"Hokage-sama, I am willing to lead the Uchiha clan to the front line."
At this moment, Ryoma stepped forward and said.
He had no choice, his son, Fugaku, was still on the Kirigakure front line.
He didn't know how Fugaku was doing now. Even with Hiruzen's endorsement, Ryoma still couldn't believe those words, everything was too coincidental.
What if this was Hiruzen and Kazuki conspiring to harm Fugaku?
The Hokage needed an obedient Uchiha, and Ryoma was very suspicious that Hiruzen, that old man, would want to help Kazuki get rid of Fugaku. At that time, Hiruzen would be able to get an obedient Uchiha.
"No need. The Uchiha and the entire Konoha Military Police Force need to maintain the safety of the entire Konoha." Hiruzen said in a deep voice, staring at Ryoma.
At this moment, he didn't want the Uchiha clan to act recklessly. Of course, if the Uchiha who stood with Ryoma could be eliminated during this opportunity, he would be happy to see it happen.
But it wasn't the right time yet, and he didn't know when Kumogakure would declare war on Konoha.
That's right, in Hiruzen's heart, one day Kumogakure would also declare war on Konoha. As for their previous cooperation, that was nothing. When it came down to it, other villages would also drag Kumogakure into the fray.
Before, they only said that during this Great Ninja War, Kumogakure would stand with Konoha, but couldn't that simply end when this Great Ninja War was over?
For example, as long as all other villages temporarily ceased hostilities, then Kumogakure could declare war on Konoha.
Although this was a bit despicable and shameless, theoretically, it was possible, and Kumogakure was simply put, a bandit hideout.
In recent years, while other villages were fighting amongst themselves, Kumogakure had been watching from the sidelines, and their strength was recovering at an extremely fast rate. Many missions that were originally for other villages were now being given to Kumogakure, which caused Hiruzen to have a slight hidden worry.
If conditions allowed, he would want to go to war with Kumogakure himself to weaken their strength.
Hmm, at that time, letting the Uchiha clan charge to the front would also be good. After all, these guys weren't good at other things, but they were very good at fighting.
"If the clan head is worried about his son, I can send him back to Konoha immediately after I go to the front line."
Seeing that Ryoma was about to say something else, Kazuki said with a slight taunt.
Everyone else looked at Kazuki and Ryoma. Here it comes, finally.
They had wondered how Kazuki and Ryoma would get along after this, and if they would directly start fighting in the Hokage meeting room.
Everyone wasn't stupid, they knew about the internal situation of the Uchiha clan. Kazuki seemed to be impatient.
Ryoma: "!!!"
What does he want him to say? Is he worried about Fugaku?
That would be an embarrassment to Fugaku. There were also many clan heads here who had sent their children to the front line, but if only Fugaku returned, it would be hard to guarantee that others wouldn't say anything.
What? Is your Fugaku more precious?
"Kazuki! What is your attitude?"
Ryoma looked at Kazuki with cold eyes, but in just a blink of an eye, he felt an incredibly powerful ocular power coming from Kazuki's eyes. His three-tomoe Sharingan was completely crushed, and a soul-tearing pain made him cover his head and wail.
"This is my attitude. The Uchiha clan has always been for the capable. It was like this a thousand years ago, and it was like this before Konoha was established. Ultimately, you are just trash who stole the position of Uchiha clan head."
"Don't speak to me from above. When I return from the front line, I will challenge all of you. Don't run away, this is a tradition of the Uchiha clan."
Kazuki scanned everyone and then added, "Some traditions have been passed down for a thousand years and are still very meaningful to continue."
"Of course, my intention is for me to challenge everyone in this faction by myself."
Being looked at by Kazuki like that, many people couldn't help but shrink their necks. They hadn't expected that Kazuki would knock Ryoma down with just a glance before Ryoma even did anything, which made many people present very uncomfortable.
After all, many people present were clan heads or people in high positions. Now, a young man appeared, wanting to overthrow the hierarchy at such a young age, which inevitably made them feel uncomfortable.
However, Kazuki's words made them silent. This was the Uchiha clan's thousand-year tradition. Upon careful thought, it seemed that during the Sengoku era, the Uchiha clan's head was always the strongest person or the strongest faction. Kazuki wanted to challenge Ryoma's entire faction by himself, and they couldn't say anything against it.
At the same time, they were also shocked by Kazuki's strength. Looking at Kazuki, it seemed that challenging that faction was just a matter of flipping his hand, and looking at Hiruzen, it seemed that Kazuki could really do it.
So, to what level had Kazuki grown?
Ranking by seniority was what the vast majority of people advocated, but when a person's strength is enough to challenge everyone, then their power is worthy of respect.
"Ahem, let's talk about this after we return." Hiruzen quickly waved his hand, signaling Kazuki to rein it in a bit.
But at the same time, he was also shocked by Kazuki's strength.
Ryoma was definitely not weak. Before Kagami had awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan, his strength was even subtly above Kagami's.
But now, Ryoma, with his Sharingan active, was knocked out by one of Kazuki's genjutsu. Hiruzen didn't even know how to properly complain about Ryoma.
Kazuki had only used his three-tomoe Sharingan.
"Right, I need people from the Nara clan to handle some miscellaneous tasks for me." Kazuki thought for a moment, then requested of Hiruzen.
Hiruzen glanced at the current clan head of the Nara clan and nodded slightly, saying, "Alright, I'll assign Shikaku and them to you. I imagine you two aren't strangers."
"Alright. Shikaku and I are old acquaintances."
A joyous smile appeared on Kazuki's face. This was a top-tier tool.
Originally, he had planned to train Mikoto and Minato to handle these matters, but this time, he didn't plan to bring them, and besides, they were too young and couldn't command respect. But Shikaku was different.
Just the title of young clan head of the Nara Clan would be enough.