Itachi Realized: I Want to Be Clan Head! (1)

Itachi Realized: I Want to Be Clan Head! (1)

"Think about it!"

"Think carefully!"

At the Yūhi Clan residence, Kazuki sat in a chair, repeatedly slapping the table with an animated expression. "Tell me, brat Itachi, does what I said make sense or not?"

Itachi remained silent.

Beside them, Kurenai Yuhi stared at Kazuki expressionlessly.

They're all blind, yet they're still this energetic. That can't have been easy!

Kurenai's mouth twitched nonstop.

Wanting to become Hokage did not mean Itachi could simply take the position just because the Uchiha and the Hokage agreed.

"This..."

Itachi hesitated.

Kurenai looked at Kazuki speechlessly. Damn you!

That mouth of yours really hadn't grown for nothing!

Itachi was equally speechless.

Kazuki slammed the table hard.

What overwhelming charisma!

If I became Hokage, I could change the Uchiha and let them truly integrate into the village.

After a long while, Itachi suddenly said, "I think what Brother Kazuki said makes a lot of sense!"

"...Why?"

Many Uchiha did not care who became Hokage. What they wanted was a Hokage whose surname was Uchiha!

"Second!"

Itachi: "..."

"Don't say it's impossible. A ninja in his sixties could kick the bucket at any time."

"No!"

Unlike the original story, Kazuki's repeated shameless pestering had made Itachi less trusting of the Third Hokage and the others.

Itachi said quietly, "Brother Kazuki, becoming Hokage isn't that easy."

"No!"

"Of the four most powerful people in the Uchiha—the clan head Uchiha Fugaku, Elder Uchiha Muneyoshi, Uchiha Setsuna, and me, Uchiha Yishū—three stand on your side."

If it were Itachi, then perhaps they would not be unable to accept it.

Itachi and Kurenai both fell silent.

"What does that represent?"

Good grief, you had become one of the Uchiha's most powerful people?

Kazuki said coldly, "Could it be that you don't believe in Lord Hokage? Do you think Lord Hokage is merely clinging to power?"

Setsuna behaved himself!

Then, not long after the Third Hokage took office, when Konoha was unstable, Setsuna caused trouble again.

"Oh, right, and Shisui! I almost forgot that guy!" Kazuki slammed the table again. "Tell me, would he help you?"

Then he got beaten up again!

"Over all these years, has the Third Hokage ever trained a successor?"

Taking the position of Hokage without bloodshed would make everyone happy.

As for the village...

Itachi nodded subconsciously.

After a successful armed coup, who would become Hokage?

"Among the new generation's three geniuses, aside from you, there are Shisui and me. Both of us are willing to support you."

Compared with Kazuki, he trusted Shisui more.

Itachi asked subconsciously,

"It means Lord Hokage had already intended to train you as the next Hokage."

"If you become Hokage, I believe not only Clan Head Fugaku, but Elder Muneyoshi will help you too. As for that old man Setsuna, you don't need to worry about him. I'll keep an eye on him for you and make sure he behaves. You believe I have that ability, right?"

Kazuki did have that ability.

Itachi's expression turned strange.

If Kazuki were the one dealing with Setsuna, Setsuna would surely become obedient.

He was not an idiot.

What a beautiful sight!

"What else?" Kazuki retorted. "If we're not waiting for you, are we waiting for that old bastard the Third Hokage?"

Setsuna had been taught a lesson by the Second Hokage.

Kazuki slapped the table again and shouted, "The clan will definitely support you, right?"

"Right!"

"Itachi, what are you still hesitating for?"

Uchiha Setsuna had a gloomy, unruly temperament and often did extreme things.

"What are you hesitating for?"

He now knew that Kazuki had jōnin subordinates under him. With their cooperation and Kazuki's own strength, keeping watch over Setsuna really would not be difficult.

But Kazuki looked thoroughly disappointed. "Tell me, has the Third Hokage ever said that to anyone else besides you?"

Itachi gave Kazuki a strange look.

