Chapter 295: Border Friction in Konoha
Early next morning.
The Third Hokage got up from the cold cowhide sofa, lit his pipe and puffed on the smoke while letting his brain regain consciousness, intending to deal with the aftermath of the Uchiha night.
The first is the huge inheritance of the Uchiha clan. Although these inheritances theoretically belong to the Uchiha survivor Sasuke, Sasuke is still young and must be handed over to the village for safekeeping.
As for the huge Uchiha clan land, the village does not need to be kept for Sasuke, and Sasuke can live in it directly.
In addition, it is to appease the dishonest ninjas in the village. Although the Uchiha clan was wiped out by the traitorous ninja Uchiha Itachi, this group of dishonest ninjas will inevitably die in grief.
What if they unite to deal with the Hokage Building, or simply destroy it collectively.
It is very detrimental to the future development of the village. Although most of the ninjas in the village are from civilians, at critical moments, ninjas born in the ninja clan are more reliable.
Just as the Third Hokage was thinking, a rapid knock on the door sounded from the outside.
After getting permission, ANBU Minister Sarutobi Shinnosuke walked into the office. He hurriedly said to the Third Hokage:
"Sir, Third Generation, I have two urgent pieces of news to report."
The Third Hokage raised his eyelids, looked at his eldest son and said calmly: "Is it good news or bad news?"
"There is good news and bad news..." Sarutobi Shinnosuke looked a little ugly.
The Third Hokage sat up straight, frowned and looked at Shinnosuke, and then said: "Then let's talk about it in the order of good first and then bad. Anyway, we will have to face it sooner or later."
Shinnosuke nodded and said:
"The good news is that in addition to Uchiha Sasuke, there were other Uchiha alive in the ninja world last night. These people did not suffer the cruelty of Uchiha Itachi."
The Third Hokage frowned and said in disbelief: "There are really Uchiha survivors. Where did you see them and did you bring them back?"
"It is said that some ninjas saw Uchiha in a nearby town, but they ran away immediately after seeing the ninjas, without giving us a chance to contact them."
This is not good news, this is completely bad news...
The Third Hokage's mood was very complicated, but his deal with Uchiha Itachi was a secret that needed to be kept secret forever, and it was impossible to tell others.
After sighing softly, the Third Hokage said: "Maybe it's because Uchiha Itachi's behavior of killing his own people scared them, making them frightened and no longer trusting anyone."
After a pause, the Third Hokage continued: "Then what is the bad news?"
Sarutobi Shinnosuke's expression also became solemn, and he spoke extremely seriously:
"Late last night, the ninjas staying at the border sent important military information. Iwagakure Village gathered a large force at the border and launched an attack. In just a few hours, several border towns were controlled..."
After listening to Sarutobi Shinnosuke's report, the Third Hokage couldn't help but say: "We took control of the border town late last night, why did it happen yesterday?"
This timing was too subtle, as if Iwakaku knew in advance that Uchiha Night would happen in Konoha, so they launched the attack.
But the news of the Uchiha coup was top secret in Konoha, and not many people knew about it except himself.
Could it be that there was an insider among the top leaders of Konoha, or that when Uchiha launched a coup, he secretly colluded with Onoki of Iwagakure Village.
Otherwise, why would some Uchiha know the news in advance and leave Konoha Ninja Village?
The combination of internal and external troubles made the Third Hokage feel numb, and for a while he didn't know how to deal with the matter.
At this time, Sarutobi Shinnosuke said: "Sandaime-sama, the conflict on the front line is likely to break out into a war. You must make a decision quickly. We cannot delay it any longer."
"I know, you don't have to say anything anymore!"
The Third Hokage was extremely angry and said to Sarutobi Shinnosuke: "First you lead the ANBU members to the front line for support. I will send people to support you later."
When Sarutobi Shinnosuke saw his father getting angry, he could only nod in agreement.
Judging from the current situation in Konoha, it seems that he, the ANBU minister, is the only one who can take the lead. After the Uchiha genocide last night, it is hard to say whether other ninjas are willing to help.
This is also true.
After a morning of fermentation, the news of the Uchiha genocide and Iwagakure's invasion of the city spread in the Konoha Ninja Village, and soon spread throughout Konoha.
From the two advisor elders, Koharu Koharu and Mito Monobu, to the civilian ninjas, everyone learned about these two blockbuster news and started a heated discussion.
The first is the news that Uchiha suffered genocide.
Uchiha, who once occupied the security force and had more than a dozen Jonin, suffered a genocide overnight, and the murderer was none other than Uchiha Itachi, the future leader of the Uchiha clan.
After hearing the news, everyone in Konoha didn't know whether Uchiha was strong or not.
To say that Uchiha was weak, he was weak. More than a dozen jounin and dozens of ninjas all died in the hands of Itachi Uchiha.
But if Uchiha is strong, Uchiha Itachi is the best proof.
At the age of thirteen, he had the strength to kill so many jounin. This talent has surpassed the original three ninjas, and is close to the legendary two heroes who established Konoha.
As for the news that troops in Yanyin Village were approaching the city, the hearts of the melon-eaters all trembled.
It has been less than three years since the peace, why does the Iwagakure Village want to start a war again, and it happened to be the critical period after the Uchiha clan was massacred.
In the next few years, the village will have a hard time, and will have to live a life of uncertainty.
In the internal meeting room of the major ninja clans, the atmosphere was extremely tense. The clan leaders and the senior ninjas sat face to face to discuss the two heavy news of the Uchiha clan extermination and the invasion of Iwagakure.
Regarding Uchiha Itachi's extermination of the Uchiha clan and becoming an S-level rebel ninja.
The senior ninjas of the major ninja clans are skeptical. Uchiha Itachi is a genius, but Uchiha is definitely not an ordinary person. Even if he can't beat Uchiha Itachi, he has a chance to escape.
So the ninja who took action last night must be more than Uchiha Itachi, and there are others involved.
As for this other person, the senior ninjas of the major ninja clans also have an answer in their hearts. It is either Danzo who controls the Root Organization, or simply the Third Hokage himself.
Uchiha Itachi can't collude with outsiders to exterminate his own people.
After such an idea came up, the senior ninjas of the ninja clan were full of fear of the third generation of Hokage. They didn't want another "Uchiha Itachi" to appear in the clan, and then be exterminated inexplicably.
In order to avoid this situation, they only have two choices.
One is to completely turn to the Hokage Building and let the Hokage Building have the power of life and death over them. The other choice is to fish in the water in this war and weaken the strength of the Hokage Building as much as possible.
Faced with these two choices, some ninjas chose to become dogs of the Hokage Building and completely turn to the Hokage line.
Some ninjas began their silent resistance. As long as their family fell into civil strife and became a waste, they would not have to worry about being used by the Hokage line.
The former is represented by the Ino-Shika-Chou family, and the latter is represented by the Hyuga clan, which is as famous as the Uchiha clan.