[{"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-44":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},2322241,4543,"Chapter 44: The Helpless Pig, Deer, and Butterfly: Shikaku","uchiha-in-konoha-starting-off-by-standing-up-to--chapter-44",44,"\u003Cp>Nara Shikaku’s gaze was deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing these words, Yamato Inoichi and Akimichi Choji both wore expressions of shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, the Police Department!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It all started when the Police Department drastically changed its ways, causing widespread resentment among villagers, who flooded the village with complaints—this eventually led Hiruzen Sarutobi to confront the Uchiha, sparking the current public opinion war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem is…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now both sides are locked in a public opinion war, yet no one is paying attention to the core issue—the Police Department!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So here’s the question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The villagers’ grievances remain unresolved; the Police Department continues acting as it pleases, and they have legitimate justification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is—find evidence!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether or not evidence is ultimately found, whether the case is ever solved, the Uchiha have already shifted the blame, leaving the Hidden Leaf’s high command as the ones left holding the bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The villagers of the Hidden Leaf have already lodged complaints against the village!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are Itachi going to resolve this or not? How are Itachi going to resolve it? Just answer us already!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem is…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hidden Leaf’s high command is currently locked in a power struggle with the Uchiha and has completely forgotten about this matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The longer this drags on, the greater the villagers’ resentment toward the Hidden Leaf’s high command becomes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Uchiha’s so-called public opinion war is merely a tactic to buy time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So that’s how it is!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This Uchiha Jin is truly a stubborn opponent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If Itachi hadn’t spoken up, Shikaku, I still wouldn’t have realized it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yamato Inoichi’s eyes were complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing Nara Shikaku’s analysis, he finally understood the Uchiha’s treachery—thankfully, our side has Nara Shikaku; otherwise, I’d still be completely in the dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as for this…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nara Shikaku sighed helplessly, then spoke with a bitter expression: “I can only see clearly because I’m outside the situation. If I were truly caught inside it, I might not see these things either.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akimichi Choji, who had remained silent until now, finally spoke for the first time: “Should we help the Hidden Leaf’s high command?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Itachi decide, Shikaku,” Yamato Inoichi said gravely. “The Pig, Deer, and Butterfly are bound by blood—we follow your decision!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nara Shikaku’s eyes flickered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long silence…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He made his decision: “We won’t help either side. Let them fight it out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Hidden Leaf’s high command isn’t good, but we can’t aid the Uchiha either—because if a millennia-old bloodline clan like them takes power, our secret technique families will never rise again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If the Uchiha truly gain the upper hand, we of the Pig, Deer, and Butterfly can’t remain completely passive—otherwise, once they seize power, they’ll target us first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Honestly, Uchiha Jin is too difficult to deal with!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I strongly suspect the Hidden Leaf’s high command can’t win, because right now he’s only playing within the rules—he hasn’t even unleashed the Uchiha’s true military might yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t forget—this is the Uchiha!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yamato Inoichi and Akimichi Choji were startled by his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We nearly forgot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uchiha Jin’s recent behavior made us mistakenly believe he was similar to Shikaku.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only now did we realize—he’s a Mangekyo user.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s already unified the entire Uchiha clan and holds the strongest military force in existence!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akimichi Choji frowned: “Why not help the Hidden Leaf’s high command?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Shikaku!” Yamato Inoichi quickly added. “If the Uchiha take power, it won’t benefit any of us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if the Hidden Leaf’s high command is corrupt, isn’t it still better than the Uchiha taking over?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as for this…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at his two old friends, Nara Shikaku sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’re still too young.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shaking his head helplessly, he gave a simple explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Remember this: development is secondary; survival is primary!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Given how stubborn Uchiha Jin is, are Itachi certain the Hidden Leaf’s high command can win?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if they do win, what price will they pay?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After the war, what will that broken Hidden Leaf use to fight other ninja villages?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both men’s faces darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had to admit—Nara Shikaku was right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Uchiha’s strength is undeniable, and Uchiha Jin is a Mangekyo user—any direct confrontation would end in a pyrrhic victory at best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this perspective, the Uchiha cannot be said to have won, but they certainly cannot lose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the cost is one no one can bear!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the original timeline…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had Uchiha Itachi not been such a filial son, the Uchiha might have been persecuted and despised—but they would never have been so easily exterminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Uchiha fell because of internal strife, not because the Hidden Leaf’s high command was strong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the Uchiha are willing to fight within the rules simply because Uchiha Jin is smart—he doesn’t want to inherit a shattered Hidden Leaf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pig, Deer, and Butterfly and other ninja clans can sit back and watch the tiger fight the leopard, and remain temporarily neutral…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But equally…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If these ninja clans truly intervene to aid the Hidden Leaf’s high command, the desperate Uchiha, even in death, will drag them all down to hell!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then let’s stay neutral.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But it’s still so despairing—just when we got rid of the Senju, now the Uchiha rise instead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I hope the Hidden Leaf’s high command wins.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yamato Inoichi’s face was bitter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still remembered the full process of the Senju clan’s destruction—don’t ever think Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others were strong; back then, they had barely just taken the Hokage position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, Hiruzen Sarutobi hadn’t even secured his Hokage seat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the covert backing of every ninja clan in the Hidden Leaf, could Hiruzen Sarutobi and his group have destroyed the Senju clan on their own?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ha, dream on!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But none of us expected that, after the Senju vanished, the Uchiha would emerge instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, there’s nothing we can do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who could have imagined that the Uchiha, once seen as fools, would produce a freak like Uchiha Jin?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without Uchiha Jin, the Uchiha would have been manipulated and destroyed by us—and the Hyuga would have been next!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nara Shikaku’s eyes flickered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ignored Yamato Inoichi’s thoughts and began thinking furiously; after a moment, he spoke directly: “Go back and prepare a group of clan members—have them ready to defect at any moment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Hidden Leaf’s high command won’t hold out much longer—they’ll soon order Danzo to act.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once Uchiha Jin survives this trial, we’ll need to diversify our investments—send a group of our people to join them first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The excuse is easy to find!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Say we’ve monopolized clan resources and oppressed these people secretly—so they’re dissatisfied and want to advance, which is why they’ve chosen to defect to the Uchiha.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let these defectors take a portion of our clan’s resources with them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If we want the Uchiha to accept us of the Pig, Deer, and Butterfly, we must prepare a proper token of loyalty.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1142,"2026-06-20T16:36:27.897Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","b1a7ca804e6093f6a32bbea3b1b66ea31edada24d7fe0c7a210a489123fdcd0b","uchiha-in-konoha-starting-off-by-standing-up-to--chapter-45","uchiha-in-konoha-starting-off-by-standing-up-to--chapter-43",371,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fuchiha-in-konoha-starting-off-by-standing-up-to--cover.jpg"]