After Uchiha Tokumitsu withdrew his troops from the border of Earth Country and returned to the camp, he left the general affairs aside and found a quiet place to practice. The Hokage envoy Jiraiya who accompanied him returned after obtaining the return order document signed by Uchiha Tokumitsu. , and sent the documents back to Konoha through the psychic beast, but he was not in a hurry to leave, but stayed in the camp of the Northwest Frontier Defense Force.
As one of the three apprentices of the Hokage, Jiraiya came as the Hokage's special envoy, and he was very strong. It is said that he also received the inheritance of Mt. Myoboku, one of the three sacred places for psychic beasts. There are a lot of buffs stacked up. , on the contrary, his status as a Jonin does not seem to be prominent. If he wanted to stay in the camp, no matter whether it was Uchiha Kato, Uchiha Tokumitsu or staff officer Nara Yukihei, they all had no choice but to pinch their noses and ask people to find him a place to stay and let him wander around.
Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't have any ill feelings toward Jiraiya. After all, no matter what he knew in his previous life or what he had come into contact with in this life, he didn't have much objection to him. On the contrary, although he was from a humble background, he had a persevering temperament and was quite capable. He has a heroic spirit. Although people have a lot of opinions about Jiraiya because he came as a special envoy to deliver the edict to withdraw the troops, they can't stand it. Jiraiya has been wandering around the camp for a few days, talking to the ninjas in the camp. They all communicated, which also dispelled many people's dissatisfaction with the Hokage's edict.
After Uchiha Tokumitsu worked behind closed doors in the mountains for a few days, he felt that the 'Super Uchiha Fire Chakra Mode' he had been thinking about had reached a bottleneck, and the various training materials he carried were basically exhausted due to excessive chakra consumption for several days. After he was completely exhausted, especially when his body felt unbearably tired, he brought the practice to an end and returned to the camp with everyone in the guard squad.
Everywhere inside and outside the camp, the patrol teams with open and hidden sentries were in good order, and the support teams of ninja doctors and ninja craftsmen performed their duties. Uchiha Tokko was quite satisfied with this.
No matter in his past life or this life, he was leading an army for the first time. Being able to hold an army of extraordinary beings in his hands and make them obey orders gave him a sense of accomplishment.
When Uchiha Tokumitsu walked to the middle of the camp, he suddenly heard a noise on one side, and curiously walked over to take a look at the excitement. This sight made him suddenly darken his face.
It turned out that it was Jiraiya who was leading a group of civilian ninjas who were arguing with the station of the support detachment and the Uchiha people responsible for financial and material management. From the few voices that came over, he could tell that it seemed to be about the issue of bounty distribution. Conflict.
How can you bear this?
Uchiha Demitsu's anger suddenly rose.
Whether it was the tribesmen deducting bounties from civilian ninjas or civilian ninjas gathering to cause trouble, he couldn't bear it. And the mood that suddenly became bad also made the chakra around him unstable, and a cold and murderous aura spread.
"Lord Tokumitsu..."
"Commander Deguang..."
A group of ninjas noticed Uchiha Tokko's cold temperament and bowed to him.
"What's all the fuss about?"
Uchiha Demitsu asked coldly.
"Boy Tokumitsu! Your tribe is acting unfairly. You must educate him!" Jiraiya yelled.
Uchiha Tokumitsu's anger became even stronger. He was still young in this life, and what he hated most was that others looked down upon him because of it.
"Let me ask you, why is it so noisy?" Uchiha Tokumitsu tried hard to control his eyes surging with anger, and his voice was extremely sinister, "Do you think my camp regulations don't exist?"
"Jounin Jiraiya said that our war merit bounties were unfairly distributed, so he led the crowd to cause trouble." The Uchiha clan member in charge of finances quickly replied.
"What's the injustice? Is it that your merit bounty has been withheld or your pension has been wiped away?" Uchiha Tokumitsu turned his attention to the group of civilian ninjas gathered behind Jiraiya.
'Twelve people. '
Uchiha Tokumitsu silently counted the heads, and mentally sentenced them to death.
"The bounty for Uchiha ninjas' war achievements is twice that of other people. It's not fair!" Jiraiya said firmly, holding his head high.
When Uchiha Tokumitsu heard this, his anger became even stronger, and his Sharingan couldn't help but shine out.
"Is that why?"
"That's right! As the commander of a ninja army, you must have fair rewards and punishments in order to convince the public! The position of commander of the ninja army is not a plaything for the ninja clan to gain power!"
"Huh huh huh!" Uchiha Tokumitsu was so angry that his teeth were itching, "Here's the Fire Gate commander!"
"Homon Lord, at the invitation of the Daimyo of the Land of Grass, yesterday, he led the family detachment out." The Uchiha ninja responded quickly.
