"If people don't offend me, I won't offend them?"
Ōnoki, who seemed a little unexpected that Shōji would reply like this, while murmuring such words in a low voice, there was a stunned pause on his face for a second, but it was only for that moment, and Ōnoki immediately came back to his senses. E looked at Shōji with an expression of extreme interest and said, "You are really interesting. Mr. Shōji, you are truly worthy of being the person who can lead a clan to boldly break away from Konoha!"
"No, Your Excellency Tsuchikage has won the prize."
"Let's talk directly, Mr. Shōji, you came to Land of Earth today, and you came straight to see me. You must have something important, right? I think we don't have that much time for each other!"
Ōnoki raised his eyebrows slightly and said in a calm tone.
"Yes, this is what I think too. After all, if we can't reach an agreement, we Uchiha will leave here immediately!"
Shōji nodded and said.
This is not something that can be delayed in the first place. One more minute of delay here will put the Uchiha clansmen staying at Land of Grass's place in more danger. Sarutobi Hiruzen is just p tsd committed a crime. Seeing that Iwagakure and Kumogakure had a large number of personnel changes, they decisively gave up the pursuit of the Uchiha Clan. But what is the actual situation?
The changing forces of the two major ninja villages totaled two to three thousand. It was more out of a wait-and-see attitude, not to mention Kirigakure and Sunagakure. Strictly speaking, Konoha can be bolder and continue to hunt Uchiha Clan. In the previous plan, when the first batch of pursuers are attached, a group of troops will be mobilized later to surround them from the southern region.
Although it is certainly impossible to destroy all Uchiha Clan.
But at least most of the Uchiha adults can be killed. One is due to the disparity in combat power, and the other is to cover the retreat of the old, weak, women and children. These adult tribesmen must take the initiative to stay and fight later!
This way.
With a high probability, you can ensure that two-thirds or even more of the Uchiha clansmen in the Uchiha Clan will be killed. If you are lucky, the three clansmen who own Mangekyō Sharingan, Shōji, Fugaku, and Shisui, may be able to kill one or two of them.
Once this can be accomplished.
Uchiha Clan is considered useless.
If you want to regain its glory, it will take at least ten or twenty years to wait for the next generation to grow up.
This was also the goal of the original Sarutobi Hiruzen.
However, for Konoha, it is a pity that Sarutobi Hiruzen is really inertially cautious, or timid. When Kumogakure and Iwagakure move, even if they are small, this one Third Hokage immediately shrinks over, which is almost as good as Original Work Faced with the copycat attitude of Iwagakure and Kumogakure, there is no guarantee that after seeing that Kumogakure and Iwagakure show no further threat, this Third Hokage will continue to send chasing troops. Don't overestimate the bottom line of these people. Shamelessness is their "true character"!
And today's Uchiha Clan's losses are already very tragic. Not counting "Genin clansmen" under ten years old like Uchiha Itachi, and hundreds of other clansmen who can serve as combat forces, the number of killed in battle is already more than 200!
There were countless serious and minor injuries, and few people in the clan were intact.
It is also based on the fact that it is necessary to protect those women, children and the elderly who have no fighting power. Sarutobi Hiruzen just needs to be ruthless and dispatch Anbu and Root elites. If they continue to harass, encircle, suppress and attack, the genocide will not happen, but the losses will definitely expand further. Even if Sarutobi Hiruzen will not do this, Shimura Danzō is still an insidious person who must be taken into account.
Therefore, Shōji must end this negotiation quickly, and it is best if they can agree to their own conditions. If not, the family must move away again to find the most suitable country for them to live in.
Shōji also went straight to the point and made their request for negotiation on behalf of the Uchiha Clan: "Presumably Your Excellency Tsuchikage can also guess the purpose of our visit this time, and I will not lie. I'm just beating around the bush, on behalf of the Uchiha Clan I hope to join Iwagakure. I wonder if Mr. Tsuchikage has the courage and capacity to accept us Uchiha Clan!"
This clean attitude and straightforward words.
When it falls.
Only Akatsuchi, who didn't know anything before, widened his eyes with a look of surprise. Ōnoki and Kitsuchi, father and son, looked like they had expected it.
"Oh? Join us Iwagakure? Mr. Shōji, can I first ask why you Uchiha Clan made such a decision?"
Ōnoki raised his eyebrows and asked in a slightly serious tone.
"It's very simple. Iwagakure is the only choice for our family."
Shōji replied softly.
"The only one? Are the nobles looking down on Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure? If that's the case, what reason is there for us to be interested in Iwagakure? And from many aspects, you Uchiha Clan are fully capable of going to other countries to exist independently, right? For example, Land of Rivers? Land of Rice Fields and so on?"
Ōnoki's eyes narrowed slightly, seemingly casually, but in fact, this Lord Third Tsuchikage's heartstrings subconsciously tightened at this moment.
Because Shōji's next answer will affect his decision to a great extent.
"Independent development, our clan does have such an idea. Many clan members do not want to be restrained anymore, and are very worried that they will suffer the same situation as in Konoha. With all due respect, many people in the clan are worried about whether they will have the same problems when they come to other ninja villages. But correspondingly, our clan, which develops independently, can easily encounter danger anytime and anywhere."
"The most important point is that in the previous series of events, nearly half of our clan members have been killed or injured. Whether it is from the perspective of protecting the remaining clan members or the goal of revenge, joining other ninja villages is our best choice!"
"Therefore, on the basis of taking this into consideration, it is naturally impossible to consider developing independently or joining those small ninja villages to gain greater autonomy. The same is true for Sunagakure and Kirigakure. The former is too weak and the latter is too complicated. They are not suitable for now. Uchiha, and as for Kumogakure, I did consider it at first, but in the past half year or so, I killed too many Kumo Ninja on the front line, including Toroi, Magnet Release Ninja."
"To be honest, it's hard for me to trust Kumogakure. It's probably hard for Kumogakure to give our family the corresponding level of trust, even today's Uchiha Clan."
"All that said!"
"Iwagakure is the best and only choice for our family!"
Shōji still had a calm look on his face, looking at Third Tsuchikage in front of him calmly, and spoke word by word.