Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode.

Chapter 102 The Iron Rules of the Uchiha

In Konoha, Mito was Kushina's closest person. Although she spent very little time with Mito, she was able to enjoy a kind of doting love from Mito, who cared for her like her own grandmother.

Now that her only relative and clansman in Konoha is leaving, Kushina is not only heartbroken, but also very uneasy and afraid.

Upon hearing Kirito's words, she immediately opened her tear-filled eyes and looked at Kirito, her junior brother who was about the same age as her but far more capable than her.

She looked at the familiar blue diamond mark between Kirito's eyebrows, and at his confident, bright eyes.

At this moment, she seemed to see the shadow of Mito in Kirito.

"Don't be afraid. As your senior brother, I will always be by your side to support you and protect you. Even if you become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki in the future, don't worry. I will keep an eye on that monster and will never let it hurt you."

Kirito looked at Kushina's tear-streaked face, made a solemn promise, and then extended a hand to Kushina.

When Kushina heard Kirito make that promise, she stared at him blankly. For some reason, the unease and fear in her heart suddenly disappeared.

Kirito's consistently displayed strength reassured her.

"Hmm~"

Kushina wiped away her tears, sniffled, nodded, and then placed her hand on Kirito's outstretched hand.

Kirito successfully gained Kushina's trust, and a happy smile immediately appeared on his face.

He then took Kushina to an empty room, set up a sealing barrier inside, and began to tell Kushina some secrets about sealing the Nine-Tails.

Meanwhile, as the Third Hokage continued to issue various orders from the Hokage Building, the behemoth that was Konoha began to awaken rapidly. A large number of ninjas within Konoha were secretly mobilized, and many foreign spies lurking within Konoha gradually realized that something was wrong.

Every step leaves a trace.

Although ninja operations are highly secretive, such a large-scale mobilization is still difficult to conceal from shrewd enemy spies.

These spies dared not delve too deeply into the secrets involved, and could only use their own clandestine channels to transmit the information as quickly as possible.

Soon after, Sunagakure, Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure all received intelligence reports from their own intelligence agents.

Upon receiving the intelligence, the leaders of each ninja village immediately realized that Konoha was about to undertake some major operation. They convened emergency meetings to discuss what exactly Konoha was doing.

. . .

In the underground chamber of the Chizuru family's residence in Konoha, at the Uchiha clan's residence, a fire was burning.

A group of Jonin from the Uchiha clan secretly gathered here, and most of them had angry expressions on their faces.

"Clan leader, what does the Hokage mean by this? All the other ninja clans received his secret order and quietly dispatched a large number of clansmen to take action, so why is it that only our Uchiha clan did not receive the secret order?"

"That's right, Konoha is clearly about to launch a major operation. What does the Hokage mean by this? Does he not trust the Uchiha clan?"

"Clan leader, please ask the Third Hokage. We Uchiha cannot be excluded from this operation."

One by one, the Uchiha Jonin spoke with excited and angry tones, many of them unable to suppress their resentment and activating their three-tomoe Sharingan.

Chizuru was also there, sitting on the edge of the very back corner of the crowd.

The petite woman remained silent, coldly observing the impassioned group of her kinsmen.

Why was the Uchiha clan excluded from the operation by the Third Hokage?

Although Chizuru was young, she was very clear-headed.

She had been secretly communicating with Kirito and knew a little about Mito's situation, in addition to some top-secret information about Konoha that she had learned from her grandfather.

Unsurprisingly, this major operation in Konoha is related to the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

The Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki is about to be replaced, and the Nine-Tails will naturally reappear in the world.

In this way, everything makes sense.

The Third Hokage was wary that the Uchiha would once again use the Sharingan to control the Nine-Tails, just like that person did back then, and feared that the Uchiha would use the Nine-Tails to cause trouble.

Why has the Uchiha clan been unable to integrate into Konoha for so long?

She had once asked this question to the exceptionally intelligent Kirito, despite her shame.

The answer was that the person used the Nine-Tails to kill the First Hokage, which directly led to the decline of Konoha. This incident created an irreparable rift between the Uchiha and Konoha. In addition, the Uchiha clan members were too arrogant and unwilling to humble themselves and actively integrate into Konoha.

Hearing this answer, Chizuru felt angry and ashamed, but she couldn't find a way to refute it.

Because she knew in her heart that Kirito's answer was correct and hit the nail on the head.

The death of the First Hokage is a pain in the hearts of countless people in Konoha. If the First Hokage were still alive, Konoha would never be mired in the quagmire of war, leading to countless tragedies. This is the belief of countless people in Konoha who grew up listening to the legend of the God of Shinobi.

Even she thinks so.

Although that person left the Uchiha clan early on, he was still a member of the Uchiha clan and an important figure.

It's good that he's dead; it's all over now. But the poor living members of the Uchiha clan are now hated by the people of Konoha in his place. All the hatred directed at that person has been transferred to the entire Uchiha clan because of his death.

Unless the Uchiha clan can become heroes of Konoha, make sufficient contributions and sacrifices to resolve this hatred, or the Uchiha clan is wiped out, this hatred will never be resolved.

That person is truly a sinner of the Uchiha clan.

The arrogance of the clan members is also a huge problem. This has been a long-standing problem of the Uchiha clan, and very few clan members are aware of this. Reversing this negative personality trait is extremely difficult.

Thinking about these issues, Chizuru, an Uchiha who wanted to change the Uchiha clan's awkward position in Konoha, felt immense pressure, making it hard for her to breathe.

Fortunately, she doesn't have to bear this pressure alone; she now has a very reliable helper by her side.

Once they grow up, they will have the strength and confidence to change all of this.

However, before they can change all of this, they must first grow up successfully and then gain sufficient status in Konoha.

Her current goal is to become the head of the Uchiha clan with absolute strength. Only by becoming the head of the clan can she control this unruly beast and slowly tame it over time.

Upon realizing this, Chizuru subconsciously looked at a boy a few years older than him beside her.

Fugaku Uchiha was the second most talented person in the Uchiha clan after her. He possessed the three-tomoe Sharingan at the age of twelve, graduated at the age of ten, and then went to the Land of Rain to participate in the war. When he returned, he was already a Jonin of Konoha.

As one of the very few clansmen and genius ninjas in the Uchiha clan who made outstanding contributions in the war, Fugaku Uchiha enjoyed a high reputation in the clan and even among the Konoha ninja community, and was highly regarded by the Uchiha clan.

Without a doubt, this person will be a formidable rival for Uchiha Chizuru's future claim to the clan headship.

The Uchiha clan has never distinguished between the main family and the branch family; the position of clan head can only be inherited by the strongest member of the clan.

The capable rise, the mediocre fall.

This has always been an ironclad rule within the Uchiha clan.

No one is an exception.

nobody.

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(End of this chapter)