November of Konoha Year 31.
After resting at home for three days last time.
Uka Senju, who had been away from home for nearly two months, led her Guard Unit.
In the forest, facing the setting Yūhi, he hurried towards the home he missed more and more.
Meanwhile, in the East South the Land of Fire!
There is a very famous large island located closest to the coastline of the Land of Fire.
The country on this island has a system that is different from any other country in the Shinobi World.
Their Daimyō are the 'Kage' of this nation's ninja village.
However, in this ninja village called Uzushio Village, only one Clan lives: the Uzumaki clan!
The trinity is what sets them apart from the rest of the Shinobi World.
Normally, this difference would bring immense benefits to the country and the Clan.
However, when the various factions in the Shinobi World entered a period of stability...
This peculiar country became a thorn in the side of those in power in other countries!
So, on a day in November that was no different from any other.
The leaders of this country have finally realized, amidst the slaps from the outside world, the malicious gazes directed at them!
Perhaps it was because of the long period of peace, or perhaps it was because people didn't care, before this day.
This country, no matter how much the people around it offer advice.
They were always immersed in a peaceful life, reluctant to open their eyes!
But the world is not static; you are unwilling to open your eyes and see it for yourself.
Then someone might slap you a few times, pry open your eyes, and force you to look!
And now, their eyes have been brutally forced open!
"Smack!"
The sound of a hand hitting the table rang out.
Inside a large, ancient stone building covered with irregular, mysterious patterns.
A middle-aged man in a long black robe slammed his hand heavily on the table, stood up, and glared at the old man opposite him, saying, " Kazuhiko Uzumaki, you old bastard, open your dog eyes and take a good look."
"Look at the changes in the Shinobi World, look at the situation in the Land of Whirlpools, look at the recent casualties of the Uzumaki Clan."
"If it weren't for the numerous deaths your family has suffered within the clan, I would have doubted whether you were even a member of the Uzumaki Clan!"
"You old beast, you old bastard, you old..."
I saw the old man across from me, his face flushed, his skin rough, and his expression one of disbelief.
While the elders were at a loss, a red-haired man, also dressed in a black robe, quickly stood up and covered the mouth of the tribesman next to him.
He shut up all his remaining foul language!
At this point, the elderly man who had been scolded and the other elderly people sitting there finally realized what had happened.
Thump!
With a heavy tap of his cane on the ground, the old man named Kazuhiko Uzumaki, who had been verbally abused, immediately stood up.
His face, covered in wrinkles, was almost the same color as his hair.
If someone unfamiliar with the man saw this, they would likely wonder if he would explode on the spot.
Because the old man's face was now noticeably redder than Hongwen's!
" Yūya Uzumaki, is this how you, as the clan leader, have behaved? In your leadership, the Uzumaki Clan has produced such disrespectful elders?"
"How could someone like this be Large Unit under your command?"
"I've dedicated my entire life to this Clan, and I'm just going to let that little bastard point his finger at me and insult me like this?"
" Yūya Uzumaki, is this how you act as clan leader?!"
Wearing a white robe Kazuhiko Uzumaki used the red cane that had just struck the ground to support himself.
Then, with his right hand, which resembled the roots of an old tree that had lost all moisture in the desert, he pointed at the head of the table, a middle-aged man with a blank expression, and reprimanded him.
" Yūya, how did the Clan end up like this under your control?"
"Elder Kazuhiko has fought for the Clan his whole life. How can he be humiliated by such a person just because there's a disagreement during a discussion?"
An elderly man of similar age, sitting next to Kazuhiko Uzumaki, leaned forward and reprimanded the person in the head seat.
" Yūya, the person you promoted is utterly ill-mannered! I told you long ago, this kind of beast who grew up outside the village is not fit to sit in the shrine and participate in discussions!"
"Look at that foul language! If no one had stopped him, that beast would have pounced on us and eaten us old folks who have dedicated our lives to the Clan!"
"The area outside the village is just the area outside the village; like her mother, they're all ignorant country bumpkins!"
Dressed in white robes and seated closest to the person in the head seat, an elderly man with white hair and beard stared at the person in the head seat and lectured him.
He was scolded by several elders of the Clan.
Before the remaining few could speak.
