Konoha: The Soul King from the Uchiha Clan

Chapter 116 Hiruzen, you'll regret it.

After discussing the matter and finishing their tea, everyone left.

Uchiha Gen went home, took a nap, and then got up to cook. That evening, he enjoyed a delicious spicy hot pot meal with Kurenai and Yugao.

Fugaku acted quickly, collecting all the clan's signatures by 11 a.m. the next day, and then went directly to the Hokage Building before the Third Hokage had finished get off work.

Fugaku arrived smoothly at the Hokage's office on the top floor of the Hokage Building and knocked three times on the door.

"Please come in."

A slightly aged voice rang out, and then Fugaku pushed open the door and entered, bowing respectfully.

"Lord Hokage."

"Oh, it's Fugaku. What's up?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked with a friendly smile, a pipe dangling from his lips.

"Lord Hokage, it seems the relocation of the Uchiha clan's territory cannot be arranged."

Fugaku Uchiha's face flushed red, and he said with a look of shame.

"Huh? What's going on?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi raised an eyebrow, and his kind smile vanished.

To go back on one's word so quickly is a blatant disregard for Danzo and his people, and for the rules and regulations of Konoha!

That's right.

"After I went back and reported the news, I thought most people would agree, but the opposite was true. Perhaps because they are reluctant to leave their homeland, the vast majority of them opposed relocating their ancestral lands."

"The three elders were the most vehemently opposed, and they joined forces with the opponents to persuade even the supporters of the clan."

"Then the three elders, together with the entire clan, put pressure on me, and under pressure, I had no choice but to submit."

"This is a petition signed by all members of the Uchiha clan opposing the relocation of their clan's territory. Please take a look, Hokage."

Fugaku formed a hand seal, and with a bang, a cloud of white smoke appeared. He caught the large scroll that emerged from the smoke, moved his legs a few steps, and presented it with both hands.

Hiruzen Sarutobi took the scroll and began to read.

The first half of the scroll states the various reasons for opposing the relocation of the clan's territory, with the emphasis on the difficulty of leaving their homeland.

People of the same clan are reluctant to leave their homeland. If the Konoha leadership insists on forcibly relocating them, how can they be considered humane?

The middle part is a plea to the Hokage to rescind his order, and he says a lot of nice things about it. The second half is just a dense array of hand seals.

Aside from the Fugaku family, there were as many handprints as there were members of the Uchiha clan. The entire area was a sea of ​​bright red, and you could even smell a faint stench of blood.

That's right, these handprints weren't made with ink, but with fresh blood.

The scroll's contents and the bloody handprint were ideas conceived by Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha together.

Ninjas would bite their fingers and press the sores, since they would recover quickly anyway, while ordinary people would press the sores with pig's blood.

Ordinary people have already left their handprints with blood. If the Konoha leadership still wants to forcibly relocate them, do they have any humanity left?

After watching, Hiruzen Sarutobi glanced at Fugaku, who was filled with shame, while smoking a cigarette, and muttered to himself.

Was Fugaku's control over the Uchiha clan really that poor?

Or is it that relocating the clan's territory truly violated a taboo of the Uchiha clan, causing the clan members to disrespect the clan leader?

Well then, we cannot go against the will of the people. In this time of great need for reconstruction and internal and external troubles, it is not good to cause internal conflicts in Konoha.

Stability is the most important thing now; stability overrides everything else!

"In that case, it is indeed not advisable to relocate the clan's territory."

"Let's drop this matter. I'll handle things with the administration department."

Fugaku said gratefully, "Thank you, Hokage-sama! Thank you, Hokage-sama!"

"Is there anything else?"

"That's all, Lord Hokage, I'll take my leave now."

"Um……"

After Fugaku left, Hiruzen Sarutobi said in a deep voice, "Go and call the three elders over."

"Yes, Lord Hokage."

In the Hokage's office, a squad leader from the Third Hokage's direct subordinate ANBU answered respectfully, and then sent his team members out to inform the others.

About fifteen minutes later, Homura, Koharu, and Danzo arrived at the Hokage's office one after another.

