The Five Villages Gather / Calling Someone to Account

"What about that brat from the Yotsuki Clan?" Black Zetsu thought this was good news and couldn't help but offer his advice. "Should I take care of him secretly?"

He calculated that with a hundred White Zetsu, plus himself, dealing with that brat shouldn't be a problem.

White Zetsu's abilities, in the current Ninja World, are definitely capable of killing someone at first sight.

"No need, he poses no threat to me." Uchiha Obito head. "I also have a question to ask."

"What?"

"What's the story behind this face you gave me? I noticed that the Cloud Ninja have a rather unusual opinion of this person, but I haven't been able to find anything about him."

"He was alright, I guess?" Black Zetsu asked, puzzled. "He was one of the stronger members of the Senju Clan back then, but he couldn't compare to Senju Hashirama or Uchiha Madara."

Black Zetsu only had eyes for Ashura and Indra; the only person it ever paid attention to was Senju Tobirama.

As for the Senju Muzoku, he was simply a bit ruthless, a bit black-hearted, and had killed a lot of people, especially Cloud Ninja.

But given the personalities of those Cloud Ninja, shouldn't this be a plus?

Why are you looking into this?

"What do you think?" Uchiha Obito's voice seemed to carry a hint of grief and indignation. "Are those women crazy? I'm even afraid to take my clothes off when I sleep at night now!"

"Not taking off your clothes?" Black Zetsu, who had never worn clothes before, completely missed the point. "Are they hostile towards you?"

"No, I would prefer to say it's hostility." Uchiha Obito looked closely at Black Zetsu, then realized that this was like talking to Black Zetsu wall.

And he meant it sincerely.

In the Hidden Mist Village, he encountered straightforward assassinations, which were easy to deal with.

But what kind of monster has he encountered now? How do he solve it?

Are you suggesting I sleep hanging from a tree every day?

"Never mind, I shouldn't have asked you that. I'll figure it out myself."

Chapter Seventeen: Five Villages Gather

After dragging their feet and playing hard to get for a month or so in the countries of Ishigakure and Tetsuya, Cloud Village and Sand Village finally stopped hiding their true intentions and officially launched their war against Iwagakure.

The different war styles of Cloud Village and Sand Village are also very evident.

The Sand Village made a grand declaration of war before launching a large-scale invasion of the Land of Stone.

The Cloud Village, on the other hand, launched a massive army landing on the coast of the Land of Iron.

A declaration of war? Real men don't do that.

Ōnoki never expected the Cloud Village barbarians to declare war again; he had been waiting for these two for a long time, and he achieved perfect synchronization.

However, when the declaration of war from Sunagakure arrived, he made a tiny change to the personnel arrangements.

He assigned Kitsuchi, who was originally in charge of the battle against Cloud Village, to take charge of the Sand Village front, while he himself took his good disciple to meet with the Cloud Ninja.

At the same time, all three parties sent negotiating envoys.

All the countries that learned of this news breathed a sigh of relief.

If you start a war and then negotiate, then it's not a comprehensive approach.

Before they could even catch their breath, they discovered that the envoys from all three villages were heading towards Leaf Village.

This is what's making things a bit confusing for everyone.

Why are the three of you fighting and running towards Leaf Village?

"Why are those three running towards our village while they're fighting?" In the Uchiha Training Forest Hidden Leaf Village, someone asked the same question. "Brother Shingen, they wouldn't be asking us for help, would they?"

"The Third invited us." Uchiha Shingen sat under a tree, watching a group of clan children playing with toy paws, and said, "Don't ask too many questions, and don't talk about it outside either. It's all trouble."

After saying that, he roared forward.

"Sasuke! Keep an eye on your sister, or I'll tell your mom!"

Sasuke, who was playing on Matatabi's head, was startled and quickly turned around. He found Uchiha Yuki trying to crawl into Matatabi's ear and hurriedly pulled her out.

Uchiha Shingen is now quite familiar with the Uchiha Fugaku family, and his daughter Uchiha Yuki, is also very popular with the Fugaku couple.

