Konoha: Uchiha Shisui's Advisor Alliance

Chapter 49: The Anger of the Elders
"What do you mean one ninja? There were two. I heard that those people were beaten to death because of the Uchiha's inaction. There was also a child of several years old among them!"

"Damn Uchiha, these people only know how to bully us on the streets, but they can't even protect a child."

"That's right. I really don't know why the Hokage still wants these people to stay in the guard team. It will take the Hokage himself to catch them."

Although they were far away, Shisui still heard clearly what these people said. He glanced at them and a hint of suspicion flashed in his eyes.

"What's wrong, Shisui-kun?"

Itachi asked, looking up when he saw Shisui suddenly stop.

"Uh, it's nothing. I just suddenly remembered some ninjutsu. Let's go. We can try them out later!"

Shisui smiled and quickly took Itachi and jumped onto the roof, away from the crowd.

At the same time, shortly after Itachi left home, the first elder, the second elder and other elders came to Fugaku's house.

Mikoto served tea to everyone and then left quietly.

After Mikoto left, the elder could no longer suppress his anger. He cast a cold gaze at Fugaku and asked in a low voice, "Have you heard the rumors in the village?"

Fugaku lowered his eyes and remained silent. Another elder also sighed and said, "The Konoha high-level officials have gone too far this time. They are blatantly throwing mud at us."

"Maybe there are just some villagers causing trouble, and it may not be the work of the third generation." The second elder said, his voice was not loud, and it seemed that even he could not convince himself.

"Who else could it be except them? What do you mean by Uchiha inaction? When have we ever been derelict in our duties?"

"We clearly captured the person, so why was he taken away by the Anbu? What do they want to do? They actually dared to take the wanted criminal privately. Are they going to replace us?"

"The Konoha high-ranking officials are bullying our Uchiha Taisheng. Gather all the clan members to the Hokage Building to demand an explanation!"

The Great Elder was even more dissatisfied and asked directly: "Fugaku, how do you serve as the Minister of Security? Why did you hand over the prisoner to the Anbu? Now that rumors are spreading all over Konoha, how do you explain it?"

Seeing that the Great Elder had directly named him, Fugaku had no choice but to speak, "It was the Hokage's order that the Anbu took away the wanted criminal. As for today's rumors, I will ask the Third Hokage for an explanation."

Of course he knew where the person was, but he couldn't tell it, especially not to the Great Elder. Otherwise, given the Great Elder's personality, the conflict would only intensify.

The Second Elder nodded in agreement, "The Hokage has the power to deal with criminals. Since it was his order, there is nothing we can do about it. As for today's rumors, perhaps they were not caused by the Hokage."

The Great Elder's chest kept rising and falling when he heard this. He looked at the two of them with an expression of disappointment, "If it's not the Hokage, then it's Danzo!"

The second elder was speechless, and Fugaku even raised his eyebrows and looked at him.

"The old thief Danzo has repeatedly targeted us. In my opinion, this must have been done by Danzo. Why don't we gather our men tonight and kill the Shimura clan!"

"That's right, let them see that we Uchiha are not easy to bully!"

Someone suggested this, and the Great Elder did not refute it. After thinking about it carefully, he felt that the possibility of this being done by Danzo was indeed higher.

Seeing this, the Second Elder quickly dissuaded him, "No, the Jonin Conference will be held in three days. If something happens at this time, it will definitely give the Konoha leaders a reason to suppress us. Why should we do such an irrational thing at this time?"

“If this hadn’t happened, wouldn’t we have been suppressed?
My daughter has been arranged to stay in the hospital with seriously injured ninjas who have returned from the front line. These people were already on the verge of death, and now they are dying in the hospital but the blame is put on my daughter. Isn’t this suppression?

Now when I go out, I am insulted by the family members. We are kind enough to support them, but they treat us like this. Damn the transfer of dormitories, this is too much!"

"Wait, wait, wait, wait until how long? Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on until how long?"

"Let's do it tonight and kill Danzo first!"

The Second Elder was unable to handle the whole task alone and had to turn his attention to Fugaku.

Fugaku did not dissuade him directly but said: "The Third Hokage heard about our annual meeting and he has agreed to compensate the Uchiha."

The elder's expression changed slightly, and his tone changed slightly, but he still said: "The annual meeting is our Uchiha's business, it has nothing to do with him whether it is held or not." "And he promised to select ANBU members from within the clan."

"Oh?"

When these words were spoken, everyone was stunned and looked at each other.

The second elder was overjoyed, "It seems that the third generation really intends to reconcile with us this time."

"Shisui is the only one of us who entered the Anbu. If there were a few more spots, perhaps we could also enter the upper echelons of Konoha."

"The Third Hokage is already old. If he can be patient a little longer, maybe he will have a chance to become the Hokage?"

"What about Danzo?"

"Let him live a few more days."

After getting the promise, everyone calmed down for a while. The Great Elder pondered for a moment and looked at Fugaku. He slowly stood up and said, "This is the last time I trust Konoha. As for what happened today, he must give an explanation to Uchiha!"

After saying that, he walked away slowly, and everyone stood up, some followed him, and some stopped to walk.

The second elder breathed a sigh of relief, but Fugaku still sat there with a serious expression.

"Danzo, didn't I tell you to stop provoking the Uchiha recently?"

In the Hokage building, the Third Hokage immediately called Danzo after receiving the secret report.

As soon as Danzo entered the door, he was scolded by the Third Hokage and was a little confused.

After he realized what was happening, he snorted, "I did this for Konoha. I followed my teacher's will and will never allow the Uchiha to become stronger."

The third generation put down his pipe. Although he had some guesses, he didn't expect that Danzo was so stupid. It would have been bad enough to just stir up trouble, but he even added fuel to the fire!
He had a gloomy face and sighed, "The Jonin meeting will be held in three days, so go and prepare. During this time, the Root should not make any moves. I will temporarily assign them to the Anbu."

"what?"

Danzo's face changed, "Huruzen, what do you mean, you actually want the Root to disband because of the Uchiha!"

"This is only temporary."

"No, without the Root who will supervise the Uchiha? Have you heard what the villagers are saying? They are all talking about the evil and inaction of the Uchiha!"

"That's enough. You still have the nerve to bring it up. Don't leave the clan land before the Jonin meeting. Kakashi, watch him!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a masked, white-haired ANBU appeared in the office.

Danzo paused, looked at the Sandai in disbelief, and was about to say something when Kakashi reached out to stop him.

"Danzo-sama, please."

"Hiruzen, you will regret this!"

Danzo snorted coldly, said something indignantly, and turned away.

After the two left, Sandaime picked up his cigarette butt and puffed it out before sighing, "Go find Fugaku and ask him if he has confirmed the candidate to recommend for the Anbu.

Also, tell him that Elder Danzo is recuperating at home due to health reasons, and I hope the Guards can pay more attention to maintaining the stability of Konoha."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)