Chapter 9: So strong that there are no friends

But regarding that night of the clan's annihilation, which had not yet arrived but felt as if it were right before his eyes, there were three things that Nanshu remembered most deeply.

The first was Uchiha Fugaku, who clearly had the strength to put up a fight but chose to give up on himself due to despair; Uchiha Fugaku had awakened his Mangekyo during the Second Shinobi World War, and after more than ten years of tempering, he must have long since mastered the power of the Mangekyo.

If he had not chosen to give up on the night of the annihilation but had instead persisted in his heart and fought to the end, then the high-ranking officials of Konoha would have once again felt the terror of the Uchiha's power; at that time, a massive Susanoo would have slaughtered its way from the Uchiha Clan Grounds all the way to the heart of Konoha Village—since you want to annihilate my entire clan, then don't blame me for leveling Konoha!

But unexpectedly, Uchiha Fugaku chose to give up, ultimately meeting his end alongside his beloved.

However—

Since Nanshu had come, he would not allow such a thing to happen; Uchiha Fugaku's strength was beyond doubt, and to the entire Uchiha, he possessed the capability of a stabilizing force. Even if Fugaku was ultimately unwilling to kill his own son, Nanshu would force him to display a powerful deterrent, making the people of Konoha Village afraid to act rashly.

And this action must be taken before the annihilation; after all, if you carry a bomb in your pocket but do not reveal it, then to others, the deterrent is almost zero. But when you place TNT capable of blowing everyone to the sky right in front of them, these idiots will realize what true fear is, especially when this thing is also a walking human ammunition depot.

The second was the incomprehensible betrayal of Itachi Uchiha, and even the act of personally slaughtering his clansmen after the betrayal; even if he bore the name of "great righteousness," he was a guy who could lay hands on his own family, relatives, lovers, and even the elderly and infants!

Nanshu felt that Itachi Uchiha had already transcended the category of "human," and it was already difficult to define his actions using human language.

War crime?

Crime against humanity!

This was already the most severe charge that humans could define; Itachi Uchiha's actions were the most heinous and evil major crime against the human race itself!

Moreover, it was precisely because of this bastard's betrayal that the third thing happened.

Although it was not explicitly stated in the later stages, various traces indicated that the main culprits of the annihilation night were Obito Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha, while the accomplices were the assistance from Root and Danzo.

There were three reasons for judging that Root participated in the assistance: first, the Uchiha clan had many members, and even if Itachi and Obito had three heads and six arms, it would be impossible to intercept and kill them all; there would inevitably be fish that slipped through the net!

But on the night of the annihilation, not a single Uchiha managed to escape; why was it that only Sasuke Uchiha was able to survive? Nanshu judged that it was because at the start of the annihilation night, a sealing barrier had already been cast around the clan; the Uchiha who rushed out discovered the existence of the barrier, and in despair, they turned back to fight Obito and Itachi to the death, which was why they ended up with the outcome of everyone being killed in battle.

Second, after proving the existence of the sealing barrier, this involved the issue of Konoha Village's internal defense system. Everyone knew that when Six Paths Pain invaded, the first to react was the Barrier Squad; in a huge laboratory, there was something like a water ball that emitted violent fluctuations as a warning, and the people of the Barrier Squad also issued an alert immediately after discovering the anomaly—this proved that there were detection barriers within Konoha Village.

Since detection barriers existed, then why was the sealing barrier that appeared near the clan grounds on the night of the Uchiha annihilation not discovered? One must know that barrier ninjutsu is different from sealing jutsu; it not only has extremely strong chakra fluctuations that cannot be hidden, but it even has a concrete physical form. For example, Orochimaru's Four Violet Flames Formation was a huge rectangular sealing barrier, purple in its entirety, with the attribute of fire; a barrier where chakra is manifested can be seen from over ten kilometers away, and once the barrier is deployed, those intense chakra fluctuations simply cannot be hidden, so it could be certain that the people of the Barrier Squad must have known that something happened at the Uchiha clan, but no one cared.

Here, Nanshu believed there were two possibilities: first, the Barrier Squad discovered the problem and issued an alert, but for unknown reasons, it could not be transmitted; it was judged that people from Root interfered, causing the early warning function of the Barrier Squad to fail. The second possibility was that the Barrier Squad never intended to issue an alert, and this was either because Danzo of Root had given a heads-up in advance, or the Barrier Squad on duty that day was originally Danzo's people!

