During the dinner, Uchiha Tokumitsu and Tsunade's seemingly heartfelt words were naturally true and false.
Even though he was full of curiosity and affection for Tsunade due to the various books in his previous life, Uchiha Tokumitsu would still not tolerate or give in to Tsunade.
This is also his principle.
I had enough of being a humble social animal in my previous life. If I could be reborn in the Uchiha clan, which is known for its arrogance, what's the point of being reborn if I still live so cautiously?
However, other people's words mixed with personal information are usually nine truths and one falsehood. Uchiha Tokumitsu's is three truths and seven falsehoods. However, the skill of confusing right and wrong, which is derived from his experience in the financial industry in his previous life, still goes smoothly. Take Tsunade, who was still leaning toward idealism at this time, into a ditch.
The Uchiha clan is indeed arrogant, presumptuous, and has poor interpersonal relationships, but so what? As long as the family's strength is still there, no one can ignore the Uchiha clan's demands; even if the Uchiha clan fails to react due to disagreements during the moment of suppression, no one dares to really think that the Uchiha clan is weak and can be bullied.
When Uchiha retreats, outsiders often think that the Uchiha are brewing some conspiracy, so what follows is even more crazy suppression and exclusion, with the intention of stimulating Uchiha's resistance. Only in this way can he prove his suppression. The justice of the behavior, then pointed at Uchiha who was showing his teeth and claws to bite people and said: Look! Let me just say that the Uchiha are going to rebel!
The cordial and friendly interview between Uchiha Tokumitsu and Tsunade, although it did not get the Uchiha clan's commitment, also allowed Tsunade to see Uchiha's attitude.
Although this attitude and the actual situation after being packaged in rhetorical interpretation are somewhat biased, Tsunade believed 70% of it.
But it was also because of the attitude of the clan shown by Uchiha Tokumitsu that it troubled Tsunade.
Regarding the content of the meeting with Uchiha Demitsu, Tsunade completely relayed it to Uzumaki Mito, and then, with the consent of Uzumaki Mito, reported the results of the meeting to her teacher, the third generation of Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen. .
As the 'grandmother' of Konoha, Uzumaki Mito also cherishes Konoha, a village where her husband Senju Hashirama has devoted his life's efforts. Although he is dissatisfied with Hiruzen Sarutobi, who has always supported him, the recent collusion between various ninja clans has caused a stir. The undercurrent also made her feel quite uneasy.
She just wanted Sarutobi Hiruzen to behave, but she didn't want Konoha to be more torn apart from now on.
Similarly, she hopes that the Uchiha clan can gradually integrate into the village like the Senju, instead of becoming more "gloriously isolated".
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Hokage's office.
Uncharacteristically, the Sandaime did not smoke, but concentrated on the content of the meeting that Tsunade had stated.
As a rather senior person in power, he naturally understood the profound meaning behind Uchiha Tokimitsu's words.
But he couldn't explain it to Tsunade openly, because this would expose the Hokage family's continuous plan to exclude the Uchiha clan since the second generation.
As a teacher, he still wanted to preserve the phenomenon in Tsunade's mind.
"How should the Ninja clan and the village get along with each other..."
At the Uchiha training ground, Hatake Sakumo also asked this question.
In the past few days, he had been summoned by the Sandaime to have private conversations. At the same time, the Sandaime also tactfully explained the undercurrent caused by the Ninja clan from the side.
"The village belongs to the village, and the ninja belongs to the ninja." Uchiha Tokumitsu took a bunch of roasted birds and chewed them wantonly.
After the two went through intense practical training, Uchiha Tokumitsu arranged for his guard class to prepare some special foods from the Uchiha clan.
Although it was not as elaborate as the banquet when receiving Tsunade, it was better in that it was large and could satisfy the Jonin's big appetite.
"Sakumo-kun, the roasted bird and the lantern are both very good. You should try it while it's hot." Uchiha Tokumitsu chewed the meat skewers in his mouth and tried to change the topic.
Hatake Sakumo also picked up a meat skewer and ate it, but still did not change the subject as Uchiha Tokumitsu wanted: "Tokumitsu-kun... must the village and the ninja clan be so differentiated? "
"Then, I have a question. Please don't take offense, Sakumo-kun." Uchiha Tokumitsu finished chewing a large meat skewer, threw the bamboo skewer away, and looked at Hatake Sakumo.
Hatake Sakumo nodded affirmatively.
"I remember that the Hatake family was a powerful samurai family during the Warring States Period, right? And they were also one of the pioneers in combining chakra and katana swordsmanship."
