It's the first time I've felt so tired.

By the time he returned home, Fugaku was exhausted, not just physically, but more mentally.

Since the relocation of the Uchiha clan's clan land, the voices of the clan have not been quiet for a day.

Because they felt that this was a sign of distrust of the village higher-ups, even on this basis, expanding the territory of the Uchiha clan was essentially just guarding against the Uchiha clan.

They tried to forcibly put the Nine-Tails on the head of the Uchiha clan for attacking the village.

Even if he didn't say it, he claimed to be behind the scenes by the three S-class rebel ninjas who had already left Konoha behind the scenes, but if he had to let the Uchiha clan relocate directly after the incident, it would be problematic no matter how he looked at it.

The larger land allocated to the Uchiha was just to keep his mouth shut.

Some of them thought that this was unfounded, after all, the Uchiha clan had a large number of people and really needed a larger territory.

And after the relocation, it happened to be surrounded by Nanga Shrine, which made it more convenient to carry out clan meetings.

The other part of the clan just thinks that the high-level is suspicious of the Nine-Tails, but it is actually a storm caused by the Uchiha clan and the rebel ninja who should cooperate with each other.

The seeds of doubt have been planted, and it is not so easy to pull them out.

As the patriarch, Fugaku can only appease the clansmen while negotiating with the three generations of Hokage who have regained the throne.

The three generations of Hokage are still the same as before, and they still spare no effort to support the Uchiha, but because of this, Fugaku feels that things are a little weird.

I'm afraid that the three generations of Hokage are also suspicious of the existence of spies in the Uchiha clan.

It's not just the three generations of Hokage, Fugaku is also suspicious.

Uchiha Ruri, who fled the village because of his defection, was once a high-level member of the Uchiha clan and had a pivotal position in the clan.

Before leaving, let some of his subordinates hide in the clan and leak the information in the village at a critical moment, and Fuyue did not dare to guarantee that this kind of thing would not happen.

"It's just, why is it only for the Uchiha clan?"

yes, why only for the Uchiha clan?

The suspicions of the three generations of Hokage and other high-level officials, Fugaku did not think that there was anything wrong, and even he, the patriarch, did not dare to guarantee whether Uchiha Ruri had placed surveillance personnel in the clan to provide information before he left the village.

But the mistake is that it shouldn't be treated differently, if it's a spy, then there is also a problem within the Hyuga clan.

However, the treatment of the Hyuga clan has not changed, and the calm has passed.

Mistrust...... The cooperation that was finally established with the three generations of Hokage before, because of the Nine-Tails incident, the relationship between Uchiha and the village became 'tense' again.

At the end of the day, this is a legacy of history.

This problem has existed since more than thirty years ago, during the reign of the second Hokage.

How to solve such a thing is the reason why Fuyue is distressed.

The Uchiha now seems to have a unified voice, but in fact, he has been troubled internally and externally, and the voice of his patriarch has gradually become ineffective for some people.

Although he knew that this kind of thing should have been suppressed earlier, Fu Yue didn't know how to do it how to operate flawlessly.

Especially now that the clouds are eyeing them outside, it is said that the Konoha garrison troops on the eastern border of the Fire Country have already fought with them.

The resumption of war between the two villages was only expected.

At the dining table, Fu Yue looked preoccupied, and naturally did not escape Itachi's eyes.

In fact, the sadness on Fu Yue's face has become more and more for a while, and Itachi also knows why he is troubled by things.

"Dad, are you worried about the things in the clan?"

Itachi asked, putting down the bowl.

Fuyue nodded.

"Is it because of the clansman named Ruri Uchiha?"

Itachi's words made Fu Yue slightly surprised, and then frowned and said:

"Itachi, these things are not for you to meddle in. Let's learn to be a good ninja first. ”

"Yes."

Itachi nodded obediently.

Although his father, Fugaku, refused to answer such questions, Itachi felt a little uneasy.

So, he was going to ask his new friend Zhishui.

The other party is an official ninja of the clan, so he should know more about it.

