Chapter 79: Konoha in an Uproar! What’s the Point of Becoming Hokage?

Ever since transmigrating into this world, Reiji had always been worried about the night of the Uchiha clan’s extermination.

Now.

That crisis had finally been resolved.

After forcing Uchiha Obito to retreat, Reiji left the remaining matters to the others and went straight home to rest.

After relaxing and getting a good night’s sleep, he woke up to some bad news.

"Uchiha Itachi isn’t dead?"

Reiji stared at his subordinate with an unpleasant expression.

"Yes." Uchiha Rika looked somewhat awkward as he explained, "That bastard Itachi had already exterminated the Sarutobi clan and was just about to kill himself when that masked man suddenly appeared."

What happened afterward went without saying.

Uchiha Obito had directly taken Uchiha Itachi away.

For Obito, his main goals during the night of the clan’s extermination had been to obtain some Sharingan and recruit Uchiha Itachi, making him an asset to the Eye of the Moon Plan.

But the result!

He had suffered one frustration after another at the Uchiha clan compound and gained absolutely nothing.

His own abilities had even been exposed completely!

Unable to accept such a humiliating outcome, he had left in frustration. Thinking that he couldn’t leave empty-handed, he went to the Sarutobi clan compound and took Uchiha Itachi away immediately after Itachi finished exterminating the clan.

"I see..."

Reiji’s expression softened somewhat.

If Obito had intervened, then it was understandable that Rika and the others had been unable to stop him.

However!

Reiji was still extremely unhappy.

They had actually allowed that bastard Uchiha Itachi to escape!

And he had even been rescued by Uchiha Obito!

Those two could be said to be the people Reiji hated most in the entire Naruto world.

Uchiha Itachi had been brainwashed into becoming an idiot by Sarutobi Hiruzen’s Will of Fire, willingly becoming a tool for the clan’s extermination. He had even killed his own parents while believing that he had done the right thing.

As for Uchiha Obito, he had fallen into darkness because he couldn’t have the woman he loved, Rin Nohara, and then caused the deaths of his teacher and his teacher’s wife, who had always treated him well.

Putting those two together was simply unbearable.

"Forget it. This isn’t your fault."

A cold glint flashed through Reiji’s eyes.

"I know where Uchiha Itachi will go. I’ll find the time to kill him later."

After being taken away by Obito, Uchiha Itachi would obviously end up joining the Akatsuki.

Reiji planned to wait until his strength was sufficient to deal with the Six Paths of Pain before going directly to the Akatsuki and killing that bastard Uchiha Itachi!

If he didn’t kill him, he wouldn’t be able to feel at ease!

Afterward.

Uchiha Yashiro, Uchiha Inabi, and Uchiha Tekka came to see Reiji.

Uchiha Yashiro got straight to the point, his eyes shining as he asked:

"Reiji, what are you planning to do next? Are you going to become Hokage?"

Now that Sarutobi Hiruzen had been killed, the position of Hokage should naturally belong to the Uchiha clan!

"Why would I become Hokage? Am I sick?"

Reiji looked at him as though he couldn’t understand the question.

"Only an idiot would want to become Hokage!"

The three exchanged glances.

None of them had expected Reiji to say something like that.

After a long moment, Uchiha Inabi opened his mouth, his face filled with confusion.

"Being Hokage means controlling the highest authority in the entire village. You can also control the village’s funds, and you can learn any ninjutsu recorded in the Scroll of Seals. Isn’t that a good thing?"

Reiji sneered.

"Does controlling the Hokage’s authority help me improve my strength? And what’s the point of having authority anyway?"

"Being able to control the village’s funds still means having to lower your head and beg the Daimyō for money!"

"As for the ninjutsu in the Scroll of Seals, if I want to learn them now, who would dare stop me?"

The three Uchiha were rendered speechless.

Who would stop him?

Who would dare stop him?

Sarutobi Hiruzen was dead.

Shimura Danzō was dead.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke, the ANBU Commander, was also dead.

As for everyone else, after learning about Reiji’s performance last night, would any of them still have the courage to stop him?

In that case...

Being Hokage really didn’t seem to have many benefits.

For a moment, Uchiha Yashiro and the others felt that something was wrong.

It shouldn’t be like this!

Wasn’t becoming Hokage something everyone wanted?

Having a Hokage from the Uchiha clan was their long-cherished dream!

"Besides, if I become Hokage, doesn’t that mean I’ll have to protect those people in the village? Do they even deserve it?"

Reiji sneered disdainfully.

Those villagers of Konoha had spread rumors that ultimately contributed to the death of the White Fang of Konoha. Normally, they also subjected Naruto to all kinds of verbal and even physical abuse!

If he became Hokage, wouldn’t that mean he had to desperately protect those villagers?

Uchiha Yashiro and the other two were completely dumbfounded.

They had originally thought that after Reiji killed Sarutobi Hiruzen, he would take the position of Hokage.