Seated in the head seat, leaning against a yellow cloth embroidered with large blue Uzumaki patterns, Yūya Uzumaki, meeting the gazes of the elderly people to his left, calmly replied, "Yes!"
The brief word uttered by Yūya Uzumaki caused a moment of silence to fall over the room.
The angry elderly people and the middle-aged people on the right were all stunned!
Neither of them knew the meaning of the word used by the clan leader!
If we look at the words literally, this should mean that he accepted the criticism from the three elderly people mentioned earlier.
However... judging from his expression and tone, it was unclear which statement the chief had agreed to.
The old man at the head of the left seat then asked directly, " Yūya, what does this mean?"
An aged voice, deliberately lowered, rang out.
After the old man on the left finished speaking, he narrowed his eyes and stared intently at the person in the head seat, whom he had usually been able to control.
The person in the first seat has been being verbally abused since the beginning.
Without the slightest change in expression, Yūya Uzumaki met the gaze of the old man on his left and replied in a very calm tone, "Yes, what you said."
"That beast from outside the village... is planning to pounce on you and eat you alive!"
A string of unclear and incoherent words came out of his mouth.
But everyone present understood the meaning behind the head monk's words!
The commotion caused by the first emperor's two sentences this time.
This time, the person used even more foul language and caused a much bigger commotion than the previous one!
The old man on the left, closest to the head of the table, whose expression changed drastically, was also the one who had asked the question.
His eyes could no longer squint.
He opened his eyes wide and stood up with a speed far beyond his years!
" Yūya, do you know what you're saying?"
His eyes were wide open, and even his aged voice became slightly high-pitched.
The elderly man on the left was clearly questioning someone, but his body had already involuntarily moved away from his seat and leaned against the elderly man in the second seat!
"I know!"
Meeting the gazes of the elderly men on his left, Yūya Uzumaki and said in a calm, unhurried tone, "Today, I intend to eat you all."
"Elders, do you have any objections?"
He took this position too early.
In addition, the person his father appointed before his death when he first came to power was not very human.
This has led to him, the clan leader, being...
He was less of a clan leader and more of a puppet!
But the advantage of rising to power at a young age is that he has plenty of time.
One should not speak recklessly without loyal subordinates.
Then let's cultivate that skill gradually, without saying anything!
Over this long period of time, he wore down the people his father had left behind, making them old and frail.
This also decimated the loyal followers of these people.
Even the descendants of these people were mostly destroyed in his long-term schemes!
Originally, he could only use time, a peaceful means, to gradually and slowly reclaim power.
After all, these elderly people have become increasingly disliked by the clansmen in recent years.
But in the early years when the Council of Elders was established, these elders did some things that the clansmen were grateful for!
But now a crisis has arrived.
For Yūya Uzumaki, this was the perfect opportunity to reclaim all his rights at once.
So he allowed these elderly men to act recklessly in the previous meetings.
We just watched helplessly as these guys continued to court death!
The angry outbursts on the right side today were not without reason, nor were they instigated by him.
A genuine expression of emotion!
That would be his best chance!
They ignored the elderly people who were stunned by the sudden change.
Yūya Uzumaki turned his gaze to the group of middle-aged men with varying expressions on his right, and continued in his unhurried tone, "Take down the entire Council of Elders!"
"You dare!" a somewhat hysterical voice rang out.
At that moment, all the elderly people on the left stood up!
The first one on the left is an old man with white hair and beard, whose arm has been withered countless times by time.
Pointing from the head of the group to the far left, the frame encompassed everyone outside the Council of Elders.
He pointed at the crowd with his skinny fingers and said coldly, " The Council of Elders decrees that Yūya Uzumaki 'Yūya Uzumaki, and his surname be removed."
"From this moment forward, the Council of Elders take over the Uzumaki Clan!"
"You all..."
Before he could finish speaking, the red-haired middle-aged man who had been stopped from cursing earlier pounced on him!
A flash of light, and the arm of the old man on the left, which was pointing at the crowd, flew up.
Before the white-haired old man could cry out in pain, the red-haired middle-aged man who had rushed at him punched him in the neck again.
Bang--
The elderly man on the left landed on the ground almost simultaneously with his arm.
With this man taking the lead, the remaining middle-aged people on the right also began to move.
