Escape From Konoha

Konoha 56 years, April, early spring.

With the stabilization of the international environment, the friction between Shinobi and Shinobi seems to have dropped a lot.

Even Konoha and Yunyin, who were still in tension a few years ago, have also cooperated closely with businessmen from the two countries following the negotiation between the daimyo of the two countries.

The grievances between the ninjas also seem to be put down.

All are enjoying the hard-won peace on such quiet days.

But for those who care, this is just a buffer time after the war.

Sooner or later, the Ninja World War will break out, maybe tomorrow, maybe next year.

That's why peace is so precious.

On such a sunny day, Kakashi wandered the streets of Konoha with a copy of "Intimacy Paradise" in hand.

On the street lamp posts on both sides, there are colorful posters with huge borders.

It advertises a movie called "Princess Fengyun" starring Fenghua Xiaoxue, a famous name in the country of snow.

An adolescent girl with a beautiful and elegant temperament can be said to be the biggest talk in the ninja world recently.

Compared with the identity of the name of the other party's country of snow, Fenghua Xiaoxue, whose stage name is 'Fuji Fengxuehui', is even more famous.

Compared with the movie "Princess Fengyun", the movie adapted from "Intimacy in Paradise" was also officially released a year ago... Because of various review issues, the response was mediocre.

It is all to blame for the film company of the Kingdom of Ghosts, which cut off more than half of the essence, which led to many readers and fans scolding it after its release.

But it is said that the film company of the country of ghosts still made a lot of money in the scolding.

This made Kakashi feel very sorry.

Why cut off the essence of it?

That is obviously one of the three ninjas, the true essence that Lord Jiraiya wants to express.

In short, after spending a few hundred taels to buy tickets and watching the movie, I was quite depressed at the time, and I complained about the Shionhua Film Production Company for a while.

This company, has no idea how to make a successful movie.

Although I have become an adult, I still want to learn how to truly become an adult.

"Ugh……"

Kakashi sighed softly. The sequel to "Intimacy Paradise" is still in the future. What will you use to pass the time next?

I really want to arrest Jiraiya-sama and put him in a small dark room to write all day long.

Tracking down the mysterious organization where Orochimaru and Orochimaru belong, there is absolutely no need to do that kind of thing.

In Kakashi's view, Jiraiya is a complete waste of time.

In the ninja world, there are countless avid book fans, waiting for the sequel to "Intimacy Paradise".

At this moment, looking up at the sky, an eagle happened to fly overhead, and Kakashi put "Intimacy Paradise" into the ninja bag.

"Is it time?"

So, use the instant body technique to disappear from the place.

Quickly rushed to the Anbu headquarters building, changed into Anbu's clothes there, and walked towards the workplace.

"Captain Kakashi. You're here."

When he came to the monitoring room, Tianzang, who belonged to the second unit of Anbu and the squad leader of the sixth squad, greeted Kakashi.

"Um...how's it going?"

Kakashi looked at the picture on the screen, which showed the scene of the Uchiha clan.

Both civilians and ninjas are under strict surveillance.

However, compared to those civilians, it is not so easy to monitor the ninjas of the Uchiha clan. Many ninjas of the Uchiha clan are uncertain, and it is difficult to obtain evidence of their whereabouts with instruments.

"It's become more and more frequent recently, and I always feel that nothing good will happen."

Tianzang pointed to a screen.

The screen responsible for monitoring is the Nanga Shrine of the Uchiha family.

There is the meeting place of the Uchiha clan. It is said that there are things handed down from the ancestors of the Uchiha clan, but the specifics are true and false, and only the insiders of the Uchiha clan know, and outsiders cannot probe.

Anbu tried countless methods, but he couldn't get the secret of the inner core of Nanga Shrine.

"Really? I thought it was groundless, but things may not be optimistic..."

Kakashi muttered to himself.

"Captain Kakashi, don't tell me..."

The face under the mask of Tianzang suddenly changed.

Anyway, what Kakashi predicted was too exaggerated.

No matter how daring the Uchiha family is, it is impossible for them to embark on that path.

"Didn't you find that the friction between the guards and our Anbu Fourth Division is getting bigger and bigger recently?"

Kakashi asked back.

The fourth unit of Anbu, in the non-war period, dealt with the internal affairs of the village, and also included the resolution of crimes within the village.

This business completely overlapped with the Uchiha clan's garrison.

Because they don't know whether the crime should be handed over to the garrison or Anbu, the senior management has not reached a unified conclusion, which is also the source of the conflict between the garrison and Anbu.

