Born with a great love for the Uchiha

"Has the Hokage replied yet?"

Shimura Nozomi remained silent for a long time before shaking his head.

The young ninja's face instantly turned ugly.

"So... what should we do now?"

These words seemed to open up a floodgate of conversation among everyone.

"The family's reputation is now completely ruined!"

"When I go to the mission hall now, the employers are completely unwilling to let me take on any missions as soon as they hear my surname is Shimura!"

"The most crucial thing is that none of the kids in the family dare to go to the ninja academy! As soon as they go, people point at them and call them rogue ninjas!"

This scene truly shows that "Shimura Danzo's crimes were heinous, causing widespread resentment within his family."

If it weren't for the fact that Shimura Danzo just died today.

These Shimura clan ninjas might even gossip about the former clan chief to his face.

"Chief! Say something! Why are you just watching!"

What else can I say!?

Shimura looked up, his eyes bloodshot.

"Every single thing Lord Danzo did has irrefutable evidence!"

"The police force has laid out the evidence in front of the entire village. What am I supposed to do?"

"Moreover, the words Lord Danzo spoke before he died were a curse on the Third Hokage! He cursed the Hokage in front of the entire village!"

"What can I do? I'm desperate too!"

The council chamber fell into a deathly silence once again.

After a long while, someone said something.

"So what should we do now?"

"We can't just move the whole clan away from the village, can we?"

"Since the Hokage hasn't given a reply, then perhaps we should..."

……

"To defect to the Uchiha?"

Akimichi Choza put down his chopsticks and looked at Nara Shikaku with a surprised expression.

"Lu Jiu, are you out of your mind from drinking?"

"I think you're just fainting from carbon monoxide poisoning!"

Nara Shikaku gave his old friend a disgruntled look.

"When did I say 'to join the Uchiha clan'? My exact words just now were 'to get closer to Uchiha Genji'."

"Isn't that just joining the Uchiha clan?"

Yamanaka Inoichi chimed in, clicking his tongue in amazement.

"Uchiha Gen, a thirteen-year-old police squad leader..."

"Tsk tsk! Isn't this the undisputed next Uchiha clan leader?"

"That's right!"

As Akimichi Choza spoke, he picked up his chopsticks again and stuffed a bunch of grilled meat into his mouth.

"Uchiha Gen is now a squad leader in the police force. I don't even want to think about what he'll do in the future!"

"I made this judgment because Uchiha Gen was very young."

Nara Shikaku poured himself a cup of sake and sipped it slowly.

"Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Gen, and there's also Uchiha Itachi..."

"Since the village was founded, the Uchiha clan has been dormant for nearly four generations, but now it seems like their luck has turned around."

Speaking of it.

Nara Shikaku couldn't help but feel a little sentimental.

Logically speaking...

As the founding family of Konoha.

The Uchiha clan should rightfully have the same status as the Senju clan.

Ok.

This so-called "status" is, to put it bluntly, the "Hokage position"!

In the early days of building the village.

The Senju clan produced the First Hokage.

According to this view...

There's absolutely no problem with the Uchiha clan producing a Second Hokage.

But then, something went wrong...

The Uchiha clan leader at the time—Uchiha Madara—was a complete madman.

Even someone as intelligent as Nara Shikaku would find it difficult to comprehend Madara Uchiha's thought process at that time.

He inexplicably abandoned his clan and left the village, and then, even more inexplicably, launched a counterattack on Konoha with the Nine-Tails!

To be honest.

Based solely on Madara Uchiha's actions at the time, Tobirama Senju didn't completely wipe out the Uchiha clan; it was only because Hashirama Senju intercepted them quickly enough!

Later there was Uchiha Setsuna, who was also a madman...

Then came the Nine-Tails' rampage...

Putting aside wars, most of the major disasters in Konoha's history are related to the Uchiha clan.

If it weren't for the Uchiha clan's desperate efforts on the battlefield, shedding blood and sweat for the village and making great contributions, they would have been in a much better position.

There is no place for the Uchiha clan in Konoha long ago!

"How could the Uchiha clan have been 'silent for four generations'?"

Choza Akimichi shook his head, not agreeing with his old friend's words.

"It's simply that the Uchiha clan isn't strong enough and their skills are inferior!"

"Let's not talk about the First Hokage and the Second Hokage."

"The difference between the Third Hokage and Uchiha Kagami is obvious to everyone."

"As for Eitai-nee (the fourth generation)..."

"Compared to the Fourth Generation, no one seems quite good enough."

Choza Akimichi once carried out a secret mission with Minato Namikaze.

This is also why he highly praised Minato Namikaze.

“You’re right, Ding-za.”

Nara Shikaku looked approving, then changed the subject.

"Then tell me, among the ninjas of this generation in the village, who is stronger than Uchiha Gen?"

"Uchiha Shisui?"

"First of all, Uchiha Shisui was also an Uchiha. Secondly, Uchiha Shisui's eyes were very clear. Uchiha Gen's eyes, on the other hand, seemed to hide something..."

"Um... well... um..."

Akimichi Choza put down his chopsticks and scratched his head.

Seeing his old friend's predicament, Yamanaka Inoichi offered a helping hand.

Where is Kakashi Hatake?

"Kakashi, huh..."

Nara Shikaku was taken aback, and the image of that head of short silver hair subconsciously surfaced in his mind.

"Kakashi Hatake was indeed a genius, but he has been dormant for too long now..."

These words were spoken.

Yamanaka Inoichi couldn't help but feel a little sad.

"White Fang's son actually made a name for himself in the ninja world with the Sharingan, that's really..."

"Yes, Sharingan..."

Nara Shikaku also sighed and touched his eyelids.

"If the Nara clan also had such a bloodline limit..."

"Oh well, they're Uchiha after all!"

……

"So it's the Uchiha..."

In the Land of Fire, at a hot spring inn.

A tall, white-haired man was soaking in a hot spring, holding a crumpled piece of newsletter in his hand.

The note clearly bore the following line of text:

Danzo Shimura has been publicly executed by the police force. The village is in grave danger. Return immediately!

"Shimura Danzo... is really dead..."

Jiraiya muttered to himself, looking somewhat dazed.

He has been away from Konoha for many years, during which time he has been traveling, gathering information, writing, and collecting intelligence.