The next day, Itachi got up early, took the ninja equipment used for cultivation, and went to the woods where he usually cultivated.

About ten minutes later, when the sky was just beginning to dawn, Shisui came here to join him.

Seeing that the weasel had done a warm-up exercise here, Zhishui touched the back of his head, and smiled helplessly:

"Itachi, if you continue like this, you're about to become a cultivation maniac."

Obviously he hasn't gone to ninja school yet, but he has to train harder than him, a full-fledged ninja, so that Shisui doesn't know what to say about him.

Itachi was definitely the hardest working kid he'd ever seen.

Coupled with that incomparably enviable talent, I'm afraid that even a formal shinobi will be difficult to defeat Itachi in a short period of time.

If you're careless, you might be defeated by the Itachi.

"I don't want to do nothing, time is the most precious treasure in the world."

Itachi replied without being salty.

He needs great strength to set this twisted world right.

Therefore, it is a waste for the ferret to lose the slightest bit of time to become stronger.

"Really? So what is the goal of your obsession with becoming stronger? Or dreams or something. ”

Stop water asked this question with interest.

He and Itachi had known each other for a few days, and after a few days of running-in, Itachi could barely follow him to practice.

I believe that soon the strength of the ferret will increase by leaps and bounds.

"Target?" Itachi tilted his head and hesitated.

"What's wrong? Didn't you? ”

Stopping water feels strange.

It would be strange if the weasel didn't have the purpose of becoming stronger, but blindly cultivated here.

He could see that Itachi was a child with a very strong purpose, and it was impossible for him to become stronger blindly without a goal.

"No, there are still goals, but I don't know if I should tell anyone else."

"Shame on you?"

"Well, because if you say it, you feel like you'll be laughed at."

"Don't worry, as your friend, I won't laugh at you."

Zhishui said seriously.

Seeing Zhishui speak like this, Itachi nodded, and people were too vigilant for themselves.

Although he had only known Zhishui for a few days, he felt that Zhishui was different from the rest of the clansmen, and the other party's insight and vision were different from ordinary clansmen.

"My goal in becoming stronger is to become a ninja better than anyone else, and then eliminate all strife in this world."

Itachi's eyes burned as he stared at the water and spoke softly but forcefully.

After listening carefully, Zhishui did not show a shameful smile, but said: "It is an ideal goal, and it can even be said to be grandiose...... But it's not a good road. ”

Unlike Itachi, Shisui is a ninja who has already gone his own way.

Naturally, I know that what Itachi said is actually a dream that can never be realized.

It's impossible for the strife of ninjas to disappear, just like the Uchiha's bloodline......

Thinking of this, Zhishui showed a gloomy look in his eyes, and subconsciously covered one of his eyes with his palm, where a very powerful boiling heat flowed.

Lodged with the power of the cursed bloodline.

"What's wrong with you?"

"Ah, nothing, just thinking of something that was on a mission before. You remind me of a man. ”

"Alone? Also Uchiha people? ”

Itachi became curious.

Shisui sighed in his heart, and said to Itachi with a quiet face: "Well, like us, it's the Uchiha's clan. He's the same age as me, but he's more talented than me, and not so long ago I was on a mission with him. ”

Itachi was a little surprised, but he didn't expect that among his peers, there were people who were stronger than Zhishui.

"However, he died in the line of duty."

Seeing the sadness and complexity on Zhishui's face, Itachi didn't choose to ask.

Zhishui saw that the topic was a little heavy now, so he cleaned up the sadness on his face, smiled and said, "Okay, let's not talk about these unhappy things." Itachi, your dream is big, and I really hope you can fulfill it. ”

"Thank you. I also knew that this dream was a bit unrealistic, so I set myself a short-term goal - that is, to become the Hokage in the village. ”

Itachi replied solemnly.

"Is that so? It is indeed a good way to complete the goal in stages. However, if you want to become a Hokage, you can't just have power. ”

Zhishui saw the weasel's loneliness and stubbornness.

