The Uchiha Clan's Sun

Compared to the coup d'état by Elder Uchiha Setsuna and the creation of New Konoha, the word "fairness" that Uchiha Jin spoke of was an extremely conservative demand!

Although achieving this is difficult, at least it's something we can negotiate with the village!

Moreover, now that they know the Uchiha clan possesses three pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan, they have much more leverage to negotiate with the village!

Therefore, Uchiha Ya does not reject Uchiha Jin's statement.

As for Uchiha Setsuna's thoughts, they were exactly the opposite of Uchiha Ya's!

If it were before he was imprisoned in Konoha Prison, Uchiha Setsuna could have agreed with Uchiha Jin's statement.

But after experiencing so much suffering, even though Uchiha Setsuna knew that Uchiha Jin was right, he just couldn't accept it!

He wanted more! He wanted to take revenge on the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju!

Even though Tobirama Senju is no longer here, he still wants to take revenge on Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo Shimura, Koharu Utatane, and Homura Mitokado, the inheritors of Tobirama Senju's will!

Therefore, merely using the word 'fairness' is far from achieving his expected goals!

Ignoring the silence of Uchiha Setsuna, Uchiha Jin continued, "We have already answered the first question, so now let's talk about the second question: what is the stance of our Uchiha clan!"

Uchiha Jin paused for a moment, and only after all the Uchiha's eyes were on him did he speak: "Our Uchiha clan is one of the founders of Konoha Village. Since the founding of Konoha Village, we have devoted countless efforts to this village!"

"The land used to build the village was once our Uchiha territory! The Konoha Guard patrols day after day to protect the village's safety, and our Uchiha clan members have shed countless drops of sweat!"

"More importantly, whether it was the First Shinobi World War decades ago, the Second Shinobi World War more than a decade ago, or the Third Shinobi World War that just ended, there have been shinobi from my Uchiha clan who sacrificed their lives for the village!"

"The short few decades since the founding of Konoha Village is not just an ordinary history, but a history of blood and tears for our Uchiha clan!"

"We Uchiha have devoted countless efforts to make Konoha Village what it is today!"

"So there's no need to say anything like 'going far away to establish a new Konoha' anymore!"

"If we leave like this, how can we face our ancestors who have lived on this land for generations? How can we face our clansmen who sacrificed for the village? How can we face the efforts we ourselves have made?"

"More importantly, how can we, the proud Uchiha, slink away like defeated dogs!"

Uchiha Jin's voice was deafening, causing many Uchiha who had just been moved by Uchiha Setsuna's idea of ​​establishing a new Konoha to show expressions of shame.

Yes, to just leave like this would be tantamount to betraying the Uchiha ancestors, the Uchiha clan, and oneself!

This isn't leaving, it's running away, it's admitting defeat!

My Uchiha clan will never admit defeat!

The gazes of the Uchiha clan members gradually hardened, and they had completely abandoned the idea of ​​leaving Konoha to establish a new Konoha!

Even Uchiha Setsuna, who proposed the idea, was filled with shame at this moment!

He didn't want to admit defeat and ruin the honor of the Uchiha clan!

Uchiha Jin continued, "Therefore, we must firmly uphold one stance: Konoha will always be Konoha of the Uchiha, and the Uchiha will always be Uchiha of Konoha!"

"We are members of Konoha!"

Most of the Uchiha in the secret room showed expressions of agreement upon hearing this, especially the Second Elder, Uchiha Ya, who was extremely satisfied with Uchiha Jin at this moment.

At the same time, Uchiha Ya secretly decided that as long as this was Uchiha Jin's true thought, he would unconditionally carry out any decision Uchiha Jin made!

However, a small number of Uchiha members showed resentment.

Uchiha Setsuna questioned, "Jin, what you said does make a lot of sense. The Uchiha are indeed the Uchiha of the village, but is the village the village of the Uchiha?"

"You just said it yourself, since the village was founded, my Uchiha clan has never received fair treatment in the village. How can we possibly identify with a village like this!"

"I also want to treat the village as the Uchiha village, but do Hiruzen Sarutobi and his group really see the Uchiha as the village's Uchiha?"

Uchiha Jin looked at Uchiha Setsuna and said calmly, "This brings us to the third question: Who are the enemies of the Uchiha?"

"Before we get to that, you need to understand one thing: the Hokage is the Hokage, and Konoha is Konoha. The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, is a member of the village and its leader, but the village is not his private property!"

"These are two different concepts and should not be confused!"

Chapter 133 Violent Coup!

