"Jing-", Hippo Hanyu gently pressed his hand on Shizue Uchiha's shoulder and sighed softly.

For Shizu, the year was destined to be difficult, and less than a year after Uchiha Taku's death, her only relative, Uchiha Rinkaze, also died, dying on the mission. Without the bond of this bloodline, Shizuya was completely liberated from the Uchiha's deep-walled compound, drawing a clear line with the Uchiha clan.

But for the Uchiha Rinkaze, death may be the best relief, and he no longer has to struggle between the village and family, friends and relatives.

The ordinary people of Konoha don't know that the Uchiha clan, the most powerful family in their eyes, is slowly transforming, and behind the peace of Konoha there are turbulent dark waves.

Hippo Hanyu did not attend Linfeng's funeral, since Linfeng was forced by the pressure of the family and did not even have the courage to chat with him in private, Hippo Hanyu removed him from the list of his friends, and took good care of Jing, which was already the last trace of his friendship.

In this year when the contradictions between the Uchiha clan and the high-level of the village were completely intensified, the hippo Han Yuyue kept a low profile, and even Jing went out on a mission under his arrangement, and he didn't want to come back for most of the year.

Hippo Hanyu is guiding his disciples in the big courtyard as usual, the seventh training ground, he is going less and less now, and he is basically thrown to Bo Feng Shuimen to toss, in short, just torture those new dark parts, the more ruthless the better, and Hinata, who joined the dark department, unfortunately became a victim of Bo Feng Shuimen's endless means.

"Who?" Akano scolded and walked towards the first main hall.

In the center of the main hall, there stood a young man, quite young, who looked to be no more than thirteen or fourteen years old, and his right armband was a striking fan symbol.

"The Uchiha's?" Akano frowned, he didn't know about the contradictions between the Uchiha clan and the upper echelons of the village, but he knew very well that Hippo Hanyu had never had much to do with the Uchiha clan (Shizune was already regarded by him as a member of the Hippo Hanyu family).

"I'm here to find Mr. Hanyu." The person who came nodded politely, and directly ignored the vigilance in Akano's eyes.

"Wait, I'll pass it on." Akano was a little surprised, in his mind, the people of the Uchiha family should also be looking for Jing when they came here. Hearing that someone called him Teacher Hippo Hanyu, Akano remembered Hippo Hanyu's previous experience teaching at Konoha School, presumably a student of Hippo Hanyu!

"Akano, you go and get busy with yours." Without his communication, Hippo Hanyu had already walked out, and even Akano could sense that someone was visiting, how could he not know that when someone stepped into the dojo ten meters away, Hippo Hanyu had already sensed his existence.

"Itachi? Rare guests! Hippo Hanyu looked at Uchiha Itachi with a serious face, slightly surprised.

"Sensei—", Uchiha Itachi shouted with a respectful nod.

I haven't seen him for a few years, and Uchiha Itachi is still so polite, but he can't see the confidence and pride he once had in his eyes, and the whole person even looks a little tired and confused.

Hanyu the hippo accompanied Uchiha Itachi on the trail in the back mountain, but in his heart he was thinking about the reason why Itachi came to him.

"Teacher, why do you say ninjas exist?" Uchiha Itachi asked suddenly.

It's still as straightforward as before! Hippo Hanyu smiled faintly, stretched out his hand and pressed it on Itachi's shoulder, and said slowly: "Ninjas, in the final analysis, are just a group of people with great strength. Just like the swordsman, swordsman, and onmyoji in the past, it is a specific symbol of the era. In this world, there has never been absolute peace, and it will never be possible to have absolute peace, so in order to survive in the war, people have to work hard to improve their abilities, so that they can better survive, in such an environment, ninjas slowly emerged, the original ninjas absorbed the swordsman, swordsman, onmyoji and magician and many other strengths, created a unique system of ninjutsu, and slowly replaced the original social elite, becoming the honorific title of the strong in this era, a symbol of strength. ”

Uchiha Itachi nodded, and he didn't know if he really understood, at least the answer given by Hippo Hanyu was not the same as the answer given by others.

"So what kind of strength is really strong, and what kind of power is real power?" Itachi Uchiha continued to ask.

