Chapter 244

In fact, for the past few days, he had been thinking about it too.

If Itachi couldn't hold back and asked, how should he explain this to him?

After pondering for a long time, he decided.

Tell the truth!

Lies cannot last.

There would come a day when they were exposed, and when that day arrived, it would be the day master and apprentice turned against each other.

So it was better to just tell the truth.

Now.

Seeing Itachi finally unable to hold back and asking, he felt a sense of relief.

After thinking for a moment, he spoke softly.

"I will tell you the answer to this question later."

"For now, think about this: why did the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, hand the Police Force over to us Uchiha?"

"You must know, he hated the Uchiha to death."

"Before Konoha was even established, Hashirama and Tobirama had three younger brothers who all died at the hands of us Uchiha."

"Even after Konoha was established, Senju Tobirama always referred to us as the 'Evil Uchiha'!"

"Later, Uchiha Madara's departure only raised his guard against the Uchiha to an unimaginable level."

"Under such circumstances, he still gave the Police Force to the Uchiha."

"Tell me, why?"

Uchiha Jin spoke softly.

Considering that people in this ninja world didn't pay much attention to history education and heritage.

So.

He first explained the grudges between the Uchiha and Senju clans, especially the reasons for Senju Tobirama's hatred, to Itachi before posing his question again.

Itachi looked bewildered.

So that was it?

The first two Hokage actually had three younger brothers.

And they died at the hands of the Uchiha; if that was the case, Senju Tobirama's hatred for the Uchiha made sense.

But, why?

Since he hated the Uchiha so much, why hand over a department with real power like the Police Force to them?

After pondering for a long time, he shook his head.

"I don't know," Itachi said directly. "Please, Teacher, enlighten me."

Uchiha Jin nodded.

He hadn't expected Itachi to answer; he only hoped to use this approach to help Itachi understand the deeply hidden grudges and entanglements in the village.

Thereby ensuring that he wouldn't be easily fooled in the future.

That was enough!

Thinking of this, he spoke directly.

"First point: the Senju owe the Uchiha!"

"Although the Hashirama brothers had three younger brothers die at the hands of the Uchiha."

"But, at the same time."

"Uchiha Madara's own younger brother, Uchiha Izuna, also died at the hands of the Senju clan."

"The thousand years of slaughter and grudges between the two clans are essentially a muddled account."

"There is nothing to say about that."

"You tell me, for the Senju clan that killed his own brother, would Madara, who was the Uchiha clan leader at the time, not hate the two brothers Hashirama and Tobirama?"

"I can say for sure, he hated them to death!"

"But Madara was still persuaded by Hashirama and eventually helped establish Konoha with him."

"The 'Wood' of the Senju clan and the 'Leaf' of the Uchiha clan—that is actually the origin of Konoha Village."

"But you know Madara's personality; when Konoha was electing the First Hokage, naturally no ninja clan would be willing to let Madara be elected."

"So Hashirama promised at the time that the Second Hokage would be an Uchiha..."

"But, unfortunately."

"Even after Hashirama died, the second leader was still Senju Tobirama."

"The Senju clan broke their promise, which is why they gave the Police Force to the Uchiha."

"In reality, we Uchiha are very stupid."

"You must know that the authority of the Police Force is actually ridiculously large; if handled well, even the Hokage would find it hard to contend with."

"After all, the Police Force holds legislative power, interrogation and arrest power, and the subsequent trial power."

"You, think about it."

"The Police Force has the power to amend Konoha's laws."

"If they say you are guilty, you are guilty—what kind of power is that?"

"This is also why the Uchiha accepted it at the time; otherwise, how could the Senju clan's broken promise be so easily glossed over?"

"It's just that the Uchiha were too stupid."

"They didn't see the powerful energy contained in the Police Force at all and let it become the bottom-tier existence among Konoha's seven major departments."

"The original duties of the Police Force were almost completely carved up by the Anbu, the Torture and Interrogation Force, and the Administrative Department."

"You can't blame the Senju clan for that; after all, the power was already given to you Uchiha—it's just that you Uchiha didn't know how to use it."

"But, the second point."

"And this is the more important point: the Police Force was also a trap dug for the Uchiha."

"Although the Police Force's authority is ridiculously large, it is also the department closest to the bottom-tier civilians."

"Bottom-tier civilians are ignorant and have a very serious herd mentality."

"Because they have little contact with high-level information, they are easily swayed by rumors."

"And the Uchiha are a proud clan."

"The Uchiha disdain explaining themselves, so they often end up doing bad things with good intentions."

"Added to the rumors spread by the Konoha high command, this led to the Uchiha's reputation getting worse and worse."

"This is the complex web of grudges and entanglements between the Konoha high command, the Police Force, the Uchiha, and the Senju clan."

"Understand these first, and then I will answer your question."

"This is also something I want to teach you: don't look at the surface of things; analyze the essence and look at problems with a dialectical mindset."

"In this world, everything is very complex."

"If you don't fully understand the cause and effect, you will easily arrive at an answer that is the exact opposite of the truth."

"..."