The Hokage? I'd Burn Him Too!

The Hokage? I'd Burn Him Too!

Itachi and Shisui stared at Kazuki expressionlessly.

There was simply no way to respond to that.

Say he was wrong?

That wouldn't do!

Just as Kazuki had said, if someone wasn't fated to become Hokage, could they not even be allowed to dream about it?

Wasn't that a little too overbearing?

Say he was right...

It somehow felt like Kazuki would drag the Hokage over tomorrow and burn him just to give it a try.

The table in the middle was an oversized coffin.

"You can tell what the vice clan leader means just from the title." Kazuki smiled. "Itachi, I think highly of you. Keep it up!"

Seeing the two of them, Itachi and Shisui's expressions turned grave.

Kazuki let out a breath and said in a low voice, "Itachi, no matter how hard you work right now, you can't become clan leader. Your father's doing just fine. He has no reason to step down, even if that person is his son."

"Go!"

Itachi's voice was calm, but the pride in it could not be concealed.

Itachi said, "I was sure just now. Now I'm not."

"Messing around?"

Shisui sighed. "Kazuki, I'm begging you, don't get busy. If your business gets busy, something terrible will happen."

"Wooden Man?"

Smack!

After saying that.

"...Kazuki, you're only two years older than me."

Kazuki's gaze turned icy.

That reminded Shisui of Kazuki's claim that he was the fourth-biggest shot among the Uchiha.

Smiling on the outside, cursing like hell inside!

"What do you mean, this isn't my first time?"

Kazuki tossed out that line, then plopped down on a coffin, crossing his legs with a lazy look.

He truly could not understand it!

Did the Uchiha owe them something?

He completely could not understand these ninja.

"So, don't hesitate. Do it. Make a clean break and get rid of your father..."

Itachi's voice was calm.

Where had this vice clan leader come from?

He had never even heard of such a title.

"You actually said I'm messing around? What are you thinking? Are you trying to make me lose money on purpose?"

"Besides, even if you and your relatives and friends don't need it today, won't you need it tomorrow? If not tomorrow, then the day after? You'll need it someday, won't you?"

Kazuki snapped his fingers, and two people appeared before him.

"As the clan's third pair of Mangekyo, and the only Mangekyo at present, I believe I am qualified to run for clan leader."

Four coffins were arranged in the shape of a cross.

Pah!

An illusion!

Kazuki glanced at him and chuckled. "Not bad. You don't even call me brother anymore. Have you grown up? Fine, come in. Let's talk in the reception room."

Shisui said, "Are you sure this guy can give you an answer and show you the way?"

Because right in front of him, Itachi had revealed his Mangekyo.

This room was loaded with special effects.

But this arrangement was wrong too!

It had to be an illusion!

"Looking at your expressions, you must think I'm right too, don't you?"

Why?

Who the hell did you think you were?

Shisui and Itachi looked around.

Kurenai stood behind them, her expression impossible to describe.

Itachi said, "...Is there a way that doesn't involve killing him?"

"Am I wrong?"

Kazuki looked at Itachi strangely. "Your father hasn't even turned forty yet. He's at the peak of his strength as a ninja. If you want to take over as clan leader, isn't the first step getting rid of him?"

An image unconsciously appeared in both their minds: Kazuki running up to the Hokage and saying, I opened a shop. How about letting me burn you once? Do me a favor and support my business.

The Senju had integrated into Konoha, so there was no need to mention them. It was the will of clan leader Tobirama Senju.

A place specifically for storing coffins.

Itachi was even more speechless. Had he already killed his father before?

Shisui shook off Kazuki's hand and said irritably, "Stop messing around. We have serious business."

These two were also extremely powerful jonin. Judging by their attitude, they were actually Kazuki's subordinates.

Kazuki answered without hesitation, decisively, "Get rid of your father!"

Shisui said, "..."

"Kazuki, help me think of a way. I truly want to help the Uchiha. I want the Uchiha to integrate into Konoha."

Kazuki led the two into the reception room in the back.

Kazuki rubbed his chin and muttered, "You want him to willingly step down? But your father is an Uchiha clan leader with dreams and ambitions. He's at the peak of his life and hasn't accomplished a damn thing yet. Asking him to step down is too difficult. Better to get rid of him. Don't feel pressured. It's not your first time anyway. You'll get used to it."

"Fine!" Kazuki clapped his hands. "Since you have such determination, Itachi, I'll give you a hand. Clan leader is impossible, so become vice clan leader first and get involved in managing the clan. How about that?"

Let's put it bluntly!

There were no seats, only coffins.

Kazuki did not finish the rest of his sentence.

"Th-this is real?" Shisui froze. "Kazuki, you have that much influence? Vice... vice clan leader?"

The room was somewhat dim. Several candles burned within it, their flames strangely green.

"Sit wherever!"

Itachi said, "Something's wrong with your head."

Do you have a grudge against coffins or something?

Or perhaps this was not a reception room at all, but a storage room.

Itachi and Shisui looked at each other.

How was Konoha created?

The Uchiha and their retainers had joined forces with the Senju and their retainers to establish Konoha together.

"Southern Dipper?"

Itachi could not hold it in any longer and added "brother" again.

"Ah!"

"Kazuki, you should have sensed it, right? Just like your Mangekyo, I have a Mangekyo now too."

"Say it!" Kazuki raised his brows and said unhappily, "Hurry up. Don't delay my business. I'm busy, you know?"

Kazuki looked at Itachi and Shisui with satisfaction, pulled them along, and said warmly, "Come, come, let me introduce everything in detail. Even if you don't use them yourselves, you must have relatives, right? Friends, right? And if all else fails, enemies will do. Someone might get an idea someday, and then they'll need one."

Shisui said, "There are times when you're certain?"

It could be said that Konoha's creation had gradually formed around those two pillars.

Would he come back to life?

Yet these ninja were still working hard to make the other pillar disappear as well.

Was it an illusion?

Why did it suddenly feel like the room's temperature had dropped?

"Hah!"

Shisui said, "..."

The moment Itachi and Shisui entered the reception room, they had the urge to use Fire Release and burn everything down.

Integrate into Konoha again?

He simply did not understand it. Why did the Uchiha have to integrate into Konoha?

But the Uchiha were unwilling!

That was why there was so much malice and so much deliberate difficulty!

And now, one pillar had already completely integrated into Konoha and vanished without a trace.

Kazuki got angry and pointed at the Cremation Shop. "Do you know how much I invested in this thing? A whole ten million ryo! I threw all the money Shisui had deposited with me into it. If it doesn't make money, won't Shisui lose everything?"

Kazuki sighed faintly. "Itachi, you really have grown up!"

I might not care about money, but hearing you say that so righteously makes me want to smack you to death!

"Kazuki, we really have something important to do."

Could it be done like that?

Both Itachi and Shisui froze.

Kazuki looked at Itachi.

"Kazuki... brother!"

"Ahem, ahem!"

Itachi coughed and interrupted, "Kazuki, I want to become clan leader. Tell me, what should I do?"

Integrate into Konoha?

So that had been the reception room?

Itachi's expression was very serious.

At the same time, unease stirred in his heart.

What exactly was Kazuki planning to do?

It felt as though madness was brewing inside him.