The funeral ended around noon.
The Uchiha held a large funeral banquet for hundreds.
After the send-off feast,
Uchiha Shin held a small meeting with Uchiha Setsuna and others.
There were several items on the agenda.
First,
Uchiha Setsuna pointed out that it was inappropriate for Uchiha Shin to keep living in that small house.
After all, Uchiha Shin was now not only the clan head but also the village head.
Someone of that stature living in a place under a hundred square meters was unbecoming.
Uchiha Shin didn't mind,
but Setsuna and the others felt it was embarrassing.
Someone then proposed having Mikoto and Sasuke move out to make room for Uchiha Shin,
since that was the former clan head's residence,
the largest and most luxurious estate in the entire Uchiha compound,
and it would suit Shin to move in now.
However, the proposal was immediately vetoed by Uchiha Setsuna, Uchiha Yashiro, and the others.
It wasn't about bullying Mikoto and Sasuke, a widowed mother and her child.
They simply felt Fugaku's residence was inauspicious,
and not suitable for the now higher-ranking Uchiha Shin.
So they came up with a solution.
First, arrange a luxurious mansion as a temporary residence for Uchiha Shin.
Then, on the cleared ruins from before, build an even larger and more luxurious residence for him.
The proposal passed at once.
Second, Uchiha Setsuna finished inventorying all assets.
Uchiha Shin instructed that over the next few days the funds be distributed,
so no one would keep worrying about them.
Third, how to handle the real estate seized from the four great clans.
Uchiha Shin decided to sell all the four clans' mansions.
As for the storefronts, if people wanted to run them, they could take them over; if not, rent them all out.
Fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh—
almost all were internal Uchiha minutiae.
After a round of discussion,
everything was resolved.
Once clan affairs were concluded,
Uchiha Tekka reported village matters to Uchiha Shin.
"Clan Head, fresh intel just came from the Fire Capital.
Lady Tsunade and Jiraiya appeared there almost at the same time."
"The Sannin, Danzo, and the Sarutobi clan gathering in the Fire Capital looks aimed at me."
Uchiha Setsuna frowned.
"Doesn't matter. If they dare, we'll erase them," Uchiha Shin said with a faint smile.
"What if they set up a new Konoha in the Fire Capital? After all, those people are of the Senju line and will look legitimate to outsiders," Uchiha Setsuna pressed, still uneasy.
"Then I'll take the initiative and wipe them out."
"No matter what choices come next, there will be a battle between us. I have only one aim: total annihilation."
"Understood."
"Tekka, keep watching the situation in the Fire Capital," Uchiha Shin said.
"Understood."
"Anything else?" Uchiha Shin asked.
"No," Uchiha Tekka shook his head.
"No movement from the Four Great Hidden Villages?"
"Clan Head, they're so quiet it's a little scary," Uchiha Tekka said.
"Two possibilities. First, they fear my strength. Even though there was a civil war in the Leaf and Hiruzen Sarutobi's side suffered deaths and escapes,
and both sides took heavy losses,
they aren't just looking at Konoha's turmoil. They also saw me defeat Hiruzen and the eight thousand troops he led with a single decisive strike,
and they're deterred by my power,
so they don't dare to act.
Second, they have also detected Danzo's move.
They plan to wait for me and Danzo to maul each other, then bare their fangs."
Uchiha Shin analyzed calmly.
"Should we do something preemptive?" Uchiha Tekka asked.
"No need. Eliminate Danzo and his people first, then deal with the others," Uchiha Shin shook his head.
"Understood."
After the meeting adjourned,
Uchiha Shin took a turn around the Hokage Building.
Then he took the Scroll of Seals and studied it carefully, preparing to learn a few techniques,
such as the Flying Thunder God Technique and Impure World Reincarnation.
Unfortunately, none of these techniques were easy.
Even with Uchiha Shin's talent,
mastery would likely take months or even years.
"Unfortunately, I can't use my permanent amplification on the Mangekyo. Otherwise, with tenfold comprehension and tenfold talent, I could learn some forbidden techniques in a few days."
"As for boosting my power, there is a shortcut: eye replacement to evolve to the Eternal Mangekyo. But Shisui and I aren't blood brothers, and my amplification might have some rejection with Kotoamatsukami.
There's a certain failure risk in evolving to the Eternal Mangekyo.
Worst of all, if the two ocular powers fuse slowly and Danzo's group comes to kill me then, that would be trouble.
So I'll eliminate Danzo and the others first, then fuse slowly.
With my current strength, I don't fear Danzo or the Sannin.
Play it safe first."
Uchiha Shin shelved the idea of immediately fusing the Mangekyo Sharingan.
With administration unaddressed and forbidden techniques not learnable in the short term, there was no point in last-minute cramming.
For the moment, he found he had nothing to do,
so he pulled Izumi into some office play in the Hokage's office.
Meanwhile,
in the Fire Capital,
Danzo went to see Orochimaru first.
In a dark room,
"Danzo, long time no see," a figure appeared not far from him, eyeing him with a hint of amusement.
"It's you," Danzo replied coolly.
"Likewise," said Orochimaru.
"Orochimaru, I'll be blunt. I'm preparing to retake Konoha and need your help," Danzo said in a deep voice.
"What do I get?" Orochimaru wasn't surprised.
"You're still asking for benefits at a time like this? Weren't you Sarutobi's student? Helping me is the same as avenging Sarutobi," Danzo said, frustrated.
"Danzo, you know how I am. I believe in equivalent exchange. Besides, after Lord Sarutobi drove me out of the Leaf,
our ties were severed.
If you think you can get me to work for you for free,
you're overthinking it," Orochimaru said evenly.
"What do you want?" Danzo asked, his face dark, though this reaction was exactly what he had expected, so he wasn't truly angry.
"Do you have any Sharingan? I've suddenly developed an interest in the Uchiha's power," Orochimaru licked his lips, his hoarse voice chuckling.
"I have only one Sharingan left. It's for saving my life. I can't give it to you. Name something else," Danzo's forehead veins bulged in anger.
"So you're eyeing my Sharingan?
You really are courting death."
"Then I want Hashirama's corpse."
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