Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 456 The Uchiha Attack

Therefore, Minato becoming Hokage was exactly what the Third Hokage wanted from the beginning.

Even though Orochimaru displayed Wood Release on the battlefield against Sunagakure, and White Fang rejoined the fight, they couldn't steal the limelight that the Third Hokage had created for Konoha's Yellow Flash.

The Third Hokage appointed Minato, who was skilled in the Flying Thunder God Technique, as a sharp weapon, making him active on various battlefields and accumulating great fame among civilians and ninja clans.

If it weren't for the unexpected incident involving White Fang and Tsunade, Minato's position as Hokage would have been very secure.

The result... is best left unsaid.

Thankfully, the war is still ongoing!

This is fortunate for the third generation; he still has time.

No one can easily take away the power in his hands. He made Konoha great again. Without his efforts to turn the tide, Konoha would have disappeared in the First Shinobi World War.

At this time, the third generation valued power highly and also valued themselves highly.

He will not allow anyone to threaten his rights.

White Fang was like that, and so was the other Uchiha.

"Fugaku... White Fang..."

The Third Hokage looked at the intelligence report on his right. This was from the battlefield in the Land of Water. The report indicated that Fugaku Uchiha, who had disappeared around the same time as White Fang, had also returned around the same time.

The two disappeared around the same time and returned around the same time, so there must be some connection between them that he was unaware of.

"Has the Anbu still not found them?" the Third Hokage suddenly asked.

call out!

An ANBU ninja appeared in the office, knelt on one knee before the Third Hokage, and replied, "Not yet."

"Continue!" The Third Hokage frowned, waved his hand, and the Anbu disappeared.

"Where did those two guys go during their disappearance? There's not a trace of them at all!"

For some reason, the Third Hokage felt uneasy. He sensed that the disappearance of Sakumo Hatake and Fugaku Uchiha was unusual, and there must be some secret he didn't know about it.

This secret is important to him and to Konoha.

Two people, separated by thousands of miles, two people who were completely unfamiliar with each other, disappeared together. Where they went and what they did during that time is not normal, even the secret police couldn't find a trace of it after a month of investigation.

This made the Third Hokage of Konoha feel that something was slipping out of his control.

Such are the white teeth.

The same applies to the Uchiha clan.

"I never expected that fire-style ninjutsu to be Amaterasu!"

The Third Hokage couldn't resist picking up the information on the right again and flipping through it.

After the Uchiha clan was allowed to participate in the war, Fugaku Uchiha's black flame ninjutsu used in the battle against the Kirigakure immediately shocked the battlefield and eventually came to the attention of the Third Hokage.

Its ability to burn even fire and water is unmatched on the battlefield.

At first, the Third Hokage thought it was a powerful fire jutsu developed by Fugaku Uchiha, just like the black lightning developed by the Third Raikage, and didn't pay much attention to it.

A few days ago, Danzo sent him a message saying that the black flames were very likely a unique ability of the Mangekyou Sharingan of the Uchiha clan.

The third generation was startled, and then saw the record of Amaterasu, the black flame eye technique, in the archives established by the second generation.

It was only then that the Third Hokage confirmed that Fugaku Uchiha had awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan.

As someone who came from the Warring States period, the Third Hokage clearly understood the difference between the Uchiha clan members who possessed the Mangekyou Sharingan and those who did not.

The Third Hokage knew that if he faced the Amaterasu flames that consumed everything, he would be unable to withstand them and could only hide behind the wall.

However, this is only the ability of one of the Mangekyou Sharingan eyes. The Third Hokage did not know what the ability of Fugaku's other Mangekyou Sharingan was.

The only thing he was clear about was that once Fugaku possessed the Mangekyou Sharingan, the Uchiha clan had the strength to rival the entire Hidden Leaf Village.

No ninja clan in Konoha will forget the trauma inflicted by that man who also possessed the Mangekyou Sharingan, that unparalleled power, just like the status of Wood Release in everyone's hearts.

