The Uchiha Clan's Sun

Even Orochimaru could not hide the excitement in his heart and looked at Uchiha Jin.

Uchiha Jin snorted and said, "In the original timeline, although Hiruzen Sarutobi also stepped down this year, he returned to the position of Hokage a year later, and has been in that position for more than ten years!"

"Over the past ten years or so, Hiruzen Sarutobi has done a lot of good deeds, including but not limited to using the life of the Hyuga clan leader to exchange for peace and causing the Uchiha clan to be wiped out."

"And more than ten years later, during a Chunin Exam, Orochimaru trapped him with the Four Purple Sun Formation and engaged him in battle!"

"The situation back then was exactly the same as now; most of the villagers were just watching from the sidelines!"

"And among those watching the battle was Jiraiya himself!"

Chapter 295 Look my eyes!

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Jiraiya suddenly stood up, his eyes wide open, staring at Uchiha Jin in disbelief.

Tsunade's eyebrows furrowed, and although disbelief was evident in her eyes, she maintained a basic level of composure, unlike Jiraiya who was quite agitated.

Actually, although Tsunade has a fiery temper, she is much calmer than Jiraiya, who is carefree, when it comes to certain things!

Uchiha Jin remained calm and said indifferently, "What do you mean by 'impossible', Jiraiya? Is it that Hiruzen Sarutobi cannot use the head of the Hyuga clan to quell the war, or that my Uchiha clan cannot be destroyed, or that Orochimaru-senpai cannot take action against Hiruzen Sarutobi, or that you cannot stand idly by?"

Jiraiya swallowed hard, and although he hesitated, he forced himself to say, "That's impossible!"

After a pause, Jiraiya added, "What is the status of the Hyuga clan? Although the Hyuga clan is not as powerful as your Uchiha clan, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they are the second most powerful clan in Konoha, would it?"

"The head of the Hyuga clan holds a very important position in the village. How could the old man possibly hand him over!"

Jiraiya had some understanding of his teacher, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and knew that Hiruzen was capable of doing things like handing over people in exchange for peace.

But the problem is that Uchiha Jin said that Sarutobi Hiruzen was dealing with the head of the Hyuga clan!

That's the head of a powerful clan!

Even if Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted to do such a thing, would the Hyuga clan agree? If they did, would they still have any dignity?

You should know that the Hyuga clan is a very traditional family, and they value face above all else!

Therefore, Jiraiya didn't really believe what Uchiha Jin said!

Jiraiya continued, "As for the old man wiping out the Uchiha clan... that's utter nonsense!"

Jiraiya looked at Uchiha Jin with a hint of apprehension in his eyes and said, "Don't you have any idea how powerful your Uchiha clan is?"

"According to the information given by the old man, your Uchiha clan currently possesses at least three pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan!"

"Three pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan... those are three pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan! How are the old man and his men going to wipe out your Uchiha clan?!"

Finally, Jiraiya glanced at Orochimaru, who remained silent, and said with absolute certainty, "No matter what, I don't believe Orochimaru would attack the old man. If such a thing really happens, I will definitely not stand idly by!"

"Naive!" After hearing Jiraiya finish speaking, Uchiha Jin shook his head and said with a tone full of sarcasm, "You underestimate your teacher a bit too much!"

"Up to the Seventh Hokage of Konoha, I feel that the combined time of the other six Hokage doesn't even equal the time Hiruzen Sarutobi alone spent in office!"

"In terms of strength, Hiruzen Sarutobi would only be among the bottom of all the Hokage, but in terms of cunning, ruthlessness, and hypocrisy, Hiruzen Sarutobi is undoubtedly the strongest Hokage!"

Jiraiya narrowed his eyes and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Uchiha Jin explained, "The meaning is simple. What you see is only the strength of everyone on paper. But if you want to stay in the village, you can't just look at the strength on paper!"

"You say the Hyuga clan can't compromise with Hiruzen Sarutobi? But what if Hiruzen Sarutobi uses the power of the entire village to put the Hyuga clan on the opposite side of the entire village?"

"You say my Uchiha clan is very strong? I don't deny that, but whether we are the strongest is still a question mark!"

"You should know that my Uchiha clan has existed for a thousand years, and the total number of ninjas in the clan is no more than a thousand!"

"But more than a decade later, rumors circulated in the village that the Sarutobi clan had a three-thousand-strong Sarutobi army!"

"Whether this is true or not is currently impossible to verify, but if you were interested, you would know that there were over a hundred more Jonin votes in today's Fourth Hokage election ceremony!"

