At this point, Nara Shikaichi had clearly started to open up a little.
That was only natural!
After Uchiha Jin had taken the initiative to propose splitting the spoils, and no one present had objected, he had chosen to open up a little. After all, he vaguely felt that this team was fairly decent.
Although they could not form Ino-Shika-Cho, their prospects for the future were not bad.
But on the other side.
Uchiha Jin was completely dumbfounded. So this was how everyone operated?
No wonder everyone was hostile toward the Uchiha. Aside from the Uchiha's outward arrogance and the drastic change in temperament after awakening the Sharingan, the most fundamental issue was the huge problem right before his eyes.
Everyone, inside and out, from top to bottom, was rotten to the core. The entire Konoha High Command and all the major Ninja Clans were lining their pockets, while the Uchiha Clan alone acted like some spotless white lotus.
Good grief, who were they trying to disgust?
In the past, Uchiha Jin had truly been unable to understand why the other Ninja Clans had chosen to stand by and even obstruct matters during the Uchiha Clan's extermination in the Original work. Could they really not see the Konoha High Command's methods of centralizing power?
First came the Senju Clan, then the Uzumaki, and finally the Uchiha.
What came next?
Was the Hyuga Clan not afraid that the Konoha High Command would move against them?
What about the other Ninja Clans?
And with the Uchiha's formidable combat strength, were all those Ninja Clans idiots? Did they not know that once the Uchiha disappeared, Konoha would have a difficult time if another Shinobi World War broke out?
They were not transmigrators. They had no way of knowing that Naruto Uzumaki, the chosen one, would rise to prominence.
Since there was such a huge problem, why did they turn a blind eye?
These questions had baffled him before, but now, after hearing Nara Shikaichi's words, he had finally seen a glimpse of the truth beneath the iceberg.
The Uchiha had provoked the wrath of everyone!
The so-called Uchiha arrogance and the drastic change in temperament after awakening their eyes were all just appearances. Sarutobi Hiruzen had once been able to keep the Uchiha stable. Could it be that after Fugaku, such an indecisive clan head, took over, they could no longer be kept in check?
Now, the truth seemed very simple. Ultimately, it was nothing more than self-interest.
Konoha's atmosphere of greed had already seeped into its very bones. Although they had managed to keep it hidden from the Uchiha Clan all these years, what would happen if the Uchiha found out in the future?
The Uchiha had been desperately trying to seize the Hokage Position in the first place. If they learned the dirty secrets of these Ninja Clans, then with the Uchiha holding the banner of justice, all they would have to do was issue a call, and the Konoha High Command and the other Ninja Clans would probably be unable to withstand it.
They would have no moral high ground!
At that point, would truly guiltless people like Tsunade and Jiraiya still be able to stand firmly behind Sarutobi Hiruzen as they did now?
Perhaps precisely because they had considered this, it would be better to simply eliminate the Uchiha!
Especially after grasping the thread of self-interest, he even felt that the downfall of the Uzumaki and Senju could be explained.
The Senju Clan had genuinely been selfless. Considering Konoha their own child, they had willingly merged their clan into Konoha. That had also conveniently given the other Ninja Clans an opportunity to strike.
Villainy was the villain's passport; nobility was the nobleman's epitaph!
The two Hokage, Hashirama and Tobirama, had considered things very well. Unfortunately, the various Ninja Clans were not so noble, so they had gone along with the trend and launched Wood Release experiments, conveniently wiping out the Senju Clan's elite in one fell swoop.
The Uzumaki Clan had suffered the same fate.
As the Senju Clan's ally, Konoha could not command that force anyway. It would be better to sweep it directly into the rubbish heap of history. After Konoha took all of the Uzumaki's foundations for itself, it only needed to leave behind a bloodline to serve as Konoha's Tailed Beast vessel.
Although Konoha's overall strength had diminished, the problem of centralized power had been solved. Everyone could also line their pockets more openly from then on.
As for fear? There was no need for that either!
Because the Shinobi World was a place where everyone competed to be the worst. Konoha had plenty of problems, but the other hidden villages were hardly any better!
Kirigakure had created the Bloody Mist Village. And for Rasa to rise to power in Sunagakure, had he not also killed Pakura of the Lava Release?
Iwagakure lacked powerful figures to hold down the fort, with only the old Ōnoki left.
Kumogakure was even controlled by the Yuzuki Clan. It appeared united on the surface, but it did not have many powerful experts. Nearly every hidden village had enough strength to protect itself, but not enough to attack.
For Konoha, where powerful experts continued to rise like bamboo shoots after the rain, losing one or two powerful Ninja Clans naturally did not matter much. At worst, it would merely make things more difficult during a Shinobi World War.
Compared with the enormous benefits they gained, Konoha could still bear such a small loss.
"So that was it!"
"I more or less understand now. Let's do as Shikaichi said."
"Captain Takada, Kakashi, you two shouldn't have any objections, right?"
After figuring it all out, Uchiha Jin naturally nodded as well, no longer objecting to the distribution.
Takada Fujiwara and Kakashi, however, were both filled with shock and confusion. Clearly, the news had left their scalps numb.
There was nothing they could do!
One of them came from a Civilian Ninja background, while the other had a father from a warrior background in Hatake Sakumo. From childhood, all they had been exposed to was brainwashing nonsense like the Will of Fire. How could they have encountered the bizarre schemes of the Ninja Clans?
For a moment, they were both completely stunned.
Takada Fujiwara swallowed, and his idealized image of Sarutobi Hiruzen completely shattered. Even so, after taking a deep breath, he still nodded.
He could not understand the games played by the higher-ups. In any case, he was just a minor commoner, and whatever benefits he could actually get his hands on were what truly mattered.
One could call him short-sighted, but that was the wisdom of the common people.
"No objections. I agree too!"
Takada Fujiwara spoke up directly.
Kakashi's eyes, however, grew solemn. Given his temperament, he should have shouted and completely denied all this filthy nonsense. Otherwise, what would his father's suicide have meant?
Compared with these rotten Ninja Clans, his father had merely saved his teammates at the cost of abandoning a mission. Such a small loss was practically a joke!
But at the same time.
As an intelligent person, he had still keenly sensed that there might have been hidden circumstances behind his father's suicide, especially considering the profound final instructions his father had given him on the night before his death...
He subconsciously glanced at Uchiha Jin, then took a deep breath and nodded.
"Yes. Let's do that."
After saying this.
Kakashi crossed his arms over his chest and stopped speaking.
Nara Shikaichi's gaze grew profound. After briefly looking over everyone present, he could not help revealing a faint smile. "Since everyone agrees, then let's proceed with this distribution."
He breathed a sigh of relief.
Clearly.
Although his earlier words had seemed reckless, they had actually only been a test.
Using simple information known to every Ninja Clan, he had tested whether the people before him were worth befriending deeply. If they were, then everyone could happily line their pockets together in the future.
If they were not suitable, that was fine too!
After all, it was only basic information and an unspoken rule known to every major Ninja Clan. So what if Uchiha Jin and the others found out? Could they really change the overwhelming trend formed by countless Ninja Clans and the Konoha High Command?
People would die!
But fortunately.
The few teammates before him had passed his test. From now on, they could naturally become true teammates!
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