Chapter 220: double sided
Chapter 220 Double Sided
It was the first time I felt so tired.
When he got home, Fuyue was exhausted, not just physically, but more mentally.
Since the relocation of the Uchiha clan's clan, the voices in the clan have not been quiet for a day.
Because they felt that this was an expression of the distrust of the village’s senior management towards them. Even on this basis, expanding the Uchiha clan’s territory was essentially just defense against the Uchiha clan.
They attempted to charge Kyuubi with attacking the village on the head of the Uchiha clan.
Even if they didn’t say it, it was claimed that the three S-class rebels who had left Konoha long ago were planning behind the scenes. However, it is problematic to directly let the Uchiha clan relocate after the incident happened.
Allocating more land to Uchiha is just to keep his mouth shut.
Some of the clansmen think that this is groundless worry. After all, the Uchiha clan has a large number of clansmen, and they really need a larger territory.
After the relocation, Nanhe Shrine happened to be surrounded, making it easier to carry out clan meetings.
Another part of the tribe thinks that the higher-ups are suspicious of Kyuubi. In fact, it is a disturbance caused by the cooperation between the Uchiha clan and the rebellious ninja.
The seed of doubt has been planted, and it will not be so easy to remove it.
As the head of the clan, Fuyue can only appease the clansmen while negotiating with the third Hokage who has regained power.
Three generations of Hokage are still the same as before, and they still spare no effort to support Uchiha, but it is precisely because of this that Fugaku feels that things are a bit weird.
I am afraid that the third Hokage is also doubting whether there is such a thing as a spy in the Uchiha clan.
Not only Sandai Hokage, but Fugaku is also suspicious.
Uchiha Ruri, who left the village because of his defection, was once a senior member of the Uchiha clan and held a pivotal position in the clan.
Before leaving, let some subordinates hide in the clan and leak information about the village at a critical moment. Fu Yue can't guarantee that this kind of thing will not happen.
"Just, why only target the Uchiha family?"
Yeah, why only target the Uchiha clan?
Three generations of Hokage and other high-level suspicions, Fu Yue does not think there is a mistake, even he, the patriarch, cannot guarantee whether Uchiha Ruri has placed surveillance personnel in the clan to provide information before leaving the village.
But the mistake is that they should not be treated differently. If they are spies, then this problem also exists within the Hyuga clan.
However, the treatment of the Hyuga clan has not changed, and it passed smoothly.
Don’t trust... the cooperation with the third generation of Hokage was established with great difficulty before, because of the Kyuubi incident, the relationship between Uchiha and the village has become 'strained' again.
In the final analysis, this is a problem left over from history.
Since more than 30 years ago, when the Second Hokage was in power, this problem has existed.
How to solve such a thing is exactly the reason for Fuyue's distress.
Uchiha seems to have a unified voice now, but in fact, he has internal and external worries. His voice as the patriarch has gradually become ineffective for some people.
Although he knew that this kind of thing should be suppressed earlier, Fu Yue didn't know how to operate it flawlessly.
Especially now that Yunyin is staring at them outside, it is said that the Konoha garrison on the eastern border of the Kingdom of Fire has already fought them.
The resumption of war between the two villages was only expected.
At the dining table, Fuyue looked preoccupied, so naturally he didn't escape Itachi's eyes.
In fact, Fugaku's face has become more and more sad these days, and Itachi knows why he is troubled by things.
"Dad, are you worrying about family affairs?"
Itachi put down the bowl and asked.
Fuyue nodded.
"Is it because of that clansman named Uchiha Ruri?"
Itachi's words surprised Fuyue slightly, then frowned and said:
"Itachi, these things are beyond your control. Learn to be an excellent ninja first."
"yes."
Itachi nodded obediently.
Although his father Fugaku refused to answer such a question, Itachi felt a little uneasy.
So, he was going to ask his new friend Zhishui.
The other party is an official ninja in the clan, so he should know more things.
The next day, Itachi got up early, took the ninja tools for training, and went to the woods where he usually practiced.
