The internal reorganization within the Konoha ninja forces has concluded, but that doesn't mean the overall internal cleansing has completely stopped.
There are still some individuals within Konoha Village who are targets for this cleansing, and to avoid alerting them, this matter hasn't been widely publicized within the village.
However,Fumori masaki had already delivered the information through secret channels to the higher-ups.
Mito Kadomon and Koharu Utatane immediately took it seriously, knowing they had to control the unsuspecting targets within the village before the arrested personnel were brought in, to prevent the situation from escalating.
Among them, the most crucial were naturally the Uchiha clan members deeply connected to Uchiha Setsuna.
Although Uchiha Kagami had taken a portion of the elite combat personnel, he inevitably left some behind, as both the police force and the clan itself required a certain number of skilled fighters.
Of course, after years of Uchiha Kagami's management, even within the most combat-ready First Division of the police force, many supported him.
The Uchiha Setsuna faction was ultimately a minority; if they had dominated the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Kagami would have long faced the same predicament as Uchiha Fugaku in later generations.
Uchiha Fugaku, despite not wanting to rebel, was forced into it by the clan's radicals.
With him, the clan head, leading the way, armed rebellion naturally became the Uchiha clan's main objective, and this also provided a legal basis for Konoha Village to exterminate the clan.
If there had been no intention of armed rebellion, Konoha's higher-ups wouldn't have chosen to eliminate the Uchiha clan.
After all, the Uchiha clan was one of the few elite clans left after the Third Great Ninja War and the Nine-Tails incident.
Hiruzen Sarutobi and others weren't so short-sighted as to cut off such a force when Konoha was unprecedentedly weak.
Wasn't it because the Uchiha clan chose armed rebellion that they could no longer be a force the village could use?
The Uchiha's downfall is inextricably linked to these radicals who only cared about immediate gratification.
Even after repeated internal ideological education, Uchiha Kagami couldn't completely eliminate the influence of these individuals.
He himself almost met his end, but this time might be the best opportunity to truly eradicate these clan's cancerous elements!
Honestly, because they were radicals, these people were obsessed with power and often very strong, but their ideology was still rooted in the Warring States period.
During the Warring States period, the Uchiha clan, through their pursuit of power, survived numerous internecine conflicts, leading them to mistakenly believe that they could continue in the same way in a new era.
In later generations, after deciding on armed rebellion, the Uchiha clan probably also believed that even with heavy losses, they could be reborn like during the Warring States period.
However, the times were different after all.
The Uchiha clan of the Warring States period was a single entity, while Konoha was a collection of many ninja clans and even civilians.
The environment was no longer suitable for the Uchiha clan to use such a cruel method of elimination as in the Warring States period.
Therefore, these people must be eliminated for the Uchiha clan to truly achieve rebirth, break free from its cruel past, and embark on a path completely different from the Uchiha of old.
This incident provided Konoha Village with an opportunity for armed intervention.
Since persistent persuasion couldn't change these people's minds, physical elimination was the only recourse, and they deserved their fate.
They even dared to attack their own clan head; who knows what else they might do in the future.
Uchiha Kagami wrote a letter and had it delivered to Fumori masaki.
Since he was away and couldn't handle it personally, he requested the village to arrest the Uchiha Setsuna faction within the clan for trial.
Fumori masaki immediately agreed to this matter.
With even the Uchiha clan head saying so, what reason did he have to refuse? Besides, he had long disliked these radicals.
Mito Kadomon and Koharu Utatane, after receiving the Hokage's letter, took it with them to visit the Fumori household.
Although they were currently the village administrators, there was someone with partial Hokage duties:Fumori masaki's wife, Satomi.
As the Hokage's wife, she was given the authority to oversee the two's exercise of power, and her cooperation was essential for such matters.
Satomi was shocked to hear about this.
She hadn't expected such a thing to happen on the front lines.
Uchiha Kagami had been a family friend for many years, and if anything happened to him, she would certainly feel terrible.
After readingFumori masaki's letter, Satomi confirmed its authenticity and nodded, saying, "I understand.
This matter requires the cooperation of another person."
So, Uchiha Maki, who was acting as clan head within the Uchiha clan, was also called over.
She initially thought it was a chat among girlfriends, but upon seeing Mito Kadomon and Koharu Utatane, she vaguely sensed something amiss, especially after seeing Uchiha Kagami's letter.
Maki personally used her Sharingan to confirm the letter.
The text on it had been imbued with genjutsu from a Sharingan.
As his closest confidante, she naturally recognized it as Uchiha Kagami's Sharingan ocular power, its subtlety impossible for anyone else to imitate.
"Before, Kagami worried whether these people would cause trouble in the future.
He was truly happy because the clan's atmosphere had improved, but—" Maki took a deep breath, her voice tinged with disgust, "They are absolutely outrageous, to do such a thing to their own clan head.
Unforgivable!"
"According to Masaki and Kagami's request, these individuals need to be swiftly controlled," Mito Kadomon said.
"This requires the cooperation of internal personnel.
Here is a list compiled from interrogations and investigations.
If you have any other suspects, you can add them."
"Since we need to control the impact, it's better to kill an innocent than to let a guilty one escape," Maki said calmly.
"If any slip through, given these guys' nature, they will definitely do something even more dangerous.
I need to think carefully, and I'll give you the results soon."
"Good.
Then you can arrange their movements, contact those in the clan who support Kagami, and control them together with the village's Anbu." Mito Kadomon nodded.
After the two left, Maki did not leave the Kazamori household.
In front of her best friend, she finally couldn't hold back, and tears streamed down her face.
She had almost lost her husband, and if Uchiha Kagami and the others hadn't survived, Uchiha Setsuna's conspiracy might not have been exposed, and the consequences would have been unpredictable.
If Uchiha Kagami had truly died, Maki's position would have been very unstable.
She and Kagami had two children; one was conceived before the start of the Second Great Ninja War and was still very young, while the older Mizuki lacked experience and it was hard to say if he could deal with schemers like Uchiha Setsuna.
Once dragged into the clan's traditional armed struggle for succession, it could become even more dangerous.
And according to past agreements, Konoha Village had no reason to interfere in the internal affairs of clans, meaning even allies couldn't be called upon for help.
This time, Uchiha Kagami's request for the village to cooperate in controlling the rebels was, to some extent, the first time the village was allowed to intervene in the internal handling of a clan.
At this moment, the two women, whose minds were elsewhere, did not see the underlying significance of this action.
Satomi comforted her friend, and after Maki's emotions calmed down, the two began to organize the list.
As his closest confidante, Uchiha Kagami shared many private matters with Maki.
The wife of a ninja clan head could not be ignorant; she had to take on the responsibilities of the clan head when necessary, just like Satomi, who was currently performing some Hokage duties.
Although not a professional, she at least understood what could and could not be done.
As long as there wasn't a complete adversarial relationship leading to the most extreme armed conflict, Satomi could certainly hold out until Fumori masaki returned, and she could even effectively restrain Mito Kadomon and Koharu Utatane.