possibly defeat the Konoha leadership and seize power over the entire village?"
Uchiha Yamafu frowned: "So, Captain's plan is…"
Yagami said: "After hearing me say so much, you must think that everything I do is for the benefit of the clan, wanting to save the entire Uchiha's destiny…"
"But I am not."
"Or rather, that is not my ultimate goal."
"My ultimate goal…"
"Is to make the entire village, no, the entire Shinobi World, a place where fairness and justice can exist."
"To make this world one where black and white are clear, and good and evil receive their just rewards."
"In that world, kind people don't need to live in fear, and evil people have nowhere to hide, their retribution swift."
"All living beings will act according to morality and law."
"Instead of being like this corrupt and degenerate dark Shinobi World…"
"Where the strong prey on the weak, where it's bloody and brutal, making the beings of the entire world neither human nor ghost!"
Uchiha Yamagaze listened with wide eyes, both moved and impressed.
"Captain, you, what you said is too good…"
"But, is such a world truly possible?"
"Even if it exists, can we really grasp it?"
Yagami shook his head: "I don't know."
"Perhaps all of that will never be realized."
"But no one, nothing, can stop my steps towards that ultimate goal."
"Absolutely none."
Uchiha Yamagaze's blood was boiling, but he also felt the heavy pressure of reality.
"Captain, does what you're saying have a lot to do with our current situation?"
Yagami said: "This is not about any situation, it's just about myself."
"It's about my choices, my methods of handling things."
"Yamagaze, do you think I am bloodthirsty?"
Uchiha Yamagaze was taken aback, then scratched his head awkwardly.
"This… To be honest, a little bit…"
"Then you are wrong."
"But, I'm afraid everyone thinks so…"
"Then everyone is wrong."
"I kill those who deserve to be killed. If I were truly bloodthirsty, there wouldn't be a single living person in this Anbu Prison right now."
Uchiha Yamagaze couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.
But he also knew that Captain Yagami was speaking the truth.
"Captain's meaning is…"
"It's very simple, it's just a matter of choice."
Yagami concluded.
"This Shinobi World is like a monster covered in rotten flesh, and I am a precise and sharp scalpel, to cut away all the filth and decay cleanly!"
"If, after cutting, this Shinobi World can still live, that's naturally for the best."
"If it dies completely…"
"Then on the rotten and degenerate corpse, build a new world again."
(End of Chapter)