“Hey, let go… I’m really suspended. There were too many complaints, and the Vice Clan Head won’t let me work for the guard squad anymore.”
“I’ll withdraw the complaints, I’ll withdraw the complaints! Can the Uchiha come back and patrol?!”
Yang Shu used the Body Flicker Technique to get rid of the enthusiastic tavern owner, leaving Third Street in a slightly embarrassed state.
But Yang Shu felt a sudden sense of relief. The previous frustration disappeared like smoke.
Similar scenes unfolded on other streets where the Uchiha had patrolled.
Many former Uchiha guard members were greeted warmly by store owners.
They were deeply disappointed to hear that the Uchiha were not back to patrol.
They pleaded with the Uchiha, hoping they would return to their posts.
If it weren’t for the Uchiha’s agility, they would have been held back and couldn’t have left.
These Uchiha were all tough characters in the clan, strong-willed and had made many enemies.
Now they were being held by the store owners, begging them to go back.
This sudden recognition was like a long-lost ray of light, illuminating their suppressed hearts, dispelling all their discontent and gloom.
So someone still needs us Uchiha? It’s only after we left that they realized our value?
Some even felt moved, wanting to return to the clan and beg the Clan Head to let them work again.
After all, the guard squad captain is Uchiha Fugaku. Whether they can work again is just a matter of his word.
After returning, a few of these suspended Uchiha did go to see the Clan Head.
What they said made Fugaku wonder if he was under a Genjutsu.
He neither agreed nor disagreed, only asking them to continue their vacation.
Then he called Kawasaki, Shisui and Itachi.
Kawasaki had been spending these days at the training ground, diligently training. Itachi accompanied him and practiced alongside.
Shisui, having recovered from his injuries, was doing rehabilitation training.
They soon gathered together.
“Have a seat. Shisui, how is your recovery?”
Fugaku nodded to Kawasaki and Itachi first, then asked Shisui.
“Thank you for your concern, Clan Head. I’ve basically recovered and am doing rehabilitation training.”
Shisui was always meticulous. Even though he had just recovered, he sat straight and answered seriously.
“Kawasaki, did you arrange for those people?”
Fugaku asked.
Kawasaki chuckled: “They’re not causing trouble anymore, are they?”
Fugaku nodded: “Your method really worked. Before, they were met with scorn wherever they went. Now they’re being held back everywhere, and people want them to go back.”
Kawasaki turned to Shisui and Itachi and asked: “Shisui, Itachi, what did you find during these days?”
Shisui and Itachi were also very concerned about the Uchiha who had been suspended and returned home.
They were worried about their morale. But after the first two days, the subsequent development surprised them.
Itachi said: “Senior has highlighted our Uchiha’s unique position.”
Shisui said: “Senior, I think it’s that the Uchiha are needed.”
Kawasaki nodded.
These two young men are still somewhat smart.
After all, they are only in their teens, which in the past would be equivalent to middle schoolers.
It’s a time when their thoughts are easily swayed. Without proper guidance, even geniuses could turn into fools.
“People have a bad habit of habitually overlooking things around them, so no matter how much we Uchiha do, it will be overlooked.”
“This overlooking can be revealed through loss and comparison.”
“We Uchiha have been the guard squad for so many years, unmatched and no one can do it better than us.”
“But there are always schemers in the village, always thinking we will usurp power, and trying to suppress us.”
“So we take a step back, eliminating the impression that the Uchiha are a threat.”
“Once villagers realize that their previous assumptions were just imaginations, they will naturally remember our goodness.”
Everyone listened quietly.
These are all very basic principles, but they don’t possess them.
After all, in this cruel world, there are countless people who go to war before they are ten years old. How much education can they receive?
They are geniuses, only in combat. They are too immature in other areas.
A little carelessness and they’ll be fooled by Danzo.
Or they’ll be brainwashed by the Third Hokage’s Will of Fire.
Fugaku spoke up: “Now there are clan members who want to rejoin the guard squad, Kawasaki, what do you think?”
Kawasaki rolled his eyes, not in a good mood: “I think there’s no good.”
Shisui hesitated: “But many villagers are eagerly hoping for us Uchiha to go back.”
Only Itachi sat quietly. He knew Kawasaki would explain.
Kawasaki slapped Shisui on the head, messing up his hair: “Shisui, you really recovered from your wounds but forgot the pain, forgot how you lost your eyes?”
“People are forgetful creatures. If the Uchiha go back now, it’s just repeating history.”
“If the root of the problem isn’t solved, everything you’re saying is meaningless.”
Fugaku listened to Kawasaki’s eloquent speech, sometimes feeling that he was simple-minded. It’s really too difficult to maintain a clan well.
Fortunately, there’s Kawasaki.
Itachi hesitantly asked: “Then Senior, what is the root of the problem?”
“The key point.”
Kawasaki patted Itachi’s back, clenching his fist.
“That’s the key point.”
“Senior, are you referring to strength?”
Kawasaki shook his head: “It is, but it also isn’t.”
“It is, because in this world of ninjas, strength is everything.”
“When the Uchiha’s power is enough to completely overwhelm Konoha, whoever we want to be Hokage, they will be Hokage.”
“It isn’t, because even if we subdue Konoha, there’s still Kumogakure, Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure waiting for us.”
“In the era of Madara and Hashirama, Hashirama became Hokage based on his unmatched strength because he could personally suppress all the villages.”
“The current Hokage is merely a result of compromise between various clans.”
“If we don’t become strong ourselves, the title of Hokage will be meaningless.”
“You’ve seen so many disasters in my Mangekyo Sharingan. Shouldn’t you set your sights further?”
“I suspended the Uchiha to let them see the reality, not to be blinded by the injustice in front of them.”
“What we need is to become strong ourselves. When every Uchiha strongman can stand alone, Konoha will beg us to be Hokage.”
Fugaku was fascinated: “Kawasaki, you should be the one to be Clan Head.”
Kawasaki smiled and patted away Fugaku’s hand: “Clan Head, you’re joking. As long as the Uchiha prosper, it doesn’t matter who’s Clan Head.”
“If the Uchiha perish, what’s the point of who’s Clan Head?”
Everyone fell silent.
【Ding…】
“Shisui!”
“Yes!”
Uchiha Shisui nodded forcefully.
“Time is running out. Now most of the Uchiha’s psychological barriers have been alleviated.”
“It’s time to break free from these restraints.”
“It’s time to prepare for a ‘revolution’.”
Fugaku fell silent for a moment: “Notify those people according to the original plan.”
Kawasaki took out a scroll sealed with a seal, handing it to Itachi: “Itachi, this contains some of the clan’s accumulations, including the business plan I wrote.”
“You’ll have a hard time going out. It’s all up to you.”