Sarutobi Asuma's Aggressive Pressure! The Uchiha's Humiliation!

"Xiao Yu, how many people do you think will join the Merchant Guild this time? Will Uchiha Fugaku hold a grudge against us?"

Uchiha Hanjō held Xuanyu's hand as he looked at the little one and asked, curiosity still in his voice.

It had to be said,

although his son was young, he had a sharp mind and considered some matters even more thoroughly than he did.

"Hold a grudge? I'm afraid it won't just be Fugaku. Uchiha's genius probably hates us now too!" Xuanyu puffed out his little cheeks, his tone grave.

Back at the clan grounds, he had sensed a cold gaze fixed on him the entire time. The owner of that gaze had been Itachi.

He could feel Itachi's resentment and hostility toward him. It seemed Itachi had already been brainwashed by the Hokage. No, his perspective had never stood with the ordinary Uchiha clansmen. He only cared about himself.

He was an ungrateful wolf fed with a bone.

On one hand, he said the Uchiha clansmen should support themselves instead of relying solely on the Military Police Force. On the other, his father recruiting Uchiha clansmen had earned his hatred. How ridiculous.

And someone like that still dared to claim it was for justice, for the village?

A genius capable of abandoning the lives of his own clansmen was unworthy of being an Uchiha clansman, much less deserving anyone's respect.

"Huh? Itachi already holds a grudge against us?" Uchiha Hanjō hesitated, but still said, "Should I give up recruiting Uchiha clansmen? After all, Itachi's talent is even greater than Fugaku's. If he becomes the Uchiha Clan Leader, things will probably become even harder for us within the clan!"

"Dad, he already hates us. Even if we compromise, he'll still hate us!" Xuanyu smiled. It was just like Konoha and the current Uchiha Clan. Konoha would never stop targeting the Uchiha Clan, and Itachi would never stop targeting their family.

"But..." Uchiha Hanjō still had some misgivings.

Xuanyu spoke directly. "Dad, we've already done it. At worst, in the future, we'll take the Uchiha clansmen in the Merchant Guild and break away to establish a new Uchiha Clan!"

Establish a new Uchiha Clan?

That's right. The current Uchiha was no longer the Uchiha Clan of the past.

Uchiha Hanjō seemed to have figured it out. A smile appeared on his face as he brought Xuanyu back to their residence.

The next day!

Dawn had barely broken.

Uchiha Fugaku's residence had already gathered ten Great Captains from the Uchiha Police Force. All ten were Jonin, and three of them had awakened Three Tomoe Sharingan, while the remaining seven possessed Two Tomoe Sharingan.

These ten men were also the Uchiha Clan's foremost fighting force.

Now, every one of them wore an extremely unpleasant expression, and the atmosphere was deeply oppressive.

Although some among the ten belonged to the Conservative Faction and shared the Second Elder's view of giving up half the Military Police Force, they were still highly unwilling to apologize.

"You're all here? Come with me to the Hokage Office!" Uchiha Fugaku came out, glanced at the ten men, and led them toward the Hokage Office.

At that moment!

Quite a few people had already gathered in the Hokage Office. Sarutobi Ri Tian and Sarutobi Asuma of the Sarutobi Clan were there, along with more than a dozen Jonin from the Sarutobi Clan, all watching the Uchiha clansmen warily.

Those gazes made Fugaku and the ten Great Captains deeply dissatisfied, but they had come to apologize this time, so they endured the hostile looks.

"Damn it. If I had a choice, I would never have come!" Uchiha Xia, a squad captain in the Military Police Force, snorted under his breath. Yet for the future of the Military Police Force and the Uchiha, he had still come to apologize.

Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen sat in the main seat, merely watching everything without saying a word.

Itachi and Shisui stood behind Sarutobi Hiruzen the entire time, watching it all indifferently.

"Hokage-sama!" Fugaku stepped forward and paid his respects to the Third Hokage.

"Mm." Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded and motioned for Fugaku to sit.

Fugaku nodded and took a seat to one side. Behind him stood the ten Great Captains of the Military Police Force, while beside them were Sarutobi Ri Tian, Sarutobi Asuma, and over a dozen Jonin from the Sarutobi Clan.

"Fugaku, how did your clan's discussion go regarding the proposal we gave you?" Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Fugaku, a smile always hanging on his face.

In truth, he had already known the outcome after the Uchiha Clan Meeting ended yesterday, but he still wanted to hear Fugaku say it himself.

"Hokage-sama, the Uchiha Clan accepts your proposal and will give up half of the Military Police Force!" Fugaku nodded, then added apologetically, "The incidents caused by the Military Police Force in the past have troubled Hokage-sama greatly."

After saying that, Uchiha Fugaku did not forget to thank the Third Hokage.

If Xuanyu had been here, he definitely would have cursed aloud. Damn it, they were deliberately targeting the Uchiha Clan, and you were still thanking them. The Uchiha Clan was truly finished.

"Let me introduce you. This is Sarutobi Asuma, also an outstanding ninja!" Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen introduced Asuma to Fugaku. "From now on, he will lead people to take over half of your Military Police Force's territory!"

After hearing Fugaku's response, Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately introduced Sarutobi Asuma to him.

The meaning was obvious.

Fugaku seemed to have expected it as well. He nodded to Asuma. "A pleasure to meet you."

"Haha. Clan Head Fugaku, since Hokage-sama has already said so, let's first divide up the Military Police Force's patrol areas!" Sarutobi Asuma laughed at Fugaku, a provocative smile on his face. Then he took out a map of Konoha. "This is a map of Konoha. We'll manage this half of the area!"

He showed no courtesy as he pointed at a section of the map!

That area consisted almost entirely of districts inhabited by Konoha's major clans, with only a small section of civilian housing.

It would be very easy to manage!

Yet the areas assigned to the Uchiha Clan were chaotic civilian districts, filled with all kinds of people and extremely difficult to manage. Disorder broke out there from time to time.

The people who had complained about the Uchiha Clan this time were all from those civilian districts.

"You're taking all the easy areas for yourselves and making us manage those chaotic civilian districts?" The leading Uchiha Great Captain immediately exploded when he saw the areas Sarutobi Asuma had assigned!

Normally, those areas only required three squads to manage, but the civilian districts needed seven squads to maintain order.

Sarutobi Asuma clearly wanted to take away all the easiest areas and leave the Uchiha clansmen to manage the complicated districts.

"You may have misunderstood, ninja. Could it be that you look down on Konoha's civilians?!" Sarutobi Asuma continued smiling, first using the accusation that the Uchiha looked down on civilians to silence them. Only then did he point to the areas on the map and say, "I divided them according to your Uchiha Clan's location. Look, this area is close to your clan, so it'll also be easier for you to manage!"

The line drawn on the map happened to separate Konoha's other major clans from the Uchiha Clan. It also represented the isolated Uchiha Clan!

But anyone with eyes could see that Sarutobi Asuma was deliberately targeting the Uchiha Clan.

"You—" Great Captain Uchiha Xia still wanted to argue his case, but Fugaku glared him into silence.

Fugaku looked toward the Third Hokage. He too felt that Sarutobi Asuma was being unreasonable, and said, "Hokage-sama, I think these areas should be adjusted. This area...!"

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I didn't make up for last night's chapter. I still owe two chapters, but I should be able to make up one today!