Konoha 56 years, April, early spring.

With the stabilization of the international environment, the friction between the ninja village and the ninja village seems to have decreased a lot.

Even Konoha and Ungakure, who were still in tension a few years ago, have developed close cooperation between the two daimyo as the two daimyo negotiate.

The feud between the ninjas seems to have been put aside.

On such a peaceful day, everyone is enjoying this hard-won peace.

But for those who care, this is just a buffer time after the war.

Sooner or later, there will still be a ninja war, maybe tomorrow, or next year.

That is why peace is so precious.

On such a sunny day, Kakashi strolled the streets of Konoha with a copy of "Intimacy Paradise" in his hand.

On the lampposts on both sides, there are colorful posters with huge edges.

It advertises a movie called "Fengyun Princess", starring the daimyo of the Snow Country, Kazeka Koyuki.

An adolescent girl full of beauty and elegance can be said to be the biggest talk in the ninja world recently.

Compared to the identity of the Daimyo of the other side of the Snow Country, the stage name 'Fuji Wind Snow Painting' is even more famous.

Compared with the movie "Fengyun Princess", the movie adapted from "Intimacy Paradise" was also officially released a year ago...... Because of various audit issues, the response was mediocre.

This is to blame on the film company in the country of ghosts, which directly cut the essence by half, resulting in being scolded by many readers and fans after the release.

But it is said that the film company in the country of ghosts still makes a lot of money in the midst of scolding.

This was a pity for Kakashi.

Why cut off the best part of it?

That's obviously one of the three ninjas.,The true essence that Jiraiya wants to express.。

In short, after spending a few hundred taels to buy tickets to watch the movie, I was also depressed at the time, and complained about the Aster Flower Film Production Company for a while.

This company doesn't know how to make a successful movie at all.

Although I have become an adult, I still want to learn how to truly become an adult.

"Alas......"

Kakashi sighed softly, the sequel to "Intimacy Paradise" is far away, what will you use to pass the time next?

I really want to catch Jiraiya-sama and put him in a small dark room to write all day.

Tracking down Orochimaru and the mysterious organization where Orochimaru belongs, there is not much need to do that kind of thing.

In Kakashi's opinion, Jiraiya was a complete waste of time.

In the ninja world, there are countless avid book fans who are waiting for the sequel to "Intimate Paradise".

At this moment, looking up at the sky, an eagle happened to fly overhead, and Kakashi casually stuffed "Intimacy Paradise" into his ninja bag.

"Is it time?"

So, he used the teleportation technique to disappear from the spot.

Quickly rushed to the headquarters building of the Dark Division, where he changed into his dark costume and walked towards his place of work.

"Captain Kakashi. You're here. ”

Coming to the monitoring room, Amazo, who belongs to the second detachment of the dark department and the leader of the sixth squad, greeted Kakashi.

"Hmm...... How's it going? ”

Kakashi looked at the screen that showed scenes from the Uchiha clan's lands.

Both civilians and ninjas are under strict surveillance.

However, compared to those civilians, it is not so easy to monitor the ninjas of the Uchiha clan, and many of the ninjas of the Uchiha clan are uncertain, and it is difficult to prove their whereabouts with instruments.

"It's been getting more and more frequent lately, and I always feel like nothing good is going to happen."

Tenzo pointed to a screen.

The screen is in charge of monitoring, and it is the Nanga Shrine of the Uchiha clan.

It is the place where the Uchiha clan gathers, and it is said that there are things handed down by the ancestors of the Uchiha clan, but whether it is true or false is only known to the insiders of the Uchiha clan, and outsiders cannot find out.

The shadows have tried countless methods, but they can't get the secret of the inner core of Nanga Shrine.

"Really? I thought it was groundless, but things may not be optimistic......"

Kakashi muttered to himself.

"Captain Kakashi, do you mean ......?"

The face under the mask of Tenzo changed suddenly.

Anyway, what Kakashi predicted was an exaggeration.

No matter how bold the Uchiha clan were, they couldn't have taken that path.

"Haven't you noticed that the friction between the garrison and our fourth detachment of the dark department has been getting bigger and bigger recently?"

Kakashi asked rhetorically.

The 4th Detachment of the Shadow Division, in non-war times, deals with the internal affairs of the village, as well as the resolution of crimes within the village.

This business completely coincides with the Uchiha clan's garrison.

Because they do not know whether the crime should be handed over to the garrison or handed over to the dark department, the high-level leaders have not reached a unified conclusion, which is also the source of the contradiction between the guard and the dark department.

To be honest, this kind of thing, in Kakashi's opinion, is something that is simply incomprehensible.

Since there is already a special team to deal with crimes within the village, why should the Uchiha clan guard be set up?