Just think about Orochimaru now who has Wood Release, and you'll understand that Fugaku Uchiha's strength at this point is beyond that of ordinary people.

However, this was not the most troublesome point for the third generation.

"Shunshen Shisui!"

The Third Hokage put down the information about Fugaku and picked up the information about a ninja named Uchiha Shisui.

During Fugaku Uchiha's disappearance, Shisui Uchiha, a ten-year-old Uchiha boy... no, not even a boy.

A ten-year-old Uchiha boy steps forward and turns the tide when the clan leader goes missing, Kirigakure launches a large-scale attack, and the clan is in chaos.

In a massive raid by the Hidden Mist Village, Shisui's squad faced a ninja battalion, and all his comrades were killed, leaving him the sole survivor.

Then, he survived.

The entire ninja squad, consisting of twenty Jonin from Kirigakure, over fifty Chunin, and more than one hundred Genin, was wiped out.

Uchiha Shisui annihilated an entire ninja squad; not a single person escaped.

Based on this terrifying record, the ten-year-old Uchiha Shisui's name, Shisui of the Body Flicker, instantly resounded throughout the entire ninja world.

The people from the Hidden Mist were so frightened that they stopped in their tracks and dared not continue their attack.

The entire Mist Village front was able to stabilize again, preventing the Mist Village from gaining an advantage.

Without Fugaku's example, the Third Hokage might not have thought much of it and would have simply assumed that Uchiha Shisui's exceptional ninjutsu talent allowed him to develop the Body Flicker Technique to a terrifying level, thus creating such a formidable record.

After all, before this, the fastest ninja in the world, the Yellow Flash of Konoha, had already proven with a terrifying record of instantly killing dozens of Iwagakure ninjas that as long as you are fast enough, there is not much difference between killing ordinary Jonin and Genin.

However, after learning that Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, and seeing Shisui's terrifying record of Body Flicker, the Third Hokage immediately thought that Uchiha Shisui had also awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Otherwise, even with his Flying Thunder God Technique and the incredible Body Flicker Technique, he couldn't possibly wipe out an entire ninja squad by himself.

"No, we absolutely cannot let the Uchiha clan go to the battlefield again!"

The thought that the Uchiha clan possessed two pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan made the Third Hokage uneasy. The power of the Mangekyou Sharingan had been demonstrated to him by both Madara Uchiha and Kagami Uchiha.

The Third Hokage already found the Uchiha clan's two pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan to be a serious problem. If the Uchiha were allowed to remain on the battlefield and another pair or two of Mangekyou Sharingan were to appear, Konoha would be in serious trouble. Given the Uchiha clan's arrogant and superior attitude, they would inevitably run for the next Hokage position.

By then, no one will be able to stop the Uchiha.

The only solution now is to call the Uchiha clan back.

However... mobilizing a few individuals is one thing, but mobilizing the entire Uchiha army involved in the war is not so easy. Without a convincing reason, it won't work.

Moreover, the Uchiha clan of today is not the same as the Uchiha clan of the past, so the Third Hokage dared not issue orders casually, for fear of causing even greater changes.

"How can we bring the Uchiha clan back from the battlefield?"

The Third Hokage frowned in thought. Now he finally understood why the Second Hokage hadn't allowed large numbers of Uchiha clan members to go to the battlefield.

However, while they understood this, the Uchiha clan was not the White Fang of Konoha.

The Third Hokage tried many methods but couldn't come up with a good reason to summon all the Uchiha clan ninjas back.

Finally, a thought even flashed through his mind: what if Konoha were also attacked by a mysterious Explosion Release ninja?

That way, they could use the excuse that Konoha needed the Uchiha clan to protect it to recall the evil Uchiha clan ninja army from the front lines, put them back on their leash, and prevent them from having the possibility of awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan again.

(End of this chapter)