He knew that if he practiced according to Itachi's own methods, he could only become an excellent ninja in the end, but the last thing Konoha lacked was an excellent ninja.

It's still far from the Hokage's position.

Itachi can't be allowed to go astray, otherwise, it will be a disaster for the village and the family! Zhishui said secretly in his heart.

"What is your dream?"

Itachi asked.

"I hope that the village and the family can coexist peacefully."

Zhishui collected his heavy heart and answered Itachi's question.

"Really? Have you also found this problem? ”

Itachi asked with interest.

"Also?"

Shizui glanced at the weasel in surprise.

"I can feel that the clan is very dissatisfied with the village right now."

Seeing Itachi's serious answer, Zhishui sighed in his heart.

Can even a child like a ferret detect it?

It's getting worse.

"Zhishui, can I ask you a question?"

"What?"

"The Uchiha clan...... Is there really a traitor who disturbs the stability of the village? For example, he murdered four generations of Hokage-sama......"

Itachi's words are a bit rebellious, but Shisui also knows Itachi's straightforward personality, so he doesn't blame.

"Perhaps."

"Perhaps? Is it the one named Ruri Uchiha? ”

"You know?"

"I heard my father mention it by chance. Since there are such dangerous elements in the clan, why don't they hand it over to the village to deal with? ”

"Leave it to the village?"

Zhishui's face turned weird.

"What's wrong?"

"Itachi, you don't know much about this person, do you?"

"It's just about knowing the name."

"Then it's no wonder. In fact, the other party had already left Konoha many years ago, and now he is a dangerous rebel in the village. The village can't arrest her now, let alone deal with her. ”

Zhishui explained.

The explanation of stopping the water surprised Itachi.

"Traitor?"

He knew such a person, and he always thought that the other party was still a ninja of Konoha, but he didn't expect that he had turned his back on his family and village.

"Yes."

Seeing Itachi's sudden realization, Shisui can also understand.

After all, that incident was not particularly glorious for the Uchiha clan, the year the other party defected, Itachi had just been born, and the adults in the clan were very taboo about this matter, Itachi naturally couldn't know too much.

Even Itachi's father, Fugaku, could not uncover this scar belonging to the Uchiha clan in front of his son.

"Some people in the village suspect that Uchiha Ruri had set up a secret hand in the Uchiha clan before he defected to Konoha to monitor the movements of the village and the family here. Before the Nine-Tails Riot, some people speculated that it was Uchiha Ruri who returned to the village and collaborated with some people in the clan to murder four generations of adults, after all, the process of the Nine-Tails Riot was too strange, and there were many doubts about it. ”

Of course, the worse guess is that Zhishui didn't dare to say it to Itachi.

That is a certain part of the high-level, and it is not just as simple as doubting the Uchiha clan.

For example, the root leader of the restored position, Shimura Danzo.

The one who carries all the darkness of Konoha on his back.

"Is that so?"

Itachi understood everything.

In other words, the Uchiha clan has been targeted by the village because of the problem of internal ghosts.

In addition, some radicals in the clan took the opportunity to fan the flames and wanted to make things bigger, but they were suppressed by his father Fuyue.

But how long it can be suppressed is unknown.

"Yes, there is a lot of tension between the village and the family right now."

Zhishui sighed.

"It's just one person, is it worth being treated so carefully by the higher-ups?"

Itachi asked, puzzled.

Zhishui shook his head and said: "Things are not as simple as you think, if it is still Uchiha Ruri who controls the Nine-Tails to attack the village this time, then it is not the first time that the Nine-Tails have attacked them." When the other party left Konoha five years ago, he also manipulated the Nine-Tails to destroy the village, causing a large number of casualties. ”

"Such a dangerous existence should indeed be treated with caution."

"yes. Her writing wheel eye pupil power is strong enough to control the tailed beast with the power of one person, and before she left Konoha, she can be said to be the strongest genius ninja in our clan. I'm afraid her writing wheel eye is ...... now."

Zhishui didn't continue, but he had already begun to cover his eyes, revealing an inexplicable deep meaning in his eyes.

