Chapter 20 In the Name of Uchiha

"goodbye!"

It's time for school to end now. Sasuke, carrying his satchel, said goodbye to his classmates at the school gate, and then sang songs along the stream and returned to the clan happily all the way.

A pause in his steps.

Without the sight of corpses littering the land in another time and space, the Uchiha clan would still be noisy and prosperous.

Sasuke did not notice the cold gazes lurking in the dark jungle, nor did he notice the solemn expressions on the faces of the guards guarding the gate of the clan. Business was still booming in front of the stalls of merchants selling three-color meatballs in the street. Sasuke squeezed into the crowd and took out his saved pocket money to buy two sticks.

boom!

The door was opened.

"Brother, what do you think I bought you?"

The young man held up two balls, but his high-spirited tone did not receive the expected answer.

The air was a little stagnant.

Sitting in the main hall as if praying to the gods, or waiting for fate to come, his father Uchiha Fugaku and his mother Uchiha Mikoto turned back and stared at him calmly.

For some reason, Sasuke felt that these two looks on him were so strange.

dad……

Mother……

Who are you looking at?

"It's Sasuke." Fugaku's voice broke the silence, and his smile brought back Sasuke's familiar feeling.

"Itachi, he...is still on a mission and hasn't come back yet."

I don't know whether the tone was relief or disappointment.

"Oh——" Sasuke was stunned for two seconds before his face completely collapsed.

My brother is on a mission again.

This dinner was tasteless.

The only sounds at the dinner table were the chopsticks accidentally hitting the bowl and Sasuke chewing and swallowing the food. The streets outside were quiet, and even the training ground was no longer bustling with the usual bustle. There was no wind, no birds, no frogs or cicadas. , the two worlds inside and outside have reached a strange tacit understanding unconsciously.

It seems that something is brewing, and everyone in the tribe and even nature are waiting in tacit understanding.

After meal.

"Don't go to school tomorrow." Fugaku said the only thing he said after eating.

He would never give Sasuke a chance to refute in normal times. Similarly, these words with clear subject, predicate and object were never suggestions, but orders.

Infected by this dead and solemn atmosphere, Sasuke nodded silently, feeling inexplicably terrified.

After nightfall.

The uneasy Sasuke squatted in the entrance hall holding two three-color balls. He couldn't read or play with toys. He just wanted to see his brother for the first time when he came back.

While waiting, Sasuke couldn't stay focused. From time to time, he would turn his head and look at the back of his father sitting in the main hall, and then show a puzzled expression.

From his point of view, the leader of the Uchiha clan was holding a note in his hand, with no more than ten words left or right, but Fugaku had been reading it for at least half an hour.

At a certain moment, it was as if everyone in the clan received a certain message at the same time, and the noise of the crowd, far and near, vaguely like the buzzing of mosquitoes, sounded again in the Uchiha clan.

This made Sasuke feel strange and familiar, like a person who had been deaf for a period of time could hear sounds again, but could no longer identify the specific content of these sounds.

The sound of footsteps came from far to near.

The door was opened.

It's not his brother Itachi.

"I can give Danzo a surprise for those things tomorrow. Everyone's morale is very high, clan leader!"

The Uchiha tribesmen stood outside together with torches. They didn't care about Sasuke at the door, or even the hidden glances.

Secret sentries were placed in every corner around the clan's territory.

Tonight, not even a mouse could crawl out of the Uchiha clan's land.

Sasuke didn't know what happened and looked at his father blankly.

At this time, Fugaku stood up at some point, and the note in his hand disappeared.

He seemed to have changed into a different person, losing the warmth and solemnity that belonged to his father, and turning into the resolute and unruffled self-power of the clan leader.

Of course, he was still genial when talking to the clan members, but in Sasuke's view, he no longer looked like the leader of the Uchiha clan, but was similar to Grandpa Hokage who spoke at the opening ceremony.

What are they talking about?

Where are they going?

Is something about to happen?

The uneasiness in Sasuke's heart reached its peak. Before Fugaku and his clan members had gone far, he gritted his teeth, pushed away his mother's arms, ran barefoot onto the street and shouted to the team:

"Father, me, my brother Itachi, where...are he?!"

Everyone looked back at him.

