Chapter 380: Please, stop talking

Yuanfei Rizhan and Uchiha Jing looked at Lian Ye in disbelief.

"What are you saying, you guy?"

Let them slaughter the entire Uchiha Eagle Faction.

What joke is that?!

"Lian Ye, doing this will only directly provoke conflict between the Uchiha Clan and the Village!"

Yuanfei Rizhan frowned and said.

Such an approach can only lead to a full‑blown war between the Uchiha Clan and the Village.

In front of Lian Ye, he felt that the usually extreme Tuan Cang had become gentle.

"Lian Ye, we can't do this!" Uchiha Jing hurriedly agreed.

Although it wasn't Lian Ye's first time raising this point, every time he heard it his whole body broke into gooseflesh.

He simply could not accept such a cruel and inhumane act.

By contrast, he would rather adopt Tuan Cang's method of capturing the Uchiha Eagle Faction.

Sure enough, without comparison there is no harm.

The usually extreme Tuan Cang seemed unextreme before Lian Ye.

"Hmph, boring." Lian Ye twitched his lips.

He had put forward this view long ago, but no one was willing to adopt it.

Not even that old kid Qianshou Feijian agreed.

Zhi Cun Tuan Zang stared at Lian Ye, falling into contemplation.

He thought Lian Ye seemed not wrong.

Since the Uchiha Clan dares to covet his Hokage Position, they ought to pay the corresponding price.

Simply imprisoning them in Konoha Prison is indeed somewhat improper.

It would be better to follow Lian Ye's suggestion and kill the entire Uchiha Eagle Faction outright.

That way, the Uchiha would be unable to launch a coup.

The inherently evil Uchiha Clan!

If we don't suppress them with the Thunderous Method, who knows what trouble they'll cause in the future?

The more Tuan Cang thought about it, the more he found Lian Ye's words reasonable.

Solve the problem directly at the Root.

"Tuan Cang!"

Ri Zhan's anxious voice pulled his thoughts back.

"You can't be planning to adopt Lian Ye's suggestion, can you?"

Tuan Cang just regained his composure when he saw the two looking at him tensely.

After a moment of silence, he said softly, "I think Lian Ye is right. The Uchiha Clan is plotting a coup; only hard‑handed measures can suppress it!"

"But the Uchiha Clan isn't rebelling now; doing this will only make them feel the arrow on the bow must be released, leading to war!"

Yuanfei Rizhan said anxiously, his voice inevitably rising a few notches.

"Tuan Cang, you can't act impulsively!" Uchiha Jing looked worried.

He was truly worried that Tuan Cang, after hearing Lian Ye's scheming, would do something irreversible.

He couldn't stand by and watch Tuan Cang strike the family down; he could only think of ways to lessen the family's culpability.

As long as no killing is ordered, everything else is easy to discuss.

"If we really have to wait for a Uchiha coup, the situation would indeed become serious..."

Lian Ye's voice drifted in.

"Sigh, you all are still too Holy Mother."

If he were Hokage, he would have already killed a chicken among the Uchiha to warn the monkeys.

Only with overwhelming power can they be forced to truly behave.

—Everything else is just wasted effort.

"Lian Ye, I beg you, stop talking!" Yuanfei Rizhan and Uchiha Jing glared at him discontentedly.

They feared that if he kept inciting, Tuan Cang would indeed order the killing of the Eagle Faction.

"Alright, alright, I won't say any more." Lian Ye reluctantly closed his mic.

Uchiha Jing openly protected the Uchiha; he understood, after all Jing is a member of the Uchiha Clan.

It is natural to subconsciously want to protect one's own clan.

But Yuanfei Rizhan didn't understand that.

Is it really just that he's worried that acting against the Uchiha Eagle Faction would cause a war between the Uchiha and the Village?

That possibility does exist.

"Tuan Cang, calm down," Yuanfei Rizhan said, "the Village is in a rapid development stage; a civil war would only stall its progress."

Zhi Cun Tuan Zang was moved by the words.

Ri Zhan was right; during a development stage, war should indeed not occur.

If Ninjutsu were used in the Village later, the resulting losses would be incalculable.

Seeing this, Uchiha Jing realized there was drama and hurried to join the persuasion.

"Tuan Cang, the priority now is to pacify the Uchiha Eagle Faction, not to trouble them..."

"You make sense," Tuan Cang nodded in agreement.

"The mere Uchiha Clan cannot be compared with the great matters of the Village's development."

It concerns the Village's development, so indeed one must not act on impulse.

But the Uchiha Clan's coveting of the Hokage Position touches his sore spot.

Before he retires, no one may lay a hand on the Hokage position!

If anyone dares to do so, it is undoubtedly a challenge to the Hokage's authority.

"But we can't just let the Uchiha's Eagle Faction grow unchecked!"

Tuan Cang snorted.

He knows the reason the Uchiha have not launched a coup is that Uchiha who support the Eagle Faction are only a minority.

Although their numbers have been rising these years, they amount to only a quarter of all Uchiha Clan's Members.

Such a headcount cannot stage a coup against the Village.

Only when the Eagle Faction's numbers are sufficient will the Uchiha launch a coup.

The Eagle Faction has been stoking the Uchiha Clan's Members' emotions.

They try to make the members dissatisfied with the Village, thereby recruiting them to their side.

But the effect is negligible.

Since Tuan Cang took office, he has never targeted the Uchiha Clan.

Most Uchiha Clan's Members feel the Village treats them well and are not easily swayed by the Eagle Faction's rhetoric.

Moreover, Uchiha Jing has become a Hokage Advisor.

The Uchiha Clan's Members think their family's standing in the Village has risen, so they are even less likely to join the Eagle Faction.

The Eagle Faction keeps shouting about rebellion, yet they never gain the members' support.

No matter what they say, the members simply don't buy it.

It's as if a punch lands on cotton.

Uchiha Clan's Members aren't fools.

Who would give up a good life to go rebel?

The members' lack of support makes the Eagle Faction increasingly unwelcome within the clan.

"I may not strike the Eagle Faction, but they must pay the price!"

Tuan Cang cannot choose to settle matters quietly just because the two urged him.

Uchiha Jing Mian reveals inner turmoil, instinctively clenching his fist.

He knows Tuan Cang is being serious.

The Eagle Faction's death penalty can be avoided, but the living punishment is hard to escape.

"Tuan Cang, I accept your previous decision."

Uchiha Jing gave a bitter smile.

Now it can only be like this.

He could never keep opposing Tuan Cang's decisions; that would only backfire.

Being imprisoned is still better than dying.

Yuanfei Rizhan, who was hoping to turn big matters into small and small matters into nothing, was stunned.

He didn't expect Uchiha Jing to choose compromise.

Although Tuan Cang's decision is relatively milder compared with Lian Ye's.

But that's only relative.

In reality, the impact is still extremely detrimental.

If the Eagle Faction is imprisoned, other Uchiha will definitely become resentful.

Thus more Eagle Faction members will arise.

He thinks Tuan Cang's move is not wise.

"Tsk, finally made up your mind, not easy!"

Lian Ye, who had kept his mic muted, opened it at the right moment and sighed.

Yuanfei Rizhan, seeing this, realized he could no longer change Tuan Cang's decision.

Who let his own teammate surrender first?

But he still asked tentatively.

"For such a major matter, should we consult Teacher Feijian?"

"Hmph, Ri Zhan, I am the Hokage!"

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ps: kneeling for gifts, jpg, Ying ying ying……