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Chapter 288: How an Uchiha Guard is Made
🕑 Added 2025-09-23 13:43:38 +0000 UTCChapter 288: How an Uchiha Guard is Made
Hokage's Tower.
The meeting of the Konoha high council had finally ended.
Tsunade and Jiraiya left together. Fugaku and Itachi, father and son, also returned to the Uchiha clan grounds, leaving only the two old men, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura.
The Third Hokage watched his old friend's slowly departing figure. Their age was catching up, and their bodies were inevitably declining. They had become remnants of the old era.
"Danzo, wait!
"I have a top-secret mission to give you!
"Just think of it as us becoming the nutrients for the new branches growing on the tree!"
Hiruzen watched as Danzo Shimura turned his body and walked back towards him, step by step. Only then did he stand up and say in Danzo's ear, "If the village and the Daimyo's mansion cannot reach an agreement, do you understand my meaning?"
"…"
Danzo Shimura glanced at his old friend and abruptly tightened his grip on his ninja sword!
He wants to use me to do his dirty work again? Can he be any more shameless! Does he really think I'm Konoha's garbage can!
After a long period of contemplation, the Hokage Advisor turned and left.
If it were in the past, Danzo might have, for the future of Konoha, taken care of the Land of Fire's Daimyo… But now that Konoha was about to enter an era of Uchiha governance, he had no desire to get his hands dirty.
And this matter truly required him to plan it out carefully.
Because it was not easy for the Root ninjas under his command to leave the village for missions. It often happened that they would leave and never return, being intercepted and killed on the way by certain Uchiha…
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became.
Since Hiruzen Sarutobi had given his tacit approval, he would go to the Land of Fire's Daimyo's mansion and set up a "big surprise" for Itachi Uchiha.
April, as spring came to an end.
The Konoha envoy, Itachi Uchiha, stepped into the Land of Fire's Daimyo's mansion with his crow to negotiate with the Daimyo. He was accompanied by a squad of ANBU for protection.
The person who greeted him was a ninja from the Uchiha clan stationed at the mansion. The captain at their head said respectfully, "Lord Itachi, I am Uchiha Meiji, responsible for protecting the Daimyo's mansion…"
"I've come to urge this year's Daimyo's budget…" The young Jonin raised his hand slightly, then looked at the somewhat terrified civilians in the distance and asked with confusion, "Hm? Has something happened here recently? Has someone invaded the Daimyo's mansion?"
"Ever since the incidents with the Daimyo in the Land of Wind, Land of Water, and Land of Lightning, the atmosphere here has been a bit off. Many nobles have already fled north…"
Uchiha Meiji said in a small voice, "And the officials of the Daimyo's mansion have become more and more hostile towards us Konoha ninjas, thinking we will harm their safety…"
"Perhaps it's because of this that this year's budget from the Daimyo's mansion has been delayed." Itachi nodded. "You've all worked hard."
"It's no trouble at all. Our Uchiha clan used to be the ninjas of the Konoha Military Police Force. We don't need to pay too much attention to their hostility…"
Uchiha Meiji scratched his head and chuckled. "Even if they want to try something, as long as we put a ninja sword to their necks, they will listen obediently… In fact, there was no need for Lord Itachi to come at all!"
"…"
Itachi Uchiha couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead. He was once again reminded of how lawless his clansmen were when they were maintaining public order in Konoha…
Facts proved that he had still underestimated his own clansmen.
The Daimyo's Mansion.
Itachi's brow furrowed slightly as he watched a squad of ninjas in unfamiliar attire jump onto the Daimyo's wall and disappear from view. He couldn't help but ask, "The village should have only sent your two squads to be stationed here, right? Who are they?"
"Lord Itachi, no need to worry."
Uchiha Meiji waved his hand backward. His subordinates drew their ninja swords with savage grins and charged into the Daimyo's mansion with a Body Flicker.
