Chapter 275: Wind blows
Chapter 275 The Wind Rises
Konoha's 56th year, April, early spring.
With the stability of the international environment, the friction between Ninja Village and Ninja Village seems to have dropped a lot.
Even Konoha and Yunyin, who were still in tension a few years ago, have cooperated closely with the negotiations between the two daimyos.
The grievances between the ninjas seem to have been put down.
In such a quiet day, everyone is enjoying this hard-won peace.
But for those who are interested, this is just a buffer time after the war.
Sooner or later, the ninja war will still break out, maybe tomorrow, or next year.
Because of this, peace is so precious.
On such a sunny day, Kakashi was wandering the streets of Konoha with a copy of "Kind to Heaven" in his hand.
On the lampposts on both sides, there are huge colorful posters.
A movie called "Princess Fengyun" was promoted on it, and the leading actor was Fenghua Xiaoxue, the daimyo of the Snow Country.
Adolescent girl brimming with beauty and elegance can be said to be the biggest talking point in the ninja world recently.
Compared to the other party's identity as a daimyo from the Snow Country, Fuka Koyuki, whose stage name is "Fuji Fuxuee", is even more famous.
Compared to the movie "Princess Fengyun", the movie adapted from the novel "Intimate Paradise" was officially released a year ago...Because of various review issues, the response was mediocre.
This is all due to the film company of the Kingdom of Ghosts, who directly cut off more than half of the essence, resulting in being scolded by many readers and fans after it was released.
But it is said that the film company of the ghost country still made a lot of money despite the scolding.
This made Kakashi feel very sorry.
Why cut off the essence of it?
That is obviously one of the Sannin, the true essence that Jiraiya-sama wants to express.
In short, after spending a few hundred taels to buy a ticket to watch the movie, I was quite depressed at the time, and complained about Ziyuanhua Film Production Company for a while.
This company, has no idea how to make a successful movie.
Although I have become an adult, I still want to learn how to truly become an adult.
"well…"
Kakashi sighed softly, the sequel to "Kind of Heaven" is nowhere in sight, what will be used to pass the time next?
I really want to arrest Jiraiya-sama and lock him in a small dark room to write all day long.
Tracking down Orochimaru and the mysterious organization where Orochimaru is located, there is absolutely no need to do that kind of thing.
In Kakashi's view, Jiraiya is a complete waste of time.
In the ninja world, there are countless fanatical fans who are waiting for the sequel of "Kissing Heaven".
At this moment, he raised his head to look at the sky, and a hawk happened to fly overhead, and Kakashi stuffed "Kissing Heaven" into his ninja bag.
"Is it time?"
So, he disappeared from the spot with the instant body technique.
Quickly rushed to the Anbu headquarters building, changed into Anbu clothes there, and walked towards the work place.
"Captain Kakashi. You are here."
Came to the monitoring room, belonging to the second unit of Anbu, Tenzo, the squad leader of the sixth squad, greeted Kakashi.
"Hmm...how's the situation?"
Kakashi looked at the screen on the screen, which showed the scene of the Uchiha clan.
Both civilians and ninjas are under strict monitoring.
However, compared to those civilians, it is not so easy to monitor the ninjas of the Uchiha clan. Many ninjas of the Uchiha clan are erratic, and it is difficult to obtain evidence of their whereabouts with instruments.
“It has become more and more frequent recently, and I always feel that nothing good will happen.”
Tianzang pointed to a screen.
That screen is responsible for monitoring is the Nanga Shrine of the Uchiha clan.
It is the place where the Uchiha clan gathers. It is said that there are things handed down from the ancestors of the Uchiha clan, but the specifics are true or false, and only the insiders of the Uchiha clan know, and outsiders cannot investigate.
Anbu tried countless methods, but there was no way to get the secret of the inner core of Nanga Shrine.
"Really? I thought it was groundless, but things may not be optimistic..."
Kakashi muttered to himself.
"Captain Kakashi, do you mean..."
The face under Tianzang's mask suddenly changed.
In any case, what Kakashi predicted was too exaggerated.
No matter how bold the Uchiha clan is, it is impossible to take that path.
"Didn't you notice that the friction between the security force and our Anbu fourth unit has been increasing recently?"
Kakashi asked back.
The fourth unit of the Anbu, in the non-war period, dealt with the internal affairs of the village, and also included solving the crimes inside the village.
This business completely overlaps with the Uchiha clan's security team.
Because they don’t know whether the criminal incident should be handed over to the security team or the Anbu, the high-level executives have not reached a unified conclusion, which is also the source of the conflict between the security team and the Anbu.
Honestly speaking, this kind of thing, in Kakashi's view, is simply incomprehensible.
Since Anbu already has a special unit to deal with criminal incidents within the village, why set up a Uchiha clan security team?