"Really powerful?" Hippo Hanyu smiled, it seemed that Madara had appeared, and asked rhetorically, "Then how do you understand the word real?" ”

"Huh?" Uchiha Itachi pondered, he really hadn't thought about the word seriously, and now that he thought about it, this seemingly simple word was not simple.

"The so-called true is just relative to false, there is no truth without falsehood, and there is no falsehood without truth. But true and false are not when they can be absolutely distinguished, when the fake is true, when the fake is true, when the truth is false, and when the truth is false, it is also true. However, as far as most people know, the so-called real power is probably absolute power! ”

"Absolutely powerful?" Uchiha Itachi's eyes lit up, and he seemed to understand.

"But I don't believe that there is absolute strength in the world, everyone's ability is limited, and no matter how strong people are, they will have weaknesses. Moreover, strength is not the only pursuit of ninjas, a soulless person, no matter how strong and powerful, is just a living dead person. A ninja who is flesh and blood, affectionate and loving, will understand the meaning of power. Hippo Hanyu pointed out.

Uchiha Itachi was silent for a long time, then suddenly smiled and said, "I know that the teacher is very powerful, and I can't see through it until now." ”

"Little guy-", Hippo Hanyu knocked on Itachi's head, Uchiha Itachi usually doesn't talk much, but Hippo Hanyu knows that he must have an unusual weight in his heart! Otherwise, I wouldn't have asked myself these questions.

Uchiha Itachi scratched his head a little embarrassed, Hippo Hanyu is the only one other than Uchiha Fugaoka who doesn't care about his status as a young master and genius of the Uchiha family and rubs his head! And he likes the feeling of being by the side of Hippo Hanyu, comfortable and without pressure, even if he is known as a genius, he is actually a thirteen-year-old child, and he wants to be cared for and loved.

"Let's get used to it in the shadows!" Hippo Hanyu suddenly asked, although Itachi is also a newcomer to the dark department, but because of his special background, he was not arranged by the third generation to accept the guidance of Hippo Hanyu.

"Huh?" Uchiha Itachi looked at Hippo Hanyu in surprise, he entered the shadows, in addition to three generations, only his father and two elders knew in the family, and the news of Hippo Hanyu was too well-informed.

"It doesn't seem to be peaceful in the shadows now, you have to be careful!" Hippo Hanyu said meaningfully, and paid attention to Itachi's performance.

If Madara appears, it is most likely to appear in the shadows of Konoha and the Uchiha family elders, so as to explain some of the things that have been born during this time.

For example, the Konoha high-level increased the amount of Uchiha clan's outing missions, and because of the difficulty of the mission, Uchiha's casualties have increased a lot in the past six months.

For example, Uchiha Fugaoka and the great elder of the family were expelled from the Konoha Elder Group and lost their right to speak at the top of Konoha .

For example, the Great Elder of the Konoha Elder Group died violently at home.

For example, the quarrel between the Uchiha and the three generations.

……

Uchiha Itachi's face changed slightly, and he quickly returned to normal, but his heart was full of turmoil: what does the teacher mean by this, does he know something? Impossible!

"Hmm!" Uchiha Itachi nodded, regardless of whether Hippo Hanyu sensed anything or not, at least his concern was genuine.

"You're already a ninja, that's good! I've got a little gift for you to give to you in two days. Hippo Hanyu smiled, "Go back early!" I'm afraid I'll be angry if you let your father know you're coming to see me. ”

Watching Uchiha Itachi leave, Hippo Hanyu's brows furrowed slightly, although it was very light, but Hippo Hanyu still felt that he was being watched, but this feeling also disappeared with Itachi's departure.

Outside the Hokage's office, more than a dozen shadows lurked in various key positions, such a large formation had not been seen in Konoha for many years.

The three generations sat in the conference room, looking at the elders who almost surrounded themselves, their brows furrowed slightly, and they took a deep puff of cigarette, and let the cigarette circulate in their mouths for a while, before slowly exhaling a smoke ring.

"You said that the Uchiha clan wants to break away from Konoha, is this news reliable?" The three generations asked slowly after digesting the amazing news brought by the elders.

