[Naruto] The big battle to transform the image of the patriarch

In the world of ninjas, historical dramas have been performed on the basis of families for a long time. Therefore, the families that can survive in the big waves, no matter whether they become stronger or weaker day by day, can always count their long and long history with pride. of.Since the day the world heard the name ninja, the two surnames Uchiha and Senju have appeared and have been passed down to this day.In the change of time, when countless families that appeared at the same time and in the later period prospered and declined, only the blood power of these two families was still strong, and it could even be said to be stronger.Not only did history not attach dust to them, but like treating the most precious porcelain, it wiped them as bright as new, and stood proudly at the top of the world.

The surname of any family can make the world look up.But now, these two long-term hostile families have formed an alliance. Not only that, but the organization they established has also been recognized by the country, which means that at least Konoha has a guarantee in terms of logistics, so He can devote all his energy to strengthening his own force.

Although according to the rumors, Senju Hashirama, the "God of the Ninja World", is a man whose ideal is peace, but how it is, each country and each family has their own considerations.But relatively speaking, the ninja family of Fire Nation who knows Senshou and Uchiha better is more confident.

The Sarutobi clan and the Shimura clan were the first to submit the letter of intent to form an alliance, and they have confirmed that they will visit in the near future to investigate the development of Konoha and decide whether to join Konoha.

This matter was announced by Madara at the regular meeting of the clan, and it immediately aroused discussion.

"Is this true...?" Someone said suspiciously, and then quickly explained, "Ah, I don't doubt you, the patriarch, but this news is too surprising."

Indeed, many people took it for granted before, thinking that Uchiha and Senshou formed an unprecedentedly powerful alliance, and then they were invincible and invincible, flattening the ninja world in one fell swoop and achieving an unprecedented unification.

They never imagined that there would be a family that surrendered without a fight.

Hearing this, Mana secretly rolled her eyes.

"I got this news from Senju Hashirama, and it is confirmed." Madara calmed down the discussion with a glance, and he continued, "This is not surrender, but joining Konoha's alliance on an equal footing."

"What... what does this mean?" A clansman felt unbelievable, and even raised his voice, "How long have we gone through wars and how many sacrifices have we made to achieve our current status?!"

"That's right! We didn't cunningly choose not to help each other during the war before, but now we come to pick peaches in peace, trying to be equal to us, it's shameless!"

"It's okay to join, but we must make them submit to us!"

The more people talked, the more angry they became.

"Shut up," Madara said, not loudly, but powerfully.

Just one word, like a gust of cold wind, instantly froze the noisy scene.Everyone seemed to have just remembered who they were presumptuous in front of, and they couldn't help lowering their heads.

"I'm not asking for your opinions, but announcing a fact to you." His calm voice was condescending, "What kind of choice is most beneficial to the development of our Uchiha clan? I, the patriarch, know far better than you."

Everyone was speechless.Whether it was leading Uchiha to countless victories on the battlefield in the early years (even if he faced Senjujuma, he would not fall into a disadvantage), or ignoring the opposition of the diehards in the clan and handing over the logistics to Mana, who is a woman, to take care of it, including the later stage Suppressing the main combat faction, including the opposition of his younger brother Quanna, and advocating peace talks, Madara's decision-making has indeed been proven correct by time.

What's more, as the first Uchiha patriarch to obtain the Kaleidoscope Sharingan in history, everyone also has great awe of his own power.

"So, do you have any comments from the advisory group?" Madara glanced down at the few people at the top.

To mention a little bit, one of the consequences of the long-term war is that the family gives the patriarch the highest power in order to concentrate its strength to the greatest extent, so it is basically the patriarch's words.However, as a necessary constraint (although it is of little significance), there is still an additional advisory group, which has the power to unanimously reject the decision of the patriarch. In Uchiha, it usually consists of three to five people.

The current advisory group includes three: Uchiha Quanna, Uchiha Mana and Uchiha Fire Core.These three people are all confidantes of the patriarch Uchiha Madara, and the first two are even directly his relatives.Of course, this kind of configuration is easy to induce dissatisfaction, but in times of war, everyone depends on the combat effectiveness and logistics deployment capabilities of a few people, and no amount of dissatisfaction can be swallowed.

