A family's decision.
Although I had expected such a development before.
But when the truth came, Shōji breathed a long sigh of relief deep in his heart. Before that, he was really worried that the clan members wanted to fight hard with the village. Fugaku was too indecisive and difficult to make a decision. Now it seems that these worries are unnecessary, and the clansmen are quite rational.
Fugaku finally made a decisive move.
After these tribesmen left the forbidden area with Fugaku's orders and requirements and returned to the tribe in advance to prepare for evacuation, Shōji, Fugaku, Shisui, Genran, Chie and other elders, as well as Kogen, Yashiro, Tekka and other members of the Jōnin clan who have equal strength and status in the clan, stayed for the time being to further discuss more detailed arrangements.
The evacuation of a clan is a huge project, and it can be concealed at the beginning. Once it is officially launched, it will definitely not be hidden from the surveillance of Anbu in the village. This is also something that can be expected. Therefore, the preparation time for evacuation should be shortened as much as possible, everything that can be discarded should be discarded, and only limited supplies can be carried. Talents are the most important, and everything else is secondary. Then the order and time of evacuation must be further clarified.
The clan's strength must also be arranged in advance.
Whoever leads the ordinary clansmen to evacuate in advance, whoever leads the remaining clansmen to retreat, and who must give priority to sending some people out of the village to explore the external situation.
Finally, after all the above issues have been discussed, the most critical issue is that the final destination must be clearly defined.
Whether to go to a small country to create your own free world, or to accept a certain degree of restrictions and join a great ninja village, both options have advantages and disadvantages, it just depends on how you choose.
Several of the elders are inclined to go to a small country to re-establish their own ninja village.
Kogen, Yashiro, these hardcore clan members, hope to join the Great Ninja Village, which is the only option just mentioned - Iwagakure. The advantages and disadvantages of the two have been mentioned before, so there is no need to go into details here. The final decision-making power still falls on Uchiha Fugaku, who is the clan leader, and it is obvious that Fugaku is also hesitant.
If all of their clan were ninjas, then it would be easy to say that option one would be one, and there would be no need to consider the others. But now, out of the two to three thousand people in their clan, only a few hundred are ninjas, and the remaining two thousand are either ordinary people who were unable to become ninjas, or young people, or people who were ninjas in the past and were unable to continue their career as ninjas due to various reasons.
The cohesion inside the Uchiha Clan is very strong.
Fugaku, as the patriarch, must give priority to this level of factors, but the elders' worries are also very reasonable. If they will encounter problems in Konoha, can they not be encountered in Iwagakure? If it happens again, Uchiha Clan will really suffer disaster.
And there is a very real problem.
Iwagakure Why should we accept them Uchiha Clan?
For Iwagakure, this is also a choice with extremely high risks and returns, but even so, they still have to make a choice.
Shōji on the side obviously understands this.
"Personally, I still tend to join Iwagakure. After all, we need to consider that we are ordinary people in the clan who have no ability to protect themselves at all. Whether it is going south or crossing east, it is too difficult for ordinary people in the clan. Moreover, our departure from Konoha this time will easily attract the prying eyes of other forces, even from this point. Thinking about it, we must choose a safe place to stay. Of course I understand the worries of the elders, but to be honest, if Iwagakure still has the ambition to become the world's largest ninja village and dominate Shinobi World, that Lord Third Tsuchikage will definitely choose to accept us Uchiha Clan!"
"For us, there are both advantages and disadvantages. For Third Tsuchikage and Iwagakure, benefits and risks coexist. There is no such thing as only advantages and no disadvantages in this world. Third Tsuchikage will definitely not doubt our family's determination to break away from Konoha and join Iwagakure. All we have to do is let the entire Shinobi World see us Uchiha Clan in action!"
As long as there is a Ninja Village that wants to dominate the entire Shinobi World, there is a high probability that they will not refuse Uchiha Clan to join!
The same is true for Iwagakure.
"Indeed, we must consider the survival of ordinary people. Choosing Iwagakure can be guaranteed in this aspect, but the premise of Shōji is that Iwagakure will definitely accept us!"
As the only female among the elders Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Chie looked at Shōji and said with a very serious expression.
A slap will never be enough.
In the former option, all the control rights are in the hands of their clan. In the latter option, even if you don't consider the problems that will extend later, you only need to contact others and get their consent.
But Shōji has obviously taken these issues into consideration.
"So, we need to talk in person!"
After Shōji took a deep breath, facing the eyes of Fugaku, Chie, Genran, Shisui, Kogen, Yashiro and others, he said in a deep voice.
"Huh?"
"This?"
"You mean you want to talk to that Third Tsuchikage in person? Shōji?"
Fugaku frowned, and then asked softly while Genran, Chie and other elders had similar solemn expressions.
"Yes, and no, we can completely reverse the order. There is no need to rush to make a decision. Where to go? First leave from Konoha, and then contact Iwagakure. If they are willing to accept us, our clan will go directly north and join Iwagakure. If not, we will take the first option, go south or eastward! Clan leaders and elders, what do you think of this?"
It is impossible to convince Third Tsuchikage in advance, let alone the fact that there is no reliable contact method to contact Iwagakure. Even if there is, it is probably difficult for people to believe Uchiha Clan. Only when their clan truly breaks away from Konoha, it will be after a war that cannot be faked at all.
Only the old and cunning Lord Third Tsuchikage in Iwagakure will believe in their determination Uchiha Clan.
This is what Shōji said before, to let the entire Shinobi World see their Uchiha Clan determination.
If they want to leave, Konoha, or Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzō will definitely stop them. This is something you can guess with your buttocks.