After discussing with the best juniors of the clan for a while, after the Uchiha stopped the water and left, the emaciated patriarch did not relax, and he was even more worried about the current and dangerous situation.

Fortunately, this year is not all bad news, after the eldest son joined the dark department, he became a bridge of communication between the Uchiha family and the village, and there was a channel for mutual communication, so that there would be no unnecessary conflicts due to misunderstandings.

But now, things have changed.

As the pressure exerted by Konoha Village increased, Uchiha Fugaku, as the patriarch, became more and more unable to control the expansion of the martial arts faction within the clan, and a large number of young and vigorous young men were fanned and wanted to compare with the village, proving that being "unprovoked suppression" in the past was humiliating the glory of Uchiha.

The eldest son, who had high hopes, also seems to have changed his attitude and is more inclined to compromise, which makes Uchiha Fugaku, who has the dual status of father and patriarch, in a dilemma.

The conflict between everyone and the small family is very common in the big family with a long heritage, especially the patriarch, and it is difficult to achieve both public and private.

The last few conversations between father and son have also broken up, and the planned strategy seems to be impossible to implement.

The next negotiation was postponed as Uchiha Itachi accepted the mission and was transferred away by urgent order.

The sun was setting in the west, the door of the house was pushed open, and the small figure of Uchiha Sasuke walked in. It was only at this time that Uchiha Fugaku, who had been pondering for a long time, realized that half a day had passed.

"Father, I'm back."

Uchiha Sasuke greeted respectfully, and after a period of hard work, he also defeated his rival Xiang Ryu and became the chief student again, and he thought he would be praised by his serious father, but he didn't expect Uchiha Fugaku's reaction to be very calm, which really made Sasuke a little disappointed.

"Lately, you've been studying Fire Escape?"

"Yes. My brother taught me a few times, but I was still a little unskilled. ”

It is said that Uchiha Itachi only saw his father cast it once, and after practicing the seal, it was quickly cast, while Uchiha Sasuke's progress was much slower.

In terms of precociousness, the eldest son Uchiha Itachi is indeed much faster than the second son Uchiha Sasuke, but the qualifications and potential, the two are actually almost the same, as long as they follow the normal training method, when they reach the youth stage, after the stage of rapid growth of strength, the two brothers are very likely to reach the current Uchiha water stop or even higher.

The heritage of the thousand-year-old ninja clan cannot be underestimated, and there is a wealth of experience in judging the potential of the clan, and there will not be too much error.

Even the crane tail of the Uchiha Obito, as an orphan, he was able to successfully graduate from the ninja school, and family support was indispensable.

There are so many ordinary people in the clan who have not embarked on the path of ninjas, why can Uchiha Obito be treated preferentially just because he is an orphan?

How can it be?

How to judge the potential of a clan, the Uchiha family naturally has a set of effective means and testing standards.

The brothers Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha are the hope of the family's rise.

"It's a pity that I was born at the wrong time, a few years late!"

It doesn't take ten years, seven or eight years is enough, and if you have two more pairs of kaleidoscope writing wheels, the family will have more choices.

Looking at his little son, who was timidly waiting for orders, Uchiha Fugaku's heart softened, and he couldn't help but show a more thoughtful expression, and said solemnly:

"Come here, let me see how you're doing."

As he spoke, Uchiha Fugaku got up, walked towards the back house, came to the landscape pool in the courtyard, and motioned for Uchiha Sasuke to demonstrate.

The apprehensive Uchiha Sasuke didn't dare to be careless, standing in the pond and changing, a little rusty seal, and then gathered the whole body chakra, gathered in his mouth, and then spewed out reluctantly.

Seeing the powerful Fire Escape Hao Fireball Technique, only a small flame emerged from his mouth, and Uchiha Sasuke spent a lot of effort, but he couldn't make it more powerful.

A few seconds later, the ball of flame turned into a cloud of green smoke and dissipated, and the somewhat helpless Uchiha Sasuke was even more depressed, with a bitter face, waiting for his father to reprimand.

After waiting for a while, there was no reply, and then he raised his head and looked at the tall figure beside him.

"The seal is not standard, the chakra is too scattered, and the amount of instantaneous change is insufficient, resulting in the failure of the cast. Look closely at how I do it......"

After saying that, Uchiha Fugaku showed how to cast this basic fire escape in a concise and soothing way as much as possible.

The water in the cold little pond was evaporated by the bursting ball of flames. Don't look at this C-level Fire Escape Ninjutsu has many flaws, but the power is not to be underestimated.

The Uchiha Sasuke, who did the same, did the same, but unfortunately he was too eager to perform, and his movements were not standard enough, and he still didn't successfully perform the Fire Escape Ninjutsu.