"Where do you think these Jonin trust votes came from?"

"Moreover, given Hiruzen Sarutobi's methods, he wiped out my Uchiha clan without losing a single soldier!"

"..."

"Impossible!" Jiraiya was already a bit confused by what Uchiha Jin said, but after hearing that Hiruzen Sarutobi had wiped out the Uchiha clan without using a single soldier, he still couldn't believe it and interrupted, "How could such a thing happen!"

“Nothing is impossible,” Uchiha Jin said coldly. “How do you think the Senju clan perished? How many small clans have disappeared into history since the founding of Konoha?”

"You just said that my Uchiha clan possesses at least three pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan? Heh, I can tell you definitively that in the original timeline, my Uchiha clan had a total of four pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan!"

"But what's the use of that?"

"Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura took advantage of the Uchiha clan's loyalty to the village. First, they secretly killed one of them, then they turned another into a rebel, and another is now wandering outside the village. The last one also chose not to resist because he didn't want to fight the one who had been turned!"

"Then things became simple!"

“The root clan blocked the gate to prevent any from escaping, and then the one who was turned against them raised his knife in the Uchiha clan's territory, leaving no one alive, men, women, or children!”

After a pause, Uchiha Jin took a deep breath to calm his agitated emotions before continuing, "As for Orochimaru attacking Hiruzen Sarutobi, and you standing by and watching... perhaps you just wanted to give him a dignified death after being disappointed countless times!"

Jiraiya's mouth dropped open. Although he was rendered speechless by Uchiha Jin's retort, there were still many doubts in his eyes.

Jiraiya was politically clueless, or at least a complete novice; otherwise, he would never have taught such naive disciples as Yahiko, Nagato, Konan, Minato Namikaze, and Naruto Uzumaki.

Therefore, Jiraiya really couldn't understand what Uchiha Jin was saying.

"Well, I do think that it's quite good that the old man had such an ending!"

Suddenly Orochimaru spoke up, acknowledging Uchiha Jin's statement.

Regardless of what happens in the future, Orochimaru already had this idea in mind when he agreed to help restrain Jiraiya today!

"Orochimaru, you..."

Jiraiya stared at Orochimaru in disbelief, never expecting that Orochimaru would admit to this!

That's their teacher!

“Further words are useless,” Uchiha Jin shook his head, his eyes bloodshot, and said, “Let me show you the future I see!”

"Look my eyes!"

Chapter 296 Subduing the enemy without fighting!

It's strange, but the language English does exist in the ninja world!

Not only English, but also Chinese characters are widely used in the ninja world!

English is intertwined with the daily lives of people in the ninja world, while Chinese characters are used in various important occasions in the ninja world!

Just like the calligraphy in this world, the content recorded in the Chunin Exams Heaven and Earth Scroll in the original story was all written in Chinese characters.

Therefore, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru all understood when Uchiha Jin said, "Look my eyes!" and they all looked into Uchiha Jin's eyes in a cooperative manner.

The next moment, Jiraiya and the other two were in a blur, and when their vision cleared again, they found themselves in a dimly lit room.

The room wasn't big, but it was packed with people.

Apart from Hiruzen Sarutobi, Koharu Utatane, and Homura Mitokado, the rest were all Hyuga clan members glaring with their eyes turned white.

"The situation has been investigated. The person killed by the Hyuga clan leader was the leader of the Cloud Village delegation. The Cloud Village delegation is now demanding an explanation from Konoha!"

Mitokado Yan spoke, his tone very calm.

The Hyuga clan's head elder spoke up, "What explanation do they want? We haven't even asked them for one yet! Do they think they're in the right to kidnap the Hyuga clan's heir to the leadership?!"

Koharu Utatane spoke calmly, "But the person who died was the leader of the Cloud Village delegation, while the Hyuga clan suffered no losses! They're seizing on this point and insisting that your Hyuga clan committed the murder, demanding that you hand over the killer! Otherwise, they'll start a war!"

"This is outrageous! Do the people of Kumogakure have any shame?!"

"Exactly! They were the ones who attacked us, but now they're the victims. What kind of logic is that!"

"It was the clan leader who killed that Cloud Village leader. Do they want us to hand over the clan leader?!"

......

The Hyuga clan members were agitated and began to refute the claims in a cacophony of voices.

"quiet!"

Upon seeing this, Mitomon Homura's expression changed, and he reprimanded him.

The room gradually quieted down, but the eyes of all the Hyuga clan members were filled with resentment and dissatisfaction.

