Chapter 39: Ninja and Commoners
After Uchiha Tokumitsu withdrew his troops from the border of the Land Country and returned to the camp, he left his general affairs aside and looked for a quiet practice by himself, and the Hokage envoy Jirai, who returned with him, also obtained the reply document signed by Uchiha Tokumitsu, and sent the document back to Konoha through the psychic beast, but he was not in a hurry to leave, but stayed in the camp of the Northwest Frontier Defense Force.
Jiraiya, as one of the three apprentices of the Hokage, came as a Hokage's envoy, and his strength is excellent, and it is said that he has also received the inheritance of Miaomu Mountain, one of the three holy places of the legendary psychic beasts, and a lot of Buffs are stacked, but his ninja identity is not very prominent. He wanted to stay in the camp, whether it was Uchiha Homon, Uchiha Tokumitsu, or staff officer Nara Kohei, they had to pinch their noses and ask people to find him a place to stay, and let him run around.
Uchiha Tokumitsu doesn't have any ill feelings towards Jiraiya, after all, whether it is known in the past life or contacted in the present life, there is not much disgust with this person, but although he is from a humble background, he has a stoic temperament and is quite heroic, although because Jiraiya came as an envoy to deliver the edict of withdrawal, so people have a lot of opinions about him, but they can't stand Jiraiya wandering around the camp for a few days, and communicating with the ninjas up and down the camp, but it also dispelled many people's dissatisfaction with the Hokage's edict.
After Uchiha Tokumitsu was working behind closed doors in the mountains for a few days, he felt that the 'Super Uchiha Fire Escape Chakra Mode' he was thinking about had reached a bottleneck, and the various cultivation materials he was carrying were basically exhausted due to the excessive consumption of chakra for several days in a row, especially his body felt exhausted, so he put an end to his practice and returned to the camp with the guards squad.
Everywhere inside and outside the camp, the patrol team of open and dark sentinels is in good order, and the ninja doctor and ninja craftsman support team perform their duties, and Uchiha Tokumitsu is quite satisfied with this.
In his previous and present lives, he was leading the army for the first time, and it was a great sense of accomplishment to be able to hold an army of transcendents in his hands and make them bow to orders.
When Uchiha Tokumitsu walked to the middle of the camp, he suddenly heard a commotion on one side, so he curiously walked over to see the excitement, which made his face darken all of a sudden.
It turned out that Jiraiya and a group of civilian ninjas were arguing with the station of the support detachment and the Uchiha people in charge of financial and material management, and from the few voices that came from it, it seemed that there was a conflict over the issue of bounty distribution.
How can this be endured?
Uchiha Tokumitsu's anger came up all at once.
Whether it was the clansmen withholding the bounty of the civilian ninjas or the civilian ninjas gathering to make trouble, it was unbearable for him. And the mood that suddenly became bad also made the chakra around him unstable, and a cold and murderous aura also spread.
"Tokumitsu-sama......"
"Tokuguang Commands ......"
A group of ninjas noticed the cold temperament of Uchiha Tokumitsu and bowed one after another.
"What's so noisy?"
Uchiha Tokumitsu asked coldly.
"Deguang boy! Your people are acting unjustly, educate him well! Jiraiya shouted.
Uchiha Tokumitsu's anger is even stronger, in this life he is still young, and what he hates most is that others look down on him because of this.
"I ask you, what's so noisy?" Uchiha Tokumitsu struggled to control the pupil power that was surging with anger, and his voice was unusually grim, "When my camp norms don't exist?" β
"Since the beginning of the year, the forbearance said that our battle merit bounty was unfair, so he led the crowd to make trouble." The Uchiha clansman, who was in charge of finance, hurriedly replied.
"What's the injustice? Did it deduct your bounty or did it deduct your pension? Uchiha Tokumitsu turned his gaze back to the group of civilian ninjas gathered behind Jiraiya.
'Twelve. β
Uchiha Tokumitsu silently counted the heads, and sentenced them to death in his heart.
"The Uchiha ninja's battle merit bounty is twice as high as the others, it's not fair!" Jiraiya said stiffly with his head held high.
As soon as Uchiha Tokumitsu heard this, his anger became even stronger, and his writing wheel eyes couldn't help but light up.
"That's it?"
"Exactly! As the commander of a ninja army, you must reward and punish fairly to serve the public! The position of the commander of the ninja army is not a plaything for the ninja clan to gain power! β
"Uh-huh!" Uchiha Tokukata was so angry that his teeth itched, "What about the fire gate commander!" β
"Lord Huomen was invited by the Daimyo of the Grass Country yesterday to lead the family detachment out." The Uchiha ninja hurriedly responded.