A moment later, screams came from within the mansion.
Looking at the dumbfounded Itachi, the squad leader actually smiled and reported his achievement, "The Land of Fire's Daimyo has hired a lot of rogue ninja recently to protect his safety. How can this be tolerated? We usually just kill them on the spot when we run into them."
Itachi Uchiha looked at him, somewhat speechless. "…"
There was really no arguing this. After all, protecting the Daimyo was the duty of Konoha ninjas. Now that someone was stealing their business, it was only natural to clear out these competitors.
It was just that their way of doing things was not very friendly to the Land of Fire's Daimyo…
Ever since Madara's era, the Uchiha clan had not respected the Daimyo much. This could also be considered a rather alternative historical tradition of their Sharingan clan.
Because the stationed ninjas were clearing the way, no one who didn't know better had come out to offend them. This also happened to show that these clansmen were living quite well here.
It was just that they were attracting a lot of hatred for the Uchiha…
Having clansmen like these to maintain the family's reputation was really tiring…
Seriously, if he couldn't completely solve the problem of the Daimyo this time, he might not be able to pass the Daimyo's appointment in the future when he wanted to succeed as the Fifth Hokage.
Inside the mansion, the Land of Fire's Daimyo and his officials looked in horror at the slaughtering Konoha ninjas, afraid that they would turn their butcher knives on them. This was not without precedent…
The news had already spread throughout the ninja world.
Among the Five Great Nations of the ninja world, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and the Daimyo of the Land of Earth were the only two remaining national leaders. And the Daimyo of the Land of Earth had always been on good terms with the Third Tsuchikage; both the country and the ninja village were governed jointly by the Daimyo and the Tsuchikage.
The Land of Fire's Daimyo, on the other hand, hardly governed his country at all. He relied entirely on the Land of Fire's superior geographical environment and climate, and was therefore particularly terrified.
The Daimyo fanned his small fan, looking in terror at Itachi Uchiha, who was being escorted by a crowd of ninjas. That youth didn't look like a good person at first glance!
That crow in his hands, how fierce it looked!
The Daimyo was on pins and needles, looking at Itachi and the vicious-looking ninja squad behind him from time to time. "Is it finally our turn?"
His courage was indeed not great.
"You're joking…"
Itachi Uchiha sighed and waved his hand for the people behind him to leave. "I am the Konoha Jonin, Itachi Uchiha, and also Konoha's candidate for Fifth Hokage. I have only come to the Daimyo's mansion today to urge for the new year's budget and to negotiate the amount of Konoha's funding…"
This is a bit worrying!
From the way their clansmen are acting here, it's not impossible that this Land of Fire Daimyo will really be scared into allocating the full amount… That would be a huge joke…
If there was no 'just cause', the Third Hokage would be too embarrassed to strike the killing blow, right?
"This matter still needs to be decided after we have discussed it."
The Daimyo shook his head violently, then suddenly said in a small voice, "But it's not impossible to discuss it now. As long as you agree to withdraw the ninjas stationed at the Daimyo's mansion, any amount of funding can be discussed. You saw it just now, that group of people is simply too fierce…"
"…"
"If I didn't mishear…"
The young Jonin was stunned for a moment, not having heard him clearly. He subconsciously leaned in. "Your meaning is, you want Konoha to withdraw its protection from you? And then you will allocate the entire budget Konoha requires?"
"Yes, yes, yes! That's it!"
"…"
Itachi Uchiha looked at the crow on his arm. The eyes of both the person and the bird were filled with helplessness. What kind of mess was this…
In the past, the Konoha ninjas' attitude towards the Daimyo had been too weak, which had led to the Daimyo treating Konoha as someone to be summoned and dismissed at will.
Later, Konoha had established the Defense Department, and Fugaku Uchiha had sent the elites of the Military Police to protect the Daimyo. But their Uchiha, on the other hand, had scared the Daimyo half to death…