His expression was cold.

But the coldness didn't seem to be directed at Sasuke, but at the person he mentioned.

The crowd dispersed on their own initiative, and Uchiha Fugaku, who was walking at the front, turned around silently. Three sickle-shaped magatama pieces formed piercing eyes like shurikens, causing Sasuke to open his mouth slightly.

Father...his eyes.

Sasuke had never seen his father look like this.

"He's a coward."

Fugaku said calmly.

Regardless of whether he is on the Uchiha side or not, as long as he does not appear here tonight, he must be a coward.

A coward who accepted Konoha's will but couldn't take action against his clansmen.

A coward who accepted the clan's will but couldn't do anything to Konoha.

A coward who chose to escape on the eve of battle.

That was Fugaku's extremely proud son. No matter what choice he made, Fugaku would choose to respect it.

But it's a pity.

He is a coward.

He didn't know where he went, hiding like a turtle, refusing to make a choice.

so.

He is a coward.

…

Sasuke stood there blankly, holding two three-color balls in his hands, watching the clan members disappear from the end of the field of vision one after another.

…

Several senior Uchiha figures gathered together.

"The action plan has been exposed. Konoha's side is on guard. They have already laid out traps and are waiting for help. Changes will be made in tomorrow's coup operation."

"What!" Everyone was shocked.

"It doesn't matter, they don't know that we already know that we have been exposed...so, we still have a chance." Uchiha Fugaku said.

He remembered the note from the mysterious man just now and couldn't help but clenched his fists.

Fugaku knew very well what the other party's intentions were. He definitely did not want Uchiha to take power, but he hoped to use the opportunity of Uchiha's rebellion to mess up Konoha! !

The consequences of the Uchiha clan's failed rebellion were devastating.

And with Konoha already knowing about it, canceling the rebellion, not to mention whether it can eliminate the raging public opinion within the clan, will never return to the state of reconciliation. It is just a more stupid and slow destruction.

The guy who handed me the note was extremely vicious.

He knew that the Uchiha clan had no choice.

That's all they can do.

——Even if Uchiha may become the sinner of the entire Konoha!

The arrow has to be fired when it is on the string.

Fugaku took a deep breath. He felt that his outstretched hands were trembling. He didn't know what the future would be like after making this decision. Anyway, no matter what, this was the chance for the Uchiha clan to survive and ascend to the top of Konoha. Bit's only option.

"...This is our only chance."

he emphasized.

He took out a photo from his body and pressed his finger on it without hesitation.

"——He is Uzumaki Naruto."

"The Yondaime's son, the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki."

Facing the dull eyes of several senior executives, Fugaku paused and continued:

"Our goal is to catch him and release the Nine-Tails..."

"I will use my Mangekyō Sharingan to control the Nine-Tails, and then select a new Jinchuuriki after the battle is settled."

Countless people will die in this battle.

But it is a necessary sacrifice.

In the plan, after taking care of Sarutobi Danzo and others, Uchiha Fugaku stepped forward to "stop" Kyuubi's rebellion, which can be regarded as turning the tide and helping the building to collapse. As long as Kyuubi is not discovered again The rebellion was actually the handiwork of the Uchiha clan. With such tremendous achievements, the position of the Fifth Hokage must have been in Fugaku's pocket.

The Uchiha clan can transform from a marginal ninja clan isolated by everyone to the guardian of Konoha.

Of course, releasing the Nine-Tails again will definitely cause heavy losses to Konoha, ruin countless families, and may even arouse the covetousness of foreign enemies and may even be the trigger for the Fourth Ninja War - all these factors are considered by Fugaku.

But don't care.

——They haven’t even had the overall situation, so how can they care about the overall situation?

…

Several Uchiha executives unanimously approved the new action plan.

Only Uchiha Fugaku was left in the conference room.

He looked through the window at the dim lights of Konoha's central street in the distance, and felt that his hands were stained with the blood of innocent people.

"Itachi...did you see that?"

His face was expressionless.

But that's the choice.

In both sin and glory.

This is a responsibility that he, the patriarch, cannot escape.

He will bear all the responsibility.

——In the name of Uchiha.

The answer is revealed.

Asking for a monthly ticket (reasonable and confident)