"What about Xin Ping! Call him over!"
"Yes!" An Uchiha ninja saluted hurriedly and turned to find the staff officer.
"Jounin Jiraiya, are you here to disturb the morale of our army?" Uchiha Tokumitsu said with a sullen face, "Don't you know that the double bounty of the Uchiha ninja is an additional expense for our clan?" Is it a reward?"
"Boy Tokumitsu! The village has its own system of rewards and punishments. How can we change it at will so that the family ninja can do something special?" Jiraiya still shouted with a look of reluctance.
"Go talk to the old thief Sarutobi about this!" Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't bother to take care of the goods and directly ordered, "Take them down! If you dare to resist, kill them on the spot!"
"yes!"
The Uchiha ninjas were already suffocating their anger. After hearing this, they all stepped forward. They worked in pairs, with one person holding his sword on guard and the other taking out the chakra restraint rope to tie up and arrest the person.
When a group of civilian ninjas who followed Jiraiya to cause trouble saw this, they did not dare to move, so they had no choice but to turn to Jiraiya for help.
"How dare you!" Jiraiya's face turned red with anger, he pointed at Uchiha Tokumitsu and cursed, "Are you going to harm your fellow villagers!"
The Uchiha ninjas ignored him and just tied up and arrested all the troublemaking ninjas.
"Jounin Jiraiya, please be careful what you say." Nara Shinpei, who hurried over, was frightened when he heard Jiraiya's words and shouted hurriedly.
"Lord Tokumitsu, please forgive me for being late." Nara Shinpei, who was sweating profusely, bowed his head and saluted Uchiha Tokumitsu.
"Staff Shinpei, Sori, have I deducted bounty materials from our ninja army?" Uchiha Tokumitsu glanced at Nara Shinpei with a cold and faint Sharingan.
"Never." Nara Shinpei wiped cold sweat, "Master Tokumitsu always rewards and punishes fairly, and never deducts..."
"Then why can the bounty for Uchiha ninjas be doubled!" Jiraiya jumped out and shouted again.
"This..." Nara Shinpei was already yelling in his heart, "Jiraiya-sama, the Uchiha ninja bounty is an additional war allowance given by the Uchiha clan, not the village's funds. It’s customary for ninjas to go into battle.”
"Then why does the Finance Department provide Uchiha family allowances? But other ninja clans don't?"
"Each ninja clan has its own leader responsible for the distribution. The camp or the village does not interfere in this matter... The Uchiha clan has a larger number of people participating in the battle and the camp's financial director is an Uchiha ninja, so..."
"Is this like this?" Jiraiya felt a little surprised this time. He looked around and found that the other ninjas who were watching after hearing the news were watching with cold eyes.
"Hey! The boy of the Hyuga family!" Jiraiya asked Hyuga Seiji, the jounin of the Hyuga clan on the side.
Hinata Seiji rolled his eyes at him and refused to attend the regular meeting.
"Take them down and imprison them!" Uchiha Tokumitsu ordered everyone to take away the troublesome ninjas, looked directly at Jiraiya and said, "Jiraiya Jonin, I will let your rudeness go for now, but please do it in the future Pay attention to your words and deeds. If there is another person who disturbs the morale of the army and causes trouble for no reason like this again, I will definitely kill him! Also, please leave the headquarters tomorrow!"
After saying that, he led everyone away with a cold face, leaving Jiraiya behind who looked embarrassed.
When they returned to the sleeping tent, Jiraiya came to the door and insisted on making trouble with the Uchiha security team to go inside to find Uchiha Tokumitsu.
Uchiha Tokumitsu had no choice but to let Jiraiya in.
"Jiraiya Jonin, what's the matter with you?" Uchiha Tokumitsu still had a cold face.
"What happened today was my fault. I acted impulsively and made trouble without understanding it clearly." As soon as he entered the door, Jiraiya bowed and apologized, "It is indeed my fault. I hope Tokuguang will punish me."
"You are not my subordinate, and it is not my turn to punish you." Uchiha Tokumitsu still had a bad expression, "But I will report your reckless behavior back to the village and ask your teacher for an explanation."
"What about...the imprisoned ninjas? Can you forgive them?"
"They will be incorporated into the commando team. If they survive the next three battles, the matter will be revealed." Uchiha Tokumitsu said coldly, "Of course, if the village has an order to take them away, that is a different matter. If There is absolutely no possibility of additional immunity among my subordinates.”
Jiraiya sighed slightly.
This time he also figured it out. It was obvious that someone was deliberately encouraging him to cause trouble.
"Then...Commander Tokuguang, what do you think of the village?"
"The village is just a village, what's there to see?" This kind of fake question made Uchiha Tokumitsu increasingly impatient.
