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Chapter 93: Revenge Began
"Papa!" A small girl could be seen running toward a smiling man. That man was Uchiha Izuna, who had just returned from a mission. He was no longer the little brother of the clan leader, but a regular Uchiha with a happy family.
Izuna always took D-Rank missions because he wanted to spend more time with his daughter. However, since he had completed all the available D-Rank missions, the Hokage had no choice but to prevent him from taking more, so other genin could have a chance. He was instead assigned a C-Rank mission, which unexpectedly turned into an A-Rank mission, keeping him away for a week. Luckily, the employer paid extra upon completion.
After not seeing his daughter for a week, Izuna felt like crying—and he did, like a foolish man.
"Papa, why are you crying?" asked little Kazuha, trying to comfort him.
"Papa missed you so much," Izuna replied.
"Kazuha missed Papa too! Every day, I hoped Papa would come home early, but Mama said Papa was working hard for our family," Kazuha complained.
Kazuha, now three years old, had become the darling of Konoha—or more accurately, the little darling of both the Uchiha and Senju clans. Madara enjoyed spending time with his niece, Tobirama visited regularly, and Hashirama and Mito often brought Tsunade over to play with her.
She was loved by many and that affection shaped her personality in a positive way. Thanks to Kazuha, Tsunade's personality had yet to be influenced by Hashirama's antics.
This meant that Tsunade hadn't developed a gambling habit, as she spent most of her time with Kazuha. Neither the Uchiha nor the Senju objected to Tsunade's closeness with Kazuha, and even Tobirama didn't mind Tsunade's affection for her.
Tobirama small thought...
Tobirama had grown fond of little Kazuha. The last time she bit him on the cheek, instead of feeling angry, he found himself liking the child even more. In that moment, he understood the feeling of being a parent.
That's why he didn't discourage Tsunade or prevent her from becoming a big sister figure to Kazuha. He hoped Tsunade's influence would counterbalance the dark influence of the Uchiha clan.
However, since Kazuha wasn't his daughter and there was no blood relation between them, Tobirama limited his role to visiting and bringing gifts to the adorable kids. He had also attempted to open his heart to a woman, but so far, those efforts had failed.
Many people had advised him to get married and have a daughter of his own after seeing how fond he was of other people's children.
Meeting in somewhere shady...
"According to report, more merchant are entering the Konoha and now their village becoming more stable" said the hooded man.
"Konoha had the best land and also they have the strongest ninja" said another hooded man with a jealous tone.
"So do you have an idea how to destroy Konoha" asked the one who hosted the meeting. Everyone suddenly become quiet, they have none of the method that could destroy Konoha.
Suddenly another silent figure voice out his method, black zetsu had going around and finally found the method to force Madara to become villain.
"Uchiha Kazuha, only by killing her we can make Konoha suffer" said Black Zetsu.
"Who is Uchiha Kazuha?" asked the first hooded man.
"He is the daughter of Uchiha Izuna, younger brother of Uchiha Madara" revealed Black Zetsu.
"Only with her death we can see Madara acting crazy and both brother would try their best to destroy Konoha" revealed Black Zetsu.
"What? Do you really believe they will do that thing just for insignificant daughter" they all felt disbelief. Because they are high ranking noble who feel the daughter life is insignificant, they have many children so they don't really love their child so much and only few children that they liked.
"Uchiha is a clan who had been known by love, they knows love unlike any other clan. If they lost someone important, they will become a mad killing machine" said Black Zetsu.
"Really?" this is first time they heard this word.
"Yeah, according to my report Madara loves his niece so much and even Izuna taking D Rank mission so he had more time with his daughter" smiled Black Zetsu.
Izuna Problem...
Three months later, Izuna's savings were almost depleted. He usually took D-rank missions every day, as the pay was minimal and the job is so easy. For growing teenagers, it might have been enough, but it wasn't sufficient to support a whole family.
However, since genin needed D-rank missions, he was finally prohibited from taking them anymore.
Izuna realized that by completing A-rank missions, depending on the level of difficulty, he could ask the employer for more payment. Who wouldn't want someone as strong as him, almost rivaling Madara, as their escort?
With one A-rank mission, he could survive for three months. If the employer knew he was the one doing the mission, they would most likely pay double or triple, allowing him to live comfortably for six to nine months before taking another mission.
Izuna was torn between running a business and taking missions. The benefit of opening a business was that he wouldn't need to leave the village, but he would have to manage it every day.
Little did Izuna know, his decision today would cost him someone very important.
Setsuna return with his family.
Haruko had been waiting for a long time. When she found out that her brother was killed by Hiro Hyuga, she wanted nothing more than to kill him. Fortunately, she met Uchiha Setsuna, who proposed a different plan.
Instead of seeking revenge, he suggested they escape from Konoha and develop fuinjutsu to free the Hyuga branch members from the Cursed Seal of the Birdcage.
Other branch members, who had been tortured or humiliated in the past, might take matters into their own hands and attempt to overthrow the clan leader who they never voted for. The clan leader was chosen because they are born from main family, not by them voting.
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