"How should we do it?"
Danzo let out a cold snort and pulled a packet of documents from his robe, tossing it over.
"Uchiha clan head, this is the list of Uchiha hawk-faction members, isn't it?"
Looking at the names listed one by one, Uchiha Tanaka remained silent.
He lifted his eyes toward Uchiha Kagami, his expression extremely dark.
For the Hokage to know the names of the hawk faction members… the Hokage's advisor sure played no small role!
All the gathered Uchiha glared with hostility at Uchiha Kagami on the opposite side.
"Uchiha Kagami, you bastard!"
"After being the Hokage's advisor for a few years, did you forget your own surname?"
"A traitor like you should be expelled from the clan!"
Hearing the accusations of his clansmen, Uchiha Kagami lowered his head in shame, choosing not to defend himself.
He didn't want the clan and the village to completely become enemies. As long as the current situation could be eased…
What did it matter if he was called a traitor by his clan?
"Everyone, quiet!"
Shimura Danzo waved his hand, and the Anbu behind him immediately stepped forward, surrounding the Uchiha clan members.
"Hokage, aren't you looking down on the Uchiha far too much?!"
Uchiha Tanaka's expression darkened as he struggled to suppress the anger in his heart.
"Clan head, stop talking nonsense with them!"
Some of the hawk-faction Uchiha egged him on.
The Uchiha clan members simultaneously activated their Sharingan, rows of crimson eyes staring directly at the Anbu opposite them.
To be honest, being glared at by that many red-eyed maniacs all at once was pretty intimidating.
At the end of the day, a clan with a kekkei genkai truly was stronger than ordinary shinobi.
Especially the Uchiha clan, famous throughout the shinobi world for their Sharingan.
But the Anbu did not back down, fully prepared for battle.
The atmosphere grew tense, like swords drawn and bows bent.
With a single order from the clan head or the Hokage, both sides would immediately erupt into violent conflict.
"Hokage, do you truly intend to arrest members of the Uchiha clan?"
Uchiha Tanaka's voice was icy, his black eyes gradually turning scarlet.
Although he had never agreed with the hawk faction's methods, that did not mean he could stand by and watch the Hokage come to arrest his people.
He was the Uchiha clan head—he could not allow the Hokage to lay hands on his clan members!
If Shimura Danzo only wanted to arrest one or two people, he wouldn't have minded too much.
The hawk faction indeed needed to be taught a lesson.
But now he wasn't capturing one or two—he was arresting all hawk-faction members!
This kind of thing was something Uchiha Tanaka absolutely would not allow Danzo to do as he pleased.
"I'm only arresting the hawk-faction members listed." Shimura Danzo's face was emotionless.
He had come here with a very clear purpose—to bring all the evil Uchiha to justice!
And the hawk faction was the representative of the evil Uchiha.
He would not back down even one step, not even if it led to open conflict.
"I understand."
Uchiha Tanaka slowly closed his eyes.
When he opened them again, his gaze had become utterly resolute.
"Hokage, I absolutely will not allow you to do as you please!"
"If you truly intend to arrest members of our clan, then don't blame us for being rude!"
"Hmph." Shimura Danzo didn't speak. He simply lifted his hand and swung it down.
The Anbu drew their weapons and charged at the Uchiha clansmen.
"Too much bullying—attack!" Uchiha Tanaka roared.
The Uchiha and the Anbu immediately clashed.
Renya casually tossed a few kunai engraved with seals into the battlefield.
No one noticed his little action.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's face twisted like he had seen a ghost.
"Th-they're… they're actually fighting?!"
Before coming here, Danzo had specifically warned them not to speak recklessly.
He had thought Danzo had a plan—yet this was what happened.
Uchiha Kagami was equally dumbfounded. Once he snapped out of it, he hurried forward to stop them.
"You all, stop! Stop fighting!"
Unfortunately, neither the Uchiha nor the Anbu paid him any attention.
"Danzo, hurry and make them stop!" Sarutobi Hiruzen urged anxiously.
"Hiruzen, have you forgotten what I told you?" Shimura Danzo snorted coldly.
"Clan head, please make them stop!" Uchiha Kagami rushed to his own clan head.
Uchiha Tanaka merely gave him a cold glance, then withdrew his gaze.
"Renya, hurry and persuade Danzo!"
Failing with both Danzo and the clan head, Uchiha Kagami and Sarutobi Hiruzen turned to Renya, who was watching the spectacle.
"Shit, they're fighting this fiercely—someone's gonna die at this rate, right?"
Renya was casually eating snacks, his view suddenly blocked by the two frantic men.
"Move aside, don't block my view."
"What view?! Hurry and go stop Danzo!"
"Renya, go!"
"Fine, fine."
Faced with their pleading, Renya reluctantly agreed and went to Danzo's side.
"Planning to wipe out the entire Uchiha clan right here?"
Danzo: "???"
What was he talking about?
"No." Danzo grumbled back.
"Then why aren't you stopping them?" Renya asked curiously.
"The Uchiha have gone too far. I want them to understand the price of angering me!"
Renya's mouth twitched. He hadn't expected such a reason.
"Don't forget the old man's reminder—don't let anyone die…"
"Understood, I'll control it." Danzo nodded.
The Anbu were elite shinobi trained by the village, and the Uchiha on the other side were no weaker.
Both sides were evenly matched.
There wouldn't be any life-threatening injuries in a short time.
This was precisely why Danzo hadn't stopped the fight…
Uchiha Tanaka had also seen through Danzo's intentions.
Since the fight had already started—
By the time the hawk-faction members were arrested, he, the clan head, wouldn't be blamed by the clan.
If the Hokage dared to mobilize so many people, he must have prepared a backup plan.
He couldn't be foolish enough to just show up to arrest people without preparing anything.
Uchiha Tanaka's gaze fell on Renya, who was still watching the commotion.
Was he the Hokage's backup?
"Renya, when the time comes, you step in to stop them."
Shimura Danzo said quietly.
Tobirama-sensei had specifically instructed Renya to come here—wasn't that basically telling him:
If something happens, rely on Renya?
Although he didn't know the exact reason, he could trust his teacher unconditionally.
After all, his teacher would never harm him.
It was precisely because of that that he dared to order the Anbu to take action against the Uchiha.
Wasn't it because he knew Renya had the ability to support them in the end, that he dared to be so brazen?
If his teacher hadn't reminded him, his tone would definitely have been much softer.
He wouldn't have directly offended Uchiha Tanaka, much less triggered a conflict.
"Alright." Renya nodded.
It was just a group of unruly Uchiha. When the time came, he would simply suppress them with overwhelming strength.
Honestly, he had been annoyed with Uchiha Tanaka for over twenty years.
Now he finally had a justified reason to get revenge.
The battle in the field continued.
As time passed, the Uchiha and Anbu grew increasingly serious.
They practically wanted to kill each other.
At this rate, someone would definitely die sooner or later.
"Renya, it's on you now." Danzo turned his head toward Renya.
He really wanted to know the reason Tobirama-sensei wanted Renya to be the final safeguard.
"Watch closely."
Renya's lips curled to one side, revealing the same crooked-smile expression.
Danzo raised a brow.
He could smell the stench of pretentiousness.