This period of history comes from the secret history records of the Uchiha clan, and Hatake Sakumo is naturally familiar with it as a Hatake clan member.
"In the middle of the Warring States Period, the Hatake family had about three hundred people. When he joined Konoha, the Hatake family had about four hundred people..." Uchiha Tokumitsu casually picked up another glass of juice, "It's just... today's Hatake Are there still two hundred people from the Mu clan?"
Hatake Sakumo was stunned.
This extremely realistic but terrifying problem made Hatake Sakumo, who was full of passion for Konoha, at a loss as to what to do.
"Sakumo-kun... How long have you not looked back to see the clansmen who have been left far behind you?" Uchiha Tokumitsu picked up a string of lanterns again and handed them to Hatake Sakumo.
The rich and smooth egg liquid explodes in the mouth. In addition to the taste created by the blend of ingredients and cooking techniques, there is also a hint of fishy smell and bitterness that is not completely covered up by the seasonings.
Just like Hatake Sakumo's mood at this time.
He really hadn't thought about this problem.
"Konoha White Fang", as the golden signboard of Konoha, enjoys a high reputation, but it also means that it will be entangled by various heavy people. In fact, since Hatake Sakumo became famous, he has spent most of his time executing He was active all over the ninja world on various difficult tasks. While he was gaining great fame, he had indeed not paid attention to the people and affairs of his family for a long time.
It's funny to say that in the past few years, the longest vacation was exactly the time to recuperate after jointly commanding the mobile troops with Uchiha Tokumitsu to participate in the war in the Kingdom of Whirlpool.
"Tokumitsu-kun is right..." Hatake Sakumo said with a bit of self-deprecation, lowering his head and feeling a little embarrassed: "I am indeed an incompetent head of the family..."
Uchiha Tokumitsu remained noncommittal and continued to pass a skewer of grilled chicken gizzards to Hatake Sakumo.
Hatake Sakumo sighed deeply.
He discovered that since he came into contact with Uchiha Tokko, there were suddenly so many ulterior secrets and conspiracies hidden behind many of the things he had become accustomed to.
"Tokumitsu-kun, fight me again." After eating all the roasted chicken gizzards in one bite, Hatake Sakumo said to Uchiha Tokumitsu with a little frustration.
"Okay, but what is the competition? Swordsmanship or ninjutsu?" Uchiha Tokumitsu drank the fruit tea in one gulp, threw away the empty cup, and said eagerly.
"My ninjutsu is not as versatile as Tokumitsu-kun's, but it would be too unfair to Tokumitsu-kun to compete with swordsmanship, so let me use my ninjutsu with my ninjutsu." Sakumo Hatake suggested. A compromise proposal.
To this, Uchiha Tokko naturally accepted it happily.
In the previous swordsmanship competition, the Uchiha style swordsmanship practiced by Uchiha Tokumitsu appeared unusually slow and weak in front of Hatake Sakumo's Hatake swordsmanship.
However, in the ninjutsu battle, Uchiha Tokuko used endless fire escape ninjutsu, but he was able to suppress Hatake Sakumo and forcibly drove Hatake Sakumo's chakra consumption to the verge of exhaustion.
Just as the two were getting ready for another fight, there was some movement in the distance.
One of Uchiha Tokumitsu's accompanying security guards came to his side to report the situation.
"Young Lord Tokumitsu is from ANBU..."
"Oh~" Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't show much surprise, "What's the matter with him? If it's not something urgent, just let him go!"
"It is said that the Hokage wants to summon Sakumo Jounin."
"Then let him come over." Uchiha Tokumitsu put the Kodachi back into the scabbard, and the small scroll in his hand used to cooperate with the spell was also put back into the scroll sleeve of the Jounin uniform.
"It seems that we can't fight today~" Uchiha Tokumitsu was a little regretful.
"There's nothing you can do about it, after all, it's the Hokage-sama who summoned you." Although Hatake Sakumo had some slight mood swings due to recent frequent events, his inner love and loyalty to the village remained unchanged.
However, maybe from now on I will save more time and energy and pay more attention to the family members.
Hatake Sakumo thought silently in his heart.
The black-robed messenger ANBU ninja appeared in front of Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo, accompanied by two guard class ninjas.
"Sakumo-sama, Tokumitsu Jonin; good day!" The messenger ordered the ANBU to kneel down on one knee and say hello to the two of them, "I'm very sorry for disturbing you."
The Anbu are becoming more talkative and sensible.
Facing ANBU members with such a respectful attitude, Uchiha Tokumitsu couldn't find any reason to make excuses.
"What's going on?" Uchiha Tokumitsu tapped his finger on the blade of the Kodachi at his waist and asked sideways.