"What about Xin Ping! Call him over! β
"Yes!" An Uchiha ninja hurriedly saluted and turned to the staff officer.
"Self-help and forbearance, are you here to disturb my army's heart?" Uchiha Dekura bare his little face, and said with a gloomy face, "Don't you know that the double bounty of the Uchiha ninja is an additional expense of our clan?" β
"Deguang boy! The village's reward and punishment system has its own, how can it be changed at will, and the family ninja can be special! Jiraiya still shouted with an unrelenting look.
"Go and talk to the old thief about this!" Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't bother to take care of the rammed goods, and directly ordered, "Take them down!" If you dare to resist, kill on the spot! β
"Yes!"
The Uchiha ninjas were already holding their stomachs, and when they heard this, they all stepped forward, in groups of two, one pressed the sword on guard, and the other took out the chakra confinement rope to tie up and arrest people.
And a group of civilian ninjas who came to make trouble with Jiraiya saw this, and they didn't dare to move, so they had to turn their eyes for help to Jiraiya.
"You dare!" Jiraiya's face flushed with anger, and he pointed at Uchiha Tokumitsu and scolded, "Are you going to kill your fellow villagers in the village!" β
The Uchiha ninja didn't pay attention to him, but just tied up and arrested all the ninjas who were making trouble.
"Self-help and forbearance, please be careful." Nara Shinpei, who came in a hurry, heard Jiraiya's words, and was suddenly frightened, and hurriedly shouted.
"Lord Tokumitsu, please forgive me for being late." Sweating profusely, Shinpei Nara bowed his head and saluted Uchiha Tokumitsu.
"Staff Officer Xinping, Ping Suri, have I deducted the bounty materials of the ninja army in my headquarters?" Uchiha Tokumitsu aimed at Shinhei Nara with a cold and quiet chakra eye.
"Never." Nara Shinhei wiped his cold sweat, "Lord Tokumitsu has always rewarded and punished fairly, and he has never deducted ......"
"Then why is the Uchiha ninja's bounty doubled!" Jiraiya jumped out and shouted again.
"This ......" Nara Shinpei's heart was already scolding, "Jiraiya-sama, the Uchiha ninja's bounty is an additional war allowance given by the Uchiha clan, not the village's funds, and this is also the practice of each family to recruit family ninjas to fight." β
"Then why does the Uchiha's family allowance be issued by the Finance Department? And the other ninja don't? β
"Each ninja clan has its own leader who is responsible for the distribution, and the camp or village does not interfere in this matter...... The Uchiha clan has a large number of people and the financial director of the camp is an Uchiha ninja, so ......"
"Like this?" Jiraiya was a little surprised this time, and looked around, and found that the other ninjas who were watching when they heard the news were all watching with cold eyes.
"Hey! The kid of the Hyuga family! Jiraiya asked the Hinata clan on the side, Shinobu Hinata Seiji.
Hinata Seiji gave him a blank look and did not have a regular meeting.
"Take them down and imprison them!" Uchiha Tokumitsu ordered everyone to take the troublesome ninja away, looked directly at Jiraiya and said, "Jiraiya Shinobi, I will let go of your rudeness today for the time being, but please pay attention to your words and demeanor in the future, if there is another such indiscriminate disturbance of the army's morale and causing trouble for no reason, I will not forgive!" Also, please leave the headquarters tomorrow! β
After speaking, he led the crowd away with a cold face, leaving behind Jiraiya, who was embarrassed.
When he returned to the sleeping tent, he came to the door and relentlessly quarreled with the Uchiha guard squad to enter to find Uchiha Tokumitsu.
Uchiha Tokumitsu had no choice but to let Jiraiya in.
"Self-help and forbearance, what's the matter with you?" Uchiha Tokumitsu still had a cold face.
"Today's incident is that I am wrong, and I impulsively made trouble without understanding it clearly." As soon as he entered the door, he apologized, "This matter is indeed my fault, and I hope that Deguang will command and punish him." β
"You are not my subordinate, and it is not my turn to punish you." Uchiha Tokumitsu still didn't have a good face, "But I'll report back to the village for your presumptuous behavior and ask your teacher for an explanation." β
"That'...... What about the imprisoned ninjas? Can they be forgiven? β
"They'll be incorporated into the assault team, and if they don't die in the next three battles, the matter will be revealed." Uchiha Tokumitsu said indifferently, "Of course, if the village has an order to take them away, that's a different matter, if it's under my subordinates, there is absolutely no possibility of additional immunity. β
Jiraiya sighed slightly.
This time, he also figured it out, and it was obvious that someone deliberately encouraged him to make trouble.