"This is the news that we arranged for the spies in the Uchiha clan to report back, and it is absolutely reliable." The Second Elder is very sure that since the death of the Great Elder, he, the second thousand-year-old elder, has finally come out, but he has a more complicated grievance with the Uchiha clan, and he has spared no effort to suppress the Uchiha clan than the Great Elder.

The three generations scraped their eyebrows with their little fingers, weighing in their hearts, recently, the actions of the Uchiha clan are indeed a little abnormal, plus their dissatisfaction with the village over the years, even if they really have the heart to break away, it is not impossible, after all, there is already a precedent for the Senju clan of the Mori no Senju clan to retreat.

"Detachment? I'm afraid it's not that simple! As one of the two major families that founded Konoha, their goal has probably always been the position of Hokage! Especially now that there is no Mori Senju clan to contain, for them, it is a good time to achieve this goal, how could they choose to leave. Yamamoto Akimuro suddenly said in a strange manner, while his gaze stayed on Hinata Hinata for a moment.

Hinata Hinata is still as silent as ever, concentrating and guarding his heart, but don't really think that he is distracted, the expressions of everyone at the scene have fallen into his eyes. What Yamamoto Akimuro meant, he understood that when it came to family grievances, the deepest ones were of course the two old rivals of the Hyuga clan and the Uchiha clan.

Compared to the people of the Uchiha clan, the Hyuga clan has always been at a disadvantage, and because of this, the Hyuga clan is much more low-key than the Uchiha clan, and the relationship with the other elders and major families is also much stronger than that of the Uchiha clan. So despite being at a disadvantage, the Uchiha clan can't do anything about them.

However, if it weren't for the Uchiha clan's excuse and pressing step by step, his younger brother Hinata Hinata would not have died on his behalf, and the relationship between the family and the split family would not have fallen to the freezing point because of this.

"Elder Ming, please be cautious." Zhuan Koharu saw that she and Mito Menyan were tricked by these foxes again, and what they wanted to say at the beginning was that the Uchiha was plotting to rebel, but they deliberately threw out the news that the Uchiha was preparing to break away from Konoha to fool the two of them, and their hearts were also a little angry.

"I also think that this possibility exists, and the village should still take precautions." Hinata Hinata suddenly spoke, looking at him as usual, and his tone was calm, as if he was out of a public heart.

There was silence in the conference room, the three generations smoked cigarettes one after another, and their hearts were very irritable, in order to avoid such a situation, he had tried his best to reconcile the contradictions between the two sides, but it backfired, and the day finally came. However, the three generations are well aware that these people in front of them are responsible, including himself.

After the Nine-Tails, the Uchiha clan can be described as the only branch of Konoha that is strong, in order to prevent them from being too presumptuous, the three generations have also been conniving at the elders to suppress them, which is better than them hugging together and suppressing themselves. However, the situation gradually got out of his control last year, and it seemed that someone saw through his intentions and kept getting in the way, making things more and more out of control.

But what kind of person can be so capable? The three generations have never figured it out, even the most qualified to threaten their own group is already under the surveillance of the shadows, and it is impossible to make so many moves. The most important thing is that he is somewhat confused about what this person's intentions are. Is it because you are old? Can't grasp the trend of Konoha anymore?

The three generations held the pipe tightly, and the green tendons on their hands were clearly visible.

"For so many years, the Uchiha clan has been doing their best for the prosperity and development of Konoha, and I believe they will not do what Elder Akimuro said. Of course, if you have such concerns, I can't completely ignore them, and for the safety of Konoha, I will arrange for someone to monitor their movements. The three generations said slowly, forcing them to look at the elders, not allowing them to question them anymore.

"Alright! In that case, we are also relieved, in fact, I don't believe that the Uchiha clan will be bad for Konoha either. The second elder stood up and expressed his attitude, but the truth of his words was debatable.

"They have already discussed it, and today I am afraid that they are here to test your attitude." Zhuan Xiaochun was a little dissatisfied.

"What they said is also true, according to my observations during this time, the recent actions of the Uchiha clan are indeed somewhat abnormal, and it is necessary to strengthen monitoring." Mito Menyan didn't take the words of Koharu, and studied the information provided by the elder group.

"Hmm-" The third generation nodded, he also knew that Mito Menyan was telling the truth, he felt the need to knock on the Uchiha family, and he couldn't watch them go to destruction