The "Elite Ninja" Policy's True Orthodoxy Was Actually with the Uchiha Clan

In fact, that was indeed the case.

The Uchiha clan was perfectly fine.

Even without mentioning the presence of Hashirama Senju, which made Tobirama Senju's desire to wipe them out impossible to achieve.

Even if Hashirama Senju chose not to intervene.

Tobirama Senju had no moral standing to do so.

Because Konoha was founded by both clans.

At least, that was the public consensus.

When Madara Uchiha left, not a single person from the Uchiha clan followed him, nor did anyone participate in his return to battle.

Your older brother snatched the position of Hokage for himself.

That alone meant he lacked any moral justification.

Although the other clans in Konoha supported Hashirama Senju as Hokage during the village's founding, that was merely because they disliked Madara Uchiha.

It did not mean your position as Hokage was legitimate!

When both sides established the village, it was agreed that Madara Uchiha would be Hokage. Every clan leader knew this; they only disagreed because they disliked Madara Uchiha and were swayed by the secret promises of benefits from Tobirama Senju.

But that does not mean they would sit by and watch you exterminate the Uchiha clan!

After all, if you became Hokage and proceeded to slaughter other innocent clans, wouldn't it be inevitable that one day, your Hokage clan would turn their blades on us?

You must understand.

The reason so many ninja clans joined Konoha in the beginning, aside from the overwhelming strength of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha that made resistance impossible, was largely due to the symbolic significance of two thousand-year-old rival clans reconciling.

It represented that for the sake of a better future, no matter how deep the hatred, it could be easily set aside when the time came.

This constraint of great morality symbolized the legitimacy of Konoha's founding. Even if the ninja clans here didn't grasp the strict implications, they understood the gravity of it.

Once that was lost.

It would mean the original morality was nothing but a lie.

The so-called peaceful coexistence and unity were merely fabrications by Hashirama Senju's clan to enslave the others!

This would be an extremely serious political fraud.

It would be enough to make every clan in Konoha turn against the Senju clan.

After all, no matter how much people disliked the Uchiha clan, they never deceived everyone with a double-faced act.

But you tricked everyone into coming here just to treat them like dogs.

Which of these is more serious?

Which is more detestable? It goes without saying.

Therefore.

The Uchiha clan would not face any trouble at all.

If you dared to kill them, Konoha would dare to fall apart.

Perhaps you, Hashirama Senju, are powerful enough that they cannot resist in the short term and will submit in humiliating silence.

But you, Hashirama Senju, are only human; you will die!

After you die, a great reckoning will surely come.

Tobirama Senju was not brain-dead.

He would not be like his four future disciples, who ignored everything and squandered their own foundation.

Naturally, he could see the hidden dangers in this.

Therefore.

As a master of schemes and plots, the little maneuvers Tobirama Senju made were certainly not intended to exterminate the Uchiha.

They were merely meant to apply some pressure.

To force the Uchiha clan's hand.

To make them offer an "explanation" so he could establish his authority.

Faced with this situation, some members of the Uchiha clan used the excuse that their large-scale training of ninjas—an act almost equivalent to military expansion—might trigger a warning from the Senju clan. Having completely lost the power of Madara Uchiha and being unable to contend with Hashirama Senju, they argued it was better to show the clan's goodwill to Hashirama Senju, and thus they halted the program.

Of course, they still provided a reasonable verbal excuse: the clan had too many people, and those unsuited to be elite ninjas should be diverted to contribute to other areas of the clan.

So, who could become an elite ninja? And who should go to contribute to other areas of the clan?

The explanation given by the Uchiha elders was, naturally, based on the Uchiha clan's bloodline, distinguishing between the main line and the branch families.

Those with main-line blood were better able to awaken the Uchiha clan's Kekkei Genkai, the Sharingan.

For instance, their sons, grandsons, and various extended relatives—such people were, of course, to be prioritized for training.

