Overbearing

Overbearing

"What are those looks on your faces?"

Kazuki sighed. "That's killed my desire to keep talking."

"Then don't."

Fugaku immediately said, "As for Itachi, Elder Setsuna and I will consider it seriously."

"What about my opinion?"

Kazuki pointed at his own nose. "Clan Head Fugaku, did I not beat you hard enough just now? You're actually ignoring me?"

Fugaku sneered. "We only fought to a draw. That doesn't prove you're stronger than me."

"At the very least, oppose it now!"

"What the hell?"

Kazuki snorted. "Do you need me to compile the data from the other shinobi clans for you?"

Because Kazuki had caused quite a stir recently, many eyes had turned toward the Uchiha.

Kazuki waved a hand. "Fine, let me put it another way. Name your price for the position of vice clan head."

Kazuki said casually, "Itachi and Shisui are both quite strong, and they still have room to improve. I don't want them ending up on the other side."

At a time like this, who would dare act recklessly?

They did not completely trust Kazuki.

"Whew!"

Moreover, they were worried there was a trap hidden in this.

Kazuki tapped the table. "Uh, what are those expressions? Don't tell me you're surprised that I know too?"

Setsuna said solemnly, "Be serious. Although you usually seem to fool around, actually..."

"We must be... great!"

The two of them fell silent at once.

Kazuki gave him no face at all. "A draw? You fought one of my clones for that long, and you're proud of it? Believe it or not, I can beat you up three times a day, then add one more beating as your midnight snack."

"Of course... I can't tell you!"

"Ten years!"

Kazuki thought for a moment, opened a scroll, took out two sheets of paper, and handed them to Setsuna and Fugaku.

"You have a plan too?"

"Kazuki, tell us your reasons. Why are you so determined to make Itachi the clan head?"

Kazuki looked at Fugaku as if he were an idiot. "Do I look stupid to you?"

To begin with, it had been extremely absurd.

They were considering whether it was feasible.

"And what does that have to do with Itachi?" Fugaku gritted his teeth and said coldly, "Could Itachi change all this once he takes the position?"

"Is that a reason?"

"And!"

"Men shouldn't make excuses for their own incompetence."

They had never seen anyone this ridiculous!

Fugaku and Setsuna ignored Kazuki. They did not want to think too deeply about what he had said either, merely staring silently at the papers before them.

The two of them froze for a moment.

The two of them were speechless.

How stupid!

What was more, Uchiha Yishū had only used Water Release. What if he used Fire Release?

As an Uchiha, no matter how unserious he was, Fire Release was absolutely what he excelled at most.

Fugaku hesitated. "Kazuki, there are many things you don't understand. Itachi is my son, so as clan head, I need to consider the other jonin..."

Kazuki shrugged. "These figures show that over the past ten years, the Uchiha's strength and economic power have been steadily declining."

Without realizing it, he had taken on an overbearing manner!

"Still hesitating?"

"Sōgi once thought the same way." Setsuna said coldly, "In the end, he fell into that state."

"Don't be so rigid and dogmatic!"

Name their price?

What did he think this was?

If there truly were a vice clan head position, that would mean the Uchiha's second-in-command.

Kazuki spread his hands helplessly. "You're making excuses again."

Fugaku retorted, "That was because of the Shinobi World War. During a Shinobi World War, which shinobi clan wouldn't decline in strength?"

Was this some kind of deal?

This was humiliation!

"Look, look, look!"

The way he said that made it sound as if he had Fugaku completely figured out.

Fugaku said coldly, "Shouldn't we be surprised?"

"Don't place your hopes on an armed coup. Forget one year—even if you had another ten years, you still wouldn't succeed."

Kazuki was personally powerful and had so many subordinates. No one dared overlook the influence he possessed now.

Setsuna laughed in anger.

His words dripped with sarcasm.

Those steadily declining curves stabbed deeply into them.

Why keep talking tough?

In that fight just now, Fugaku had clearly been completely suppressed.

"Convene a meeting of the Uchiha jonin!"

"You... why?" Setsuna stared coldly at Kazuki. "You oppose it?"

Just as Kazuki had said, people in the village had always been targeting the Uchiha and had never stopped. Were the Uchiha going to be exterminated like this?

Fugaku in particular looked grim.

"If that's your reason, then after being targeted for a few more decades, will the Uchiha be exterminated?"

Kazuki smiled. "I have my own plan. If you start making trouble now, I'll be put in a very passive position. So your plan can only be postponed."

Setsuna hurriedly cut off their argument and glared at Fugaku.

"Consider it an experiment!"

Kazuki looked even more puzzled. "Didn't you go around shouting about it through loudspeakers? How could I not know?"

"Who went around shouting through loudspeakers?!"

Fugaku was so furious he nearly exploded.

When you were fighting, they spared your pride. Don't tell me you really thought the Uchiha had become sensible?

Fugaku asked without changing expression, "Can you tell us?"

Do you take us for idiots?

Would anyone go around announcing a rebellion through loudspeakers?

Kazuki stared in astonishment. "A lot of people know, including the Third Hokage and the others. By the time I heard about it, the news had already passed through several hands. You..."

Even if you had hidden your strength, Kazuki still had bandages on his face right now.

"Heh, I did it on purpose."

His eyes carried faint pity.

He was the clan head!

Yet Kazuki was measuring it with a price.

Setsuna stopped Fugaku from speaking. Looking at Kazuki, he said heavily, "The other shinobi clans must have suffered fewer losses than the Uchiha. There's nothing we can do about that. Kazuki, you also know the Uchiha have been targeted."

The data was like a slap, striking Fugaku hard across the face.

Kazuki said directly, "There are only a little over thirty jonin in the clan. The jonin under the two of you, plus the seven on my side—I'd like to know who would dare oppose it."

"When did you, Uchiha Fugaku, become so naive?"

"What is this?"

"You..."

Setsuna did not finish the rest of his sentence.

The two of them took deep breaths.

It would have been one thing if he knew about it, but he even knew the timing?

He still had his trump card!

Kazuki said speechlessly, "Can't you do both? On one side, go along with them and keep the Uchiha on the side of righteousness. On the other, quietly prepare an armed coup."

If Kazuki had not been so strong, his ashes would have been scattered long ago, gathered up, and scattered again.

Setsuna said coldly, "We will not consider an armed coup for now. You, Kazuki, are also partly responsible for that."

Others could shirk responsibility, but he could not.

"Enough! Stop arguing!"

Just as the two were about to fly into a rage, Kazuki spoke first.

"The Third Hokage keeps saying all sorts of nonsense. I'm sick of hearing it. So let's simply support Itachi. I want to see whether the village will still target the Uchiha if we follow their wishes."

"One million Explosive Tags. Is that enough?"

The two men, who had been about to explode in rage, immediately fell silent.