About ten minutes later, when the sky began to light up, Shisui came here to join him.
Seeing Itachi had already done warm-up exercises here, Shisui touched the back of his head and smiled helplessly:
"Itachi, if you continue like this, you will soon become a cultivator."
Even though he hasn't attended ninja school yet, he has to train harder than him as an official ninja, so Shisui doesn't know what to say about him.
Itachi is definitely the hardest working kid he has ever seen.
Combined with that incomparably enviable talent, I am afraid that even an official ninja will find it difficult to defeat Itachi in a short time.
If you are careless, maybe you will be defeated by Itachi.
“I don’t want to be idle, time is the most precious treasure in this world.”
Itachi replied in a neutral tone.
He needs a powerful force to straighten this distorted world.
Therefore, for Itachi, it would be a waste to lose any time to become stronger.
"Really? Then why are you so obsessed with becoming stronger? Or something like a dream."
Zhishui asked this question out of interest.
He and Itachi have known each other for a few days, and after a few days of running-in, Itachi can barely follow Shishui to practice behind him.
I believe Itachi's strength will improve by leaps and bounds soon.
"Target?" Itachi tilted his head while holding Kunai, hesitating for a moment.
"What's wrong? No?"
Zhishui feels strange.
It would be strange if Itachi practiced blindly here without the purpose of becoming stronger.
He can see Itachi is a very purposeful child, it is impossible to become stronger blindly without a goal.
"No, there is still a goal, but I don't know if I should tell others."
"Are you ashamed?"
"Well, because if you say it, you will be ridiculed."
"Don't worry, as your friend, I won't laugh at you."
Zhishui said seriously.
Seeing Shisui speak like this, Itachi nodded, thinking he was too vigilant.
Although he has only known Zhishui for a few days, he feels that Zhishui is different from the rest of the tribe, and his knowledge and vision are different from those of ordinary tribesmen.
"The purpose of my becoming stronger is to become a ninja better than anyone else, and then eliminate all disputes in this world."
Itachi stared at Shishui with burning eyes, and said these words softly but forcefully.
After listening carefully, Zhishui did not show a sneer, but said: "A very ideal goal, even grand... But this road is not easy to walk."
Shisui is different from Itachi, he is a ninja who has gone his own way.
Naturally, what Itachi said was actually a dream that would never come true.
Ninja disputes are impossible to disappear, just like the blood of Uchiha...
Thinking of this, Zhishui's eyes showed sadness, and subconsciously covered one of his eyes with the palm of his hand, there was a very powerful scorching heat flowing there.
Hosting the power of the cursed blood.
"What’s wrong with you?"
"Ah, nothing, just thought of something from a previous mission. You remind me of someone."
"A person? Is it also from Uchiha?"
Itachi became curious.
Shishui sighed in his heart, and said to Itachi calmly: "Well, he is a Uchiha clansman just like us. He is the same age as me, but his talent is better than mine. Not long ago, I was on a mission with him."
Itachi was a little surprised. He didn't expect that among his peers, there was someone stronger than Shishui.
"However, he died in the line of duty."
Seeing the sadness and complexity on Shisui's face, Itachi wisely chose not to ask further.
Shishui saw that the current topic was a bit heavy, so he put away the sadness on his face, smiled and said: "Okay, let's not talk about these unhappy things. Itachi, your dream is very grand, and I sincerely hope that you can realize this dream."
"Thank you. I also know that this dream is a bit unrealistic, so first set yourself a short-term goal—that is to become the Hokage in the village."
Itachi responded seriously.
"Is that so? It is indeed a good way to complete the goal step by step. However, if you want to become Hokage, strength alone is not enough."
Zhishui saw Itachi's withdrawn and stubbornness.
He knows that if he continues to practice according to Itachi's own method, he can only become an excellent ninja in the end, but what Konoha lacks most is an excellent ninja.
It is still far away from the position of Hokage.
