My Life as Itachi's Crow

Chapter 106: Konoha Defense Department

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Uchiha Fugaku liked to avoid others when they communicated. Who knew what they were really thinking... In the end, didn't the results still need to be announced?

As the sky grew darker, Hiruzen Sarutobi returned, pounding his old back. Fugaku followed behind him with a worried face, looking as if the talks had broken down...

Kakashi Hatake helped the Third Hokage leave. From beginning to end, he didn't look back at Uchiha Shisui once. Perhaps he truly was unaware of Shisui's matter.

"We've temporarily discussed a method of expediency. At the very least, there will be no bloodshed. You can rest assured..." Uchiha Fugaku walked towards Shisui and sat down beside him.

"...Yes."

A glimmer of hope instantly appeared in Shisui's eyes. If he could stop the clan from launching a coup, he would pay any price. A peaceful resolution was clearly the best outcome.

Fugaku beckoned, signaling Uchiha Itachi to sit beside him, "The Third Hokage will soon announce the downsizing of the Konoha Military Police Force. The laid-off clan members will, along with Konoha's barrier team, security patrols, and the like, temporarily form a new department—the Defense Department."

"The Defense Department?"

"Mm, mainly responsible for tasks like inspecting the village barrier, security patrols, hunting spies, and repelling invasions." Fugaku nodded and said softly, "It's pretty much stripping away a part of the duties from ANBU and the Police Force!"

Shisui nodded and pondered, "Then the highest commander of the Defense Department can only be Senior Fugaku to make the clan members obey, right?"

"It won't be me." Fugaku gave his son beside him a meaningful look and uttered a name, "It's Lord Jiraiya."

"Is that so? Lord Jiraiya is indeed very suitable..." Uchiha Shisui and Itachi were stunned for a moment. This was someone they hadn't expected.

Kitahara: "..."

These two youngsters are still naive! The so-called highest commander of the Defense Department should be the confirmed future Hokage, right? Perhaps the old father fought for the position of the next highest commander of the Defense Department?

Uchiha Shisui suddenly said, "How could Senior Fugaku agree to such a thing? This kind of thing shouldn't be able to pass at the clan meeting, right?"

"..."

The old father was silent. He decided to endure it and not scold Shisui, to protect his image in his son's heart... You know the clan members might not approve my proposal, so why did you still want to change my will?

This position of clan head, he was truly sick of it.

The clan members hoped the clan head could lead them to revive the family, yet they were unwilling to listen to his opinions, each having their own unique ideas...

The village's leadership hoped the Uchiha clan head could be loyal to Konoha, but they also wanted him to lead the Uchiha to be slaughtered by Konoha at will...

How could there be such a good thing!

"I will announce that Shisui has awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, not only to reassure the clan members but also to deter the village's leadership from making any unnecessary moves..."

Shisui was愕然 (èrán - stunned), "If so, will they still agree to join the Defense Department... I didn't dare to tell anyone precisely because I was worried about the power of two pairs of Mangekyo Sharingan appearing in the clan..."

"Shisui! From now on, you will stay at the Naka Shrine!" Fugaku interrupted him in a deep voice, "Unless it concerns the life and death of the Uchiha, never come out."

After a long silence, Uchiha Shisui, who was only eleven this year... finally slowly lowered his head and bowed forcefully, "...Yes."

He thought for a moment, then added, "I will find a way to use Kotoamatsukami to control my own will."

After saying this, he actually seemed somewhat relieved.

The Naka Shrine was the most important place for the Uchiha clan.

Uchiha Shisui imprisoning himself in the Naka Shrine meant he would forever guard the Uchiha clan, and likewise, would never go out.

For a ninja with a boundless future, being confined to a fixed space for years on end was indeed a kind of cruelty.

This was one of the terms of the deal between Fugaku and Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Uchiha Fugaku, who had clearly decided to spare Uchiha Shisui's life because of his son, had, however, only informed the Third Hokage that Uchiha Shisui had used his own Mangekyo Sharingan to plot the assassination of the clan head…

This matter left the old man with mixed feelings.

Uchiha Fugaku, you bastard, just say what you have to say. Don't be a hypocrite, waiting for me to take the initiative to beg you to extort me!

By sentiment and reason, Fugaku could have handled it completely.

By sentiment and reason, Hiruzen Sarutobi had to intervene.

Kakashi Hatake's dark history of once attempting to assassinate the Hokage could only be brought up again to be rehashed... The white-haired ninja on guard duty had no idea he was being used as an example by the old man again.

The final negotiated result was that Uchiha Shisui must withdraw from Root and be imprisoned in the Naka Shrine for life, not allowed to take half a step outside.

The two of them calmly... used Shisui's life as a bargaining chip to negotiate matters concerning the future of the Uchiha clan. Fugaku bluntly stated that his clan members wanted him to sit in the position under Hiruzen Sarutobi's butt, and that he too had once had a dream of becoming Hokage in his youth!

Hiruzen Sarutobi, as a moderate within Konoha, couldn't possibly agree to such a threat, but there was that Crow Daitengu just now, and the Uchiha were indeed qualified to hold the position of Hokage for one term…

The old man shamelessly said he was greedy for power. Before he died, he couldn't possibly hand over the position of Hokage to anyone!

He wanted to die in the office of Hokage!

Getting old, he was starting to become shameless…

When it came to the cunning and ruthlessness of politicians, Uchiha Fugaku was indeed a bit too naive... Lord Third Hokage had proven with facts that Fugaku was not suitable to be Hokage.

This fact hurt the old father quite a bit…

The rest was straightforward negotiation. Konoha's strength was indeed very weak during this period, and Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't just watch the Uchiha lose control... The Hidden Cloud Village might have already seen that Konoha was strong on the outside but weak on the inside, and would send a delegation this year to discuss the matter of the Land of Rice Paddies.

With an external enemy at the gates, and considering that during the Third Shinobi World War, the Third Raikage had sacrificed his own life to cover the retreat of the village's vital forces, the Hidden Cloud Village's strength had been preserved.

The new generation's Fourth Raikage and his partner, leading the prosperous and powerful Hidden Cloud Village, faced Konoha, the strongest in the ninja world. The young people's inner warmonger was eager to try.

Neither Hiruzen Sarutobi nor Uchiha Fugaku wanted to see war break out again, but this kind of thing always required a concession... As expected, with Fugaku's political skills, he was once again pinned to the ground and rubbed by the old man.

The highest commander of the Konoha Defense Department.

This department was not as simple as Fugaku had said. Although its current main purpose was to gather the downsized personnel of the Konoha Military Police Force and disperse the Uchiha's power…

Anyway, Fugaku, who already possessed the Mangekyo within the clan, wouldn't care about such things.

With just his and Itachi's Mangekyo Sharingan, it was enough to replace the Konoha Military Police Force and become the strongest fighting force protecting the Uchiha.

After getting through the crisis with the Hidden Cloud Village, the authority of the highest commander of the Defense Department would gradually cover the mobilization of ANBU, the Konoha Military Police Force, and various related departments. Strictly speaking, this position was used to divide the authority of the Uchiha clan head and the Hokage.

So this position could only be temporarily held by someone trusted by both... After a reasoned struggle for the first highest commander, Hiruzen Sarutobi won again... The candidate he proposed was indeed more suitable.

But the second term…

When Jiraiya succeeded as Hokage, it could only be undertaken by Uchiha Itachi!

So, the old father was once again played by Hiruzen Sarutobi without realizing it... It was just that this time, the possibility of Itachi becoming a Hokage candidate had greatly increased.

(End of this chapter)

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