Konoha Family Meeting

A month later, at the Uchiha Clan Head's residence.

"Old man, did you remember what I said?"

"You brat, I'm not so old that I'm... what was it again?"

"Senile dementia, sigh... Old man, you really are getting old."

"Old what! You little rascal, where did you pick up that word!"

The old man and the brat, their daily joyful bickering began again.

"Ahem... Honey, it's almost time." Aoko, seeing that time was running short, interrupted them at the right moment.

Today was the clan meeting hosted by the Third Hokage.

If Chiken was late, it wouldn't be good for the Uchiha.

"I'll deal with you when I get back, you little rascal!"

"Tch, old man, if you had the ability, why didn't you dare to take my Crimson Twin Dragons Fist last time?"

"You dare say that? If the Hyuga Clan found out you learned their main family's Taijutsu, they'd tie you up."

Shin shrugged, not caring at all. "It's fine, I'm friends with their little princess."

Chiken expressed his dissatisfaction. "You brat, weren't you begging me to smooth things over with the Hyuga Clan before? And now you're acting like this?"

"Did you smooth things over, old man? I never said I wanted to arrange a marriage with the Hyuga Clan!"

"What? Blame yourself for not making it clear."

"I did say it, but none of you believed me."

Seeing the two were about to start fighting again, Aoko and Fugaku quickly separated them.

"Let's go, honey."

"Shin, let's go to the training grounds."

Thanks to the efforts of the mother and son, this father-son squabble finally didn't continue.

But Chiken and Shin were still grumbling as they left.

Hokage Building conference room.

The Third Hokage looked at the clock on the wall and frowned slightly.

"What are the Uchiha and Hyuga doing..." The head of a small ninja clan sitting in the corner grumbled, "If they don't come soon, I'm leaving!"

The Third Hokage thought, this ninja clan isn't very strong, but their tone is quite something.

"Looks like this meeting can also solve..."

Swoosh... The sound of the door opening interrupted his thoughts.

The clan heads all turned to look.

They saw Meitoku leading two clansmen, striding into the conference room.

"Looks like that old guy Uchiha Chiken hasn't arrived yet." He said, after looking around the conference room.

He wanted to add something, but he was cut off by a familiar voice from outside the door.

"Old fossil, aren't I here?"

Chiken, with his hair slicked back, wearing an Uchiha coat, walked in slowly with a majestic air.

"Old man, you're late." Meitoku sneered.

Chiken first glanced at the clock on the wall before retorting, "Old fossil, are your eyes bad? Hmm, it's only late now."

The hand had just passed three o'clock.

Seeing the situation, the Third Hokage stood up and announced the start of the meeting. "Alright, the two clan heads shouldn't waste time. The time of Konoha's clan heads is very precious."

"Hmph!" X2

The two snorted at each other and, with their respective clansmen, went to sit down in their places.

"The purpose of today's meeting, I think all the clan heads are clear on..." The Third Hokage presided over the meeting's progress. "Regarding the recent problems between the Uchiha and Hyuga, what do you all think should be done?"

"Is there even a question? They've caused so much trouble for the people in the village, they must be severely punished!" A sinister voice echoed throughout the conference room.

Just from the tone, you could tell this person was definitely a master of conspiracy.

Chiken glanced to the side and saw it was the head of the Shimura Clan, Shimura Danzo.

He recalled the results of the discussions he'd had with his clan and family over the past month: whoever first targeted the Uchiha, he was most likely the murderer of Uchiha Kagami.

So, with a calm expression, he stood up and proposed, "Hokage-sama, on behalf of the Uchiha Clan, I would first like to offer a sincere apology to everyone."

After bowing, he continued, "As punishment, we Uchiha voluntarily give up our position in the Konoha Military Police Force..."

Seeing the clan heads were shocked by these words, he laughed inwardly. "To compensate for everyone's losses, I've decided to donate the shops in the Uchiha Commercial Street to everyone here, one shop per person, free of charge."

The Third Hokage inwardly exclaimed, What a move.

First, he admitted his mistake, then took the opportunity to dissolve the Uchiha's constraints.

Then, in the name of compensation, he pulled these ninja clans into the Uchiha Commercial Street's camp.

This was a strategy that killed three birds with one stone.

Chiken's decisive decision filled with courage, made Meitoku exclaim in admiration.

But verbally, he still didn't want to let the other party off easily: "Old man, this is a huge bleeding, has the Uchiha Clan agreed to it?"

"I am the head of the Uchiha Clan, and my words represent the consent of all the clan members."

After Chiken finished speaking, he recalled the various verbal battles he had with the clan members over the past month.

Fortunately, in the end, they were all corrupted by money and benefits.

Otherwise, it would have been really impossible to reach a unanimous agreement, allowing the Uchiha to collectively give up the Military Police Force.

Although because of this, others might imitate and plagiarize the planning of the commercial street.

But Chiken was finally persuaded by Shin, with the argument of mastering the core technology, and thus gave up the appointment of the Military Police Force.

So, under the profit-sharing system, he finally succeeded in persuading all the members of the Uchiha Clan.

"That's impossible, the duties of the Military Police Force were personally appointed to you Uchiha by the Second Hokage!" Danzo immediately denied it vehemently: "You, are you trying to defy the Second Hokage's orders?"

After thinking about it, Chiken pointed out the loophole in the other party's words: "Oh? How is it that the Uchiha Clan voluntarily giving up is being said by Clan Head Danzo as defying orders?"

"Could it be said that the Military Police Force has always been a disguised punishment for the Uchiha?"

Danzo quickly reacted: "How could the Military Police Force be a punishment? Entrusting such an important position to the Uchiha is a sign of trust in you."

"Since it is trust in the Uchiha, then recently, the village must have been completely disappointed in us, right?"

Having prepared for this, Chiken launched a combo: "We voluntarily relinquish this trust, as punishment, what impact will it have on the village?"

"Letting the Uchiha hold the Military Police Force, I'm sure all the clan heads present have long been dissatisfied, right?"

Impressive.

These three questions not only proactively took responsibility, but also expressed willingness to give up the power in their hands, and finally aroused the envy of the major ninja clans for the Military Police Force.

From a moral standpoint, it was impeccable.

"You... you..." Danzo was unable to refute for a moment.

"It seems Clan Head Danzo has a deep prejudice against the Uchiha..." Chiken stabbed again: "Our clan shouldn't have offended you in any way, right?"

These words seemed to directly target Danzo, but all the clan heads present knew that the Uchiha's matter would come to an end because of this.

If they continued to pursue it, they would also be met with the same question from Chiken.

That would be more harm than good.

Seeing this, the Third Hokage had no choice but to make a decision.

He stood up and faced the crowd: "As the current Hokage, I accept the Uchiha Clan's resignation, do you all have any objections?"

The clan heads nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, the Third Hokage breathed a sigh of relief.

The difference between him and his teacher, the Second Hokage, was that he didn't have so many conspiracy theories.

It was impossible for him to antagonize the entire Uchiha Clan because of one Uchiha Madara.

He could distinguish between the individual and the collective very well.

Moreover, the situation in the Rain Village was a mystery, and maintaining Konoha's peace and stability was the most important thing at this time.

"Regarding the work of the Military Police Force, interested families can discuss it separately after the meeting..."

The Third Hokage looked at his old friend Danzo: "From today onwards, the Military Police Force is officially under the village's management, do you all have any questions?"

The clan heads all shook their heads, indicating that they had no objections.

And Danzo, under this gentle gaze, did not express any opposition.

"Very good."

After withdrawing his gaze, the Third Hokage was very satisfied that the first issue had been resolved satisfactorily.