Can't let Itachi go astray, otherwise, it will be a disaster for the village and the family! Zhishui thought to himself.
"What is your dream, Zhishui?"
Itachi asked.
"I hope that the village and the family will live in peace."
Shisui collected his heavy heart and answered Itachi's question.
"Really? Shisui, have you also found this problem?"
Itachi asked with interest.
"also?"
Shishui glanced at Itachi in surprise.
"I can feel that the clan is very dissatisfied with the village now."
Seeing Itachi's earnest answer, Shisui sighed inwardly.
Can even a kid like Itachi notice it?
Things are getting serious.
"Shisui, can I ask you a question?"
"What?"
"The Uchiha clan... Has there really been a traitor who disturbed the stability of the village? For example, the murder of the fourth Hokage-sama..."
Itachi's words were a bit outrageous, but Zhishui also knew Itachi's straightforward personality, so he didn't blame him.
"Maybe."
"Perhaps? Is it that clansman named Uchiha Ruri?"
"you know?"
"I heard my father mention it by chance. Since there are such dangerous elements in the clan, why not hand them over to the village?"
"Give it to the village for disposal?"
Zhi Shui's face became weird.
"What's wrong?"
"Itachi, you probably don't know much about this person."
"Limited to knowing names."
"That's no wonder. In fact, the other party has left Konoha many years ago, and now she is a dangerous traitor in the village. There is no way for the village to arrest her, let alone deal with her."
Zhishui explained.
Shisui's explanation surprised Itachi.
"Treason?"
He knew such a person, and always thought that the other party was Konoha's ninja, but he didn't expect to have betrayed the family and the village.
"Yes."
Seeing Itachi's sudden realization, Shisui can also understand.
After all, that incident was not particularly glorious for the Uchiha clan. The year the other party defected, Itachi had just been born. In addition, the adults in the clan were all taboo about this matter, so itachi naturally couldn't know too much about it.
Even Itachi’s father, Fugaku, would not be able to uncover this scar belonging to the Uchiha clan in front of his son.
"Some people in the village suspected that Uchiha Ruri had already deployed a dark hand among the Uchiha clan to monitor the movement of the village and the family before defecting to Konoha. Before the Kyuubi riot, some people speculated that it was Uchiha Ruri who returned to the village and cooperated with some people in the clan to murder the fourth generation of adults. After all, the process of the Kyuubi riot was too strange, and there are many things that are questionable."
Of course, Shisui dared not tell Itachi about the worse guess.
That is a certain part of the high-level, who is no longer just suspicious of the Uchiha clan.
For example, the root leader Shimura Danzo who resumed his position.
The person who bears all the darkness in Konoha.
"Is that so?"
Itachi understood everything.
That is to say, the Uchiha clan has been targeted by the village because of the problem of inner ghosts.
In addition, some radicals in the clan took the opportunity to fan the flames and wanted to make things big, but they were suppressed by his father Fu Yue.
But how long it can be suppressed is unknown.
"Yes, the relationship between the village and the family is very tense now."
Shishui sighed.
"It's just a person, is it worth being treated so seriously by the high-level?"
Itachi asked puzzledly.
Shisui shook his head and said, "Itachi, things are not as simple as you think. If Uchiha Ruri is still the one who controlled Kyuubi to attack the village this time, then this is not the first time he has attacked Kyuubi. When the other party left Konoha five years ago, he also controlled Kyuubi to destroy the village, causing a large number of casualties."
"Such a dangerous existence should indeed be treated with caution."
"Yes. Her Sharingan pupils are powerful enough to control tailed beasts by herself. Before leaving Konoha, she can be said to be the strongest genius ninja in our family. I'm afraid her Sharingan is now..."
Zhishui didn't continue, but he had already started to cover his eyes with an inexplicable deep meaning in them.
"I am afraid?"
Zhishui's intermittent words seemed to be covering up something, and he didn't want him to know.
Itachi has a vague feeling that the 'I'm afraid' Shishui concealed may be an important secret about the clan.
