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Hearing Setsuna's answer, Kazekaze suddenly remembered. The Uchiha residence in the Naruto storyline. It was because of the Nine-Tails' rampage night that the Konoha higher-ups found a reason to push the Uchiha clan from the center of the village to the outskirts. And in this era, the Uchiha clan, as a major clan that co-founded the village with the Senju, naturally had a decent territory in the Hidden Leaf Village to build their residence. If it weren't for Hashirama's hope to eliminate clan barriers, the Senju clan today would also have a decent residence.
However, what Kazekaze didn't expect was that when Uchiha Setsuna turned around, a dozen shadows suddenly rushed out from the dark part of the forest, surrounding Kazekaze.
"Hmm?"
Kazekaze blinked and looked around, noticing that these people had no intention of hiding their identities. They neither wore masks nor night suits. In fact, each of them bore the fan emblem. It was clearly the Uchiha clan's crest! They were all members of the Uchiha clan! Their ages ranged from teens to several decades old. Naturally, Kazekaze wasn't foolish enough to ask Setsuna "What do you want?" because the answer was already obvious.
'If I remember correctly, it was Tobirama who created the Konoha Police Force, which became the catalyst for some ninjas inheriting Madara's will to attempt a rebellion.' Kazekaze thought to himself. And Uchiha Setsuna was one who inherited Uchiha Madara's will. However, according to the normal timeline, these hawkish Uchiha only started rebelling after the police force was established. And currently, Tobirama had no intention of establishing a police force. In other words, their rebellion time was moved up!
"Could it be because of me?" Kazekaze frowned. He thought of a possibility. The previous Chūnin exams and being promoted to Special Jonin made the Uchiha clan leader see his talent. Thus, they believed that the next Hokage of Konoha would definitely be him. In this way, the First Hokage was Senju Hashirama. The Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama. The Third Hokage would be himself, Senju Kazekaze. Three generations all from the Senju clan. If it were him, his mentality would probably collapse too. So it led the Uchiha clan to decide to rebel early. Of course, this was just Kazekaze's personal speculation. As for the real truth, he couldn't say. He just never thought that the Uchiha clan would be so straightforward... They really just came to his house, swaggered him to the Uchiha residence, and then made a move?
"You don't seem surprised at all, Kazekaze." The smile on Uchiha Setsuna's face instantly disappeared, replaced by a vicious expression. He had long wanted to get rid of Kazekaze. It was because of him that he couldn't be promoted to Chūnin!
"Surprised? What's there to be surprised about?" Kazekaze retorted to Setsuna with a puzzled expression. At the same time, he couldn't help but start to struggle internally. Should he take out all these people? Or use the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave and let Tobirama deal with them? Although the power of the Uchiha clan is the power of the Hidden Leaf Village, Kazekaze didn't want to repeat the tragedy of the Uchiha clan's annihilation. However, all these people inherited Uchiha Madara's will. If they were left alive, their ideology would surely spread to the next generation of Uchiha. For the development of the Hidden Leaf Village, this was a very unfavorable thing.
If Kazekaze remembered correctly, Tobirama's way of handling it at the time was merely to arrest these Uchiha ninjas. It seemed he didn't eradicate them to prevent future troubles, which eventually led to hidden dangers. By the time of Hiruzen Sarutobi, it forced the Uchiha's interests and the village's interests into two camps.
"You don't think I just want to teach you a lesson, do you, Kazekaze?" Seeing Kazekaze say nothing, Uchiha Setsuna simply laid it out. "The Hidden Leaf Village is a village jointly established by the Senju and Uchiha clans, but in the end... The Hokage is always someone from the Senju clan. Even that guy Tobirama kicked us out of the Konoha higher-ups, out of the political center. He never considered us Uchiha as anything. I suppose, in your heart, it's the same thought, right?"
In reality, Uchiha Setsuna didn't care if Kazekaze could understand what he was saying. Because he just wanted to vent his dissatisfaction with Tobirama's policies. No matter what, from his perspective, Kazekaze was just a seven-year-old kid. What could he understand? Moreover, for this plan, the hawkish faction of the Uchiha clan had been plotting for a long time. Even if Kazekaze's strength was above Setsuna's, there were a dozen Uchiha ninjas gathered here now. And... Each of them had activated the Sharingan. Dealing with a seven-year-old Kazekaze was simply an easy task.
"Letting a seven-year-old kid casually become a Special Jonin is simply a joke." Setsuna was filled with righteous indignation, emotionally agitated, "Now, the First Hokage is seriously ill, unable to refine chakra, basically no different from a waste. The only person who poses a threat to our plan is Tobirama. But..." Setsuna's mouth curled up as he stared at Kazekaze. He knew. He knew that the person Tobirama cared about most was Kazekaze. As long as they could control Kazekaze, they could weaken Tobirama's combat power. By then, dealing with Hashirama, who couldn't refine chakra, would be a piece of cake. And once Senju Hashirama was dead, Setsuna couldn't think of anyone who could stop them. What Sarutobi, Shimura, Hyuga. Although they joined during Konoha's founding period, they couldn't compare to the Uchiha. Whether in terms of power or clan size, they were not on the same level.
"However, I guess telling you all this, you wouldn't understand." Uchiha Setsuna laughed and shook his head, then activated his Sharingan, preparing to use Sharingan genjutsu to control Kazekaze. However, just as he was about to release the genjutsu, he inexplicably asked Kazekaze, "Do you have anything you want to say now?" A dozen Uchiha clan members. Setsuna really didn't know how they could lose.
"What did you just call Hashirama?" Kazekaze's eyebrows furrowed as he stared at Setsuna. Regarding other content, he didn't care. But the part where Setsuna called Hashirama a waste, he couldn't pretend he didn't hear.
"Huh?" Setsuna was stunned, not knowing why, but he felt that the seven-year-old Kazekaze had a strong aura. What was up with this kid? That gaze...
"Hmm?" Suddenly, Setsuna's eyes widened as he saw Kazekaze's eyes transform into the Sharingan!