As Sandaime and Momo reached a consensus, various concrete measures were rolled out to involve the Uchiha clan in the Nine-Tailed Inheritance operation.
Soon afterwards, a secret order was issued from the Hokage building and quickly passed on to the Uchiha clan.
Uchiha clan territory, the Chizuru family.
Uchiha Homura took a scroll from an ANBU ninja and opened it. A smile immediately appeared on his face as he said to the ANBU ninja in front of him, "I have received the orders of the Hokage. Please convey to the Hokage that the Uchiha clan will definitely complete the mission."
"Haha..."
Upon hearing this, the ANBU ninja immediately bowed and left.
As soon as the ANBU ninja left, Uchiha Homura immediately shouted, "Come in."
The next moment, a Uchiha ninja appeared behind Uchiha Homura and said respectfully, "Clan Leader, please command."
"Tell all jōnin and chūnin in the clan to immediately assemble in front of the Naka Shrine,"
Uchiha Homura said.
"Haha,"
the Uchiha ninja said immediately, and then used the technique of body-flicker to disappear in place.
"That kid is really something. I'm surprised he actually made it. Very good. The future of the Uchiha clan depends on this Nine-Tailed Inheritance mission."
Uchiha Homura looked up at the sky, his face lit up with a rare smile.
At that moment, he felt the heavy pressure on his shoulders lessen, and he could breathe a little easier.
Ever since he took over as the leader of the Uchiha clan, he had been feeling the pressure like he was walking on thin ice.
Because the position of the Uchiha clan in Konoha is really too embarrassing. Despite possessing powerful strength, they are excluded from the upper echelons, feared by those in power, and unpopular, being rejected and hostile by many in Konoha.
What's more, many clan members are arrogant and conceited, look down on ninja from other clans, and fail to see the crisis within the clan.
There is no doubt that this is a very dangerous sign for the Uchiha clan.
If this continues, the Uchiha clan will definitely have a falling out with Konoha at some point.
At that time, the Uchiha clan will either be reborn or destroyed.
In this regard, Uchiha Homura, as the clan leader, does not want to see the Uchiha clan have such a future at all.
Perhaps, it is possible for the Uchiha clan to succeed in a coup in the future.
But is it really possible for the disliked Uchiha clan to become the new leader of Konoha?
And are the members of the Uchiha clan really suitable to be the leaders of Konoha?
Uchiha Homura deeply doubts his clan members, who have always been more emotional than rational.
Therefore, Uchiha Homura does not at all believe that the Uchiha clan will succeed in launching a coup.
But if the Uchiha clan fails in launching a coup, in the face of Konoha's anger, the only outcome for the Uchiha clan will be the destruction of the clan.
A future without a ray of light!
This is the future of the Uchiha clan that Uchiha Homura sees after becoming the family head.
He is not willing to accept this, struggling with all his heart, but with little effect. He even loses his son, whom he values more than his own life. Things finally start to turn around when she discovers that her granddaughter Chizuru has befriended a boy named Kirito, who has become a disciple of Uzumaki Mito.
This orphaned child is exceptionally talented, his strength overwhelming that of the two best-talented members of the same generation, the Chūjō and Uchiha clans, and he has also become good friends with them.
It is no surprise that with this child as a link, there is a chance that the relationship between the Senju and Uchiha will be eased, and the Uchiha clan may have the opportunity to re-enter the upper echelons of Konoha in the future.
But what he didn't expect was that this child grew up much faster than he imagined.
By the time he reacted, this child was already a jōnin, and his hidden strength was far more than what was revealed on the surface.
Otherwise, how could this child convince Sandaime?
In this world, strength is ultimately the only language that matters. Without sufficient strength, how could a guy like Sandaime, who wouldn't act unless he saw a clear benefit, possibly allow the Uchiha clan to participate in the Nine-Tailed Inheritance operation?
Unfortunately, he ultimately made the mistake of being arrogant and didn't bet on this kid early enough, causing this kid to only have his granddaughter in his eyes, and not him or the Uchiha clan at all.
Uchiha ultimately lost to Senju, and he personally lost to Uzumaki Mito.
Fortunately, his granddaughter is more competitive and did not lose to that idiot Nawaki.
"Hmph, at this age, in the end, I still have to rely on my granddaughter to succeed and get the opportunity. What a shame,"
Uchiha Homura laughed to himself, then turned his head and looked at Chizuru, who had appeared in the courtyard not long ago...
When Chizuru saw Uchiha Homura looking over, she snorted, turned her head away, and did not look at her grandfather, walking alone towards the Naka Shrine.
...
Soon after, the jōnin and chūnin of the Uchiha clan arrived one after the other in the open space in front of Naka Shrine.
This time, Uchiha Homura did not take them into the secret room under Naka Shrine, but instead received them directly here.
"People of the clan, the Sandaime has agreed to let us join in the big operation carried out by Konoha this time. Because of this operation, both Iwagakure and Kumogakure have mobilized a large number of troops to approach the border of the Land of Fire, forcing us to do the same. For this reason, the Sandaime hopes that we can go to the battlefield and the borderline as soon as possible to provide support..."
His brief explanation of the Sandaime's secret order immediately lifted the spirits of the Uchiha ninja present, sweeping away any previous dissatisfaction they had with the village and the Sandaime.
And when they heard that they were being deployed to the front lines and border defense to provide support, many of them began to get excited and their faces showed expressions of excitement and joy, obviously very satisfied with the mission that Sandaime had given them this time.
This was only natural.
They had watched other ninja in the village make a name for themselves in battle, heard them brag about their great exploits on the battlefield, while they themselves had to shrink back in the village and serve as guards, and were secretly mocked by some people who didn't know the truth for being cowardly.
As Uchiha, they have long felt an imbalance in their hearts, and have longed to be able to go to war to wash away the shame of being called cowards.
Now they finally have the opportunity to show off their skills and let the people in the village understand the power and bravery of their Uchiha clan. This is wonderful.
"A bunch of arrogant idiots."
Uchiha Fugaku, standing in the corner of the crowd, watched as one clan member after another showed great interest in the war, and sneered coldly in his heart, unconsciously revealing a trace of displeasure on his face.
None of these people have been to war before, and they have no idea of the horrors of the battlefield.
Now they're actually happy to be able to go to war, what stupid idiots.
Uchiha Fugaku deeply understood for the first time just how arrogant his clan actually was, arrogant to the point of lacking sufficient awe for war.
"If all the clan members are like this, the Uchiha clan has no future, does it?"
This thought suddenly popped into Fugaku's mind, and then an emotion of sadness involuntarily arose in his heart.
Just as he was pondering how he could save the Uchiha clan on his own, he suddenly realized that someone was looking at him.
He followed the feeling and looked over, only to discover that it was the Clan Leader looking at him. He immediately lowered his head, stood up straight, and looked at Uchiha Homura uneasily.
Like the other jōnin in the clan, he had previously fallen into the Clan Leader's illusion.
That feeling of powerlessness made him deeply understand the terrifying strength of his own Clan Leader.
In an instant, he had put more than 50 Uchiha Jōnin with the Three-Tomoe Sharingan under a spell, and they could not break free for a short period of time.
Just thinking about this illusionary technique made people feel extremely terrified.
"This child is very special..."
Uchiha Homura thought to himself as he looked at the now-shy Uchiha Fugaku.
He had been watching the expressions of his clan members on the stage the whole time, and most of them were showing excitement and joy, while a few were expressionless or indifferent. This child standing in the corner, inconspicuous, had a sadness on his face that was rarely seen in the clan.