Side Story: The Nine-Tails' Attack and Uchiha Fugaku's Choice
[Hyuga Hiashi: Fugaku has such courage!]
Even Hyuga Hiashi had to admit that it took a great deal of courage to so decisively reject his clansmen's suggestion.
To be fair, if the Byakugan of the Hyuga Clan were obtained by someone else, the Hyuga Clan would definitely do anything to get it back.
I am indeed a coward.
[Chōjūrō: Judging solely from Fugaku's approach to educating his children, he doesn't seem like the kind of person who covets power. Why then did he choose to stage a coup?]
[Kurotsuchi: Is that even a question? Don't you know who the Hokage was Danzo then? And Danzo? He wasn't a good person.]
[Konohamaru:...]
These younger generation of Shinobi, Boruto and Sarada, simply cannot imagine how evil a person can be.
Danzo is a typical example of this.
While shouting "For Konoha!", he stabbed Konoha Shinobi with a knife.
[Year 48 of the Konoha Era, a very special day.]
On this day, a Masked Man broke into the barrier surrounding the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki's childbirth and released the Nine-Tails.
In an instant, the enraged Nine-Tails seemed to want to tear the entire Konoha, to avenge the hatred that had imprisoned it for so many years.
[Himawari: Is this the Nine-Tails? It looks so scary! It's not as cute as the Nine-Tails plush toy Mom bought me.]
[Shukaku: Hahaha, Nine-Tails, you've really disgraced us Tailed Beasts! Nine-Tails doll? That's hilarious!]
Nine-Tails, however, scoffed at Shukaku's actions, saying, "You've made Konoha unable to sell your dolls, so we don't even need to criticize each other."
[Himawari: It's One-Tail real One-Tail, Daddy! It's not a toy!]
Himawari was clearly hearing Tailed Beasts communicate for the first time, and she was quite excited.
Of course, don't be fooled by how cute the Tailed Beasts look at this time; you have to remember that the Tailed Beasts back then were ruthless killers.
As houses collapsed, a boy carrying a child ran towards a shelter.
At this moment, the head of the Uchiha Clan was leading the members of the security team to arrange for the orderly evacuation of personnel.
Yes, you heard right. The Uchiha Clan, a key force in the fight against the Tailed Beasts, is doing what militias should do.
[Iwabee: Why doesn't Sarada's grandfather go and help everyone?!]
[Kaminarimon Denki: Yes.]
Sarada herself was completely bewildered. During the inventory, it was found that the elite fighting forces of all the major clans had gone to fight the Nine-Tails, so why was only her clan here evacuating people?
[Inojin: It's obvious the Uchiha Clan is afraid of death and doesn't want to go to the front lines.]
Inojin said casually, "Otherwise, I can't find any other reason."
[Sarada: No way, Grandpa couldn't be that kind of person.]
Sarada countered that although she had never met his grandfather, she could tell from the records that he was a supporter of Konoha.
How could someone like that possibly desert at a crucial moment?
Moreover, as the leader of the Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Fugaku's strength was naturally beyond question.
When the Nine-Tails attacked Konoha, Fugaku was actually evacuating the people, which was a waste of his talents. He could have helped Minato drive away the Nine-Tails.
That must be the work of our incomparably wise Root leader, the great 5.5th Hokage Shimura Danzō.
Fugaku, who was also watching, was very satisfied to see that Itachi was safe and sound. He said, "I knew you would be alright. Take Sasuke to the shelter."
[Sarada: Ah, is that the child Uncle was with Dad?]
[Naruto: I didn't expect Sasuke to be so handsome when he was a kid.]
[Sasuke: Naruto, don't you have anything better to do?!]
[Naruto: Just kidding!]
Seeing that most of the people had been evacuated, the clansmen around Fugaku suggested, "Captain, we've completed the evacuation mission. Shouldn't we go and fight the Nine-Tails?"
It's hard to imagine that someone from the Uchiha Clan would say something like this: going to the front lines to fight the Nine-Tails.
In most people's eyes, the Uchiha Clan is arrogant, disdainful, haughty, and cold-hearted.
So the villagers are distancing themselves from them, but they seem to have forgotten that the Uchiha Clan is also a member of Konoha.
Back when Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha co-founded Konoha.
The title of Hokage is named after the Fire Style that the Uchiha Clan is most skilled in, so why has the Uchiha Clan become a universally reviled and despised group over the past few decades?
It's important to know that during the Warring States period, the Uchiha Clan and Senju Clans Teuchi the vast Land of Fire.
Other Ino-Shika-Cho - Sarutobi, Hyuga, and Hyuga clans all joined later.
After a brief silence Uchiha Fugaku spoke.
"The guard's responsibility is to protect non-combatants."
However, this was clearly not convincing enough, and the other members of the Uchiha Clan obviously would not accept this answer.
"But, Captain..."
"This is the village's order!" Fugaku finally revealed the truth. They were so close to the front lines, yet so far away.
At this point, Fugaku could have resisted, as a general in the field may disobey orders.
However, Fugaku compromised. He was not an ambitious person, so he naturally did not understand how much damage this compromise would bring to the reputation of the Uchiha Clan.
That night, a Hokage couple sealed the Nine-Tails inside their young son.
[Shikamaru is such a hassle; it seems Danzo quite a few bad things back then.]
[Utatane Koharu: This was a decision Danzo made on his own; we were unaware of it.]
[Mitokado Homura: Indeed, we and Hiruzen are both...]
[Tsunade: That's enough!]
To say that these two consultants knew nothing would be self-deception.
Hiruzen Sarutobi died for Konoha, so of course everyone can overlook his mistakes. But how dare you two advisors say it has nothing to do with you?
"Sarada, I never knew your family had such a history!" the other students in the class said with great envy.
"Yes, yes," Iwabee said, also quite envious.
If that's the case, the Uchiha Clan might really have been the strongest clan back then.