Mitokado Homura seemed oblivious to the gazes of the Hyuga clan members and spoke to himself, "We know the truth of the matter, and so do the people of Kumogakure, but that's not important!"

"The important thing is that this is just an excuse for Kumogakure to cause trouble; they want to find an opportunity to start another war!"

"And your Hyuga clan gave them this opportunity!"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of all the Hyuga clan members present changed!

What did Mitokado Homura mean by that? Did it mean the Hyuga clan was the one in the wrong?

But what did the Hyuga clan do wrong? Are they just going to let the leader of Kumogakure kidnap their heir?

Hiashi Hyuga looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had been silently smoking, and asked, "Hokage-sama, my Hyuga clan has also suffered an undeserved calamity in this matter, being chosen as a target by the Hidden Cloud Village!"

"What does the village say about this?"

Everyone present looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi, waiting for his answer.

Hiruzen Sarutobi slowly exhaled a smoke ring, not answering Hiashi Hyuga's question immediately, but instead said, "On the night of the Nine-Tails' attack, Konoha suffered heavy losses. The Fourth Hokage and the Jinchūriki both sacrificed themselves, and the new Jinchūriki have not yet grown up."

"Since then, other ninja villages have been testing Konoha, trying to create friction and incite conflict, all in an attempt to target Konoha!"

"We haven't recovered our strength yet, and we simply can't afford another war!"

After a pause, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Hiashi Hyuga and said, "Hiashi, you are a sensible person and should understand the current situation of the village!"

"None of the families in the village wanted to experience such an undeserved disaster!"

What we need now is time!

"And you were really too careless this time, you went too far! If you could have captured him alive, there might still be room for maneuver!"

Hiashi Hyuga's face darkened upon hearing this.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's words seemed to say nothing at all, yet they said everything!

Hiashi Hyuga said, "Hokage-sama, I only struck him with one palm at the time; he came here with the intention of dying!"

“That’s not important!” Mitokado Homura interjected. “What’s important is that he’s dead, and he died at your hands!”

......

Things then accelerated rapidly. In short, after Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others repeatedly recounted how difficult things were for Konoha, Hiashi Hyuga finally accepted his fate and decided to sacrifice his life to deprive Kumogakure of its excuse for war.

Hyuga Hizashi stepped forward again, taking Hyuga Hiashi's place in death, thus earning the title of Hyuga's scapegoat.

“See?” Uchiha Jin said, looking at the silent Jiraiya and the other two, “Although the Hyuga clan is powerful, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Koharu Utatane, and Homura Mitokado have put them in a difficult position. If they don’t want to become the target of everyone’s hatred and the culprits who caused the war, they have no choice but to compromise!”

"This is what is meant by subduing the enemy without fighting!"

"The plan was brilliant, but it was used against our fellow villagers!"

Uchiha Jin's voice grew colder and colder, his tone filled with disdain!

Tsunade and Jiraiya remained silent, but Orochimaru chuckled and said, "This is indeed very much in line with the old man's style!"

Jiraiya glanced at Orochimaru, then turned to Uchiha Jin and asked about something else, saying, "What was that Nine-Tails attack the old man was talking about? Could the deceased Fourth Hokage and his wife have been...?"

Uchiha Jin nodded and said, "That's right, just as you thought! Kushina's childbirth weakened the seal on the Nine-Tails, giving someone the opportunity to release it!"

"Then there was Minato's solo battle against the mysterious man, after which he fought the Nine-Tails alone, sealing it with his life. He died young, having only been Hokage for less than a year!"

Uchiha Jin briefly recounted the situation of the Nine-Tails' attack. Although he omitted some details, he did not lie.

Jiraiya frowned upon hearing this and asked, "Why did this happen? Didn't anyone go to help Minato? What about your Uchiha clan? Your Sharingan has a certain restraining effect on tailed beasts, right? Were you already... at that time?"

Uchiha Jin shook his head and said, "No, the Uchiha clan was still around at that time, but we didn't actually make a move!"

"Not only us, but even the village's most elite Root and Anbu ninjas haven't made a move!"

Jiraiya's eyes widened, and he asked somewhat excitedly, "Why? Isn't the duty of your Konoha Guard to maintain the safety of the village?!"

Uchiha Jin smiled and said, "You'll have to ask Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura about that. The Uchiha clan was supposed to go to reinforce them immediately, but they were blocked in the clan's territory by Root and Anbu ninjas who were acting on the Hokage's orders!"

"They were even worried that we Uchiha would disobey orders, so they sent out almost all of us to completely surround our Uchiha clan territory!"