Hardened Confrontation with Danzo, Intention Towards Shisui

"Besides, I really don't understand why Lord Koharu wanted to boost others' morale and diminish our own."

"Kumogakure was full of experts. Does that mean Konoha was just a bunch of Scrappy Chickens?"

"You said Kumogakure had Jinchuriki, but so did we."

"What was there to fear?"

Kaze's words were sharp and his bearing imposing, leaving the Uchiha Clan members beside him staring in stunned disbelief.

Shisui and Itachi's eyes widened like bells.

Kaze had always been a fringe figure in the clan, kind to others and polite in speech, giving everyone the impression of a Good Old Man.

But today, why was he being so bold?

He was actually taking on the Konoha leadership all by himself with nothing but words?

He had choked Grandma Koharu speechless for a long while.

"You meant Naruto Uzumaki, didn't you?"

At the critical moment, Mitokado Homura finally spoke slowly.

It was worth mentioning that...

On the Night of the Nine-Tails' Rampage, the Fourth Hokage sacrificed his life to Seal the Nine-Tails within his son Naruto.

He turned Naruto into the village's Jinchuriki.

Although Hiruzen Sarutobi had ordered the villagers not to discuss Naruto being a Jinchuriki, almost everyone knew it, apart from Naruto and those of his generation.

"Naruto Uzumaki is only Five years old now. He is still a child. Do you intend to send him to the battlefield?"

Homura said with a stern expression, righteousness written across his face.

As though sending a five-year-old child to war was an utterly inhumane thing.

"What a joke."

Kaze sneered again. "So Naruto was only Five years old."

"Had Lord Homura grown old enough that even his memory was failing?"

"During the Third Shinobi World War, wasn't I sent to the battlefield at Five years old?"

"Brother Itachi went when he was only Four years old."

"Why didn't you say then that we were children and should stay far away from war?"

"Oh, I know. You wanted to say Naruto's parents were gone, right?"

"Well, I watched my own parents die right in front of me."

"Who was it that told us Uchiha Clan members that everything was for the village?"

"Now that Naruto was needed to stand up for the village, why was he suddenly still a child?"

"Could it be because Naruto was of noble birth?"

Kaze's words immediately made Mitokado Homura's face flush red, veins bulging across his forehead.

Although Kaze was only Fifteen years old now, before coming to this world, he had watched all of Naruto.

Coupled with the rehearsal he had prepared in advance, every word he spoke struck home.

Exposing the hypocritical masks of these Konoha leaders had naturally become an easy matter.

On the other hand, Konoha was, in the end, merely a village.

Its population had never exceeded a hundred thousand.

Since the First Hokage's time, the Konoha leadership had consisted of only a handful of people.

Their horizons and outlook were naturally confined to the level of a village.

Kaze, in contrast, had not only received Nine-Year Compulsory Education, but had also attended university, worked a job, and thoroughly studied the History of Chinese Civilization.

He knew a little about all kinds of Open Conspiracies, the Art of War, and sophistry.

In the first round, concerning fault, he had stood on the Security Force's legal grounds.

In the second round, concerning the Jinchuriki, he had not hesitated to use the deaths of himself and his predecessor's parents to firmly seize the Moral High Ground.

So long as the Konoha leadership retained even a shred of morality, he would remain invincible.

"What you're talking about isn't the same thing at all." Seeing Homura suddenly fall silent, Danzo immediately spoke.

He leaned forward slightly, planted his elbows on the table, and rested the backs of his hands against his chin as he Scrutinized Kaze with an overbearing air.

The atmosphere grew even more tense, as though swords had been drawn and bows pulled taut.

"Even if Naruto were sent to the battlefield to deal with the Cloud Ninja, with his current strength, he would be unable to control the Nine-Tails' power."

Seeing Kaze make an issue of age, Danzo immediately shifted his approach, making clear that this was not a matter of age, but of strength.

It had to be said that Danzo's mind worked far faster than Koharu's and Homura's.

After hearing him say that, Koharu and Homura both let out long sighs of relief.

Otherwise, being left speechless by a brat like Kaze would have been truly embarrassing.

However...

Danzo's argument was also exactly what Kaze had anticipated.

No...

It was more than just anticipated. The reason he had been so high-profile was to force Danzo into confronting him over the Nine-Tails!

As long as the topic shifted in that direction, nothing he said would seem abrupt.

At that thought, a smile curled across Kaze's lips.

"Lord Danzo!"

Kaze clasped his hands together. "You are right. Naruto cannot yet control the Nine-Tails' power."

"But that does not mean Konoha cannot control the Nine-Tails' power."

"As long as we use the Sharingan to cast Genjutsu on the Nine-Tails, we can fully make use of its power."

"The Two-Tails, Three-Tails, Four-Tails, Eight-Tails—compared to the Nine-Tails' power, they were nothing but little brothers!"

His words were like a thunderbolt exploding within the small Meeting Room!

Not only did the Konoha F4's expressions change drastically on the spot.

Fugaku, Shisui, Itachi, Setsuna, and the other Uchiha all turned pale as paper!

This Kaze really dared to say anything!

Did he even know?

The reason the Uchiha Clan compound was now located at the edge of the village was because, during the Nine-Tails Rampage, the Konoha leadership had suspected that an Uchiha was responsible!

This was practically a taboo subject!

"Shut up, Kaze!"

In his panic, Fugaku directly shouted, trying to make Kaze stop talking.

But how could Kaze not understand?

In fact, he understood better than anyone!

Although the future Hiruzen hoped Sasuke's Sharingan could help Naruto control the Nine-Tails, in this era, what Hiruzen and Danzo feared most was sparks flying between the Uchiha and the Nine-Tails!

"What did you say?"

"Use Sharingan Genjutsu to control the Nine-Tails?"

Danzo narrowed his left eye. He had always been deeply distrustful of the Uchiha line.

Now that he heard Kaze say this, killing intent inevitably stirred within him.

Any Uchiha who dared set his sights on the Nine-Tails was absolutely Konoha's greatest threat!

At this moment, not only Fugaku panicked, but the other Uchiha panicked as well, repeatedly telling Kaze not to continue.

Several Uchiha even hurriedly explained.

Using Genjutsu to control a Jinchuriki was simply impossible.

They hoped Danzo and Hiruzen would not take it seriously.

Kaze had not awakened his Sharingan yet and did not understand its power well enough, which was why he was spouting nonsense.

"Indeed." Hearing his clansmen say this, Kaze nodded slightly in agreement.

"The Genjutsu cast by an ordinary Three-Tomoe Sharingan truly cannot control a Jinchuriki."

"Because the Nine-Tails can disrupt the Jinchuriki's Chakra flow and break the Genjutsu."

"However, everything has exceptions."

"If the Three-Tomoe Sharingan evolved into the Mangekyō Sharingan, it could control the Nine-Tails' power."

At that, Kaze stood up directly and turned to Looked at Shisui.

He spoke slowly and distinctly.

"For example, Brother Shisui is a Mangekyō Sharingan wielder."

"If it were his Genjutsu, not only could he control the Nine-Tails' power and use it as he pleased, I believe he could even alter a Jinchuriki's will."

Kaze paused briefly, then faced Danzo and continued, "That is why I think Grandma Koharu was wrong."

"Although Kumogakure was full of experts, we had Brother Shisui on our side."

"If I remembered correctly, the last formidable figure to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan was the renowned Madara Uchiha."

As Kaze finished his speech lavishly praising Shisui.

Shisui Uchiha sat frozen in place, a chill running down his back.

He suddenly felt as though...

Kaze had sold him out.