This is not only a superfluous move, but also exacerbates the contradictions between the Uchiha clan and the dark department.

In the past, the war period was okay, and the two sides could put aside their prejudices and unite with the outside world.

However, now that we have entered the era of peace, all kinds of contradictions have arisen.

Especially after the Nine-Tails Rebellion, conflicts between the Uchiha clan and the high-level are inevitable.

The two sides did not negotiate with each other, but instead became suspicious of each other in the form of a cold war.

The dark part caught in it is the most uncomfortable one.

But this kind of thing, Kakashi knew he couldn't change anything.

The internal affairs of Konoha can't be changed at all if the high-level people don't let go.

The accumulation of ordinary friction may become the last straw that overwhelms the Uchiha clan.

After hearing this, Tenzo didn't say anything, and he also knew the truth of what Kakashi said.

Although he is not a member of the dark department of the fourth detachment, everyone works in the same building, and when they encounter it, they will also hear the complaints of the members of the dark department of the fourth detachment, and it seems that they are very dissatisfied with the Uchiha clan's arbitrary interference in the criminal incident within the village.

But the problem is that dealing with crimes within the village was originally the power given to the Uchiha clan during the second Hokage period.

Thinking of this, Tenzo was a little confused.

I always felt that something was wrong.

Why should there be two troops in one village to manage crimes within the village?

Didn't the Hokage take into account that only one unit was needed?

One more will only cause contradictions between the two sides.

It's like there is only one Hokage in the village, and if there is one more Hokage, then who should be listened to?

The more Tenzo thought about it, the more headache he felt, no matter what, it was impossible for the Hokage to make a mistake, after all, he was such a great existence.

"What's next?"

Tenzo was a little tangled.

Kakashi was about to speak when a voice came from behind.

"Just report it truthfully."

The people who came in wore the same dark uniforms as Kakashi and Tenzo, and wore masks.

He was much shorter than an adult, and was obviously very young.

Itachi Uchiha.

"Good afternoon, Kakashi-senpai."

Itachi greeted Kakashi respectfully.

"You don't have to see each other like this, you are also a person at the level of a team leader now, and you are at the same level as me."

Kakashi said in an emotional tone.

Although Itachi has only joined the dark department for more than two years, he has gradually become a squad leader from a member of the dark department at the lowest level, and then now he has become a detachment leader.

The speed of the upgrade can be said to be unprecedented.

The name Uchiha Itachi is also extremely loud in the shadows.

Tenzo looked at Itachi with complicated eyes, thinking that Itachi, who was originally a member of his own team two or three years ago, was now not only out of his team, but also became the same detachment leader as Kakashi.

I've been in the shadows for so many years, and I'm just a squad leader.

Alas, is this the gap between mortals and geniuses? Tenzo sighed in his heart.

"But do you really have to report it? This is your people. ”

Kakashi said, pointing to the screen and appearing on the screen.

"Don't test me like that, Kakashi-senpai. The dark part is the dark part of Konoha and is not a private force belonging to a certain family, only loyal to the village and the Hokage. Since they have a strange mind, they naturally need to be on guard. ”

Itachi said firmly.

When he said this, he also had some hidden pain in his heart.

But between the family and the village, he quickly made a trade-off.

Moreover, the Uchiha clan only has this motive, and it has not yet formed an ironclad fact, and there is still room for redemption.

"Really? Then do as you say, after all, this matter is very high, and it is not for us to decide. ”

Kakashi nodded.

In terms of Kakashi, the Konoha ninja, he is indeed testing Itachi.

"Then Hokage-sama, I'll report it. Anyway, this is where I am the most laid-back. ”

"Please, Tenzo."

"It's my job, Captain Kakashi. Then I'm over. ”

Tenzo smiled, disappeared, and went to the Hokage Building to report on the surveillance here.

"It's hard for you, Itachi."

After Tenzo left, Kakashi said to Itachi.

"It's the path I chose."

"It's a miserable life. Since it's your own choice, you can only wish you luck, Itachi. ”

Kakashi patted Itachi on the shoulder, walked to the room inside the monitoring room, and got to work.

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When the sun goes down, Minamiga Shrine is shrouded in a thin layer of darkness.

On the top of the stairs leading to the top of Nanga Shrine, Itachi saw a familiar figure in front of him and stopped him.

"Stop the water."

"It's a ferret, long time no see."

Zhishui turned his head, and when he saw Itachi, he smiled, but his eyes could not hide the look of exhaustion.

"I haven't seen you lately, it's good to see you're okay."

Itachi smiled relaxedly.

"Don't worry about my situation, I'm just out on a mission, and I still have the business of the garrison to deal with."

Zhishui replied.

"That's how hard it is."

