Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

Chapter 94: The Night of December ,
"Lord Jiraiya." Uchiha Tokou called out to Jiraiya who was about to leave.

"Hmm?" Jiraiya turned around and looked at Uchiha Tokou with some confusion.

"Regarding the masked man's Mangekyō Sharingan, I might find some clues after I go back and look through the family records. I will report to you tomorrow." Uchiha Douguang said with a smile.

"Okay, thank you for your help then." Jiraiya nodded and smiled without thinking too much.

After Jiraiya left, Uchiha Toko opened the map of the village by himself. After Uchiha Obito showed up, many of his plans needed to be rearranged.

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At seven o'clock in the evening, a banquet was set up in Uchiha Douguang's mansion, and the invited guests arrived one by one.

However, after arriving at the scene, the more meticulous Aburame Shiwei also found something unusual. In the past, when Uchiha Tokou invited guests to his banquets, he would often invite senior officials from various departments in the village to banquets separately. But this time, Aburame Shiwei discovered that in addition to him and the patriarch of the Inuzuka clan, Inuzuka Jape, there were also six captains of the security department, four elders of the Uchiha clan, and several middle-level officials of the security department such as Uchiha Inahib and Uchiha Zaito who were vigorously trained by Uchiha Tokou. In addition, there were several members of the Isshinkai from the Anbu and the Jonin squad.

It can be said that all the top leaders of their faction were present.

The banquet officially began in the reception room of Uchiha Douguang's house. A long table was set up in the reception room and all the invited guests took their seats in turn.

Seeing that most people had arrived, Uchiha Douguang began the necessary steps of every banquet.

"Everyone! Thank you all for coming." Uchiha Douguang said with a smile.

"What Chief Dou Guang said is nonsense. It is us who made Chief Dou Guang spend money." Inuzuka Jaw said with a smile.

"A small expense is nothing." Uchiha Douguang waved his hand. "It is my honor to drink with all of you ninjas who hold the will of fire in your hearts!"

"It is the will of fire that unites us! Let's toast to the will of fire with this first glass of wine!" Uchiha Douguang raised his glass.

"Cheers to the will of fire!" Everyone raised their glasses.

After a glass of wine, the atmosphere in the banquet became lively, and everyone toasted each other and chatted freely.

But during the conversation, Nagai Seiichi suddenly brought up a rather dangerous topic: "There seems to be news recently that the village is going to elect the fifth generation."

"Brother Seiichi, be careful with your words." said Torii Tomonobu, the squadron leader of the Jonin squad.

"I don't think there's anyone in the entire village more suitable to be Hokage than Chief Dou Guang!" Nagai Seiichi said, blushing slightly as he drank a large glass of wine. "Tell me, is there anyone who understands the Will of Fire more profoundly than Chief Dou Guang?"

"But now the rumor in the village is that the Sandaime seems to want to designate Lord Jiraiya as the Fifth Daime." After Uchiha Tetsuyu finished the wine in the glass, he said while playing with the wine cup in his hand.

As soon as he finished speaking, the scene fell silent.

At this moment, Uchiha Fugaku pushed the door open and broke the silence.

"Sorry, sorry, I was delayed by something at home. I will drink three cups as punishment later." Uchiha Fugaku said. Today, after Naruto got out of school, Jiraiya came to visit and pick up Naruto, so Fugaku was the last person to arrive at the party.

When Uchiha Tokou saw Uchiha Fugaku arrive, he stood up, took out a stack of documents from his arms, and signaled Uchiha Inahime beside him to distribute them to everyone present.

This document was drafted by Uchiha Douguang, a report on the arrest of Jiraiya on suspicion of aiding the enemy. After seeing this document, everyone present fell silent.

Some of the smokers also picked up matches, lit their cigarettes, and puffed on them. No one spoke first.

Uchiha Douguang signaled to Uchiha Inahori and Uchiha Zaito with his eyes. The two understood and stood up, closing the doors and windows of the reception room.

"Everyone, we are all gathered together because of the Will of Fire," Uchiha Douguang said slowly, "But now, a person suspected of aiding the enemy is about to become Hokage. Can we just sit back and do nothing?"

Inuzuka Jaw lit a cigarette and took a deep breath before speaking: "But Jiraiya is now the Hokage's advisor after all. If you want to arrest him, you need the Hokage's approval."

"Don't worry about that, I will get the Hokage's signature." Uchiha Douguang said.

"But, if a violent conflict occurs when arresting Jiraiya..." Aburame Shiwei said.

"This is a violent coup," said Yoshimura Ryoto of the Jounin Squad after puffing out a cigarette. As he finished speaking, the entire venue fell silent again.

