Chapter 56: Planning Ahead for the Uchiha Clan Massacre

"Enemy powerhouses: Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, Uchiha Obito, Uchiha Itachi..."

"Enemy forces: ANBU, Root, the Sarutobi clan, and other Konoha shinobi who may provide support..."

"Our powerhouse: Uchiha Fugaku."

"Our forces: The Uchiha clan."

"Neutral, but leaning toward the Hokage: the major shinobi clans."

At home, Reiji had simply sorted through the circumstances surrounding the Night of the Uchiha Clan Massacre.

Yet he couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

This was going to be extremely difficult...

Several people on the enemy side were firmly committed to exterminating the Uchiha clan.

As for Uchiha Fugaku, his stance at that time was still uncertain.

On the night of the massacre in the original story, after Uchiha Fugaku learned of Itachi’s decision, he simply went home and waited to die.

In the end.

Uchiha Itachi massacred the clan and defected.

Uchiha Sasuke became an orphan.

Both of Uchiha Fugaku’s sons survived.

But every other Uchiha, whether they were shinobi or not, was slaughtered!

As the clan head...

Being indecisive in his daily life was already incompetent enough.

But on the night of the massacre, he simply gave up entirely!

"Sure enough, I still have to rely mainly on myself."

Reiji rubbed his forehead, feeling troubled.

There were too many enemies and too few allies.

After taking a deep breath, Reiji began sorting through everything step by step.

"First, I need to raise my own strength to the Kage level."

If he possessed Kage-level combat power in his normal state, then combined with Susanoo and the Eight Gates, he might even be able to defeat two Kage-level opponents surrounding him.

Moreover.

Once his strength reached the Kage level, the system would analyze a new talent!

He had a feeling.

Reaching the Kage level was such an important milestone that the next talent he obtained would definitely be extremely powerful!

"Second, there’s the comparison between the forces on both sides."

This was also extremely important.

The key to the Night of the Massacre was that he had to eliminate Sarutobi Hiruzen as quickly as possible.

Otherwise, if Hiruzen managed to mobilize a large number of Konoha shinobi to suppress the Uchiha, then even if Reiji activated Susanoo, he could still be worn down to death.

That meant his own people needed to hold back the forces that Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others could mobilize directly.

In other words, the ANBU, Root, and the large number of shinobi from the Sarutobi clan.

There might also be additional reinforcements who joined the battle temporarily.

With all of them combined, even if the Uchiha clan went all out to hold them back, the clan would still suffer heavy casualties.

Reiji honestly asked himself whether the Uchiha clan had ever treated him poorly.

His parents had died when he was young, and the clan’s compensation and support payments had always been provided on time.

His ability to grow to where he was now also depended on the clan’s ninjutsu resources and the protection of the Uchiha clan.

He worked in the Konoha Military Police Force, and he got along quite well with his fellow Uchiha.

If possible, he hoped to let the Uchiha clan survive the Night of the Massacre with as few casualties as possible.

After thinking for a long time.

Reiji roughly settled on how to arrange things for the clan members.

Finally.

There was the question of how to deal with the enemy powerhouses.

"Uchiha Fugaku has to be won over."

A glint flashed through Reiji’s eyes.

If Uchiha Fugaku could bring his full strength to bear, he would be able to relieve a great deal of pressure from Reiji.

That would allow him to focus entirely on eliminating Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"As for Uchiha Itachi and Shimura Danzo..."

Reiji felt a headache coming on.

Even if he had Uchiha Fugaku hold off Uchiha Obito, there would still be three people for him to deal with on his side.

That was still a few too many.

After some hesitation, he tentatively decided how he would deal with Uchiha Itachi when the time came.

That left Shimura Danzo.

"Danzo, huh."

Reiji chuckled softly, the corners of his mouth curling upward.

It wasn’t just him who wanted to deal with Danzo. Danzo was probably already thinking about how to deal with him as well, right?

Since that was the case, it was perfect.

If he could eliminate Danzo ahead of time, the Night of the Massacre would become much easier.

If Danzo kept hiding inside Root’s headquarters, it would be very difficult for Reiji to kill him.

But surely Danzo wouldn’t remain that obedient, right?

Reiji’s brows twitched slightly as an idea began to form in his mind.

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