Chapter 514

"You rebellious son, this is the country that your brothers painstakingly built for you."

Uchiha Gin stopped the motorcycle, pointed his finger at Izuna's nose, and scolded him with a face full of 'hate iron for not becoming steel'.

"Are you worthy of us by doing this?"

"..."

Izuna was silent. How could he not know how much money and effort his brother had spent to pave the way for him?

Once upon a time, he was also full of enthusiasm, ready to fight for the village for the rest of his life.

But with the eternal departure of his arch-rival Senju Tobirama, Izuna seemed to have lost his motivation to move forward. The Hokage throne he had been thinking about all along had lost its attraction in his eyes at this moment.

Until this moment, he suddenly realized that his Hokage dream was not a Hokage dream at all.

It was just a childish comparison between two children who were angry with each other.

Of course, Izuna naturally couldn't tell others about these feelings. Facing Uchiha Gin's questioning, he opened his mouth slowly with a solemn face and gave an impeccable reason.

"Sorry, Cousin, I think the most important thing now is to find my missing Big Brother first. As for Hokage or something, how can it be as important as Big Brother?"

"These two things don't conflict, right?"

Uchiha Gin frowned. He would naturally worry about finding his cousin. The Kiheitai of the Land of Waves had already been dispatched in full force, and it wouldn't take long to turn the entire Ninja World upside down.

Even if the person who took his cousin was hiding in the ends of the earth, they could find clues about the other party.

On the contrary, the village was currently leaderless, and Izuna was the strongest person on the surface, with the bonus of the Shadow Assistant identity. Just a little operation, and he could easily succeed to the position of the Third Hokage.

"I really don't have the heart for this now. Besides, there are some unstable factors within the family that need to be dealt with recently, so I really have no time to spare."

Seeing that Uchiha Izuna was determined not to be this Hokage, Uchiha Gin thought about it and didn't continue to force him.

After all, he was the most loving Uchiha; how could he force others to do things they didn't like?

"Alright, alright, I know, but don't forget to participate in the vote in a few days. Mirror is still waiting to take the position~"

Although his little cousin gave up the Hokage throne, it didn't mean the Uchiha clan had lost everything. Uchiha Gin had also left a backup plan.

"Rest assured, Mirror is also my cousin; if I don't help him, who will?"

Izuna, who breathed a sigh of relief, heard Uchiha Gin's words and nodded fiercely, indicating that he would definitely help with all his might.

"By the way, judging from what you said before, there is a problem within the family?"

The two walked together for a while, and Uchiha Gin suddenly thought of what Izuna had just said and asked casually.

"Cousin, how long has it been since you participated in a clan meeting?"

"Uh... the last time I participated was the last time."

Never expected his casual question to be met with a retort full of mockery from his little cousin. Uchiha Gin scratched his head helplessly, his eyes slightly dodging.

"I'll definitely participate on time next time~"

Ever since his cousin succeeded to the Hokage position, he basically hadn't participated in the clan meetings held regularly by the family. He had vomited from all kinds of meetings in his previous life, so much so that now he would subconsciously retch a few times when he heard the word 'meeting'.

"Really can't do anything about you..."

Uchiha Izuna shook his head and began to explain the things that had happened within the family recently.

"There is a group of people in the family who are not very peaceful. The young guy leading them, you should also know, Ryuei's son, Setsuna."

"Setsuna, huh... that kid didn't look like a good person since he was a child. It's not surprising that he could do anything illegal."

Recalling Uchiha Setsuna's appearance, Uchiha Gin nodded deeply.

"Then what kind of moth did they make?"

For this kind of disobedient child, he should be sent to Gin-san's cozy little prison to experience it.

"Actually, they didn't take any substantial action; they were just spreading a kind of rhetoric."

"Rhetoric? What rhetoric?"

Raising his eyebrows in confusion, Uchiha Gin asked with surprise.

Uchiha Izuna's expression instantly became a bit strange.

"They claim that someone is secretly carrying out a genocide plan against the Uchiha clan."

"Huh?"

The Uchiha clan members are not idiots. Since the founding of the village, how could the suddenly soaring sacrifice rate not arouse the suspicion of interested people? The person who cared most about this data was Uchiha Setsuna, who was just mentioned.

As an extremist racist, he had always believed in the philosophy of Uchiha supremacy, believing that the Uchiha are descendants of the Sage of Six Paths, descendants of gods, and naturally a level higher than other mud-legged people.

