Pokémon Ninja Scrolls of the Mizukage

Chapter 527 The Uchiha Clan's Dilemma
Since the conditions proposed by Kumogakure are extremely harsh, the negotiation progress between Konoha and Kumogakure seems to be approaching zero.

It was clearly a negotiation that had been planned in advance, but they kept arguing from the afternoon until dark without any break.

Jianchuan Ju, who came to the side as a witness, couldn't help but breathe heavily.

However, compared to the country of hot springs, the verbal sparring at the negotiation table was far away in Konoha Village in the country of fire.

Tonight seemed even less peaceful.

In the Land of Fire, in Konoha Village.

In the slightly cool night, the Konoha Village, which was extremely bustling during the day, seemed unusually quiet.

Many people have received the news that Konoha is about to reach a truce with the Hidden Cloud Village.

Even though less than a month ago, the village had mobilized a large number of ninjas to fight on the front lines, and suffered heavy casualties.

However, most villagers and even the large ninja families breathed a sigh of relief that the Third Ninja World War, which had lasted for several years, was completely ended.

You know, this is not just the end of the Third Ninja World War.

For Konoha, the Third Ninja World War was more like a continuation of the Second Ninja World War.

There were only two or three years between the two world wars, and small-scale conflicts in between never really stopped.

For some older ninjas, this war has lasted for more than a decade.

With the official ceasefire, the whole village seemed to have regained some vitality.

Of course, not all families are looking forward to this ceasefire.

In the Uchiha clan's territory, Uchiha Fugaku, the clan leader, was reading through the recent security department report with some worry.

The Konoha Guard has always been the private territory of the Uchiha clan since the reign of the Second Hokage.

Whether it is the internal management of the Guard Department or the selection and promotion of personnel, it can be decided by the Uchiha family without the approval of the Hokage.

This "excellent" selection mechanism has resulted in most members of the Uchiha clan having temporary positions in the Guard Department.

However, controlling the important department of the Guard Department not only brought great power to the Uchiha clan, but also created an invisible barrier between the members of the Uchiha clan and other villagers in Konoha Village.

The daily work of the security department is to maintain public order in the village and resolve disputes among villagers.

Even if it is to handle cases impartially and impartially.

When you help one party, you will inevitably offend the other party.

Moreover, given the Uchiha clan's arrogant and conceited character, how could they possibly handle the case impartially?

In other words, how can a village like Konoha, which doesn't even have decent and fair laws, convince people that it is fair?
This also caused the Uchiha clan's reputation in Konoha Village to decline.

Similarly, the clan members' resentment towards the villagers of Konoha is also growing day by day.

"We Uchiha work hard to maintain the law and order in the village, but these untouchables are not grateful and always treat us coldly. Why should we be nice to these idiots?"

This is already the true thought of most people within the Uchiha clan.

What rapidly intensified this conflict was the attack on the major ninja clans by the "Uchiha Thief" more than a year ago.

That time a thief who called himself Uchiha Madara attacked.

Although the Uchiha clan's secret vault was also stolen, although most people did not believe that the other party was really Uchiha Madara, and although there was subsequent news proving that the other party was an unknown organization hidden in the ninja world, and even launched attacks on the tailed beasts of other villages.

However, during the attack, the opponent actually displayed the Sharingan that only the Uchiha clan possesses.

Although that person also displayed the ability of Wood Release.

But they couldn't blame the others, since the Senju clan had been disbanded for who knows how many years, right? And since they were able to easily penetrate the layers of defense outside Konoha, all parties believed that they had a deep understanding of Konoha, and the guards, as the village's defense force, were also responsible for their negligence.

After that, the conflict between the Guard Department, or the Uchiha Clan, and ordinary villagers, and even ordinary ninjas from the major ninja clans, became increasingly intensified.

From time to time, there would be cases where the Uchiha clan injured villagers while enforcing the law, or had conflicts with ninjas and caused damage.

"Ugh--"

Looking at the cases from recent days on the table, Uchiha Fugaku couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

He didn't feel bad about the overwhelming compensation. With the Uchiha clan's background, money was just a small problem.

But if this continues for a long time, Uchiha Fugaku is very worried that their Uchiha clan will not be tolerated by Konoha.

He had previously proposed at a clan meeting that, with the ascension of the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, who was relatively friendly to the Uchiha clan, the Uchiha clan should voluntarily hand over the Guard Department and follow the example of other ninja clans, dispersing and integrating into other departments within the village.

But let alone bringing up the Hokage Minato Namikaze, the first people to disagree with this proposal were within the clan.

Even though the tribesmen often complain about the work of the Guard Department, how many of them can really give up the power they have held for many years?

In desperation, Uchiha Fugaku could only settle for the next best option.

He hoped that more clan members would participate in this Ninja World War, establish reputation through military exploits, and soften the prejudices and resentments of other village ninjas towards the Uchiha clan through friendship between comrades.

In order to set a good example, Uchiha Fugaku even personally took his four-year-old son to the battlefield.

However, this move has not yet yielded much results.

Now the Third Ninja World War is almost over.

What made Uchiha Fugaku even more worried was the emergency gathering of manpower to defend against the sudden attack on the Hidden Cloud Village more than half a month ago.

The previous Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen sent Shimura Danzo to summon the various ninja clans to fight.

Danzo Shimura summoned all the ninja clans, except for the Uchiha clan.

Although after Sarutobi Hiruzen returned, he explained that as an important part of the guard department, the Uchiha clan should have stayed in the village to maintain the safety of the village at such a critical moment.

But Uchiha Fugaku could clearly see that the ninja families that paid a heavy price in casualties on the battlefield, even the more rational clan leaders, looked at the Uchiha clan with a hint of resentment in their eyes.

Faced with such a situation, Uchiha Fugaku had no solution at all.

"Do I have to use this eye again?"

Uchiha Fugaku covered his left eye, which was a little blurry, with his right hand, and a trace of struggle flashed across his face.

However, just as the scarlet magatama in Uchiha Fugaku's eyes were turning and just turning into complex patterns.

"who!!"

Uchiha Fugaku shouted loudly, then stood up suddenly.

Followed by.

"Whoosh-"

A rapid and sharp sound of breaking through the air passed by.

"Boom!"

The sharp kunai pierced through the paper window and got stuck on his desk.

(End of this chapter)