Naruto: The Iceman of the Senju Family

At night, in the secret room of Nanga Shrine.

'Sure enough... no matter how many times I come here, I can never fall in love with this place...'

Following the clan members into the secret room, Itachi took a deep breath through his nose, which was filled with heat that seemed to make people faint.

Taking advantage of the gap before everyone arrived, Itachi found Izumi among the crowd——

As the backbone of the younger generation, Shisui is now often assigned as the person in charge to go out on missions.

Itachi was deeply happy that his friend had such influence.

However, the impact of this is also obvious.

Whether it was a clan meeting or an investigation, he often had to do it alone.

However, Shisui was worried about him acting alone, especially regarding Shimura Danzo, which led to the two people's actions not making much progress.

But overall, his friend now had a high reputation among the village's higher-ups, and Itachi was definitely happy about it.

Izumi nodded, and then Itachi quietly knelt down at the back of the crowd.

Gradually, as more and more clan members arrived, his surroundings gradually became filled with compatriots from the clan - young people who were extremely enthusiastic whenever they mentioned "Uchiha clan".

His eyes moved, maybe because he was surrounded by heat, but Izumi lowered his head and made no movement.

"Then let's get started."

I don't know how long it took, but Uchiha Fugaku, who was sitting on his knees opposite everyone, stood up. The clansmen who were whispering in low voices immediately fell silent, waiting for the clan leader to speak.

Inexplicably, Itachi suddenly felt that this scene was like a scene where the leader of a certain religion was preaching doctrines to his followers...

"I believe everyone knows that Itachi took and passed the Chunin Exam."

As he spoke, Uchiha Fugaku glanced across the front row to Itachi, who was at the end of the crowd, and his voice sounded very calm.

Hey ~

Why isn't Quan on duty today~

"Congratulations!"

The first one to speak was Uchiha Yashiro.

He looked back at Itachi who stood up as his father called his name. His usually very thin eyes narrowed to a slit, and an inexplicable smile appeared on his face.

After he opened his mouth to congratulate, other tribesmen present also congratulated one after another:

"Congratulations, clansman~"

"Congratulations, Itachi!"

"Yes, after Shisui, our Uchiha has another reliable genius today!"

"..."

The tribesmen in the secret room were noisy for a while, Uchiha Fugaku just watched quietly. After the tribesmen's voices subsided, he nodded to Itachi.

"You should also say hello to everyone."

"Yes."

Itachi first bowed his head slightly to his father, and then said to the tribesmen in a straight and straight voice that made no one feel any personal emotions:

"Next, I will continue to train hard, continue to improve the way of ninja, and make up my mind to dedicate my life to Konoha and the Uchiha clan. Please give me your guidance."

After finishing speaking, he bowed deeply to his compatriots.

"Woooooooo~"

Almost every clan member, especially some ninjas who watched Itachi's rise, generously gave their own smiles and applause.

From the perspective of a tribesman, these words are very standard, and it is completely impossible to feel that they were said by a ten-year-old child.

"With the addition of Itachi, the current situation of our police force in the village may be improved!"

The person who said this was a man with long black hair——

Uchiha Inari, a young man who is almost seven or eight years older than Itachi, is also an absolutely fanatical supporter of "Uchiha Glory".

"..."

Uchiha Fugaku looked down at the very excited Uchiha Inari, and then expressed his inner thoughts:

"I have no plans for Itachi to join the police force."

"what?"

It can be seen that Uchiha Inari was really shocked, and other tribesmen also became commotion because of these words,

"Chief, what do you mean by this?"

"Yes! Itachi is..."

But Itachi didn't show any surprise at this, he still lowered his eyes and eyebrows silently without any reaction.

'Have you guessed it yet...'

Uchiha Fugaku never doubted his son's intelligence.

"Quiet!"

He gave a deep shout to the angry tribesmen and waited until everyone gradually calmed down before continuing:

"I want Itachi to join ANBU."

"... ANBU?"

The first one to respond was Uchiha Yashiro, but there was obvious disgust in his tone.

Uchiha Fugaku looked at him without speaking, but nodded instead of answering.

"Master Patriarch, you won't forget, our police force and the Anbu have had several conflicts over public security issues."

Regardless of his tone or attitude when speaking, Uchiha Yashiro at this time has clearly exceeded the scope of a "meeting host".

"I know this kind of thing best."

In order to maintain law and order in the village, the second generation Hokage Senju Tobirama proposed the police force and put the entire department under the responsibility of the Uchiha clan.

In other words, for outsiders, the police force is almost the Uchiha clan by default, and the Uchiha clan almost represents the law enforcement management department of the village.

But in fact, there is another group of troops with security powers in the village -

Anbu.

As a unit directly under the Hokage, although the number of ANBU is small, because they are all selected from among the very powerful ninjas in the village, they have a far upper hand in terms of combat effectiveness and mobility.

To be honest, since the establishment of the police force, there has been no clear line between the functional scope of the two agencies, standardizing which area is under the jurisdiction of the police force and which area is the target of the secret service.

As far as the current situation is concerned, the Hokage is usually the one who personally designates the task when a situation arises, and it may change every time.

For this reason, their presence is almost always seen in important tasks inside and outside the village. There are often conflicts between the two departments due to the unclear division of powers.

As the captain of the police force, and especially the leader of the Uchiha clan, after every incident, Uchiha Fugaku must and can only stand in front of the police force and negotiate with the Hokage and ANBU——

Although he had reached an agreement with the Third Hokage, he couldn't tell the matter openly.

And even if it is said out, it will not affect the two independent departments of ANBU and the police force.

Therefore, Uchiha Fugaku can indeed be said to be the person who knows the most about the conflict between the police force and ANBU.

But after he said these words, although the clansmen stopped making any loud noises, an uneasy atmosphere began to envelope the secret room:

Someone was criticizing the various evil deeds of ANBU in a low voice,

Some people's eyes kept turning, as if they wanted to guess the true intention of the clan leader's words.

Others simply have no ideas of their own and just keep complaining that Konoha does not treat the Uchiha clan well...

Everyone was venting the indignation and dissatisfaction they had suppressed for a long time, as if they had found an opportunity to explode after a long absence.

"Hear me out!"

After the clan members vented for a while, Uchiha Fugaku said in a deep voice.

The buzzing secret room quickly fell into silence again,

But Itachi clearly felt it,

This tranquility is already filled with anger that I don't know where to vent.

"I understand everyone's mood, and my mood is the same as everyone's."

Uchiha Fugaku's speech was a little slow, as if he was considering the choice of words:

"Because of this, I want Itachi to join the ANBU. I hope he can become a communication channel between the village and Uchiha."

The agreement with the Third Hokage has not been made public, so their hope in Senju Mayizuki and Izumi is still a secret.

A secret that even though many people have seen through, he absolutely cannot admit in front of his tribe——

He didn't know what kind of rhetoric Uchiha Yashiro used, but he felt that the young people in the clan now had some faint signs of fighting against themselves with Uchiha Yashiro as the leader.

In order to prevent the clan from going to the point of no return, he could only delay as much time as possible, hoping that the day promised by the Third Hokage would come as soon as possible.