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Chapter 94 Ninja Clan? Ninja Clan!

Madara Uchiha could never have imagined that, only twenty years after his "death," the ninja world's opinion of their Uchiha clan would plummet to such a level.

Back when he was in power, what a prestigious reputation the Uchiha clan had!

Apart from the Senju clan, no one in the entire ninja world dared to look the Uchiha clan in the eye.

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, who is now renowned throughout the ninja world and is known as the "Two Scales," was brought to Konoha by his master, the Second Tsuchikage, Mu. However, Madara Uchiha didn't even need to use Susanoo; he simply activated his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and easily defeated the two of them with a single glare.

A true hero kills with his eyes.

This was merely a small, insignificant scene in Madara Uchiha's magnificent and turbulent career as a ninja.

When he was fighting Hashirama Senju at the Valley of the End, did you see anyone dare to jump out and take advantage of the situation?

To put it bluntly, if anyone had managed to break through their battle circle within a hundred meters, Madara Uchiha would have looked at him with more respect and praised his courage.

But what about now?

The illustrious reputation that the Uchiha clan had built over a thousand years had now fallen to this state, where even ordinary people with no martial arts skills dared to ridicule them. It was like a case of "when the cat's away, the mice will play," which only fueled his anger.

If it weren't for the fact that his life was being sustained entirely by the Divine Tree's chakra, and if he weren't worried that the forbidden technique "Reaper Death Seal" would take his soul away through the chakra, Madara Uchiha would definitely have gone to Kirigakure to show that naturally evil Hozuki brat what the might of the Uchiha was!

But then he realized that there's no smoke without fire. If Hozuki Shingetsu dared to make such a film, and so many people in the ninja world agreed with it, could there really be some truth he didn't know?

Since Madara Uchiha's defection from Konoha, he had been peacefully waiting for his Rinnegan to mature in this underground cave, essentially cutting off all communication with the outside world. It was only after his Rinnegan awakened and he "created" Zetsu that he had a channel to obtain information from the outside world.

Although Zetsu has been sent to the Uchiha clan to find suitable pawns, he hasn't really paid much attention to the current situation of the Uchiha clan.

After all, considering the time that has passed, most of the people he knew back then are either dead or old, so there's really no need to get to know them anymore.

"Ze, this Shimura Danzo... are you familiar with him? And what about the current situation of the Uchiha clan? Is it really as the movie and report described?"

Madara Uchiha looked at Zetsu beside him and asked the question that had been bothering him.

When he left, Shimura Danzo and Sarutobi Hiruzen were still children, and naturally they didn't have the ability to attract the attention of a powerful ninja.

Black Zetsu's mind raced as he considered how Madara Uchiha would react upon learning of the Uchiha clan's current situation.

After a long while, he slowly revealed the truth.

"I see... A disciple of Tobirama Senju. Heh, he really does resemble that scoundrel!"

After learning this information, Madara Uchiha automatically filled in the blanks in his mind and had a general idea of ​​the current situation of the Uchiha clan.

Just as Zetsu was looking at Uchiha Madara with expectant eyes, wondering how he would react, he found that Madara, who was originally very emotional, had calmed down and was no longer angry.

"Ha, to be manipulated by someone like this and not even fight back, where is the spirit of the Uchiha now? They're nothing but imposters who inherited the Uchiha bloodline and wore the Uchiha name!"

"It seems the Uchiha I envision can only exist within the Infinite Tsukuyomi..."

As the saying goes, there is no greater sorrow than a broken heart. Madara Uchiha sighed and completely extinguished the last trace of attachment he had for the Uchiha clan.

"That's settled then. Go and make the arrangements in Takigakure..."

Madara Uchiha waved his hand dismissively, signaling Zetsu to leave.

"Hash Hot Mom..."

The empty underground cavern was filled only with the echoing, aged voice of Uchiha Madara.

-

At this time, Hozuki Shingetsu was naturally unaware that he had already been targeted by Uchiha Madara, who was far away in the Land of Grass.

At this moment, he was solemnly explaining many matters to Akiba Masanobu at the Ninja Academy.

"Lord Crescent Moon, these measures, overall, are not particularly complicated and are easy to implement; they can all be prepared in three days at most. However, the key point is what you mentioned: allowing students to choose their own ninjutsu training. Shouldn't we reconsider this carefully?"

Akiba Masanobu pointed to the last requirement, hesitated for a moment, perhaps fearing that Hozuki Shingetsu might object, and then quickly explained:

"It's not that I'm questioning your policy, but looking at the entire ninja world, even in Konoha, the birthplace of the ninja academy, there's no practice of letting students learn ninjutsu independently. Besides, given the aptitude of those commoner students, they'd be lucky to even learn the Three Body Techniques. Even if these ninjutsu were placed right in front of them, they probably still wouldn't be able to learn them, would they?"

"But if we do that, those ninja clans might have some opinions..." Akiba Masanobu subtly reminded him.

Hozuki Shingetsu didn't explain, he just waved his hand to indicate that he should do as he was told.

Akiba Masanobu naturally dared not question Hozuki Shingetsu's decision. He knew that all his wealth and glory were now firmly tied to Hozuki Shingetsu, so he would not refuse any of his orders.