"Okay, let's not talk about these things, let's start today's practice. Regarding the shuriken technique you mentioned before, we can try..."
Shisui interrupted Itachi's thinking, and turned his attention to cultivation, discussing new shuriken techniques with Itachi.
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"Master Naruto."
In an inconspicuous house.
After finishing his training and separating from Itachi, Shisui came here to meet with the third Hokage Hiruzaru Sarutobi in private.
Since the death of the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato, the retired Third Hokage Hiruzaru Sarutobi has regained control of all matters in the village and adjusted various situations in the village.
Hizan, who came here to meet with Shisui, is actually quite exhausted physically and mentally, but he still has to pull himself together so that no one can see that something is wrong.
It's just that no matter how much you pretend, it can't change the fact that his body is going downhill.
Regaining the power of Hokage is not as good as imagined, and many things are more powerless than before.
"Is there anything to report, Shisui?"
Hi Zhan cheered up and asked.
Shisui is his old friend, a descendant of Uchiha mirror.
Jing died in the mission that year, and the murderer has not been found so far. This is a pain point for Ri Zhan.
At the beginning, the six of them should have worked hard together to smash the village into an iron bucket, and Uchiha was the most critical part of it.
Unfortunately, Jing's sudden death put this plan to waste.
I thought things about Uchiha would never turn around. Who would have thought that Uchiha Ruri defected a few years ago, which dealt a heavy blow to Uchiha Quartet, the leader of the radical faction.
This eased the relationship between the village and Uchiha.
It's just that with the recent Kyuubi incident, Uchiha's problems have resurfaced, and they're bigger than ever.
Although the main responsibility for the Nine-Tails Rebellion was successfully shifted to the three rebels who had defected in the name of Hokage, the Uchiha clan still could not be cleared of their crimes.
Because of Kaleidoscope Sharingan...
Not only did he see the red eyes in Kyuubi's eyes, Minato's last words also convinced him that there were major problems within the Uchiha clan.
It's just how to deal with Uchiha's problem, which makes Hizan very headache.
Fortunately, the emergence of Zhishui successfully solved this problem.
He is willing to be the eyes to supervise the Uchiha clan, and report all the movements of the Uchiha clan to them.
Judging from the current situation, although the Uchiha clan is dissatisfied with the village, they will not go to the point of going to war. With Shisui's tip-off, he can also adopt strategies in time to stabilize the hearts of the Uchiha clan and prevent chaos at this time.
So, every time Zhishui sent a letter to him, he paid special attention to it.
"A few days ago, I met a friend in the clan. His name is Uchiha Itachi."
"Itachi Uchiha?"
The name Ri Zhan felt familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere.
"He is the son of the patriarch Fuyue, and he has talents far superior to mine."
Shishui said so.
Ri Zhan was slightly surprised, Zhishui's talent, in his opinion, few people in the village can match.
Possesses a talent far superior to Zhishui, if he didn't know that Zhishui is not a big talker, Ri Zhan would really suspect that Zhishui is cheating.
"I think he has the moldable foundation to be my side."
It is "I" instead of "we", which shows Zhishui's position.
Although he has become the eye of the high-level, supervising the Uchiha clan, but it is only out of the responsibility of the Konoha ninja.
He doesn't want to be a weapon used by one side against the other, but only wants to do a good job of being a bridge.
His surname is always Uchiha, even if he jumped out of the clan, the blood of the Uchiha clan still flows on his body, which is undeniable.
Hi Zhan pondered for a while, staring at Zhishui's extremely calm face and asked: "Are you sure?"
If it was just a Uchiha clan with excellent talent, Hirazan would not pay so much attention to it, but Itachi is different. In addition to his talent praised by Shisui, he is also the son of the head of the Uchiha clan.
Even if you haven't joined Uchiha's clan, your status and influence are extraordinary.
The problem of the Uchiha clan cannot be solved in a short period of time, and we must be prepared for a long-term battle.
"Sure."
