Pokémon Ninja Scrolls of the Mizukage

Chapter 596 Death of Uchiha Fugaku

In the Rain Country, at the maintenance force base.

Looking at the more than 30 corpses neatly laid out on the ground in front of them, everyone present fell into deathly silence.

A heavy haze enveloped the room, and for a moment no one chose to speak.

In the end, it was Minato Namikaze, who came from River Country with Hoshigaki Kisame, who spoke first. He asked in a hoarse voice to Yahiko, who had a serious face.

"Mr. Yahiko, this time it was your Rain Village ninjas who arrived at the scene first. I wonder if you have any detailed information. Please let me know."

There are more than 30 corpses in front of me, most of them are already in a state of disrepair.

However, judging from their attire alone, it can be confirmed that these corpses are all ninjas from the Uchiha clan.

Moreover, as the Hokage, Minato Namikaze could determine at a glance that there were at least ten Uchiha jonin among them.

The death of so many Jonin-level ninjas at the same time would be an unbearable loss for any of the five major ninja villages, even during a war.

If this level of loss is still caused by ninjas from the same clan,
You know, after the end of the Third World War, the total number of jonin in the entire Konoha was only slightly over a hundred.

In the past two years, there are very few new jonin.

With the loss of so many high-end combat forces, even if the Uchiha clan still has a large number of mid- and low-level ninjas and ordinary clan members, I am afraid that this once largest clan in the ninja world will directly fall into the status of a small or medium-sized ninja clan.

Even if the Uchiha clan is not welcomed in Konoha nowadays, Minato Namikaze will not sit idly by and watch the Uchiha suffer such a loss.

What's more, as the Hokage, Minato Namikaze was completely unaware of the existence of so many high-end Uchiha fighters in Demura.

Whatever the reason, this matter must be taken seriously.

However, in response to Minato Namikaze's question, Yahiko rubbed his eyebrows with an embarrassed look on his face.

Even as the leader of the Hidden Rain Village, he didn't want to rashly get involved in this kind of thing.

It's just as Namikaze Minato said, the incident happened in the Land of Rain, and the ninjas from the Hidden Rain Village were the first to arrive at the scene, so he needed to provide enough information no matter what.

Right now, Yahiko could only choose to tell the truth.

"Here's the thing."

According to Yahiko's account, this incident was indeed first discovered by the ninjas from the Hidden Rain Village.

Nowadays, the Rain Country has become a neutral country, and the Hidden Rain Village has basically chosen to give up many missions that may conflict with other ninja villages.

Fortunately, trade in the Rain Kingdom is now booming, and tasks such as escorting caravans have increased accordingly.

The first team of Rain Ninjas to discover the scene were on their way to escort a caravan back to the Rain Village when they noticed the sounds of fighting in the distance.

At the beginning, in line with the principle of less trouble is worse than more and the current mission is the first priority, the captain of this team actually wanted to ignore the fighting sounds in the distance.

However, not long after, the advancing team noticed that a tall brown skeleton giant appeared in the direction of the battle.

The captain of the Rain Hidden Team was an elite ninja who was rotated from the maintenance force. He immediately recognized the move that Uchiha Fugaku had performed in the commander selection battle.

Then he didn't care about the team's mission and immediately led his men to the place where the fight took place to provide support.

However, before these people arrived at the scene, the most conspicuous brown giant on the battlefield suddenly glowed brightly, followed by a horrific explosion as if the sky was falling and the earth was collapsing.

After the flames of the explosion dissipated, the few Rain Ninjas who rushed to the scene saw only the corpses of Konoha ninjas on the ground.

"So, in fact, Uchiha Fugaku's body was not found at the scene, right? Also, who was fighting with these Uchiha clans? Were there any traces left at the scene?"

Seeing that Yahiko had finished telling the whole story, Namikaze Minato just lowered his head in thought without saying a word. Hoshigaki Kisame took the initiative to ask about the doubts in his heart.

Logically speaking, this matter is Konoha's private matter, and it is not appropriate for Hoshigaki Kisame, the Hidden Mist Ninja, to speak up.

However, Uchiha Fugaku is still the deputy commander of the maintenance force, and the Hidden Rain Village is now on good terms with the Hidden Mist Village. Hoshigaki Kisame took the initiative to speak, and he was looking for an opportunity to exonerate the Maintenance Force and the Hidden Rain Village.

However, upon hearing this, Yahiko just shook his head in embarrassment.

"The reason why Uchiha Fugaku might have died is because the explosion at the center of the battle created a huge deep pit. With an explosion of that power, it's hard to see anyone leaving behind any corpses."

"And who are these Uchiha fighting?"

Having said that, Yahiko looked at the silent Namikaze Minato hesitantly, not knowing whether he should continue.

However, Minato Namikaze took the initiative to speak, speaking on behalf of Yahiko in a somewhat dry and difficult tone.

"I'm afraid it's these Uchiha clan ninjas who are besieging Fugaku?"

After hearing what Minato Namikaze said, most of the people present who didn't know the situation all changed their expressions.

"How can it be!"

"Besieging the clan leader of his own clan?!"

You know, although since the establishment of the ninja village, the mainstream idea has been to put the interests of the village first, things like "Will of Fire" and "Will of Stone" have always emphasized that individuals need to sacrifice for the village.

However, the actual situation among the major ninja clans is not like this.

The ninja village system has only been established for about fifty years, but many ninja clans have existed for hundreds or thousands of years.

What's more, the connection between bloodlines is obviously higher than the recognition between villages.

The survival of the family is often truly above all else.

A large number of jonins besieged their own clan leader? This clan leader was powerful and well-known?

In the eyes of most family ninjas, this is simply treason.

However, after hearing Minato Namikaze take the initiative to say this answer, Yahiko also gave a positive answer.

"Yes, according to the experience of those ninjas, and the situation I confirmed later when I went to the scene, there were no other people involved in this battle. It was indeed these Uchiha ninjas who besieged Mr. Fugaku."

Upon hearing this, Minato Namikaze clenched his fists tightly in pain.

The reason why he could guess that these people were besieging Uchiha Fugaku was because most of the ninjas whose appearances were still intact and recognizable were, in his impression, radical factions within the Uchiha clan.

In other words, over the years, due to Uchiha Fugaku's negligence and the disgusting voices in the village, the radical faction within the Uchiha clan has gained an absolute upper hand.

It's no surprise that these people can do anything when they get together.

However, after hearing Yahiko's affirmative answer, Namikaze Minato was ultimately unable to hide the grief in his heart.

Just as the scene fell into dead silence again.

A ninja from the maintenance force pushed the door open and rushed in.

"Guren, Team Guren, are back with two bodies of the Uchiha clan!"

(End of this chapter)