Chapter 322

【Minato Namikaze: While I was in office, I was always thinking about how to reconcile the conflicts between the Uchiha clan and Konoha... I never imagined that after I left, the conflict between the Uchiha clan and Konoha would still erupt completely.】

【Fourth Raikage: Heh heh... A Kekkei Genkai like the Sharingan is inherently a cheat. The Uchiha clan possesses such tremendous power — how could a guy like Hiruzen Sarutobi possibly sleep soundly at night?】

【Hiruzen Sarutobi: Fourth Raikage!! Stop talking nonsense!! If you're not from Konoha, don't go around commenting on our village's affairs!! I was clearly working all along to promote friendly relations between the Uchiha clan and Konoha!!】

"Thank you... Hashirama-senpai..."

"I suppose I don't need someone with ulterior motives to be my tour guide either..."

"Rather than that, I'd rather wander around the Land of Fire on my own."

Future Sasuke ignored Tobirama Senju's cold laugh,

and said lightly.

"You bastard!!"

"Who are you calling scheming?!"

His brows arched,

Tobirama Senju clenched his fist and said to Future Sasuke!!

Seeing the two of them seemingly about to come to blows at the slightest disagreement,

Hashirama Senju could only helplessly show a wry smile.

Over these years,

the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan had been interacting more and more closely,

to the point that even among the younger generation they had forgotten that they had once been mortal enemies!!!

But Tobirama Senju's attitude toward the Uchiha clan seemed never to have fundamentally changed,

although it was no longer as hostile as before,

even now he still found it hard to have a particularly good attitude toward the Uchiha clan!!!

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"Kakashi... the Uchiha clan was still massacred?"

"You mean... Itachi Uchiha raised the blade against the Uchiha clan, and he alone wiped out the entire Uchiha clan...?"

Only now did Minato Namikaze learn

that the Uchiha clan had been reduced to only Sasuke Uchiha alone.

Thinking of this,

he felt even more a wave of lament.

He had already seen it clearly when he became Hokage:

there existed a deep-seated conflict between the Uchiha clan and Konoha!!

The Uchiha clan had clearly lived in Konoha for so many years,

yet they still could not truly integrate into the heart of Konoha —

between the rest of Konoha and the Uchiha clan there seemed to be an invisible line separating them!!!

So Minato Namikaze had always been racking his brains to change the relationship between the Uchiha clan and Konoha,

and after years of effort on his part,

the relationship between the Uchiha clan and Konoha had finally eased a little.

He believed that if this trend continued to develop,

perhaps one day the Uchiha clan could fully integrate with Konoha.

But before he could put many of his ideas into practice,

the appearance of the Nine-Tails thoroughly disrupted all his plans.

Kakashi glanced helplessly at Minato Namikaze and nodded.

"The entire Uchiha clan now only has two people left..."

"One is the rogue ninja Itachi Uchiha, who killed the entire clan, and the other is Sasuke Uchiha, who stayed in Konoha."

Unfortunately, Future Sasuke did not say much about the subsequent history,

the history he focused on recounting was what had happened during the Fourth Great Ninja War,

otherwise they could have learned more about the shinobi world from Future Sasuke's mouth.

"It's a pity... I once received quite a few favors from Clan Head Fugaku, but never had the chance to repay him."

Before Minato Namikaze became Hokage, and before he became the Yellow Flash,

he had already come to know the Uchiha clan's clan head at the time, Uchiha Fugaku,

and back then Uchiha Fugaku already thought very highly of Minato Namikaze,

believing he was bound to achieve great things in the future,

and gave him plenty of support!!

That was why Minato Namikaze, after becoming Hokage, wanted to repay Uchiha Fugaku,

and kept trying to improve relations between the Uchiha clan and Konoha!!!

"Yeah... I didn't expect it either... that the Uchiha clan would actually be massacred..."

"And it was Itachi Uchiha alone who carried it out."

Thinking of this, Kakashi Hatake also found it unbelievable —

back when he was in the Anbu,

Itachi Uchiha had even served under him for a period.

Although Itachi Uchiha didn't seem particularly easy to get along with,

Kakashi Hatake knew,

He is a cold-faced but warm-hearted guy!!

Deep inside, he has something softer than anyone else,

And he cares about his comrades more than anyone else!!

Yet such a kind person,

Who cares about those around him more than anyone,

Actually killed off his entire clan!!

"Kakashi... something's off."

"The matter probably isn't as simple as it seems."

Just from a rough understanding of what had happened,

Minato Namikaze sensed many things that didn't add up.

"Although Itachi Uchiha's talent is formidable, I do admit he is an excellent ninja."

"But for him alone... to silently wipe out the entire Uchiha clan — that simply cannot be done."

"In all of Konoha... not a single person could pull that off!!!"

Minato Namikaze furrowed his brow and voiced his speculation.

This seemingly simple, bloody, and brutal clan massacre

Was likely far more complicated than any of them imagined!!!

"Mm... back then I also felt there were many suspicious points."

"But the Third Hokage and Shimura Danzo had already completely decided Itachi Uchiha was the culprit, and directly labeled him an S-rank rogue ninja..."

"We outsiders aren't members of the Uchiha clan, so naturally we didn't have much spare energy to dig into the truth of the matter."

Stroking his own chin,

Kakashi Hatake said with a thoughtful expression!!

At the time, he too felt something was off about the matter,

But he himself was immersed in the darkness of 'loss',

Where would he find the spare heart to mind other people's business!!

"Hiruzen Sarutobi... Shimura Danzo..."

Tapping the tabletop with his hand,

Minato Namikaze narrowed his eyes and softly uttered those two names.

Although he didn't know what the truth of the matter really was,

He had a premonition inside,