Kazuki stood in front of Yashiro and said indifferently: "Who I am is not important. But you, Uchiha Yashiro who has betrayed the honor of the Uchiha, what do you think I should do with you?"
Kazuki looked in the direction of Yashiro's heart, increasing the speed of the water vortex in his hand. Then, he moved his gaze to Yashiro's neck, slowly bringing the flaming Muramasa blade closer to his throat...
Yashiro swallowed hard, looking up at the man he couldn't figure out, and said with difficulty: "I... I don't know. I don't know..."
"If you want to stay alive, you'll have to answer whatever I ask you." Kazuki said, moving his wrists slightly to dispel the sword flames and water vortex, but keeping the Muramasa blade on Yashiro's throat.
Yashiro felt the coldness of Muramasa and looked up at Kazuki's indifferent Sharingan helplessly... At this moment, he had no doubt that Kazuki in front of him would definitely kill him if he heard an unsatisfactory answer.
"Who sent you, what is the purpose of coming, and why did you agree?"
"The elder of the Setsuna clan forced me to come. He believes that your words and existence are not conducive to the atmosphere of the Uchiha clan, so he asked me to attack you and also stand up for Uchiha Obito..."
"I agreed because I think Konoha is really too much now. The restrictions and surveillance on the Uchiha clan are becoming more and more blatant. We are not even given a chance to become Hokage. The future and prospects of the clan are bleak, so I can only support the hawks..."
Kazuki nodded slowly. "Hawks, what a hawk... Let me ask you, who is stronger between you and me?"
Yashiro lowered his head.
"Okay... who is stronger, me or Sarutobi Hiruzen?" Kazuki lifted Yashiro's chin with the tip of the blade, forcing him to look at him.
Yashiro pursed his lips and said honestly: "Do not underestimate the Third Hokage. He is a man known as The Supreme Shinobi."
To his surprise, Kazuki nodded in agreement. "Okay, who is stronger, me or Shimura Danzo, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Tsunade, Hatake Sakumo, Uzumaki Mito?"
Yashiro was silent.
The people Kazuki mentioned were all long-established shinobi in Konoha, and there was even one person that even the most extreme Uchiha was unwilling to mention.
Is Kazuki very strong? Very strong...
But it's not enough.
"So, I ask you again, within the Uchiha clan, who is stronger than those seven?"
"You say you support the hawks, what do you support them with? Your puny three-tomoe Sharingan?"
Kazuki sighed and looked at Yashiro with a mix of disappointment and regret.
Yashiro was silent, his mood was like sinking into an iceberg, cold from the inside out, and he could not even feel the pain in his body for the time being.
It was a very strange feeling.
Before Kazuki questioned him today, Yashiro did not realize that the gap between the two sides was so obvious, so obvious that it was ridiculous...
Nowadays, although the Uchiha clan still had some three-tomoe Sharingan, most of the clan members, due to the Second Hokage's policy on the Konoha Police Force, lacked actual combat training, putting their true power into question.
In the thousand-year history of the Uchiha clan, it seems that only now has there been a period when a pair of Mangekyo Sharingan did not exist.
To put it bluntly, it is really a bit embarrassing... Three tomoe, no matter how powerful the pupil power is, it is only three tomoe...
What can the hawks of the Uchiha clan do to go head-on with Konoha? Relying on passion?
Yashiro's tears flowed slowly, not knowing whether it was for himself or for the Uchiha clan.
Kazuki, who was still a little angry, saw this really funny scene and couldn't help laughing. "Uchiha Yashiro, you are so old, why are you still crying..."
"The Uchiha clan is over. I, I am ashamed of my grandfather, my ancestors..." Yashiro's tears seemed to burst, and with the sadness of being beaten by Kazuki today, mixed with the deep worry about the clan, he cried bitterly, aggrieved like a 30-year-old child.
"Stupid." Kazuki shook his head slowly. "Even if it's Sarutobi Hiruzen, can he beat those people I said combined? You still don't understand the basic principles of Konoha's operation..."
"If you want to change the status of the Uchiha clan, it's very simple. Either you have the power like Uchiha Madara, sweep away all the monsters with an absolute posture, and reach the top of the ninja world."
