Ironclad Proof!

The entire square was completely silent.

Clearly, once this matter involved the village's upper echelons, everyone's expressions became subtle.

What Uchiha Satoshi had just said was, in fact, the absolute truth.

Gathering the Uchiha Clan's strength to control a Nine-Tails being manipulated by Obito—though it had never been attempted, a little analysis showed that it would not have been too difficult.

Obito had a Mangekyo, and Fugaku also had a Mangekyo. With clan members helping to control the Nine-Tails, it was not impossible.

Unfortunately, they had approached the wrong people.

At the time, Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato had been fighting Obito and simply had no time to deal with the Uchiha.

As for the old village chief, Third, and Danzo, under the influence of their teacher, neither of them trusted the Uchiha Clan at all.

This situation had continued until now after Kagami Uchiha, the intermediary, died.

Their order for the Uchiha Clan to stay away from the battlefield was understandable.

Thinking carefully, the three tomoe in the Nine-Tails' eyes had been so obvious. If the Uchiha had been allowed near the Nine-Tails, who could say whether they would have helped or taken the chance to launch a coup?

This was entirely a Historical Issue!

The village did not trust the Uchiha, and Fugaku had a temper too. You don't trust us? Well, we don't trust you either! Had anyone ever seen the Uchiha Clan groveling before Konoha's upper ranks?

Damn, there actually were some. But aside from Kagami, Kagami's descendant Shisui, and those Filial Sons, everyone else was more or less dissatisfied with Konoha.

Since that was the case, Fugaku got angry, waved his hand, and chose to carry out the higher-ups' orders by relocating everyone to the strong rear base.

He did not want to help add to the casualties either. If you would not let us go, then if the Nine-Tails wiped you all out, you damn well deserved it!

From either side's perspective, there had been nothing wrong with this.

You did not trust us Uchiha and feared we would take the opportunity to cause trouble? Fine. If you got wiped out, you deserved it. But causing trouble afterward was another matter entirely.

Thus, Fugaku and Hitoshi Clan Head immediately saw eye to eye. Joining forces, they openly and honestly revealed the matter.

The reason was simple.

The village facing disaster and the Uchiha not going was one thing. The Uchiha going, only to be driven back by the higher-ups, was another. They were completely different concepts.

The village did not trust the Uchiha. The Uchiha knew the village did not trust them, and they did not trust Konoha's upper ranks either. The higher-ups would rather suffer heavy losses than let the Uchiha interfere, ultimately writing the present ending of the Nine-Tails Attack.

Was what Uchiha Satoshi said true now?

It was true, but he had also genuinely swapped the concepts. He had subconsciously made people forget that the village and the Uchiha had been at odds, defining the Uchiha as a clan willing to sacrifice for the village.

But that was not the case. If the village had not needed someone to take the blame afterward and sacrificed the Uchiha Clan, Fugaku would probably have laughed in his dreams.

The Nine-Tails Attack?

The village had nearly been destroyed?

Served them right! The Uchiha would never have gone to the trouble of breaking through the blockade and rushing to the battlefield at all costs. That simply was not realistic.

This was a matter of cause and effect. This distrust could not be blamed on the present Uchiha either. Ever since Uchiha Madara joined Konoha, that genius Tobirama Senju had begun running everywhere, uniting everyone to give the Hokage Position, which should have belonged to Madara, to his brother Hashirama Senju.

That had already clearly told the Uchiha: you could join Konoha, but this would be everyone's attitude toward you from then on!

Didn't Madara himself laugh when Hashirama later planned to hand the Hokage position to him?

In short, if quite a few people had been in Third or Danzo's position back then, they would not have allowed the Uchiha Clan near the Nine-Tails either. If manpower had not been lacking, they might even have monitored them to prevent a coup.

That was the correct approach. An unstable factor needed to be controlled.

But this unstable factor happened to be the only correct answer to the entire Nine-Tails Attack. Once this matter was brought into the open, the villagers' gazes toward Danzo underwent a change.

This was an open scheme!

The villagers who only knew how to follow the crowd did not understand the games of the upper ranks.

They only knew that Uchiha Satoshi's words made sense. If the Uchiha Clan had been gathered at the time, perhaps they really could have stopped the Nine-Tails and prevented the disaster!

And Danzo had personally buried that opportunity.

"Why did Clan Head Fugaku listen to Danzo back then? You were the captain of the Konoha Military Police Force, while he was merely one of the higher-ups! He had no authority to order you around!"

There were always people in this world who liked to criticize with hindsight.