"That'...... Commander Deguang, what do you think of the village? β
"A village is a village, what's there to see?" This kind of fake big empty problem made Uchiha Tokumitsu more and more impatient.
"Commander Tokumitsu, are you dissatisfied with Hokage-sama?" Jiraiya's eyes were blazing, "Can you tell me why?" β
"All the ninjas whose interests have been damaged are not satisfied, and it's not just me." Uchiha Tokumitsu frowned, ignoring Jirai, who was the apprentice of the three generations of Hokage, "The reason why the ninja chose Konoha is because Konoha protects the interests of the ninja, and the ninja can pay appropriately for the village, but there must be a corresponding return." β
"But the civilian ninjas of the village have also done a lot for the village. Why didn't the ninja's perks benefit them? β
"Take ninja money and give it to civilian ninjas?" Uchiha Tokumi smiled, "Does Sarufei think that the ninja clan's money is too much to spend or is he buying people's hearts?" Besides, if you are not from my people, what does it have to do with me! β
I want to stop talking.
"The ninja ninja is not in the village's ninja system, and it is precisely to defend the village that they accept the family's recruitment and fight for the village; In this case, in order to take care of their children, the ninja clan set up their own war allowance, what does it have to do with the village! β
"But...... It's not fair......"
"Is it fair to divide the money of the ninja clan among other people?" Uchiha Tokumitsu was unceremoniously, "Jiraiya Shinobi, if you think the battle merit bounty is low, you go and make suggestions to the Hokage, but the matter of the ninja clan, don't say it's you, even if it's the Hokage, don't want to interfere!" β
"Isn't Hokage-sama the supreme leader of the village!"
"The Hokage is only a representative of the interests of the village, but not a representative of the ninja clan, please understand this." Uchiha Tokumitsu glared at Jiraiya and said word by word, "Our ninja clan has been inherited for thousands of years, and we have our own rules, and no move can be interfered with by outsiders!" β
"The relationship between the Uchiha and the village is like this......" Jiraiya's expression was complicated.
"You're too naΓ―ve." Uchiha Tokumitsu criticized mercilessly, "If you are really capable, go and let the Hyuga clan abandon the caged birds, otherwise don't come and talk to me about this!" β
"Alas......" Jiraiya sighed, "What about the ninja ninjas and civilian ninjas?" Commander Deguang, in your eyes, what do they represent? β
"Whether you are born in a ninja or a commoner, a ninja is a ninja, and strength is everything." Uchiha Tokumitsu looked at the dejected Jiraiya with a cold gaze, "Strength is the basis of dialogue and the root of equality. I don't think you don't understand this truth. β
"But...... Can't you understand the partners of the village a little more? β
"Understand? What kind of understanding? Do you need to let the ninja scatter all the money or destroy the ninja and divide up the family property ninjutsu? β
"Tokumitsu Shangnin, you're too aggressive......"
"It's not excessive! I said, the ninja clan has its own position! It's not a fat sheep that the village takes away! I don't need you to teach the ninja how to do things! β
"But the Uchiha clan, as a wealthy family in the ninja world, can't they take more responsibility?"
"Responsibilities are matched by rights, and I think that what my people have done far exceeds the rights they enjoy."
"Commander Deguang, you're still too narrow-minded...... The Thousand Hands clan is also a ninja clan......"
"So Thousand Hands is now on the verge of extinction." Uchiha Tokumi was expressionless.
The look on Jiraiya's face was very weird, he opened his mouth, he wanted to say something but didn't know where to start, and he looked like he wanted to say something.
The tent was cold for a moment, and Uchiha Tokumitsu repeatedly served tea and signaled to send off guests, but Jiraiya ignored it in a daze.
Just when Uchiha Tokumitsu was still wondering if Jiraiya didn't know the etiquette of serving tea to guests, and was about to let him go, Jiraiya turned straight and continued to ask: "Commander Tokumitsu, what if the interests of the ninja clan conflict with the interests of the village?" What are the trade-offs? β
"You go ask your teacher about this, he is also the patriarch of the ninja clan." Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't want to answer directly.
"I'd like to hear your insights." Zilai is still unrelenting.
After pestering for a while, Uchiha Tokumitsu became more and more impatient.
"Jiraiya Shangninja, do you understand what a ninja is?"
Jiraiya nodded, hesitated for a moment and then shook his head.
"The ninja clan is the shelter of the ninja clan, the carrier of the ninja bloodline, and the ninja clan cultivated the ninja people, don't you think it's ridiculous to ask me this question?"
"What about the village?"
"I'll just say it bluntly, when the interests of the ninja clan and the interests of the village conflict, the lesser of the two, do you understand?"
Zilai was also speechless.
After a conversation, it broke up unhappily.