Early Responses

So it was said.

Faced with the sudden crisis, Uchiha Tenshu did not choose to sit and wait for death.

Instead, he immediately began to take action.

He could no longer afford to hide, intending to reveal his "early intelligence" and appropriately display some "talent" within the permissible range.

Thanks to the fact that Uchiha Tenshu was truly precocious, he had long since rallied a group of spirited youths around him.

Among them were several individuals worthy of his trust.

Consequently, certain plans and actions were able to unfold.

Otherwise, without these trusted little companions.

Even if he had revealed his talent, he might have left behind some loose ends, allowing others to trace the orchestration back to him.

But now.

He could resolve the very problems inherent in the situation.

Regarding this.

Even the current Uchiha Tenshu could not help but sigh: "In conducting oneself, one should make preparations early."

In his past life, he had been at the bottom of society, lacking any means to gather people who could help him. He could only drift with the tide, dealing with the difficulties that constantly arose before him, with no one to assist him.

But now.

A small, inadvertent action he had taken in the past was enough to resolve his current predicament.

It is no wonder that the existence of a transmigrator.

Is considered the greatest cheat code.

It is not without a certain logic.

Uchiha Tenshu thought to himself, and could not help but feel a sense of pride in the series of maneuvers he had executed back then!

At that time, with helpers to act, Uchiha Tenshu's clever little brain quickly formed some ideas and began to put them into practice.

As a transmigrator, he had once struggled and crawled through society, having suffered quite a bit. As someone who reflected on his actions, he often engaged in self-reflection, slowly pondering the sources of various social evils and the layouts of various enemies.

Occasionally, he would also read the so-called Heavenly Fang Divine Post.

To broaden his so-called knowledge.

Uchiha Tenshu summarized the clan's actions this time.

Naturally, he understood that although the mastermind behind the clan's actions this time was that inhuman beast, Tobirama Senju.

However, the Uchiha clan's "elite" ninja program itself exploited the darkness of human nature, conforming to the behaviors that would inevitably emerge from clan leadership in this era of hidden villages.

Because with the end of the Warring States period, the practice of centering everything on one's own clan and uniting the entire clan to fight against others—a matter involving life and death—had been greatly weakened by the village. Compared to before, when a lack of clan unity meant certain destruction, the current system was a mixture of private and public ownership.

Whether it was ninjutsu or resources, those capable rose, and those who were not fell. In the face of the entire clan's survival, there was no such thing as familial affection; everyone had to contribute everything they had, and in return, they could receive all the training the clan provided.

But at this moment, individual families, even if they broke away from the clan, would be protected by the village. Without the intense sense of crisis that every clan member used to feel, the process of complete privatization naturally began, opening up a "free mode."

Added to this was the fact that they had reached the stage of the first division of clan assets and the allocation of benefits.

And there were no strict means of individual supervision.

The old system had completely collapsed.

After all.

Whenever the clan wanted to punish its members, they would be questioned by that "goody-two-shoes" Hashirama Senju, and Tobirama Senju would take the opportunity to interfere in the internal affairs of various clans, unlike the Third Hokage of the future who allowed each clan absolute autonomy in their management.

If that was the case, then reverence was lost.

If you do not accept my management.

And cannot work with me to deal with external enemies.

Then why should I spend so much profit to buy you off?

Therefore, under the watchful eye of the world's strongest God of Shinobi in the village, the severity of the punishments clans meted out to their own members reached an all-time low. Yet, conversely, they were naturally unwilling to invest the clan's vast wealth into small individual families.

They were even more afraid of triggering Tobirama Senju's attention.

Lest he think they had ulterior motives.

Besides this.

The Land of Fire had enjoyed five years of peace.

Many children born recently basically did not have the concept of war in their field of vision; at most, there were only occasional ripples of trouble outside the Land of Fire.

This point had even influenced the adults.

With the sense of crisis diminished.

And the presence of spies within.

It was naturally impossible to follow the ways of the war era, placing all the clan's resources and focus on the war preparations that might be coming.

Not to mention whether the clan could withstand such a massive investment.

Even if they could bear the cost.

But the times had changed.

This was now the era of hidden villages.

It was an era where villages and ninja clans cooperated with one another.

The burden could no longer be borne solely by the clan.

Whether it was to show their sincerity to the village, or to ensure that if war arrived, the children of other families would be the ones sent to the battlefield while they remained safely at the center to command—it was all the same.

Even if the situation became critical.

Weren't there other clans to do the heavy lifting?

At the very worst, they still had the God of Shinobi!

Furthermore, the high-ranking members of the clan all wished to create a disparity between their own children and the children of others.

They all hoped that the Elder positions, which had been established for the Uchiha clan since the founding of Konoha, would continue to be passed down in the same way.

Without any unnecessary changes.

Therefore, to ensure the inheritance of their own power, they had to widen the gap between themselves and the ordinary members of the Uchiha clan.

After all, the Uchiha clan spoke through strength.

As long as their own strength remained superior to everyone else's, the Elder positions would forever belong to their own families.

So, how could they widen that gap?

Naturally, through the intensity of training.

This was a realistic world; a ninja could not simply hold a Chakra cultivation scroll and train their way to becoming a so-called top-tier ninja—that was the stuff of novels.

In the real world, various secret medicinal concoctions could accelerate cultivation and strengthen a ninja's foundation. Not to mention the various applications and secret techniques that surpassed one's current ninja rank, providing the means to kill enemies above one's level—these were all core, high-level secrets held by the Uchiha clan.

As long as these were kept under lock and key.

The gap would naturally become visible to the naked eye.

Because of this so-called "elite" ninja policy, the high-ranking members of the entire Uchiha clan had reached a near-unanimous consensus.

One or two ordinary individuals could never change such a measure.

And since he could not change the prevailing trend, he would join it.

Uchiha Tenshu understood that if he wanted to change his fate of being weeded out, he must never confront it head-on; that would be no different from a mantis trying to stop a chariot. He could only reveal his talent and use the high-ranking members of the Uchiha clan to deal with the high-ranking members of the Uchiha clan.

After all, simply revealing his talent as he was when he first started training, Uchiha Tenshu really might not be able to outshine the children whom the high-ranking members of other families had spent a great price to cultivate!

He needed some help from the clan's high-ranking members.

But why would the high-ranking members of the Uchiha clan stand by Uchiha Tenshu's side and help him?

On what grounds?

Just because he was a genius?

Wouldn't that be all the more reason to suppress him?

To let their own children occupy the advantage?

To let their own family members continue to grasp the clan's advantages?

Uchiha Tenshu did not think that just because he was a genius with sufficient talent, he could win the favor of the high-ranking members by merely showing it off. On the contrary, he felt that his talent might be exactly what they disliked.

Who could say for sure?

Regarding this.

Uchiha Tenshu cleverly leveraged the situation. He first investigated all the information on the high-ranking members of the clan, then began to lay out a plan to have his little companions secretly build up his reputation. He described to them the situations that might arise in the future, hinting at the terrifying prospect that those who did not receive elite ninja training would all be sent to the battlefield as cannon fodder in the future. After these precocious companions were thoroughly frightened, Tenshu seized the opportunity to propose that the "elites lead the future elites," ensuring that his companions would use all their strength to help him.

With the bond of companionship, coupled with the guarantee of benefits, he could also prevent these companions from having a lapse in judgment and betraying him.

Following this.

After creating a few small inventions in succession, Uchiha Tenshu began his visit to the Seventh Elder of the clan, Uchiha Raimon.