After watching for a few minutes, Uchiha Fugaku turned away noncommittally, leaving a chagrined Uchiha Sasuke gasping for air.

A six- or seven-year-old child, his body is still very weak, and the amount of chakra is seriously insufficient, and it is already a big burden to be able to try to perform C-level ninjutsu several times.

The indifferent departure of his father, who was not good at expressing himself, made Uchiha Sasuke feel that his performance was disappointing, and the excitement of regaining the top student also diminished a lot.

Doing well in a ninja school is not something to be proud of, and being on a par with his father and brother is the wish of Uchiha Sasuke.

It's just that the relationship between my father and my brother has not been very good recently, and the atmosphere in the clan is also a little weird, which makes the ignorant Uchiha Sasuke a little frightened.

At this time, the kind mother is an important link for the family to maintain harmony.

Itachi Uchiha is getting busier and busier, and it's been a long time since he eats at home.

"Father, the day after tomorrow, my classmates invited me to be a guest at home, can I go?"

At the dinner table, the parents and Uchiha Sasuke ate very calmly, and Uchiha Sasuke quickly swallowed the rice in the bowl and asked hopefully.

"Classmate...... Which classmate? ”

"Xianglian, a girl, on her birthday on June 20th the day after tomorrow, invited many classmates to celebrate at home."

"It's the ...... Daughter! ”

After a little thought, Uchiha Fugaku nodded in agreement,

"Yes, be careful not to cause trouble to others."

If it's a ninja child in Konoha Village, I'm afraid there will be some obstacles. The illegitimate son of a big nobleman outside the village, there is no problem. It doesn't involve power disputes in the village, it's just a normal exchange between children.

"It's the one who competes with you for the first student, right? Even I've heard her name, it's pretty good......"

Especially the gorgeous red hair and conspicuous qualifications, which reminded Uchiha Fuyue of the previous Nine-Tails Pillar Force, who was also from an extraordinary background, but without the pungency of the whirlpool Kushina, the ninjutsu inheritance was far from comparable.

"Last time, she just missed by accident, and when I learned the art of fireball, she won't be an opponent."

Among children at this age, they will be able to escape with a C-level fire, which is still very popular, and many civilian ninjas who have not inherited have not learned to be ninja for many years, and it is even more difficult for students in ordinary ninja schools to achieve.

"Don't be careless!"

Uchiha Fugaku looked at Uchiha Sasuke's mouth and hands, which had been burned due to excessive cultivation, and originally wanted to say a few more words, but finally swallowed it, and then naturally changed the topic,

"Since it's a birthday, you should prepare a gift, and don't lose the courtesy. I'll go to the ninja warehouse and choose one......"

"This ......"

Uchiha Sasuke refused very insistently,

"I'm going to use the pocket money I have saved to buy it."

"Whatever you want!"

The battle of will and inexplicable persistence between children, Uchiha Fugaku didn't bother to figure it out.

After the meal, his mother, Uchiha Mikoto, applied the medicine to Uchiha Sasuke and sent him back to his room to rest, before coming to the main hall, and while cleaning up, she said to her husband, who was reading the newspaper:

"I've heard from others that the little girl named Xiang Lian is an illegitimate daughter, and her mother, who hasn't shown up, is coming to Konoha Village......"

"Hmm!"

Uchiha Fugaku, who responded casually, said,

"Whether it's an illegitimate daughter or not, it has nothing to do with us, Uchiha and Furusugi have had little contact, and the relationship with the daimyo is quite average."

The Uchiha family's sustenance, with other channels, does not overlap much with the business field of the Gusugi clan, and there is neither friendship nor grudges.

For the Uchiha family, which stands in the ninja world by force, strength is the most convincing, and the secular set is really incomprehensible. Relying too much on the combat power brought by the bloodline is also one of the important factors in the Uchiha family's current predicament.

"Last time, the emergency mission to stop the water, the target person is said to be the young governor of Furusugi, the Uchiha in the village is blocked everywhere, and it is difficult to walk, can you ask the Furusugi clan, or even the daimyo, to help make peace? It's not a good idea to keep yelling like this, Itachi...... I don't have much to go home to. ”

Hearing this, Uchiha Fugaku put down the newspaper in his hand, shook his head slightly and sighed:

"It's too late!"

I usually don't burn incense, and I am in a hurry to hug Buddha's feet.

In the past, I didn't have contacts, trying to maintain a strong relationship, but now that things are urgent, I want to ask for help, how can it be so easy?

"You didn't care about this before, why did you suddenly talk about this? Did you hear something that even you noticed was wrong? ”

"Anyway, I'm also the wife of the patriarch, so I can still get in touch with some. Circumstance...... Really bad? ”

"The young people of Daohuo and Tiehuo have held several secret meetings behind my back, and they don't know what they talked about, nothing more than a few things. If it hadn't been for the water stop to suppress them, the situation would have been even worse......"