Sure enough, after the above three people looked at each other, they nodded slightly in tacit understanding.

"Uchiha Izumi has no objection."

"Uchiha Mana has no objection."

"Uchiha Fire Core has no objection."

"Then, that's the end of today's regular meeting. The meeting is adjourned." Madara said, getting up and leaving the venue first.

Mana and the others also got up, and while discussing the recent situation in a low voice, they walked outside.

"Master Mana! Please stop." Someone called her.

Mana turned her head and found that it was Uchiha Minato and another clansman named Uchiha Shunichi. Although the latter did not belong to the decision-making level of the family, he was also a warrior who opened Ergouyu, and he was considered a young hero in the family. .

Of course, it was also one of the brats she beat up when she was a child.

"Ah Minato, Junichi, what can you do?" she asked, and the other two accompanied her to stop.

Uchiha Shunichi's eyes flashed towards Quanna and Fire Core, and then returned to Mana, and said, "I wonder if we can have a few words with Mana-sama alone?"

Mana pondered for a while, nodded, and looked at the other two members of the advisory group inquiringly, and the latter two readily agreed.

"Then let's take a step first, and you come here as soon as possible." Quan Nai Wen said, with a steady expression, without any childish impulsiveness when fighting with Mana in private.

Quan Nai refers to the study of the patriarch. After each regular meeting, the advisory group has to go to the study to report on their work and agree on the next step.

After they left, the other clansmen had also left, leaving only Mana, Minato and Shunichi in the conference room.

"As you can see," Mana said, "so please keep the story short."

"We hope Master Mana will tell us that Sarutobi and Shimura families plan to join Konoha, did you really learn about it from Senjujuma?" Uchiha Jun kept asking in vain, his yellow-brown eyes were wrong. Nice to keep an eye on Mana.

"Hey Shunichi..." Minato poked him nervously, feeling that his attitude towards Mana was too arrogant.

Nana seemed unaware.She didn't answer Junyi's question, but said leisurely: "Thousand-handed Hashirama? Why, even I have to respectfully address him as Master Hashirama, but you have the right to call him by his first name?"

These calm but powerful words startled Minato.It was the first time he talked to Mana at work, and only then did he realize that Mana at work was very different from usual.

Junyi obviously didn't expect the other party to choose this point to attack, so he couldn't help but hesitate, and wanted to refute, but facing Mana, who was far beyond his reach in terms of status and strength, he had to bow his head to show weakness: "Sorry, I made a mistake. Yes. Excuse me, did the patriarch really know this from Senshou Bashirama?"

In this way, Junyi was no longer able to maintain his aggressiveness at the beginning.

Mana smiled, but said aggressively: "You mean, do you want to question the patriarch, Uchiha Shunichi?"

Her eyes are very oppressive.

Jun Yi raised his head, his expression showing no sign of flinching.

"This is no small matter, Master Mana," he said sarcastically, "Obviously Uchiha and Senju are both the founders of Konoha, but why is it that only Senju gets news about such a major event related to the development of the village? It’s probably because the other party’s alliance document was only submitted to the Thousand Hands Clan.”

Mana frowned slightly, and immediately let go again, saying: "Uchiha and Senju are now a whole, and the other party's alliance request is for the entire Konoha, not for the family itself. Could it be that until now, you still can't get rid of the previous narrow Thinking, Junichi?"

This tone of lesson made Uchiha Shunichi blush.

"Even so," he said, "the so-called 'alignment of equals' should not be accepted!"

"Hmph..." Mana sneered, and turned to Minato Uchiha, "Minato, do you think so too?"

Her tone was not harsh, but it still made the baby-faced youth who was questioned feel a certain pressure.

"No." He immediately denied, ignoring Junyi's annoyed eyes.

"So, what do you think?"

"Actually..." Minato hesitated for a moment, choosing his words carefully, "I think the same as everyone else, it's just..."

"We just want to know why the patriarch made such a decision!" Junyi continued.

"Didn't the patriarch's orders be directly executed in the past?" Mana said coldly, "In the past regular meetings, didn't everyone always say 'full trust in the patriarch'?"

"If the patriarch is still the former patriarch!" Uchiha Jun said angrily, "Then why did you agree to such a thing as an 'equal alliance'! Just distribute the power in your hands to other weak families, no matter what..."

