Konoha: We, the Uchiha, are ready to give up!

To be honest, he didn't really care about such a small matter.

They're just the Ino-Shika-Cho trio. Even if they don't surrender, even if he can completely control Konoha, he will never completely wipe them out.

What he wanted was a Konoha strong enough, a Konoha that would obey his orders and let him lie low like a salted fish.

If they really kill all those who disagree, a declining Konoha will only be easy prey for other ninja villages, and then they'll have to risk their lives for it.

Fortunately!

The pig, deer, and butterfly are more sensible than I thought. Although they do have some ulterior motives, they are generally controllable.

This is quite normal.

If it were any other faction, they might hate the Ino-Shika-Cho trio and subconsciously exclude them from the core.

But Uchiha Jin wouldn't!

First of all, he never intended to wield too much power. In fact, if Hiruzen Sarutobi hadn't forced him, he wouldn't have bothered to take control of Konoha at all.

He's doing this entirely out of necessity.

But even so.

In reality, he was too lazy to become Hokage; it would be too tiring.

and so.

That's why he was willing to cooperate with Minato Namikaze and didn't want to interfere with his rise to power.

He was quite familiar with Minato Namikaze.

Even if he didn't become Hokage, he was confident he could control the situation, just like Hiruzen Sarutobi thought.

only.

Even though they are both behind-the-scenes manipulators (like Qian Haohao), Uchiha Jin's knowledge will make Konoha better and better.

This is the difference!

Therefore, under these circumstances, he naturally couldn't be bothered to pay attention to these trivial matters involving Ino-Shika-Cho.

Meanwhile, on the other side...

Nara Koji breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

Yes.

Even though he had made contingency plans beforehand, he still had no idea how successful or unsuccessful it would be.

Now that he heard Uchiha Jin speak, he finally felt relieved.

Without wasting any words, he immediately got to the point.

"…Shinnosuke Sarutobi was killed by Danzo!"

"This information was obtained by the squad leader, Yamanaka Inoichi, at Hiruzen Sarutobi's request, from the mind of the deceased Sarutobi Arashi."

"Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado have now joined forces with Danzo. A couple of days ago, they even teamed up with Arashi Sarutobi as an inside agent, and then Root made a move to kill Shinnosuke Sarutobi."

"The Hokage faction is now completely embroiled in internal strife!"

"And this is our opportunity!"

Chapter 259 Kazama is shocked, Uchiha Jin poses a difficult question!

Koji Nara spoke in a solemn tone.

Yes.

This is the sincerity he brought this time. The infighting within the Hokage faction is indeed a top secret in Konoha these days.

Aside from the Konoha F4, only the Ino-Shika-Cho trio who participated knew.

But now.

In order to integrate the Ino-Shika-Cho trio into the Uchiha camp, Nara Koji, Nara Shikaku, and other high-ranking members of the three clans discussed the matter for a long time before finally revealing it.

This matter is extremely important!

If this gets leaked, the clansmen who remain in the Hokage faction will be in grave danger!

After all, for Hiruzen Sarutobi, he already has the Uchiha clan as an external enemy. If internal discord were to be exposed, he would be easily targeted by his enemies one by one.

Especially, Uchiha Jin!

This guy, who's quite adept at all sorts of conspiracies, schemes, and maneuvering, who knows what he might come up with based on this information.

This also shows that the Ino-Shika-Cho trio really went to great lengths to integrate into the Uchiha clan!

Kazama Nara looked utterly shocked.

Yes.

He didn't know anything about this; we didn't discuss these things last night.

"Uncle, are you kidding me?" Nara Kazama asked in astonishment, "Has Hiruzen Sarutobi gone mad? Are those three elders crazy?"

"They have a formidable enemy like the Uchiha clan by their side right now, how can they still have internal conflicts like this?"

"This is insane!"

Yes.

He really doesn't understand!

Nara Kazama certainly knew that everyone has selfish motives.

The Naruto factions could never be monolithic; there's Akimichi Torifu from the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, and Uchiha Jin from the Uchiha clan.

These are all lessons from the past!

Once they lose their usefulness, they will naturally be kicked out of the inner circle.

But the problem is...

With the rise of Uchiha Jin, the Hokage faction is under great pressure. Even if they are united, they may not be able to kill Jin. Under such circumstances, there are still internal conflicts.

Good guy!

They're trying to kill themselves even faster!

Upon hearing this, Nara Koji simply shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"This is not their fault."

"In fact, it was precisely the rise of Jinjun that further intensified their internal conflicts."

"At present, Hiruzen Sarutobi is focused on ending the war and then quickly promoting Minato Namikaze to the position of Fourth Hokage. By doing so, he can completely disappear into the shadows, control Minato Namikaze, and dump some ordinary and heavy basic work on him."

"But, more importantly!"

"Only by freeing up most of his energy can Hiruzen Sarutobi better consolidate his forces and thus better target the Uchiha!"

"That's the problem. Hiruzen Sarutobi was too hasty!"

"Perhaps it was because of the rapid rise of King Jin that he felt threatened, which caused the Hokage to lose his composure."

"Because he was too hasty, he didn't even want basic war reparations during the negotiations with Iwagakure. And he habitually didn't want to take the blame, so he just dumped it on Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado."

"These two elders are innocent! After all, what does this have to do with them?"

"But, there's no other way!"

"One of them controls the administration department, and the other controls Konoha Hospital. Although they have real power, they are actually not that powerful."

"The Hokage has the Anbu under his command; that's the real power department."

"If we make them take the blame, would the two elders dare to disagree?"

"The feud between these two elders and the Hokage was directly escalated because of this incident."

"From the perspective of these two elders, Hiruzen Sarutobi has become increasingly arrogant and self-centered in recent years, and he has increasingly disregarded them."

"The former Uchiha Kagami, the later Akimichi Torifu, Hatake Sakumo..."

"Whoever stands out dies!"

"Under these circumstances, last night Danzo, dissatisfied with the Hokage's cowardice, went to talk to the Hokage about the matter, but the Hokage directly smashed Danzo away with a stick."

"Perhaps the Hokage was out of anger and didn't think much at the time. He had just been holding back his emotions for a long time and simply used Danzo as his emotional dumping ground."

"But this terrified the two elders."

(bjfg) "They were also afraid that once they were no longer of any use, they would be completely killed by Hiruzen Sarutobi."

"That's precisely why they want to make their voices heard."

"They want to teach Hiruzen Sarutobi a lesson and let the Hokage know that they are not to be trifled with."

"So they approached Danzo, and since the two elders had always been the Hokage's lackeys, Danzo naturally wanted them to pledge their allegiance."

"In this situation, they set their sights on Sarutobi Shinnosuke."

“Shinnosuke controls the Anbu and is the Hokage’s son. Killing him directly would weaken the Hokage’s power, but more importantly, it would serve as a warning to him.”