"Sandaime Hokage, why are you here?"

The old man was protected by the ANBU like stars over the moon. He was wearing armor and had a long strip tied behind his head, and he stood majestically with a golden hoop in his hand.

As soon as the Sandaime appeared, he immediately attracted Fugaku's attention, including the caring look he subconsciously looked at Itachi Uchiha after his appearance, which also attracted the sharp-minded Fugaku.

At this moment, a nameless anger suddenly burned from Fugaku's heart. That anger almost swallowed up Fugaku's reason instantly. He clenched his fists and stared at the Sandaime with extremely cold eyes, suppressing the man who killed him with a kaleidoscope.

Feeling.

Fugaku tried his best to make his voice less angry. He lowered his voice and said: "Why would the Hokage trespass into the Uchiha clan? Even if you are fire, you have no right to trespass into the center of the family, let alone this

He came in fully armed with the ANBU... I can understand that this is the plan of the senior officials headed by the Sandaime-sama to launch a purge against Uchiha?"

Although the high temperature just burned still existed, as Fugaku's words fell, the atmosphere in the entire venue suddenly fell into freezing point.

After hearing Fugaku's words, the surrounding Uchiha were stunned for a moment. They originally thought this was an unexpected conflict and had not yet reached the point of officially starting a war with Konoha.

But after hearing the clan leader's words, the Uchiha who had some guilty consciences immediately reacted. The fully armed Hokage led his troops directly under him to break into the Uchiha clan. In a sense, this was considered an open declaration of war, right?

The faces of the Uchihas turned extremely ugly after reacting. This was completely different from what they expected. It could even be said that they were caught off guard.

But everything has already happened, what else can be done?

It was not just the Uchiha who thought of this, but the ANBU around them also thought of this with ugly faces. It can be said that this conflict was a temporary emergency that suddenly broke out when both sides were completely unprepared.

The ANBU looked at the Uchihas who had an obvious numerical advantage around them, with their strange red eyes flashing in the dark night. From the moment they understood the meaning behind this unexpected incident, the atmosphere around them became...

The chill turned cold.

Click click click…

The sounds of weapons being unsheathed and clashing were constantly heard from the Uchiha crowd, and the killing intent was rising steadily. Some people even made no secret of their murderous intent, with expressions of extreme indifference on their faces, and the sharp blades in their hands reflected the

The desolate cold light.

"Protect the Sandaime-sama!" Although Hatake Kakashi's body was still restrained, he had clearly noticed that something was wrong with the atmosphere, so he shouted at the same time even though he was still in a frozen posture.

"What do you Uchiha bastards want! Standing in front of you is the Third Hokage of Konoha Village!" Not to be outdone, the ANBU unsheathed their swords, and several of the ANBU who were good at defense had already flown to the Third Hokage's side.

The group protected the position behind the Sandaime.

"The lackeys of Konoha's top brass!"

Emotions abounded in the Uchiha family, and they were in a situation that could explode at any time.

"Stop it! Do you want to start a war? Uchiha family!" A purple-haired female Anbu stood on the high wall. She held a weapon in one hand and raised a signal flare in the other hand to show off.

...It seems that as long as Uchiha and the others dare to act rashly, they will immediately send out a signal to summon thousands of Konoha ninjas who have gathered urgently at the Hokage Building.

However, this did not scare the Uchihas who had already attempted an armed coup, and the reason why they can still suppress them until now is that Fugaku has not yet issued the final order.

……………………

In the bleak cold night, although the conflict was about to break out behind me, it seemed that it had nothing to do with the two people in the scene.

"Is this the result that Uchiha wants?"

There was a sharp coldness in the eyes of the Third Hokage. He rarely showed an aggressive attitude toward others. In order to stabilize the overall situation, he always hoped to peacefully resolve political issues with the Uchiha.

But now the Third Hokage gave up the peaceful method, and faced the aggressive situation of the Uchiha martial arts faction, the Third Hokage showed his fangs for the first time.

Although the weather is cold tonight, it cannot compare with the coldness in my heart.

"Fugaku, stop it, before it's too late, we can still avoid the bloodshed."

"stop?"

Fugaku raised his eyebrows. At this moment, he couldn't help but want to laugh. In fact, he did laugh. It was just a distorted smile paired with his cold expression. No matter how you looked at it, it seemed a bit angry.

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"A war between Uchiha and Konoha will only lead to a lose-lose situation for both sides. There is no need for us to kill each other and then give outsiders an opportunity."

"If the Sandaime really thinks this from the bottom of his heart, then doesn't Uchiha Shisui...and Uchiha Itachi's rebellion have anything to do with you? Instigating and rebelling against the Uchiha tribe, treating us Uchiha like a lost dog.

Rush to the border area of ​​Konoha and throw away Uchiha, who should have been the two major contributors to the founding of the village, like a rag with dirty hands——"

"Be vigilant, hateful, and even target us Uchiha at all costs. Is it because we, the Uchiha clan, have never been recognized by you from the beginning to the end? It has been nearly 50 years since the second generation of Hokage, we Uchiha

I have been swallowing my anger for a long time.”

