Chapter 25: Climbing and Scenery
White Fang clearly had something on his mind, but he didn't seem to want Cheng to know.
After a few fruitless knocks, Makoto had no choice but to leave.
Also, with Makoto's strength and status, he can't actually help much, and if he wants to rely on the Uchiha family, White Fang doesn't need to discuss with Makoto, who has no position in the clan.
Although he claims to be a genius of the Uchiha, the actual affairs of the family are not something that Makoto can interfere with. Under the Council of Elders, the important positions in various departments have long been divided among the 13 elder departments, and with sincere qualifications, it is not his turn to control the real power.
Sooner or later, the family will be in his own hands - if Cheng wants to set up his own sect, then the key to whether he can enter the Council of Elders is the support of the family sorbet, that is, only when the number of family ninjas who are attached to Makoto reaches the top 13 of all the sects, he is qualified to represent his own line as an elder.
And to achieve this goal, you must cultivate your own wings.
Makoto walked slowly down the clan street, politely and casually responding to the greetings of the clansmen.
It's just that a person's time in a day is limited, and if there is one hour of time to socialize with others, temptation, or even intrigue and coercion, then correspondingly, there will be one hour less cultivation time.
How respected Makoto Uchiha is in the family, if you peel it off, what is the true face of this respect?
Makoto offers his own value to the family as a genius, and then the family incidentally uses him as a symbol of itself, and that's it.
If you think that the clansmen are really in awe of him as a genius, it is a big mistake, the reason why the family members who are all over the street are humble to themselves is just that there is a "tiger" of the family behind him, and he is just allowed to fake the tiger.
This kind of borrowed power, if the family wants to take it back, it is just a matter of order.
If you see this clearly, you will understand that at this time, it is impossible for the family to be sincerely loyal to the family Shangnin - why should a Shangnin with status and income be loyal to you, a "business card" attached to the prestige of the family? Even if the potential of sincerity can attract some people's long-term investment, it is obvious that spending time to cultivate power at this time will get twice the result with half the effort, and it is not cost-effective to pay and gain.
So, do you just concentrate on cultivation and ignore everything?
Not really...... With the improvement of Makoto's own status, he will inevitably come into contact with some things involving the struggle of the family faction, and if there is no stable rear support, he is alone, and it is very likely to become a victim of factional struggle. Today's white fangs are a lesson from the past.
So what to do exactly?
A vine that, at first, clings to a tall tree and climbs its trunk upwards to gain access to sunlight, which is rare in tropical rainforests.
As it grows and flourishes, it grows along the canopy of the original tree, spreads throughout the forest, and eventually covers the entire top of the forest, robbing it of all the sunlight.
Parasitize the strong first, and then turn against the customer after they are strong, which is a way of thinking when the weak are young.
Makoto thought silently, suddenly stopped, and looked back.
Not far away, a lush pine and cypress with dark blue needles sticking out, almost covering half of an intersection, which is the home of Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Tomoo.
Walked through the ......
Makoto was a little embarrassed, turned around, and walked towards the intersection.
If there were Hitomi ninjas, or perceptual ninjas here, they would be surprised to find that since the Hagi family, Makoto's right hand, hidden in the sleeve of his trench coat, has been a trembling chakra, constantly repeating the cycle of decomposition, vibration, fusion, decomposition, vibration, and refusion.
The continuous heat made the fabric on his right cuff a little fluffy and faded, which was obviously not caused by a day or two of sustained use.
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"Master Zongchun, please come here."
The middle-aged uncle with a warm smile called out in a volume that was neither high nor low.
Zong Chun casually picked up a folding fan with the two big characters "Northern Country" written on it on the roadside stall, fanned it, folded it up, and hit it on the palm of his left hand with a snap.
"I've heard that the leaves are flourishing for a long time, and it really deserves its name, Lord Luchi, but you want to take me for a good turn."
As he spoke, he inserted the folding fan into the back collar of the civilian clothes, grabbed an unknown melon and fruit in a mock manner, and nibbled on it.
The warm smile on Lu Chi's face froze, and the ninja next to him immediately went to pay the bill, and by the way, he comforted the owner of the fan shop and the melon and fruit shop.
As an envoy of the Daimyo, the arrival of Fujiwara Munejun was actually unwelcome.
Konoha is the military force of the Fire Country, and it is theoretically obligated to protect the territorial and sovereign integrity of the country - the White Fang weighs the losses and abandons the mission, and the loss of information causes the Three Kingdoms of Wind, Rain, and Fire to revise their national borders, and the Fire Country has lost a considerable amount of territory as a result.
When the daimyo sent an envoy, he naturally came to be held accountable.
Who is responsible for the loss of the homeland? Who will bear the wrath of the populace and the nobility? Who will carry this black cauldron for the daimyo?
Only Konoha .
Fujiwara Sojun's intention is nothing more than something about White Fang, Luchi's task, there is only one word, that is, "drag".
It would be better to drag it to the village and come up with a perfect solution to this matter.
The status is neither high nor low, as the current patriarch of the Nara family, it can only be said that it is just right for Lu to be received by Lu belatedly. But the only one who can say that he can do this kind of task is the Nara family.
Zong Chun swaggered forward, and Nara Luchi silently followed.
Ever since Sojun came to Konoha, the nobleman, who looked too young, hadn't mentioned a word about meeting the Hokage.
For a few days, he just followed the rhythm of Lu Chi leisurely, spending with Konoha's funds, it was like he had come to travel and eat and drink at public expense.
It's just that a feeling of "kind" tells Lu Chi that the young messenger in front of him is far from being so simple.
Zong Chun looked left and right, and everything that was pleasing to the eye was motioned to the servant behind him to take it, and there was naturally a ninja from Konoha next to him to pay the bill.
The ninjas didn't want him to see the Hokage's thoughts, he knew very well in his heart, anyway, the loss of the territory of the Fire Country was already a boat, and those who were in a hurry now would never be able to take his turn.
The daimyo sent him as an envoy, of course, he didn't want to have trouble with Konoha, his task was just to express a gesture, a gesture to ask Konoha for an explanation. As long as he Fujiwara Sojun stays in Konoha for a day, this pressure and posture will always be there.
This kind of day when he doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking, and someone pays for it, he can't ask for it.
Moreover, Zong Chun raised the corners of his mouth and opened the folding fan with a brush, slightly covering his chin.
Who is it that spreads the word about the execution of the mission that should be kept secret, and the top management of Konoha must be very strange, right?
On the other side of the fan, there are two words for dragon flying and phoenix dancing, "scenery".