To be honest, this kind of thing, in Kakashi's view, is something that is completely incomprehensible.

Since Anbu already has a special unit to deal with crimes within the village, why set up the Uchiha clan guard team?

This is not only superfluous, but also aggravates the contradiction between the Uchiha family and Anbu.

In the past, the war was fine.

However, now that we have entered an era of peace, various contradictions have arisen.

Especially after the Nine-Tails Rebellion, the conflict between the Uchiha clan and the higher-ups is inevitable.

The two sides did not negotiate, but instead suspected each other in the form of a cold war.

The dark part caught in it was the most uncomfortable one.

But this kind of thing, Kakashi knows that he can't change anything.

Things inside Konoha, if there is no high-level release, nothing can be changed.

The accumulation of usual friction may become the last straw that overwhelms the Uchiha clan.

After Tianzang heard it, he didn't say anything, and he knew what Kakashi said.

Although he is not an Anbu member of the fourth team, everyone works in the same building. Usually, he will hear complaints from members of the fourth team Anbu. It seems that he is very dissatisfied with the Uchiha clan's arbitrary interference in the crime in the village.

But the problem is that dealing with crimes within the village is the power assigned to the Uchiha clan during the second Hokage period.

Thinking of this, Tianzang was a little confused.

I always feel that there is a problem.

In a village, why should there be two troops to manage crimes within the village?

Didn't Hokage consider that only one unit is needed?

If there is one more, it will only cause conflicts between the two sides.

It's like only one Hokage is needed in the village. If there is another Hokage, who should listen to?

The more Tianzang thought about it, the more headaches became. No matter what, Hokage couldn't make mistakes. After all, he was such a great existence.

"What's next?"

Tian Zang was a little confused.

Kakashi was about to speak when a voice came from behind.

"Just report it truthfully."

The person who entered was wearing the same Anbu uniform and mask as Kakashi and Tenzo.

Compared with adults, his stature is much shorter, and he is obviously very young.

It is Uchiha Itachi.

"Good afternoon, Kakashi-senpai."

Itachi greeted Kakashi respectfully.

"You don't have to be so outspoken, you are now at the level of a sub-commander, and at the same level as me."

Kakashi said with emotion.

Although Itachi has only joined Anbu for more than two years, he has gradually become a squad leader from a member of the bottom Anbu, and now he has become a squad leader.

The speed of the upgrade can be said to be unprecedented.

The name Uchiha Itachi is also very loud in Anbu.

Tianzang looked at Itachi with complicated eyes. When he thought of Itachi, who was a member of his team two or three years ago, not only has he left his team, but he has also become a team leader just like Kakashi.

I have been in Anbu for so many years, and I am just a squad leader.

Alas, is this the difference between a mortal and a genius? Tianzang sighed in his heart.

"However, do you really want to report it? This is your clan."

Kakashi pointed at the picture on the screen and said.

"You don't need to test me like this, Kakashi-senpai. Anbu is Konoha's Anbu, not a private power belonging to a certain family, only loyal to the village and Hokage. Since they have strange thoughts, they naturally need to be prepared."

Itachi said firmly.

When he said this, he felt a little pain in his heart.

But between the family and the village, he quickly made a choice.

Moreover, the Uchiha family only has this motive, and it has not yet formed an iron-like fact, and there is still room for recovery.

"Really? Then do as you said. After all, this matter is of great importance, and it is not something we can decide."

Kakashi nodded.

As Konoha Ninja Kakashi, he is indeed testing Itachi.

"Then Hokage-sama, let me report. Anyway, I am the most leisurely here."

"Please, Tianzang."

"This is my job, Captain Kakashi. Then I'll go."

Tianzang smiled, the figure disappeared, and went to the Hokage Building to report the surveillance situation here.

"It's hard for you, Itachi."

After Tianzang left, Kakashi said to Itachi. .

"It's the path I've chosen."

"Life like this is quite painful. Since it's your own choice, I can only wish you good luck, Itachi."

Kakashi patted Itachi on the shoulder, walked to the room on the back side of the monitoring room, and started to work.

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As the sun went down, Nanga Shrine was shrouded in thin darkness.

On the stairs leading to the top of Nanga Shrine, Itachi saw a familiar figure in front of him and stopped him.

"Stop the water."

"It's Itachi, long time no see."

Shishui turned his head and smiled when he saw Itachi, but there was a look of exhaustion in his eyes.

"I haven't seen you recently, it's good to see that you're okay."

Itachi gave a relaxed smile.

"Don't worry about my situation, I'm just going out on a mission, and there is still the business of the garrison to deal with."