Therefore, a sealing barrier was deployed near the Uchiha clan, but the entire Konoha was silent and no one discovered it, leading to the Uchiha inside being unable to break out and having to turn back to fight the criminals to the death, ultimately resulting in everyone being killed. A problem that could be summarized in a simple sentence involved the Uchiha internal affairs, the traitor, Akatsuki, and the Konoha Root (it was currently difficult to judge the Third Hokage's stance, but it leaned toward him knowing but acquiescing; perhaps the Third Hokage never thought of killing them all but only wanted to stop the rebellion).

Therefore, the destruction of the Uchiha Clan was not something that only Itachi and Obito could achieve; it could be said that on this land of Konoha—the entire Uchiha was cursed.

If Nanshu wanted to save the Uchiha and avoid the desperate situation of the annihilation night, he had to find a way to break this game and carve out a path to survival from Konoha Village, where the whole world was full of malice toward the Uchiha.

Moreover, in this, he had to face pressure from the outside at all times, as well as pressure from within the clan itself; he had to deal with the high-ranking officials of Konoha while also coping with the potential backstabbing of Itachi Uchiha and the schemes of Obito, who was hiding in the dark corners. Regarding the pressure from the high-ranking officials, there was the calculating Third Hokage, the insidious and cunning Danzo, and the "political correctness" of the entire Konoha Village ostracizing the Uchiha.

Heh, thinking about it carefully, it really is interesting.

Now, Nanshu's predicament was the same as the Uchiha Clan itself; looking around, he was surrounded by enemies, with no way forward and no retreat.

So, from the current perspective, the difficulty for Nanshu to break the game was too great; it was almost impossible to reverse the disadvantage in the short term.

However, it was not completely hopeless. ……

Nanshu returned home and sat on the sofa in the living room.

He took a steamed bun out of the bag and started eating; Nanshu thought while eating.

"The system arranging for me to take the route of vertical alliances is indeed a way to break the game, but how many clans in Konoha Village are willing to stand with the Uchiha at this time? The Hyuga just happened to run into it at this time node; besides the Hyuga, who else could there be?"

First of all, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio could be ruled out; they, like the Hyuga, were firm members of the Hokage Faction, and they had always kept their distance from the Uchiha. In this regard, the Hyuga Clan was no different from Ino-Shika-Cho, except that Nanshu was lucky enough to have made a big profit on favors last night, barely reaching a friendly relationship with the Hyuga Clan.

"It's a headache; there aren't many clans in the village, and most of them have good relationships with the Hokage Faction. With the Uchiha's temper of offending everyone, wanting to find someone to help... hmm? Speaking of which, that clan should have declined by now, right?"

What Nanshu thought of was the Kurama Clan; this clan was adept at using genjutsu and possessed a bloodline limit related to genjutsu; they were once one of the prestigious families in Konoha Village, and in terms of genjutsu, they were almost on par with the Uchiha Clan.

Moreover, the clan had once provided many Jonin and Chunin for Konoha Village, but later, due to the lack of ninja who awakened the bloodline limit, the clan gradually declined and eventually fell into becoming one of the inconspicuous small clans in Konoha Village.

Counting the time, the decline of the Kurama Clan started from the Second Shinobi World War, and it should have been more than ten years by now.

Nanshu knew that the Kurama Clan possessed a very rare bloodline limit, "Domination," and as the strongest bloodline girl of the Kurama family, Kurama Yakumo should have been born by now; she was about three years older than Naruto, and by time calculation, she should be... seven years old, right?

Then, her bloodline limit should have initially awakened; perhaps he could try to start from her to establish a connection with the Kurama Clan.

"If I can win over the Kurama Clan, I can use the influence of the Kurama family to continue to establish relationships with other small clans in the village."

"Besides those within the clan, I can also try to win over clans outside; the great purge of the Mist Ninja should have started now. I remember there is the Yuki Clan in Inano Village of the Water Country, and there is the Blood Eye clan in the sealing land of the Rock Ninja village... uh, this clan is a natural rival to the Uchiha, so I'm afraid I can't use them."

"Is there anyone in the Snow Country that can be won over? Fuka Koyuki should be wandering now; if I show goodwill at this time... no, by the time she grows up, the Uchiha will be gone! Either I go find Fuka Koyuki in advance to help her restore her country—she should be in some film crew in the Grass Country now. Although the Snow Country is weak, it can be used as a retreat for the Uchiha Clan. If things explode here in Konoha, it wouldn't be bad to find a way to take the clan to the Snow Country."

"It's just that the time is too tight... ahhh, why did the Uchiha offend so many people in the village! After all this, I have to pull in foreign aid for everything!! Is there really not a single clan in the vast Konoha Village that is on good terms with the Uchiha?!"

"What kind of bullshit 'strongest clan' is this; how did you manage to not even have a single friend, ahhhhhhh!!"…………

Nanshu expressed that he was tired; let it be destroyed, hurry up.