Scheming

"Are you suggesting...?!"

Uchiha Itachi was no fool. The reason he hadn't considered allies before was simply because he had never thought to seek help in the first place.

But things were different now. With Yun Xi's prompt, Uchiha Itachi naturally understood the implication behind his words.

It was nothing more than uniting with other clans within Konoha to collectively resist Danzo's oppression.

Yet, even after realizing this, the conflicted expression on Uchiha Itachi's face did not diminish in the slightest.

After a moment of deep thought, Uchiha Itachi spoke slowly...

"But many of these clans are confidants of the Third Hokage; we have no way to win them over..."

After voicing his concerns, Uchiha Itachi felt quite troubled.

Indeed, the method Yun Xi proposed was absolutely brilliant, but under these circumstances, Uchiha Itachi felt utterly helpless.

After all, this matter was not simple...

Essentially, the root cause for the Konoha high-ups wanting to eliminate the Uchiha Clan was their desire to suppress the increasingly powerful clan and prevent them from rebelling.

And the reason the Uchiha Clan would choose to rebel...

Was because of the oppression from the Konoha high-ups...

Simply put, it was like an infinite loop.

The Konoha high-ups felt the Uchiha Clan was going to rebel, so they had to eliminate them.

And the Uchiha Clan felt that Konoha was going to eliminate them, so they planned to rebel.

Although there might be some interests and power struggles interspersed, this was the fundamental reason for the mutual distrust between Konoha and the Uchiha Clan.

Ultimately, this led to the Uchiha Clan massacre depicted in the original history.

Moreover, this was not the only reason Uchiha Itachi lacked confidence...

Although the Uchiha Clan was the premier noble clan of Konoha, in reality, due to the suppression and suspicion from the high-ups, the once high-profile clan had gradually kept a low profile.

While such actions did indeed reduce the Uchiha Clan's presence, it also left them without any allies.

That was why, when Yun Xi brought up the word "allies," a look of conflict had flashed across Uchiha Itachi's face.

It was as if he knew the solution to the problem, but for certain reasons, he was unable to use it...

"We don't need to win them over..."

Yun Xi had originally thought that with his hint, Uchiha Itachi would easily guess what he wanted to say, but clearly, Yun Xi had overestimated him...

Looking at the somewhat confused and conflicted Uchiha Itachi before him, Yun Xi stopped playing games. He spoke to Uchiha Itachi slowly: "The allies we need to find are not those people..."

As he spoke, he wrote the two characters for "Hyuga" on the open ground...

"What?!"

Seeing the two characters Yun Xi had written, a trace of surprise instantly appeared on Uchiha Itachi's face. He immediately spoke: "The Hyuga Clan will absolutely not interfere in the affairs of our Uchiha Clan. I'm afraid they cannot become our allies."

After all, in Uchiha Itachi's impression, although the Hyuga Clan was powerful, they were extremely low-key and basically never interfered in Konoha's internal decisions.

Therefore...

Hearing that the ally Yun Xi had chosen was the Hyuga Clan, Uchiha Itachi was naturally this surprised.

"How will you know if you don't try?"

Watching Uchiha Itachi's intense reaction, Yun Xi stood up and continued: "Sometimes you cannot judge things by their surface appearance. How do you know the Hyuga Clan is truly content to just lie dormant in Konoha like this?"

"But if the Hyuga Clan agrees to be our ally, then what about my father..."

Finally, Uchiha Itachi voiced the doubt in his heart. In truth, from the moment he learned his father had decided to lead the Uchiha Clan in a rebellion against Konoha, Uchiha Itachi had been incredibly conflicted.

In Itachi's eyes, while Konoha was not perfect, it was definitely a good village. At this moment, Uchiha Itachi longed for peace above all else.

On one side was his clan.

On the other was the peace he yearned for in his heart...

Until his conversation with Yun Xi, Uchiha Itachi had been struggling with this issue.

Now, seeing the solution Yun Xi presented, Uchiha Itachi finally spoke his mind...

"Of course, we solve this problem through peaceful communication."

After answering Uchiha Itachi's question, Yun Xi continued the topic: "In my impression, although the Hyuga Clan is very low-key, they don't want to stay this way. In fact, if it weren't for Konoha's severe suppression of the Hyuga Clan, they would never have stayed so obediently within their compound as they do now."

"But if Konoha eliminates the Uchiha Clan, wouldn't the Hyuga Clan become the largest clan in Konoha? Under these circumstances, would they really help us?"

After hearing Yun Xi's analysis, Uchiha Itachi voiced his concerns.

"The tree that stands above the forest will be destroyed by the wind; we don't need to worry about that at all!"

Seeing that Uchiha Itachi still didn't understand the meaning behind his words, Yun Xi shook his head helplessly and said directly: "Leave this matter to me; you only need to do one thing."

"What thing?"

Uchiha Itachi immediately pressed for an answer.

Seeing that Yun Xi did not speak right away, Uchiha Itachi walked directly to his side, looking at him with curious eyes as he continued, "Could it be that you want me to persuade my father not to rebel?"

"No, that is something you cannot accomplish."

Yun Xi had never intended to have Uchiha Itachi convince Uchiha Fugaku to abandon his thoughts of rebellion, because relying on Uchiha Itachi alone would be absolutely impossible to achieve such a thing.

The reasons mentioned previously were indeed the core causes of the Uchiha Clan's rebellion, but the true reason that Konoha and the Uchiha Clan would erupt into direct conflict was because of that good-for-nothing Uchiha Fugaku...

He was the character Yun Xi looked down upon most in the entire Hokage series...

Therefore, Yun Xi would never let Uchiha Itachi do such a thankless job.

"It's not that matter?!"

As Yun Xi spoke, Uchiha Itachi was somewhat surprised; in his mind, that was the only thing he could think of...

"What I need you to do is to buy as much time as possible. It would be best if you could keep those two guys, Danzo and your father, temporarily settled."

Watching Uchiha Itachi stand there in a daze, Yun Xi spoke directly to explain the task, then continued, "Only with more time will the probability of our plan's success be higher, and I will also have sufficient time to win over the Hyuga Clan..."