"It's okay, compared to your hard work in the shadows, my hard work is nothing."

Shisui responded with a smile.

Is it hard? Itachi felt that he was not aware of this.

I'm just fulfilling the duties of the Konoha ninja Uchiha Itachi.

"Okay, let's go up together, today's meeting is important."

"Hmm."

Follow Shisui towards the complex at the top of Nanga Shrine.

Itachi subconsciously glanced at the woods around Nanga Shrine, and then quietly turned his gaze back.

The surveillance equipment arranged in the shadows was placed in the forest.

The assembly of the Uchiha clan, except for the high-level people who did not know the content of the rally, the time of the rally, and the premise of the Uchiha clan who participated in this important meeting, they all knew it clearly, and there was nothing wrong.

One after another, ninjas from the Uchiha clan gathered.

Entering the shrine's secret room, the Uchiha clan's family crest is engraved on the walls, and torches banish the darkness.

More than thirty Uchiha ninjas gathered here.

It's all elite ninjas from the Uchiha clan who have awakened the Sharingan and are powerful.

Of these, Itachi is the youngest, but one of the most high-profile figures.

For no other reason, he was the eye of the Uchiha clan at the top of the hierarchy.

Itachi can be used to capture the movements of the upper echelons and the shadows, benefiting the Uchiha clan.

Sitting on the main seat, facing the patriarch of all the ninjas of the Uchiha clan, Itachi's father, Uchiha Fugaku, is different from the image of a strict father in the family, but has a solemn face, looking like a great enemy.

Even Mikoto Uchiha, her mother, who used to have a kind face, also had a cold expression.

It's as if it's no longer an ordinary housewife, but an elite member of the Uchiha clan.

Itachi can't stand the atmosphere here, it's too depressing.

Every time he gathered, he felt irritable and depressed, worse than the atmosphere in the shadows.

Obviously under the protection of the village, why did he act like a great enemy in the territory of the village, which made Itachi very sad in his heart.

"According to the information we have received before, the dark department is closely monitoring us. The residents around the Uchiha clan land have also quietly left one after another under the policies of the high-level, as if to completely isolate our Uchiha clan. The higher-ups don't think of us as fellow villagers at all, patriarch, let's establish a government that belongs to the Uchiha clan. We can't let the will of a thousand hands dominate the village anymore! ”

The one who spoke was a male Uchiha ninja with a full head of white hair cut short and slender eyes that didn't seem to open a single eye.

The name is Uchiha Yachiyo.

He is one of the representatives of the Uchiha radical faction, and he is also the Uchiha ninja who is most disgusted by the high-level of Konoha .

His will can represent the will of the Uchiha radicals.

Although Konoha has entered an era of peace in recent years, it may not be true peace for the Uchiha clan.

The conflict between the dark department and the security team, the residents continue to complain about the arrogant behavior of the Uchiha clan's security team, and the high-level officials deliberately separate a part of the space around the Uchiha clan land to keep the residents away from the Uchiha clan.

This obvious isolation treatment also completely made the Uchiha radicals dissatisfied.

The so-called establishment of a regime belonging to the Uchiha clan is, in Itachi's view, just a nice statement, and the real thing is to seize power through a coup d'état.

In that case, the damage to the village would be too severe.

In this way, the ferret is very repulsed.

It may become the trigger for the outbreak of war.

"Itachi, what do you think?"

Fugaku didn't respond directly, but looked at Itachi.

After everyone's eyes fell with Fu Yue's words, they focused on Itachi, making Itachi's breathing very difficult.

Itachi nodded and replied, "Yes, the Shadows do keep a close watch on our clan. ”

Because this can't be refuted at all, and it can't be concealed if you have the intention to hide it.

Even if the actions of the dark department are very secretive, and there is the power of the entire village behind it, the Uchiha clan has a long history, and every generation has excellent ninjas appearing, and they will always sense that something is wrong.

Before the people could begin to echo, Itachi continued:

"Actually, I think the monitoring of the dark side is just in case, the number of family meetings is too frequent, so the dark side will ......"

"And what do you think should be done?"

Uchiha Yashiro, who was still pleasing to Itachi, immediately looked bad.

"I think we should reduce the number of clan meetings and ...... with the shadows for the time being."

Itachi gives his own proposal.

However, Uchiha Yashiro sneered.

"Itachi, won't you stay in the shadows for a few years and forget your family's teachings, right? Did the shadows raise you, or did the clan raise you, give you ninjutsu and resources, and a noble identity? Which side are you on? ”

"I'm not on one side. I just think that the distinction between enemies and companions should be made clear. ”

Itachi insisted on his opinion, believing that the views of his people were too extreme.

