Chapter 239

Other ninja clans wouldn't speak up for the Uchiha, so doing this was naturally no problem.

But, it's different now.

The sudden emergence of Uchiha Jin had completely changed this.

In this situation, winning or losing for a moment wasn't important.

The most important thing was to make up for the shortcomings and make oneself have no weaknesses.

So,

make up the funding for the Police Force as soon as possible, and even lowering one's stance didn't matter.

Because, only by doing so,

could this weakness be completely extinguished, and in the future, when dealing with the Uchiha, he could naturally be much more relaxed.

If not,

even if he schemed a lot now, even if he could finally break the trap...

then what?

The shortcoming would still be there, and he, the Hokage, would still have flaws.

Even if the Uchiha lost this time, they could still target this one weakness in the future and scheme a second, third, or even countless times.

Take a step back, and the sea and sky will be vast.

Those who don't plan for the long term aren't fit to plan for the short term.

Those who don't plan for the whole situation aren't fit to plan for a region.

This is actually the same logic as playing chess; fighting for a moment is the most stupid thing.

So,

the more you do, the more you get wrong.

In this matter, the Uchiha had already gained the upper hand.

This was their home field!

And the biggest taboo in warfare is to fight in someone else's territory.

Since admitting defeat wouldn't affect much, and on the contrary, it would only cost some money, why not admit defeat quickly?

Admit defeat quickly and end the war.

Then plan well and prepare for the next confrontation.

After laying out the plan,

let the opponent enter your home field to fight; only then can you be calm and handle things with ease.

And doing this had another benefit.

That was to make the opponent lower their guard, thinking we are nothing special, so the opponent's vigilance would decrease.

In future schemes, the probability of success would be higher.

Admitting defeat,

was for a greater success!

"This makes sense!" Hiruzen Sarutobi said softly: "I was really obsessed."

"For such a trivial matter, I almost walked into a dead end."

"Truly worthy of Shikaku Nara; he really makes me admire him."

"Shikaku is right; since this road doesn't work, let's change to another one."

"In the future, there will be a long time."

"Uchiha Jin, I've remembered you!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed repeatedly.

Having thought this through, he instantly became enlightened.

His body and mind felt a burst of comfort!

Sitting behind his desk, he continued to puff away for a while before speaking faintly to the air.

"Call the three elders."

"As you command!"

An Anbu figure appeared, knelt on one knee to salute, and then left the room.

Time slowly passed.

About an hour later, the three elders arrived late.

"Hiruzen, it's completely chaotic."

"The Uchiha are too much; their actions are irresponsible to the villagers."

"We must... must deal with them!"

Koharu Utatane's face was ugly.

She had truly had a massive headache these past few days, especially looking at the messy village.

She really wanted to rush to the Police Force regardless of anything and kill this group of people who weren't doing their jobs.

Simply outrageous!

If you Uchiha are dissatisfied with the village higher-ups, then fight us fair and square!

Messing up the village and kidnapping villagers to attack the higher-ups?

How immoral!

Indeed.

This was called double standards!

When they used this trick to frame Sakumo Hatake, they weren't as angry as they were now.

"Koharu is right; I fully support it." Homura Mitokado said immediately: "This group of damn Uchiha, they are the tumor of Konoha."

"We must find a way to completely kill this group of Uchiha."

His face was iron-blue.

Apparently,

the Uchiha's actions during this period had indeed made him furious.

The most critical thing was,

even though he was full of anger, he couldn't vent it on the Uchiha.

Tell me, isn't that infuriating?

But, at this moment,

Danzo, who was most familiar with Hiruzen Sarutobi, couldn't help but speak directly.

"Alright, Hiruzen!"

"Looking at your appearance, you must have a way."

"We are all our own people; stop putting on an act."

"What method do you have? Say it quickly!"

"I've been unhappy with the Uchiha for a long time; I want to kill them right now."

Danzo looked certain.

Indeed.

The moment he walked in, he discovered the problem.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was too steady.

He was very familiar with this state; it was a sign of being confident.

And, on the other side,

it was precisely because of Danzo's words that Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado realized this belatedly.

Immediately, the two couldn't help but speak.

"Hiruzen, say it quickly."

"I am also very curious, what exactly is the method?"

For a time,

the three pairs of eyes burned as they looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi.