A Chance to Beat the White-Eyed Wolf!

[Shocking! A man and a woman did something astonishing over an object. Was it a distortion of human nature, or a collapse of morality?]

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It sounded shocking.

But in reality, it was referring to what Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura had done to get their hands on the box.

Naturally, a box important enough to earn such attention from two elder advisers would draw immense interest from the villagers. Someone would soon explain what information was in the scrolls inside.

As soon as the box was brought back to the Konoha Military Police Force, White Dove would spread the rumors.

After all, the villagers hadn't seen what happened next. They were naturally more willing to believe the truth they wanted to hear.

What could be more shocking than the truth that two elder advisers had conspired with the Cloud Ninja and sold out the village's intelligence?

"Wait!"

Before White Dove could leave with his people, a voice made him furrow his brow.

And this was someone he simply couldn't ignore.

Uchiha Fugaku!

He had arrived with Uchiha Itachi.

Seeing the atmosphere at the scene, Uchiha Fugaku finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At least they hadn't started fighting.

If they had, it would have become a huge problem.

"White Dove, what are you doing?"

Uchiha Fugaku was obviously asking a question he already knew the answer to.

As Police Force Captain, he had naturally received the report right away. At first, he hadn't taken the matter seriously, but after learning that Uchiha White Dove had gotten involved and clashed with the two elder advisers, he hurried over.

"Captain, while searching the fire scene, we found a 'suspicious' object in a hidden compartment!"

White Dove took the initiative to explain.

"Is that so... Then hand it over to me."

Uchiha Fugaku held out his hand.

Clearly, he planned to take the object and hand it to the two elder advisers. That way, the matter would have nothing to do with the Konoha Military Police Force afterward.

And White Dove would lose his chance to smear them.

"Captain Fugaku, do you understand what you're doing?"

White Dove asked, emphasizing each word.

He'd known what kind of person Fugaku was for a long time, so he'd never held out much hope.

This was a chance to strike at the village's leadership.

The Uchiha were always shouting about rebellion, which meant the village leadership stood in their way.

And now, instead of taking the opportunity to kick them while they were down, Fugaku wanted to help them out?

Was he going to turn around and shout "Zongcheng" at the village leadership, too?

"...Of course I do!"

Uchiha Fugaku's voice was bitter.

He understood perfectly well. He just had no other choice.

"The Konoha Military Police Force isn't a tool for you to take the blame and clean up after the village leadership. You're unworthy of the name Uchiha!"

White Dove took the opportunity to speak his mind.

Yes, he had enough to say about the dim-witted Uchiha Fugaku to go on for days. Now that he had the chance, he was going to let it all out.

Man, trash-talking really felt great. No wonder the heroes in movies always traded taunts before a big fight.

There was nothing like standing on the moral high ground and tearing into someone. You had to experience it to understand.

"Uchiha White Dove!"

At a sharp shout, several Kunai shot toward White Dove's limbs like lightning.

The sudden turn of events made the tension at the scene spike.

But White Dove lightly waved his left hand behind him, signaling Tekka and Inabi not to move, while drawing his Ninja Blade with his right and swinging it.

Clang! Clang!

He easily knocked the Kunai aside.

But the Kunai had only been a diversion. The real attacker had already reached White Dove's back.

Whoosh!

The attacker was none other than Itachi, that White-Eyed Wolf.

He wouldn't have intervened if it had been anyone else.

But his target was White Dove, a man with dangerous ideas who had even come up with the "New Uchiha." No wonder Itachi couldn't sit still and had decided to act.

Itachi had just returned. He only knew that White Dove had turned the tables the previous night and started the New Uchiha. He didn't know the details.

He didn't even know that his own father had been defeated.

Though he was the clan leader's son, he was ostracized within the clan, so it wasn't strange that he was out of the loop.

After all, he never spoke to the other clan members, and he was always wearing a cold expression.

So even though he and Shisui were both Uchiha prodigies, the clan members might have been in awe of their talent, but that didn't mean they liked them.