"Don't mess with me, just tell me which side you are. Could it be that the higher-ups gave you the position of captain of the dark part, and you can forget about the family? Without the support of your family, how can your Hokage's ideals be realized? ”

Uchiha Yashiro looked at Itachi aggressively with a very tough attitude.

Pedantic! Itachi was dissatisfied.

It's because you want to be the Hokage that you can't limit your eyes to the narrow thinking of the clan.

If you can't look beyond the clan, you can't become the Hokage and change the fate of the clan, the village, and the world.

Itachi frowned, realizing that many of his people were looking at him, and there was a look of dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Only Shisui and his mother, Mikoto, were looking at themselves with worried eyes, signaling themselves not to say anything more that irritated the clansmen.

His father, Fuyue, was also looking at him with a cold look, hoping that he would firmly express his position.

Itachi was disappointed that most of the people here had lost their minds.

His father too.

"I'm Itachi of the Uchiha clan."

Itachi had no choice but to reply that he couldn't let the situation get out of hand.

"Hmph." Uchiha Yashiro let Itachi go, but when he looked at Itachi, his eyes were already full of vigilance, and he no longer trusted Itachi as much as before.

At such an important moment, a person who is ambiguous between the family and the village is really a ticking time bomb.

If it weren't for the fact that the other party was the son of the patriarch and was holding the position of the captain of the dark part, he would have taken action directly to monitor the ferret, so as not to prevent him from coming over to make trouble.

After the meeting, Fuyue called Itachi aside and looked at Itachi with some frowns: "Why did you say that kind of thing at the meeting?" ”

Itachi was silent.

Fuyue had no choice but to sigh and pat Itachi on the shoulder.

"Don't irritate them in the future, he has been dissatisfied with the village and the upper echelons for too long. When Ruri Uchiha didn't defect, he was the leading radical in the family. ”

"In other words, my father agreed, didn't he?"

The so-called establishment of a regime belonging to the Uchiha in the village.

Itachi raised his head and met Fugaku's eyes.

Fu Yue's expression was complicated, and in the end he just sighed again and nodded.

Itachi was stunned, he had thought that his father, who had just been tough at the meeting, would firmly support the radicals' approach.

Looking at it now, Fuyue didn't want to solve it in this way, but he was forced to a dead end by the radical clansmen such as Yashiro, and he couldn't go up and down, so he could only go one way to the dark.

Seeing that Itachi was still silent, Fuyue turned around, pointed to the distance and asked Itachi:

"Any idea what's there?"

Itachi looked in the direction of Fugaku's finger.

"There's the Shadow Rock of the Four Hokage."

The symbol of the Hokage, carved there in recognition of the Hokage's exploits, has not withered even after the baptism of time.

"The only thing missing from that is the name of the Uchiha clan is there."

Fuyue said in a deep voice.

There was a glint in his eyes called ambition.

Being persecuted by Uchiha Yashiro and others is one thing, and he also desires in his heart to lead the family into a higher realm.

That is to let the Uchiha clan give birth to a Hokage, so as to guide Konoha forward, and not let the Senju clan stand at the top forever.

"I see, father."

Itachi nodded, as if he understood something.

To be held back by power and to ignore the stability of the village is an ugly gesture.

Fu Yue smiled with relief.

"It's worthy of my child, okay, let's go home, Sasuke should be in a hurry."

"No, there's still work over there in the shadows. I hope to do more for the sake of the family. ”

Itachi and Fugaku stared at each other.

Fu Yue touched his chin and agreed.

"Okay, but don't push yourself too hard, come back early."

"Yes."

Itachi knew that although his father Fugaku had not explicitly agreed to the coup d'état at the meeting just now, his silent attitude had already decided everything.

Whether it was being driven to the shelves, or whether he had such thoughts in the first place, his father, Fuyue, did not intend to treat the village in a gentle way.

You have to do something.

After Itachi left, Fugaku stopped for a moment, and was about to leave, when a figure rushed towards him.

It is water stopping.

The mainstay of the family, and the young generation of ninjas that Fugaku admires.

The future Uchiha patriarch will be elected between him and Itachi.

"Zhishui, is there anything wrong with you coming here at this time?"

"Patriarch, is Itachi here?"

Zhishui asked.

"He's gone to the Shadows to work overtime."

Fugaku replied.

When Zhishui heard this, his heart sank.

"I'm sorry, Patriarch, I'm in a bit of a hurry to talk to Itachi, it's rude."

After saying that, Shisui didn't wait for Fugaku to respond, and rushed in the direction of the Hokage Building.

Weasel...... Don't do anything stupid! Zhishui was anxious in his heart.

If the Itachi chooses to go home, then there is nothing to do, and there is room to turn around.

If Itachi had gone to the Shadows, or the Hokage Building, the situation would have been really bad.