My name is Uchiha Touhuan, and I beat the villagers so badly they cried out in pain.

Chapter 94 The Night of December 11th, Year 56 of the Timber Industry

"Lord Jiraiya." Uchiha Touhuan called out to Jiraiya, who was about to leave.

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

"Regarding that masked man's Mangekyou Sharingan, I'll go back and review the clan records. Maybe I'll find some clues. I'll report back to you tomorrow," Uchiha Touhuan said with a smile.

"Okay, then I'll trouble you." Jiraiya didn't think much of it and nodded with a smile.

After Jiraiya left, Uchiha Touhuan alone drew up a map of the village. With Obito Uchiha emerging, many of his plans needed to be rearranged.

……

At 7 p.m., a banquet was set up at Uchiha Tohsen's residence, and the invited guests arrived one by one.

However, upon arrival, the meticulous Aburame Shiki noticed something unusual. In the past, when Uchiha Touken hosted banquets, he would usually invite the high-ranking officials of various departments in the village separately. But this time, Aburame Shiki discovered that in addition to himself and Inuzuka Jacques, the head of the Inuzuka clan, there were also six captains of the Security Department, four elders of the Uchiha clan, and several mid-level officers in the Security Department, such as Uchiha Inahisa and Uchiha Zaito, who had been heavily promoted by Uchiha Touken. Furthermore, there were several members of the Isshin-kai from the Anbu and the Jonin class.

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

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

With most of the guests having arrived, Uchiha Touhuan began the necessary part of each banquet.

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

"Clan Chief Dou Huan, what are you saying? It's us who have troubled you with your expense," Inuzuka Jacques said with a smile.

"The expense is insignificant," Uchiha Touhuan waved his hand. "It is my honor to drink with you ninjas who share the Will of Fire!"

"It is the Will of Fire that unites us! Let us toast the Will of Fire with this first drink!" Uchiha Touhuan raised his glass.

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

After finishing a glass of wine, the atmosphere at the banquet became lively, with everyone toasting each other and chatting freely.

But as they chatted, Seiichi Nagai suddenly brought up a rather dangerous topic: "There seems to be some news lately that the village is going to elect a fifth head."

"Brother Seiichi, watch your words," said Torii Tomonobu, the captain of the Jonin squad.

"In my opinion, there's no one in the entire village more suitable to be Hokage than Clan Chief Dou-hwan!" Nagai Seiichi said, tilting his head back to drink a large glass of sake, his face slightly flushed. "Tell me, is there anyone whose understanding of the Will of Fire is deeper than Clan Chief Dou-hwan's?"

"But, there's a rumor going around the village that the Third Hokage seems to want to appoint Jiraiya as the Fifth Hokage," Uchiha Tetsuyu said, toying with his sake cup after finishing his drink.

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

At that moment, Fugaku Uchiha pushed open the door and entered, breaking the silence.

"Sorry, sorry, something came up at home and I was held up. I'll punish myself with three drinks later," said Fugaku Uchiha. Today, Jiraiya came to visit Naruto after school to pick him up, so Fugaku was the last person to arrive at the banquet.

When Uchiha Touhuan saw that Uchiha Fugaku had arrived, he stood up, took out a stack of documents from his pocket, and gestured to Uchiha Inahisa next to him to distribute them to everyone present.

This document was drafted by Uchiha Touhuan, 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 picked up matches, lit cigarettes, and puffed away, but no one spoke first.

Uchiha Touhuan gestured to Uchiha Inahisa and Uchiha Zaito with his eyes, and the two understood and got up to close the doors and windows of the guest room.

"Everyone, we've all come together because of the Will of Fire," Uchiha Touhuan said slowly. "But now, someone suspected of aiding the enemy is going to become Hokage. Can we just stand by and do nothing?"

Inuzuka Jacques lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and then said, "But Jiraiya is now the Hokage's advisor. If we want to arrest him, we'll need the Hokage's approval, right?"

"Don't worry about that, I'll get the Hokage's signature sorted out," Uchiha Touhuan said.

"But what if a violent conflict breaks out during the arrest of Jiraiya..." Aburame Shiki said.

"This is a violent coup," said Yoshimura Ryoto of the Jonin class after exhaling a puff of smoke.

After he finished speaking, the entire venue fell silent once again.

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Touhuan chuckled and walked to the light switch in the room, turning off the lights in the reception room. Instantly, apart from the moonlight filtering through the cracks in the window, the only other light in the reception room was the faint glow of burning cigarettes. Everyone looked at each other, and no one spoke.

