Became the mastermind behind the Akatsuki organization

Chapter 295: Konoha's Border Friction

The next morning.

The Third Hokage got up from the cold leather sofa, lit his pipe and puffed out smoke while trying to clear his mind, intending to deal with the aftermath of Uchiha Night.

The first is the huge inheritance of the Uchiha clan. Although these inheritances theoretically belong to Sasuke, the Uchiha survivor, Sasuke is still young and must be handed over to the village for safekeeping.

As for the vast Uchiha clan land, the village no longer needs to be kept for Sasuke, and Sasuke can move in directly.

In addition to this, it is to appease those dishonest ninjas in the village. Although the Uchiha clan was destroyed by the traitor Uchiha Itachi, these dishonest ninjas will inevitably feel grief for the loss of their loved ones.

What if they join forces to deal with the Hokage Building, or just give up collectively.

It is very unfavorable for the future development of the village. Although most of the ninjas in the village are of civilian origin, at critical moments, ninjas born in the ninja clan are more reliable.

Just as the Third Hokage was thinking, a hurried knock on the door was heard from outside.

After getting permission, Anbu Chief Sarutobi Shinnosuke walked into the office. He rushed to the Third Hokage and said:

"My Lord, I have two urgent pieces of information to report."

The Third Hokage raised his eyelids, looked at his eldest son and said slowly: "Is it good news or bad news?"

"There are both good news and bad news..." Sarutobi Shinnosuke looked a little ugly.

The Third Hokage sat up straight, frowned and looked at Shinnosuke, then said: "Then tell me in the order of good first and bad later. Anyway, you have to face it sooner or later."

Shinnosuke nodded and said:

"The good news is that besides Uchiha Sasuke, there are other Uchiha alive in the ninja world last night, and these people did not encounter the cruelty of Uchiha Itachi."

The Third Hokage frowned and said in disbelief: "There are really Uchiha survivors. Where did you see them? Did you bring them back?"

"It is said that some ninjas saw the Uchiha in a nearby town, but they immediately fled after seeing the ninjas, and did not give us any chance to contact them."

This is not good news, this is totally bad news...

The Third Hokage had complicated feelings, but the deal between him and Uchiha Itachi was a secret that needed to be kept forever and he could not tell anyone else.

After a light sigh, the Third Hokage said: "Perhaps it is because Uchiha Itachi's behavior of killing his own people scared them, making them frightened birds and no longer trusting anyone."

After a pause, the Third Hokage continued: "So what's the bad news?"

Sarutobi Shinnosuke's expression also became solemn, and he spoke very seriously:
"Late last night, the ninjas stationed at the border sent us an important piece of military intelligence. The Hidden Rock Village assembled a large force at the border and launched an attack. In just a few hours, they had already controlled several border towns..."

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 yesterday?"

The timing was too subtle, as if the Iwagakure side had already known in advance that the 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 a traitor among the Konoha's high-ranking officials, or that when the Uchiha launched the coup, they secretly colluded with Ohnoki of the Iwagakure Village.

Otherwise, how could some Uchiha learned the news in advance and left Konoha Village?

The internal and external troubles piled up together made the Third Hokage feel a little overwhelmed, and for a moment he didn't know how to deal with the matter.

At this time, Sarutobi Shinnosuke spoke up: "Third-sama, the conflict on the front line is likely to break out into a war. You must make a decision quickly. We can't delay any longer."

"I know, you don't need to say more!" The Third Hokage was very angry, and said to Sarutobi Shinnosuke: "You lead the Anbu members to the front line for support first, and 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 head of the Anbu, is the only one who can take on the responsibility. After the Uchiha clan was annihilated last night, it is hard to say whether other ninja clans are willing to help.

The same is true.

After a whole morning of fermentation, the news of the Uchiha clan's annihilation and the Iwagakure army's approaching the city spread in the Konoha Ninja Village and soon spread throughout Konoha.

From the two advisory elders, Utane Koharu and Mitokado En, to the civilian ninjas, everyone learned of the two pieces of news and engaged in a heated discussion.

First came the news that the Uchiha clan was exterminated.

The Uchiha clan, which once occupied the security force and had more than a dozen jonin, was wiped out overnight. The murderer was none other than Uchiha Itachi, the future patriarch of the Uchiha clan.

After hearing this news, the people of Konoha didn’t know how strong the Uchiha were.

To say that the Uchiha were weak was indeed true. More than a dozen jonin and dozens of ninjas all died at the hands of Uchiha Itachi.

But if we say that the Uchiha are strong, Uchiha Itachi is the best proof.

At the young age of thirteen, he already had the ability to kill so many jonin. This talent had surpassed the original three ninjas and was approaching the legendary two heroes of the ninja world who founded Konoha.

When the news that the troops from Iwagakure Village were at the gates of the city came to the ears of the onlookers, they all felt a chill in their hearts.

There has only been peace for less than three years, so why is the Iwagakure Village planning to start a war again? And especially at this critical time after the Uchiha clan was massacred.

In the next few years, life in the village will be difficult and people will have to live an uncertain life.

In the internal meeting rooms of the major ninja clans, the atmosphere was extremely tense. The clan leaders and the senior ninjas sat face to face, discussing the two breaking news: the annihilation of the Uchiha clan and the invasion of Iwagakure.

Regarding the fact that Uchiha Itachi wiped out the Uchiha clan and became an S-rank rebel ninja.

The jonin of all the major ninja clans were skeptical. It was true that Uchiha Itachi was a genius, but he was definitely not an ordinary person. Even if he could not defeat Uchiha Itachi, he still had a chance to escape.

So the ninja who took action last night must have been more than just Uchiha Itachi, there were others involved.

As for this other person, the senior ninjas of the major ninja clans also had the answer in their hearts. It was either Danzo who controlled the Root organization, or simply the Third Hokage himself.

Uchiha Itachi couldn't collude with outsiders to destroy his own people.

After such thoughts came to mind, the senior ninjas were filled with fear of the Third Hokage. They did not want another 'Uchiha Itachi' to appear in their clan and then be exterminated for no apparent reason.

To avoid this, they had only two options.

One is to completely side with the Hokage Building and let the Hokage Building have the power of life and death over them. The other option is to take advantage of the 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 turned to the Hokage faction.

Some ninja clans began their own silent resistance. As long as their clans fell into civil strife and became useless, they would not have to worry about being used by the Hokage clan.

The former is represented by the Ino-Shika-Cho family, and the latter is represented by the Hyuga clan, which is as famous as the Uchiha clan.

(End of this chapter)