With the Uchiha's tacit approval, Senju's intelligence agents easily discovered the Uchiha village.
The main reason is that the Uchiha never intended to stop them, and there were indeed many of them, making it difficult to ignore.
It would be strange if you didn't notice that.
The message was quickly relayed back to Fū Senju through the chain of command.
"What do you mean by 'the Uchiha seems to control a village,' and what do you mean by 'the village's size is actually like a town'? What the hell is all this?" Fū Senju was completely bewildered.
He has absolutely no idea what this intelligence is talking about, but in fact, the intelligence personnel themselves have no idea either.
If you're saying this village isn't controlled by the Uchiha, then can you explain why there are Uchiha people in this village, and why it's called Uchiha Village?
Logically, this village should be under Uchiha control, right? They didn't find many Uchiha Clan civilians here. If it really were under Uchiha control, according to Uchiha custom, they would at least relocate half the population of such a good village.
But in reality, the vast majority, even 90%, of the population here comes from other places—ordinary people of unknown origin.
Given the limitations of the current era, almost every family believes that only their own family's commoners are truly commoners, and everyone only cares about their own family.
As for the commoners of the Land of Fire in other places, aren't they the Daimyo of the Land of Fire? What does that have to do with them?
Unable to figure it out, Senju Fū Senju summoned all the elders again to discuss what the Uchiha was doing.
However, after summoning only Oto Senju, Oto Senju was already able to see what the Uchiha was up to.
"Clan leader, there's no need to call anyone else. I've already figured out what the Uchiha Clan is up to. They want to establish an independent country!"
If you only look at it from the side, or can't see it at all, but just consider that the Uchiha Clan wants to establish an independent country, then everything they've done can be justified.
They took control of a village and then continuously expanded it, using this as a covert means to establish their own Uchiha kingdom within the Land of Fire.
They were completely subservient to the Uchiha, and their tax revenue was entirely managed by Uchiha. This is why the Uchiha Clan didn't care about missions.
Because they have other sources of revenue, they naturally don't care about such a small task.
Upon hearing this, Fū Senju's pupils constricted sharply. "They want to rebel? They want to establish a new kingdom in the Land of Fire? Aren't they afraid of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire's wrath against them?"
What they are doing is treasonous; they are completely courting their own demise.
"But clan leader, what if I said that the Uchiha, by doing this, are not only not pushing themselves to their deaths, but are instead forging a new path?"
If things continue in the same direction, it will simply mean a battle with our Senju Clan to determine the victor, and ultimately, the emergence of the most powerful family in the Land of Fire. Nothing more.
But now that they have established their own country, things are different. They can do many things in the name of the nation, things they couldn't do as a family before. But now that they are a country, the things they can do become much more numerous.
At the very least, their potential has risen from the number one clan in the Land of Fire, or rather, the number one clan in the Shinobi World, to the number one nation in the Shinobi World.
If the Uchiha Clan has even greater ambitions, they might even want to make the Shinobi World their only country—that's entirely possible!
"Impossible. The Five Great Nations were established as early as ancient times. No matter how crazy the Uchiha, they would never dare to challenge the basic system of the Five Great Nations!"
Unless they've gone mad! What they're doing is throwing the Shinobi World into chaos. Are they really insane?
Fū Senju repeatedly denied it, unable to believe Oto Senju's judgment. The main reason was that in their minds, there was no such thing as unity, not even in the concept of nation-building.
How could ninjas, who are merely tools, possibly possess their own country? Therefore, it's no wonder Fū Senju denied it and found it unbelievable.
"Clan leader! The Uchiha Clan has already taken the lead over us. They have now established their own independent country. As long as they withstand the pressure from the Five Great Nations, their strength will only grow stronger!"
No matter how powerful our family is, it can't possibly be stronger than an entire country. They have the support of ordinary people, and they can also use the pretext of the nation to absorb other families!
By then, the Senju Clan's advantage will likely vanish, and they will be crushed by the Uchiha's war machine!
There's only one way to catch up with them now! That is to follow in their footsteps and establish a nation belonging to the Senju. We have a greater advantage than the Uchiha in this regard.
They have a bad reputation in the Shinobi World, or rather, few clans are willing to unite with them to establish a nation. But we are different; we, the Senju, are originally a union of ninja clans.
We can extend invitations to more clans, inviting them to establish their own nations. Even if the Uchiha is incredibly strong, they still won't be a match for us!
When Fū Senju heard that he was also going to join the rebellion, he shook his head like a rattle-drum. "No, no, we absolutely cannot become rebels, doing this will be punished by heaven!"
If the Sage of Six Paths knew, he would surely punish them from the shadows! We absolutely cannot do this! What we should do now is unite with the Daimyo of the Land of Fire Daimyo of the Land of Fire have him condemn the Uchiha as traitors.
Then, in the name of the Daimyo, he would rally all the clans of the Land of Fire and the major clans of the Shinobi World to launch a purge against the Uchiha! He would utterly annihilate the Uchiha!
Oto Senju watched Fū Senju Fū Senju a calm expression as he walked back and forth, muttering to himself. Finally, he stood before the map and said, "That's right, that's how it should be done. Let me see."
We must form a clan alliance and Uchiha!
However, when Fū Senju reached the map, he was dumbfounded.
Within the Land of Fire, there are only a handful of well-known clans: Hyuga Uchiha, Senju Clan Uzumaki, the Uzumaki, the Sarutobi, and the Shimura.
Unfortunately, these clans had already been drawn into their war with the Uchiha. Apart from their Senju Clan allies, the rest were all controlled by the Uchiha.
Moreover, it was control, not an alliance. If they were merely allies of the Uchiha, the Senju Clan could use that as a reason to make them turn against them.
However, they were conquered and controlled by the Uchiha. Compared to the unstable alliance, their actual controller was no longer their clan leader, but the Uchiha Clan leader!
As for the Hagoromo Clan, which no longer exists, although they were indeed a major clan in the Shinobi World, they are gone now and were absorbed by the Uchiha, so they are not considered.