The Uchiha Clan's Sun

Danzo Shimura instinctively wanted to retort, but after thinking about his plan, he forcibly swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

His face turned pale and then flushed!

Hiruzen Sarutobi noticed Danzo Shimura's unusual behavior and casually exhaled a smoke ring, saying, "Danzo, do you have any objections?"

Danzo Shimura said coldly, "Would you accept my differing opinion?"

"No!" Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head and said calmly, "I am the Hokage, and I am in charge of the village's affairs!"

"You..." Shimura Danzo gritted his teeth in anger, saying, "Hiruzen, you'll regret this!"

After saying that, Shimura Danzo didn't want to stay in the office for another second. He turned around and left, slamming the door against the wall with a 'bang'!

"Honestly, Danzo's temper is getting worse with age!" Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head, then looked at Homura Mitokado and said, "I'm leaving those rumors in the village to you. Suppress them as soon as possible!"

"Don't worry!" Mitokado Homura said confidently, "Isn't Namikaze Minato coming back? I'll just give him a boost!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded, then turned to look at the increasingly dark sky outside the window, his gaze flickering uncertainly.

These are truly turbulent times!

Chapter 108 We'll create our own New Konoha!

In the morning, various rumors about the Uchiha clan continued to circulate in Konoha Village, but at the same time, some new voices emerged, diverting some of the villagers' attention.

The Uchiha clan patriarch, Fugaku Uchiha, and the second elder, Yagami Uchiha, were summoned to the Hokage Building by the Anbu ninjas early in the morning and stayed in the office of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, for nearly three hours before coming out.

Fugaku Uchiha remained indifferent, while Ya Uchiha's face turned ashen. The two hurriedly returned to the Uchiha clan compound and headed straight for the residence of the First Elder, Setsuna Uchiha.

"Damn it, several more squads of secret agents have appeared outside the clan's territory. What are they trying to do?!"

"The rumors outside are getting more and more outrageous, completely disregarding our Uchiha clan. Aren't the Third Hokage and the others going to do anything about it?!"

"Let the third generation manage it? Heh, you don't know yet, do you? These rumors were spread by the village's higher-ups! They just want Chief Fugaku to give up the compensation and rewards for the clansmen!"

"How could they do this!"

"Heh, what are they incapable of! Just you wait and see, those secret agents outside the clan territory might storm in at any moment!"

"We must fight back!"

"Yes! Counterattack!"

......

Along the way, the Uchiha clan members gathered in twos and threes to vent their grievances, and there were also many radical clan members who took the opportunity to win people's hearts and stir up the emotions of the clan members.

"How can it be repaired?"

Uchiha Ya witnessed all of this and was burning with rage!

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, just summoned them to the Hokage Building and told them all the results of the Konoha Interrogation Department's investigation.

Uchiha Ya originally thought that this incident was just an accident, something that happened because Hiruzen Sarutobi and his group wanted to suppress the Uchiha clan but accidentally messed things up.

But he never expected that it was his own Uchiha clan who were secretly pushing things along!

This made Uchiha Ya feel both angry and fearful at the same time!

Fortunately, the war in the ninja world is not completely over yet. Hiruzen Sarutobi and his group are hesitant to start a war, otherwise the Uchiha clan would have been doomed!

After a series of words of coercion and kindness from Hiruzen Sarutobi, Ya Uchiha ignored Fugaku Uchiha's attitude, grabbed Fugaku as soon as they left the Hokage Building and headed towards the residence of Elder Setsuna Uchiha, wanting to confront Setsuna!

Uchiha Ya really couldn't understand why Uchiha Setsuna was so short-sighted! All he did was clamor about wanting a coup!

If the Uchiha clan really had a chance of successfully staging a coup, why should Uchiha Ya have to put up with the humiliation inflicted by Hiruzen Sarutobi and his ilk?

Although the Uchiha clan is the most powerful clan in Konoha and is undoubtedly the strongest clan in the village, even so, the Uchiha have absolutely no chance against the rest of Konoha!

Putting aside other things, the Hyuga clan in Konoha Village was only slightly inferior to the Uchiha clan, and even if the Ino-Shika-Cho clans combined couldn't beat the Uchiha, they weren't far behind!

The Uchiha clan could only muster a few hundred ninjas even with the full strength of their clan, while the entire Hidden Leaf Village had over ten thousand ninjas!

How could Uchiha Setsuna and the others not see such a huge difference!

I really don’t know what to say!

Uchiha Yasunari was anxious, so he quickened his pace and soon pulled Uchiha Fugaku to the front of Uchiha Setsuna's residence.