"And what we long for is a formal recognition and recognition of status, but you are not willing to give even this to Uchiha. After the death of the Second Hokage, Shimura Danzo, headed by your Third Generation, Mitomon

Yan, go to bed Koharu - we Uchiha are really grateful to you for taking care of us these years!"

Fugaku looked at the Third Hokage coldly and said. How could the resentment and anger in his chest be expressed in just a few words, but Fugaku was not willing to completely lose his mind and fight to the death with the Leaf Village here.

In fact, Fugaku knew very well that the armed seizure of power was only an action against the top leaders of Konoha, and would not involve the lower-level and middle-level families of Konoha Village. Those families who were willing to support Uchiha only hoped to use this to soar into the sky and change their own status in the world.

The status of Konoha Village.

Fugaku knew very well that killing the Third Hokage was a matter of fundamental nature and was not in line with Uchiha's political interests. It would cause the entire Konoha Village to attack. But if this rebellion could be used to oust or even bring down the Third Hokage, and

It is in Uchiha's political interest to kill those radicals who target Uchiha.

It's a pity that the Sandaime has obviously realized Uchiha's purpose. He only brought his own troops this time and did not bring more troops. I am afraid that this is also because he knew that Uchiha did not dare to really kill him.

Even if he wants to kill himself, the same Uchiha also knows that the Sandaime does not dare to really start a war.

Otherwise, the Sandaime would not have come by himself, but would have directly led thousands of ninjas in the village to destroy Uchiha. In the final analysis, there are still some people in the village who support Uchiha, and there is no guarantee that there will be a critical moment.

The family staged a temporary counterattack.

"It is not our original intention to target Uchiha. I hope you can understand this Fugaku. In fact, until today, I still don't want to believe that Uchiha would want to rebel against Konoha Village. This makes Zeng Jin and Uchiha Kagami both comrades-in-arms.

I am not willing to accept it no matter what."

"What Konoha needs is peace and inheritance. No matter who inherits the will of fire, he is a member of the village. This is the same even for Uchiha. As the three outstanding ones, Uchiha Kagami, Uchiha

The same goes for Shisui and Uchiha Itachi."

"The village never really had any plan to target Uchiha, it was just that it was forced to do so in a formal way. Thinking about it, you should also understand that those innocent people died in vain during the Night of the Nine Tails, as well as the ninjas who died in the battle.

We all saw the Sharingan in Kyuubi's eyes."

"It was a tragic battle. The large number of casualties made the village have to be careful. The relocation order against you Uchiha is actually a symbol of public opinion. After all, your power... always seems to bring bad things to the village.

influence.”

"Both the first Hokage and the Fourth Hokage died in the line of duty because of Uchiha's power. Even you can't deny this, right? And it is impossible for the village to remain silent about this. The necessary punishment is also comfort.

The human heart uses its own methods. This is the responsibility of being Hokage."

The Third Hokage understands Fugaku's character very well. He is a rare man among the Uchiha clan who has political vision and means. Although he seems to be low-key in these years, he has actually been using his own resources to cultivate various small families close to the Uchiha.

Fugaku is a very patient and steady man. He never leaves any clues when cultivating and giving favors to those small families. He completely relies on the accumulation of time to gradually cultivate the Uchiha faction.

Although the people who support the Uchiha faction are in the minority after all, Fugaku knows very well that the support of the faction is only a kind of political struggle.

To Fugaku, a small family, he or she could offer benefits or the power of the Uchiha Guards to achieve the goal of winning over. However, giving benefits to middle-sized families would not win over their own team, nor would they allow the other party to side with the other party in the struggle.

In the team, to put it bluntly, I hope that they will not help each other and stand in a neutral position.

As for the issue of big families, Uchiha itself is the strongest wealthy family in Konoha Village. This is something that no one can shake. Therefore, Uchiha does not need to win over the support of any big family at all. They themselves are the top of the wealthy families.

In addition, for die-hard supporters of the Konoha Hokage faction, the attitude of the Hyuga clan can be understood even without asking. The Hyuga clan will never reach any agreement with the Uchiha clan. This is a natural opposition between the two.

Therefore, Fugaku has never had any contact with the Hyuga clan. The latter seems to have realized this a long time ago and has never taken the initiative to contact the Uchiha.

"——Let's call it a night, Fugaku. If it continues, the situation will be completely out of control. This is an unacceptable situation for you and me. Even if the Uchiha problem is very serious, the war must not be started easily."

"If you and I fight to the death here tonight, Konoha Village will definitely be enveloped in flames of war tomorrow. Let's stop it here. There is no benefit in continuing."

The Third Hokage's eyes glanced at Kakashi who was imprisoned, and Uchiha Itachi who fell on the ground.

"In addition, I think this incident was entirely a struggle caused by misunderstanding. I will explain this to other families and elders at the Hokage meeting tomorrow. So do you agree, Fugaku?"

The Third Hokage hopes to obtain peace talks by showing weakness, and he firmly believes that the other party does not want a direct battle to break out here. This is not in the interest of either party.

"..."

Fugaku knew him just as the Third Hokage knew him, and Fugaku also clearly knew what the Third Hokage was worried about.

He was afraid that a sudden purge operation against a family that had made no "mistakes" here would not only trigger a ferocious counterattack by the Uchiha, but would also inevitably cause a chain reaction in other families.
Chapter completed!