I, Uchiha Yu, am solely focused on cultivating immortality

Chapter 46 The Old Man Saw Through Me

"Hehe, I knew you were no ordinary kid, and I also knew you could keep your composure. That's why I, this old man, ate venison and acted like a monkey wielding a sword, and after all this fuss, you still stubbornly refused to say a word."

The old man, Uchiha Shinichi, said smugly, "But he's still young after all. Once this old man started using his emotional offensive, he finally let it slip."

Uchiha Yu: "..."

[The Uchiha clan actually has such a cunning old fox?]

With such a cunning old fox around, how could they have allowed Fugaku Uchiha to rise to power? How could they have allowed the entire clan to be reduced to the tragic state of annihilation?

Uchiha Shinichi laughed heartily: "Don't overthink it. We old guys were ruined by Madara, and then we were targeted by that kid Tobirama. We lost our direct influence over the clan thirty years ago."

"Now I'm the only one left who's dead."

"We originally pinned our hopes on the second generation. Uchiha Kagami's talent, strength, and personality were all perfect. Even Tobirama accepted him, but he died outside."

"They wouldn't even let a dead person go. Kagami was even used as a negative example to prove that no matter how strong a ninja is, he can die if he is careless."

"Ridiculous! What a foolish slander! We who have awakened the three-tomoe Sharingan know that even without the Sharingan being activated, it still possesses a level of alertness far exceeding that of a Jonin."

"Kid, I'm asking you, under what circumstances would an Uchiha who has awakened the three-tomoe Sharingan be prone to negligence?"

Uchiha Yu sighed and didn't answer. Uchiha Shin'in didn't need his answer either.

"Hehe, the only time the Uchiha can truly relax is when they are with the people they trust most. What we call negligence is actually our own subconscious denying the warning signals of the Sharingan."

Ninjas like Uchiha Kagami are incredibly powerful and versatile, making them among the most difficult to kill. Their deaths can only be attributed to two possibilities.

Either he encountered an extremely powerful Kage-level ninja, the difference in their raw strength was too great, and he insisted on fighting to the death, ultimately leading to his demise.

He will either be betrayed by someone he trusts and die a miserable death.

However, the Konoha Village under the Second Hokage and the Third Hokage are two different concepts. Back then, Konoha was powerful, domineering, arrogant and domineering. What foolish Kage-level ninja would lay a hand on Uchiha Kagami? Did he and his organization not want to survive in the ninja world anymore?

Therefore, 99% of the time it's someone close to you who betrays you.

However, there is definitely no evidence for this. Both Uchiha Shin'in and Yu know that if evidence were found, the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, would have dealt with it back then. This is because he wanted to suppress the Uchiha clan but did not want to eliminate the Uchiha ninjas. There is a fundamental difference between the two.

Although they were one of the two founding clans of Konoha, the Uchiha and Senju clans were too powerful and could be considered a cancer within Konoha to some extent.

If the two major clans flourish, the benefits of Konoha Village will belong solely to them, and smaller clans that join will miss out on the development. New villagers who join as family members will fare even worse; they may even be exploited. If the lower classes don't benefit, there will be no population growth, and Konoha Village will have no bright future.

The Senju and Uchiha clans had to be disbanded or weakened to make room for sufficient profit. For the sake of Konoha, Tobirama Senju disbanded the main body of the Senju clan, leaving only the lineage of the First Hokage.

He also instigated an internal strife within the Uchiha clan, drove away the powerful core member Uchiha Madara, and used the security forces to exchange for the Uchiha clan relinquishing administrative power.

After the shackles of the founding family were removed, Konoha Village indeed ushered in a period of great development, creating a Konoha Village that could defeat the entire ninja world even without Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.

Dismantling the Senju clan and suppressing the Uchiha clan were both overcorrections. Once the goals were achieved, the policy should be adjusted to appease the key figures of Konoha and gently guide them to change their loyalty from prioritizing the clan to prioritizing the village.

However, Tobirama Senju's death was too sudden, and the policies that should have been adjusted were pushed to an even more excessive degree by his successors, causing a serious backlash.

This backlash manifests in reality as a decline in combat power. The Senju and Uchiha clans, as the main forces, are hesitant and unwilling to fight desperately in the war.

The spirit and morale of the Konoha ninja collapsed, turning their easy crushing of the ninja world in the First Shinobi World War into a situation where they couldn't defeat either side in the Second Shinobi World War.

Konoha Village is much like the State of Wei during the Warring States period in China. Because it is located in the Central Plains, a place of constant warfare, it can only swing between the best and the worst, with no middle ground.

When Konoha can fight four opponents at once, it can launch attacks on all sides and dominate the world.

When a village can fight two opponents at once, it faces a situation of being surrounded on all sides and struggling to survive.

Under incompetent leadership, Konoha Village could not withstand external pressure, which naturally led to increasingly serious internal strife.

The Senju clan's direct descendants, who were deliberately left behind as a symbol, were completely wiped out. The Uchiha clan, who were preserved as a backup force, were ostracized. Under the blazing sun, Hatake Sakumo committed suicide with a grievance.

The decline of Konoha Village spread from the spiritual level to the level of hard power, and it was beyond repair.

This is a vicious cycle. As Konoha's fighting strength declines and its situation becomes unbearable, the Third Hokage's group will intensify its attacks on the Uchiha clan, further weakening Konoha's fighting strength.

Uchiha Shin'in understood how dangerous the situation was. He was worried about the future of the Uchiha clan, and even more so about the safety of Uchiha Shisui.

But he was old, so old that he knew the family's leaders were a bunch of useless people and had no ability to kill them, let alone protect Zhishui.

The anxious old man was on the verge of despair. After hearing about Uchiha Yu's situation from Shisui, he rushed over to see him without any preamble.

After a day of interaction, Uchiha Shin'yō was overjoyed.

Uchiha Yu is powerful yet low-key and composed, has extensive connections yet remains unknown, and is kind-hearted yet ruthless. Although he has no murderous aura whatsoever, even a seasoned killer like Uchiha Shin'in can still smell the overflowing stench of blood.

This is a man full of contradictions, but Uchiha Shinichi believes that only such a person can survive in the turbulent situation, and only he can possibly save Uchiha Shisui's life and change the hopeless future of the Uchiha clan.

"Please take care of Shisui."

The elderly man with snow-white hair and beard bowed shakily, his body bending at an angle of more than ninety degrees.

Uchiha Yu didn't speak or dodge; he genuinely accepted the bow, which made the old man beam with joy.

He stopped talking, turned around and strode away, his steps light as if he had put down a heavy burden.

Uchiha Yu raised an eyebrow and smiled nonchalantly.

He didn't feel burdened by this responsibility, because he was also a member of the Uchiha clan, and resolving the crisis of the Uchiha clan's extermination was his inescapable duty.

Moreover, Uchiha Yu needed the Uchiha clan. Only with this powerful ninja clan protecting him could he conceal his special condition and ensure that his cultivation would not be disturbed.

If the Uchiha clan were wiped out, leaving only three or four Uchiha in the entire ninja world, he would be targeted by all sorts of demons and monsters.

Once under the spotlight, Uchiha Yu will be studied by everyone. How could he possibly keep any secrets?

Even now, having been seen through by the old man Uchiha Shin'in, Uchiha Yu still feels extremely uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)