The Senju remnants of the Uchiha clan

Chapter 78 Cemetery
October 13th, light rain.

On the third day after the Nine-Tails Rebellion, the funeral of the Fourth Hokage and his wife and all the sacrifices and victims was held in Konoha Village.

This disaster occurred in the center of the village, and the damage it caused was incalculable, even greater than the Ninja World War that had just ended.

Beside Shiratori, Asuma was crying inconsolably - his mother, Sarutobi Biwako, who was responsible for delivering Kushina, also died that night.

And all of them, the younger generation, except for the brilliant White Bird, were transferred to a safe place along with the ordinary people, and they were not even qualified to participate in the war.

Shiratori patted Asuma's shoulder without saying anything, not knowing how to comfort him.

The funeral is over.

The white bird left the crowd and turned towards the cemetery.

In the cemetery, there were many newly erected tombstones, among which were some of his acquaintances.

Among the Uchiha jonin who went to support the Nine-Tails battlefield, five of them died.

He placed bouquets of flowers in front of the tombstone and stood there in silence for a long time.

"You little Uchiha brat, do you still have the nerve to come here?"

Hearing the voice, Shiratori looked up not far in front of him - not to scold him, there shouldn't be such idiots in the village now.

.........

The five-year-old Uchiha Itachi stared blankly at the crushed flowers in front of him.

Opposite him, two young men wearing ninja forehead protectors had angry faces.

"It's all because of you, the Uchiha clan! Otherwise, how could that demon fox come out?!" A young man pointed at Itachi.

"Many of our Uchiha clan also sacrificed..." Itachi looked down at his feet.

"You deserve it!" said another young man, wanting to take action directly. "You are the ones who caused this trouble in the first place! Huh? Many of you died? I am so happy! You deserve it! You deserve to die! You——"

Itachi's head snapped up, staring directly at the two of them.

The two young men were suddenly frightened by Itachi's eyes. They wanted to teach this ignorant kid a lesson, but they didn't dare to do anything.

Itachi ignored it and squatted down to tidy up the trampled bouquet.

Compared with ninjas, more civilians died in the Nine-Tails Rebellion.

Two of his playmates were killed by flying rocks, and today he came to the cemetery to visit them.

Seeing the Uchiha brat in front of them acting as if nothing happened, the two young men who had lost their loved ones in the turmoil were furious. They looked at each other, and one of them suddenly reached out to Itachi...

Snapped.

The wrist was grabbed.

The two turned their heads and found that the white bird had appeared beside them at some point.

"I understand the pain you two feel for losing your loved ones, but I'm really upset by what you said just now... Get out of here before I make up my mind to cut off one of your arms."

The two teenagers fled in panic.

Itachi stood up, holding the broken bouquet in his hand, nodded to Shiratori, then walked past Shiratori.

"Itachi." Shiratori called him.

Itachi stopped walking, without looking back.

"what happened to you?"

There was silence for a long time.

"Shiratori..." Itachi turned around, his voice tinged with tears: "The village...is not what you said!"

We are clearly trying our best to protect the village, we have clearly made painful sacrifices, and...

In his mind, this incident was just a fuse.

Normally, he followed Bai Niao's teachings and was absolutely kind to everyone outside the tribe, but what he got in return was mostly cold eyes and rejection.

Sometimes he even wondered if he hadn't done well enough or if he had offended someone unintentionally...

"Although I don't want to admit it, this may be partly... our own problem." Shiratori said calmly. He knew very well what kind of people Uchiha ninjas behaved like outside.

Especially those radical guys, one or two of them acted peaceful and friendly in front of him, but when facing outsiders...

Even the most eccentric uncle, the Eighth Generation, almost caused Hinata Genki to have a cerebral hemorrhage when they were in the Southeast Camp.

They are too arrogant.

Shiratori always told Itachi that Konoha was jointly founded by the Uchiha clan and the Senju clan, so the village was the "child" of the Uchiha clan, and the Uchiha clan should do their best to protect it.

In this regard, the radical tribesmen did "much better" than Itachi, but their ideas were slightly distorted -

In their opinion, since the Senju has retired, the Uchiha are the only ones left to establish Konoha!

After rounding off, isn't Uchiha... the "royal family" of Konoha?

No problem!
Shiratori was helpless about this. If he got along with people outside the tribe with this mentality, it would be a miracle if he was not disliked...

And without talking about all that, let’s just look at the people behind the Nine-Tails Rebellion - the direct mastermind behind the incident was Uchiha Obito, and the indirect mastermind behind the incident was Uchiha Madara.

So strictly speaking, although the Uchiha in the village did nothing, it doesn't seem so unfair to put the blame on the entire Uchiha clan.

but……

What does this have to do with the white bird?

He has been taken care of by friendly clan members since he was a child and grew up eating alternative meals from a hundred families. To him, the Uchiha clan is his home.

If Itachi in front of him failed to be guided and finally fell into the arms of Konoha's high-level officials, he would kill him without hesitation.

Between the village and the family, his butt was originally crooked, and it was crooked to an outrageous degree.

"Itachi, if you can't even stand these bad words now, then from now on... forget it." Shiratori looked at Itachi, as if he wanted to say something but stopped.

"what happened?"

"Nothing. Now that the Yondaime has died and the next Hokage has not yet been determined, there is a high possibility that the Sandaime will regain power."

"You mean... the Sandaime will do something bad to us?"

"No, the Sandaime is still very fair... at least he will be relatively fair on the surface. What I am worried about is Shimura Danzo. With the connivance of the Sandaime, he will definitely do some... ahem, well, this is not what you want to care about now."

Shiratori patted Itachi's head.

"Itachi, when you become a ninja in the future, you must obey the orders of the village. No matter how unreasonable the orders are, you must not resist. After all, the family relies on the village to exist..."

Shiratori, who had just killed three Root messenger ninjas three days ago, said this "earnestly".

"...I see." Itachi's answer was obviously hesitant.

After Itachi walked away, Shiratori also left the cemetery.

Uchiha Tian, ​​who had been hiding nearby, hurriedly followed.

"What is the people's attitude towards our Uchiha clan?" asked Shiratori.

"Very unhappy...but no one doubted us."

"That's enough... Is the post-war ninja meeting tomorrow?"

"Yes, Patriarch Fugaku will attend...but Shiratori, will the village's top leaders really suppress us?"

"Definitely. And it is very likely that Shimura Danzo will take the lead and force us to move our clan to the edge of the village."

"What should I do?" Uchiha Tian scratched his head in distress. He thought of what Shiratori did that day, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind: "Shiratori, go kill that old dog Danzo tonight!"

White Bird: "..."

"Uncle Tian..."

"what happened?"

"Please stop playing with Uncle Yashiro in the future."

(End of this chapter)