The Senju Must Fall, the Uchiha Must Rise

Seigetsu Senju went to report with the garrison captain, while Kawadera Uchiha found a large tree and leaned against it to rest.

There were quite a few Konoha shinobi nearby. Having more people around gave him a sense of security.

Some noise drifted into Kawadera's ears on the wind.

"Look! That clan crest on him is the Uchiha Clan's fan, isn't it?"

"It really is! Why isn't an Uchiha cowering in the village's Police Force?"

"Who knows? It's so safe being a turtle in the Police Force. They don't even have to leave the village."

"You see that expression on his face with his eyes closed? Arrogant as hell."

Kawadera Uchiha moved his head slightly, and the two voices fell silent in fright.

He felt annoyed. He had no control over who he reincarnated as, yet he was getting cursed at for no reason just because of his surname.

I'm an Uchiha being trained by Tobirama Senju. In front of Tobirama Senju, I love Konoha to death.

Thud!

From behind the tree came the sound of a shuriken piercing the trunk.

He spotted a shuriken lodged in the trunk behind him. Two steel wires, one long and one short, were wrapped around it. It looked like a stray shuriken from a failed practice throw.

However, Kawadera Uchiha could understand it. The lengths of those two wires represented a secret code used for covert communication within the Uchiha Clan.

The shinobi force of over a thousand continued toward the Land of Fire's border, where they began setting up a temporary camp.

Following the code represented by the wires, Kawadera Uchiha arrived three hundred meters southeast of the camp's center.

A watchtower had just been erected there, and no squad had yet been assigned to it.

An Uchiha shinobi stepped out from behind the watchtower.

"Brother Ishiya?"

The newcomer was Ishiya Uchiha, a Three Tomoe Uchiha jōnin whose eye bags were larger than his eyes.

"Address me by my title when we are outside the clan grounds."

"Sorry, Jōnin Ishiya."

Kawadera Uchiha hurriedly opened his Sea of Consciousness so Tobirama Senju could hear their conversation.

He had a feeling something stimulating to Tobirama Senju was about to happen.

Ishiya Uchiha said, "Kawadera, the clan and I used some methods to get you assigned to Seigetsu Senju's squad. How are things between you and Seigetsu Senju?"

"Jōnin Ishiya, I have already gained Seigetsu Senju's initial trust. I am confident that over the next few missions, Seigetsu Senju will keep bringing me along and make me a permanent member of the squad."

"Good. Very good." Even Ishiya Uchiha's drooping eye bags seemed to shrink a little, and he looked far more spirited as he said,

"War is a disaster, but it is also an opportunity.

"The clan head said that the Second Shinobi World War is a disaster for Konoha, but it may be an opportunity for the Uchiha Clan.

"Just as countless Uchiha ancestors won countless wars before us, we must seize everything that is rightfully ours.

"The Senju Hokage brothers are dead. The position of Hokage must belong to the Uchiha Clan!"

Kawadera Uchiha's eyes burned with fervor as he hastily said,

"The Senju must fall, the Uchiha must rise!

"What the hell is Hiruzen Sarutobi? What gives him the right to sit in the Hokage's seat? Hiruzen Sarutobi must die, and we—"

Ishiya Uchiha quickly stepped forward and covered Kawadera Uchiha's mouth.

Damn it. How had I not noticed before that this kid was such a reckless extremist?

There were too many extremists like this in the clan. Only people like Ishiya, who had infiltrated ordinary Konoha squads, could clearly recognize the village's strength. Kawadera Uchiha was still too green.

The clan might be arrogant, but all they wanted was to send either the clan head or young clan head to the position of Fourth Hokage.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Ishiya Uchiha looked around, confirmed that no other shinobi were nearby, and hurriedly said,

"We never planned to drag the Third Hokage down. All we want is the position of Fourth Hokage.

"Hiruzen Sarutobi is the Hero of the Shinobi and the Professor of Ninjutsu. We are merely proud, not suicidal."

With his mouth covered, Kawadera Uchiha blinked repeatedly to show that he understood.

Gaining Seigetsu Senju's trust was difficult. Seigetsu Senju happened to know her stuff and recognized the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.

But gaining the Uchiha Clan's trust was simple. He had the Sharingan, so the other Uchiha would trust him.

Could there really be an Uchiha shinobi who did not care about the clan and instead wanted to wipe out his own clan? Wouldn't that make him a beast?

Ishiya Uchiha said, "Kawadera, your responsibility is to get close to the Senju Clan, continue gathering intelligence on them, and report to me regularly!"

"Please rest assured, Jōnin Ishiya. I will absolutely complete the mission with both quality and quantity guaranteed!"

