Konoha: Uchiha Shisui's Advisor Alliance

Chapter 71 Trouble rises again
As Sima Yi expected, the next morning, Itachi was the first to visit with gifts.

Before Shisui could say a few words to Itachi, Hui also hurried over, followed by Uchiha Yashiro, Uchiha Tetsuka, Uchiha Yotetsu, and Uchiha Inahime.
Just as they had agreed, everyone came one after another.

The descendants of several clan elders, members of the police department, some of Shisui's former subordinates, and the medical ninjas who had been sent to support the Ninja Hospital all came to visit.

Shishui never turned away anyone, entertained guests every day, and chatted with different people about the future.

This situation lasted for three days, and the number of visitors dropped sharply. However, before Shisui had time to breathe a sigh of relief, the ordinary ninjas in the clan seemed to have waited for the opportunity and began to visit with gifts.

So, seven days later.

"Phew~ I'm so tired, it's finally over."

After seeing off the last few tribesmen, Shisui returned to the living room, lay on the floor without caring about his image, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the last few who came were ordinary ninjas with relatively low status in the clan, Shisui still did not neglect them.

Go out to greet them, thank them for the gift, sit at the same table, sincerely invite them to have lunch (dinner) together, and chat about the future.

Those who desire fame and status describe the glory of the Uchiha, and those who desire peace describe a peaceful future.

He tried his best to use everything he learned from Sima Yi, and the effect was remarkable. As time went on, the more sincere the tribesmen who left expressed their feelings.

"That's how socializing works. If you become a clan leader, you'll have to face people from other clans, so trouble is inevitable."

Sima Yi smiled and then sat aside, sketching something with a pen and paper.

Seeing this, Shisui slowly got up, poked his head out and asked, "Except for the eldest elder's family, all the ninjas in the clan should have been here, right?"

"You're all here, which means your status in the clan is high enough."

"Then what shall we do next? Oh, by the way, I'm going to take Itachi to the tribe, but Itachi didn't seem to come to see me these past two days. Is there something wrong?"

"There's no rush for Itachi's matter. It looks like Teru will be on holiday tomorrow, so you can take the opportunity to rest up and go out for a walk around Konoha with him."

Sima Yi did not give a direct answer, but instead showed a strange smile.

When he heard that he could take a rest, Zhishui was not happy. Instead, his heart sank and he felt something was wrong. He had been busy dealing with the tribesmen in recent days and he had not left the tribe for a long time.

"Grandpa, you didn't do anything to stir up trouble again, did you?"

"No, I didn't do this. I just went along with it."

Sima Yi chuckled and turned to leave, then called Xuehua and others to clean up the remaining food and send it outside the mansion.

Zhishui frowned and thought carefully about the meaning of Sima Yi's words, but he had been busy with clan affairs these days and had not paid attention to news from the outside world for a long time, so he had no way of guessing.

It was not until the next morning, when he couldn't wait to run to find Hui as soon as it got light, but was told that Hui had just gone out. Shisui had to go outside the clan territory alone.

At this time, the shops and vendors on both sides of the street had already started their business early.

"It's much busier than the day of Hatsumode. The old man's business should have recovered as well."

Seeing the bustling scene on the street, Shisui remembered the old woman selling mutton offal soup. He was about to go to Konoha to check, but he keenly noticed a wave of unfriendly gazes.

It was not directed at him, but at the family emblem behind him.

"Another damn Uchiha, the domineering clan."

"Even if it's just a child, it's still a disgusting face."

"A tyrannical family!"

what?
Shisui raised his eyebrows, although the voices were faint, he could certainly hear them clearly with his strength.

“Is there something wrong with my appearance?”

Shisui was not too surprised by this kind of abuse. He had realized his mistake after hearing Sima Yi's reminder yesterday.

It's just that the direction these people are complaining about seems a little strange.

Domineering? Brutal? And his appearance? What did the police do?

Although Shisui was curious, he ignored the looks and just walked on.

"Uchiha, go away, we won't sell you anything here!"

"What? Why don't you sell it to me today? It's not like I didn't pay!"

As soon as he entered the inner street, a familiar voice caught Shisui's attention.

"Brother Hui?"

The source of the voice was Uchiha Hui, who was standing in front of a breakfast shop in casual clothes, pointing at a few baskets of steamed buns and arguing with the owner.

"Shisui?"

When he heard someone calling his name, Hui paused and looked back. When he saw Shisui, he was surprised. "That's strange. Why are you here? Are you going to look for the Third Generation Master?"

In Hui's impression, except for missions, the third generation or Uncle Yi, Shisui rarely leaves the clan.

"No, I came out for a walk, what happened to you guys?"

When the bun shop owner saw another Uchiha brat coming, his face fell, and he waved his hand impatiently and said, "Go away, go away. I said I won't sell you buns."

