Uchiha's Blade

When Mana visited the Uchiha clan, she could clearly feel Uchiha Fugaku's sincerity.

In addition to Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui, who are familiar to Mana, there are also some "old acquaintances" of Mana.

Some elders of the Uchiha clan.

...Actually, Mana is not particularly familiar with most of them, but at least he can always recall their names.

Mana smiled meaningfully at Uchiha Fugaku: "Uchiha Clan Leader, thank you for your trouble."

She didn't believe that Uchiha Fugaku hadn't asked these people about her affairs.

Uchiha Fugaku pretended not to understand the deep meaning in this sentence, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, several clan elders also proposed to me before, hoping to invite you to return to the Uchiha clan to live. Although the old house is I didn’t stay, but it’s not good for you to live outside all the time, what do you think?”

For Uchiha Fugaku, establishing a good relationship with Mana is indeed one of the important tasks now.

Seeing that Uchiha's plan to seize power in the village through a coup was no longer possible, the Third Hokage obviously did not think highly of the young people in the Uchiha clan. Even Uchiha Shisui only received limited trust.

An unspoken rule is that the position of Hokage has always been passed down in Konoha in the form of master and apprentice.

The first Hokage and the second Hokage are brothers. Let’s not mention this for now. The third Hokage is the disciple of the second Hokage, and the fourth Hokage is the disciple of the third Hokage. Originally speaking, the Uchiha clan also has an Uchiha Obito. He was a disciple of the Fourth Hokage. Unfortunately, Obito Uchiha died too early and did not show any outstanding talents before his death. No one thought that he had the possibility of taking over as Hokage.

The Third Hokage is too old. He had previously retired and handed over his position to the Fourth Hokage. Although he has now taken up the important role of Hokage again, everyone knows that this is just because he has not found a suitable successor for a while.

So now in Konoha, who is most likely to become the future Hokage?

If you ask Uchiha Fugaku this question, the first name that comes to his mind must be Uchiha Mana.

In other words, from the moment Uchiha Mana returns to Konoha, she must be the No. 1 choice for the next Hokage.

Mana didn't think about this. After declining the offer to move back, she followed Uchiha Fugaku to visit the current Uchiha clan.

Uchiha Fugaku said: "Although we have moved away from the center of the village to the edge, the place is larger than before. We have also re-planned it, which should be more convenient than the previous clan area. In addition, We also have our own street, and we can meet the needs of the tribe for daily shopping or gatherings and meals."

Zhenna looked at the current clan land and nodded: "It is indeed much bigger than before. When I was very young, the houses in the old clan land were very crowded, and most of the houses were gradually expanded in the following years."

Speaking of this, Mana suddenly laughed: "Few people probably know now that the big houses in the Uchiha clan were all built by Hashirama-sensei out of wood."

Uchiha Fugaku seemed to have heard of it for the first time: "This kind of thing still exists. If I had known it was like this, even if we move away, we should take good care of those old houses."

Mana waved her hand: "It's okay, it's okay. The reason why Mr. Hashirama went to build a house back then was because he lost all his first salary in gambling, and he didn't dare to let Tobirama-sama and Mito-sama know, so he borrowed Madara-sama's money. , Tsk, it is said that the money was not paid back until the end.”

Uchiha Fuyue: "..."

No, why has the majestic image of the legendary Ninja God been completely destroyed by your words!

Did the First Hokage turn out to be such an unreliable guy?

Mana looked at his expression and couldn't bear to mention that the first Hokage not only owed Uchiha money, but also took her to the casino with him when he got the mission money for the first time, and then the two of them lost everything together.

...Later on, Uchiha Madara drove Susanoo and had a fight with Senju Hashirama.

Even Senju Tobirama was guarding against thieves to prevent his eldest brother from spoiling the future Hokage heir.

After visiting the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Fugaku did not want a group of people to follow him. He took Mana to the Uchiha meeting hall. After sitting down, he smiled and asked Mana: "What do you think of today's situation?" How about Uchiha?"

Most of the construction of the new tribe was completed under the leadership of Uchiha Fugaku. It is thanks to him that such a prosperous scene is possible. At this point, Uchiha Fugaku does have a small pride in his heart.

Zhenna said ruthlessly: "It looks prosperous, but actually it gives me the feeling of a moon in a mirror."

