Five Years Pass

Returning home, Tianqi looked at the system's six thousand points and decided not to use them for now.

He'd just save them up.

Thus, five years passed with intermittent training and missions. Tianqi finally grew up, his strength reaching Elite Jonin. However, his Sharingan remained at three tomoe. Looking at his remaining twenty thousand points and then at the Mangekyo Sharingan in the system store, which cost a hundred thousand points, Tianqi sighed.

It's been five years, why can't I save points? Every time I got some, I used them to exchange for ninjutsu. Now I have no shortage of ninjutsu, but my Sharingan is completely useless. I'm an Uchiha, and my specialty isn't ninjutsu, taijutsu, or genjutsu, but dōjutsu!

An Uchiha without Mangekyo isn't a true powerhouse.

Just as Tianqi was lost in thought, a voice came from outside the door: "Tianqi, the Clan Head wants to see you. Hurry over."

"Got it," Tianqi pondered the reason Uchiha Qingyang was looking for him. He wondered what that old guy wanted. He finally finished a mission and had only been resting for a few days before this happened.

Entering the Security Division, Tianqi pushed open the door to the meeting room and saw a dense crowd. Several elders were also present. Everyone seated was a Jonin, not a single Chunin or Genin.

"Tianqi is here, come sit, come sit." Seeing Tianqi enter, Uchiha Qingyang directly beckoned him to a seat. Tianqi didn't stand on ceremony and sat down.

Seeing Tianqi take a seat without any hesitation, no one voiced any objections. They didn't dare. The current Tianqi was no longer the one anyone could mock.

As soon as Tianqi sat down, an Elder nodded at him with a smile. Tianqi nodded in response. Once everyone was seated, Uchiha Qingyang began.

"You must all be curious why I've called you here today."

Everyone nodded.

"The Second Raikage of Kumogakure has made a desperate gamble, deploying over a thousand ninja to launch a war against our Konoha."

Listening to the Clan Head speak, some hot-tempered clan members spoke up.

"What! How dare the Second Raikage! The First Hokage gave them tailed beasts and signed a peace treaty with them!"

"Has the Second Raikage gone mad? Launching a war rashly will result in so many deaths!"

"Without the deterrence of Hashirama Senju and Madara, the peace treaty is worthless. Madara said long ago that only by unifying the ninja world can peace be achieved, but no one listened. Now look." The Elder also chimed in. He was a loyal follower of Madara and would speak for him whenever he had the chance.

"Uchiha Madara is a thing of the past, and he defected. Now you're still speaking for Uchiha Madara, do you also want to defect from Konoha!" the Second Elder spoke up, and the other elders nodded in agreement. They were all supporters of the Moderate Faction and definitely sided with the Second Elder.

"You scoundrel! Traitor! Without Madara, do you think you Uchiha would have been able to live in Konoha!" The Elder slammed the table and shouted.

Listening to the elders, members of both factions stood up and looked at each other warily, as if they would fight if the elders gave the word.

Only Tianqi remained expressionless, sitting quietly and watching.

Seeing the two factions on the verge of conflict, Clan Head Uchiha Qingyang spoke.

"Enough. I called you here to inform you of something, not to hold a debate for former Clan Heads. Sit down, everyone, and let me finish."

Hearing the Clan Head's words, everyone sat down.

Seeing that everyone was seated, Uchiha Qingyang slowly began.

"Due to the Cloud Ninja launching this war, the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama has issued an order to draw elite ninja from each clan to gather a thousand to fight the Cloud Ninja."

"Everyone, go back and inform your families after this meeting. All Genin, Chunin, and Jonin will be deployed. I hear the Senju clan is also deploying their entire force. This time, I will definitely showcase the Uchiha's strength, surpass the Senju, and gain influence within the village."

Hearing Uchiha Qingyang's words, Tianqi showed a look of understanding. No wonder the Uchiha would be so weak later on. It turns out they went all out in the first and second wars, and most of their experts died in battle, making them vulnerable to Danzo later.

Uchiha Qingyang turned to look at Tianqi, "As for Tianqi, you are one of the few experts in the clan. I hope you can make a name for yourself in this war. With you and Kagami, we Uchiha will surely return to the center of political power."

Tianqi didn't speak, he just nodded. He really couldn't bear to tell Uchiha Qingyang that the Second Hokage would never let the Uchiha enter the center of power, nor would the future leader of Root.

After the meeting, Tianqi stopped the Elder who was about to leave, gesturing with his eyes that he had something to say. Then, the two walked to the Elder's house together.

Inside the Elder's room.

"Young Clan Head, what is it that you had to say that couldn't wait until after the meeting and had to be said at my house?"

"Elder, I hope the Militant Faction can preserve its strength in this ninja war. Fight as much as you can if you can win, but retreat if you can't. Let other clans and village ninja take the lead in risky situations."

"Young Clan Head, why is this? Why should we miss such a good opportunity to make a name for ourselves?" The Elder didn't understand Tianqi's words and directly asked his doubts.

"Elder, the Senju clan are the direct lineage of the Hokage, they have no choice but to fight with all their might. What about us Uchiha? Why should we also go all out? Do we really have to follow what that idiot Uchiha Qingyang said?"

"Surpassing the Senju with Kagami and myself will give us influence? Don't be naive. As long as Tobirama Senju exists, the Uchiha will never have a chance to rise."

"Since we can't stop Uchiha Qingyang from going crazy, we should take care of our own people. Preserving our strength is the most important thing right now. Do you understand, Elder?"

After Tianqi finished speaking, the Elder fell silent for a moment. Once he understood, he nodded.

"I understand, Young Clan Head. I will pass down this message."

Seeing that the Elder understood, Tianqi left. As soon as he got home, a messenger from the Hokage arrived.

"Uchiha Tianqi, the Hokage wishes to see you. Come with me." After speaking, the messenger jumped onto the wall and left. Tianqi followed.

As soon as he arrived below the Hokage's building, he ran into Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Yo, Tianqi, you're here too. You've heard about the recent events, right?"

"Just heard. You just got married to Biwako, why aren't you at home enjoying your honeymoon? How do you have time to come to the Hokage's building?" That's right, Sarutobi got married, and to a commoner.

Sarutobi scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "It's just that the Second Lord issued an order, so I have no choice but to come. Don't cause trouble with the Second Lord again this time. This concerns the survival of the village. You should know the gravity of the situation, right?"

Tianqi nodded. "Don't worry. I usually just bicker with the old man. I know what to do in important matters like this."

Over the past five years, he had met Tobirama Senju many times, but each encounter ended unhappily.

The two pushed open the door to the meeting room and saw a group of experts gathered around Tobirama Senju, discussing something over a map of the ninja world.

"I'm not late, am I?" Everyone in the conference room turned to look at Sarutobi and the other person.

"Monkey, you've come at the perfect time. Hurry over," Tobirama Senju seemed to completely ignore Tianqi, pulling Sarutobi to the map and speaking.

Tianqi didn't pay attention to Tobirama either, turning and walking to the map to look.

"Monkey, according to the ANBU's intel, ever since Kumogakure declared war on us, Iwagakure and Kirigakure have also declared war. The specific reasons are unknown. The ninja world is in chaos, with only the weakest Sunagakure not participating."

"Isn't that even better? We only need to defend against Sunagakure and can fight the Cloud Ninja with our full strength. Are there any other problems?" Sarutobi asked, looking confused.

"Sarutobi, the Hokage is currently worried about Kirigakure and Iwagakure. They've only declared war so far and haven't actually started fighting. Who knows if they'll launch a surprise attack while we're dealing with Kumogakure?" Danzo answered Sarutobi's question.