To put it bluntly, the patriarch of the mud, Uchiha Fugaku, not only did not let the family gain the understanding of the village, but instead lost the trust of the martial arts faction within the clan.

It is a technical job to meet the source left and right, and if you are not careful, you will be displeasing to both sides.

Obviously, they have been working very hard to make the Uchiha family and Konoha Village trust each other, but it backfired, and if it continues like this, I am afraid it will be irreparable.

Uchiha Fugaku rarely showed weakness in front of his wife:

"The status of the patriarch is both an honor and a responsibility, giving me power and restraining what I do. I only hope that the water stop can last for a few more years, and there are still ...... Itachi and Sasuke can grow up as quickly as possible. No matter what, our family needs to have a ...... protection."

Although the eldest son, Uchiha Itachi, is known as one of the top geniuses in the clan, he is not yet twelve years old after all, and he has not long joined the dark department, and there is still a significant gap between him and his predecessors such as Kakashi Hachiki, who is still famous.

At least in the eyes of outsiders, the current Uchiha Shisui is the well-deserved leader of the young clan, and the stage of Uchiha Itachi is in the future, not now.

Two days later, the small western-style building at home was renovated, and many familiar classmates were ushered in, mostly female classmates, and some male classmates, more than 40 people in the class, about half of them were present, which was quite lively.

It's important to celebrate a birthday, and what makes Xianglin even happier is that she can finally let everyone meet her proud mother.

If necessary, it is no problem to invite teachers and students from the entire school, but you can't entertain your family, and the largest and most prestigious hot spring inn in the village, Myojinkan, is the property of the Furusugi clan, so it's no problem to charter it.

All the students in the class did not come, not because they were not invited, but because some people did not come.

The outstanding Xianglian, although his popularity is good, and he does not have a good relationship with all his classmates, there are still many children who are not used to his swagger, and his anger is not present.

Fortunately, there is usually no contradiction, and most of them come to cheer.

"That...... Is it Naruto Uzumaki? ”

The dressed incense took her mother's hand and walked into the hall, it was already very lively.

It's no wonder that the children in their twenties gathered together and were able to calm down.

"Well, he's a very naughty kid.,Although I don't like him very much.,But,Every time I compete with Zuosuke.,He cheers me on the loudest.,I reluctantly invite him......"

The mother's questions were of great interest, but Xiang Lian didn't care, and answered very frankly.

"The fat man who eats Haisai over there is Akido Dingji, originally he didn't want to come, saying that it would be very troublesome to get too close to the girl, but then he heard that there was a big meal, so he changed his mind, and he also brought the pineapple head that couldn't lift his strength - Nara Shikamaru."

As for the very unsociable, only favored by girls, Uchiha Sasuke, stood aside arrogantly, very impatiently waiting for the master to arrive.

Akimichi, Nara, Yamanaka, Hinata, Oil Girl, and Uchiha are all here, and there are a lot of energetic cheeks, and it is indeed very lively.

If he still stayed in the Gushan family, Xiang Yan would not have come into contact with so many stars of tomorrow with infinite possibilities in the future.

The environment can change a person's fate, and in Konoha Village, it is only in Konoha Village that Xiangren can truly control his own destiny.

"You're the protagonist today, go ahead, have fun with your friends, Killing Pill and Soul Pill are handed over to me to take care of, if you have any trouble, you can ask Sister Yuhuo to help, she is very capable."

So many classmates came to congratulate him on his birthday, and it was impossible for Xianglin to always greet his mother and leave everyone aside.

"That's your mother, she looks like you......"

Yamanaka Ino affectionately poked Kariu in the shoulder with his elbow.

Especially the red hair that was like fireworks.

While the girls were laughing, Uchiha Sasuke, who couldn't wait, walked over, hesitated for a moment, and handed over a small box tied with ribbons.

Demon Museum

"Give you ......"

"Thank you! There will be a return gift later, so stay tuned! ”

After taking it, the incense burn opened it very carefully, and inside was a delicate ceremonial shuriken for collection, which was a bit too formal for the little girl, but it was also reasonable.

Just as he was about to say a few more words, he saw the blonde-haired Vortex Naruto jump out, pointing at Uchiha Sasuke with great dissatisfaction and shouting:

"You're actually preempting it again, bastard Zuosuke."

It turned out that the first time I was invited, I went to someone else's house to play, or to celebrate a birthday party, and the overexcited Nine-Tails Zhu Li also smashed the piggy bank and bought a popular gift recommended by the store.

Coincidentally, what Naruto Uzumaki bought and what Sasuke Uchiha gave was almost identical.