Let the Fourth Raikage Come to Konoha to Find Me!

The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly grew tense.

The air was thick with the smell of gunpowder, as though the slightest spark could set everything off.

Quite a few ninja glared at Uchiha Mirai in the center through gritted teeth.

Many of them had already held deep prejudices against the Uchiha Clan. Now that this had happened, the anger in their hearts could no longer be restrained.

Uchiha Mirai had clearly become the target of everyone's fury.

The younger Uchiha generation who had come with Uchiha Mirai also endured the furious stares of the surrounding ninja, yet their expressions did not change in the slightest.

It was as if the surrounding ninja's rage was no different from the air.

"Third Hokage, there's something I'd like to ask."

Uchiha Mirai smiled as he looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen at the head of the conference table.

"Go ahead."

Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression remained calm.

"You just said that this incident had caused an extremely terrible impact and put the village in tremendous danger. I'm curious—why is Konoha, the strongest ninja village in the shinobi world, so afraid of Kumogakure?"

Uchiha Mirai smiled at him.

The conference room fell deathly silent.

In an instant, many ninja's eyes widened in fury as they stared fixedly at Uchiha Mirai in the center.

Uchiha Mirai's words had directly shifted the conflict onto them, onto Konoha.

"Are you saying Konoha is weak and no match for Kumogakure?"

A ninja spoke with anger blazing in his eyes.

"No." Uchiha Mirai chuckled. "I'm merely curious why you're so afraid of Kumogakure, why you're so hesitant when facing a single ninja village."

"Hmph! Easy for you to say. Kumogakure has two perfect Jinchuriki, and the Fourth Raikage is in his prime. If they insist on going to war, Konoha will surely suffer devastating losses."

Danzo snorted coldly.

Though his words were unpleasant, quite a few ninja around them still nodded.

That was right. Kumogakure had always been the strongest ninja village besides Konoha.

What was more, Kumogakure was currently at the peak of its strength.

The village's two Jinchuriki were both perfect Jinchuriki, capable of perfectly wielding the power of their Tailed Beasts.

Konoha, on the other hand, had lost its young Fourth Hokage after the Nine-Tails Incident. The Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki had died, and the village's jonin had suffered grievous losses during the Nine-Tails' rampage.

If Kumogakure insisted on war at a time like this—

At the very least, both sides would suffer terribly!

That was precisely why they were so furious with Uchiha Mirai.

But in the next second, a soft chuckle rang out, and their expressions froze.

"Then have the Fourth Raikage come to Konoha and find me himself."

Uchiha Mirai crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair, looking utterly unconcerned.

The ninja at the conference table stared at him in complete astonishment.

What had he just said???

He wanted the Fourth Raikage himself to come to Konoha and find him???

What the hell!

The Fourth Raikage was in his prime, at the absolute peak of his strength. With his Lightning Release Chakra Mode, he had trained his speed to the utmost extreme.

Even among the current Five Kage, he ranked among the strongest!

Yet Uchiha Mirai was actually this arrogant?

He wanted the Fourth Raikage himself to come to Konoha and find him???

In an instant, many ninja found it utterly absurd!

He didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth, yet he dared to provoke—

The smiles on their faces suddenly froze.

Certain terrifying memories resurfaced from the depths of their minds.

The senior ninja who had just been sneering mockingly lost the smiles in their eyes, replaced by overwhelming terror...

With Sarutobi Hiruzen taking the lead and dozens of jonin around them applying pressure at once, their minds had been filled with nothing but anger toward Uchiha Mirai, and they had forgotten...

This man was Calamity Uchiha!!!

The butcher who had ruthlessly slaughtered nearly a thousand ninja during the Third Shinobi World War!

Even the Yellow Flash, Konoha's Fourth Hokage, could not compare to him in notoriety.

During the Third Shinobi World War, if an enemy encountered the Yellow Flash, they might despair.

But if they encountered the Calamity Uchiha, they would probably slit their own throats on the spot.

Because that would be an easier death.

Many enemies who had fought Uchiha Mirai, even if they were lucky enough to escape, spent the rest of their lives in pain and despair.

It was said that quite a few ninja from the four great shinobi villages had developed mutated things like tentacles...

The ninja seated around the conference table shuddered.

There was a saying that had spread across the battlefield of the Third Shinobi War.

Uchiha Mirai would make you lose your future...

"Um... I think we should discuss this matter carefully."

"Right, I agree. Putting such immense pressure on the Uchiha just because the envoys were killed is a bit excessive..."

"Yes. No matter what, Konoha is the strongest shinobi village in the ninja world. Why should we fear Kumogakure so much?"

The tide of opinion abruptly shifted.

Many of the ninja who had been gnashing their teeth at Uchiha Mirai, wishing they could swallow him alive, now wore awkward smiles.

They were terrified that if Uchiha Mirai was displeased, he would secretly release that bizarre poison of his and make them grow tentacles, a third leg, or something else...

Danzo clenched his teeth in an instant.

You bunch of cowards!!!

What are you afraid of?

Isn't there still me?

One ninja noticed Danzo's furious glare and shrank his neck back.

I'm not being cowardly. I'm following my heart!

Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression suddenly turned grim as well.

He had not expected that just a few words from Uchiha Mirai would so drastically change the direction of the entire matter.

The ninja who had been brimming with rage now all kept their heads down and dared not speak, as though afraid Uchiha Mirai would notice them.

Even the heads of the major shinobi clans and the high-ranking ninja of Konoha fell silent when they saw how drastically the mood around them had changed.

They no longer said another word.

Sarutobi Hiruzen stared unwillingly at Uchiha Mirai.

The latter leaned against the back of his chair with his arms folded, looking utterly unconcerned, as if everything that had just happened was nothing but air.

What an Uchiha Mirai.

What an Uchiha Clan!

Just a single sentence carried such tremendous power.

Sarutobi Hiruzen realized that he had still underestimated Uchiha Mirai.

His words—"Have the Fourth Raikage come to Konoha and find me himself!"—had directly crushed the fighting spirit of countless ninja.

Even worse, it undoubtedly exposed weakness before the Uchiha.

If word got out, the other ninja would surely mock him. The dignified Hokage feared Kumogakure enough to convene a high-level meeting, while the Uchiha possessed the courage to fight to the death, their spirits soaring.

Wouldn't that let the Uchiha establish their authority by stepping on his head?

The younger Uchiha clansmen standing behind Uchiha Mirai covered their mouths and snickered.

Their shoulders shook uncontrollably, showing just how hard they were trying to hold back their laughter.

Sarutobi Hiruzen took a deep breath and cleared away the chaotic thoughts in his mind.

"No matter what, we absolutely cannot go to war so lightly."

"Once war breaks out, many people in Konoha will surely die or be injured. This is not because we fear Kumogakure or the Fourth Raikage. Do you understand, Uchiha Mirai?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen gave Uchiha Mirai a deep look.

He wore the expression of someone acting entirely for Konoha's sake.

Uchiha Mirai sneered inwardly.

Sarutobi Hiruzen truly deserved to be an old hand.

His skill with empty rhetoric was indeed formidable.

"I have another question I would like to ask you, Third Hokage."

Uchiha Mirai gazed at him calmly.

"Go ahead."

Sarutobi Hiruzen remained composed.

"You just said that, for some reason, all the envoys Kumogakure sent died in Konoha's streets. May I ask what exactly that reason was?"

Uchiha Mirai looked at him with a smile.

A trace of panic appeared in Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes.

Uchiha Mirai had caught the key point.

This was precisely the crucial matter he had tried his best to conceal.