Just like one villager whose emotions had been stirred up, he asked his question with bloodshot eyes. It was also everyone's question at that moment.

"This brother may not know, but Lord Danzo has always acted under Hokage-sama's authorization. He used Third to pressure this captain, and this captain had no way to resist."

Fugaku sighed helplessly.

But Fugaku understood the real situation very well. He was a coward. He did not have the courage to defy orders, nor did he want to.

"And look at things now. After receiving the order, the Uchiha stayed obediently in the rear protecting the villagers. We showed no signs of disturbance at all, yet we still suffered this undeserved calamity."

"I am a sinner. I could not even protect the Uchiha compound. The clan will soon be relocated to the village outskirts. Even though we still have Konoha Military Police Force duties, that will be completely inconvenient."

At that point, under Hitoshi Clan Head's instruction, Fugaku forcibly squeezed out two tears and pointed at Kakashi and the others pinned to the ground.

"Perhaps the classified mission Hokage-sama just gave them was to monitor our Uchiha Clan."

Clan Head Fugaku had been wronged!

The surrounding villagers understood his tears very well. He had to take the blame and be monitored, and now it even affected the Konoha Military Police Force's normal work.

They were practically pointing at his nose and calling him a traitor!

So what was our newly appointed Lord Third trying to do? Was he forcing the Uchiha to rebel?

The stirred-up villagers looked at Third with extremely complicated expressions.

Meanwhile, the old village chief had been scared drenched—specifically down his back.

This combo fist had come so fast that he had not even had time to react!

When the hell had Uchiha Fugaku become this smart?

The old village chief trembled with rage and cold, clenching his fists as he thought about how to clear himself.

The power of public opinion was terrifying, especially since he truly was not clean. Third, who had not yet taken control of the next generation's thinking, believed that if the villagers went berserk, he would definitely be driven from the Hokage position again!

What to do?

Sweat poured down the old village chief's face as he searched for a way to break the deadlock.

He had been targeted rather severely, and his mind had short-circuited for the moment. There were things that were not suitable for him, as Hokage, to say, so the situation had become somewhat rigid.

But at times like this, the two advisers who were firm members of the old village chief's faction could play a crucial role!

Mitokado Homura's eyes gleamed with wisdom. After taking a step forward, he spoke sharply.

"That is all utter nonsense!"

Danzo and Utatane Koharu, who had been focused down, hurriedly stepped back and made room for their old companion to perform.

And Mitokado Homura did not disappoint them, immediately unleashing his ultimate move!

"When the Nine-Tails went berserk, the Uchiha Clan was already the most suspicious party. How could we possibly have let the Uchiha Clan go over under those circumstances?! Who could guarantee that the Uchiha would not take the opportunity to cause trouble? Could you?"

That was also the truth.

However—

Hitoshi Clan Head, acting as a guard, stood out. Looking disdainful, he chose to confront the adviser head-on.

"How are you so certain that the Uchiha Clan did it? Just because you do not like the Uchiha? From what I know, they have shed plenty of blood for the village on the battlefield! On the other hand, you have been living in comfort in the village all this time, haven't you?"

"Moreover, as far as I know, Orochimaru once developed a hallucinogenic drug that could make tailed beasts go berserk, and he successfully caused the Eight-Tails Rampage! And who was it that sealed off Orochimaru's laboratory in the end? Perhaps he obtained research related to it?"

The old village chief's expression changed drastically. Just as he was about to explain, he discovered that his old companion was not panicked at all, even sneering disdainfully.

Heh.

Hitoshi Clan Head, was it? Did he really think I had been living in comfort?

Still too young! Learn from this!

Mitokado Homura gave a cold laugh and unleashed a killing blow in return.

"The three tomoe in the Nine-Tails' eyes are ironclad proof! How do you explain that?"

Good!

That was exactly what they had been waiting for!

Fugaku, standing some distance away, was instantly overjoyed. In one stride, he rushed before Kakashi and tore off Kakashi's mask.

Then, amid Kakashi's bewildered stare, he pointed at Obito's Sharingan.

That Sharingan, which could never be shut, left Mitokado Homura and the old village chief's companions frozen on the spot.

But Fugaku did not indulge them. He even threw out a bombshell.

"The Uchiha Clan is extremely sensitive to the aura of the Sharingan! Hitoshi Clan Head's Byakugan can see through the Chakra in this eye even more clearly!"

"And this eye... and the eye that controlled the Nine-Tails..."

"Have exactly the same aura!!"

Hitoshi Clan Head smiled faintly. He looked around at the stunned crowd.

All right.

At this point, checkmate!!

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