"Commander Tokumitsu, are you dissatisfied with Hokage-sama?" Jiraiya's eyes were bright, "Can you tell me why?"
"All the ninjas whose interests have been harmed are dissatisfied, and I am not the only one." Uchiha Tokumitsu frowned, not caring about Jiraiya, the Third Hokage's apprentice, "The reason why the ninjas chose Konoha is because of Konoha." By protecting the interests of the Ninja clan, the Ninja clan can contribute appropriately to the village, but there must be corresponding rewards."
"But the civilian ninjas in the village have also made a lot of contributions to the village. Why don't the ninja clan's extra allowances benefit them?"
"Using the ninja clan's money to give to civilian ninjas?" Uchiha Tokumitsu smiled angrily, "Does Sarutobi think that the ninja clan's money is too much to spend, or is he trying to win people's hearts? Besides, people who are not from my clan have nothing to do with me. What’s the matter!”
Jiraiya hesitated to speak.
"The ninjas of the ninja clan are not part of the ninja system of the village. It is to protect the village that they accept the recruitment of the family and fight for the village. In this case, in order to take care of their children, the ninja clan sets its own war participation allowance. What does it have to do with the village!"
"But...it's not fair..."
"Is it fair to distribute the money of the ninja clan to other people?" Uchiha Tokumitsu said unceremoniously, "Jounin Jiraiya, if you feel that the reward for combat merit is low, you can make suggestions to the Hokage yourself, but the ninja Don’t even think about interfering with the clan’s affairs, not even you, even the Hokage!”
"Isn't Lord Hokage the supreme leader of the village?"
"The Hokage is only a representative of the interests of the village, but not a representative of the Ninja clan. Please understand this." Uchiha Tokumitsu glared at Jiraiya and said word by word, "We have been passed down by the Ninja clan for thousands of years and have our own rules. , no measures can be interfered with by outsiders!”
"Is this how the relationship between Uchiha and the village has become so tense..." Jiraiya looked complicated.
"Jiraiya Jonin, you are too naive." Uchiha Tokumitsu criticized mercilessly, "If you are really capable, go and ask the Hyuga clan to abandon the caged bird, otherwise don't come and talk to me about this!"
"Alas..." Jiraiya sighed, "What about the ninjas and civilian ninjas? Commander Tokumitsu, what do they represent in your eyes?"
"Whether you are a ninja or a civilian, a ninja is a ninja, and strength is everything." Uchiha Tokumitsu looked at the dejected Jiraiya with cold eyes, "Strength is the basis of dialogue and the root of equality. I want Jiraiya to come. Ren, you probably don’t understand this truth.”
"But...can't you have a little more understanding of your friends in the village?"
"Understand? What kind of understanding? Do we need to let the Ninja clan disperse their money or do we need to destroy the Ninja clan and divide the family property Ninjutsu?"
"Jōnin Tokumitsu, you are too extreme..."
"This is not extreme! I said, the Ninja clan has its own position! You are not a fat sheep for the village to take away from you! There is no need for you to teach the Ninja clan how to do things!"
"But as a powerful family in the ninja world, the Uchiha clan can't shoulder more responsibilities?"
"Responsibilities are matched by rights. I think what our family has done far exceeds the rights we enjoy."
"Commander Tokumitsu, you are still too narrow-minded... The Senju clan is also a ninja clan..."
"So the Senju are now on the verge of annihilation." Uchiha Tokimitsu said expressionlessly.
The look on Jiraiya's face was very strange. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something but not knowing where to start. He looked like he was hesitating to speak.
There was a moment of silence in the tent. Uchiha Tokumitsu repeatedly served tea to signal the guests off, but Jiraiya remained in a daze and ignored them.
Just when Uchiha Tokumitsu was still wondering whether Jiraiya didn't understand the etiquette of serving tea and seeing off guests, and was about to tell him to leave, Jiraiya straightened his face and continued to ask: "Commander Tokumitsu, if the interests of the ninja clan are Does it conflict with the interests of the village? How should we choose?"
"You should ask your teacher about this. He is also the leader of the ninja clan." Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't want to answer directly.
"I want to hear your opinion." Jiraiya was still reluctant.
After struggling for a while, Uchiha Tokko became increasingly impatient.
"Jiraiya Jonin, do you understand what a ninja is?"
Jiraiya nodded, hesitated for a moment and then shook his head.
"The Ninja Clan is the refuge of the Ninja Clan and the carrier of the Ninja Clan's bloodline. It is the Ninja Clan that cultivates the Ninja Clan's children. Don't you think it's ridiculous to ask me this question?"
"What about the village?"
"Jounin Jiraiya, let me put it bluntly. When the interests of the ninja clan conflict with the interests of the village, the lesser of the two should be weighed. Do you understand?"
Jiraiya was speechless.
The conversation ended unhappily.
