Hope of the Uchiha Conservative Faction

The premise of war was that Jinghuo Uchiha was a threat.

Now that his eyes were gone, he wasn't a threat by any measure.

Such a good opportunity, lost just like that!

The Fourth Raikage was so angry he was gasping for air.

He could pretend he hadn't heard, shamelessly choose to wage war on Konoha anyway.

But without a proper cause for war, Konoha wouldn't see the war as Jinghuo Uchiha's fault. Instead, they'd think Kumogakure looked down on Konoha and was deliberately picking a fight.

Therefore, they wouldn't hand over Jinghuo Uchiha.

On the contrary, Konoha and the Uchiha might unite against the common enemy, Kumogakure, and reconcile.

"Damn it! Go investigate this news! Confirm that that Uchiha brat has no possibility of recovery!" The Fourth Raikage wasn't ready to give up.

As long as there was a sliver of hope for recovery, he could invade with justification.

"Yes!" The intelligence ninja quickly retreated.

Mabui, holding documents, walked back as if nothing had happened, wearing her secretary's small suit, and stood beside the Fourth Raikage.

Fourth Raikage: "..."

Outside Konoha Village, at a Root backup base.

This base was pitifully small. Nearly thirty Root members stood there, shoulder to shoulder, very crowded.

Shimura Danzo's expression was like a zombie's, dark and greenish, looking extremely unpleasant.

These past two days, he had gone to see Sarutobi Hiruzen more than once.

The Uchiha clan had caused a huge disturbance in the village center with Susanoo. If they weren't made an example of, who would obey him as Hokage? Who would respect him as the leader of Root? Who would hand over their clan members to Root? Who would willingly die for him? How could he command loyalty and be Hokage!

But Sarutobi Hiruzen always gave him the same reply: "Have you thought about how you're going to deal with digging out Uchiha Shisui's eyes and the other six Sharingan?"

This made Shimura Danzo furious.

Digging out the Uchiha clan's eyes needed to be dealt with?

Just delay and ignore it like before!

It was the same with the compensation for relocating the clan land that he verbally promised Fugaku;

It was the same with the budget for the Police Force;

It was the same with the Uchiha's war merits.

It was always like this, so why wouldn't he agree this time?

"I think you're just targeting me, Danzo!"

These past two days, he had shouted "Hiruzen! You'll regret this!" at least five times.

When he came to his senses, he found his Root base was gone too. He thought about asking Sarutobi Hiruzen for funds to rebuild, but Sarutobi Hiruzen only said: "Danzo, you should rest."

This angered him so much he wished he could use Kotoamatsukami to control Sarutobi Hiruzen.

But let alone Kotoamatsukami, even his other Sharingan had been taken by Uchiha Shisui.

The moment he thought of the humiliation of having his eyes gouged out that day, his face looked as bad as if he had eaten shit.

Now, looking at the remaining nearly thirty Root members before him, Shimura Danzo gave an order.

"Once you have the chance, kill Jinghuo Uchiha!"

It was all because of his rampage that he was in this situation!

Such an Uchiha was definitely a scourge to Konoha!

"Yes!" The Root members immediately took action.

The Uchiha were divided into a Hawk Faction and a Conservative Faction.

The Hawk Faction's ideology was: Coup now!

The Conservative Faction's ideology was: Let's wait and see...

These days, the Conservative Faction had been very uneasy, constantly criticizing Jinghuo Uchiha as reckless in secret.

How could he go to the village center and cause a disturbance with Susanoo?

That was the village center, the most crucial part of the village!

But no one dared to say it to his face, only daring to whisper about it in private.

After all, Jinghuo Uchiha had caused the disturbance because his brother's eyes were gouged out.

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A brother is like a father, this is filial piety.

As a member of the Uchiha clan, no one dared to blame Uchiha Jinghuo for doing anything wrong.

They only dared to call him reckless.

While they hoped Sarutobi Hiruzen would be lenient in dealing with Uchiha Jinghuo, they first learned of what Shimura Danzō had done—gouging out the eyes of other Uchihas.

Recalling past events: the Nine-Tails' attack, the Nine-Tails' rumors, the war between Kumogakure and Iwagakure, the Kumogakure agreement...

They felt a glimmer of hope and rushed out of the clan compound, informing the villagers of the "truth" they knew, hoping to clear the villagers' misunderstandings about the Uchiha clan.

"On the night of the Nine-Tails' attack, it wasn't that we Uchihas didn't go, but we were stopped and ordered to protect the villagers."

"The Nine-Tails' rampage has nothing to do with us Uchihas. If our Sharingan could control tailed beasts, why wouldn't we control weaker ones than the Nine-Tails?"

"During the war between Konoha and Kumogakure and Iwagakure, we Uchihas were at the forefront, suffering heavy casualties, yet no one knew."

"The disappearance of the Kumogakure envoy's leader during the Kumogakure armistice agreement has nothing to do with us Uchihas."

"These were all done by Shimura Danzō! He deceived the villagers and concealed the Uchiha clan's war merits just to isolate the Uchiha clan so he could gouge out our Sharingan!"

The villagers were greatly surprised.

Under the expectant gazes of the Uchiha conservative faction, they asked a question that left them stunned.

"Who is Danzō?"

"Shimura Danzō? From the Shimura clan?"

"Is there such a person?"

"What does he look like?"

The Uchiha conservative faction was dumbfounded.

No one knew who Shimura Danzō was?

The villagers hostile towards the Uchihas sneered disdainfully.

"The Uchihas are trying to trick us again."

"If violent enforcement doesn't work, you'll resort to softer tactics?"

"At least make your lies believable."

"Exactly! And you even made up a non-existent person!"

"This is clearly a guilty conscience; it's obviously fake!"

The Uchiha conservative faction was indignant and split into three groups.

The first group continued to explain to the villagers while also seeking out the village elders to inquire about Shimura Danzō's existence.

An elder scratched his head and said, "There should be such a person. He was the Second Hokage's guard, wasn't he dead?"

The Uchiha conservative faction grew anxious.

"How do you know he's dead?"

"We haven't seen him in so many years; what else could it be but death?" the elder retorted.

"Hahahaha!" The villagers pointed at them, holding their stomachs and laughing heartily.

The Uchiha conservative faction was ridiculed by the villagers, but they didn't give up, wanting to find proof of Shimura Danzō's existence.

However, as an Anbu within the Anbu, hidden deep within Konoha's Root, how could there be any evidence of his existence left behind?

The second group went to families like the Nara and Aburame, hoping they would help confirm Shimura Danzō's existence.

The clan heads of the Nara, Aburame, and other families naturally politely declined.

What a joke. If the Uchiha clan wanted to cause trouble with Shimura Danzō, why drag their families into it?

But the Uchiha conservative faction had finally seen a glimmer of hope and was unwilling to give up.

Therefore, after approaching all the families and being politely rejected by each, they went back again, intending to make a second attempt.

They didn't believe they couldn't get through to even one of them.

But before the third attempt could begin, they realized they couldn't get through to any of them.

This was because some families simply closed their doors, while others directly told them to get lost.

This made the Uchiha conservative faction's faces darken, and they felt lost, unsure of the meaning of their own existence.

In the end, they could only place their hopes on the other two groups.

But upon finding the first group and learning that they had also made no progress, their anxiety grew.

They could only search for the third group together.