[{"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-74":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},2322271,4543,"Chapter 74: Akimichi Guaitai: Are Itachi Idiots?","uchiha-in-konoha-starting-off-by-standing-up-to--chapter-74",74,"\u003Cp>Looking at the utterly dejected Shisui, Itachi’s heart was deeply complicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could hardly believe his own eyes—why had all these ninja clans defected to the Uchiha?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t understand it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly spotted a fat man and walked straight up to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Guaitai?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Itachi?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akimichi Guaitai, on his way home, froze upon seeing Itachi blocking his path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two had once been classmates, though Itachi had graduated earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After graduating from ninja academy, since his cohort couldn’t form a Pig-Deer-Butterfly team, he was reassigned to assist his clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, Guaitai.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can Itachi tell me why Itachi joined the Uchiha?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I really don’t understand!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uchiha Itachi asked, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he had been aloof during academy days, he was actually sharp-witted and knew everyone in his class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing a classmate, he naturally asked outright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as for this—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akimichi Guaitai looked at the Uchiha before him; though he didn’t fully know Itachi’s situation, his father Nara Shikaku held high rank and often mentioned basic village affairs at clan meetings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pig-Deer-Butterfly clans were closely allied, so he naturally knew a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing Itachi’s question, his eyes instantly turned strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking that the Uchiha were now allies, he cleared his throat and said carefully: “The rumors the Uchiha have been spreading around the village lately—Itachi’ve heard some of them, right, Itachi?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aren’t those just rumors?” Itachi asked, innocent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akimichi Guaitai instantly froze, staring at him as if he were a national treasure panda: “Itachi actually think those are rumors?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aren’t they?” Itachi countered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akimichi Guaitai’s lips twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But finally,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let out a helpless sigh and said reluctantly: “Itachi, your strength is formidable, but Itachi’re terrifyingly naive—those rumors are absolutely true!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Those events are practically an open secret; even without the Uchiha spreading rumors, every ninja clan already knows.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the village’s situation is too complex—we clans stay out of it to protect ourselves.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since we’ve defected to the Uchiha, I won’t lie to Itachi—the village is targeting the Uchiha. While the Second Hokage’s influence plays a role, the main reason is that the Uchiha are too powerful and too uncontrollable!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Uchiha, like the Senju, must either become the village’s leader—or be utterly destroyed. There is no third path!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The strong have no right to surrender!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Unless the Uchiha dismantle themselves—either weakening to just a few members, or splitting into ten or more factions, and those factions must be mortal enemies.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Otherwise, whoever sits in the Hokage’s seat will inevitably move against the Uchiha—and the village’s previous strategy was exactly that: to lure and divide the Uchiha, creating more factions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But unfortunately—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hiruzen Sarutobi may have only wanted to split the Uchiha, but Danzo—somehow—intends to completely exterminate them. Fortunately, your clan produced Uchiha Jin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Otherwise, with Danzo’s ruthlessness and Hiruzen’s methods, your Uchiha clan’s future is bleak!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As for why we joined the Uchiha? Because the village pushed us too hard.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Root demanded that each of the Pig-Deer-Butterfly clans send seventeen members to the Root—and Itachi know what the Root is like: they treat us as cannon fodder and expendable pawns.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What else could we do but flee?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Previously, we ninja clans remained neutral—even if we were slightly dissatisfied with Hiruzen and others, we refused to interfere in your internal wars.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now, however, with our own survival at stake, we must fight for it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akimichi Guaitai spoke at length.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he wasn’t a core clan leader and only knew surface-level intelligence, his knowledge far surpassed Shisui’s and Itachi’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After this speech, Itachi fell completely silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shisui, standing beside him, couldn’t hold back and blurted out: “Though the Root is strict, everyone’s doing it for the village—some sacrifice is normal, isn’t it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re all serving the Will of Fire—how can we fear minor sacrifices?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Shisui’s lifelong belief, his foundational conviction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was hearing not a single trace of “Will of Fire” from the mouth of another ninja clan—only calculations, schemes, choices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It left him momentarily shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If an Uchiha had said this, he’d have dismissed it as petty self-interest. But now—the speaker wasn’t Uchiha. It was a member of another clan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Will of Fire?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that just a slogan the ruling class uses to fool the commoners?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Itachi actually believe it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No way. No way!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is there really someone this stupid who believes such a ridiculous slogan?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akimichi Guaitai stared in utter shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was filled with confusion and disbelief—he looked at them as if they were fools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Itachi: “...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shisui: “...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both men were suffocating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially Guaitai’s look of pity—his worldview had been shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no choice!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If an Uchiha had said this, they’d have treated it like a fart and ignored it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one speaking was an Akimichi!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could the Will of Fire… really be wrong?” Itachi croaked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in response,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akimichi Guaitai rolled his eyes: “Here’s the simplest question—have Itachi ever seen the Hokage go to the front lines?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the Hokage must control the overall situation!” Shisui tried to justify.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akimichi Guaitai shot back: “Don’t other villages’ Kage need to control the overall situation? Don’t they fear ambushes?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shisui was instantly bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a sigh, Akimichi Guaitai couldn’t help speaking: “Wake up, both of Itachi!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Will of Fire claims to burn oneself to create space for children to grow—but the village never does this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Itachi’ve lived through the Third Shinobi War—every batch sent to the battlefield were children, while the elders stayed safely in the village.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have Itachi ever seen the Hokage or those two elders personally fight on the battlefield?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The ones who actually fought and died on the battlefield? All of them were the village’s children!”\u003C\u002Fp>",951,"2026-06-20T16:36:27.897Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","b0ad753936f13acc6baaf17b7b7b6cff6448644afea30ccecf33b6326d296115","uchiha-in-konoha-starting-off-by-standing-up-to--chapter-75","uchiha-in-konoha-starting-off-by-standing-up-to--chapter-73",371,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fuchiha-in-konoha-starting-off-by-standing-up-to--cover.jpg"]