Naruto Puppet Master

However, tonight is destined to be an uneventful night.

It was ten o'clock in the evening, just as everyone in the Hokage Building was waiting for the last few pieces of information to be verified, and while they were having a heated exchange.

An ANBU figure hurriedly came to the side of the Third Hokage.

"Hokage-sama~~~~~"

"What, the news is confirmed."

The already lively crowd in the entire hall was immediately attracted by the Third Hokage's loud scream.

Seeing the horrified expression on the Third Hokage's face and the scream just now, an ominous feeling emerged in everyone's mind.

"Sir, the Third Hokage! What happened?" Hinata Hiashi, who frowned slightly, took the lead and asked.

Hearing this, the Third Hokage seemed to have just come back to his senses. He looked blankly at the ANBU in front of him. After waving his hand to signal him to go down, the Third Hokage turned around with an unprecedented serious expression on his face.

"I just received news from the ANBU that something happened to the Uchiha clan. It is very likely that the entire clan is dead."

"What~~~"

"The Uchiha clan is destroyed."

Everyone present was originally worried because of the performance of the Third Hokage, but they did not expect it to be such a bombshell.

What is the Uchiha clan!That is the well-deserved largest ninja clan in Konoha and one of the founders of Konoha Village. Whether it is the old ninja village period or the current era, the Uchiha clan has this extraordinary status in Konoha Village. and influential clan.

Even though they are arrogant and difficult to get along with most of the time, it does not prevent everyone in the Leaf Village from treating them as extremely important people.

Similarly, if we talk about the Konoha family, the Uchiha clan and the former Senju clan can be regarded as the main line of the big family in Konoha Village. Both parties have the status of legitimate sons, but between Senju Hashirama and Uchiha When Madara competed for the position of head of the family, Uchiha Madara failed, which led to the separation of the Uchiha clan from the main line.

Therefore, in the large family of Konoha Village, the Senju clan is the well-deserved direct line of the family, but the Uchiha clan is an absolute close relative branch, while the other families are far away from the distant place who have only returned recently for who knows how many generations. .

Therefore, after the decline of Senju, the Uchiha clan naturally had no good feelings towards these distant families who came to establish relations with them. Especially when the third generation head of the family turned out to be not an Uchiha, they became even more dissatisfied because of their arrogance.

As for other families, the Uchiha clan also respects and peeps at their status, and at the same time relies on most of their power. It is a special feeling of love and fear.

Therefore, everyone present is eager for a declining Uchiha clan to appear, but they never want the Uchiha clan to be destroyed.

Because even the Hyuga clan, which has been peeping at the glorious status of Konoha's largest ninja clan, knows how much the former Konoha's strength has lost after losing the Senju clan, and if the Uchiha clan is lost again, it will be very detrimental to today's Konoha. For the Ninja Village Base, it would be a major blow almost as big as the failure of a Ninja World War in the old days.

Especially in today's dangerous era, anything that greatly damages one's own strength is a situation that no one present can accept.

"What happened? Hokage, why did the Uchiha clan die? Is it a new type of demonized creature?"

At Kakashi's signal, as the representative of the largest warrior group, Mike Kay stepped forward and said in a deep voice.

His loud words not only interrupted everyone else's thoughts and doubts, but the meaning of his words also reminded everyone that when the situation at hand is unclear, it is not suitable to act arbitrarily in any case, in case it is the power of demonized creatures, Then everyone who is confused will only lose more.

"Yes, this matter must be investigated thoroughly no matter what, but everyone here can't mess with it." The old Nara patriarch said loudly.

"Well, the two Hokage advisors have already gone to investigate, and have also notified the priest of the temple. When the priest comes, we will go and have a look together!"

"I also want to know what happened to destroy the Uchiha under our noses."

"We just picked the right time at night."

Thinking of the large amount of manpower that the ANBU had to disperse because each household was going to verify the information of the applicants tonight, the Third Hokage looked annoyed.