Leaving aside Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Sasuke, who was obsessed with becoming an adult, always referred to himself as Uchiha Yuki brother in public.

Uchiha Yuki also really enjoyed having such a funny... no, I mean, energetic and lively older brother to play with her.

As time went on, Uchiha Shingen just let them be. Sometimes, for the sake of convenience, he would simply say "Your sister" to Sasuke.

He wouldn't object to being the reincarnation of Indra's Chakra and becoming his daughter's sworn brother.

"Speaking of which, I thought all Tailed Beasts were very fierce, Matatabi is quite gentle," Uchiha Tekka said.

A look of regret appeared on his face.

"But why is it so unfriendly to me?"

Uchiha Shingen glanced at him.

He would never have saved this person if they weren't his closest confidant.

Matatabi are you being so mean to me, You Lv? Don't you have any self-awareness?

"Maybe it's just incompatible. Look at it, it doesn't resist your brother at all," Uchiha Shingen said.

Although it's not entirely in my conscience to say this, it's the only thing I can say to Uchiha Tekka.

Matatabi if Uchiha Tekka didn't act cheaply, he wouldn't have any objections to him.

"That's such a pity," Uchiha Tekka said with deep regret.

Matatabi is now very familiar with the Uchiha Clan. It is especially friendly to children, and the young Uchiha Clan are currently enjoying climbing all over it.

While they still harbor some wariness towards ninjas, it's mostly out of instinct.

The only exception is Uchiha Tekka; it gets annoyed if Uchiha Tekka gets too close.

"Regardless, the envoys from the three villages will all be gathering in the villages, keeping the Police Force busy, and the Konoha Military Police Force even busier." Uchiha Shingen casually plucked a blade of grass, rubbed it in his hand, and let the grass dust fall from his fingers. "There will be no shortage of espionage and other such trivial matters, and the security situation will probably be under pressure as well."

"Brother Shingen, do you think they'll cause trouble?"

"Iwagakure is alright, but the customs of Cloud Village and Sand Village are very different from ours, so they might not be deliberately causing trouble."

"Isn't that too much trouble?"

"The Sand Village is more troublesome. Cloud Village causes trouble, then beat them to a pulp. If anyone causes you trouble, just blame it on me."

"Isn't this a bad idea?"

"As an anti- Cloud Village faction member, isn't it perfectly reasonable for me to secretly incite my clansmen to beat up the troublemaking Cloud Ninja? Of course, you should pin the blame on me."

Uchiha Shingen patted his buddy on the shoulder to reassure him.

The troubles of the three villages are nothing more than that.

He was more concerned about the person who wanted to incite the three to fight than the three who had already started fighting.

On a more sinister note, it's even possible that the people who attacked Leaf Village's ANBU were from the Land of Fire.

There may be more than one suspect.

Who stipulated that there could only be one force secretly pushing things along?

If war between the three villages is the wish of most people in the Ninja World, then even Uchiha Shingen couldn't do anything about it.

After giving his younger brother some instructions, he stopped talking about the topic.

In the following days, the number of outsiders visiting Hidden Leaf Village increased significantly.

This is the result after Hidden Leaf Village conducted a selection process.

However, merchants and those who come under the guise of commissioning a task cannot be directly refused, even if there are certainly spies from external forces among them.

The reason they couldn't refuse the merchants was that Leaf Village's expansion project had already reached its third phase.

Finally, amidst the anticipation and speculation of all parties, the delegations from Cloud Village, Iwagakure, and Sand Village arrived at Hidden Leaf Village.

In addition to these, there are also those Hidden Mist Village.

This was also Sarutobi Hiruzen's idea. Since four of the five great ninja villages were already there, why not invite the last one to make it a complete village?

When Sarutobi Hiruzen was invited to the Hokage's office by Uchiha Shingen, he was honestly a little confused.

As soon as he entered the office, the three people asked him if he wanted to fight the Cloud Village.