In his view, not only the Konoha village, but even the Land of Fire, and even the entire Ninja World, should be ruled by the noble Uchiha clan.

It is such a noble clan, yet the consumption speed of its members actually ranks first in the village and remains high?

Uchiha Setsuna, who was suspicious by nature, finally reached a shocking conclusion after years of investigation and evidence collection.

Someone is secretly cleaning up the members of the Uchiha clan.

A deep sense of crisis arose from this. He was terrified in his heart and repeatedly put forward his insights at clan meetings, but they didn't attract enough attention.

After all, in the Warring States Period, the sacrifice rate of clan members was much higher than it is now, and living past thirty was a luxury.

On the contrary, now, Uchiha old men and old women in their seventies or eighties can gather at the entrance of the village to dance square dances at dusk. In the past, Uchiha clan members didn't even dare to think about it.

Uchiha Setsuna, who had been frustrated repeatedly, didn't give up. Instead, he gathered a group of like-minded people, secretly formed a small group to restore the Uchiha, and continued to secretly investigate the sacrifice of clan members.

Never expected that they really found something. According to Uchiha Setsuna, the clan members who died in external missions mostly traveled alone, but there were also cases of teaming up with others.

And among the members of the team, there was actually the figure of the Senju clan, and the proportion was not low.

As a traditional Uchiha, Uchiha Setsuna's brain exploded when he saw the two words 'Senju', and he was instantly enlightened.

He realized the truth.

The mastermind behind the surge in the Uchiha clan's sacrifice rate was the Senju clan, who had a blood feud with them.

It was all done by the Senju!

Actually, Uchiha Setsuna really thought too much. The reason the Senju clan looked for the Uchiha when teaming up for missions was simply because they recognized the strength of this old rival, thereby increasing the completion rate of the mission.

The Uchiha, who always had their eyes on the top of their heads, naturally didn't bother to team up with other mud-legged people, but if it was the Senju clan...

They could barely entrust their backs to the other party.

But no matter how strong the combination was, it couldn't withstand someone's Great Transfer Plan. Every clan member recorded on the transfer list basically never saw the gate of Konoha again.

"Actually, I have also been paying attention to the data in this regard. In recent years, the sacrifice rate of clan members has indeed been very high, but it has returned to normal recently."

Of course it's normal. The people on the Great Transfer list have all been transferred. Those who remain in Konoha are basically crooked melons and cracked dates, so it's no wonder that weirdos like Uchiha Setsuna can exist.

"So how do you plan to deal with them?"

'They' here refers to the small group headed by Uchiha Setsuna.

"What can I do? They haven't done anything harmful to the family and the village."

Uchiha Izuna spread his hands and replied helplessly. It is true that Uchiha Setsuna's spreading of rhetoric affected the harmony of the village, but the other party didn't do anything out of line. At most, he would punish them to face the wall at the Naka River Shrine for a period of time.

"Tsk tsk tsk~ that's hard to say. I see that kid has a bad face, maybe he's holding back some evil~"

Uchiha Gin is a pure visual animal, which is to say, judging people by their appearance.

And Uchiha Setsuna perfectly inherited his father's gloomy appearance. Uchiha Gin naturally didn't like that kid, otherwise he wouldn't have invited his butt to eat slaps since he was a child.

"If you say so..."

Uchiha Gin's words were not unreasonable. Why did Uchiha Setsuna and others not dare to do anything out of line before? Wasn't it because of the existence of Senju Tobirama?

Now, this last guardian of the Senju clan has also died in battle. The situation of the Senju, who were already declining due to the family's debt, will only become more difficult.

If this continues, complete dissolution is only a matter of time.

As for whether Uchiha Setsuna will take this opportunity to take revenge on the Senju clan, that is unknown.

Uchiha Izuna frowned and thought for a while, deciding to manage these people well, so as not to cause trouble at this critical juncture.

"Wait until Fu comes back tomorrow, I will arrange for him to supervise this group of people."

After a period of trekking, the two finally returned to the clan land.

"Crackling~ crackling~"

Before they got close, they heard the lively sound of firecrackers. The sky above the central square was even performing a Fire Release fireworks display that would only be shown during the New Year. The vivid flames soared into the sky, illuminating the entire clan land brilliantly.

"It seems that everyone has not been affected by my cousin's disappearance."

Uchiha Gin raised his eyebrows, pointed to the clan members in the distance who were smiling and rushing to eat the banquet, and complained to Izuna on the side.

