“Is it him?”
Uchiha Raimon began to recall.
“But why would he do it? Could it be that he wants to be the Clan Head? But he’s never mentioned it before!”
Uchiha Raimon couldn’t understand the reason for his betrayal.
“That’s right, it’s Uchiha Ming. As someone who has already betrayed the Uchiha Clan once, do you think he truly still possesses the Uchiha Clan’s pride? Not to mention, with Senju Tobirama, that ambitious schemer, perhaps even if he betrayed you, he would still believe he was doing a good thing for the Clan!”
“Perhaps, in his eyes, the so-called reason is that only by eliminating you, an elder whose policies differ from his, can the Uchiha Clan move towards the correct path. To prove the correctness of his actions, this person’s mind is probably already rationally insane! Think about those unique psychopaths who have appeared in our Uchiha Clan throughout history.”
Uchiha Tenxiu specifically reminded him.
Regarding this,
Uchiha Raimon was also speechless.
Because due to the Sharingan, the Uchiha Clan does indeed produce one or two individuals with unusual ideas every few years.
But if Uchiha Ming truly thinks this way!
Wouldn’t he be truly insane?
Subsequently,
Uchiha Tenxiu added Senju Tobirama and continued in a slow tone, “Think about it, if Elder Raimon were to pass away, would the other elders still maintain the state of war readiness from the Sengoku period like you, controlling the yearly deficit of grain, and stubbornly refusing to let go?”
“Probably not!”
Uchiha Raimon shook his head and said firmly.
Apart from himself, even if the other elders in the entire Clan supported him, it was merely as allies, not because they truly cared about the grain on these so-called fields.
Seven consecutive years of peace, under the leadership of the God of Shinobi in Konoha, even in Konoha, where prices were relatively high, the price of grain was quite low, allowing all families in Konoha to purchase enough grain with plenty to spare.
Facing grain that could be bought at will,
who would spend a great deal of money to manage grain from their estates?
Even he himself was hesitating.
On one hand, the long-standing desire for grain during the Sengoku period made him unwilling to give up these grains.
On the other hand,
these estates and grain production were within his sphere of power.
Losing them would be equivalent to losing his own power, and without them, he would suffer significant losses in benefits.
If it were just him, he wouldn’t care about these things.
But there were also a large number of Clan members who relied on him for their livelihood, not to mention his younger daughter Yukino’s illness required a large amount of funding. Once he withdrew from this power struggle, where would he go to find information about obtaining elixirs, where would he buy large quantities of rare medicinal ingredients? And where would he find famous doctors for his daughter’s illness?
Thinking of this, Uchiha Raimon’s gaze towards Uchiha Tenxiu couldn’t help but be filled with gratitude.
“Then that’s right!”
“After your passing, perhaps all the external estates managed by the Clan will be sold off, leaving only a small portion near the Village, enough for self-sufficiency at most. Once war comes, we will only be able to rely on the Village. But by then, will the Clan still be able to say no to the Village?”
“Certainly not!”
Uchiha Raimon quickly said, his eyes revealing a sense of fear and unease at such a scenario. In that outcome, the Uchiha Clan would almost completely lose the right to say “no.”
“That’s right!”
Uchiha Tenxiu clapped his hands.
“By that time!”
“Even when faced with the most outrageous missions from the Village, a Clan without grain can only bite the bullet and charge forward!”
“Such a Clan, instead of being called the renowned Uchiha Clan of the Ninja World, would be nothing more than a loyal dog of Konoha.”
“It would even be Senju Tobirama’s loyal dog. As long as their Hokage lineage issues a mission, the Uchiha Clan can only follow the mission forward, with no possibility of retreat.”
“And the Uchiha Clan at that time!”
“Would have completely lost its dignity and freedom!”
Uchiha Tenxiu spoke of his conjecture.
The Ninja World was a strange place.
Even though Ninja possessed great power, they still accepted missions and served the powerful, and they had strict demands on themselves and their credibility. Even a rogue Ninja like Zabuza never had the idea of killing the mission client.
Therefore, if the Uchiha Clan were to sell off the external estates under its name, it would not be a simple matter to buy them back, because some properties owned by everyone when Konoha was built were implicitly retained.
Each Clan also had its own sphere of influence.
But if one voluntarily abandoned certain spheres of influence,
and other Clans took over,
then the abandoning Clan could no longer reclaim them.
Furthermore, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire had also imposed various restrictions on Konoha, only retaining the estates and land owned by each Clan before the Village was founded. However, after the establishment of Konoha Village, all Clans were prohibited from purchasing or occupying any estates on the Land of Fire’s territory outside Konoha Village.
Violators would be jointly attacked by all Clans of the Land of Fire.
Therefore, the land owned by the Uchiha Clan was a non-renewable resource, a huge benefit that could only decrease, never increase, and it had to be retained even if it incurred losses year after year.
Otherwise, if control over grain was lost,
Ninja who didn’t want to descend into banditry and robbery could only survive by taking on missions, and once they undertook missions, it was tantamount to entrusting everything to the Village.
Uchiha Tenxiu couldn’t help but think of the terrible missions issued by Konoha Village in later generations. Under the dominance of Konoha’s F4, various unreasonable missions made Konoha’s Ninja suffer greatly. While the front lines were struggling, the rear was feasting, with large numbers of Ninja performing missions beyond their difficulty limits, while these few high-ranking Konoha families in the rear were getting fat and rich.
“Therefore, all these conspiracies at present are probably aimed at Elder Uchiha Ming wanting to eliminate you, to make the Uchiha Clan lose its independence and become a part of Konoha.”
“And once it completely loses its independence, the Uchiha will become a dog of Konoha Village. The Village can do whatever it wants to the Uchiha Clan, and Uchiha Ming can also use these merits to become a high-ranking official in Konoha. He is trading the betrayal of his Clan for loyalty to Konoha; he is a complete and utter traitor!”
Uchiha Tenxiu said through gritted teeth.
“Perhaps in the end, Uchiha Ming will even say that this is a necessary sacrifice, a temporary pain.”
“He just needs to say some pleasantries, but Elder Raimon, you and little Yukino, what you stand to lose are your lives.”
As Uchiha Tenxiu spoke, he directly branded Uchiha Ming’s actions as those of a traitor, giving him no chance to redeem himself.
Uchiha Tenxiu was a petty person; the matter of the elite Ninja was always on his mind!
Finally, he even fanned the flames.
Of course, Uchiha Tenxiu was not lying.
With his knowledge of the plot, Uchiha Tenxiu knew the original historical trajectory: without his intervention, Elder Uchiha Raimon’s ultimate fate would simply be death.
Without the alcohol production he provided, the protection of these grains and estates, the ultimate result would be all the grain being sold off, and the land also being sold, leading to the Uchiha Clan only being able to hold out in the Uchiha Police Force and survive by relying on Konoha’s missions.
Not to mention,
the Earth Spider Clan involved in this ambush even became an ally of Konoha in the end.
Is there any justice in this?
Is there any law?
Is there any legality?
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