Naruto: I, Naruto, don't want to try anymore.

Chapter 42 The Changes of the Uchiha

Two days later, an announcement quickly spread throughout Konoha.

The mastermind behind the Nine-Tails' rampage has been killed; the one who carried it out was Naruto Uzumaki, the son of the Fourth Hokage.

The true identity of the mastermind is Obito Uchiha, a hero of Konoha who should have died in the Third Shinobi World War.

His motivation stemmed from resentment towards Konoha and the Fourth Hokage for failing to save his loved ones.

Naruto didn't reveal anything about the Infinite Tsukuyomi. As for Obito's descent into darkness, he only briefly mentioned that he witnessed Rin Nohara's death and fell into obsession, joining a yakuza organization in an attempt to collect the tailed beasts and destroy the ninja world.

In an instant, curses erupted throughout the village.

"Obito Uchiha?"

"How is that possible? Isn't that guy a complete loser?"

"I heard it's because that guy has mastered a very troublesome space-time ninjutsu."

"Uchiha guys, huh..."

When the Uchiha clan is mentioned, people tacitly fall silent.

Some people think the Uchiha clan is being unfairly blamed, while others think the Uchiha should be held responsible for Obito's actions. However, when it comes to asking them to attack the Uchiha, no one can give a reasonable explanation.

The attitude of Konoha's higher-ups is also quite intriguing.

The announcement suggests that Naruto's actions have the support of higher-ups. This matter has nothing to do with the Uchiha, but the rogue ninja Obito was indeed sent by the Uchiha.

To put it bluntly: I wanted to ease the tension between the Uchiha and the village, so I clarified the truth for you, but the Uchiha should at least express their stance, since the rogue ninja came from your clan.

Furthermore, I do not want to relinquish power, and you should not even think about seizing power by force. The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is on our side.

The arrogant Uchiha scoffed at this.

Who doesn't know that Naruto Uzumaki completely disregards Konoha? Even the Third Hokage is still bragging about it…

Looking across the entire Hidden Leaf Village, there is only one girl who can be clearly linked to Naruto, named Yamanaka Ino.

The youngest aunt of the Yamanaka family had been feeding the Jinchūriki for two years, a fact that was known to most families.

But you, Hiruzen Sarutobi, are a joke?

You've never even seen a Jinchūriki!

Because of the "Son of a Hero" incident, the prestige of the higher-ups has plummeted.

Although Danzo was wrongly blamed, public trust, whether built or destroyed, cannot be maintained by one person alone.

Once a crack appears, it will lead to a complete collapse.

However, since the Uchiha clan unfortunately produced such a scoundrel as Obito, they still apologized and posted a notice outside the clan's gate.

The announcement was very strongly worded, blaming it all on that beast Obito Uchiha for causing the Uchiha to be ostracized by the village.

We, the Uchiha, were utterly innocent. Because of the Sharingan, we were threatened by Danzo not to act rashly, which prevented us from participating in the rescue in time, resulting in heavy losses for the village.

The clan chief's wife was constantly in tears because of the tragic life of her best friend's son, Naruto Uzumaki...

Just like Trump said that Hillary couldn't even satisfy her husband, with the political acumen of kicking the good leg of a cripple and slapping the half-straight mouth of Zhao Si, she turned around and put the high-level officials back on the spot. It was a clever idea that no Uchiha would come up with.

However, this was actually the idea of ​​the Uchiha clan, or more precisely, it should be attributed to Uchiha Fugaku.

Before Naruto left the village, he, as the Uchiha clan leader, devoted himself to the relationship between the village and the clan every day, but he could never find a suitable solution to resolve the conflict between the two sides.

It wasn't until Naruto left Konoha that he heard the villagers express their guilt towards Naruto and their dissatisfaction with the higher-ups for the first time.

This struck him, the police chief, as utterly absurd. In the past, when people went out on the street, the police department was practically begging to come and chase them away…

And it was because of this incident that a burst of inspiration erupted from the top of his head!

Yup!

Since we're from different circles, there's no need to force ourselves to fit in!

Naruto is gone, Kurama is gone, and now you're all crying and begging for mercy.

Could the Uchiha clan replicate this process?

Betraying the village is definitely out of the question. Naruto is a lone wolf, and he's also a highly mobile humanoid nuclear weapon.

Even if he betrayed the village, and spent his days from one end of Konoha to the other, ravaging every woman in the Sarutobi clan, the higher-ups wouldn't be able to do anything to him.

But if we don't betray the village, can't we just give up?

Having vaguely caught this inspiration, Fugaku turned around and withdrew his perspective from the power struggle.

Purely from a "what the hell is it to me?" perspective of utterly indifferent, I re-examined the current state of the Uchiha clan and suddenly realized that the police department in the Uchiha's hands—what power do they actually have? It's a complete disaster!

Looking at the unruly clansmen and then at the troublesome job of the police department, and recalling Naruto's impulsive departure, Fugaku Uchiha slapped his thigh.

Screw it!

Let whoever wants to run the police department do it; we Uchiha are not doing it!

Thinking back to how protective he was of his own whenever the higher-ups wanted to take action against the police department, Fugaku Uchiha felt as stupid as a donkey...

Naruto never expected that his act of leaving the village would, by a twist of fate, lead Fugaku Uchiha to realize the wisdom of "not fighting is the greatest fighting".

So, on the very day the announcement was made, Fugaku Uchiha convened a clan meeting.

That night, at the Naka Shrine…

One by one, the Uchiha ninjas, each bearing a pair of red-eyed rashes for identification, entered the Naga Shrine and found their seats.

In the dim light, Fugaku, who was in the center, crossed his arms, looked at the pairs of crimson eyes, cleared his throat, and slowly spoke.

"The reason for this impromptu clan meeting today is to announce one thing: after much deliberation, I have decided to relinquish all authority of the Uchiha clan within the police force."

As expected, the moment he said those words, the entire shrine erupted in chaos!

"What?! Why?"

"No, Chieftain!"

"Are you kidding me? If even the police department is abandoning us, then we really have nothing left!"

The young faces were filled with anger, shouting indignantly, while the older people stood quietly with their hands in their pockets, waiting for him to give his reasons.

"You also have the Sharingan! So everyone keep quiet! Stop making a racket, what kind of behavior is this!"

From the crowd, a gaunt-faced man shouted, "Let's hear what the clan leader has to say first!"

"Thank you, Yashiro."

Fugaku smiled with relief: "Alright, everyone calm down first. I wonder if any of you have noticed the change in the villagers' attitude towards the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki before and after he left the village?"

"Does the clan leader mean we should also defect from Konoha?"

Behind the Eighth Hokage, Uchiha Inahi couldn't wait to speak.

Fugaku shook his head in disappointment. Given the current state of the younger generation in his clan, he wouldn't be surprised at all if Konoha wiped them out one day.

This is understandable, as the Uchiha clan has always been arrogant and straightforward.

Let alone young people, even he himself had never imagined such a path before Naruto left.

"Whether it's the Uchiha clan or the Jinchuriki, for Konoha, it's always a relationship of needing and being needed."

"The higher-ups intended to control the Jinchūriki, but they backfired and ended up losing the support of the Jinchūriki, because the Jinchūriki didn't need Konoha."

From the crowd, a boy with a slightly immature appearance raised his head: "Does the clan leader mean... that we Uchiha don't need Konoha either?"

"No, Shisui..."

Fugaku shook his head again: "We need Konoha, but Konoha needs us even more. What we really don't need is the police department."

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