Chapter 104: The Entire Clan Departs
He wore a dark, high-collared, short-sleeved top with a triangular chest guard, and matching dark pants with his legs wrapped in bandages. On the back of his clothes was the Uchiha clan crest, and he carried a small tachi on his back.
Shisui Uchiha's attire was a bit dirtier than usual, with a few more bloodstains.
As the clan head of the Uchiha, Fugaku had naturally asked Shisui about the effects of Kotoamatsukami's activation. He had also witnessed the means by which Kakashi had deceived Danzo with a small genjutsu.
Although he was a bit surprised why Kotoamatsukami had failed to control Kakashi Hatake, Fugaku Uchiha did not give chase. Danzo's death was already certain; whether he did it personally was no longer important.
When he saw Kakashi Hatake reappear, it also confirmed his thoughts.
The funny thing was, he had been determined to die, yet he had been held back by his own clansman until now. If it weren't for the interruption, the outcome of his fight with Shisui would still be unknown. After all, whether he could withstand the strongest genjutsu was still an unknown.
After betraying his own family, he was then betrayed by the very person he was protecting, who took his eye. Only this black-haired boy himself knew the taste of that.
The Uchiha clan head had no more desire to fight. Shisui Uchiha, who had lost his combat ability, would definitely be taken back. As for the others, he would take as many as he could. The Uchiha who remained in Konoha would only be discriminated against. After today, they would also be suspected by the two Hokage.
"Shisui Uchiha, stand up."
The severe pain in his left eye and the feeling of betrayal, the complete rupture between the village and the Uchiha, made his heart feel like it was being twisted by a knife.
"Lord Clan Head."
Clutching his left eye, he gritted his teeth and stood up. The resilient young man looked into the clan head's eyes. The latter's eyes had already reverted to their three-tomoe state. The pressure in his eyes made Shisui feel like kneeling on the ground again.
"The village can continue to exist without us. Our departure is for the better development of the clan. This is not necessarily a bad thing for Konoha."
"But... Lord Clan Head... Konoha is... our home..."
"It was only a temporary residence, not worthy of being called home."
"Shisui, do you still not understand? There is no better solution than leaving Konoha."
With that, Fugaku Uchiha walked in the direction of the battle between the Third and Fourth Hokage. The subsequent battle was meaningless. Fighting with the Hokage would only increase casualties. The kindness Konoha had shown the Uchiha had long been repaid.
Even in this large-scale defection, the Uchiha had not used lethal force against anyone other than the Root ninja. This was also the last request he had made to the Uchiha elites before their escape.
The world is vast; there will always be a place for the Uchiha.
"Lord Hokage."
The shout from a distance made both sides of the battle stop. Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze both looked with serious expressions at Shisui Uchiha, who was clutching his left eye and following behind Fugaku.
This Uchiha clansman, who was close to Konoha, had indeed left a very good impression on the two Hokage.
"Uchiha Clan Head, what happened to Shisui's eye?"
"Danzo."
After saying that name, Fugaku did not want to continue. He observed the surrounding captured Uchiha elites. They all had wounds of varying degrees. The severely injured had already lost consciousness and were lying on the ground, but it seemed none of them were in life-threatening danger. He had no doubt that the two Hokage had the ability to slaughter all of these clansmen.
It was indeed too much to ask them to deal with two Hokage.
After the fighting stopped, neither side immediately let down their guard. The Uchiha clan head stood in the rain and slowly began to speak.
"Lord Third Hokage, my clansmen have now mostly left Konoha. In this process, other than us, no one else has attacked Konoha. They just want a place to settle down. Since Konoha cannot give it, we can only find another place."
The Third Hokage wanted to say something to make them stay, but it was indeed Konoha that was in the wrong first. And he himself had issued several wrong orders that sent the Uchiha to their deaths. Now, he actually felt a little ashamed towards the Uchiha clan.
"Minato... you are the current Hokage. I am already old."
He released the summoning of Monkey King Enma, indicating that he no longer had any hostile intent. Hiruzen Sarutobi felt deeply tired. He knew very well what the departure of a great clan during wartime meant for Konoha.
But he couldn't stop it.
The Uchiha clan had clearly made ample preparations, from forcing Danzo's hand to purposefully causing chaos without inviting Konoha's frantic retaliation, and even successfully delaying two Hokage with their own clansmen.
"Uchiha Clan Head, are you really going to lead the entire clan away from Konoha?"
Minato Namikaze asked.
"Lord Fourth Hokage, the Uchiha have no other choice. Whether we meet again on the battlefield in the future all depends on your single thought."
A trace of determination flashed in Fugaku Uchiha's eyes. If Minato Namikaze's decision was different from what he imagined, then even if he had to continue fighting and die in Konoha, he would not hesitate.
"From this day forward, all members of the Uchiha are stripped of their status as Konoha ninja. All members are designated as rogue ninja of Konoha. Konoha will never again accept the approach of an Uchiha clansman, nor will it ever offer aid to the Uchiha clan."
"Then, Lord Hokages, the next time we meet, it will be on the battlefield."
The Uchiha elites who could still move led the injured Uchiha clansmen away, step by step, gradually disappearing from the sight of the Konoha ninja. Everyone present was engraving this moment in their memory. And the clan ninja who had been sent to spy on the situation also breathed a long sigh of relief.
The fate of the Uchiha clan, could it not also be a possible reflection of their own?
Since Lord Hokage could even let go of the Uchiha clan, who had committed such a great wrong, their own clans staying in Konoha should have nothing to worry about.
Minato Namikaze looked at the different expressions on everyone's faces, not knowing if this "merciful" and "willful" decision of his would bring disaster to Konoha.
But if he didn't let the Uchiha clan go, it would definitely go against his own ninja way.
A so-called ninja is one who endures what ordinary people cannot.
"Uchiha Clan Head... did you plan all of this?"
"Yes."
"Is this related to my student, Kakashi Hatake?"
"No."
After the last Uchiha clansman disappeared from Konoha, Kushina Uzumaki received a notice from her boyfriend. She released all the civilians from the shelter and told them that the incident was over.
"It's over just like that?"
Except for the explosion at the beginning, Konoha had not lost any of its own ninja.
Kushina looked suspiciously at the wryly smiling Minato Namikaze.
The Fourth Hokage could only pull his girlfriend into his arms, but was met with her rejection.
Minato looked at Kushina, a little puzzled.
"The matter of you yelling at me is not over yet."
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