After dealing with the hawk faction, the entire Uchiha Clan, with the exception of Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Yakumi, who was under Fugaku, was now under Uchiha En's control.
Of course, Uchiha Fugaku, as the clan leader, wasn't idle; there were certainly people in both the hawk and dove factions who supported Uchiha Fugaku.
But the total number of these people wasn't large; Uchiha Fugaku's influence within the Uchiha Clan accounted for at most one-third of the clan members.
Overall, Uchiha En still had the upper hand.
Moreover, Uchiha En had no intention of confronting Uchiha Fugaku at this stage; everything was centered around the Night of the Nine-Tails.
Two days later, the hawk faction sent over the list of people they had chosen to join the Anbu.
Among these four, three were Special Jonin who had awakened the Two-Tomoes Sharingan, and one was Uchiha Tekka, who had awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan and had appeared in the original work.
Uchiha En didn't say much and directly handed them over to Shisui.
Shisui led the four to report to the Anbu. As for the dove faction, apart from those invited by the Hokage, Uchiha En also found three Special Jonin who had awakened the Two-Tomoes Sharingan.
At this point, the Uchiha Clan's Anbu squad was complete. The captain of this Anbu squad was Uchiha Shisui, who possessed the Mangekyo Sharingan. There were also two Uchiha Clan members who had awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and the rest had awakened the Two-Tomoes.
This configuration was the strongest even when compared to Minato Namikaze's entire Anbu.
At this time, the news that Minato Namikaze had allowed Uchiha Clan members to form an Anbu squad also reached Danzo and the two Advisors.
They rushed to find the Third Hokage. The four talked about something unknown, and then the Third Hokage went to the Hokage Office.
"Minato, are your Anbu personnel stretched thin?" The Third Hokage cut to the chase after a brief exchange of pleasantries with Minato Namikaze.
"Personnel were a bit tight before, but it has eased now."
"If that's the case, why did you still recruit Uchiha Clan members to form an Anbu squad?"
Minato Namikaze feigned a surprised expression upon hearing this: "Hokage-sama, are you implying that I shouldn't recruit Uchiha Clan members? But isn't anyone from the Village allowed to join the Anbu? Or do you think the Uchiha Clan members are not people of the Village?"
"This old man didn't mean that." The Third Hokage quickly retorted: "This old man merely feels that the Uchiha Clan is currently short-staffed, and managing the Police Force is already difficult. It's better not to affect them now."
"Sandaime is worried about that! You're overthinking it. I specifically investigated, and the Police Force has just undergone reforms. Now, clan members from other clans can also join the Police Force and maintain order with the Uchiha Clan. There should be no need to worry about the Village's public safety."
The Third Hokage was speechless upon hearing this, unsure what to say.
Minato Namikaze struck while the iron was hot, continuing: "Sandaime, Kakashi has always been in the Anbu! He has a Sharingan, and recently I've found that the Sharingan is extremely helpful for Anbu missions. I believe it's an excellent thing for Uchiha Clan members to join the Anbu, as it can greatly improve the Anbu's efficiency."
With Minato Namikaze having said so much, the Third Hokage didn't say anything further, as Minato Namikaze was currently Konoha's Hokage after all.
He sighed and turned to leave.
Unknowingly, three more months passed. After this period of study, Yamato had initially mastered the Wood Release secret technique. Moreover, Yamato's Wood Release now had more vitality than Yamato's Wood Release in the original work, and it was already very close to the First Hokage's Wood Release.
After Yamato successfully mastered Wood Release, Uchiha En seized the opportunity to suggest taking Yamato to pay respects at the First Hokage's tomb, which would also be a comfort to the First Hokage's spirit in heaven.
Minato Namikaze thought about it and nodded in agreement.
The next day, Minato Namikaze and Kushina led some people to the First Hokage's tomb.
Along the way, Uchiha En learned that these people all had Senju Clan blood. Their parents were all from the Senju Clan. As for why the Senju Clan disappeared, Minato Namikaze did not explain in detail.
Kushina, however, mentioned that there were many people in the Village like them who possessed Senju Clan blood.
Soon, led by Minato Namikaze, everyone arrived at Senju Hashirama's grave.
This place was completely different from what Uchiha En had imagined; it wasn't hidden at all, and there was no Barrier, it was just relatively quieter.
Uchiha En later learned from Kushina that this was once the Senju Clan's cemetery, and many clan members who sacrificed for the Village were buried here.
After Minato Namikaze led everyone to pay respects to Senju Hashirama, Kushina went alone to a nearby grave to pay her respects.
Uchiha En confirmed that this should be the tomb of Uzumaki Mito he was looking for.
That night, Uchiha En came alone to this grave and obtained what he needed.
Then Uchiha En instantly moved away from the Village.
Recently, perhaps because the Night of the Nine-Tails was approaching, there were many White Zetsu clones monitoring outside Konoha Village.
Uchiha En was not polite; he used what was available, captured a White Zetsu clone, then formed hand seals and activated the Edo Tensei Jutsu.
In the blink of an eye, a red-haired woman, about five parts similar to Kushina in age, appeared before Uchiha En.
The woman's expression was blank, and her eyes were lifeless. This was intentional on Uchiha En's part; he did not allow Uzumaki Mito to move freely, but temporarily bound her soul.
Uchiha En took out the rat talisman and handed it to Uzumaki Mito, controlling her to replicate his soul.
However, to Uchiha En's surprise, the rat talisman showed no reaction.
"This doesn't count as voluntary? She even held the rat talisman to her own head," Uchiha En complained.
But clearly, complaining wouldn't make the rat talisman complete the soul replication.
Uchiha En sighed, took back the rat talisman, and released the soul binding on Uzumaki Mito.
Uzumaki Mito's eyes gradually regained their luster. She looked around, then at her hands, and sighed: "Ah! The Ninjutsu Tobirama developed is truly annoying! I used to tell him that playing with the souls of the dead would bring retribution, and now I'm even implicated in paying his debts.
Hey, can you also Edo Tensei Tobirama? I can't even rest in peace after death; I really want to punch him."
Uchiha En's expression was a bit strange upon hearing this. This Uzumaki Mito was not quite what he had imagined.
"Hey! Young man, why are you spacing out? It's very impolite to speak to an elder with such an attitude, isn't it?"
"Cough, cough, sorry, your appearance is not quite what I expected, so it was a bit of a surprise," Uchiha En said with an awkward expression.
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