This unkind comment made Uchiha Fugaku's smile disappear.

Some ninjas in the clan who held real power but were not familiar with Mana also showed dissatisfied expressions.

Mana was not afraid of the glares of these people at all. After looking around, her eyes fell on Uchiha Fugaku: "The Uchiha clan leader seems to be very proud of these achievements? With all due respect, the Uchiha clan does occupy an extremely large area. It’s big and well-organized, and the commercial street I took to see before was also very prosperous, almost the same as the streets outside, but that’s exactly the problem.”

Mana lightly tapped her knuckles on the table, making two "dong-dong" sounds. These two small sounds were like heavy drums beating on the hearts of everyone present.

The pattern of three magatama suddenly appeared in Uchiha Fugaku's eyes.

Zhenna laughed: "As expected of the clan leader."

She tapped the table twice, but she actually used a very superb illusion technique. This is an illusion that uses sound as a medium. It will not make people fall into an illusion, but it is enough to shock people.

Uchiha Fugaku frowned: "What do you mean?"

Mana said: "Just to remind everyone, Uchiha's vigilance is really bad now."

As soon as Uchiha Fugaku turned his face, he found that many clan members who originally stared at Mana lowered their heads, looked away, and did not dare to look at her.

Obviously, the previous illusion had a great impact on their souls, and it probably caused a feeling of 'fear'.

Zhenna said: "Don't worry, it's not permanent. It will probably recover tomorrow, so let's continue talking."

Uchiha Fugaku was very dissatisfied with her way of attacking the tribesmen whenever they disagreed. However, those tribesmen did not have much respect for Mana before. Such an impolite look could almost be called an offense. Mana used an illusion with less serious consequences. As a counterattack, there is nothing wrong with this approach.

Even though Uchiha Fugaku was dissatisfied, he had no choice but to suppress his emotions and said to Mana: "Please tell me."

His tone couldn't help but become hardened.

Uchiha Itachi calmly moved closer to Mana. Uchiha Fugaku glanced at his eldest son, knowing that his move was obviously on Uchiha Mana's side, but there was nothing he could do to him, so he had to be alone. Sulking.

Mana didn't care much about Uchiha Fugaku's thoughts. She continued: "I heard about Uchiha's ambitions just after I came back. I thought that you guys with such ambitions should be at least smarter in your methods, but I didn't expect that you are simply More stupid than monkey...I mean the Third Hokage's methods."

She stabbed everyone's hearts mercilessly as before: "I never think having ambition is a bad thing. Ambition can be a driving force for progress and make Uchiha stronger. This is a good thing. But having ambition but no brains is obviously not a good thing. Chief Fugaku, you don’t have to look at me like this. Answer me a question first. If Uchiha wants to control the power of the village, then what Uchiha wants Is it the power of the entire Konoha Village now, or is it a dream to return to the Warring States Period and only achieve the hegemony of one family for my own entertainment?"

Uchiha Fugaku said: "The clan members naturally want the power of the village. If we don't want to stay in Konoha, why should we suffer those injustices? We would have left the Country of Fire long ago!"

This sentence is also the sentiment of many Uchiha. Even if there are many conflicts with the village, for the current Uchiha, Konoha is the place where they grew up. After all, they are unwilling to leave Konoha.

Zhenna nodded: "If that's the case, what about the streets in the tribe? You told me very proudly before that they can fully meet the daily needs of the tribe. What you see is prosperity, and what I see is But it is isolation. Not only the other families in the village have isolated Uchiha, but also Uchiha has isolated the village. You have no intention of truly integrating into the village, right? The Senju clan is now sparsely populated, but even among the Senju clan at its peak, When they were prosperous, did they build streets in their tribe? Did they make their tribe look like a village within a village? Now that the Senju are gone, can you still compare with the Hyuga clan? So what is the result? The reputation of the Hyuga clan in the village is far better than that of the Uchiha clan. Even if such an Uchiha succeeds in the coup and gains power in the village, you will only face two consequences."

Mana raised a finger: "First, because he could not be accepted by other families and could not convince the public, the village completely fell apart. No one obeyed anyone, and they have been independent from now on."