"What coup? Isn't this a revolution?" Uchiha Touhuan walked to the window, and the faint moonlight shone on him through the crack in the window, causing everyone to look at him unconsciously.

"But, Douhuan, perhaps we should reconsider," a Uchiha clan elder said from the darkness.

"Take it easy? Are you kidding me, Elder Yi Tou!" Uchiha Touhuan suddenly laughed, throwing the remaining documents in his hand at the other man. "Damn it, you old guys were the ones shouting about a coup the loudest at the clan meeting before, and now that we're really having a revolution, you're telling me we need to take it easy?"

Uchiha Taketo's face paled, and he immediately retorted, "Touhuan, that's not what I meant."

"Elder Yi Dou, do you think we should just argue back and forth like we did at the previous clan meeting, without getting to the bottom of things, and then go home empty-handed before we can consider this a long-term plan?"

"Douhuan! This is a coup after all!" Uchiha Ito said after taking a deep breath.

At this moment, Uchiha Touhuan tapped the table, scanned everyone present, and said unhurriedly, "A failure is called a coup; a success is called a revolution!"

As Inuzuka Gaki and Aburame Shiki watched Uchiha Touhuan's impassioned speech, they couldn't help but sigh inwardly. They had originally thought that Uchiha Touhuan was not an ordinary Uchiha, but only now did they realize that Uchiha Touhuan had never lacked the madness of the Uchiha clan.

"Listen up, all you Jonin here. Most of you have the strength and achievements to hold high positions in the village, right? But now? You're all stuck at the position of ANBU or Jonin squad leader, unable to advance any further."

"But what about those who came from the Utatane, Mitomon, and Ino-Shika-Cho clans? Their achievements are comparable to yours, and some of them are even weaker than you, yet they all hold high positions. And some ninjas from the Sarutobi clan, instead of risking their lives like you, can sit comfortably in clerical positions and achieve similar status. Don't you feel wronged? Is this the same as the Will of Fire you've all heard about since childhood?"

After Uchiha Touhuan finished speaking, the dark reception room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

"Look at me wide-eyed!" Uchiha Touhuan suddenly shouted. "Isn't a thorough cleanup necessary so that the village can truly embody the Will of Fire?"

Uchiha Touhuan sat down, looking at the inscrutable faces of the crowd.

"Gentlemen, though the night of revolution is short, this glory will last a long time. I, Uchiha Tohsen, will not enjoy this glory alone."

Everyone looked up at Uchiha Touhuan, whose face was half bathed in the clear moonlight, and the Mangekyou Sharingan that most of them had only heard of in legends.

After a long while, the middle-aged Jonin, Nagai Seiichi, spoke up: "This matter...this matter...maybe...we can do it."

Inuzuka Jaws stubbed out his cigarette heavily and looked at Uchiha Touhuan: "Clan Chief Touhuan, tell me, when should we act?"

"What can the Aburame clan do? Please tell Chief Dou Huan what you are capable of."

Inuzuka Gaki and Aburame Shiki were not hesitant or weak people. Since they had already chosen to bet on the Uchiha clan, they should not hesitate any longer when it was time to go all in. Moreover, given the current situation, Uchiha Touhuan's plan had a high probability of success.

Seeing this, everyone else present sat up straight and looked at Uchiha Touhuan.

"We'll make our move tomorrow, December 12th." Uchiha Touhuan smiled upon seeing this. "I'll use shadow clones to take you all to the Third Hokage for his signature. As for Jiraiya, who has been accused of treason and betraying the village, I'll personally lead the team to arrest him."

"We can mobilize about two-thirds of the Anbu personnel. The Second and Third Battalions, as well as the Second Company of the Fourth Battalion, are all ours. However, the rest are members of the Ino-Shika-Cho clan and two former advisors, whom we cannot mobilize," said Seiichi Nagai to another Jonin captain from the Anbu.

"The situation in the Jonin squad is similar. Including our old acquaintances, about half of them are able to follow our orders," Yoshimura Ryoto said. "The key to this operation is whether you, Chief Tohwan, can capture Jiraiya as soon as possible."

"That's enough." Uchiha Touhuan nodded. "As for capturing Jiraiya, everyone doesn't need to worry."

"Then, there are also the Ino-Shika-Cho trio and their die-hard Hokage supporters," said Fugaku Uchiha.

"We'll handle those three clans," said Shiki Aburame and Jacqueline Inuzuka. "However, we might need the Uchiha to send a few strong Jonin to assist us."

"That's no problem. On the day of the operation, I will send ten Jonin from our clan who have awakened the Three-Tomoe stage to assist you," Uchiha Touhuan said.

(End of this chapter)