"Hokage-sama plans to summon Sakumo-sama at the office of the Hokage Building at four o'clock in the afternoon. I am here to deliver the order." The ANBU did not take it seriously and directly answered Uchiha Tokumitsu's question.
This fashion is around 3pm.
"I understand." Hatake Sakumo agreed naturally, "Please report back to the Hokage-sama, and I will definitely meet the Hokage-sama on time."
"I'll excuse you." After saying that, the ANBU turned into a puff of smoke and left.
After such a confusion, the two of them had no intention of continuing to compete.
After briefly repairing the training ground that was pockmarked by ninjutsu bombing, he headed towards the village.
"Tokumitsu-kun, I have a question..."
"Say it." Uchiha Tokumitsu was also used to Hatake Sakumo's awkward personality.
"What do the Uchiha clan... want?" Hatake Sakumo pretended to ask casually.
"Uchiha wants a status that matches his strength." Uchiha Tokumitsu replied without thinking.
"More than the police department?"
"It's not just the police department."
Uchiha Tokko nodded firmly.
"for example?"
"For example, the Northwest Border Defense Force, Mobile Force, etc."
"Isn't this all under the control of the Uchiha clan?" Hatake Sakumo was a little confused.
"What Sakumo-kun really wants to ask is about the recent 'marginal children' of the ninja clan moving closer to Uchiha, right?" Uchiha Tokumitsu bluntly exposed Hatake Sakumo's little thoughts.
Hatake Sakumo smiled slightly awkwardly, but did not refute.
"You are not the first one to ask." Uchiha Tokumitsu said to himself: "It's just...should Uchiha stay in the police department, separated from the ninja civilians in the village, as a A hostile target who is against the Hokage and at odds with the ninja clan?"
"Of course it's not like that..." Although Hatake Sakumo is not a good talker, it is still difficult to argue in front of the sharp-tongued Uchiha Tokko.
"The Uchiha clan wants a status that matches their strength." Uchiha Tokumitsu reiterated.
"Uchiha... is too strong." Hatake Sakumo sighed.
"Is there anything wrong with being strong?" Uchiha Tokumitsu disagreed. "Ninjas should pursue the true meaning of power, so that their lives will not be wasted."
"That's true." Hatake Sakumo nodded. As a powerful ninja with the title of 'Konoha White Fang' and a powerful figure in the ninja world, he also has a tireless pursuit of power.
"The Uchiha clan owns one-fifth of the jounin in Konoha." Uchiha Tokumitsu said proudly, "Whether you count the unregistered family ninjas or not, the Uchiha clan is one-fifth of the jounin in Konoha. This is true. The truth of its existence cannot be refuted by anyone.”
"Furthermore, since the Warring States Period, the Uchiha clan has been a powerful ninja family alongside the Senju. No matter in any era, the Uchiha clan has a status that matches its strength. This is a matter of course for the Uchiha. .”
"It's just that the current power of the Uchiha clan is really weak, so all we want is to have a stable place."
"The Uchiha's strength is weakening..." Hatake Sakumo said, not knowing how to respond.
"Yes... the Battle of Naraku Underworld had a great impact on Uchiha." Uchiha Tokimitsu nodded matter-of-factly, "The Uchiha clan has reached its weakest period in thousands of years. Reviving Uchiha One clan is my lifelong long-cherished wish."
Of course, Uchiha Tokumitsu's words are always true or false.
But even the so-called "long-cherished wish" can be regarded as a milestone goal for Uchiha Tokko, and it is not a complete lie.
"The weakest period..." Hatake Sakumo's mouth twitched, not knowing what to say.
"It seems that Sakumo-kun doesn't like reading books very much, especially those historical books of the family." Uchiha Tokumitsu is not surprised either. Ninjas are often obsessed with pursuing the power of chakra, but ignore the lessons of history and the power of technology.
It seems that no matter what world we are in, the only lesson people learn from history is that they never learn from history.
"I usually read books, such as those written by Jiraiya..."
Hatake Sakumo coughed.
"Sakumo-kun!"
Before he could finish his words, a green strange creature suddenly rushed over from a distance and pounced on Hatake Sakumo at an extremely fast speed.
Hatake Sakumo turned sideways and tried to dodge, but he was still hugged by one arm.
"Wear……"
Hatake Sakumo was a little helpless, "There are many people on this street, don't be like this..."
Uchiha Deguang turned around and left. He was not interested in Qixingzhong for the time being.
The last chapter, Chapter 67, has finally been released, which is really not easy...
I will never write content that may reflect reality again.
(End of chapter)