This is not only superfluous, but also exacerbates the conflict between the Uchiha clan and Anbu.
The past war period was fine, and both sides could let go of their prejudices and unanimously communicate with each other.
However, now that we have entered the era of peace, various contradictions have arisen.
Especially after the Nine-Tails Rebellion, conflicts between the Uchiha clan and high-level officials are inevitable.
Neither party negotiated, but instead suspected each other in the form of a cold war.
The dark part caught in it is the most uncomfortable one.
But this kind of thing, Kakashi knows that he can't change anything.
The internal affairs of Konoha cannot be changed at all if the high-level officials do not let go.
The accumulation of usual friction may become the last straw that overwhelms the Uchiha clan.
Tianzo didn't say anything after listening, and knew what Kakashi said.
Although he is not a member of the Anbu of the Fourth Division, everyone works in the same building. He usually meets and hears complaints from members of the Anbu of the Fourth Division. He seems to be very dissatisfied with the Uchiha clan's arbitrary interference in the village's internal crimes.
But the problem is that dealing with crimes within the village was originally the power assigned to the Uchiha clan during the Second Hokage period.
Thinking of this, Tianzang was a little confused.
I always feel that something is wrong.
In a village, why are there two troops to manage crimes within the village?
Haven't Hokage considered that only one unit is needed?
An extra one will only cause conflict between the two parties.
It seems that there is only one Hokage needed in the village. If there is another Hokage, who should I listen to?
The more Tenzo thinks about it, the more he has a headache. No matter what, Hokage is impossible to make mistakes, after all, he is such a great existence.
"What to do next?"
Tianzang was a little tangled.
Kakashi was about to speak when a voice came from behind.
"Just report it truthfully."
The people who came in were wearing the same Anbu uniform and mask as Kakashi and Tenzo.
Compared to adults, his stature is much shorter, and he is obviously very young.
It is Itachi Uchiha.
"Good afternoon, Kakashi-senpai."
Itachi greeted Kakashi respectfully.
"Don't be so rude, you are still at the level of the team leader now, and I am on the same level as me."
Kakashi said with emotion.
Although Itachi joined Anbu for only a little more than two years, he has gradually become a squad leader from a bottom-level member of Anbu, and now he has become a sub-team leader.
The speed of upgrading can be said to be unprecedented.
The name Uchiha Itachi is also extremely resounding in Anbu.
Tianzo looked at Itachi with complicated eyes, thinking that Itachi, who was originally a member of his team two or three years ago, not only left his team, but also became the team leader like Kakashi.
I have been in the dark department for so many years, and I am just a monitor.
Alas, is this the difference between a mortal and a genius? Tianzang sighed in his heart.
"However, do you really want to report to the past? This is your clan."
Kakashi pointed to the picture on the screen and said.
"Don't test me like this, Kakashi-senpai. Anbu is Konoha's Anbu, not a private force belonging to a certain family, only loyal to the village and Hokage. Since they have strange thoughts, they naturally need to be on guard."
Itachi said firmly.
When he said this, he felt a little pain in his heart.
But between the family and the village, he quickly made a choice.
Moreover, the Uchiha clan only has this motive, and it has not yet formed an iron-clad fact, and there is still room for redemption.
"Really? Then do as you said, after all, this matter is of great importance, and it is not for us to decide."
Kakashi nodded.
As far as Konoha ninja Kakashi is concerned, he is indeed testing Itachi.
"As for Hokage-sama, let me go and report. Anyway, I am the most leisurely here."
"Please, Tianzang."
"This is my job, Captain Kakashi. Then I'll go."
Tianzang smiled, disappeared, and went to the Hokage Building to report the surveillance situation here.
"It's hard for you, Itachi."
After Tenzo left, Kakashi said to Itachi. .
"This is the path I chose."
"Life like this is quite painful. Since it is your own choice, I can only wish you good luck, Itachi."
Kakashi patted Itachi on the shoulder, walked to the room on the side of the monitoring room, and started working.
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When the sun went down, Nanga Shrine was shrouded in thin darkness.
On the stairs leading to the top of the Nanga Shrine, Itachi saw a familiar figure ahead and stopped him.
"Stop the water."
"It's Itachi, long time no see."
Shishui turned his head and smiled when he saw Itachi, but his eyes couldn't hide the tired look.
"I haven't seen you recently, it's good to see that you are fine."
Itachi showed a relaxed smile.
"Don't worry about my situation, I'm just going out to perform a mission, and I still have the security team to deal with."
Shisui replied like this.
"That's it, it's really hard work."
"It's okay, my hard work is nothing compared to your hard work in Anbu."
Zhishui responded with a smile.
Have you worked hard? Itachi felt that he did not have the self-awareness in this regard.
I am just fulfilling the duties that Konoha ninja Uchiha Itachi should have.
