Uchiha Starts Setting Facts Aside

Next, Sarutobi Gang indeed adopted a hands-off attitude toward Uchiha Chuan, neither interfering with nor paying attention to him. Uchiha Chuan slept openly in class, yet no one questioned it. This carefree state made him feel more comfortable than ever, even more pleasant than lying around at home. As a result, Uchiha Chuan actually began to fall in love with school life.

However, in order to avoid extra training at home, Uchiha Chuan decided to carry out the plan he had carefully considered all night—using the Smart Clone Technique. This Smart Clone Technique was a new type of clone technique invented by Uchiha Chuan. It was more intelligent than the ordinary Clone Technique and grew directly from the original body, allowing it to effectively use the original's chakra while also concealing the original's presence through the Invisibility Technique.

The Smart Clone Technique's greatest advantage was that, unlike a Shadow Clone, it did not return its memories and experiences to the original body upon dispelling, thus avoiding mental strain on Uchiha Chuan. Moreover, the Smart Clone Technique could maintain the lowest possible energy consumption as needed. For example, when someone slapped the clone, it would immediately materialize the struck area in response.

Even more astonishingly, the Smart Clone Technique could answer questions intelligently. When it encountered a question it could not answer, it would promptly contact Uchiha Chuan's original body to ask. In fact, it could also exchange information with Uchiha Chuan, making it an indispensable tool for slacking off and staying home.

Uchiha Chuan even planned to convert the Shadow Clone Technique into an intelligent mode as well. That way, he could create any number of Shadow Clones as he pleased. The Smart Clone Technique could conveniently serve as a filter, making it an incredible coincidence.

"Setting the facts aside, are you really without fault?"

Before long, that phrase spread through Konoha like a plague. Uchiha Chuan's remarks in class were like a massive bomb, instantly detonating public opinion throughout the village. When members of the Uchiha Clan heard it, they treated it like a priceless treasure and applauded in delight.

"Well said! That's exactly right!" At a Uchiha Clan meeting, a young Uchiha ninja slammed the table excitedly. "Our Police Force clearly uses Sharingan genjutsu to interrogate suspects for the good of the villagers and to solve cases quickly. And what happened? Those villagers set the facts aside and directly accused us of violent law enforcement and bad attitudes! Especially the Sarutobi Clan and the Shimura Clan—they have absolutely no shame!"

"Exactly! That kid Uchiha Chuan really spoke our minds!" another Uchiha ninja chimed in. "Our Uchiha Clan works ourselves to the bone maintaining the village's security, only to be treated like this? Outrageous!"

Very quickly, the Uchiha Clan's recognition of Uchiha Chuan, this newly risen genius, soared through the roof. His phrase, "setting the facts aside," practically became the Uchiha Clan's battle slogan. Whether facing villagers' complaints or disputes with other ninja clans, members of the Uchiha Clan would coldly throw out the same line: "Setting the facts aside, are you really without fault?"

The power of that phrase was practically comparable to an S-rank ninjutsu. No matter who was hit with it, they would immediately be left speechless and might even plunge into the depths of self-doubt. After all, if the facts had been set aside, what was there left to discuss? Besides, they themselves seemed to have set the facts aside too, so there was even less to talk about.

Meanwhile, members of the Shimura Clan and Sarutobi Clan were infuriated by the phrase. Shimura Danzō in particular nearly crushed the cane in his hand when he heard it.

"Uchiha Chuan! That damned brat!" Danzō growled through gritted teeth. "He's provoking us! He's provoking the order of the entire village!"

Yet no matter how furious they were, they could not refute the phrase. The moment they tried, the Uchiha Clan would seize on their weakness and begin settling accounts from the very beginning. More often than not, they would discover that they themselves were the ones "setting the facts aside."

Even when villagers badmouthed the Uchiha behind their backs, Uchiha ninja would rush up, slap them twice, then coldly toss out a line: "Setting the facts aside, are you really without fault?"

For a time, the entire Konoha was thrown into chaos by that phrase. The Uchiha Clan seemed to have awakened some strange trait. Even Fugaku Uchiha, captain of the Police Force, was left speechless by his own subordinates.

"Captain, setting the facts aside, are you really without fault as captain?" a young Uchiha ninja demanded bluntly.

Fugaku Uchiha was stunned by the question, then fell into deep thought. He suddenly realized that he had always endured in silence, trying to maintain the village's balance through compromise. Yet Uchiha Chuan's words suddenly enlightened him.

"Yes... setting the facts aside, is Lord Hokage really without fault?" Fugaku Uchiha muttered.

Thus, when Fugaku Uchiha was summoned to the Hokage's Office for the second time, he did not hesitate to throw that phrase at the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi: "Setting the facts aside, Lord Hokage, are you really without fault?"

The moment those words came out, the entire Hokage's Office fell into deathly silence. The Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura were all stunned. They had never expected the usually steady Fugaku Uchiha to say something like that.

"Fugaku, you..." The Third Hokage opened his mouth, only to find himself unable to refute it.

Fugaku Uchiha, however, seemed as though he had opened the door to a new world. He became filled with fighting spirit. He stared coldly at the Third Hokage, waiting for his response. Yet the Third Hokage remained silent.

In the end, the meeting in the Hokage's Office broke up on bad terms. As Fugaku Uchiha left, a faint sneer rested on his lips. He knew that he had found a weapon to oppose Konoha's upper leadership.

However, to his disappointment, the Third Hokage and the Hokage's advisors did not choose to confront him head-on. Instead, they chose to retreat. They swiftly issued a ban: no one was allowed to say "setting the facts aside" again!

The moment the ban was issued, the entire village erupted. Members of the Uchiha Clan scoffed at it, while the other ninja clans and villagers breathed sighs of relief. After all, that phrase was simply too destructive. No one wanted to become the next person left speechless by it.

As the inventor of that phrase, Uchiha Chuan also became someone everyone avoided. Whether they were his classmates at the Ninja Academy or villagers in Konoha, they would keep far away whenever they saw him, afraid that he would throw out a "setting the facts aside."

As for Sarutobi Gang, the former homeroom teacher finally experienced what it meant to suffer a "social death." His reputation in the village plummeted, and some people even pointed at him behind his back. "Look, that's Sarutobi Gang of 'setting the facts aside.'"

In the end, Sarutobi Gang could not bear the pressure and chose to resign, disappearing completely from public view.