"Hiruzen, what do you want with us?"

Danzo, who was furthest away and arrived last, pushed open the door and saw his old friends all there. He couldn't help but ask what had happened, wondering what major event had occurred...

"Close the door."

Danzo closed the door as instructed.

"Take a look at this."

Hiruzen Sarutobi picked up the Uchiha clan's joint letter, or rather, their joint scroll, and threw it to Homura Mitokado, who was closest to him.

Mitokado Homura unrolled the scroll, and the other two came to his side to read it together. After they finished reading, the three of them looked at each other in bewilderment...

"Hiruzen, we absolutely cannot let the Uchiha clan succeed! This is a threat to us!"

"How can government orders be changed overnight?"

Danzo's forehead veins throbbed, his face contorted with rage, and he spat as he spoke.

"I don't see it as a threat; I only see it as a collective plea."

"Furthermore, the Ministry of Administration's reconstruction plan has not been officially announced yet, and without an official announcement, it cannot be considered a change of policy overnight."

"We just found that the original plan was not suitable and made slight modifications."

Hiruzen Sarutobi, with a pipe dangling from his lips and his hands supporting his chin, spoke in a calm yet unquestionable tone.

Danzo's expression shifted. He wanted to stand his ground but lacked confidence because he had just been reinstated. So he looked at Menyan and Koharu.

"You two, say something!"

Menyan and Xiaochun were about to speak when they heard this, but Hiruzen Sarutobi waved his hand and said, "No need to say anything, my mind is made up."

"Don't forget the principle I spoke of that night: we cannot force or coerce people."

Men Yan and Xiao Chun obediently shut up upon hearing this.

"Hmph, Hiruzen, you'll regret this!"

Danzo was furious after making that statement and turned to leave.

"Don't reveal the original plan, and don't target Fugaku or any other Uchiha."

"Don't think you can get away with it just because there were a lot of people at the meeting that day. You can't fool my eyes."

"You are well aware of Konoha's current situation. I don't want to see this cause internal conflicts within Konoha. Now is the time to unite."

"Stability, stability is the most important thing, stability overrides everything else."

"Anyone who disrupts the stability of Konoha, I'll deal with them!"

"I am the Hokage, and I keep my word."

Although Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice was not loud and his tone was not stern, the warning in his words was strong and left no room for doubt.

Danzo felt he was losing face, so he suddenly opened the door, slammed it shut, and repeated what he had said before.

"Hmph, Hiruzen, you'll regret this!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't care. He had heard this sentence countless times since he was young, and most of the time he was right.

"Hiruzen, we'll keep your words in mind. We'll get back to work now."

"Go ahead, remember to revise the reconstruction plan, and then show it to me."

"it is good."

Hiruzen Sarutobi was relatively at ease with his two old friends, as Danzo had never been a peaceful person.

After finishing this matter, Hiruzen Sarutobi, with a pipe in his mouth, picked up his pen and continued working on the pile of documents on his desk.

Three days later, the administration officially announced the reconstruction plan, and the Uchiha clan's territory remained in the center of the village, with no change in location.

Danzo did not risk angering Hiruzen Sarutobi by targeting the Uchiha clan, and temporarily ceased his actions.

The village lockdown order in Konoha has reached its limit. The outsiders stranded in Konoha, regardless of their identity, are all indignant and cannot be suppressed unless force is used.

With the village lockdown lifted, the surviving spies from various countries left with the main force, using various means to send messages back.

With the village lockdown lifted, the pressure on the Ninth Division of the Police Department was greatly reduced, and they began to return to normal.

Unless instructed otherwise, Uchiha Gen only needs to make a quick trip in the morning to get on with his own business; the specific tasks will be handled by the vice-captain and his team.

Two days later, Orochimaru and Jiraiya returned to the village one after the other.

Tsunade had no intention of returning to the village; she simply lamented that yet another person had lost their life because of the Hokage…

Sorry for only having two chapters today. I've finished writing the plot I came up with, and now I need to work out the outline.

(End of this chapter)