Without knocking, Uchiha Ya barged in.

At this moment, Uchiha Setsuna was discussing matters with several radical Uchiha in the living room, and was somewhat surprised to see the furious Uchiha Ya and Uchiha Fugaku.

"Clan Chief! Second Elder!"

Several radical Uchiha members bowed to Uchiha Ya and Uchiha Fugaku.

"Get out of here, all of you! The clan leader and I have important matters to discuss with the Grand Elder, and no one is allowed to approach!"

Uchiha Yagami suppressed his anger and nodded to the few radical Uchiha members before starting to drive them away.

"this......"

Several radical Uchiha hesitated for a moment, glancing at Uchiha Setsuna in the main seat.

"Get out!"

Uchiha Setsuna waved his hand, signaling the radical Uchiha members to leave.

"Yes!"

Several radical Uchiha members responded and then left the living room one by one.

Once the footsteps faded into the distance, Uchiha Ya could no longer contain his anger. He stepped forward and questioned Uchiha Setsuna, "How dare you! What are you trying to do at a time like this?!"

Uchiha Setsuna was slightly taken aback, but quickly realized that Uchiha Ya was referring to his attempt to win over his clansmen. He retorted without backing down, "Everything I've done is for the Uchiha!"

A hint of surprise flashed in Fugaku Uchiha's eyes, but he then sat down to the side, looking down at his nose and focusing on his own thoughts.

"For the Uchiha?" Uchiha Ya exclaimed excitedly, "You're completely pushing the Uchiha clan into an abyss of no return!"

"If you really cared about the Uchiha, you shouldn't have even considered launching a coup!"

"Heh," Uchiha Setsuna sneered upon hearing this, and said, "If we don't launch a coup, are we just going to let Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others bully us Uchiha?"

"Ever since Lord Madara left, that inherently evil Tobirama Senju has been openly and secretly targeting my Uchiha clan, treating us like animals and imprisoning us in the village!"

"After Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others took over, they not only inherited Tobirama Senju's will, but they also became even more ruthless!"

"Look how much weaker we Uchiha have become compared to the Warring States period!"

Compared to the Warring States period, although the Uchiha clan has seen some growth in total population, the proportion of ninjas has decreased significantly!

In the past, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the entire Uchiha clan was a soldier, but now the number of ninjas in the Uchiha clan is less than a quarter of the total population!

Needless to say, the quality is even worse. Nowadays, even Uchiha genin who have graduated from the Ninja Academy might not be able to beat a six-year-old child from the Uchiha clan during the Warring States period!

This is partly due to the fact that the Uchiha clan's living environment became much more stable after the establishment of the ninja village, but the main reason is the various restrictive measures taken by the village's higher-ups!

For example, by using the Konoha Police Department to confine the Uchiha clan to the village, not only did it reduce the environment for the Uchiha to train ninjas, it also reduced the resources the Uchiha could use to train ninjas!

In these respects, the current Uchiha clan is indeed much weaker than the Uchiha clan of the Warring States period!

Uchiha Setsuna's expression turned ferocious as he continued, "Furthermore, I, Uchiha, am one of the founders of Konoha. I won't say anything about the First Hokage being from the Senju clan, but why is the Second Hokage also from the Senju clan?"

"Now the Senju clan is gone, and the Third Hokage has fallen into the hands of a Senju clan lackey!"

"Is this fair to my Uchiha clan?!"

"It's about time that my Uchiha clan became Hokage!"

"Since they won't give it to me, I'll take it myself!"

"All I wanted was to take back what rightfully belonged to our Uchiha clan. What did I do wrong?"

"I've made up my mind. This time, it's all or nothing!"

"If the Uchiha can't reclaim the Hokage position, we Uchiha will take it upon ourselves!"

"We're going to...New! Leaf!

Chapter 109 I'm going to climb to the top step by step!

Uchiha Ya's eyes widened like saucers, his mouth gaped open enough to fit an apple, staring in disbelief at the crazed Uchiha Setsuna.

Not only Uchiha Ya, but even Uchiha Fugaku, who was just watching the show, was startled by Uchiha Setsuna's words and stood up.

Fugaku Uchiha, who was harboring ulterior motives, was still thinking about how to deal with Ya Uchiha and Setsuna Uchiha, but to his surprise, before he could do anything, Ya Uchiha and Setsuna Uchiha started arguing on their own.

What Fugaku Uchiha didn't expect was that the argument between Ya Uchiha and Setsuna Uchiha would lead to such an earth-shattering event!

