This puppeteer is a bit... well...

Chapter 73, could it be a staged accident?

"That's enough!"

Upon hearing this, Ryuji paused for a moment, then looked at Minato with some surprise.

Yes, it wasn't the three Uchiha who were about to reach their maximum anger level who shouted "Enough!", but Minato.

But thinking about it carefully, Minato's actions don't seem wrong at all.

As a member of Konoha, it would be truly unreasonable for him not to speak out when he saw the people and clans of Konoha being humiliated.

Moreover, the two sides in the conflict are the leaders of the Uchiha and Sunagakure delegations. If the conflict is allowed to escalate into a physical fight, it will be difficult to resolve regardless of who wins or loses.

His most important task was to speak out in time and prevent the situation from getting worse.

"Setsuna, the responsibility for this lies with me." Seeing everyone's gazes on him, Minato pondered, "It was because I wanted Obito to broaden his horizons that I allowed him to challenge Jonin Ayaki. I will apologize to the Third Hokage later."

Upon hearing this, the three Uchiha's expressions improved slightly.

They came over to check the situation after hearing the fighting, only to find Obito knocked to the ground by a puppet and in danger (from the perspective of the three Uchiha members, the puppet is stepping on his nose and aiming at his eyes). The other three members of the team were just watching the show, which made them furious.

Because of Madara Uchiha's legacy, many people in the village disliked the Uchiha clan. In particular, the Second Hokage's policies put the Uchiha's every move under the watchful eyes of the entire village. This made some sensitive people even more resentful of Konoha and insisted that Konoha's attitude should be responded to with strong measures.

These people are known as the Uchiha Hawks.

Uchiha Setsuna was the leader of the hawks, and while the Second Hokage was still alive, he often led his clansmen to oppose him—of course, only in terms of policy.

He strongly opposed the Second Hokage's plan to appoint the Uchiha clan to the Konoha Police Force. Although he ultimately failed, he still secured many benefits for the Uchiha.

For example, securing funding.

Originally just a security force responsible for maintaining order, the police force now has funding comparable to the Anbu, which is directly under the Hokage, and enjoys a high degree of autonomy in law enforcement and judicial matters.

This kind of person harbors inherent malice towards anyone outside the Uchiha clan of Konoha.

When he saw Obito being beaten and the three of them watching the show, his first thought was that the villagers were bullying and ostracizing the Uchiha.

That's why they came with such a fierce momentum.

However, Setsuna Uchiha, who was unfriendly to everyone outside the Uchiha clan, had a high degree of trust in Minato.

After all, he was just radical, not stupid.

He also knew that not everyone in the village was hostile to or rejected the Uchiha clan. He understood Minato's personality and knew he would never do such a thing.

Therefore, once Minato explained things clearly, most of his anger subsided.

But that's only most of it, not all of it.

No one could pretend that what Ryuji said before never happened.

therefore……

"Some people are too arrogant to know their place, so we have to teach them a lesson." His expression, which had just softened, immediately turned sharp, and three tomoe swirled in his scarlet eyes.

"etc!"

Minato tried to stop it, but it was too late.

No matter how fast he was, he couldn't outrun someone else's line of sight; the Sharingan's genjutsu had already been activated.

"You'll tremble before the power of the Sharingan, Genjutsu: Demon... Pfft!"

Halfway through the illusion, his expression suddenly changed, he spat out a mouthful of blood, and collapsed weakly to the ground.

"In an instant!"

The other two Uchiha quickly supported Setsuna, and seeing that his face was pale and his body was trembling uncontrollably, they were furious.

I was clearly using Sharingan genjutsu on the enemy, but I ended up looking like this. What happened?

"So this is the Sharingan? How ridiculous!" Ryuji's lips curled up slightly, revealing a merciless sarcasm.

"What did you do to Setsuna!?"

The two Uchiha were furious, but dared not make a move.

Just now, Ryuji stood still and caused Setsuna to become like this... Their invincible Sharingan not only failed to work on this man, but instead suffered a backlash. How could the other Uchiha not be shocked? How could they not be afraid?

Not only them, but also Minato and the others were shocked and couldn't come back to their senses for a long time.

In terms of strength, Minato believed he was stronger than Setsuna, but that didn't mean he could stare into the Sharingan and remain unharmed.

The Sharingan's genjutsu can trap people in a genjutsu simply by exchanging glances; it's just too overpowered.

He shouted "Stop!" at the beginning because Ryuji had already made eye contact with Setsuna's Sharingan.

Once the fight starts, they will be instantly killed.

If the leader of the Sand Village delegation were to be instantly killed in the street by a high-ranking member of the Konoha Police Force, it would be a very serious matter.

But the result was different from what I expected.

Although it was indeed an instant kill, the person who was instantly killed was not Ryuji as he had imagined, but Uchiha Setsuna.

This left him speechless with surprise.

If Minato is in such a state, the remaining three are in even worse condition.

Kakashi had heard the legend that "every ninja of the Uchiha clan is an elite" since he was a child.

Although Lin didn't know that much about it, she had heard plenty of rumors about the Uchiha clan.

As a member of the Uchiha clan, Obito was very knowledgeable about the Sharingan and was no less shocked than Minato.

The three of them stared wide-eyed at the scene, speechless for a long time.

……

"What did I do?"

Ryuji tilted his head slightly, looking confused. "Did I do anything? I only remember that guy glaring at me and then collapsing... Wait, you guys aren't trying to scam me, are you?"

Looking at Ryuji, who was pretending to be innocent, the two Uchiha were so angry that they trembled all over, their fists clenched so tightly that they cracked.

Seeing this, Ryuji looked frightened again. "Huh? What are you going to do?"

The two Uchiha were ashen-faced, their anger burning even more intensely, seemingly reaching a breaking point, while Ryuji appeared oblivious.

"Could this really be a staged accident scam?"

"I knew it. This is all a family that's good for is saving face and loves to brag and fabricate facts."

"You bastard!"

The two Uchiha could no longer tolerate it.

They abandoned their swords, drew their kunai, and charged towards Ryuji with unstoppable momentum. The water on the ground was kicked up and splashed high to both sides, soaking Kakashi and the other two.

But they had no time to pay attention to any of that; their eyes were fixed intently on the two sides about to clash.

Ryuji stood still without making any move, as if he had given up fighting back, but the slight upturn of his lips told everyone that this was not the case.

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

Just as the two sides were about to clash, a yellow figure darted in and grabbed the wrists of the two Uchiha men.

The offensive ceased.

Minato looked at the two Uchiha members earnestly and said sincerely, "You are no match for him. Leave this to me, and I will give you a satisfactory answer."

(End of this chapter)