Awakening Of Uchiha [Naruto/One Piece]

Chapter 23: The Boiling Excitement Of Civilian Ninjas And Small Clan Ninjas

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"I see!"

The fourth elder and the others suddenly realized it after hearing this.

So this is the solution.

Then they will have no problem!

They immediately expressed their full support for the reform of Kaori.

Soon, the Uchiha clan began to act according to the arrangement of Kaori.

Kaori temporarily handed over the clan school to the second and fourth elders to prepare.

The matter of the guard team was handed over to the third elder to adjust.

First, select and form an elite guard team and adjust the guard team structure.

The first team will be responsible for accepting and hearing more important cases in the future.

The second team is responsible for the guard team prison;

The third team is responsible for ordinary civil disputes and is also a team that is ready to open to the outside world.

Two days later,

The Uchiha Guard Brigade headquarters was adjusted inside and outside,

and a huge public notice board was set up outside.

It posted matters related to the reform of the guard team and recruitment information.

Even the treatment was listed, which was quite good.

Without risking their lives to carry out missions, they only need to patrol the village, mediate some disputes and illegal and irregular behaviors, and they can easily get a good salary. Isn't this much better than going out on missions to fight for their lives?

In order to spread the word, Kaori also asked the three elders to post the information about the reform and recruitment of the guard on the public notice board in front of the Hokage building.

It was soon noticed by some civilian ninjas and ninjas from small families in Konoha.

And the news spread at a very fast speed.

For a time, many civilian ninjas and ninjas from small families talked about it.

"The reform of the Guard Corps, and the opening of a squadron quota for the outside world? Is this true? Hasn't the Guard Corps always been the Uchiha's private domain, and outsiders are not allowed to interfere? Why choose to start recruiting outsiders now?"

"Who knows? Maybe there are not enough people? I heard from the neighbors that there are fewer Uchiha people patrolling these days, and many disputes are ignored!"

"Is this true?"

"Really! Although I don't know what happened, I heard about it!"

"Maybe there have never been enough people? After all, how much has the village expanded over the years? How much has the population increased? The Guard Corps should have been short of people long ago!"

"Hey! You are still discussing here! Why don't you hurry up and sign up? This is a good opportunity. If you are late, it may be full! I'll go first!"

"Hey! Wait for me, I'm going too!"

"Let's go together! Let's go together!"

"Hey! No, are you really going? That's the Guard Corps, the Uchiha Guard Corps, are you sure it's okay? Uchiha is not easy to get along with!"

"You know nothing! Although Uchiha looks arrogant and difficult to get along with, who doesn't know that Uchiha is actually cold-faced but warm-hearted, strong and reliable? Wait for me!"

"..."

For a while, more and more civilian ninjas and ninjas from small families began to rush to the headquarters of the Guard.

Even some members of the side branches of medium and large ninja clans began to take action.

Originally, the abnormality of the Guard in the past few days has been noticed by the Third Hokage.

Now, the Guard is even more blatantly posting notices of reform and recruitment in front of the Hokage building. It is difficult for the Third Hokage not to know.

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At this time,

In the Hokage's office,

Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura were all present.

"Ah, ah! Uchiha really made a big move this time!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't know whether to feel happy or to have a headache at this moment.

Uchiha's willingness to open up the Guard to outsiders was good news. It was also a positive development.

It meant that they were truly beginning to integrate into the village.

At the same time, it also meant the village had an opportunity to infiltrate and influence the Guard, gaining further insight into their operations and even Uchiha's every move.

However, this would also disrupt some of the plans the Second Hokage had laid against Uchiha.

Judging by the terms of the reform, it was clear that someone in Uchiha had a strategy. The Second Hokage's goal was to remove the poison from the "poisoned pie" while retaining all the remaining benefits.

"Uchiha Kaori? She is truly impressive! A hero who quelled the Uchiha civil strife single-handedly. Remarkable!"

"It seems the rumors about her body fully recovering and returning to her peak state are likely true."

The Third Hokage took a few puffs from his pipe and sighed in concern.

Because Kaori neither kept it a secret nor deliberately let the news leak,

The Third Hokage naturally knew she had returned to her prime.

In fact, even without deliberate leaks, there were already a small number of Uchiha members who had been subtly influenced by the Third Hokage.

This was inevitable, at least at this stage.

Kaori and Katsumi had already discussed this issue.

In the future, they planned to use the unique properties of the space-time gate to counter this and isolate all sensitive information from these individuals.

Until they were strong enough to overturn the status quo, they would use these individuals to release carefully modified information to mislead the Third Hokage.

When the time came to make their move, they would decisively eliminate these individuals, purify the Uchiha, and then take control of Konoha—and eventually, the entire ninja world.

"Hiruzen! You're still sitting here smoking? This is like watching an ant on a hot pan! Stop Uchiha's actions immediately!"

"We can't let them ruin the plans the teacher left behind!"

Utatane, visibly agitated, couldn't help but scold the Third Hokage.

"Yes!"

Homura also nodded in agreement. "If they succeed, Uchiha's reputation will improve significantly in the future. It's likely they'll set their sights on the Hokage position, and that's something none of us want to see, correct?"

"Ah!"

The Third Hokage sighed and shook his head helplessly.

"The Security Department is monopolized by Uchiha. Even as Hokage, I cannot interfere with their internal reforms!"

"Moreover, can't you see? This is an open conspiracy!"

"Right now, many civilian ninjas and ninjas from small and medium-sized families are rushing to the Security Force headquarters to sign up!"

"The positions and benefits being offered by the Security Force are highly appealing to many ninjas!"

"If we forcibly obstruct Uchiha's reforms, we will inevitably alienate these people."

"That would only make the situation uglier."

He couldn't afford to lose the support of the villagers.

"Swish!"

At that moment, the office door swung open, and Danzo strode in with an aggressive air, declaring, "Hiruzen is right! We can't stop this, and there's no need to stop it!"

"In fact, it would be even better if we took the initiative to participate and secured a share of the pie!"

"At the same time, we could use this opportunity to insert some 'sand' into the security team and prepare for its gradual erosion in the future."

"In the past, Uchiha stubbornly clung to the power of the Security Team, making it impossible for us to infiltrate or seize control."

"But now that they have willingly opened up this power to outsiders, it means the Security Team is no longer the exclusive domain of a single clan!"

"Even if we can't seize full control in the short term, opportunities will undoubtedly arise in the future!"

Once an opening is made, the final outcome will no longer be entirely up to Uchiha.

Hmph!

"Danzo? You actually agree with this?"

Utatane and Homura both turned their heads to look at Danzo, visibly stunned by his words.

However, they couldn't deny that what Danzo said made sense.

This might indeed be an opportunity.

At this point in time, the Security Team was not yet the diminished version that existed during Fugaku's era.

It still retained significant powers, including authority over trials, imprisonment, arrests, and patrolling Konoha.

It would be unusual if Danzo and his associates weren't envious of such influence.

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