[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-uchiha-in-konoha-starting-off-by-standing-up-to-":3,"chapter-uchiha-in-konoha-starting-off-by-standing-up-to--uchiha-in-konoha-starting-off-by-standing-up-to--chapter-315":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Uchiha in Konoha, Starting Off by Standing Up to Konoha!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2322512,4543,"Chapter 315: The Weak Hidden Cloud: The Final Meeting Begins!","uchiha-in-konoha-starting-off-by-standing-up-to--chapter-315",315,"\u003Cp>Lei Huche, accompanied by his loyal followers, began his journey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To truly ascend to the position of Commander of the Hidden Cloud’s Anbu Corps, to fully join the mighty Night Moon Clan, and most importantly, to complete this undercover mission and ultimately join the Hidden Leaf so his family and children could live in peace and safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many in the Hidden Cloud shared his thoughts!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were all Hidden Leaf undercover spies who had received the same Anbu orders from the Hidden Leaf yesterday, and naturally made the same decision as Lei Huche.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was only natural!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On one hand, their identity as undercover spies was precarious—should it be exposed, the Hidden Cloud would never spare them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But more importantly, the Hidden Leaf offered far too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Added to this was the Uchiha clan’s thousand-year reputation; everyone still trusted Uchiha Jin, the Hokage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And finally?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hidden Cloud was already in decline—they had to consider their own future!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Undercover spies like Lei Huche, aided by a full Anbu squad led by Yamato, began a massive internal purge throughout the Hidden Cloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every day, every moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bloodshed occurred constantly; though their positions rose steadily, the total number of Hidden Cloud ninja plummeted rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially under Uchiha Jin’s manipulation, Yamato’s elite Anbu squad helped the spies fabricate endless justifications—where killing one person would suffice, they gladly killed ten, even a hundred!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hidden Cloud’s internal purge grew increasingly bloody; before any final powerholder could emerge, nearly all its ninja had been slaughtered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Darui, the Fifth Raikage, held power, the Hidden Cloud’s strength was already weak, yet it still maintained the appearance of a great ninja village—at least stronger than the weakest, the Hidden Sand and Hidden Mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the Sixth Raikage could even be chosen, the Hidden Cloud had careened irreversibly toward the status of a minor village—now barely comparable to the Hidden Grass or Hidden Waterfalls at the end of the Third Shinobi War.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This bloody massacre, orchestrated by the Hidden Leaf Anbu, dragged on for two full months before finally ending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A so-called “strongman” from the Night Moon Clan—whose strength couldn’t match Darui, barely even an elite Jonin—ascended to the position of Sixth Raikage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the killings over, no celebration erupted in the Hidden Cloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Night Moon Clan, having seized the Sixth Raikage’s seat, wore pale, terrified faces; everyone, every faction, stared blankly, as if their souls had been stolen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no choice—it was too horrific!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking around the Hidden Cloud now, the number of ninja had plummeted by two-thirds compared to when Darui died!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hidden Cloud’s ranks were now filled entirely with the old, weak, sick, and injured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who could possibly be happy under such circumstances?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once one of the Five Great Ninja Villages, second only to the Hidden Leaf in strength, it had now sunk to second-rate—no, third-rate minor village status!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hidden Cloud’s people, thinking of this, nearly fainted from grief in the toilets!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even more bewildering—and terrifying—to the Hidden Cloud was that, the moment the internal purge ended and peace had barely settled, a strange wind began to blow through the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone had begun spreading the rumor that the Hidden Cloud was now far too weak to survive the encirclement of the Hidden Leaf and Akatsuki.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If no action was taken, even the Hidden Stone, Hidden Mist, and Hidden Sand could easily wipe out the Hidden Cloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hidden Cloud’s only path forward was to voluntarily merge into and join the Hidden Leaf!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then could they survive, only then could they enjoy peace and tranquility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment this rumor surfaced, the unified stance of the Hidden Cloud’s high command was that this was a Hidden Leaf conspiracy—so from the Sixth Raikage down to every ordinary ninja, all suppressed and censored such thoughts without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ridiculous!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were the Hidden Cloud, the strongest village beneath the Hidden Leaf—how could they possibly accept joining the Hidden Leaf?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem was,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time slowly passed, everyone’s views began a bizarre 180-degree reversal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, some ninja began to think joining the Hidden Leaf wasn’t so bad—after all, with the Hidden Cloud’s current strength, self-defense was impossible, and the entire ninja world would never grant them time to recover, lie low, and rise again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the ninja world remained in chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akatsuki kept stirring up trouble; the Hidden Leaf secretly stirred as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such a chaotic environment, the Hidden Cloud could not possibly lie low to heal and slowly rebuild its ninja numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the contrary,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hidden Cloud would most likely become the first of the Five Great Villages to be utterly destroyed in the chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this perspective, joining the Hidden Leaf seemed the most advantageous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they would inevitably lose the name “Hidden Cloud,” everyone could preserve their lives and live peacefully and happily under the Hidden Leaf’s rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Huche and the other Hidden Leaf spies, sensing this shift in sentiment, unhesitatingly launched open, vigorous support for the idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tide had turned!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this stage, nearly every Hidden Leaf undercover spy had become a mid- or even high-level leader in the Hidden Cloud; as this group collectively spoke out, the Hidden Cloud’s “surrender faction” instantly found their organization and rushed to pledge allegiance under their leadership.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a massive force, instantly overwhelming and surpassing the “conservative faction.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hidden Cloud, having just calmed down, once again churned with hidden currents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this very moment, letters from the Hidden Stone, Hidden Sand, and Hidden Mist finally reached the Hidden Cloud’s high command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only one matter:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All three villages had prepared fully and were moving toward the borders of the Land of Lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raikage Tower, Grand Meeting Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearly all of the Hidden Cloud’s high command sat within the hall; Lei Huche was among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seated at the center was the newly elected Sixth Raikage—Yue Xue!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had now inherited the title “Ai,” so he could also be called Sixth Ai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, everyone!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Itachi all know the contents of the three great villages’ letters.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We have little time left to deliberate—we must decide swiftly: will we join the alliance of the Hidden Stone, Hidden Mist, and Hidden Sand, or choose to merge directly into the Hidden Leaf?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This meeting must unify our internal stance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone, speak your minds!”\u003C\u002Fp>",1071,"2026-06-20T16:36:29.902Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","38f6b7c7f1f246bc8d5299655b2898348f7461b64f6c03c08d13552b1e2edf67","uchiha-in-konoha-starting-off-by-standing-up-to--chapter-316","uchiha-in-konoha-starting-off-by-standing-up-to--chapter-314",371,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fuchiha-in-konoha-starting-off-by-standing-up-to--cover.jpg"]