The Uchiha needed someone like that too. Otherwise, it would not be good for the Uchiha to be too peaceful.

Kazuki swept out a hand grandly and said with immense passion, "Don't stay silent. Speak! Tell me whether what I said makes sense!"

Kazuki shouted, "Besides that, tell me, why hasn't the Third Hokage, who is already in his sixties, trained a successor? Tell me!"

"Could it be that you think I'm wrong?"

Both of those Hokage had chosen to let Setsuna go.

Kurenai coughed lightly from the side. "If you're going to fool him, then fool him. Cough, cough, just talk. Don't launch verbal attacks."

"Itachi!"

Fugaku!

This point was not difficult to understand.

"Why hasn't he trained one? The Third Hokage grew up long ago. In his sixties, a ninja's prime had long passed, and he had already lasted several decades beyond it. Why was he still shamelessly clinging to the position of Hokage?"

Still, it really was hard to refute.

"To train you!"

At the very least, Kazuki had pried open a crack in Itachi's trust toward them.

"I'm telling you!" Kazuki pointed at the two of them. "The best way to resolve the village's conflict with the Uchiha is to cultivate an Uchiha Hokage who possesses the Will of Fire!"

Itachi was stunned. "Wait, waiting for me?"

My head was spinning!

Let me process this!

Me becoming Hokage... pfft, how did I end up becoming Hokage?

If!

Itachi sat silently to the side.

Were Shisui and you really biological brothers?

"If you become Hokage, will the conflict between the village and the Uchiha still exist?"

Just as Kazuki said, the Uchiha higher-ups would support me, and the new generation would support me too.

A stern shout rang out.

Kazuki grabbed Itachi by the shoulders and shook him hard. "Because you little brat are too young! He can only shamelessly keep being Hokage. Once you grow up, that'll be when he steps down."

"The relationship between the village and the Uchiha that has been tormenting you is actually very easy to resolve."

"Th-this, this..."

Itachi and Kurenai both fell silent.

Something about that sounded wrong.

Itachi: "..."

Shisui appeared.

"As long as you become Hokage!"

As if urging Itachi to make up his mind.

Itachi's expression became blank.

"First!"

"Otherwise!"

Kazuki could not help roaring, "The Third Hokage himself said you have the mindset of a Hokage! What does that represent? Don't you know?"

Kazuki excitedly grabbed Itachi's hand and shook it hard!

There were so many ninja clans, large and small, in the village. How many would be willing to let the Uchiha produce a Hokage?

"What if he kicks the bucket one day? What will Konoha do?"

"Look!" Kazuki counted on his fingers. "Let me lay it out for you."

For example, during the Second Hokage's era, Setsuna had rebelled.

"If you say the Uchiha are born evil, then I can only drag Shisui—no, your father. I'll drag your father over here."

And yet...

Kazuki said, "The Third Hokage will definitely support you, right?"

How was he supposed to answer that?

Although he vaguely suspected... cough, cough!

He absolutely could not doubt him!

That was the Hokage he respected!

Itachi did not hesitate in the slightest.

"It's that simple!"

"This is also Lord Hokage's choice. Itachi is the product of that choice!"

Being intelligent, a tiny crack was enough for him to think of many things he had overlooked in the past.

Kazuki's tone turned cold. "Lord Hokage is deliberately making things difficult for Itachi and deliberately targeting the Uchiha. Other than that, tell me, is there a second answer?"

"There will!"

In their eyes, the village owed them a Hokage. Therefore, they wanted an armed coup to reclaim everything that belonged to them.

If there were an opportunity, the Hokage could completely use Setsuna as an excuse to wipe out the Uchiha.

"The Uchiha have many problems—arrogance, conceit, looking down on others... Can't those be changed?"

The Uchiha wanted to produce a Hokage so badly they were going mad.

His face was also wrapped in bandages, but his expression was extremely stern.

He stared coldly at Itachi. "Don't talk nonsense!"

You didn't really believe Kazuki's nonsense, did you?