"Okay, let's go up together, today's meeting is very important."
"Um."
Follow Shisui and walk towards the buildings on top of Nanga Shrine.
Itachi subconsciously glanced at the woods around Nanhe Shrine, and then turned his gaze back calmly.
The monitoring equipment arranged by Anbu is placed in that forest.
The assembly of the Uchiha clan, except that the high-level executives don’t know the content of the assembly, the time of the assembly, and the premise of the Uchiha clan participating in this important meeting, they all know it clearly, without any mistakes.
The ninjas of the Uchiha clan gathered one after another.
Entering the secret room of the shrine, the family crest of the Uchiha clan is engraved on the wall, and the torch drives away the darkness.
More than thirty Uchiha ninjas gathered here.
All of them are elite ninjas who have awakened Sharingan from the Uchiha clan and are powerful.
Among them, Itachi is the youngest one, but also one of the high-profile figures.
There is no other reason, he is the eyes of the Uchiha clan placed next to the high-level.
Itachi can be used to capture the movements of high-level and Anbu, benefiting the Uchiha clan.
Sitting on the main seat, facing the patriarch of all the ninjas of the Uchiha clan, Itachi’s father, Uchiha Fugaku, is different from the image of a strict father in the family, but has a serious face, as if facing an enemy.
Even the mother Uchiha Mikoto, who used to be kind and kind, also looked stern and cold.
It seems that the person here is no longer an ordinary housewife, but exists here as an elite of the Uchiha clan.
Itachi couldn't bear the atmosphere here, it was too depressing.
Every meeting made him feel irritable and depressed, which was worse than the atmosphere in Anbu.
Obviously under the blessing of the village, itachi felt very sad why he acted like an enemy in the village's territory.
"According to the information obtained before, the Anbu is closely monitoring us. The residents around the Uchiha clan are also leaving quietly under the high-level policy, as if they want to completely isolate our Uchiha clan. The high-level people don't regard us as fellow villagers in the same village. Patriarch, let's establish a regime belonging to the Uchiha clan. We can't let Senju's will dominate the village anymore!"
It was a male Uchiha ninja who spoke, with white hair cut very short, and slender eyes that seemed to be closed.
The name is Uchiha Eight Generations.
is one of the representatives of the Uchiha radicals, and the Uchiha ninja who is most disgusted by Konoha's senior management.
His will can represent the will of Uchiha radicals.
Although Konoha has entered an era of peace in recent years, for the Uchiha clan, it may not be true peace.
The business conflict between the Anbu and the security force, the residents continue to complain about the Uchiha clan’s arrogance of the security force, and the high-level officials deliberately separated a part of the space around the Uchiha clan to keep the residents away from the Uchiha clan.
This obvious isolation treatment also completely made the Uchiha radicals feel dissatisfied to the extreme.
The so-called establishment of a regime belonging to the Uchiha clan, in Itachi's view, is just a nicer way of saying it. The real way is to seize power through a coup d'etat.
In that case, the damage to the village would be too serious.
This method makes Itachi very repulsive.
Maybe it will become the fuse of the outbreak of war.
"Itachi, what do you think?"
Fuyue did not respond directly, but looked at Itachi.
All eyes followed Fu Yue's words and focused on Itachi, making Itachi's breathing very difficult.
Itachi nodded and replied: "Yes, the Anbu has indeed closely monitored our family."
Because this cannot be refuted at all, and it is impossible to conceal it intentionally.
Even if Anbu’s actions are very secretive and there is the power of the entire village behind it, the Uchiha clan has a long history and outstanding ninjas appear in each generation, so they will always feel something is wrong.
Before these clansmen began to agree, Itachi continued:
"Actually, I think Anbu's monitoring is just in case. The number of family gatherings is too frequent, so Anbu will..."
"Then what do you think should be done?"
Uchiha Yatsushiro, who was still pleasing to Itachi, immediately became unfriendly.
"I think the number of clan meetings should be reduced, temporarily and Anbu..."
Itachi gives his proposal.
Yet Uchiha Yatsushiro sneered.
"Itachi, you won't forget the family teachings after staying in Anbu for a few years, right? Did Anbu raise you, or did the clan raise you, give you ninjutsu and resources, and a noble status? Which side are you on?"
"I am not on which side. I just think that the distinction between enemies and companions must be clearly defined."
Itachi insisted on his own opinion, thinking that the views of the tribe were too extreme.
"Don't show off your incomprehensible things to me, you just need to tell me which side you are on. Could it be said that if the high-level gave you the position of captain of the dark part, you can forget about the family? Without the support of the family, how will your ideal of Hokage be realized?"
Uchiha Yatsushiro looked at Itachi aggressively, with a very tough attitude.
Pedantic! Itachi was dissatisfied.