This familiar smell of hot pot made Sarutobi Hiruzen both annoyed and amused.

It's only because Shimura Danzō that the old man would definitely be waving his cane and shouting that he must be beaten.

Sarutobi Hiruzen could only lament that young people these days are so unscrupulous, not even sparing a nearly seventy-year-old man like him.

But these young people are still too inexperienced when it comes to shifting blame.

Hidden Leaf Village cannot start wars arbitrarily, and even if it does, it must have a sufficient reason to create an image of righteousness. Sarutobi Hiruzen agrees with this point.

But to his disappointment, none of the people present, including Uchiha Shingen, considered that the blame could not necessarily be shifted only at home.

They were still young and blinded by their own limited perspective.

As allies of Sand Village and Iwagakure, Hidden Leaf Village couldn't ignore the situation, but their internal decision to attack Cloud Ninja was rash. What difference does it make whose fault it is? Isn't it all Leaf Village's?

The best course of action is for the five major ninja villages to sit down and talk things out together.

However, the delegations from the four ninja villages nearly clashed on their very first day in Leaf Village.

The conflict started without warning but ended even faster, thanks to the Konoha Military Police Force.

Having already risen to the Jonin, and with both of his Sharingan now possessing the Mitsudomoe, Uchiha Tekka didn't care about anything else. He led a group of clansmen and directly beat down several Cloud Ninja had brandished their fists.

He acted with such decisiveness, as if he had been waiting for this all along.

This action startled the Iwagakure and the Sand Village, but the Hidden Mist Village ninjas looked at Uchiha Tekka with particular admiration.

The Kirigakure loves men who get straight to the point without mincing words.

Until Uchiha Tekka said something.

"Don't cause trouble, or I'll beat up the Cloud Ninja again."

Chapter Eighteen: Questioning the Guilty

After finishing his Uchiha Tekka and his clansmen strode away proudly.

None of the Cloud Village delegation members looked pleased, but the Iwagakure and Sand Village were not happy either; Uchiha Tekka's attitude made them hesitate.

Who doesn't know that Uchiha Tekka is Uchiha Shingen's best friend?

No one would believe the statement that anyone who caused trouble would be attacked by the Cloud Ninja, but it reflected Uchiha Shingen's tough stance. As the leader of this generation of the Uchiha Clan, he basically represented the attitude of the Uchiha Clan.

Even during the most tense times Uchiha Clan and the Hokage Building, this clan was always present in every war that Leaf Village fought against other countries.

The title of the strongest ninja clan was forged through countless bloody battles.

The combative Uchiha Clan is naturally seen by outsiders as a concentration camp of Hawks in Leaf Village, although that is not actually the case.

However, the Uchiha Clan's belligerent nature is too easily stereotyped. The current Uchiha Clan not only has Uchiha Shingen, who can influence the Hokage's decisions, but also the power of the Tailed Beasts. The delegations from the three ninja villages are all on missions and are really unwilling to provoke the Uchiha Clan.

Being on good terms with the Uchiha Clan doesn't guarantee you'll help them complete their mission, but turning against the Uchiha Clan will definitely sabotage it.

This kind of troublemaker is terrifying.

In this way, Uchiha Tekka decisively thwarted the three major village delegations' illicit schemes.

At this time, Uchiha Shingen was no longer in the village.

He went to the site where the Leaf Village ANBU had been attacked.

Uchiha Shingen rarely leaves the Land of Fire these days.

Having fully utilized the power of the Two-Tails Matatabi and possessing the Complete Susanoo, he is already the strongest mobile combat force in Hidden Leaf Village on the surface.

His actions always attract a lot of attention.

This did cause him a lot of inconvenience, because there were some things he didn't want others to notice, even Hidden Leaf Village.

For example, collecting the Chakra of Tailed Beasts.

Over the years, besides the Two-Tails, he also took a clump of Nine-Tails Chakra from Uzumaki Kushina under the guise of research, and cut off one of the Eight-Tails' arms, accepting that Chakra with a smile.