Shisui nodded.
He thought of what Itachi said to him, to become a better ninja than anyone else, and then end all disputes in the world... As long as he is guided well, he will surely become a bridge connecting the village and the clan just like him.
With him alone, his power in the clan is still too weak.
The most important thing is that his identity cannot be exposed.
"It's up to you to guide him. When necessary, I will **** him into the shadows and cultivate him."
Ri Zhan immediately decided on such a thing.
Hi Zhan's decision surprised Shisui.
Anbe?
"Elder Danzo..."
Let people from the Uchiha clan join Anbu, the root leader will definitely speak out to obstruct it.
"Don't pay attention to him, I will handle the matter of Uchiha myself, and I won't let anyone get involved."
Ri said categorically.
Shisui feels at ease, as long as there are three generations of Hokage, then it will not be a problem.
"Besides, Zhishui, you also have to join Anbu, which will make it easier for you to act in the future."
Hizan said so, and handed over a note.
Zhishui took it, and there was a location written on it.
"Tomorrow at four o'clock in the afternoon, go to this place to get Anbu's token, including clothing and disguise props. Your identity cannot be revealed, and apart from me, no third person will know that you are Anbu."
"yes."
Zhishui's heart froze.
That is to say, he is a single-person team and only needs to be responsible for the third generation of Hokage.
And with the identity of Anbu, things will be much more convenient.
"About the Uchiha clan... Has the inner ghost been found out?"
"Sorry, no progress so far."
Zhishui shook his head.
"Keep up and don't relax."
"Yes... But, Naruto-sama, is there really an inner ghost inside Uchiha?"
Zhishui asked boldly.
Just because the Uchiha clan has such a dangerous defected ninja as Uchiha Ruri, it is too arbitrary to believe that there is a ghost inside the Uchiha clan.
Ri Zhan hesitated for a moment, walked to Shishui's side, and whispered a few words.
Zhishui immediately widened his eyes.
Kaleidoscope Sharingan?
When the Fourth Hokage died, did such a thing happen?
If this is the case, it is no wonder that the high-level officials treat it with such caution.
Zhi Shui took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.
"I see, Hokage-sama, I will definitely find out that ghost!"
Zhi Shui's complexion is firm.
If the inner ghost continues to stir up trouble within the Uchiha clan, sooner or later the entire clan will be dragged into the water, and the village will be completely hostile.
"I leave it to you. Report to me if you find any problems, so as not to fall into the enemy's trap."
Shisui nodded and disappeared from the room.
Third Hokage also took a deep breath and left the room.
Quietly returned to the office of the Hokage Building. Hirizhan was about to continue processing today's documents when an Anbu appeared in the office.
The opponent is wearing a mask, has silver-white hair, and has a chakra dagger on his back.
Put a document in the hands of the Third Hokage.
"Master Hokage, this is an urgent message from Group Three."
This Anbu is Kakashi, reporting to Hizan.
"Urgent?"
Ri Zhan suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, and quickly opened the file bag, took out the documents inside and read it.
Only one thing was mentioned above—Daimyo of the Rain Country died unexpectedly, and Yuyin was being attacked by unknown persons, so he asked for support.
"Kakashi, you will lead the Anbu of the two teams, go to Yuyin Village immediately, and investigate the situation there!"
Going to Yuyin? at this time?
Hizan suddenly issued this order, which made Kakashi's heart skip a beat.
Sandai Hokage probably discovered his identity as a spy and wanted to borrow a knife to kill someone?
(PS: Shisui opened Kaleidoscope Sharingan very early. When he met Itachi for the first time, he had already opened Kaleidoscope Sharingan. This is the setting in the official novel. There is also the issue of Anbu. Shisui’s joining Anbu is a very secret thing, and he does not belong to any team, a single team, and is directly under the jurisdiction of the third generation of Hokage. Before Shisui did not reveal that he is Anbu, Itachi did not know that Shisui is an Anbu member. As for Shisui’s age... that is a mystery...)
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