Chapter 667: Why Did It Turn Out This Way!

Zhi Cun Tuan Cang's face darkened at the news.

In truth, he had not intended to step forward and draw attention, but he couldn't stand Yuzhibo Quannai's shouting.

He thought that with two First Elders and two Second Generation Great Persons, Quan Nai shouldn't be able to do anything to him.

After all, hasn't Ri Zhan already been cut?

"The Uchiha Clan's Sharingan contains dangerous power; their ambitions are swelling, and they have even plotted several times to launch a coup within the clan."

Zhi Cun Tuan Cang's expression turned grim as he recounted the Uchiha Clan's crimes.

"For Konoha's stability and peace, to avoid greater civil war casualties, we have no choice but to sacrifice the Uchiha Clan!"

Speaking, he looked at Senju Hashirama and Qianshou Feijian, and said earnestly.

"First Elder, Second Generation Great Person, I trust you can understand the actions of me and Ri Zhan."

Senju Hashirama and Qianshou Feijian fell silent.

If the facts are truly as such, the Uchiha Clan indeed must bear some sacrifice.

They simply did not anticipate that Yuanfei Rizhan and Zhi Cun Tuan Cang would be so ruthless as to annihilate the entire Uchiha Clan.

If they were to act, they would only arrest the Eagle Faction members plotting a coup; they could never slaughter the Uchiha to extinction!

"You're full of it!" Yuzhibo Quannai stared at Zhi Cun Tuan Cang, "Excuses, all excuses!"

He doesn't believe that the ugly, trashy Tuan Cang is a good person.

It must be that he fears the Uchiha, which is why he would exterminate them!

One can only say he's a disciple taught by the innately evil Qianshou Feijian; when the top beam is crooked, the lower beams are crooked!

This guy perfectly inherits his teacher's will!

Zhi Cun Tuan Cang, with a look on his face, locked eyes with Yuzhibo Quannai; at the slightest sign of trouble, he would immediately form a seal and cast Izanagi.

Otherwise, once the seal is completed, there would be no chance of revival.

"Eradicating the Uchiha Clan is not something to boast about," he said in a deep voice, trying to move the First Elder and Second Generation Great Person, "but for the continuation of Konoha's great tree, for the survival and peace of many, someone must carry out those unsavory deeds."

"That is the purpose of the Root's existence, and the path I, Zhi Cun Tuan Cang, have chosen!"

"Enough!" Madara Uchiha snapped, cutting off Tuan Cang's speech.

Although he doesn't care about the Uchiha's lives, this guy truly dislikes it, constantly finding himself grandiose excuses.

It is nowhere near the one beside Lian Ye.

In this timeline, Zhi Cun Tuan Cang and Yuanfei Rizhan are the epitome of hypocrisy!

The Uchiha's attempted coup is nothing but a bid to become Hokage; a coup is not intended to destroy Konoha Village.

It's merely fear that the Uchiha Clan would seize their position, so they decided to annihilate the Uchiha.

Seeing this, Zhi Cun Tuan Cang wisely fell silent, daring not to speak another word.

His goal had already been achieved, boosting his prestige before everyone.

If this matter ends without incident, he'll become the Fourth Hokage!

"I'm curious, how did you eradicate the Uchiha?"

Huidu Feijian suddenly asked.

The Uchiha Clan is a great clan in the village; logically, eradicating them is not that easy.

Otherwise, during the Warring States Period, the Senju and Uchiha would not have fought for so many years.

When those words were spoken, everyone's gaze fell on Yuanfei Rizhan and Zhi Cun Tuan Cang.

The two stared at each other, and no one dared to speak.

"Hehe, not saying, huh?"

Yuzhibo Quannai sneered, stepped forward, clamped Zhi Cun Tuan Cang's throat, and cast a Sharingan Genjutsu.

He wanted to see whether this hypocritical guy truly is as magnanimous as he claims!

Zhi Cun Tuan Cang initially tried to resist, but seeing the First Elder and Second Generation Great Person have no intention to stop, he could only grit his teeth as Quan Nai read his memories.

Soon, Yuzhibo Quannai clearly understood the whole chain of events.

"Hehe, just as I imagined. No wonder he's a fine disciple taught by Qianshou Feijian!"

Huidu Feijian: "……"

"No, what does this have to do with me!"

He had no part in the Uchiha's extermination.

This mad dog only knows how to tear people apart recklessly.

Yuanfei Rizhan sighed softly at the sight, realizing the truth could no longer be hidden.

He took a deep breath and said slowly:

"Contradictions do not form overnight. The Uchiha possess a powerful Kekkei Genkai, yet since the Nine-Tails attack on the village, speculation that the Uchiha can control the Nine-Tails has spread continuously."

"Village leadership, myself included, out of fear of a second Nine-Tails disaster, decided to relocate the Uchiha Clan's territory to the village's outskirts and tighten surveillance…"

"That was a wrong beginning, harming the Uchiha's dignity and sowing seeds of distrust and division in their hearts."

Yuanfei Rizhan's eyes were filled with remorse.

"I tried to make amends, to communicate. But once the seed of suspicion is sown, it grows wildly. Within the Uchiha, dissatisfaction with village policy intensifies, and the radical voices grow louder."

"Meanwhile, within the village's upper echelons, vigilance and hardline stance toward the Uchiha are rising. I am caught in the middle, torn. I wish to soothe the Uchiha's anger, yet must consider the village's overall safety."

"My indecisiveness, my naive fantasies, have let the situation deteriorate step by step."

…

"And the extermination of the Uchiha was carried out by the Uchiha prodigy Itachi. He reached an agreement with Tuan Cang: in exchange, the village must guarantee absolute safety for his younger brother, Sasuke Uchiha, and conceal the Uchiha's coup attempt, at least preserving the Uchiha's reputation."

Yuanfei Rizhan forced back tears, his voice trembling as he said.

"Thump!"

Sasuke Uchiha in the crowd knelt on the ground, and tears burst from his eyes.

"Why... why is it like this!"

The brother he had despised for years had actually chosen to personally kill his parents and clan because of him.

No one has ever told him this!

"Sasuke, are you okay..."

Naruto Uzumaki and Chun Ye Ying stepped forward to show concern, but the latter shoved them away violently.

Everyone was shocked by the truth, and no one paid attention to the three little kids.

"All that was said amounts to nothing but your incompetence in governance."

Yuzhibo Quannai stared coldly at Yuanfei Rizhan.

"If Konoha Village could have accepted the Uchiha, things would not have fallen to this state."

He had once told his brother that, no matter what, the Uchiha could not surrender.

But after he died in battle, his brother failed to defeat Senju Hashirama and was ultimately forced to join Konoha.

As a result, the Uchiha were ostracized, and his brother left the village alone.

Madara Uchiha: "……"

Yuanfei Rizhan mentioned the Nine-Tails twice; the first time should have been during his battle with Hashirama.

As for the second time, if nothing unexpected happened, it would be that guy Dai Tu.

So, the Uchiha genocide actually has a certain connection to him.

After all, Madara Uchiha, who is executing the "Moon's Eye" plan, sees that the Ninja World has nothing that cannot be sacrificed.

Even clan members are no exception...

He did not dare to say these words in front of Quan Nai.

Let his younger brother vent his anger on Feijian's disciples.