"Shunichi!" Minato tried to stop him.

"Don't stop me, please! It's okay if the decision of the patriarch is always correct, but if in the future, like now, he makes a decision that is not conducive to the interests of the whole clan, neither explaining the reason nor listening to everyone's opinions, that's okay. A kind of autocratic..."

"That's enough." Mana interrupted him, looked at Uchiha Minato again, and said, "A Minato, is this what you and others think too?"

Uchiha looked at the girl in front of him, was silent for a while, smiled bitterly, and said frankly: "Frankly speaking, as far as I am concerned, although I am also puzzled by this, if this is a joint decision of the patriarch and the advisory group, I still choose to believe..."

"Hey Minato! Which side are you from?!" Uchiha Shunichi said anxiously, "Obviously everyone..."

"Shunichi," Minato Uchiha emphasized, "forget it, don't involve everyone in this kind of thing."

The meaning implied in his words is actually already obvious.People like Junyi who feel extremely dissatisfied are actually only a minority.And according to a little common sense from Chennai's previous life, in a society, as long as the individual needs are satisfied, most citizens are indifferent to politics.This principle is also applicable to a big family like Uchiha. Now that life has improved significantly, most of the clan members are relatively stable psychologically, and their satisfaction with the patriarch is also high.

Mana quickly went through this little knowledge in her mind, and combined with the accumulated understanding of the clansman who helped manage the clan over the years, she confirmed that this kind of dissatisfaction poses no threat to the elders of the clan at all.

Under the sudden toughness of Uchiha Minato, Uchiha Junichi saluted angrily and said goodbye, and left with Uchiha Minato.

What is he trying to do?Mana couldn't help but feel such doubts.

Madara frowned, eyes showing disdain.

"He's just trying to scare you," he said.

Mana let out a bewildered "Huh".

She didn't choose the time of the work report to tell the grown-ups of her own family this episode, but put it in the lunch break.At this time, they were walking on the mountain trail.

The lush forests are dotted with flowers from time to time, and the hanging aerial roots are entangled with soft vines.Although it is autumn, the temperature of the four seasons is like spring, which makes this mountain forest evergreen all year round. Occasionally, a few trees with red leaves set off the high blue sky and white clouds, which surprises people.The temperature in the morning and evening is already cool, but it is warm at noon. Even if the sun is filtered by the shade of the trees, it will not feel cold.

Just right for a walk.

"He wants you to mistakenly think that most people are dissatisfied with my decision, and the more intense his attitude is, the more serious the situation needs to be dealt with urgently." Madara glanced at the girl who lowered her head in thought, and laughed, "It's still Don’t understand? You’re just thinking deeply?”

"...What?" Mana blushed suddenly.

At this moment, she thinks of herself who has been entangled in the past for so long, and feels that it is a black history, so stupid, okay!Please don't mention it!

"I just want to get mad at him for disrespecting you!" Mana put her index finger on her chin, and didn't look at Madara's strange look after her words, and analyzed in a low voice, "Well, he wants to come through me. The decision to change the patriarch? No, I have never objected to the patriarch, and everyone knows it. Or, as he said, he wants an explanation? I will indeed consider this second-best request... ah!"

Her eyes lit up.

"Remember?" Madara smiled.

"So, does he just want me to come to you Madara? As long as I make this suggestion with you, he will achieve his goal?" Mana asked in astonishment.

She said it was a question, but she had already given an affirmative answer in her heart.

You know, for many Uchiha clansmen, what they have felt for a long time is the atmosphere of others' surrender because of Uchiha's power, and the family history they have read also tells them that this is the power and glory of Uchiha.It is difficult for them to understand the significance of an equal alliance for long-term peace and stability.Fortunately, thanks to Uchiha's innate worship of power, Madara's tough leadership can just suppress the dissatisfaction and doubts of the tribe, and when the benefits of peace to the tribe become more obvious, there is no need to bother to explain The inevitable relationship between "equality" and "peace" - facts are the best textbooks.

This is also the reason why Madara chose to keep silent for now-it is impossible for most of the tribe to understand now, and it is useless to talk about it.But if the dissatisfaction really accumulates to a certain level, it will threaten Madara's authority as the patriarch in a short time. At this time, he can't wait to educate the clan with facts, and must explain it directly.