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Douguang chuckled and walked towards the light switch in the room, turning off the light in the reception room. In an instant, the entire reception room was filled with only the moonlight that filtered through the cracks in the window and the faint flickering light of burning cigarettes. Everyone looked at each other, and no one spoke.

"What coup? Aren't we having a revolution?" Uchiha Douguang came to the window. The faint moonlight fell on him through the gap in the window. Everyone looked at him unconsciously.

"But, Dou Guang, why don't we take a long-term view?" An Uchiha elder spoke in the darkness.

"Take a long-term view? Are you kidding me, Elder Yidou?" Uchiha Douguang suddenly laughed and threw the remaining documents at him. "Damn it, you old guys were the ones who kept shouting about a coup during the clan meeting before. Now that we're really going to have a revolution, you tell me we need to take a long-term view?"

Uchiha Yidou's face turned pale, and he immediately defended himself: "Dou Guang, that's not what I meant."

"Elder Yidou, do you think we should do as we did in previous clan meetings, arguing endlessly without achieving any conclusion, and then returning home without any problems before we can discuss the long-term plan?"

"Dou Guang! This is a coup after all!" Uchiha Yidou said after taking a deep breath.

At this time, Uchiha Douguang knocked on the table, glanced at everyone present, and said slowly: "If it fails, it's called a coup. If it succeeds, it's called a revolution!"

Inuzuka Jaguar and Aburame Shiwei looked at Uchiha Tokou's impassioned speech and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts. They originally thought that Uchiha Tokou was not an ordinary Uchiha, but it was not until now that they realized that Uchiha Tokou never lacked the madness of the Uchiha clan.

"Listen up, all the jonin present here. With your strength and achievements, most of you could hold high positions in the village, right? But now? Each of you is stuck in the position of ANBU or captain of the jonin squad, with no way of getting promoted."

"But what about those who came from the Utatane, Mito clan, and Ino-Shika-Cho clan? Their achievements are similar to yours, and some of them are even weaker than you, yet they all hold high positions. And some ninjas from the Sarutobi clan don't have to risk their lives like everyone else. They just need to do some stable clerical work in the rear to sit in positions similar to yours. Don't you feel wronged? Is this the same as the Will of Fire that everyone has heard about since childhood?"

After Uchiha Douguang finished speaking, you could hear a pin drop in the dark living room.

"Look at me with wide eyes!" Uchiha Douguang suddenly shouted, "In order for the village to practice the true will of fire, we have to carry out a thorough cleaning, right?"

Uchiha Douguang sat down and looked at everyone's gloomy faces.

"Everyone, although the night of revolution is short, this glory will last for a long time. I, Uchiha Douguang, will not enjoy this glory alone."

Everyone raised their heads and looked at Uchiha Tokou, whose half face was bathed in bright moonlight, and at his eyes flashing the Mangekyō Sharingan, which most people present had only heard of in legends.

After a long while, the middle-aged senior ninja Nagai Makoto said, "This...this...maybe...we can do it."

Inuzuka Jaw slammed down his cigarette butt and looked at Uchiha Douguang: "Clan leader Douguang, tell me when we will act."

"What can the Aburame Clan do? Please give instructions to Clan Leader Douguang."

Inuzuka Jaguar and Aburame Shiwei are not the hesitant and weak people. Since they have chosen to bet on the Uchiha clan, they should not hesitate when it is time to go all in. What's more, given the current situation, Uchiha Toguchi's plan has a high chance of success.

Seeing this, the others present also sat up straight and looked at Uchiha Douguang.

"Tomorrow, December 12th, we'll start." Uchiha Douguang smiled. "I'll use my shadow clones to take you all to the Sandaime-sama to sign. As for Jiraiya, who is collaborating with the enemy and betraying the village, I'll personally lead the team to capture him."

"We can mobilize about two-thirds of the Anbu people. The second and third battalions and the second squadron of the fourth battalion are all our people. However, the rest are from the Ino-Shika-Cho clan and the two former advisors. We can't mobilize them." Nagai Seiichi and another senior ninja captain from the Anbu said.

"The situation in the jonin squad is similar. Including our old comrades, about half of them are able to follow our orders." Yoshimura Ryoto also spoke up. "The key to this operation lies in whether you, Clan Leader Douguang, can capture Jiraiya as soon as possible."

"That's enough." Uchiha Douguang nodded, "As for capturing Jiraiya, don't worry."

"Then, in addition, there are the diehard Hokage fans like Ino-Shika-Chou." Uchiha Fugaku said.

"Let us take care of those three clans." Aburame Shiwei and Inuzuka Jaw said, "But we may need the Uchiha to send a few powerful jonin to assist."

"That's no problem. On the day of the operation, I will send ten senior ninjas from the clan who have activated three magatama to assist you." Uchiha Douguang said.

(End of this chapter)