Naruto: Help Madara rejuvenate and launch a counterattack on Konoha

Itachi glanced at Deidara; he had sensed something was off about Deidara ever since.

According to Liao Wu, he is an ancient Uchiha who recently traveled to the present day using the dragon vein.

That shouldn't have anything to do with Deidara!

But why is Deidara so loyal to Liaowu?

Itachi suspected that Deidara was different from them, that Deidara was being controlled by Ryou's illusion.

Deidara shouted at Itachi, "And then? And then? Did Shisui Uchiha use Kotoamatsukami to control the higher-ups of Konoha?"

Itachi shook his head: "Shisui never intended to use Kotoamatsukami to control the village's leadership. What he wanted to control was my father, to prevent him from leading the Uchiha clan in a coup."

"ah?!"

Deidara wore an extremely bewildered expression, as if he had seen someone holding a winning hand but playing it terribly.

"With such a useful eye technique, why don't you use it to control the higher-ups in Konoha? Instead, you're trying to control the Uchiha clan. What is that guy named Shisui thinking?"

Orochimaru sneered, "I heard that Shisui of the Body Flicker later committed suicide. I think he must have been naive enough to tell the higher-ups in Konoha about his Sharingan awakening into the Mangekyou Sharingan."

"You also said you'd use Kotoamatsukami to stop the Uchiha coup, right, Itachi?"

Itachi nodded: "The Root attacked Shisui, and Danzo took one of Shisui's eyes. He was also poisoned by the Aburame clan's insect venom, and since there was no cure, he jumped off a cliff and committed suicide."

"hehe……"

Orochimaru chuckled mockingly, "What a child! So naive to believe my teacher and Danzo, that guy who worships darkness."

"Danzo inherited Tobirama Senju's radical ideas and always wanted to take radical actions against the Uchiha clan."

"The Uchiha coup plot gave him an opportunity, and he couldn't be happier that the Uchiha would overestimate their abilities and stage a coup."

Itachi sighed inwardly. Even if he looked back at what happened back then now, he couldn't find a way to save the Uchiha clan.

The Uchiha clan had been isolated by Konoha for so long that a coup was inevitable.

At that time, Itachi's father, Fugaku, was suppressing the Uchiha's radical behavior.

Itachi was about five or six years old when the Nine-Tails attacked the village. After the Uchiha were ordered to relocate to a place further away from the village center, he developed a rebellious heart.

Itachi slaughtered the Uchiha clan when he was only thirteen years old.

There was a gap of about seven years in between, meaning the Uchiha clan spent seven years preparing for their rebellion.

The leader who plots a coup is either an idiot or a spy planted by the higher-ups.

Fugaku is neither of those.

When Itachi followed orders from higher-ups to slaughter the Uchiha, he didn't resist, which shows that Itachi was an incompetent husband from beginning to end.

Itachi recounted the events surrounding the Uchiha clan massacre.

Including Obito's matter.

Itachi, with his Mangekyou Sharingan activated, could take on the Uchiha clan single-handedly.

But the price to pay will be heavy.

The Uchiha Police Department is full of elites; they can't just stand there and let Itachi kill them all like chickens.

Itachi asked Obito to help him take care of the police department.

Even without Obito, the Root members surrounded the Uchiha clan's territory. If Itachi couldn't handle it, the Root ninjas would get involved.

Orochimaru sighed, "How tragic! No matter how ancient a ninja clan is, it will eventually be wiped out by time."

"What in this world is truly eternal?"

Itachi looked at Orochimaru: "Lord Orochimaru, if you had become Hokage back then, would the Uchiha clan have had a different fate?"

Orochimaru shook his head: "If I become Hokage, I will implant cursed seals into all of your Uchiha clan members, or put them all on the experimental table."

Itachi paused for a moment.

The fate of the Uchiha clan has only gotten worse!

Itachi looked at Liaowu: "Liaowu-senpai, I've finished speaking. Are you disappointed?"

Liao Wu nodded and, with the conservative nature of the Warring States period, replied to Itachi: "Our Uchiha clan and the Senju clan are sworn enemies."

"In those days, if a country employed the Senju clan, its enemy country would employ the Uchiha clan."

"I have never believed that our blood feud, which has lasted for thousands of years, can be resolved because of one or two people."

"The Uchiha clan was doomed from the day they submitted to the Senju and joined Konoha."

Itachi said, "But Madara Uchiha was defeated by the First Hokage back then. Even if we hadn't joined Konoha, we would still have been wiped out by the Senju clan!"

Liao Wu said somewhat radically, "That's better than being slowly boiled like a frog!"

"We are a proud race; we will either perish in the blazing flames or conquer everything!"

Itachi lowered his head; Liao Wu's actions were very much in line with the Uchiha clan of the Warring States period.

They were sent to the battlefield at an age when they could still hold things, and spent their whole lives fighting.

In that bloody era, only by fighting could one survive, and only by becoming stronger could one live a better life.

Itachi asked, "If Lord Ryougo were in my position, what would you do to save the Uchiha clan?"

Liao Wu thought for a moment: "Use Shisui's Kotoamatsukami to control Danzo!"

Itachi countered, "But that would make the Uchiha coup unchangeable!"

Liao Wu smiled and said to Itachi, "You want to protect the Uchiha clan, but you don't want the Uchiha clan to fight Konoha and cause the Fourth Shinobi World War, right?"

Itachi nodded. No one would be so heartless as to wipe out their own clan.

Both Itachi and Shisui hoped that the Uchiha clan and Konoha could live in harmony.

Liao Wu tapped his fingers on the table, remained silent for a moment, then smiled: "If a couple who frequently argues are on the verge of a breakdown, what will happen next?"

Orochimaru said, "Divorce!"

Itachi thought of Liao Wu's plan: "Should we have the Uchiha leave Konoha? That won't do, that's defection!"

Liao Wu said, "It's not about having the Uchiha defect to another country, but about them seeking refuge with the Daimyo!"

"Seek refuge with a daimyo?"

Itachi was taken aback.

Liao Wu nodded: "I have studied the national system of this era. The political system of the five major countries is a one-country-one-village system."

"A country has two core figures: the Hokage and the Daimyo!"

"If the Hokage can't solve your problem, then go seek help from the Daimyo!"

"I don't believe that a daimyo who has economic power but no military would refuse the power of the Uchiha clan."

Orochimaru chuckled: "Not long ago, Konoha suffered an attack caused by a former member of the Twelve Guardian Shinobi."

"The 'one country, one village' system is already very crude; how could a country possibly practice having two jades?"

Orochimaru turned to look at Itachi: "Any Daimyo who is a normal person would want to cultivate his power in the ninja village."

"If only you had chosen a Jonin to join the Twelve Guardian Ninjas back then."

"Regardless of any connection with the Daimyo, joining means becoming one of the Twelve Guardian Ninjas."

"I think Konoha will consider the Daimyo's opinion when they wipe out the Uchiha!"