"Or, you abide by the rules of the game of Konoha and become one of them."
Yashiro lay on the ground with his arms and legs spread out, as if he was in a mess, and whispered: "How can I not understand? I understand... If you want to become a Hokage, Then you have to become a member of their master-disciple inheritance, which is the unspoken rule of Konoha."
"Even if it is the famous Hatake Sakumo, no one with a discerning eye would think he can become Hokage. This is Konoha, so what can our Uchiha clan do?"
"Let alone Hokage, even if it is the position of Hokage assistant or consultant, don't our Uchiha clan deserve a high-level position in Konoha? We are the core of the village!" Yashiro said at the end, speaking his own mind, and also speaking the voice of most Uchiha clan.
They know that Uchiha basically can't be Hokage, but a high-level position, don't they deserve it? But the problem is that the requirements for being a consultant are actually similar to being a Hokage. You have to be in the Hokage master-disciple system...
This is the so-called core power circle, and the Uchiha clan is obviously not in this system.
This feeling of despair made many members of the Uchiha clan lose hope, and gradually chose to ignore the gap in combat power, using the so-called tough hawks to cover up their panic.
Uchiha Yashiro is such a typical example.
Kazuki looked at Yashiro, who was crying uncontrollably, and shook his head. "Don't you see it clearly? How could you do such a stupid thing..."
"It is precisely because I see it clearly that I have to do this." Yashiro replied crying, his voice twitching.
"You still don't understand. The reason you are desperate is that the Uchiha clan has no members included in the Hokage master-disciple system. If I hadn't appeared before, you would have some reason to think so..."
"But now that I'm here, do you think I will get this opportunity?"
Yashiro's crying stopped dramatically: "Eh..."
An Uchiha with the will of fire as his signature, openly criticizing the Sharingan, being gentle to civilian shinobi, and being noticed by the Third Hokage in the ninja school...
Most importantly, Kazuki was a direct descendant of Uchiha Kagami, a member of their faction!
If one forces it, Kazuki is born to be a member of the Hokage's master-disciple inheritance system, and it is the strongest kinship possible.
Yashiro stared at Kazuki blankly. Kazuki's past behavior seemed to have electrified his brain. Every action now contains too many profound meanings.
"I don't want to abandon the Uchiha clan, but you can't be an obstacle for me, Yashiro." Kazuki half-crouched beside him and said slowly: "Whether it's talent, combat power, origin or brainpower, only I can save the Uchiha."
"I have told you all this because I do not want the clan to lose a powerful Uchiha. You are not yet like Uchiha Setsuna, who tied his personal desires to the future of the clan, you still have the worthy of being saved."
"But I tell you now, I am disappointed and a little tired." Kazuki sighed dully, his eyes full of sadness.
Yashiro immediately became alarmed. Regardless of the pain, he stood up and, half-kneeling, looked at Kazuki urgently. "No, no… Kazuki-sama, you can't…"
"This is the clan's problem, no, no, it's my problem. It's that bastard Uchiha Setsuna's fault! Don't give up on the clan, I beg you, don't give up on the clan!"
Yashiro looked at Kazuki, who was exhausted, and the extremely strong guilt and regret devoured his heart. He was eager to do something...
He had a hunch that if Kazuki really lost heart to the Uchiha clan, he would become a famous sinner in the clan's history!
At this moment, Yashiro saw the blade of Muramasa, gritted his teeth, and shouted: "Kazuki-kun, let me apologize to you with my life, just ask you to forgive the Uchiha clan!"
When he tried to lunge at Muramasa's blade, Kazuki kicked him to the ground and said calmly: "I don't need my clan members to apologize to me with their lives..."
"If you think what I said is right, just turn over."
Yashiro was stunned, what was he doing? But he turned around quickly, and the whole person lay on the ground honestly, not daring to move.
The green light flickered on his back. Kazuki used the Mystical Palm Technique to heal him, and murmured helplessly: "I am still soft-hearted, Yashiro..."
Feeling the warmth from his back, Yashiro's five fingers dug into the ground, tears and blood on his face mixed together, and an expression of regret exploded on his face.
At this moment, he felt like he was the biggest bastard in the Uchiha clan!
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