Ishiya Uchiha nodded repeatedly. Like the extremist Uchiha, Kawadera Uchiha was utterly devoted to the clan.

"Do not expose yourself. Be extremely careful. It was not easy for me to cultivate you."

The two parted ways.

On his way back, Kawadera Uchiha said to Tobirama Senju within his Sea of Consciousness,

"Second Hokage, the Uchiha Clan is stirring. They are preparing to make grand moves by taking advantage of the Second Shinobi World War."

Tobirama Senju asked, "Aren't your eyes able to see through the future? Tell me, what did you see?"

"What I saw... that scene was terrifying... The Uchiha Clan and Konoha fought to the death, and one side was completely destroyed in the end!"

"So Konoha truly was destroyed by the Uchiha Clan!"

Tobirama Senju instinctively regarded Konoha as the victim. Since he was always thinking about Konoha, he imagined it being destroyed by the Uchiha Clan, with even Hokage Rock shattered all over the ground.

Kawadera Uchiha had not lied to him. Konoha and the Uchiha Clan truly did see one side completely annihilated. It was simply the Uchiha Clan that was wiped out first.

A moment later, Tobirama Senju said, "I am issuing you an A-rank mission. Find a way to notify the village that the Uchiha Clan intends to use the Second Shinobi World War to commit treachery, perhaps even destroy the village."

"I refuse!"

Tobirama Senju paused, then said, "I did not expect someone like you to be loyal to your clan. Do you truly regard the Uchiha Clan as the softest place in your heart?"

"What are you talking about? How could I possibly be loyal to the Uchiha Clan? As long as the price is right, I would sell out the Uchiha Clan faster than anyone."

"Then I will upgrade this mission to S-rank. The reward will be a forbidden technique!"

"Even if the reward is three forbidden techniques, I refuse!" Kawadera Uchiha said.

"The moment I inform on them, I will definitely die.

"The village higher-ups are not good people who care for their subordinates. They might deliberately leak the news and claim that an Uchiha shinobi exposed the Uchiha Clan's plans.

"If the Uchiha Clan cannot deal with Konoha, can they not deal with one informant?

"Unless... one of your forbidden techniques is the Flying Thunder God Technique."

After all that buildup, he finally revealed his true goal.

The Flying Thunder God Technique could help him withstand pursuit from either the village or the clan, allowing him to remain invincible.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Tobirama Senju immediately refused.

"The Flying Thunder God Technique carries immense strategic significance. It cannot be granted to you merely for an S-rank mission."

Since Tobirama Senju had chosen to use missions to keep Kawadera Uchiha on the hook and help Konoha through those missions, he needed to plan his mission rewards carefully and make them last. He could not give away a forbidden technique like the Flying Thunder God Technique right from the start.

Among the forbidden techniques Tobirama Senju possessed, the Flying Thunder God Technique ranked at least among the top two. No one understood its power better than Tobirama Senju.

Kawadera Uchiha was deeply disappointed. After talking for so long, he had achieved nothing.

"Second Hokage, you can keep that S-rank mission to yourself. I will not accept it anyway."

Who did not have a few tricks up their sleeve?

Keep stirring things up, then! Stir things up until Konoha loses the Shinobi World War; stir things up until the village falls into chaos. Even if Konoha is about to perish, I will not die alongside you.

Kawadera Uchiha ran straight into Seigetsu Senju and immediately dragged her into a tent off to the side that had just been set up and had not yet been assigned to a squad.

"Captain Xingyue! An Uchiha jōnin just contacted me and ordered me to gather intelligence on the Senju Clan for the family. The Uchiha Clan may be planning something major!"

"What?!"

Seigetsu Senju stared at Kawadera in shock.

Within the Sea of Consciousness, Tobirama Senju was extremely shocked to hear Kawadera Uchiha's words.

He had thought Kawadera Uchiha would keep the Uchiha Clan's secret, but Kawadera Uchiha had sold out Ishiya Uchiha just like that.

"Why did you warn Xingyue?"

"The Senju Clan is the Senju Clan, and the village is the village. They are entirely different. Besides, rescuing Nawaki Senju is an S-rank mission. You said that if I saved Nawaki Senju, you would give me a forbidden technique."

The Senju Clan was in grave danger, but they would not threaten him for the time being. Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō in the village were a different matter.

"Fine, but forbidden techniques are precious. You cannot choose. You will take whichever forbidden technique I give you."

"I will not choose, but I have one condition: it cannot be the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique."

Tobirama Senju had not expected his thoughts to be exposed so quickly.

As expected, he was an innately evil Uchiha brat!