They hadn’t expected him to think this way.

"Then what are you planning to do? Who’s going to become Hokage? Clan Head Fugaku?"

Uchiha Yashiro’s face flushed red.

He would certainly like to become Hokage himself, but with his strength, being a captain of the Police Force was already appropriate. Becoming Hokage was out of the question.

Among the Uchiha clan now, aside from Reiji, only Uchiha Fugaku possessed enough strength to become Hokage.

"Uchiha Fugaku?"

Reiji scoffed.

"He can barely remain clan head. And he wants to become Hokage?"

Uchiha Itachi, the clan head’s son, had intended to follow the orders of the village’s leadership and exterminate the Uchiha clan.

This matter had already spread throughout the Uchiha clan.

Not only the Uchiha in the Police Force, but even ordinary Uchiha clansmen who had previously had a favorable impression of Itachi now wanted to curse him.

Helping the village exterminate the Uchiha clan, and even slaughtering everyone indiscriminately regardless of whether they were shinobi, men, women, or children!

Uchiha Itachi had certainly dared to do it!

Now, Uchiha Itachi’s reputation among the Uchiha clan had been completely ruined.

And Uchiha Fugaku, as his father and the clan head, was also being questioned by the clansmen.

How had he raised his son?

How had he managed to raise such a traitorous bastard?

This was also why Reiji said that Uchiha Fugaku could barely remain clan head.

"What’s so interesting about being a mere Hokage?"

"Besides, if I became Hokage, wouldn’t I have to deal with that useless Daimyō?"

Reiji spoke with utter disdain.

He had never considered becoming Hokage.

Not only was there no benefit to it, but he would also have to protect a bunch of burdens.

Someone like him, who didn’t believe in the Will of Fire at all, becoming Hokage would mean desperately protecting those ungrateful villagers.

What a joke!

Besides, what was so interesting about merely becoming the Hokage of Konoha?

The system of one village and one country established by Senju Hashirama had been fundamentally flawed from the beginning!

That mistake would eventually need to come to an end!

For now, Reiji only wanted to expose Sarutobi Hiruzen’s true nature and ensure that even after death, Sarutobi Hiruzen would be remembered in infamy.

That was also why he had deliberately kept the two elders alive!

"The entire Sarutobi clan was completely wiped out."

Yamanaka Inoichi’s expression was filled with shock.

Such a large and powerful shinobi clan had disappeared overnight!

"The one who chased the Third Hokage was Uchiha Reiji. As for the one who exterminated the Sarutobi clan, that was Uchiha Itachi."

Nara Shikaku spoke with a sigh.

They had already learned roughly what had happened.

Uchiha Reiji had activated his Susanoo and pursued Sarutobi Hiruzen without restraint through the village.

Every shinobi who had attempted to stop him had been completely powerless!

In the end, Reiji had used a technique comparable to a Tailed Beast Bomb and directly blasted Sarutobi Hiruzen into oblivion!

As for Uchiha Itachi, he had slaughtered the entire Sarutobi clan!

These two young shinobi had already surpassed all of them in strength!

"They really killed everyone? The Uchiha went too far..."

Akimichi Chōza’s expression was somewhat grim.

Nara Shikaku shook his head.

"There are still many things we don’t know."

"A battle also seems to have broken out outside the Uchiha clan compound."

"In other words, it’s possible that the Third Hokage’s side was the one that attacked first."

"As for Uchiha Itachi, there’s something strange about him as well. I’ve heard that the Uchiha are currently calling him a traitor..."

Judging from Uchiha Itachi’s slaughter of the Sarutobi clan, he should have been standing on the Uchiha’s side.

Yet the Uchiha themselves were calling him a traitor.

Nara Shikaku felt that there had to be something happening behind the scenes that they didn’t know about.

Yamanaka Inoichi slowly nodded and asked:

"Shikaku, what do you think the Uchiha clan will do next?"

The Third Hokage was already dead.

The Uchiha clan had successfully carried out their coup.

What would they do next?

"They’ll do nothing more than take the position of Hokage."

"We’ll see how things develop. Considering Uchiha Reiji’s strength, I estimate that many of the shinobi clans will choose to submit and accept an Uchiha becoming Hokage."

Nara Shikaku spoke lazily.

Once the Susanoo was activated, even the Third Hokage could only flee in embarrassment.

Who in Konoha now would dare to refuse?

What’s more, Reiji’s age alone made it obvious that his strength was still far from reaching its peak!

However.

In Nara Shikaku’s opinion, becoming Hokage through this method carried enormous hidden dangers.

Using strength to launch a coup was destined to prevent everyone from sincerely submitting.

Of course, this had nothing to do with the Ino–Shika–Chō trio.

They only needed to follow the choice made by the majority when the time came and stand on whichever side was safest.

Meanwhile.

Mito Uzumaki and Koharu Utatane, who had spent the entire night trembling in fear, had finally gathered together.

They were discussing something.

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