Shisui replied.

"Well, it's really hard work."

"It's okay, compared to your hard work in Anbu, my hard work is nothing."

Shishui responded with a smile.

Are you working hard? Itachi felt that he had no self-awareness in this regard.

He is just fulfilling the duties that Konoha Ninja Uchiha Itachi should have.

"Okay, let's go up together, today's meeting is very important."

"Ok."

Follow Shisui towards the building complex at the top of Nanga Shrine.

Itachi subconsciously glanced at the woods around Nanga Shrine, and then turned his eyes back calmly.

The surveillance equipment arranged by Anbu was placed in that forest.

The Uchiha clan's meeting, the senior management did not know the content of the meeting, the time of the meeting, and the premise of the Uchiha clan who participated in this important meeting, they all knew it clearly, without any mistakes.

One after another, ninjas from the Uchiha clan came together.

Entering the secret room of the shrine, the family crest of the Uchiha family was engraved on the wall, and the torches drove out the darkness.

More than 30 Uchiha ninjas gathered here.

They are all elite ninjas from the Uchiha clan who have awakened and are powerful.

Among them, Itachi is the youngest, but also one of the high-profile figures.

There is no reason for it, he is the eyes of the Uchiha family who are placed beside the high-level people.

It is possible to capture the movements of the high-level and Anbu through Itachi, benefiting the Uchiha family.

Sitting on the main seat, facing the patriarch of all the Uchiha clan ninjas, Itachi's father Uchiha Fuyue, different from the image of the strict father in the family, but with a stern face, a look like a great enemy.

Even the mother Uchiha Mikoto, who used to be kind and kind, also had the same stern expression.

It seems that the person here is no longer an ordinary housewife, but an elite of the Uchiha family.

Itachi couldn't stand the atmosphere here, it was too depressing.

Every meeting made him feel irritable and depressed, even worse than the atmosphere of Anbu.

Obviously under the protection of the village, why should he act like an enemy in the village's territory, which makes Itachi feel very sad.

"According to the information obtained before, Anbu is monitoring us closely. The residents around the Uchiha clan are also quietly leaving under the high-level policy, as if to completely isolate us from the Uchiha clan. The same. The high-level people did not regard us as the companions of the same village, the patriarch, let us establish a government belonging to the Uchiha clan. We can no longer let the will of Qianshou dominate the village!"

The speaker was a male Uchiha ninja with short white hair and long, slender eyes, as if he hadn't opened one.

His name is Uchiha Yatsushiro.

He is one of the representatives of Uchiha's radical faction, and he is also the Uchiha ninja who is most disgusted by the high-level Konoha.

His will can represent the will of the radical Uchiha faction.

Although Konoha has entered an era of peace in recent years, it may not be true peace for the Uchiha family.

There was a conflict between Anbu and the garrison in business, and residents kept complaining about the arrogant behavior of the Uchiha clan.

This obvious isolation treatment also completely made the people of Uchiha's radical group feel dissatisfied to the extreme.

The so-called establishment of a regime belonging to the Uchiha clan, in Itachi's view, is just a nicer argument. The real argument is to seize power through a coup d'etat.

In that case, the damage to the village would be too serious.

In this way, itachi is very repulsive.

It might be the trigger for the outbreak of war.

"Itachi, what do you think?"

Fuyue did not respond directly, but looked at Itachi.

Everyone's eyes followed Fuyue's words and focused on Itachi, making Itachi's breathing very difficult.

Itachi nodded and replied, "Yes, Anbu did strictly monitor our family."

Because this can't be refuted at all, and it's impossible to hide it if you want to hide it.

Even though Anbu's actions are very secretive, and there is the power of the entire village behind it, the Uchiha family has a long history, and every generation has excellent ninjas, and they will always detect something wrong.

Before these clansmen began to agree, Itachi continued:

"Actually, I think Anbu's monitoring is only just in case. The number of family gatherings is too frequent, so Anbu's side will..."

"Then what do you think should be done?"

Uchiha Yatsushiro, who was originally pleasing to Itachi, immediately turned bad.

"I think the number of clan meetings should be reduced, temporarily and Anbu..."

Itachi gives his proposal.

However, Uchiha Yatsushiro sneered.

"Itachi, won't you forget the family's teachings after staying in Anbu for a few years? Is it the Anbu who raised you, or the family who raised you, gave you ninjutsu, resources, and honorable status? Are you standing? On which side?"

"I'm not on either side. I just think that the distinction between enemies and companions should be made clear."

Itachi insisted on his own views, believing that the clan's views were too extreme.