"I'm afraid?"

Zhishui's intermittent words seemed to be covering something, and he didn't want him to know.

Itachi had a faint feeling that the 'fear' that the water was hiding was probably a major secret about the clan.

"Okay, let's not talk about these things, let's start today's cultivation. Regarding the shuriken technique you mentioned earlier, we can try ......"

Shisui interrupted Itachi's thoughts, and instead focused on cultivation, discussing new techniques for shuriken with Itachi.

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"Hokage-sama."

Inside a nondescript house.

After finishing his training and separating from Itachi, Shisui came here to meet with the three generations of Hokage Ape Tobi in private.

Since the death of the fourth generation of Hokage Wave Feng Shui Gate, the retired third generation of Hokage Ape Fei Ri Slash has regained control of all matters in the village and adjusted the various situations in the village.

Coming here to meet with Shisui, Hichigi is actually quite tired physically and mentally, but he still has to cheer up and not let people see that something is wrong.

It's just that no matter how much he disguises, he can't change the fact that his body is going downhill.

Regaining the power of the Hokage is not as good as it was imagined, and many things are more powerless than before.

"Is there anything you want to report, stop the water?"

Hizashi asked.

Shisui is his old friend, a descendant of the Uchiha Mirror.

Back then, Jing died in the mission, and the murderer has not been found so far, which is a pain point in the day.

At the beginning, the six of them should have done their best together to break the village into iron buckets, and the Uchiha was the most critical part of it.

Unfortunately, the sudden death of the mirror made this plan go down the drain.

I thought that there would be no turning point for the Uchiha in the future, but who would have thought that the defection of Uchiha Ruri a few years ago dealt a heavy blow to the leader of the radical faction of the Uchiha Quartet, and due to physical discomfort, the conservative Uchiha Fugaku took the throne.

This eased the relationship between the village and the Uchiha.

It's just that with the Nine-Tails incident not long ago, Uchiha's problem has once again emerged, and the problem is bigger than ever.

Although he successfully shifted the main responsibility for the Nine-Tails Rebellion to the three traitorous ninjas who had defected in the name of the Hokage, he still couldn't clear the charge of the Uchiha clan.

Because the kaleidoscope writes the wheel eye......

Not only did he see the red eyes in the Nine-Tails' eyes, but Mizumon's last words also had to make him believe that there was a major problem within the Uchiha clan.

It's just that the problem of how to deal with the Uchiha is a headache for Hichiha.

Fortunately, the emergence of water stop has successfully solved this problem.

He is willing to be the eye of the Uchiha clan and report all the Uchiha clan's movements to them.

Judging from the current situation, although the Uchiha clan is dissatisfied with the village, it will not be to the point of making a big move, and with the ventilation message of stopping the water, he can also adopt a strategy in time to stabilize the hearts of the Uchiha clan and prevent chaos from happening at this time.

Therefore, every time Zhishui sent a message to him, he paid special attention to it.

"The other day, I made a friend in the clan called Uchiha Itachi."

"Itachi Uchiha?"

The name Hinchicho felt familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere.

"He is the son of the Fuyue Patriarch, and he has a talent far superior to mine."

Zhishui said.

Hizai was slightly surprised, the talent of stopping water, in his opinion, there are few people in the village who can compare.

has a talent that is far superior to Zhishui, if it weren't for knowing that Zhishui is not a person who speaks big, Richo would really suspect that Zhishui is cheating.

"I think he has a moldable foundation to be able to be on my side."

It is 'I', not 'we', that makes it clear that we stop water.

Although he became the eye of the higher-ups and supervised the Uchiha clan, it was only out of the responsibility of the Konoha ninja.

He doesn't want to be a weapon for one side against the other, and he only wants to do a good job of bridges.

His surname has always been Uchiha, and even if he jumps out of the clan, he still has the blood of the Uchiha clan in his body, which is undeniable.

Hizai pondered for a moment, stared at Zhishui's calm face and asked, "Are you sure?" ”

If it were just an Uchiha clan with excellent talent, Hichiha wouldn't pay so much attention to it, but Itachi is different, in addition to having a talent that makes Shisui praise, he is also the son of the head of the Uchiha clan.

