Uchiha's personal opinion

Now, during the Kirigakure campaign, Uchiha Tokumitsu has seized the long-lost and untraceable Flame Fan from the Third Mizukage. How many mysteries or coincidences lie behind this event? The Uchiha clan members cannot help but speculate.

Elder Setsuna also stood in the porch in front of the hall, smiling as he watched Uchiha Tokumitsu stride towards him.

"Elder..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't hesitate and immediately bowed to his elder.

"It's been a long time since I've seen Deguang-kun..."

Elder Setsuna smiled and invited Uchiha Tokumitsu to come inside and sit down.

The Flame Fan was presented to him by Uchiha Tokumitsu with both hands.

"How many years have passed..."

The elder looked desolate as he gently stroked the jade emblem on the flame fan.

"I haven't seen the family's sacred artifact since Lord Madara left the village..."

"Moreover, I thought I would never have the chance to see the divine artifact return to the family in this lifetime..."

The Grand Elder's expression was somewhat complicated.

Uchiha Tokumitsu remained silent.

"Deguang-kun, are you willing to tell me the truth?"

After a moment of sadness, Elder Setsuna handed the Flame Fan back to Uchiha Tokumitsu and then asked a question.

"I will naturally speak frankly and without reservation in front of the Grand Elder."

Uchiha Tokumitsu answered just as readily.

Elder Setsuna hesitated for a moment, first waving his hand to dismiss the guards and ninjas, before asking hesitantly, "This fan... whose hands did you take it back from?"

"On the surface, it's the Third Mizukage of Kirigakure..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu replied, "Actually, it's..."

"...Lord Madara, is that right?"

Elder Sha Na lowered his head slightly and interjected.

"Yes."

Uchiha Tokumitsu nodded very readily.

"I never expected... that Lord Madara would still be alive..."

The elder's lips trembled slightly as he asked in a complex tone, "So, is he dead now?"

He escaped with serious injuries, but it is unknown whether he actually died later.

Uchiha Tokumitsu frankly admitted, "I secretly dispatched search teams to investigate various parts of the ninja world, but to no avail."

"...Lord Madara died in the Valley of the End decades ago."

The Grand Elder's tone turned cold in an instant: "If you find him, give him some dignity..."

Similar to the proverb "Lord Ye loves dragons but is terrified of them," Madara Uchiha is only suitable to be an idol whose meaning is ambiguous and wholly distorted by everyone. His image and original intention have nothing to do with the Madara Uchiha who actually existed. Moreover, the Uchiha clan no longer needs to regard the old clan leader who abandoned his clan as a spiritual idol. Therefore, even Elder Setsuna, after a slight hesitation, chose to sweep him into the dustbin of history.

"This is also what I want to do."

Uchiha Tokumitsu bowed without any modesty and said.

"...Remember to leave the old man some dignity."

Elder Shasana said with mixed feelings.

"That's natural..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu nodded obediently.

"...What are your plans to do about the village's situation?"

Elder Shana chatted casually for a few more minutes before changing the subject.

"We need to draw a few red lines that cannot be crossed in the village."

Uchiha Tokumitsu's attitude also became firm.

"...What if members of the clan were also involved in this?"

The Grand Elder sighed deeply and said softly.

"...Those conservatives?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu's face darkened even further.

"Yes."

In an instant, the elder took out a scroll from his sleeve and handed it over.

Uchiha Tokumitsu frowned as he opened and carefully perused the document, discovering that the conservative clansmen exiled to the Land of Grass had indeed accomplished quite a bit...

This includes, but is not limited to, attempts to push for disarmament so that one can return to one's village...

"A good-for-nothing who only brings trouble!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu cursed angrily.

The scroll also contained a list of Uchiha clan members involved in the incident. Uchiha Tokumitsu noticed a very memorable name in the family structure of one of the participants:

"Uchiha Shisui!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu frowned even more deeply.

To actually collude with outsiders to push for disarmament and undermine the foundation of the family in order to return to the village is simply incomprehensible!

Furthermore, Uchiha Hamon, who was in charge of the Northwest Shogunate, had never mistreated these conservative clansmen. In the border army, they were treated as pampered and well-off!

"Generally speaking, those who have awakened their eyes tend to be quite stubborn about certain things..."

Elder Setsuna was also somewhat troubled. "So, what do you plan to do?"

He didn't intend to hide the matter, after all, given Uchiha Tokumitsu's prestige within the clan, someone would eventually expose it to him.

"Since there are exactly ten clansmen involved, let's carry out the eleven-out elimination."

Uchiha Tokumitsu put away the scroll and said indifferently, "It's good to show them that the clan isn't just blindly protecting them."

"...As for those children, strip them of their guardianship and send them to the police department's pre-training school for intensive study."

