[Ōnoki: I think I've figured something out. Why is everyone on the rankings from Konoha?]
[Fourth Raikage: At least Iwagakure has Deidara on the list. Kumogakure hasn't had a single person make it on yet.]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Do you understand what it means to be the number one ninja village in the Shinobi World?]
[Mei Terumi: I don't think that has a damn thing to do with you being the strongest Hokage, does it?]
Even Hiruzen Sarutobi felt a little embarrassed at that. He had always gone overboard in the textbooks, glorifying his own status as the strongest Hokage.
Now the other ninja villages were all laughing at him.
[Mei Terumi: But this time it's another handsome man from the Uchiha Clan.]
[Mei Terumi: Come to think of it, the Uchiha Clan seems to be full of handsome men. There was Shisui before, and now there's Uchiha Itachi.]
[Uchiha Fugaku: Please don't set your sights on my son. How old is he now?]
Mei Terumi was driven mad by Uchiha Fugaku's words. The people pursuing her could form a line all the way from Kirigakure to the daimyo's place, so what was this old fuddy-duddy shamelessly spouting nonsense for?
Do I, Mei Terumi, look like someone who can't find a boyfriend?
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: As expected of you, Fugaku. Your son won't bring shame to the Uchiha Clan in the future, either. Would you consider letting Itachi join the Anbu?]
[Danzo: Hiruzen, a genius like him should join Root.]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Shut up, Danzo. Root has already been disbanded.]
[Danzo: Hiruzen, you'll regret doing this.]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Danzo, I'm the Hokage.]
Watching the Third Hokage and Danzo's double act, Uchiha Fugaku had no intention whatsoever of letting his son join Root. What sort of place was that?
As for the Anbu, he could consider it once Itachi grew up. By then, he would also have planted one of his own people in the Anbu.
Fugaku was still thinking that his son, his pride and joy, could bring him a surprise. Little did he expect that his son really would bring him a surprise in the future.
"But what's this double agent business? Did the village send Itachi out as a spy?" Looking at Itachi's label, Fugaku couldn't understand why there was such a thing as a double agent.
[Uchiha clan meeting
The entire Uchiha Clan had gathered at the meeting, but the crowd was furious.
"Konoha keeps pushing our Uchiha Clan around. Clan leader, we can't just sit here and do nothing!"
Uchiha Inabi, an elite of the Uchiha Clan, questioned its leader, Uchiha Fugaku.
Fugaku already had a terrible headache. He had only just received news of Shisui Uchiha's suicide that day.
Under pressure from people in the village, he had been forced to hold this clan meeting.
"Everyone, quiet down. The Uchiha Clan will get to the bottom of Shisui's death!" Fugaku said firmly.
But the clansmen had little faith in Fugaku. He had repeatedly tolerated the village's oppression, and now he could hardly calm the hawks in the clan.
Uchiha Tekka and Uchiha Inabi, the leaders among them, went so far as to call for a coup.
Fugaku smiled bitterly. How could it be that easy? Did they really think the Uchiha alone could overthrow the Hokage's faction?
Leaving aside the Anbu and Root, Konoha also had the Hyuga Clan, the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans, and ninja clans large and small. Those forces alone were enough to give the Uchiha Clan pause.
Yet the radicals in the village were still dreaming of the Uchiha Clan becoming the number one ninja clan.
The people watching from outside could hardly believe it. What was going on? Had things really gotten like this within the Uchiha Clan?
"Go fetch Homura and Koharu." Hiruzen Sarutobi instantly regained his dignity as Hokage. An Uchiha Clan uprising was not good news.
Hiruzen Sarutobi pondered for a moment, then told the Anbu, "Bring Danzo here too."
It was enough to bring tears to one's eyes. At last, our Danzo could come out of his little black room.
Gazing at the thriving Konoha, Danzo had only one thing to say: "Konoha, your emperor has returned!"
Fugaku watched his clansmen's remarks on the screen. What was going on? Shisui had killed himself? Hadn't the earlier inventory said Danzo had attacked him?
As one of the Uchiha Clan's rare geniuses, Shisui had received a great deal of Fugaku's attention. On hearing the news of his sudden suicide, Fugaku immediately sensed a conspiracy.
Meanwhile, Uchiha Yashiro, leader of the "doves," the "hawks" Uchiha Tekka and Uchiha Inabi, and Uchiha Setsuna of the Uchiha Clan's elder faction—
Just about everyone except the Uchiha representative who was not yet eighteen came to Uchiha Fugaku's home, hoping to discuss the situation shown in the inventory.
Konoha was suddenly in turmoil. The other ninja villages also turned their eyes toward Konoha. If Konoha showed the slightest sign of decline, the other villages would likely descend on it and divide it among themselves.
"Why would this happen? How could Shisui possibly kill himself in the future?" Obito simply didn't believe Shisui had killed himself. Hadn't the Inventory System said Danzo had stolen Shisui's eye?
"Obito, are you all right?" Rin asked with concern. As his teammate, she didn't know how to comfort him after seeing his clan behave so aggressively.
"It's all right, Rin. I'm fine." Obito could only do his best to act as if nothing was wrong. He didn't want Rin and everyone else to worry about him.
[The footage continued. The Uchiha Clan began complaining about how the village treated them differently.
The Uchiha Clan's Police Force had clearly been the Second Hokage's idea, yet now all the blame was being dumped on the Uchiha Clan.
Why should they put up with it? Was the village entitled to treat their Uchiha Clan like this?
Seeing the situation grow more serious, Fugaku had no choice but to exercise his authority as clan leader and declare the meeting over.
But how could a single word from the clan leader quell the clansmen's anger?
"Why didn't Itachi come to the clan meeting again?!" Fugaku had also noticed that Itachi hadn't attended the Uchiha Clan meeting.
He wasn't the only one. The Uchiha Clan's hawks had also noticed Itachi's absence. As a member of the Anbu, Itachi had been the subject of plenty of suspicion from his clansmen in the village, especially since Shisui had killed himself that day, yet Itachi hadn't appeared at the clan meeting.
This gave the clansmen plenty to think about.
"Come on, let's go find Uchiha Itachi and get some answers!" Led by Uchiha Tekka, several Uchiha Clan Jonin immediately set off to find Itachi.
Seeing his clansmen leave in such a rage, Fugaku could guess that something was bound to happen. He dropped everything and went after them.
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Fugaku, must things between the village and the Uchiha Clan really come to this?]
Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Hokage, also wanted to ask Fugaku whether this was what Fugaku alone thought or what most people in the village thought.
[Fugaku: Lord Hokage, the Uchiha Clan has never thought of rebelling against Konoha!]
At this point in time, the Hokage had not yet relocated the Uchiha Clan to a remote corner of Konoha, and the Nine-Tails' rampage had not yet broken out. The Uchiha Clan had not yet received the treatment shown in the video.