Mana then raised a second finger: "Secondly, and what I think is the most unacceptable result, is that with Uchiha's current narrow-minded mentality, conflicts will once again break out with other families in the village, and everyone will fight among themselves, and then there will be a war. The internal strife in Konoha is a mutual massacre between Konoha's own forces. By the way, this is the most likely outcome I think."

And if she encounters such an Uchiha when she comes back, Mana will not leave such an Uchiha a chance at all. I am afraid that the so-called 'genocide plan' will be executed by her personally.

Seeing that the expression on Uchiha Fugaku's face was getting worse and worse, Mana slowed down his tone slightly: "Chief Fugaku, the so-called power is ultimately a political struggle. Let's not discuss whether ninjas want to get involved in politics or engage in political struggles. , we only talk about a very simple truth. The so-called political struggle is to make as many friends as possible and deal with as few enemies as possible. But now Uchiha is completely doing the opposite. To be honest, Uchiha is doing the opposite. The family in Konoha...even the civilian ninjas. How many friends does the Uchiha have now? If you don't even have friends, what dreams do you have of a coup? The success rate of defecting with the entire clan and re-establishing a ninja village It’s bigger.”

Uchiha Fuyue: "..."

He finally understood what was going on with the expressions on the faces of the Third Hokage and the two advisors when they were facing Mana Uchiha.

I finally understood why some of the elders in the clan ran so fast when they said they were coming to the meeting hall, as if they were at the peak of their strength.

Uchiha Mana... is really a devil!

Finally, Uchiha Fugaku coughed dryly and said with force, "Yes, I understand. Next... the Uchiha clan will cancel the streets and other facilities in the clan area, and walk more outside Konoha."

Mana nodded: "That's right. The Uchiha family is not short of money. Besides, it's not much cheaper inside the clan than outside. It's a good thing to often go shopping outside the clan. It not only makes the Uchiha appear friendly and gregarious, but you also spend more for others." Money, take care of other people's business more, and if they make money, they will naturally say more good things about you. If you run your own business, you won't earn even half of it for others, and they won't get any benefits from you, and I see that you are ignoring people all day long. , I must think you are not good, you see, the owner of the meatball shop outside has a better evaluation of Uchiha than others."

Uchiha Fugaku nodded repeatedly: "You are right, you are right."

He couldn't refute it anyway.

You can't really tell this person that most Uchiha can't get along with people outside. If you really say that, doesn't it mean that Uchiha has no friends?I’m not sure how this person will complain about it then!

It's enough to experience this kind of thing once.

As a wise clan leader, Uchiha Fugaku definitely didn't want to cause more discomfort for himself.

But when his eyes swept over Uchiha Itachi, the eldest son of whom he had always been proud, even Uchiha Fugaku couldn't help but cover his chest.

I saw Uchiha Itachi's eyes shining with a bright light that had never been seen before, looking at Uchiha Mana for a moment, with a secret sense of pride.

Uchiha Fuyue: "..."

Inexplicably, it feels like my son has become someone else's.

After Mana inserted all the knives into Uchiha Fugaku's chest, he changed his tone and said: "Clan Chief Fugaku, I actually have something to discuss with you when I come here this time."

Uchiha Fugaku looked at her expression carefully and saw that she looked quite happy, so he relaxed and asked: "I wonder what your plans are?"

Zhenna said: "Actually, I originally wanted to become a Jonin and recruit a few lovely disciples, but due to some mistakes, I couldn't achieve it in the end. But now it's not too late to recruit a few more disciples. You What do you think?"

Uchiha Fugaku's heart moved: "You mean... you want to choose a disciple within the Uchiha clan?"

Just like the position of Hokage, the power of Konoha has always been in the hands of the Hokage family. The Uchiha family has never fought for this opportunity before. In fact, no one even bothered to mention the only Uchiha Obito.

...Not only did that brat have limited talents, there was no way he could become Hokage, but he also gave the important Sharingan to an outsider before he died, resulting in one Sharingan wandering outside the Uchiha clan. This is enough for him to be the leader of the clan. Uchiha Fugaku has a bad impression of Uchiha Obito.

What's more, Uchiha Obito is dead, and now all the opportunities for the Uchiha clan lie with Mana.

After all, if you talk about the inheritance of the Hokage line, you may not be able to find anyone more upright and popular than Uchiha Mana in all of Konoha.