Finally, Uchiha Tokumitsu added one more sentence.

"I trust you to get things done..."

Elder Shana nodded indifferently.

Uchiha Tokumitsu's handling of the situation was also surprisingly mild.

According to his initial estimate, he thought that Uchiha Tokumitsu would at least exterminate all the clansmen involved.

"However, I don't intend to let the others in the village who got involved in this matter get away with it..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu said, "This time, the blade must be turned inward!"

"I won't concern myself with these matters. Like I said, I trust you to handle things..."

Elder Shasana had no intention of getting involved in this matter.

"Then please remain seated in the manor and watch the younger generation demonstrate their abilities, Elder..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu raised his cup and drank tea.

……

The next day, after the first curfew ended, the villagers of Konoha who had just stepped outside saw the police and internal affairs departments mobilized in full force.

Under the command of Uchiha Tokumitsu, the police department directly sealed off Mimura Yomaki's residence and broke in to arrest several Chunin in public. Even Mimura Yomaki, one of the five generals of Konoha and in charge of the mission center, tried to stop them, but he chose to back down in the face of several pairs of scarlet three-tomoe swords.

Subsequently, several more ninja clan members were taken away for investigation by the Internal Affairs Department for "inciting and undermining the excellent situation in Konoha" due to their extreme remarks.

At the same time, the police department officially announced the reporting channels, declaring that it would accept anonymous reports from Konoha ninjas.

By noon, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, acting on a tip, arrested several ninjas from the Political Affairs Department and the Mission Center. This time, even Homura Mitokado, a representative of the former Hokage faction, couldn't sit still any longer.

He didn't know when he would be implicated.

As for the collusion among his subordinates, Mitokado Homura had been watching it all along, but he chose to turn a blind eye.

However, this time the Uchiha clan's reaction seems a bit too extreme...

In the afternoon, Uchiha Nakagen personally led his troops to the Inuzuka clan's territory and took away two Inuzuka Jonin and a Aburame Jonin who happened to be in the same room for questioning.

The Hyuga clan was immediately faced with a headache.

At night, the police department broadcast a village-wide announcement via loudspeaker, informing everyone that the curfew hours had been adjusted to 8 p.m. to 7 a.m., and that anyone who violated the order would be killed without question, regardless of their identity.

In an instant, the entire Leaf Village was filled with unease and panic, with everyone on edge.

Chapter 287 Suppression of Expansion

The Konoha Intelligence Department, which is under the control of the Hyuga clan, is in complete chaos.

Although the Hyuga clan leader forced a polite smile, his expression was indeed not very pleasant.

After Uchiha Tokumitsu launched a purge campaign within Konoha in the name of the Konoha Governor's Office, the Police Department, the Internal Affairs Department, and the Intelligence Department, which was controlled by the Hyuga clan, were the core departments for carrying out this plan.

The targets of the purge were the "ninja village faction" and the remnants of the old Hokage's faction who had been making a lot of noise in the House of Representatives recently.

What displeased the Hyuga clan leader the most was that the police department and the internal affairs department, under the guise of coordinating nearby affairs, jointly formed a working group and stationed it in the intelligence department, urging the intelligence ninjas to issue targeted arrest warrants to various opposition factions within the village.

Although Uchiha Tokumitsu brazenly launched a large-scale investigation and purge campaign within the village, he outwardly still maintained a strong sense of procedural justice.

In Konoha's current power structure and division of responsibilities, the Intelligence Department is only responsible for intelligence gathering and analysis outside the village, the Internal Affairs Department is only responsible for eliminating foreign spies, and the Police Department is the village's standing security force.

However, if the police department's actions are supported by solid information from the intelligence department and the internal affairs department, and the arrests are made on the grounds of collusion with other ninja villages to harm the village, then everything is perfectly legitimate.

However, the intelligence department, which is controlled by the Hyuga clan, is an "outsider" to the Uchiha clan. Therefore, the police department and the internal affairs department simply put them in a tough spot, demanding that they provide "conclusive and reliable" suspect analysis to facilitate the police department's arrest.

Naturally, the Hyuga clan leader, who was forced to become a great villain, must have been very unhappy!

However, the so-called "Joint Working Group of the Police Department and the Ministry of the Interior" had already taken up a post at the Intelligence Department with the Governor-General's order, and was directing those intelligence personnel from the branch family around in circles, acting as if it didn't matter whether he was there or not. So the Hyuga clan leader could only swallow his anger and suffer in silence.

Furthermore, yesterday afternoon, Jonin from the Inuzuka and Aburame clans, allies of the Hyuga clan, were openly taken away from their clan territory, and the Hyuga clan is afraid of getting into trouble again.