Ninja World: I, Uchiha Nan, will defeat all who disobey me.

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded with satisfaction in his heart.

He is neither arrogant nor impatient, and remains sober even after seeing such a big surprise. He is worthy of being the next generation he chose.

His decision to recruit Uchiha Nan was made after careful consideration.

Ever since the First Hokage and Uchiha Madara jointly established Konoha, there has been no problem in the development between the two clans.

But Uchiha Madara left Konoha, the first Hokage died, and the Senju clan was disbanded and integrated into Konoha.

The Uchiha clan has become the only dominant clan, but most of the Uchiha clan members have extreme temperaments.

Originally, this would not cause any trouble. After all, the Uchiha clan also had a share of Konoha Village, and a stable Konoha would be beneficial to them.

But ever since the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, took office, he has been constantly targeting the Uchiha clan.

After weakening their power in the village and giving them the offensive profession of the Konoha Guard.

The conflict between the Uchiha and the village became increasingly serious. In the eyes of those hawkish Uchiha, Konoha was a waste of its resources.

The Uchiha contributed to the establishment of Konoha but received no benefits.

None of the three Hokage were from the Uchiha clan, but the Senju clan produced two.

They were very dissatisfied. If things continued to develop in this way, the fourth Hokage would not be a member of the Uchiha clan.

Then it is estimated that unpredictable conflicts will break out, and conflicts require strength.

What Sarutobi Hiruzen needs to do now is to win over the talented children of the Uchiha clan.

For example, Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi in the original story line.

This is to prevent the Fourth Hokage from appearing and causing irreparable damage to Konoha when a conflict breaks out between the two sides.

Yes, Sarutobi Hiruzen had no intention of handing the position of the Fourth Hokage to the Uchiha clan.

Even if he asked his three disciples to accept Uchiha Nan as their apprentice, it was just a little goodwill he showed.

This is done for the Uchiha clan to see, look, I, the Third Hokage, do things fairly and I am not targeting the Uchiha.

If you accept geniuses from your clan as your disciples, there will definitely be a Hokage in the Uchiha clan. Don't be impulsive, we are all from the same village.

By slowly cutting the flesh, constantly absorbing their genius, the concept of Uchiha was gradually disintegrated.

This is the brilliance of Sarutobi Hiruzen. His methods are different from those of Senju Tobirama, but their purpose is to weaken the Uchiha.

However, accepting Uchiha Nan as a disciple was not so easy to do.

He still has one last test to take, after all, only those who are truly himself can be trusted.

"Don't worry Nan, it's better for the teacher to choose for himself."

"I have a task for you. You can think about it while you do it."

"Yes, Lord Hokage." After taking a ninja scroll, Uchiha Nan bowed and took his leave.

After leaving the Hokage Building, Uchiha Nan saw a familiar figure. He walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder.

"Let's go Kakashi, you were too impulsive today."

The two walked side by side on the way back.

"I just don't want to pretend anymore. Every time I see him, I think of my father's painful look."

"Kakashi, work hard. When you have enough strength, you can naturally make him repent for what he did before."

The sun slowly sets in the west, and the clouds in the sky are reflected in orange and red, which is a beautiful sight.

The fragmented sunlight shone on the two of them, casting long shadows, making it impossible to see what they were thinking deep in their hearts.

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Day 2 Morning

Uchiha Nan packed up his things and headed towards the destination of this mission, the Hidden Uzushio Village.

Sarutobi Hiruzen stated the reason in the mission scroll given to Uchiha Minami.

Back then, when the Uzumaki clan was being wiped out by major countries, Konoha Village came late.

From the mouths of several Uzumaki clan members who were about to die, information about the hiding places of a batch of sealing techniques was obtained.

However, because those people were injured too badly, they died before they could reveal complete information.

Over the years, Konoha has searched the Hidden Uzushio Village in order to obtain this batch of sealing techniques but found nothing.

They had almost given up, and the jonin and chuunin who were searching among them had already retreated.

But in the most recent exploration, several Genin went missing?

While searching for them, the remaining people found the messages they left at the place where they disappeared.

The problem could not be solved with just those few Genin, so they sent people to ask for help from the village.

Sarutobi Hiruzen just happened to send Uchiha Minami to resolve this matter.

However, on the way, Uchiha Nan thought more and more that something was wrong, a place like Uzushiogakure Village where the Uzumaki clan lived.

It would definitely be turned upside down by major countries. How could such important information as the sealing technique be left behind?

Moreover, the Sealing Technique is such a precious thing, why didn't Sarutobi Hiruzen send the village's Jonin and Chunin over?

Instead, let him, a child of the Uchiha clan, come.

You know, the Uchiha clan's Sharingan can control the tailed beasts.

The tailed beasts must be sealed in the bodies of the Jinchūriki, and because of the limitations of various sealing techniques, they cannot exert too much power for the safety of the Jinchūriki.

If the Uchiha clan obtained these sealing techniques, they would use the Sharingan to control the Nine-Tails, then unseal it and allow the complete tailed beasts to reappear in the ninja world.

How much risk is involved? Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't have been unaware of it.

So why did he make this choice when he knew that this was equivalent to putting a mouse into a rice jar?

There is too little information now to make a more accurate judgment.

Uchiha Nan could only take one step at a time and see what this old guy, the Third Generation, was up to.

After two days of rapid travel, Uchiha Minami finally arrived at the destination of this mission, the Hidden Uzushio Village.

He took a short rest outside the village to recover his chakra and physical strength, and then headed towards the village after he was fully recovered.

Because they master the sealing technique, all major countries need the Uzumaki clan's help in some matters.

So they are not short of money, and the entire Uzushiogakure Village is extremely luxurious.

There are brick and stone houses everywhere, with electric wires hanging everywhere, giving off a strange sense of incongruity.

But now those buildings have collapsed and turned into ruins.

Even the gate of the Uzushiogakure Village was half collapsed and the words on it disappeared.

Only the circle mark of the Uzumaki clan is still there, which is the mark on the Konoha forehead guard.

This was once a symbol of friendship between the two countries, but now it seems ironic.

One side has turned into the devastation before our eyes, with only scattered members of the clan remaining in the ninja world.

One side is the largest country in the ninja world, the winner of the First and Second Ninja World Wars, and is powerful and prosperous.

The strategy of mutual assistance and peaceful coexistence once signed by the two parties has completely become a piece of waste paper.

Not only that, Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Hokage of Konoha, also sent people to plunder the remains left by the Uzushiogakure Village to make himself more powerful.

It's so ironic.