But Uchiha Fugaku also quickly figured out another thing. Since Mana specifically came to say these words to him today, it meant that Uchiha Shisui, who seemed to have fallen to her side before, or even Uchiha Itachi was not a good candidate in her heart.

Uchiha Shisui is her favorite next generation Uchiha clan leader, and Uchiha Itachi will occupy a place in the Anbu. In this way, Uchiha Mana will not allow them to compete for the Hokage qualification.

After understanding this, Uchiha Fugaku would certainly not recommend Shisui or Itachi without opening his eyes. He began to quickly recall the talented young people in the clan.

You can't be too old, too old to be justified at all, but you can't be too young, too young to be ignorant. With Uchiha Mana's ability, even a determined person like Itachi has been conquered by her now. If it were another child, I'm afraid that within a day, I'll be fooled by her on everything.

As a result, the selection of candidates simply made Uchiha Fugaku bald and worried.

He thought for a while and asked: "Generally speaking, there will be three disciples as Jonin. I wonder if you have any other favorite candidates besides Uchiha?"

Let’s first look at the composition of future teammates. If Uchiha Mana really plans to inherit this team as the Hokage line, then the Uchiha family must do their best to select the best seedlings and send them over. If not, choose a talented one. It would be enough for a good clan member to respond and bring the family closer to the Hokage line.

Mana said: "I want to choose a child from the Uchiha clan. Of the remaining two, one should be from Hinata, and the other should be a ninja from a small family or a commoner."

Uchiha Fugaku suddenly became energetic.

Uchiha and Hinata are the two major families in Konoha today, and according to the tradition of the Hokage family, in addition to the queens of famous families, they will indeed give some opportunities to small families or civilian ninjas.

The configuration mentioned by Mana is completely based on the lineup of Konoha's real power team in the future!

In fact, this is indeed the disciple configuration that Mana should have. If she had not traveled through time, Senju Tobirama would have arranged a team like this for her.

After understanding Mana's plan, Uchiha Fugaku quickly crossed out some names on the list in his mind. In such an important position, another Uchiha Obito could not appear.

In the end, there were only a few candidates he decided on. They were basically young people who were ninjas with a certain status in the Uchiha clan or elders of the clan, and all of them had not graduated from the ninja school.

In this way, you can directly join the team led by Mana as soon as you graduate. Compared with transferring from other teams, the innate feelings will be different.

Mana called all the children over to take a look, and then asked Uchiha Fugaku: "Are these the only children in the clan suitable?"

Uchiha Fugaku said: "These are extremely outstanding children, the hope of the future of the Uchiha clan."

Mana said: "I heard that Itachi has a younger brother? Itachi's talent is very good. At his age, there are few peers who can match him, right? What's more, since the Fugaku clan leader can raise his eldest son like this Well, I think a second son wouldn’t be a bad idea.”

Uchiha Fugaku was a little confused about Mana's plan: "You mean... Sasuke?"

He thought that Mana didn't want people in his department to have too much power. After all, Mana was obviously not satisfied with him. Why would he suddenly mention Sasuke now?

Even if Uchiha Mana is confident that Sasuke will be more sympathetic to her ideas in the future, Uchiha Fugaku is Sasuke's father after all. This blood relationship cannot be denied. With such a close relationship between father and son, it is enough for him to exert considerable influence on Sasuke.

Zhenna said: "I met that kid once when I first came back. He was a good kid."

Uchiha Fugaku couldn't guess what Mana was thinking, so he had to ask someone to call Sasuke.

It was probably the first time for Sasuke to come to a very formal place like the council hall, and the serious atmosphere around him made him look a little nervous, so after saluting Uchiha Fugaku and saying hello, he subconsciously looked to the side Uchiha Itachi: "Brother..."

Uchiha Itachi nodded slightly to him.

Sasuke, who felt a little more at ease, then saw Mana. He pointed at Mana and shouted, "Ah, it's the person he met at the reservoir that day!"

Uchiha Fugaku quickly scolded him: "Sasuke, where are your etiquette!"

Sasuke lowered his head quickly: "I'm sorry, father."

He had just received some praise from his father because he quickly learned the fire ball technique last time, and he didn't want to continue to make his father angry at this time.