"It's all my fault, because the applicants' information has to be compiled and sent to the Red Sand Empire, and the time is tight, so I don't dare to neglect it at all, so I let more than [-]% of the ANBU in the village participate in tonight's information The verification is in progress, which has greatly reduced the manpower of the ANBU, and this is why the Uchiha incident has not been discovered until now."

"If I didn't deploy so many ANBU, I might be able to save some of the Uchiha people."

Looking at the Third Hokage who was immersed in self-blame, the old Nara patriarch said comfortingly: "How could this kind of thing be expected?"

"It is understandable that we would dispatch ANBU to deal with tonight's affairs first without knowing it. Without the help of a large number of ANBU, I am afraid that we would not be able to handle the information verification and assessment arrangements so quickly tonight. .”

"And this is a matter handed down by the empire, so naturally it should be dealt with first and foremost."

The words of the old Nara patriarch not only comforted the Third Hokage, but also reminded some other people that before the results come out, it is better to bury some thoughts in their hearts. No matter whether it is the hand of the Third Hokage or not, at this time Watch first.

"However, if it is really you, Hokage-sama, don't blame us. These ninjas and the village will definitely be separated by then." The old Nara clan leader looked at the third generation Hokage and the side who were still blaming themselves. Shimura Danzo in the corner thought with a heavy heart.

At this moment, the Nara family, which had always advocated actively moving closer to the Hokage line, while speaking for the Hokage, also clearly expressed its willingness to separate from the Hokage for its own interests.

After all, sometimes neutrality itself represents alienation, especially in the context of what was once a warm contrast.At the same time, after the words of the old Nara clan leader fell, the Akimichi and Yamanaka clan clan leaders in the alliance behind him just looked at each other and continued to stand beside their old friend.

"This is the best opportunity to express one's position from an early age." Feeling the attention of others and the support of his two old friends behind him, the old Nara clan leader thought rather remorsefully.

In his heart, he was moved by the support of his old friends, but at the same time felt guilty about his past wrong planning.

It turns out that in the six years of the new era, everyone has realized that the new era is an era full of future for the ninja clan and civilian ninjas. It may perish, or it may become stronger, but only for the high-level people of the former ninja village. It must be an era of decline.

The opposite original

Families that are close to the top of the Hokage have naturally received a great negative impact from this. Not only can they not recoup their investment, but most importantly, they are always being squeezed out by other ninja clans.

After all, the family that once chose to join the Hokage line itself chose to betray the ninja class.

As a rare wise man in Konoha Village, the old Nara clan leader has naturally understood this change of general trend, but unfortunately, the Ino Shika Butterfly clan had already decided on the policy of moving closer to the Hokage clan in the old times.

In order to get closer to the Hokage family who controlled the power as quickly as possible, the three clans catered to the Hokage clan in an all-round way, so that even in the new era, the three clans have already had a relationship with the Hokage clan at the top of Konoha. Deep fusion contact.

Especially the connection between the middle and lower classes has reached a point where the three clans cannot break it off at their own will.

Nowadays, this once-safety has become a major obstacle for the three tribes to return to the ninja ranks. However, if they cannot be completely separated in one day, no one will believe that even if the three tribes want to return to the embrace of the ninja class, them.

For this reason, the old Nara clan leader who originally formulated this policy racked his brains, but he had no choice but to do anything because he was afraid that both sides would be displeased.

Therefore, when the news of the Uchiha clan's accident came, the old Nara clan leader, who had been looking for opportunities, was horrified and realized that this was a rare opportunity.

You must know that although the Third Hokage seems to have accepted the changes in reality in the past six years and is even actively catering to the changes of the times, the problems between Uchiha and the village have become more acute.

The reason is that while the power of the Hokage clan is weakening in all directions, the strength of the Uchiha clan, as the largest ninja clan in Konoha Village, is quickly getting out of the shadow of defeat and gradually becoming stronger.

Uchiha, who has become stronger at a rapid speed, is simply an obvious beacon of development for many families sitting here.

Therefore, no one here hopes that Uchiha's affairs will be at the hands of the Third Hokage. This means that the top management of Konoha, represented by the Third Hokage, cannot tolerate the possibility that the ninja clan below them will become stronger and surpass the power of the Hokage line.