And the direct explanation is against the consistent leadership style of the Uchiha patriarch.Just as Mana questioned Uchiha Shunichi, in the perennial war, the policy formed within the clan can be summed up as "only execute, don't ask".Regardless of the advantages and disadvantages of this leadership style, it is a matter of long-term habit.Once this habit is broken, it is easy to damage the authority of the patriarch.

"So, this is trying to shake your power again, Brother Madara?" Mana said the result of her analysis in surprise.

"It's just a test." Madara curled her lips contemptuously, and showed an interesting look, "I didn't expect... I thought that after taking over the patriarch from my father, I would have killed all the opposition. Oh, yes, this thing..."

The mocking eyes appeared again.Mana had a bad feeling.

"... Didn't some people think that she did it quietly by herself? Double-faced and three-handed?"

Mana covered her face, she knew it.

"However, how can he be sure that you, Brother Ban, will compromise? There is also a high possibility that you rejected my proposal?" She quickly changed the subject.

"He's stupid." Madara said without hesitation.

Mana: "...?"

"He probably felt that this disagreement could create a rift between us," he said. "If I don't trust you as much as I used to, I will need to develop new people; if you are not reconciled, naturally it will not be the same as before. Do your best."

"So," Mana blinked, "he wants to take my place?"

"Yes."

"But," Mana said with a speechless expression, "Let's not talk about whether this kind of thing will really shake our relationship... He never thought that I might not mention the matter of equal alliance, but find him Did you tell Big Brother Madara the truth about me? If that’s the case, even if I’m unlucky, he won’t be able to get in?”

"Tsk, that's why I say he's stupid." Ban Chi laughed, "It's just a chess piece that was pushed out."

"Then," Mana stroked her ear hair and said hesitantly, "Ah Minato..."

Madara's eyes flashed, and he was about to speak.

Mana shook her head by herself, and said with a smile: "Hey, Minato's IQ is impossible no matter what you think! And he also stopped Uchiha Shunichi's behavior, so he was just being pulled into the crowd, really."

"...Ah, that's it," Madara said expressionlessly, "Uchiha Minato is not qualified enough to be used by others."

... He seems to be unhappy again, did A Mino offend him before?Forget it or don't add fuel to the fire, just ignore it.

"Speaking of which," Mana sighed, "can't these people's eyes be more long-term? Instead of intrigue within the family, why not think about how to work in the village in the future. Improve your own strength, this is protection The most fundamental way of family honor and status isn't it?"

But there are still many lovely people in the family.Mana thought of those companions she assigned to fly all over the village, at least she felt a little comforted.

"Don't worry, Mana," Madara said in a firm tone, "The rabble...can't make a big deal."

The breeze rolled the leaves past them, and quietly stuck a leaf to Mana's hair.Madara glanced at the little green on the black hair from the side, took it off and threw it away, and stroked her head again.

Mana raised her head without knowing why, only to get a calm raised eyebrow.

"However, this incident gave me an idea." She didn't pursue it, but said enthusiastically, "Brother Ban, do you still remember the official newspaper that Feijian and I mentioned?"

Now that she has spoken, she no longer shy away from mentioning these things.

Hearing a certain name, Madara's ears twitched slightly, and she let out a seemingly casual "hmm".

"Let's make an editorial column? Each issue is dedicated to analyzing Konoha's policy intentions and assessing the effect of the policy. We can also analyze and evaluate the behavior of the major families and their implications... In this way, we can use external comments to explain ourselves. The intention of the patriarch, but don't worry about compromising the authority of the patriarch!"

Mana looked at Madara with bright eyes.

The sky and clouds are as clear as a mirror, which is reflected in her eyes at this moment.And in the center, he saw his own figure.

Now he suddenly wants to...

Vague thoughts run like lightning.

Madara was silent for a moment, then raised his hand to poke Mana's forehead.

"...Hey? Is there something wrong?" Mana quickly analyzed herself.

"No. Very good, let's do it." Madara withdrew his hand.

"……Oh."

I just feel like I've been protected again?It feels really... a little weird.

This guy.

"...Brother Madara just forget about it, why are you poking me again now!"

"Let's go, it's time to go back."

"……Oh."

Human speech fades away.

Anyway, today is still sunny.