Moreover, his father has been busy with many things recently. He comes home very late every day and his expression is very serious. Although Sasuke also worked hard to practice skills such as shuriken throwing, when he told his father about his results, My father just responded casually, and he was no longer as happy as he was before.

Mana said: "Don't be so serious, Sasuke, relax..."

She waved to Sasuke. Sasuke hesitated for a moment, but still walked to her side. Mana said gently: "Don't worry about your father, let's talk."

Sasuke looked at her curiously: "What are you going to say?"

Zhenna said: "That's right, I want to find a future disciple for myself this time, and I am very optimistic about your talent. Do you want to accept it?"

Sasuke was immediately surprised: "You? Be my teacher?"

He waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, no, although... although you are also very powerful, my brother is even more powerful, so he can teach me, so I don't want you!"

Uchiha Itachi said quickly: "Sasuke, I am far inferior to Mana-sama."

Mana did not hide the Mangekyo Sharingan and Wood Release from him. Itachi thought that his strength was pretty good, but if compared with Mana, who had the Mangekyo Sharingan and could use the Wood Release Ninjutsu, he must be far from enough.

Not to mention that in other aspects, Mana handled the Uchiha coup incident that once made him helpless and even despairing, so how could he compare with Mana-sama?

In Itachi Uchiha's heart, he really hoped that Sasuke could become Mana's disciple.

In addition to the Sharingan of the Uchiha family and the Wood Release Ninjutsu that cannot be taught to others, Mana is actually proficient in many secret techniques of the Senju clan. The pile developed by the Second Hokage can only be stored in the Sealed Book, which can be easily She also knows most of the ninjutsu that cannot be learned. After the inheritance of the Uzumaki clan was interrupted, she is more likely to be the only person who currently masters the sealing and barrier techniques of the Uzumaki clan. Even if Uchiha Mana's political status is not taken into account, just In terms of strength, I am lucky enough to be her student.

Sasuke was still a little unhappy: "But, recently, my brother has no time to practice with me. He promised to accompany me after he was busy, but you are busier than before. I know you must be with her." Together!"

Mana looked at Sasuke's bulging face and suddenly felt that this child was so innocent and stupid. No wonder Itachi would unconsciously show a gentle expression every time he mentioned it.

With such a younger brother, for the older brother, he will indeed dote on him unconsciously.

but……

Mana said to Sasuke: "You know Itachi is the genius of the Uchiha clan, right?"

Sasuke nodded.

Mana continued: "The so-called genius means not only being stronger than everyone else, but also setting an example for the clan and winning glory for the Uchiha clan. Itachi is such a being that the clan can be proud of, right?"

Now Sasuke puffed up his chest as if he was the one being praised: "Yes, brother is very powerful!"

Uchiha Itachi's face turned slightly red because of such a straightforward compliment: "Mana-sama, this is too much of a reward."

How could any young boy endure being praised like this by someone he admires and admires?

Mana just smiled at Itachi and continued to say to Sasuke: "It is precisely because Itachi has more responsibilities that he has to be busy with many things every day. These are all business matters. After finishing these things, Itachi is already very hard. , you don’t want such a tired Itachi to sacrifice his rest time to accompany you, right?”

Sasuke found this question a bit difficult to decide.

He could neither tell nor allow Itachi to do things that bring glory to the Uchiha clan, nor could he tell the tired Itachi to force himself to practice with him.

Sasuke also understood in his heart that compared to the things Itachi was busy with, training with him could only be considered a trivial matter, but he had always been clinging to Itachi.

"Then... what should I do? I don't want to be unable to see my brother forever."

Mana smiled: "That's because Itachi can now contribute to the family and the village, but Sasuke's strength is far from enough. If Sasuke can grow up, he doesn't have to wait for Itachi to come to you. You can Go to Itachi by yourself, Itachi is working for me now, so Sasuke..."

Sasuke immediately raised his hand very actively: "I want it, I want it! I want to be your disciple!"

He had an innocent and bright smile on his face, and his eyes showed expectation and admiration for Zhenna: "You are right, I will work hard, and I will never lose to my brother!"

Mana smiled and touched Sasuke's head: "Good boy."

Uchiha Fugaku silently covered his chest: "..."

It’s over, both sons are someone else’s!