However, the Third Hokage was the most suspected at this time, and at least the possibility of getting involved was almost 100%.

Therefore, at this time to express his position, even the Third Hokage would not be able to dislike the choice of the three clans because of this.

After all, the three clans chose to join the Hokage clan for the sake of prosperity, but now that the Third Hokage is suspected of suppressing the power of the Ninja clan, it is naturally understandable that the three clans want to part ways with him.

But what we see from the eyes of other families is that the three families still stand on the family class in their fundamental stance. Therefore, if the three families get closer in the future, the other families will not refuse without reason.

"After all, times are different now." Following the words of Kai and the old Nara clan leader, everyone barely suppressed the horror in their hearts and waited in silence.

During this silent and suppressed waiting, an invisible crack appeared between the upper echelons of the Ninja Village and the Ninja clan class.

Looking at the people in front of him who were gradually stabilizing but with a hint of restless emotions, although the Third Hokage found it a bit difficult to accept the words of the old Nara clan leader, he could only hold back temporarily because he knew that the calm in front of him was only a temporary situation. If the subsequent investigation results can satisfy everyone, then things can be turned around.

Otherwise, even the ninjas in Konoha Village who once took refuge in the Hokage family will join forces with other ninja forces to form a barrier that is difficult to break with the top brass of the Hokage family.

After all, the lives of several small clans who have taken refuge in the Hokage line in recent years have not been easy.

"Fortunately, we have the help of the temple priest, otherwise this matter would be really difficult to deal with!" The Third Hokage thought comfortingly: "Itachi, I can only help you so far. I hope you won't let us down. !”

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At the same time, in the center of Konoha Village, there is a magnificent building 40 meters high standing in the village. The tall building is the only temple in the entire Konoha Village that represents the Red Sand Empire and is dedicated to the Red Sky God Emperor.

In the hall of this temple, which is illuminated by bright lights all night long, a middle-aged man in a red robe is praying to the only tall statue in the hall.

Suddenly, a soft "pop" sound echoed in the quiet lobby.

A strange sound suddenly appeared in the completely closed lobby. As the only life in the lobby, he naturally noticed the soft but clear movement at the first time.

"You're here." Hearing the soft sound behind him and feeling the familiar and deep chakra, the man in red who was praying said lightly.

Obviously it is waiting for someone to arrive.

"Yes, Lord Priest, I'm back." A low and crisp voice replied.

Hearing this, the man who was being sacrificed silently turned around and looked at the young man in front of him, and sighed and said: "Itachi! God will always be watching you, don't have too many burdens, everything is not yours. wrong."

“Instead, you’re saving their souls.”

At this moment, there was no trace of coldness in Itachi's body. Apart from the thick bloody aura that could not be concealed, there was only a feeling of embarrassment that penetrated his heart.

"I know that I cannot allow my people to go further and further down the wrong path and eventually lead to destruction."

"I just want to save my family, but in the end I can only save my brother." Uchiha Itachi, who was in a state of embarrassment, knelt on the ground and said that he could no longer suppress his emotions and said in grief: " But I killed my parents myself.”

"I killed my lover."

"I killed my relatives."

"I killed them myself, I'm a damned man."

Seeing the embarrassed Uchiha Itachi trapped in his own emotions in front of him, the red priest felt pity for the other person in his heart and was also full of admiration for this teenage boy.

Only those who truly understand this young man can understand everything he carries and the greatness of his courage and perseverance that he is willing to carry everything on himself.

After a long time, when Itachi finally finished venting, the red priest sighed and said: "Although I think you should have finished it, I still want to ask, have you dealt with all the parts you are responsible for?"

"Yes, sir, everyone except my brother has dealt with it." Uchiha Itachi said sadly, having roughly calmed down his mood.

"That's good. The areas that other demon hunters are responsible for have been taken care of. With the area you are responsible for, you and your brother are really the only ones left in Uchiha now. In this way, the Third Hokage can be considered I’ll help you get over it.”