The Uchiha Clan's transformation

Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage of Konoha, is 67 years old.

After being impeached and removed from office, the elderly Hiruzen Sarutobi depressed. One night, while taking a drunken walk, he accidentally fell into the water and stopped breathing in the early hours of the morning.

Death!

It's all the fault of the younger generation of Ninja in the Sarutobi Clan. They knew that Hiruzen Sarutobi was nearly 70 years old and that he was in a bad mood, yet they let the old man live alone in the huge Hokage mansion, which resulted in tragedy.

This is the conclusion reached by the investigation team appointed by the Konoha Jonin Assembly.

After expressing their deepest sorrow, the Jonin Conference punished the Sarutobi Clan by removing 28 Sarutobi Clan Ninja from their positions and sending them home to reflect on their actions.

The incident caused quite a stir, and rumors spread everywhere that "the Hokage actually died in a water pit, proving that Water Release is indeed effective against Fire Style."

The Konoha found this bizarre rumor quite plausible and began to discuss it amongst themselves, none of them considering how Hiruzen Sarutobi could possibly have drowned.

Ordinary people may lack brains, but Ninja certainly don't. Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura were even more skeptical. If a Genin could walk on water, how could Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, possibly fall into the water and drown?

However, after they personally examined Hiruzen Sarutobi's body, they found that it was indeed a perfectly healthy body, with only obvious signs of water inhalation in his lungs and signs of inflammation and high fever.

There were no signs of a battle inside the Hokage's residence, only an overly lush vegetation.

But Ninja never believe in evidence. Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura firmly believe that Hiruzen Sarutobi was murdered.

But they also knew that the vast majority of Konoha Jonin the Jonin Tournament disliked Hiruzen Sarutobi and were overjoyed by his death, as if they had gotten rid of a huge burden.

That's why the Jonin Conference swiftly concluded that he died of illness, striving to send Hiruzen Sarutobi to the Memorial Stone as quickly as possible and completely close the coffin.

Unwilling to give up, the two old men and women sent their trusted Ninja to urgently convey the relevant information to Jiraiya, who was out searching for Tsunade, urging him to hurry up and bring Tsunade back.

Perhaps, when Tsunade returns, she'll be able to see some problems and turn things around.

The cause of Hiruzen Sarutobi's death is of great importance, as it will not only affect the situation of the Sarutobi Clan, but also determine the future power of the two individuals and the future of their respective families.

You can't be satisfied until the very end.

Uchiha Izumi found out everything that had happened in the village and told it all to Shazo, making Shazo Zuo laugh out loud, "Those two old men and women have really lost their minds. They were standing on the dry bank after Hiruzen Sarutobi died, but now they've actually jumped into the water themselves."

"Izumi, your Uchiha Clan has recovered well, and their intelligence gathering is very satisfactory."

Uchiha Izumi chuckled and said, "Hehe, because we Uchiha are rich now!"

"Following my brother's advice, I separated and resettled the clansmen, which reduced the clan's expenses. After cooperating with the Tenten family, our income increased several times over."

"With money, we can buy more properties, settle more people from our tribe, and recruit more ordinary workers."

Uchiha Izumi tilted her head cutely and said in a puzzled tone, "And then—I don't know how it happened, but the information was just collected like that."

Shazo laughed and said, "Ninja's job is to gather intelligence, but in reality, there's not that much secret intelligence."

"No matter how secretive or confidential the intelligence is, it is inevitable that it will be leaked during its use and transmission. As long as there are enough industries, enough people, and effective information management, it is natural to obtain intelligence by gathering information."

"For example, the Book of Seals in Konoha has only been opened a few times in the past 20 years. Only the Fourth Hokage learned the [Flying Thunder God Technique], Orochimaru learned the [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu]."

"The secrecy has been maintained to such an extent that even now, most Ninja in Konoha don't know that the Book of Seals is hidden in the Hokage's office?"

Uchiha Izumi asked doubtfully, "Brother, there are always some pieces of information that are kept very secret, and no one knows about them."

Shazo nodded. "I admit, it does exist."

"But information that can be kept completely secret is rare, and if it can't be used for anything, it's just worthless dead information."

Uchiha Izumi nodded. "I understand, brother."

Shazo Zuo nodded and continued, "In a few years, as your generation of Uchiha Ninja gradually comes of age, your strength will naturally increase, and the structural reform of the Uchiha Clan will be almost complete."

On the Uchiha Clan Extermination Night, all the Jonin died, and the once powerful direct lineage was wiped out, clearing away all obstacles to reform.

Therefore, Shazo, through Uchiha Izumi and Shisui Uchiha, implemented sweeping reforms of the Uchiha Clan, completely overturning the previous clan-wide cohabitation system.

Building a wall around themselves not only completely isolates them from Konoha, leading to a lack of communication and emotional distance, but also makes them particularly vulnerable to being alienated.

When faced with a powerful enemy, the wall offered no defense whatsoever, making it particularly easy for the enemy to besiege it.

Therefore, no walls or Main Gate of any kind were built in the new Uchiha Compound.

There were no visible guards on the four main roads; instead, there was a surveillance network consisting of Uchiha Ninja, Ninjutsu monitors, Ninja Cat, and Karasu.

Most importantly, this Uchiha Compound territory is very small, with an even smaller population. Even the dignified Uchiha Clan Leader Uchiha Izumi, does not live on the Uchiha Compound but instead resides in the original old house.

Taking herself as an example, Uchiha Izumi broke up all the families without Ninja and scattered them throughout Konoha, where they lived among all sorts of villagers.

The Uchiha Compound was transformed into Single-Occupancy Dormitory. Only single young Uchiha and young Uchiha Ninja who had just started families would live in their Uchiha Compound.

After all, it's rent-free.

In addition, during holidays, Uchiha Izumi would gather his clansmen here to distribute holiday benefits, assess the children's academic performance, and award scholarships.

As the family became increasingly wealthy, they began distributing money more frequently, with each distribution being quite generous.

After the Uchiha returned home with large bags and small packages, it naturally aroused the jealousy of the villagers, and a series of unpleasant rumors began to circulate.

Both Uchiha Izumi and Shisui had worried about this, which drew sneers from Shazo. He reassured them not to worry and taught them how to open up channels for villagers to join the Uchiha family.

The Konoha soon discovered that as long as their children married Uchiha children, even if it was just a simple boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, Uchiha Izumi would treat them as relatives and provide them with various benefits.

In just one year, the wind direction reversed 180 degrees.