Fugaku Uchiha originally thought that Jin Uchiha was bold enough, but he never expected that there was a master like Setsuna Uchiha among the Uchiha!

"What did you say? I'm old and my hearing isn't very good, I'm afraid I didn't hear you clearly. What did you just say you wanted to do?"

It took Uchiha Ya a while to recover his senses before he asked Uchiha Setsuna for confirmation.

Uchiha Setsuna, however, was clear-headed at that moment. He raised his head and said coldly, "I said I want to create a new Konoha!"

"You are crazy!"

Upon hearing this, Fugaku Uchiha frowned deeply. Before Ya Uchiha could speak, he spoke up excitedly, "If you were just launching a coup, that would be fine. Apart from a few ninja clans close to the Hokage's faction and some commoner ninjas, most other ninjas would probably just sit idly by until the situation becomes clear!"

"But if you try to create a new Konoha, none of the village's ninjas or civilians will tolerate you!"

"Everyone here is making a living under the Konoha name. If you try to sabotage it, everyone will beat you up!"

"The Third Hokage, who is about to step down, and the Fourth Hokage, who is about to take office, will do nothing but try to kill you!"

"Are you trying to drag my Uchiha clan into an abyss of no return?!"

It's no wonder that Fugaku Uchiha was so agitated.

Even though Uchiha Setsuna was extremely radical and would often call for war or even a coup, Uchiha Fugaku could tolerate his existence.

After all, a coup and starting anew are two completely different concepts!

Even if a coup d'état fails, at most the masterminds and more radical members of the clan will be dealt with; it's impossible to exterminate the entire Uchiha clan.

There are precedents for this; didn't the First Elder, Uchiha Setsuna, launch a coup once?

Moreover, despite Hiruzen Sarutobi's high prestige in the village, many people in the village have secretly suffered under his rule for a long time!

In this situation, even if the Uchiha coup fails, at most their reputation will be damaged, and they will only be in serious trouble for a period of time.

If they were to start anew, the Uchiha clan would become a thorn in the side of Konoha, and the other major ninja villages would also take advantage of their weakness. In the end, the Uchiha clan would likely only have one path left: extermination, ending up like the Land of Whirlpools!

In short, Uchiha Setsuna's current thoughts have crossed Uchiha Fugaku's bottom line!

Uchiha Ya also spoke up, saying, "Uchiha Setsuna, it's one thing if you're going crazy, but please don't drag the Uchiha clan down with you!"

"If it weren't for the coup you launched before, which tarnished the reputation of the Uchiha as traitors and extremists, the Uchiha might not be in this situation today!"

"Bullshit!" Uchiha Setsuna glared angrily upon hearing this, "Was that a coup? That was rebellion!"

"That naturally evil white-haired Senju Tobirama can even kill his own clansmen, do you really expect him to show mercy to the Uchiha!"

"If it weren't for me, the Uchiha clan might have disappeared into the dust of history long ago, just like the Senju clan!"

Both Uchiha Ya and Uchiha Fugaku frowned upon hearing this, but neither of them spoke up to refute Uchiha Setsuna's words.

There's a reason why Uchiha Setsuna was able to become the elder of the Uchiha clan even after being imprisoned for decades following the failure of the 'coup'.

There was indeed more to the story than meets the eye back then!

Decades ago, after the death of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, the ninja world, now without the suppression of the God of Shinobi, began to be in turmoil, with undercurrents surging beneath the calm surface!

Realizing the problem, the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, began research on his elder brother's corpse, and started a series of human experiments using 'Hashirama cells' in an attempt to recreate the power of the First Hokage.

As members of the same clan, the Senju clan was naturally the first experimental subject.

However, after discovering that even the Senju clan's experimental subjects could not withstand the power of 'Hashirama cells', they naturally turned their attention to other ninja clans, especially those with special bloodline limits!

As for the Uchiha clan, which had been competing with the Senju clan for thousands of years without falling behind, it was naturally Tobirama Senju's main target!

The Uchiha clan was already being targeted in the village, and after the disappearances began, they were in even greater fear!

After Uchiha Setsuna discovered the truth behind the disappearance of some clan members, he couldn't hold back any longer and incited a group of Uchiha clan members to stage a coup!

At that time, the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, still held unparalleled power in Konoha. He easily resolved the crisis and captured all the ninjas, including Setsuna Uchiha.

However, since Tobirama Senju was in the wrong to begin with, he couldn't make a big fuss about it, lest the dark side of the village be exposed to the public.

So in the end, the matter was reduced to a minor issue and then resolved by simply imprisoning a few ninjas, including Uchiha Setsuna.