Chapter 43: The Lion
"Smack".
A stack of materials was thrown in the middle of everyone, and slid far away along the force, like a crisp slap on the faces of everyone present, but everyone lowered their heads deeply as if they didn't see it, and were silent.
"You say, 'What should I do?'
The Great Elder on the main seat said coldly.
The old man was already old, his gray hair and loose skin showed his old age, but at this time, in the entire hall, only his cold questioning voice echoed, and no one dared to answer.
The Great Elder closed his eyes, took a deep breath, then opened them and stood up.
"I ask youβyes! How! Whatever! Do! β
At first, it was just as low as water, but by the last four words, the air had already buzzed, almost like a low lion's roar.
There were a large number of people in the room, but it was as quiet as a wilderness, and the Great Elder paced slowly, walking through the crowd that knelt like a forest, like a king on the grassland, patrolling his territory after a long absence, and no one dared to look up at his expression at this time.
"At least eight years...... The corpses of at least 40 people...... But you don't notice it......"
As he paced, the old man's voice was not loud, but there was an indescribable momentum and intimidation, as if people's bones were trembling slightly with the sound.
"Heh," the Great Elder suddenly shook his head and laughed, "Fan, should I say that I underestimated you, or did I expect too much from you...... Use the Sharingan as the price of gaining the trust of the Hokage...... You've done something amazing. β
He stood still, turned his back on his hands to everyone in the hall, and slowly spoke: "Inform the whole clan of this matter, and I will give me an explanation......"
"In addition, gather all the clansmen who can rush back in three days, and all the clan ninjas will stop accepting the mission and send an official letter to the Hokage - I want all the Sharingan back, within three days!"
"Otherwise......" The Great Elder turned around, his eyes blood-red blooming, "Then let's go to war." β
"The blood inheritance is the bottom line of the blood inheritance family - it has not been a long time since the fangs have been shown, and some people seem to have forgotten how the strongest ninja in the ninja world should be treated."
"Yes!" Everyone buried their heads deeply, and at a glance, except for the patriarch and the two who were closer to them, the remaining ten clan leaders of the top thirteen of the Uchiha family were all in this hall.
If Fan was also in this hall at this time, he would be surprised to find that as the patriarch, how much he didn't know about the ancient family of Uchiha, and how far the Great Elder who was hiding behind the scenes had controlled the Uchiha.
The Great Elder left, leaving the remaining ten heads of the clans looking at each other in the hall.
"Kangjing, what do you think." As the spokesperson of the Great Elder Department, Zhifu spoke first.
"If they want to fight, then fight," Uchiha Kangjing replied coldly: "The village has touched the bottom line of the family by doing this, and even if you compromise one step at this time, the foundation and dignity of the family will be gone-hey, more than 40 pairs of writing wheels, the people of the Uchiha family are not dead yet!" β
"But......" The Thirteenth Elder said hesitantly, looking left and right, as if trying to find someone to support him: "Isn't it too ...... to start a war like this?"
"Konosuke-sama, I'm afraid you've forgotten how the whirlpool perished, right?" Sago interrupted him coldly, this Uchiha Konosuke is a family member who belongs to that kind of clerical line, and he became the thirteenth elder, and it is only because he is the oldest in the thirteenth lineage, and he doesn't know much about this matter.
"Yes." The captain of the family guard, Zuo, walked and spoke, and Konosuke should have been busy and didn't dare to speak.
"Then," Tomoo glanced around, "Sago will be in charge of the convening of the family ninjas, Kang Jing will be in charge of the liaison with the patriarch, and I will be in charge of the mobilization and resettlement of the remaining clansmen." β
"Everyone," Tomoo slowly sat up straight, looked at the people present one by one, and said word by word, "Although I don't think I need to emphasize it, I still have to say one thing: the blood of the family is the foundation of the continuation of the family. Are we willing to die for this? β
"Ten thousand deaths...... Also! β
Except for Konosuke Uchiha, who was a little hesitant, including all the members of the Thirteenth Department, the ninjas in the room replied in a low but firm voice.
Ever since they saw the information, they were holding back a breath of anger in their hearts, the patriarch had actually done such a thing, and the village represented by the Hokage Department had treated the Uchiha bloodline like this, a feeling of being betrayed and humiliated, which had long filled their hearts with cold anger.
It is difficult for people who do not have blood to understand the xenophobic mood of the blood family.
Because only each other in the same family will not look at your body with that greedy, cold, and disgusting gaze.
What they want to protect is not something that can be measured by how many "benefits", but the freedom and dignity of being a human being so that their children will not be raised and sold like pigs, and they will not have to worry about being soaked in liquid after death.
For this reason, the Uchiha family has the consciousness of fighting to the last person.
The clansmen left one after another, and when only Zhifu and Fuyue behind him were left, Zhifu's expression was still a little cold, and he turned around and asked his son, "Fuyue, do you have anything to say?" β
"Yes," Fu Yue saluted puzzled: "Father, I still don't understand, with the balance of power between the family and the village, we have almost no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation, why don't we hide our intentions and launch it secretly?" β
"Heh," Tomoo shook his head and said, "Facing the entire Konoha head-on, let alone the family, even if it is one of the other four great powers, it is impossible to win." β
"Then why ......"
"The blood family is the bottom line of the blood family," Tomoo looked into his son's eyes and said solemnly: "This point, not only the family, but all the blood families, is like this, what we are facing is not the 'entire Konoha' but only the 'Hokage family other than the blood family'." β
If the Uchiha betrays Konoha, then Konoha will naturally ruthlessly destroy the Uchiha for the sake of his own discipline, but the Uchiha will not hesitate to fight to the death for the sake of his own bloodline, then most of the blood succession families will remain neutral - to put it bluntly, this is just a gesture, and the Hokage family has no certainty of victory, so they can only compromise with the Uchiha clan.
Fu Yue is just too young to know the self-evident ancient tacit understanding between the blood families, and he naturally understands it with his father, but the young man who is good at calculating gains and losses still frowned: "Even if it is impossible to really fight with the Hokage, but the family is still not very wise to do this, there is a better way to achieve the same goal and get a better reputation, why do you have to take such drastic measures?" Wouldn't it be too much to threaten with civil war? β
"No," Tomoo shook his head, a cold meaning rising between his eyebrows, but his voice was calm, "If it's the Uchiha family, it won't." β