[{"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-68":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},2322265,4543,"Chapter 68","uchiha-in-konoha-starting-off-by-standing-up-to--chapter-68",68,"\u003Cp>Moments later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After taking a deep breath and opening his eyes again, Jiraiya froze in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadows of Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji remained, Kakashi was still there, and he could even hear Might Guy’s booming shouts of “Youth!” during training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiraiya looked utterly bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, he lost his composure and immediately approached Kakashi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kakashi!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on with Itachi and the Ino-Shika-Chō? Why are Itachi all here in the Uchiha compound?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do Itachi have some special mission?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiraiya asked, clearly still struggling to believe what he saw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was the Ino-Shika-Chō or Kakashi, they were all absolute Hokage loyalists—how could they possibly defect to the Uchiha?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kakashi, on duty, paused in surprise upon seeing Jiraiya before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t expected Jiraiya to return to the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response to Jiraiya’s question, Kakashi replied calmly and coolly: “No special mission. We’ve all pledged allegiance to the Uchiha.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why?” Jiraiya snapped, his composure shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after being berated by Uchiha Jin, he hadn’t been truly angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew well that Uchiha Jin was a smart man—not some muscle-headed fool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such men were more dangerous, but they wouldn’t lightly start a war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless they had absolute certainty of victory—or were truly backed into a corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem was,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kakashi and the Ino-Shika-Chō here had just shattered his last hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If even loyalists like Kakashi and the Ino-Shika-Chō were defecting one after another to the Uchiha, then his faith in the village’s future was utterly destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kakashi fell silent for a long time before calmly saying: “I assassinated Elder Danzo. Guy got dragged in too. Only the Uchiha can protect us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He offered no explanation, too tired to elaborate on the difficulties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply stated the facts plainly, with no intention of convincing Jiraiya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiraiya understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he disapproved of his master’s actions, he wasn’t a fool—he’d commanded frontline forces during the Third Shinobi War for a reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew well the truth behind many of the village’s affairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just always hoped someone else would fix them, while he himself acted like an ostrich, staying far from the village and leaving everything to time—or some future savior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood Kakashi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Kakashi seemed apathetic, he was fundamentally a smart man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially after years in the Anbu, he’d seen plenty of the village’s darkness and knew his master better than anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If forced to choose between Danzo and Kakashi, Hiruzen Sarutobi would have chosen Danzo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only ones who could protect Kakashi after assassinating Danzo were the Uchiha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for himself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hah!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even Kakashi believed in him—how could he expect others to?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a wanderer who’d long abandoned the village—what right did he have to protect Kakashi? Could he really drag Kakashi across the entire shinobi world?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long pause, he sighed: “Why suddenly assassinate Danzo?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To avenge my father,” Kakashi replied lazily, as if it were nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Jiraiya fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kakashi Hatake\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that’s it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Jiraiya had been away from Konoha for years, he was still part of its inner circle—if he hadn’t refused to compromise, his status would’ve rivaled Danzo’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The truth behind the suicide of Hatake Sakumo was no secret to this Legendary Sannin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Tsunade and Orochimaru back then had known the full story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiraiya still remembered how Tsunade had said in a tavern after Sakumo’s death:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The old man messed up!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph. Serves him right!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Too bad about Hatake Sakumo—a great ninja.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All three of them knew Hiruzen hadn’t wanted Sakumo dead—he’d only needed to ruin his reputation since Sakumo had threatened the Hokage’s authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Sakumo had swallowed the bitter pill and fully embraced the darkness, Hiruzen would’ve kept using him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unfortunately,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hatake Sakumo was a man who’d rather break than bend—and he proved it with his suicide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the lethargic Kakashi before him, Jiraiya had nothing to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t understand why Kakashi, who’d long buried this pain, had suddenly decided to seek revenge—but what could he say to someone avenging his father?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Talk about the Will of Fire?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could speak of it to strangers like Uchiha Jin, but to someone close like Kakashi, he just couldn’t bring himself to say it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, sigh…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a helpless sigh, he patted Kakashi’s shoulder and walked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kakashi merely glanced at Jiraiya briefly, then turned back to his duties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to admit Jiraiya was a good man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unfortunately,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t a reliable elder, nor a leader worth following—he couldn’t even protect his own people, so how could he earn loyalty?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Best to just stick with the Uchiha. Uchiha Jin had decent character, and his chances of winning looked high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiraiya moved with a certain leisure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wandered through the Uchiha compound, and no one drove him away—after all, the Uchiha had no rule forbidding outsiders from visiting their lands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, no clan had such a rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was merely an unspoken understanding among commoners and other clans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But fundamentally,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as one didn’t enter classified Uchiha areas, the rest of the clan wouldn’t interfere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just Jiraiya—even commoners could come, as long as they followed the rules, and the Uchiha wouldn’t expel them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more Jiraiya wandered, the heavier his expression became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Uchiha’s defenses were overwhelming—dense layers of visible and hidden sentries, patrol teams everywhere, all composed entirely of Jonin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where were the Chunin and Genin?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to resist, he grabbed a Nara clansman at random and asked his burning question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nara clansman, recognizing Jiraiya, replied cautiously: “Almost all Uchiha Chunin and Genin have been assigned to the Police Force.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiraiya’s lip twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The village’s security—entrusted entirely to Chunin and Genin, while all Jonin stayed within the compound?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shook his head and said nothing more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew perfectly well—this was preparation for war against the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiraiya's eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately caught up to the figure ahead and clamped his hand on its neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lu Yi?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I never thought Itachi'd join the Uchiha.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come, let's talk?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1029,"2026-06-20T16:36:27.897Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","b548e3bc34f75fe35db829b99f04bdfe5be4a7dca6f29afe3f1934e562e733af","uchiha-in-konoha-starting-off-by-standing-up-to--chapter-69","uchiha-in-konoha-starting-off-by-standing-up-to--chapter-67",371,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fuchiha-in-konoha-starting-off-by-standing-up-to--cover.jpg"]