"Don't show off your ignorant things here, you just need to tell me which side you are from. Could it be that you can forget the family when the senior management gave you the position of captain of the dark department? Without the support of your family, how would your Hokage dream come true?"

Uchiha Yatsushiro looked at Itachi aggressively, with a very tough attitude.

pedantic! Itachi was dissatisfied.

It is because of being Hokage that he cannot confine his eyes to the narrow thinking of a family.

If you can't look beyond the family, you can't become Hokage, change the family, and the fate of the village and the world.

Itachi frowned and found that many clansmen were looking at him with dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Only Shisui and her mother, Mikoto, were looking at themselves with worried eyes, signaling to themselves not to say something irritating to the clan.

Father Fuyue is also looking at him with a cold look, hoping that he will firmly express his position.

Itachi was disappointed that most of the clansmen here have lost their reason.

So is his father.

"I'm Itachi from the Uchiha clan."

Itachi had no choice but to answer like this, not letting the situation get completely out of control.

"Hmph." Uchiha Yatsushiro only let Itachi go, but looking at Itachi, his eyes were full of vigilance, and he no longer trusted Itachi as before.

At such an important moment, a person who is ambiguous between the family and the village is really a ticking time bomb.

If it weren't for the fact that the other party was the son of the patriarch, and he held the position of the captain of the dark part, he would have directly acted and monitored Itachi, lest he come over and make trouble.

After the meeting, Fuyue called Itachi aside, frowning at Itachi: "Why did you say that at the meeting?"

Itachi was silent.

Fuyue had to sigh and pat Itachi on the shoulder.

"Don't irritate the eight generations in the future. He has been dissatisfied with the village and the high level for too long. When Uchiha Liuli didn't defect, he was the leading radical in the family."

"In other words, father agreed, right?"

The so-called establishment of a regime belonging to Uchiha in the village.

Itachi raised his head and met Fuyue's eyes.

Fuyue looked complicated, and in the end he just sighed again and nodded.

Itachi was startled. He thought that his father, who had a tough expression at the meeting just now, would firmly support the radicals' approach.

Looking at it now, Fuyue did not want to solve it in this way, but was forced to a dead end by the radical clansmen such as the Eight Generations.

Seeing that Itachi was still silent, Fuyue turned around, pointed to the distance and asked Itachi:

"Do you know what's there?"

Itachi looked in the direction of Fuyue's finger.

"There is the shadow rock of the four Hokage."

The symbol of Hokage, carved there in recognition of the achievements of Hokage, has not withered even after years of baptism.

"The only thing missing is the name of the Uchiha family."

Fuyue said in a deep voice.

There was a light called ambition in his eyes.

Being persecuted by Uchiha Yatsushiro and others is one aspect, but he also yearns in his heart to lead the family into a higher realm.

That is to let the Uchiha clan give birth to a Hokage, so as to guide Konoha forward, and not let the Qianshou clan always stand at the top.

"I see, father."

Itachi nodded, as if he understood something.

Being bound by power and ignoring the stable clan in the village is really an ugly gesture.

Fuyue smiled happily.

"As expected of my child, well, let's go home, Sasuke should be in a hurry."

"No, there is still work on the Anbu side. I hope to do more for the family."

Itachi and Fuyue looked at each other.

Fuyue touched his chin and agreed.

"Okay, but don't push yourself too hard, come back sooner."

"Yes."

Itachi knew that although his father, Fuyue, did not explicitly agree to the coup at the meeting just now, his silent attitude had already decided everything.

Whether it was because he was driven by a duck, or he had such an idea, his father, Fuyue, did not intend to take a soft approach to the village.

You must take action yourself.

After Itachi left, Fuyue stopped for a moment, and was about to leave when a figure flew over.

It is water stop.

The mainstay of the family is also the younger generation of ninjas that Fuyue admires.

The future Uchiha chief will be elected between him and Itachi.

"Zhishui~www.wuxiamtl.com~ What are you doing here at this time?"

"Patriarch, is Itachi here?"

Shishui asked.

"He went to Anbu to work overtime."

Fuyue replied.

After Shishui heard it, his heart sank slightly.

"Sorry, Patriarch, I'm in a hurry to talk to Itachi, I'm sorry."

After finishing speaking, Zhishui did not wait for Fuyue to respond, and hurried in the direction of the Hokage Building.

Itachi...don't do stupid things! Zhishui was anxious in his heart.

If Itachi chooses to go home, then nothing will happen, and there is still room for turning back.

If Itachi went to Anbu, or the Hokage Building, things would be really bad.