"People can laugh out loud in extreme sadness."

"Besides, you didn't tell me that his life was safe, I didn't hide it from everyone."

The reason why the Uchiha clan members can still be as relaxed as they are now is entirely due to the information passed by Uchiha Gin.

After all, he had demonstrated the magical Impure World Reincarnation technique in front of everyone, so the news that Uchiha Madara hadn't returned to the Pure Land obtained from his mouth still had high authority.

"Since things have come to this, let's eat first~"

Uchiha Gin, who still wanted to complain a few more words, suddenly smelled the fragrance of honey eight-treasure rice and narrowed his eyes, greeting his little cousin to walk toward the banquet.

"Greetings, Vice Clan Leader!"

The banquet had been going on for a while. The clan members were drinking and eating happily. Seeing Uchiha Gin and Izuna walk in, everyone immediately stood up to salute.

"Continue the music, continue the dance."

Uchiha Izuna nodded slightly, which was a response, and raised his hand to let everyone continue to be happy. The scene instantly became cheerful again.

It could be seen that they felt incomparable sadness for someone's sacrifice, so much so that they were smiling because of extreme sadness.

In the corner of the banquet, a circle of people gathered together sneakily. The leader was a young man with a gloomy face, exactly Uchiha Setsuna, whom Uchiha Izuna had just mentioned.

"Everyone, now is the best opportunity to take revenge on the Senju clan."

Uchiha Setsuna looked around, took advantage of the wine, and said fiercely while clenching his fists.

"Boss, as long as you give an order, I will go and dig Senju Tobirama's grave right now!"

The loyal little brother No. 1 immediately stood up while patting his chest.

"Bai Chi, what's the point of finding trouble with a dead person? We want to do something big!"

Although he was very tempted by the suggestion of this subordinate, the pride in Uchiha Setsuna's bones made him subconsciously reject this proposal.

"Do something big... then let's go dig Senju Toka's wall corner? She should be considered the biggest in the Senju, right?"

Little brother No. 2 was stunned when he heard this, and a smile that all men understand appeared on his face. He licked his dry lips, his face flushed, and he asked while standing up.

"..."

Uchiha Setsuna covered his face helplessly. How did he collect such a group of crooked melons and cracked dates as little brothers? They were either reckless men with big heads and stupid brains, or lecherous embryos full of yellow waste.

"Senju Feizhen!"

Gritting his teeth and spitting out a name, Uchiha Setsuna's eyes flickered. This illegitimate daughter who suddenly appeared to Senju Tobirama had successfully recognized her ancestors.

As the saying goes, the father's debt is paid by the child. He must kill the spirit of this new Senju and let the Senju clan know that they Uchiha are not to be trifled with.

"Boss, I'll go dig her grave right now!"

"Boss really has a wise eye for waves; she is indeed a bit bigger than Senju Toka."

"..."

"Gulp~"

Uchiha Setsuna, who didn't speak, raised his head and poured a cup of bitter wine, which stopped the pain in his heart.

Having such subordinates is truly his blessing.

"Bam!"

Smashing the empty wine glass on the table, Uchiha Setsuna mobilized with red eyes.

"Phew... action tomorrow night, success or death!"

"Okay, Boss!"

On the other side, Uchiha Gin, who knew nothing about Uchiha Setsuna's little movements, was eating the honey eight-treasure rice on the dining table.

This kind of glutinous rice rice poured with syrup and honey is one of his favorite delicacies.

"Cousin, didn't Sister Light advise you recently not to eat too many sweets to avoid blood sugar spikes."

Izuna, sitting beside him, reminded him with a frown. He had also read Uchiha Gin's physical examination report. The blood sugar value was indeed a bit over the standard, and the doctor's advice was also to control sugar.

"It's okay, if you don't say it and I don't say it, how could Light possibly know."

Uchiha Gin, whose mouth was full of sweet and greasy eight-treasure rice, shook his head with a look of 'don't care at all', and didn't take Uchiha Light's words to heart at all.

"Oh?"

Suddenly, a fair little hand appeared in front of his eyes, taking away the remaining eight-treasure rice on the table, which made Uchiha Gin's tiger eyes widen, and he slammed the table and stood up on the spot.

"Who is so bold to snatch food from the tiger's mouth!"

You have angered a lion!

"What are you looking at? Still eating? I'm here to collect you~"

(End of chapter)