[{"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-343":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},2322540,4543,"Chapter 343: Subsequent Meeting: The Four Kages Regret Their Choice!","uchiha-in-konoha-starting-off-by-standing-up-to--chapter-343",343,"\u003Cp>The people present wore complex expressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although we ultimately killed Jiraiya, consider the enormous force we had to deploy to do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four Mangekyo users were mobilized, alongside three Edo Tensei masters acting in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially since Hashirama Senju was the former God of the Ninja World, and Uchiha Jin is currently the strongest in the ninja world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a lavish force, just to kill one Jiraiya—hardly worth boasting about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone with eyes can see Jiraiya clearly had a killing move he hadn’t used yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, sigh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under these circumstances, how could anyone’s mood not be complex?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But regarding this—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uchiha Jin offered no explanation; he simply spoke calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, everyone, return to your posts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lift Level One alert; revert to Level Two alert.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heads of departments and theater commanders, proceed to Conference Room One.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uchiha Jin left first. The others, though puzzled, still went to organize their personnel before heading to Conference Room One.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the Kages of the other ninja villages, though they weren’t needed to fight, they were granted the right to observe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it wasn’t their fault for not acting—this entire operation was arranged by Uchiha Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason was simple!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had only just joined Konoha; no one could be certain they wouldn’t betray Konoha at a critical moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a crucial matter naturally required Konoha’s reliable forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elite ninja from the other major villages only needed to handle perimeter security—Lin Mo never intended for them to fight at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the contrary,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he only needed to ensure these major villages didn’t cause trouble during his battle with Jiraiya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Officially, they were invited to join the operation; in reality, it was a way to bind them, preventing them from stabbing us in the back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later, Conference Room One.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uchiha Jin sat at the head of the table; Konan had no right to sit at the main table, so she sat at a small table behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, her position resembled that of a secretary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hashirama Senju and the other three Edo Tensei masters, along with Kakashi and the major theater commanders, now sat in their assigned seats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hidden Sand, Hidden Mist, Hidden Stone, and Hidden Cloud…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current Kages of the four ninja villages sat on the observation benches on either side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This arrangement was most appropriate!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this wasn’t a Five Kage Summit—the four ninja villages had fully joined Konoha, yet they held no official positions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By normal standards, they had no right to attend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But considering we’d still need them to help stabilize the newly joined ninja villages, after brief thought, we granted them attendance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the four men wore complex expressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After exchanging glances, their lips involuntarily curled into bitter smiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, wherever they were, they had always been entitled to sit at the main table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t even have the right to sit at the main table—forced instead to settle for the observation benches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This gap in status was truly hard to put into words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, unfortunately,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uchiha Jin had no intention of comforting them; for him, allowing them to observe this meeting was already an act of mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was only because the four ninja villages had joined Konoha—if not, such top-secret Konoha intelligence would never have been accessible to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gentlemen, the meeting is now in session.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“First, I must say: regarding the fact that the enemy side sent only Jiraiya, I am both surprised and disappointed, yet secretly relieved.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m relieved because the enemy looked down on us—otherwise, they wouldn’t have sent only Jiraiya.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not only did their hidden forces stay out of this, but even Mount Myoboku didn’t participate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m surprised and disappointed because just one Jiraiya nearly toppled us!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We must understand: what is Jiraiya’s true strength?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Without Sage Mode, he was merely a Kage-level fighter; even with Sage Mode, he was at best a high-end Kage.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Itachi heard correctly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In my view, even with Sage Mode, Jiraiya’s power never reached the Super Kage tier.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And what about us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Myself and Hashirama are among the strongest in the Super Kage tier; Tobirama barely entered it; Shikamaru, Fugaku, Shisui, Orochimaru, Itachi…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And also Ro Sha , Omoi, and others—strong within the Kage tier.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kakashi, Itachi—they barely entered the Kage tier.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And yet, with such a powerful force, we nearly fell to Jiraiya alone!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gentlemen, what does this mean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It means they merely used unknown forces to rapidly mature Jiraiya, gave him one talisman and one jutsu—and nearly toppled Konoha.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We must be vigilant!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The enemy didn’t even lift a finger—they only sent Jiraiya, spent negligible resources, and still unleashed terrifying power.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What if the enemy sends their own forces next?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as Uchiha Jin spoke, the faces of everyone present grew darker, their hearts heavy as if crushed under a boulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Hashirama Senju and the others wore grim expressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had previously heard faint hints from Uchiha Jin about hidden secrets of the ninja world, knew of Hagoromo and Hamura, and were aware of Mount Myoboku’s existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before, though they had been wary, they hadn’t truly felt it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, it was different!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the enemy hadn’t appeared directly, merely sending one pawn—Jiraiya—nearly toppled our entire group of Konoha elites.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone knew clearly: had Uchiha Jin not used his Mangekyo Sharingan, the three Edo Tensei masters would already be dead, and the subsequent Death God could have wiped out everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gap was simply too vast!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike Konoha’s people, the four Kages from other villages looked utterly bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What exactly are Itachi talking about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enemy? Or faction?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four Kages were no fools; though their intelligence was limited, their sharp minds still pieced together a chilling possibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that Jiraiya wasn’t an isolated case—that behind him lurked a hidden faction?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing this, their bitter smiles deepened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had they known Konoha had such an enemy, they would never have chosen to join unconditionally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wouldn’t it have been better to watch Konoha and the enemy wear each other down?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, unfortunately,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they had already made their choice—their villagers, ninja, and families had all been scattered across the Land of Fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To reorganize? Impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Konoha would pin them down permanently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, sigh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, they had no path left but to fully commit to Konoha.\u003C\u002Fp>",1066,"2026-06-20T16:36:29.902Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","fd956fe520bee0648d7142e35e0cb8f96ae65fb4c9d6526ce0299dcef3983303","uchiha-in-konoha-starting-off-by-standing-up-to--chapter-344","uchiha-in-konoha-starting-off-by-standing-up-to--chapter-342",371,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fuchiha-in-konoha-starting-off-by-standing-up-to--cover.jpg"]