Uchiha Clan's Daily Insult to the Hokage

Konohagakure, Uchiha clan compound.

Inside an antique study, an old man and a young man sat facing each other.

Uchiha Setsuna, the Great Elder of the ninja world's premier noble clan, looked with satisfaction at his handsome grandson, who possessed sharp, sword-like brows and star-bright eyes, and spoke slowly.

"Ren, that monkey Sarutobi has convened another meeting of the jonin. It seems the Senju faction is on the verge of collapse at the front lines."

This man, with his sinister and arrogant expression, was nearly sixty years old, yet he spoke of the Third Hokage of Konohagakure—one of the five great ninja villages—without a shred of respect.

As he spoke, clear disdain and contempt flickered in his eyes.

He snorted coldly, "If the position of Hokage had fallen to our Uchiha clan, we would never have allowed the other villages to act so recklessly! What an incompetent fool!"

"If it weren't for Uzumaki Mito being so headstrong back then, we should have dragged that monkey Sarutobi and his cronies to the interrogation room. Who knows? Maybe that evil Senju Tobirama was killed by them in the first place!"

At this, Uchiha Setsuna sneered, "The Second Hokage died in battle, yet the elite guard that was supposed to protect him returned to the village unscathed after being pursued by Kumogakure, and one of them even became the Third Hokage!"

"The dignified position of Hokage, passed around privately by the Senju faction—it is utterly ridiculous, absolutely outrageous!"

The position of Hokage in Konohagakure is decided by a list of recommendations drafted by the upper echelons, followed by a vote from all active-duty jonin in the village, and finally confirmed by the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

Unfortunately, the Uchiha, who were openly suppressed by the Senju faction, could not even cross the threshold of the first stage, despite their illustrious strength.

So, when you're out in the world, you can't just beat everyone up with "ora ora" energy; you still have to consider your background.

Watching his grandfather engage in his daily routine of insulting the Hokage, Uchiha Ren was long accustomed to it.

He slowly picked up his teacup, his expression showing that the words were going in one ear and out the other.

He took a light sip of tea, his black-and-white eyes gazing at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window, and he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Or, to be more precise, he had entered the space of his Sharingan, which had manifested due to his transmigration and could be considered his golden finger.

There were no reference points here; in the void where up, down, left, and right were indistinguishable, only a Cyan-White Stone Gate stood tall.

The doors of the stone gate were tightly shut, and there were no extra decorations on them, giving off an air of antiquity and solemnity.

"The great war is coming; I hope I can fish out something good today!"

Uchiha Ren, familiar with the process, pressed his hand against the gate while channeling his own Sharingan chakra into it.

A dim light flickered across the doors, and winding patterns emerged, connecting head to tail, with faint, blurry characters visible between them.

"Ever since I awakened my Sharingan, I've been pouring chakra into this stone gate for over ten years, but there is still a long way to go before I can truly open it."

Uchiha Ren sighed inwardly as he looked at the ancient patterns on the gate.

Having lived two lives, he had awakened his Sharingan at the age of six, and now he was eighteen.

Relying on his Kage-level strength, he had become one of the leaders of the younger generation in his clan.

At the same time, by pouring his Sharingan chakra into the gate day and night, the patterns had already covered more than half of the door panels.

However, at the current rate, it would take at least another ten years for the patterns to spread across the entire gate.

"Only by evolving my Sharingan into a Mangekyo Sharingan and possessing more, higher-quality chakra can I speed up the process."

As Uchiha Ren pondered, the stone gate emitted a faint glow, which then condensed into a bubble that floated before his eyes.

Scanning it, he could see an interesting item floating inside.

In appearance, it was a slim, sexy woman wearing a tight skirt.

However, the woman was covered in blood, her eyeballs were hanging from their sockets, and a large chunk of flesh had been bitten off her neck.

Her limbs were twisting and struggling, and she opened her bloody mouth to let out a silent hiss.

"I didn't expect a zombie to show up. I really don't know what kind of surprises this will bring me once the gate is truly opened."

Although Uchiha Ren had long known that the items obtained from the stone gate were entirely up to fate and completely unreliable.

At first, he would pull out things like trashy romance novels or weeds from the roadside, but as his Sharingan tomoe upgraded, the things appearing in the bubbles gradually became more practical.

For example, a Nichirin Sword from the world of Demon Slayer, or magic from the world of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End that he could learn and activate using his mutated Sharingan chakra.

So far, aside from living creatures, he could pull out all sorts of miscellaneous things.

But the randomness was too high, which meant that the things the stone gate had produced over the years hadn't been of much direct help to Uchiha Ren.

He couldn't achieve what his fellow transmigrators did—becoming a jonin at three, a Kage at five, and stepping into the Six Paths realm at seven.

To get something good, it was purely a matter of luck.

[Item: Corpse]

[Evaluation: A corpse from another world; only the genetic virus in its body has some slight value]

[Origin: Highschool of the Dead]

"Tch, Highschool of the Dead. If I had a capable research team in my hands, this might actually come in handy."

"If it shares a world view with Resident Evil or even Infinite Flow, I could extract the T-Virus and unlock the human Gene Lock—that would be a massive profit."

Glancing over the information provided by the bubble, Uchiha Ren's eyes flickered.

In his mind, he ran through the names of those exceptionally brilliant scientists and medical experts in the ninja world.

He temporarily set aside the idea of drawing blood from the zombie to find someone to test the evolution, placing the bubble containing the zombie to one side.

After the daily draw concluded, Uchiha Ren's consciousness returned to his body, where he saw his grandfather, having finished his daily routine of insulting the Hokage, moisten his throat with tea before casting his slightly clouded gaze upon him.

He spoke after a moment of consideration, "After the Jonin meeting concluded, that monkey Sarutobi held a private meeting with the clan head, hoping for our clan to head to the eastern front to guard against the restless Kirigakure. Ren, what is your take on this?"

"My take?"

Uchiha Ren pondered for a moment, then asked in return, "That depends on what our clan's demands are and what kind of situation we will be facing."

"Oh? Let's hear it."

Uchiha Setsuna let out a low chuckle, his eyes burning as he looked at his fine grandson.

Strong in strength, capable in means, and quick-witted.

He was leagues ahead of the dull-looking Uchiha Fugaku from the clan head's household.

That indecisive brat is hardly worthy of standing in the way of Ren becoming the clan head; how laughable! Uchiha Setsuna thought with disdain.

My grandson has the makings of a clan head!

But upon hearing Uchiha Ren's next words, the slight upward curve of his lips sank.

"Grandfather, as long as Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others who have had their minds poisoned by Senju Tobirama remain in the Konohagakure high command, our clan's long-cherished wish to become the Hokage will never be realized."

Noticing the Great Elder's face twitch slightly, Uchiha Ren remained composed, paused, and continued.

"Therefore, rather than pursuing the unrealistic position of Hokage, it would be better to seize every benefit that Sarutobi Hiruzen is willing to offer."

"The strengthening of the clan is far more important than the castle in the air that is the position of Hokage!"