Naruto: From Blood Extraction to the Sun of the Empire
Chapter 15

There Is Only One Truth

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There are some problems here.

If one were to infer based on the plot, there would be two possibilities.

The first possibility is this.

After Hashirama Senju passed away, during the process of Tobirama Senju succeeding him as Hokage, the Uchiha clan felt dissatisfied with this arrangement, thereby triggering internal strife.

However, the Uchiha clan is now accustomed to peaceful days; they have no reason to rebel.

Unless.

Tobirama Senju deliberately created conflict.

But he is not such a foolish person.

The other possibility is this.

After the First Shinobi World War ended, Tobirama Senju unfortunately died in battle. The Uchiha clan, having missed the position of Hokage once again, felt dissatisfied with Hiruzen Sarutobi succeeding to the post, so they began attempting to seize the Hokage seat.

Yet, for some reason, this struggle eventually devolved into an internal feud.

In the eyes of Uchiha Tenshu, this is the most likely reason.

After all, only the supreme position of Hokage could cause the Uchiha clan to harbor such insane thoughts and take such actions.

Especially for the Uchiha.

It carries immense significance.

After all, according to the promises made when the village was founded, the so-called Hokage should have been held by the Uchiha clan.

But the position was snatched away by Tobirama Senju, who was better at manipulating hearts and minds to win over the populace.

Coupled with the immense power of Hashirama Senju.

The Uchiha clan had essentially accepted this outcome.

However, when the Second Hokage was still someone from the Senju clan, the Uchiha clan began to feel dissatisfied.

Does it matter if the person serving as Hokage is not Tobirama Senju?

What matters is that someone from the Senju family is still in power.

It was clearly agreed that the two clans would jointly build the village and take turns serving as Hokage. As a result, you snatched the first Hokage position. Fine, Hashirama Senju was powerful and known as the God of Shinobi, so we, the Uchiha clan, accepted it.

But for the second Hokage to still be one of you? Isn't that just a lie? It should have been the Uchiha clan's turn!

Facing Hashirama Senju, the God of Shinobi, no one could muster the ability to resist, but facing you, Tobirama Senju, the Uchiha clan was truly not that afraid. Furthermore, losing the Hokage position twice in a row made the Uchiha clan feel insulted.

And the Uchiha clan happens to be a people with sensitive hearts.

The emotionally rich Uchiha clan will inevitably become extreme once they encounter emotional deception.

But if they were merely wronged in this way, while it wouldn't be enough to make the Uchiha clan risk the destruction of their family and give up their good lives to fight Tobirama Senju to the death, they would certainly never swallow such a grievance and act like cowards.

There should have been a process of protest!

"Hmm!"

Uchiha Tenshu suddenly thought of something.

"Right, it's Uchiha Setsuna, who hasn't been promoted to the upper echelons yet. In the original story, he seemed to be openly gathering people within the clan, plotting a so-called rebellion, but the final result was not only that nothing happened, but he was merely sentenced to imprisonment."

"And he was locked up in the prison of the Uchiha Police Force, which the Uchiha clan manages themselves. It was basically like living in his own home; there was no serious punishment at all!"

"It seems this was the signal the Uchiha clan gave to Tobirama Senju: if you don't provide a good explanation, then don't blame us if our Uchiha clan rebels."

In fact.

Tobirama Senju did indeed understand this signal given by the Uchiha clan, and he began to employ conciliatory measures.

According to the results in the original plot.

Tobirama Senju not only took Kagami Uchiha as his disciple but also created a police department for all matters in the village, handing it over to the Uchiha clan as a hereditary position to appease them.

Even if there were traps hidden within it, the power involved was a significant benefit, indicating that Tobirama Senju was also unwilling to fight the Uchiha clan to the death and let the village perish.

This also shows.

Up until this point, the Uchiha clan was safe.

Then.

The turning point.

Must have been the First Shinobi World War.

During the First Shinobi World War, the Senju clan suffered heavy losses, and their final top-tier ninja, Tobirama Senju, died in battle. This caused the power dynamic between the Uchiha and Senju clans within Konoha to instantly reverse. Even Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was temporarily appointed by Tobirama Senju, did not immediately become Hokage upon returning to the village; he was delayed for several years.

And during this period of time.

It is likely when the Uchiha clan began to fight for the Hokage position, gradually triggering internal chaos.

And the key factor in this lies in the exposure of the forbidden technique "Izanagi"!

"But, under the watch of Elder Uchiha Raimon, Izanagi only existed within our own clan; it would be impossible for such a forbidden technique to be leaked unless something happened that forced the Uchiha clan to use Izanagi, or..."

Uchiha Tenshu remained expressionless, but his heart was boiling with murderous intent. "Or, even without my existence, without having Elder Raimon stationed at the factory outside the village. Even without these conflicts of interest, Elder Raimon would still die, the Inheritance Scroll would be stolen, and it would be used by others to sow discord within the clan!"

With the plot from his past life and the experiences of his current one, Uchiha Tenshu quickly calculated everything in his mind.

After all, in the Genjutsu just now, Uchiha Tenshu had learned that the reason Elder Uchiha Raimon was able to return alive this time was because he had performed an Izanagi Transcription Seal on himself a year ago.

And the reason he had used this Transcription Seal went back to the matter of the Alcohol Factory. Because the factory was located outside the village, it required someone with formidable strength to oversee it, for fear that other clans or foreign spies might attempt to destroy or sabotage it, so Uchiha Raimon had taken charge personally.

Since it was close to Konoha, weak ninjas wouldn't dare to tweak the Uchiha's whiskers, and anyone who did come would inevitably be a powerful ninja. Uchiha Raimon, cautious from his days as a Warring States ninja, didn't believe such a powerhouse would lack a trump card of their own, so he had used one of his treasured Three-Tomoe Sharingan in advance.

It was precisely this use of the Sharingan that changed the outcome of Uchiha Raimon's inevitable death in the original history.

Otherwise!

Without the massive profits from the alcohol, Elder Raimon would not have been stationed outside the village, and without being stationed outside the village, he naturally would not have needed the Izanagi Transcription Seal to guard against enemies.

And once the Transcription Seal did not exist, Elder Raimon, having rashly heard news of the Millennium Spirit Herb and feeling anxious, would certainly have ventured out recklessly to search for it.

At that point, the result would have been inevitable.

Death...

And once Elder Raimon dies! Yukino probably won't be able to hold on any longer...

Uchiha Tenshu could foresee that after Elder Uchiha Raimon's death, the scroll would either be snatched by enemies or brought back to the clan by Uchiha search parties.

Judging from the plot of his past life, no matter which outcome occurred, this Izanagi scroll would inevitably appear in the hands of the Uchiha clan at the right moment, thereby triggering an internal civil war within the Uchiha.

The most crucial point, looking at who gained the greatest benefit and thus who was the true mastermind behind the scenes, was that there was basically no one else besides the Hokage lineage.

Coupled with the ambush by the Tsuchigumo clan, the "Konoha" allies, and the exposure of the clan's intelligence ninjas' information, it was clear.

Furthermore, the Uchiha clan's forbidden technique scroll could not be opened by anyone other than the Uchiha themselves.

Therefore, there is only one truth!

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