As for the others, even if they spent a great deal of money to train them, there was no guarantee of a corresponding return.

Naturally, they were left to fend for themselves.

Of course, to avoid too much opposition within the clan, they could also appropriately select some geniuses from the clan.

Let them receive the same elite training!

Regarding this, Uchiha Tenshu saw through it at a glance back then: this was simply those damn clan higher-ups failing to act like human beings. Such behavior, while capable of quickly distinguishing the children of the elite from those at the bottom, directly severed the original unity of the Uchiha clan and marked the beginning of internal strife.

Unfortunately, no one else saw it.

The only one who did, Uchiha Tenshu, had no way to stand up and refute it. Otherwise, if he revealed even a trace, not to mention whether the Uchiha clan could make the right response, Uchiha Tenshu himself would certainly be exposed, drawing the attention of Tobirama Senju—the man who killed his father—to the fact that a son of his enemy still remained.

In the end, almost no one stood up to oppose this policy.

Many people truly felt that in this relatively peaceful village, being able to go and do other more profitable things was a better way out.

After all, it was only natural that the direct bloodline possessed better talent, wasn't it? And for themselves, since they couldn't become elite ninjas, they might as well choose other paths to earn more money.

Thus.

The Uchiha clan established this incredibly brain-dead "elite ninja" policy.

Hmm!

It was decades ahead of the future actions of the Sunagakure Shinobi.

Uchiha Tenshu was so angry he almost laughed!

Even the branch families of the Uchiha clan had to be specially selected before they could undergo elite ninja training.

Not to mention the children of those original affiliated ninja clans!

They were kicked out of the unified ninja training program entirely.

As for the children of these affiliated ninja clans.

It wasn't that they couldn't become ninjas.

They could just go back home and be raised like stray dogs!

As for whether spending huge costs to cultivate only ninjas from the direct bloodline while leaving others to fend for themselves would affect the Uchiha clan's combat power.

Uchiha Ming, serving as the Second Elder, gave the reason that since the entire Ninja World was now at peace, the Uchiha clan no longer needed to maintain such a large number of combat ninjas!

They should put more energy into other areas to obtain more benefits from the village.

Regarding this, Uchiha Tenshu raged inwardly: Uchiha Ming, go to hell.

At this point!

Uchiha Tenshu finally understood exactly which bastard was causing trouble behind this series of changes in the clan.

It went without saying.

It was this Second Elder, Uchiha Ming!

Because this piece of trash.

Had a son named Kagami Uchiha.

In the future, he would be taken as a disciple by Tobirama Senju.

Even now, he was being kept by his side for training under the pretext of easing tensions with the Uchiha clan.

His son received excellent training, so he didn't care if others lived or died, blocking their paths and refusing to let them move forward.

This piece of shit Uchiha Ming.

Sooner or later, I will kill his entire family.

Uchiha Tenshu swore through gritted teeth.

Because, in this screening process.

Uchiha Tenshu was highly likely to be weeded out.

Born into a branch of the Uchiha.

Parents both dead, with no power or influence.

Without any backing or support.

If they were to select children from the branch members for training.

How could he possibly compete with those branch members who had Jonin parents!

This meant he would be left to fend for himself.

Uchiha Tenshu could never accept such a fate.

Back then, he knew that a few years later, after Hashirama Senju died, Tobirama Senju would inherit the position of Second Hokage.

By then, he would surely guard against and suppress the Uchiha clan even more strictly. Once the current training opportunity was lost, there would likely be no better way to cultivate his strength in the future.

Coupled with the potential Ninja World Wars, if he couldn't improve his strength now, he would be nothing but cannon fodder on the battlefield, waiting for death.

Unless he was completely unprepared.

And chose to defect blindly to become a rogue ninja.

Naturally, Uchiha Tenshu could not just accept his fate like that.

And so, a series of operations that could be called "bizarre" in the Ninja World began to unfold...