"what?"

Seeing that the other party was still acting like this, Hui's face darkened and his anger rose. "You guy, are you looking down on us Uchiha!"

As Hui finished speaking, a chilling murderous intent penetrated his bones. The bun shop owner, who had originally looked impatient, suddenly sat on the ground with a look of fear on his face, trembling all over.

The huge noise immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding villagers.

Oops!

"Sorry, let's go first!"

Shisui thought something was wrong and quickly stepped forward to pull Hui away, throwing five hundred taels of banknotes at him before leaving.

"Brother Hui, what's going on? Why doesn't he want to sell you things? And why are those people on the street starting to exclude you again?"

Shisui asked quickly after the two of them reached a secluded corner.

Faced with a series of questions, Hui pondered for a moment, a little puzzled. He scratched his head and seemed a little conflicted.

"These guys have been like this since their first visit. I'm just confused. That guy sold me a few steamed buns yesterday when I was on patrol. Why is he acting out of character today?"

".So you know what's going on?"

Seeing that Hui seemed to be used to it, Shisui couldn't help but twitch his lips.

"Ah? Didn't Master Yi tell you? Oh, I see. No wonder you came out."

Hui was stunned when he heard this, but then he reacted and explained, "It was the two old guys, Tsunetsugu and Mitomon, who did this. They warned all the shops on the street before the first visit.

And they were forbidden to open their businesses that morning until our ceremony was over, so now the affected merchants in the village are very dissatisfied with us.

At first these people just cursed us secretly, then when they saw we didn’t react, they started to raise the price of their things. Until now, some people don’t want to do business with us anymore, and we don’t know who has instigated them.

You have been busy with things over there these days and you probably don't know that there is a lot of resentment within and outside the tribe right now."

Hui said this with a nonchalant expression, not looking angry at all, and even seemed to be gloating in his words.

"Why do you blame the Uchiha for what they did? And you've been ostracized too, right? Why do you look so happy?"

Shisui sighed, then frowned as he pondered Sima Yi's purpose in doing this.

Seeing that Shisui was silent, Hui spoke to comfort him, "Don't worry too much. These merchants who refuse to trade are only a minority. Just like that guy just now, he smiled happily when he took my money yesterday.

Wait, is it because I’m not wearing police uniform today? "

Hui paused for a moment, and finally reacted. He clapped his hands and cursed, "I was wondering why I haven't been affected in all these days. These guys really only bully the weak and fear the strong!"

"Forehead"

"Grandpa asked me to go out for a walk with you, but I didn't expect it to be like this. The clan leader and the elders are probably going to quarrel again. No wonder I haven't seen Itachi in the past few days."

Shisui could already imagine the scene at Fugaku's house.

"It's not just the clan leader and the others. Come with me."

Hui said as he pulled Shisui towards the clan's territory, the two of them saw a few ordinary Uchiha clan members along the way.

They endured the cold violence around them, purchased daily necessities amid strange looks, and then quickly returned to their tribe.

"these people"

Hui snorted coldly with an unfriendly look.

"If Uncle Yi hadn't warned me beforehand, I would really like to teach these guys a lesson."

"Before, only the police department was abused, but this time even ordinary members of the tribe were affected. The tribe should all be complaining about those two assistants, right?"

The two of them returned to their tribe as they were talking, but Hui did not take him home. Instead, he led him to a small pond.

Several women in simple clothes were beating clothes by the pond, and the two men stood in the distance, hiding their figures.

"Why would Hokage-sama do such a thing? We obviously did nothing."

"That's what I mean. Things on the street are getting more and more expensive. When I go out to buy things, I have to endure their looks. Why do they deliberately target us?"

“It’s fine if the prices of food, oil, salt and firewood have gone up, but now even the price of washing powder is going up. What on earth do those people want to do?
When will the clan leader tell the third generation? If Lord Shisui hadn't sent some leftovers to our family these days, my children wouldn't have had even a piece of meat to eat.

Why is that? It’s New Year’s Day, really, I can’t get through this any more.”

The woman who looked the youngest among the group couldn't help but burst into tears as she spoke. Although she was a woman, she looked only seventeen or eighteen years old, not even older than Hui.

Although the two were standing far away, they could hear it clearly. Shisui looked at their backs and fell into silence.

"Don't blame yourself. This is not Uncle Yi's fault."

"Sorry, I will succeed and compensate everyone." In response to Hui's comfort, Shisui shook his head, looked straight ahead and said softly.

He knew that Sima Yi would definitely take action, and he would not escape, but would take responsibility for it all.

"But. Why are they complaining about the Sandai? Shouldn't it be Utane and Assistant Mitomon who did it?"

“This is all thanks to me!”

(End of this chapter)