Chapter 15: The Third Hokage Group is Like a Crab

After Uchiha Setsuna finished cursing, he felt refreshed and smug, waving to his clansmen with great satisfaction.

His attitude was so arrogant, showing no concern that the Uchiha Clan was currently on the cutting edge, and the suspicion regarding the Sharingan in the Nine-Tails' eyes had yet to be cleared.

Setsuna's thinking was simple: this piece of land in Konohagakure belonged to my Uchiha Clan; Konohagakure was established by the joint efforts of Madara Uchiha and Senju Hashirama.

Sarutobi Hiruzen is merely the Third Hokage, yet he dares to suspect us, the original shareholders of the Uchiha; he is truly spoiled!

Even though the vocabulary of the Ninja World is extremely impoverished, and Uchiha Setsuna only knew how to greet his mother, rather than conducting a more intimate greeting with his parents as the center and his ancestors of eighteen generations as the radius, Shimura Danzo was still so angry that his soul seemed to leave his body.

With Shimura Danzo humiliated, Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu were immediately enraged, jumping out to attack Uchiha Setsuna from both sides, accusing him of being disrespectful to the Hokage advisors.

"Pah! When the Fourth Hokage was fighting the Nine-Tails, where were you advisors?"

"The Fourth Hokage sacrificed himself heroically for the village; why don't you advisors even have a single scratch?"

"By the way, when the Second Hokage died heroically in battle, you Shadow Guards returned to Konohagakure perfectly fine; that's a traditional skill of yours, isn't it!"

"Hehe, it's a wonder the Third Hokage wasn't killed by you lot; I think he truly has a hard life!"

With these few sentences thrown at them, Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu were instantly silenced, and even Shimura Danzo felt his scalp tingle, unable to stop himself from taking half a step back.

Uchiha Setsuna was in a god-like state tonight, cursing whoever he caught until they were drenched in blood, and without even giving them a chance to talk back, he achieved a total victory.

The Third Hokage glanced at Setsuna, and the vigilance in his heart increased tenfold.

He hadn't thought this old man was so sharp-tongued before; wasn't he only capable of shouting about killing and fighting?

Could it be that someone is giving him ideas behind his back?

The Third Hokage's guess was very accurate, and the person giving the ideas was right there, Yamanaka Chujiu, standing behind Yamanaka Inoichi.

The stage for this conflict was built by Uchiha Setsuna and Uchiha Sifang, but the current host was Yamanaka Chujiu.

When the Uchiha Squad snuck into the Shanty Town and cast Genjutsu with their Sharingan on the guarding Root ninja, Yamanaka Chujiu was awakened.

Among the Root ninja guarding the Shanty Town were his Living Puppets; once the Living Puppets were controlled by Genjutsu, it naturally alerted the master of the puppets.

The control range of Yamanaka Chujiu's Living Puppets far exceeded the emotional perception of the Mind Severing Realm.

In mountainous areas, he could control them perfectly within ten kilometers, and in flat areas like Konohagakure, the control range even exceeded thirty kilometers.

After being awakened, Yamanaka Chujiu immediately made a judgment: the living hell that was the Shanty Town was about to be exposed.

Although he had never gone in to see it himself, a place where so many villagers fell past the Execution Line and entered, never to come out, was inevitably a hell that broke all humanity.

The fact that a living hell existed in Konohagakure would inevitably create a violent psychological shock.

Yamanaka Chujiu couldn't help but shake his head: "It is a pity that so many people suffered, yet it cannot overthrow the Third Hokage's rule; instead, it will stimulate him to restore his power, and so many people will have died in vain."

Sarutobi Hiruzen is currently a bug in the system.

He holds the power of the entire village, yet he is not the sitting Hokage, nor does he have to bear the necessary responsibilities.

At this moment, if the scandal of the Shanty Town is uncovered, Sarutobi Hiruzen only needs one sentence to shift the responsibility onto the pitch-black Shimura Danzo.

But with Sarutobi Hiruzen around, Shimura Danzo's punishment would at most be house arrest, or even just a superficial house arrest.

As long as he isn't caught red-handed, he can do whatever he wants, and he doesn't even need to greet anyone when leaving the village.

Yamanaka Chujiu shook his head; the Third Hokage has ruled Konohagakure for a full eighteen years, accumulating a massive power that no individual can resist.

It really isn't something that can be toppled by a small Shanty Town.

Yamanaka Chujiu is the same age as Kakashi Hatake and once saw Minato Namikaze in person, knowing full well how powerful this Fourth Hokage was.

As the legitimate Hokage, Minato Namikaze was the strongest combat power in Konohagakure, and his wife was the Nine-Tails jinchuriki.

Furthermore, he had a sunny personality, was gentle with others, and had extremely high popularity.

Aside from seniority, no matter how you look at it, the Third Hokage was no match for the Fourth Hokage.

But the Fourth Hokage, who was superior in personal ability, honestly served as a puppet for a year, which only shows that he could not find a possibility to seize power and had to patiently settle.

It also shows that what Minato Namikaze faced was not Sarutobi Hiruzen as an individual, but the Third Hokage political group with him as the core.

This group is like a giant crab: Sarutobi Hiruzen is the heart, Shimura Danzo is the large pincer, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura are the supporting legs, the four ninja clans are the flesh and blood of the crab, and the outermost layer is the hard shell composed of morality and orthodoxy.

Especially that solid shell; mere scandals simply cannot shake it.

To deal with the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, one must be as patient as dealing with a crab: first, get rid of the powerful and poisonous large pincer to deprive the crab of its offensive capabilities.

Then, dismantle the crab's supporting legs to prevent the crab from scurrying around and messing up the entire Konohagakure.

Next, shatter and peel off the hard moral shell to expose the rotting crab meat.

Only then can one solve the heart that is Sarutobi Hiruzen, letting the Third Hokage Group become history in Konohagakure.

This order must absolutely not be mistaken, otherwise, it is very easy to be met with a counterattack from Shimura Danzo, or even be crushed by Sarutobi Hiruzen mobilizing the power of the entire village in the name of the Hokage.

In the current Konohagakure, only the Uchiha Clan has enough strength to withstand the counterattack of the Third Hokage Group.

After arriving at the scene with his big brother, Yamanaka Chujiu not only figured out the twists and turns here but was also surprised to find that he could understand the hawks of the Uchiha.

That mentality of being willing to fight to the death with the enemy to protect one's family and clan, the disgust for hypocrites, and the hatred for the evil person that is Shimura Danzo, all resonated with Yamanaka Chujiu.

On the contrary, Yamanaka Chujiu could not understand the compromise of the dove Uchiha at all.

He wasn't guessing; he had evidence!

Yamanaka Chujiu could not only sense Uchiha Setsuna's emotions, but he could also wrap him with Thought Threads and easily delve deep into his mind.

With the help of Uchiha Setsuna's shallow memories, Yamanaka Chujiu figured out the cause and effect of this matter.

He instantly had a new idea.

The Uchiha Clan was already in sharp opposition to the Third Hokage; they had the will to resist, had taken the initiative to uncover the ugliness of Konohagakure, and had the strength to withstand the counterattack of the Third Hokage Group.

Then he would give them another push from behind, letting the Uchiha firmly stand on the position of opposing the Third Hokage.

If they remained wishy-washy and did not clearly state their position, they would be unable to unify the hearts of their people, and the enemy would stir up their internal affairs, burying a fatal root of disaster.

Therefore, Yamanaka Chujiu used the Mind Severing Realm to influence Uchiha Setsuna, allowing him to "speak with wit" and attack Shimura Danzo, greatly increasing the difficulty for Uchiha Fugaku to compromise.