It is because you want to become Hokage that you can't limit your eyes to the narrow thinking of a clan.
If you can't look beyond the clan, you can't become Hokage and change the fate of the clan, as well as the village and the world.
Itachi frowned, and found that many people in the tribe were looking at him, with dissatisfaction in their eyes.
Only Shisui and his mother, Mikoto, looked at him with worried eyes, and signaled himself not to say any more irritating words to the tribe.
Father Fu Yue also looked at himself with a stern look, hoping that he would firmly express his position.
Itachi is disappointed, most of the people here have lost their reason.
So did his father.
"I am Itachi of the Uchiha clan."
Itachi had no choice but to answer in this way, not to let the situation completely get out of control.
"Huh." Uchiha Yatsushiro let Itachi go, but looking at Itachi, his eyes were already full of vigilance, and he no longer trusted Itachi as before.
At such an important moment, a person who is ambiguous between the family and the village is really a ticking time bomb.
If it wasn't because the other party was the son of the patriarch and held the position of the captain of the dark department, he would have done it directly to monitor Itachi so that he wouldn't come and make trouble.
After the meeting, Fu Yue called Itachi aside, and looked at Itachi with a frown: "Why did you say that when you were in the meeting?"
Itachi was silent.
Fu Yue could only sigh, and patted Itachi on the shoulder.
"Don't irritate Yadai and them in the future. He has been dissatisfied with the village and the high-level for too long. When Uchiha Ruri didn't defect, he was the leading radical in the family."
"That is to say, did father agree?"
The so-called establishment of a regime belonging to Uchiha in the village.
Itachi raised his head and met Fu Yue's eyes.
Fuyue looked complicated, and in the end he just sighed again and nodded his head.
Itachi was taken aback. He thought that his father, who had a tough expression at the meeting just now, would firmly support the radicals.
Looking at it now, Fuyue didn't want to solve it in this way, but was forced to a dead end by Yashidai and other radicals.
Fuyue saw Itachi was still silent, so he turned around, pointed to Itachi in the distance and asked:
"Know what's in there?"
Itachi looked in the direction of Fugaku's finger.
"There is the shadow rock of the four Hokages."
The symbol of Hokage, engraved there in recognition of the achievements of the Hokages, has never faded even after years of baptism.
"Only the name of the Uchiha clan is missing."
Fu Yue said in a deep voice.
There was a gleam of ambition in his eyes.
Being persecuted by Uchiha Yatsushiro and others is one aspect, but he also desires in his heart to lead the family into a higher realm.
That is to let the Uchiha clan give birth to a Hokage, so as to guide Konoha forward, and the Senju clan cannot be allowed to stand at the top forever.
"I see, Father."
Itachi nodded, as if he understood something.
It is an ugly gesture for a clan who is bound by power and ignores the stability of the village.
Fuyue smiled gratifiedly.
"As expected of my child, well, let's go home, Sasuke should be waiting impatiently."
"No, Anbu still has work. I hope to make more efforts for the family."
Itachi and Fuyue looked at each other.
Fu Yue touched his chin and agreed.
"Okay, but don't force yourself too much, come back earlier."
"yes."
Itachi knew that although his father Fugaku did not explicitly agree to the coup at the meeting just now, his silence had already decided everything.
Whether he was driven out of the market or had such an idea in the first place, his father Fu Yue did not intend to treat the village in a soft way.
You must take action.
After Itachi left, Fuyue stopped for a moment, and was about to leave when a figure rushed towards him.
is water stop.
The mainstay of the family is also the younger generation of ninjas that Fuyue admires.
The future Uchiha patriarch will be elected between him and Itachi.
"Shishui, what are you doing here at this time?"
"Patriarch, is Itachi here?"
Zhishui asked.
"He went to Anbu to work overtime."
Fuyue replied.
When Zhishui heard it, his heart sank.
"Sorry, patriarch, I'm in a hurry to talk to Itachi, I'm sorry."
After finishing speaking, Shisui rushed towards the Hokage Building without waiting for Fugaku's response.
Itachi...don't do anything stupid! Zhishui was burning with anxiety.
If Itachi chooses to go home, then nothing will happen, and there is still room for turning around.
If Itachi went to Anbe, or the Hokage Building, the situation would be really bad.
(PS: In fact, I have been struggling with the exact news of the Uchiha coup, who told the high-level Konoha, after thinking about it carefully, let Itachi do it. Because unlike Itachi, Shisui wants to save both the family and the village, and does not favor a certain one alone, otherwise he would not be so desperate to commit suicide in the original book. Therefore, when Shisui knew that the family wanted a coup, the first thought was definitely not to report to the high-level Konoha, but to find a way to solve it internally. And Itachi is completely on the side of Konoha. In terms of the proportion of the village and the family, from the perspective of the village, it is more likely to inform the high-level Konoha.)
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