The elderly people were not kept waiting long; in just a moment, they collapsed to the ground, just like the first one!
Silently watching this scene unfold, Yūya Uzumaki calmly addressed the middle-aged man who had made the first move. " Takenori Uzumaki, I hereby order you to immediately gather your entire Large Unit and arrest all those associated with the Council of Elders and throw them in jail."
"Yes, Clan Chief!" Takenori Uzumaki clasped his hands and knelt on one knee in response.
After bowing, he immediately got up and walked out of the shrine!
He was the first to make a move, and the first to angrily curse at those old bastards.
Before he spoke, he never expected that the clan leader would deal with these elders in this way during this meeting.
In fact, when he started cursing, he was already prepared to be questioned by the Council of Elders and then executed.
But this is the Clan that gave him birth, raised him, and nurtured him.
He really didn't want to see the Uzumaki Clan suffer a great calamity because of these foolish people!
He was neither the clan leader's confidant nor Yūya Uzumaki's true arrangement.
But he was someone who truly cared for the Clan.
In critical moments, one can only accept being used by those in power!
That's why, at this moment, he chose to listen to the clan leader and take the initiative.
And he readily accepted this arduous task of wiping out the entire family!
After Takenori Uzumaki walked out the door, Yūya Uzumaki turned his gaze to the person who had blocked his way. " Mitsumasa Uzumaki, you are now in charge of the Clan's Intelligence Department."
"If there are any dissent within the clan, you may use the clan decree to eliminate them directly!"
"After taking over, remember to immediately order the two Large Unit in the East South to return to reinforce."
"And transmit the current situation of the Uzumaki to the South Battlefield Command Center and Lady Mito as quickly as possible!"
The Intelligence Department was a crucial department that was tightly controlled by the Council of Elders.
He never had the chance to get involved in such things before.
Now that he has dealt with the Council of Elders, he must entrust this crucial matter to his true confidants!
"Yes, clan leader!" Mitsumasa Uzumaki replied, kneeling on one knee and bowing his head.
After bowing, he rose and left the shrine.
After making arrangements for the two most obedient people, Yūya Uzumaki turned his gaze to the remaining four middle-aged men in front of him.
Of course, these four middle-aged men had been silently watching this clan leader who was so different from the past!
What happened today was a huge shock to them.
It's so big that their brains simply can't keep up!
In the past, as middle and upper management, they could also sense some undercurrents.
But everyone just saw it as a normal power struggle.
This exists in every large Clan!
But today... the clan leader has literally flipped the table!
However, they still chose to obey the clan leader's orders.
Besides the fact that the clan leader's name is more legitimate, everyone could see that the clan leader had been prepared for this for a long time!
Of course, most of this has nothing to do with that person in Konoha, who is the clan leader's Aunt.
They simply recognized the Clan's current predicament.
I just wanted the Clan to get through this crisis in a better and more united way!
The four comforted themselves with this thought, then faced the gaze of the clan leader.
They all lowered their heads, indicating their willingness to obey!
Satisfied with the four's pragmatism, Yūya Uzumaki nodded slightly and said, " Ryōichi Uzumaki, you take the team and immediately mobilize all the Uzumaki Clan members outside of Uzushio Village to relocate to the port city on the northwest coast."
"Yes, clan leader!" One of the four, a middle-aged man with red hair, knelt on one knee and bowed in response.
" Hanao Uzumaki, immediately arrange for the mobilization of resources to the northwest coastal port city, and take over all rights to the port city. Quickly build and prepare sufficient ships for crossing the sea!"
"Yes, clan leader!" One of the four, a middle-aged man with a scar on his face, knelt on one knee and replied.
After the two men left the shrine, Yūya Uzumaki gave the remaining two orders. " Yuharu Uzumaki, you are in charge of mobilizing Uzushio Village. Organize all Ninja over the age of ten into two teams, main and secondary."
"The rest of the clansmen and their property were also sent to the port on the northwest coast!"
"Yes, clan leader!" The only middle-aged woman among the four, Yuharu Uzumaki one knee and replied.
The clan chief's order was clearly intended to leave the Clan a way out.
This was her original stance, and the reason for her previous disputes with the Council of Elders.
So she was more than happy to take on this troublesome task!