Watching Akiba Masanobu's departing figure, Hozuki Shingetsu's gaze was leisurely.

Having lived in this ninja world for thirteen years, how could he not understand the meaning behind Akiba Masanobu's words?

The qualification to train in ninjutsu has always been monopolized by villages and major ninja clans. Would they not know that students at the ninja academy can only train the Three Body Techniques?

Of course they knew it; they did it on purpose!

They tacitly blocked the path for commoner ninjas to rise in rank, turning ninja academies into a production line where people entered at six, came out at nine as qualified cannon fodder, enjoyed a few years of ninja privileges at most, and then died.

The ninja clans watched all this from a high position. It can be said that the achievements of Kirigakure over the past decade have been built on the lives of ordinary ninjas.

This situation applies not only to Kirigakure, but to every ninja village in the entire ninja world that has established a ninja academy.

With no good teachers, no resources for ninjutsu training, no bloodline limits, and no time for training, commoner ninjas have effectively created a situation where there are no commoners among the Jonin and no ninja clans among the students.

This situation had occurred before in the history of the previous life, but at that time it was called... aristocratic families!

Perhaps, given the characteristics of the ninja world, it would be more accurate to describe it as a ninja clan.

Although, in terms of status, Hozuki Shingetsu, as the head of the ninja clans in Kirigakure at this time, should be on the side of the ninja clans, since his base of support at this time was these ninja clan alliances.

But as the saying goes, there are no classes that betray their classes, only individuals who betray their classes.

People with different identities will have different perspectives on issues.

As the ruled, they naturally want to band together for mutual support and pool all their strength to fight against those in power.

However, as the ruler, Hozuki Shingetsu naturally harbored a great aversion to these small groups.

Although the existence of bloodline limits cannot eliminate the ninja clan, from the perspective of combat power, Hozuki Shingetsu would not do something that would cripple his own abilities.

However, Hozuki Shingetsu is confident that he can find a way to transform the ninja clan from one based on blood ties into a union bound by bloodline limits.

Therefore, after Hozuki Shingetsu takes over, he will definitely have to crack down on the ninja clan.

Moreover, if they want to use the current miserable state of Kirigakure as a base to fight for supremacy, they must unite all forces, dig out all usable resources, and squeeze every last drop out of Kirigakure.

In this context, the civilian ninjas, who are currently not valued by other ninja villages, are the most important foundation for Kirigakure to overtake others and realize Hozuki Shingetsu's ambitions!

In terms of bloodline ninja clans, Kirigakure's few and far between can compare to the talent-rich Konoha.

Without making great efforts to discover talents among the hundreds of thousands of civilians in Kirigakure, how could he possibly defeat Konoha with only a few hundred bloodline limit ninjas?

Even in Konoha, among the famous ninjas, there were Jiraiya and Orochimaru in the past, Might Guy and his son in the middle, and powerful ninjas like Lee who came from commoner backgrounds.

Even if we lower the standard a bit, apart from the bloodline-based ninja clans, including the Hozuki clan, which of these secret technique ninja clans didn't have commoners as their ancestors?

Before he mastered Dust Release, could Onoki be considered a commoner ninja in terms of physical appearance?

Therefore, the idea that commoner ninjas cannot learn ninjutsu, as mentioned by Akiba Masanobu, is nothing but prejudice and arrogance stemming from the ninja clan.

Although in this ninja world where bloodline reigns supreme, bloodline does indeed greatly enhance combat power, and bloodline ninjas can even take on ten opponents of the same level, so what?

How many Bloodstained Ninjas are there in total?

If even Senju Nawaki could be killed by explosive tags, what are they compared to him?

In terms of the upper limit of ninjas, the upper limit of commoner ninjas is indeed Kage level, but how many bloodline ninjas can reach Kage level?

Every power needs the leadership of elite talents, the consolidation of the middle class, and the support of an economic foundation.

When the top-level combat power is relatively balanced, the basic military strength of each ninja village determines the outcome of the war.

This basic fighting ability was called conventional weapons in the previous life, and is called chuunibyou (middle-level or high-level ninja) in this life.

Therefore, Hozuki Shingetsu's requirements for training these commoner ninjas are not high; reaching the level of Chunin is sufficient.

He had long envisioned the scene of these tens of thousands of steel torrents marching westward under his leadership.

"However... we can't rush things!"

Looking out the window at the empty playground below the office building, which was deserted due to the holiday, Hozuki Shingetsu muttered to himself.

You have to eat one meal at a time, and walk one step at a time.

Relying on the prestige gained from quelling the internal strife in Kirigakure, Hozuki Shingetsu can now do whatever he wants without anyone stopping him. After all, unless a knife is immediately held to their throats, these ninja clans won't say much.

However, for the long term, we must proceed slowly and gradually reform the ninja academy.

According to Chinese tradition, such reforms need to be discussed and implemented step by step.

Moreover, he is only thirteen years old. The Second Shinobi World War has not yet started, Nagato Uzumaki is still a child, and Obito Uchiha has just been born. There is still plenty of time before the Fourth Shinobi World War.

(End of this chapter)