White Dove, on the other hand, wasn't particularly talented—at least, he hadn't shown any talent before. But he was warm and kind, and he brought plenty of benefits to the clan. The clan members truly liked him.

So aside from the leadership's hostility, the ordinary clan members were genuinely eager for him to start the New Uchiha.

In Itachi's eyes, White Dove was only a Special Jōnin. He was someone Itachi could easily take down.

"Squad Leader White Dove, hand it over!"

There was a trace of "arrogance" in Itachi's tone that even he didn't notice.

He couldn't help it. In his eyes, everyone in the Uchiha Clan except Shisui and his younger brother Sasuke was narrow-minded and hostile. How could he respect them?

Perhaps that was why, after Shisui died, he slaughtered every Uchiha except his younger brother for the sake of the village.

A ruthless man like him had no hesitation about attacking White Dove, a dangerous element to the village who wanted to start the "New Uchiha."

"What if I don't hand it over...?"

Hearing the arrogant words behind him, White Dove simply shot back.

"Then don't blame me!"

Itachi attacked without hesitation.

And White Dove had wanted to beat this show-off for a long time.

He wore that gloomy, miserable expression all the time, as if the entire Uchiha Clan owed him something.

But the Uchiha Clan had done nothing wrong to him. If anything, they had treated him extremely well. As the clan leader's son, he had enjoyed a wealth of clan resources.

After all, even a prodigy needed abundant resources to grow. Without them, it wasn't easy.

Even a super-prodigy like Namikaze Minato had only begun to grow explosively after gaining access to the Uzumaki Clan's resources.

No one could grow without resources—unless they were an Otsutsuki.

So White Dove had long been fed up with Itachi, the ingrate who bit the hand that fed him.

He ate the Uchiha's food, then turned against the Uchiha.

The key was that the Uchiha Clan was only a little arrogant, yet they were reliable and trustworthy, both on the battlefield and in daily life.

It was hard not to feel bitter that such a clan had been driven to ruin by the leadership's suspicion and oppression.

And the "filial son" who had brought about that outcome naturally infuriated White Dove.

He hadn't had a chance to act before, but now that Itachi had delivered himself right to him, there was no way he'd let it pass.

Thud!

They began fighting with Taijutsu.

"Clan Leader Fugaku, you should evacuate the villagers nearby first," Mitokado Homura said to Uchiha Fugaku, who was about to stop the fight.

What a good opportunity!

This was their chance to confirm Uchiha White Dove's strength.

Though he had acted the previous night, the battle was already over by the time they arrived. They only knew that Uchiha Fugaku, the clan leader, had lost. They hadn't seen the fight itself.

Uchiha Fugaku's title, "Wicked Eye," had been earned on the battlefield, so he was certainly no weakling.

And yet he had still lost to Uchiha White Dove. How could they not take White Dove seriously?

They had even assigned Anbu to keep an eye on him.

Now that they had a chance to see his strength, there was no way they'd let anyone stop the fight.

"Exactly. If anyone nearby gets hurt, it'll be trouble," Utatane Koharu chimed in.

She was also hinting that if Uchiha Fugaku didn't evacuate the villagers, the Uchiha would be blamed if anything went wrong.

After all, they both had the Uchiha name.

Of course, she might also have been telling him not to interfere with the fight.

After a moment's hesitation, Uchiha Fugaku gritted his teeth and gave the order:

"Evacuate the crowd!"

By giving that order, he was also choosing not to stop the village from using his eldest son to test White Dove.

The villagers gathered around the street were evacuated, leaving the two room to fight.

"Damn it, I—!"

Just as Tekka was about to step forward, Inabi gently held him back.

"Trust White Dove," Uchiha Inabi reminded him quietly.

He had known White Dove for years and understood his style.

White Dove never acted without reason. When he did, he was confident he would win.

Just like the previous night, when he had defeated even Uchiha Fugaku. It would be even easier against Uchiha Itachi, who was two years younger.

And so, this Uchiha "civil war" began under the watchful eyes of the villagers and the village leadership.