Even if you haven't participated in the Uchiha's clan meeting, your status and influence are extraordinary.

The problem of the Uchiha clan cannot be solved in a short period of time, and it is necessary to be prepared for a long-term battle.

"Sure."

Zhishui nodded.

He thought of what Itachi had said to him, to become a ninja better than anyone else, and then put an end to all the strife in the world...... As long as you guide it well, you will definitely be able to become a bridge between the village and the clan like him.

On his own, his strength in the clan is still too weak.

The most important thing is that this layer of his identity cannot be exposed.

"It's up to you to guide him, and if necessary, I'll suck him into the shadows and cultivate him."

The day decided on such a thing.

The decision of the day slash surprised Zhishui.

Shadows?

"Elder Tuanzang's side......"

Let the people of the Uchiha clan join the dark department, and the root leader will definitely speak out to obstruct it.

"Ignore him, I'll take care of the Uchiha matter myself, and I won't let anyone get involved."

The day slash said categorically.

Zhishui's heart is a little calm, as long as there are three generations of Hokage's words, it will not be a problem.

"Moreover, you also have to join the dark part to stop the water, which can facilitate your actions in the future."

Hizai said, handing over a note.

The water stop took it, and a location was written on it.

"Tomorrow at four o'clock in the afternoon, go to this place to pick up the tokens of the dark department, including clothes and camouflage props, which are very complete. Your identity cannot be revealed, and no third person except me will know that you are the identity of the shadows. ”

"Yes."

Stop the water and feel distracted.

In other words, he is a single person and a single group, and he only needs to be responsible for the three generations of Hokage.

And with the identity of the dark department, it will be much easier to act.

"About the Uchiha clan inside...... Did the inner ghost come out? ”

"Sorry, there's still no progress."

Zhishui shook his head.

"Keep following up and don't let up."

"Yes...... However, Hokage-sama, is there really an inner ghost inside the Uchiha? ”

Zhishui asked stiffly.

Just because there is a dangerous defector ninja like Ruri Uchiha in the Uchiha clan, it is too arbitrary to believe that there are internal ghosts within the Uchiha clan.

Hizai hesitated for a moment, walked over to Zhishui, and whispered a few words.

Zhishui's eyes immediately widened.

Kaleidoscope writing wheel eye?

Did such a thing happen when the four generations of Hokage died?

If that's the case, it's no wonder that the top brass are taking it so seriously.

Zhishui took a deep breath and tried to calm his mood as much as possible.

"I see, Hokage-sama, I'll definitely find out that inner ghost!"

The face of the water stop is firm.

If that inner ghost is allowed to continue to stir up trouble within the Uchiha clan, sooner or later the entire clan will be dragged into the water and completely opposite the village.

"Over to you. Report to me if you find a problem so you don't fall into the enemy's trap. ”

Zhishui nodded and disappeared from the room.

The three generations of Hokage also exhaled deeply and left the room.

Quietly returning to the office of the Hokage Building, Hizaki was about to continue working on today's documents when a shadow appeared in the office.

The other party was wearing a mask, silver-white hair, and carrying a chakra knife behind his back.

Put a document in the hands of the three generations of Hokage.

"Hokage-sama, this is an urgent message from the three groups."

This shadow is none other than Kakashi, reporting to Hizaki.

"In a hurry?"

Ri Chop suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, and hurriedly opened the file bag, took out the documents inside and flipped through them.

There is only one thing mentioned above - the Daimyo of the Land of Rain died unexpectedly, and Rain Hide is being attacked by unknown people and asks for help.

"Kakashi, you will lead the two teams of the shadows and immediately go to Yuyin Village to investigate the situation there!"

Heading to Yuyin? At this time?

Hizashi suddenly gave this order, which made Kakashi's heart flutter.

The three generations of Hokage shouldn't have discovered his identity as a spy and wanted to borrow a knife to kill someone, right?