"The Hokage is the Hokage, and Konoha is Konoha? What does that mean?"

"Haven't we been the ones being targeted by the village all these years? Doesn't the Third Hokage represent the village?"

"The village's decrees are all issued by the third patriarch. Is there any difference between the third patriarch and the village?"

Most of the Uchiha members inside the secret room looked confused and puzzled.

In their eyes, and even in the eyes of the vast majority of people in Konoha, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, represented Konoha!

Seeing this, Uchiha Jin also spoke up to explain, "What is a village? What is a Hokage?"

"The village is a community of shared interests composed of all the villagers, and although the Hokage exercises power on behalf of the village, the power he holds comes from the authorization and entrustment of all the villagers!"

"The power held by the Hokage is a public instrument, and it has never belonged to Hiruzen Sarutobi alone!"

"Although all the decrees targeting my Uchiha clan are implemented by the village, that's because Hiruzen Sarutobi abused his power for personal gain, and they don't represent the will of the entire village!"

"Therefore, from beginning to end, our enemies as Uchiha have not been the village, but rather those who temporarily hold power in the village, such as Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo Shimura, Koharu Utatane, and Homura Mitokado!"

The Uchiha members inside the secret room seemed to understand but not quite; they felt that their enemy had changed, yet it also seemed that he hadn't.

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Ya's eyelids twitched, and a bad premonition rose in his heart.

For some reason, he suddenly had a feeling that Uchiha Jin seemed to be an even more radical person than Uchiha Setsuna!

Meanwhile, Uchiha Setsuna seemed to understand something, and his eyes gleamed as he looked at Uchiha Jin!

Unfortunately, he had the same feeling as Uchiha Ya!

Ignoring the ulterior motives of Uchiha Setsuna and Uchiha Ya, Uchiha Jin looked at the Uchiha clan members below and continued, "Now that we understand the needs of the Uchiha, our stance, and our enemies, the next step is to find a solution to our current situation!"

"I also have two paths for everyone to choose from. The first one is more conservative, which is for my Uchiha clan to become Hokage. Once the Uchiha clan becomes Hokage, all the problems will naturally be solved!"

Should the Uchiha clan become Hokage?

All the Uchiha in the secret room had their eyes light up after hearing those words.

It has to be said that the Uchiha clan has a special feeling about the Hokage position, as if it should have been theirs to begin with.

What they couldn't understand was why Uchiha Jin would say that making an Uchiha Hokage was a rather conservative path!

Uchiha Ya immediately said, "Jin, don't speak recklessly! Even if we Uchiha now have three pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan, it will still be extremely difficult for us to launch a coup!"

"More importantly, the Mangekyou Sharingan has flaws, and even if the coup succeeds, there's no guarantee it won't suffer even greater backlash in the future!"

As an elder of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Ya, although he had not awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, knew some of its secrets!

Ordinary kaleidoscopes become progressively blinder with use and cannot last long; once their pupil power is exhausted, they will permanently lose their sight.

With such a weak village, the enemy only needs to sacrifice a few dozen lives to take down a kaleidoscope master.

Therefore, Uchiha Ya still doesn't feel that it's absolutely necessary to avoid taking the step of resorting to arms!

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Jin was somewhat helpless and said, "Does the Second Elder think that the only way for the Uchiha to become Hokage is to stage a coup?"

Uchiha Ya was taken aback and asked in surprise, "Isn't that right?"

Not only Uchiha Ya, but almost all the Uchiha present had the same question.

In their view, the Uchiha clan would definitely have to stage a coup if they wanted to become Hokage!

Upon witnessing this scene, Uchiha Jin gained a deeper understanding of the Uchiha's political acumen. He sighed inwardly and shook his head slightly, saying, "First of all, the definition of a coup is the act of a small group of people conspiring to transfer power through abnormal means such as politics or violence."

"There are two types of coups: violent coups and non-violent coups."

"Non-violent coups are out of the question. My Uchiha clan doesn't even have a single political ally in Konoha. We are isolated and helpless, making a peaceful transfer of power virtually impossible."

"Therefore, if the Uchiha clan wants to stage a coup, the only way is through a violent coup!"

All the Uchiha clan members inside the secret room nodded in agreement; that was exactly what they had been thinking.

“But compared to a nonviolent coup, a violent coup is much more difficult!” Uchiha Jin continued, “For a violent coup to succeed, it first needs a certain amount of power, and secondly, it needs a certain number of allies!”

"But given the current situation of our Uchiha clan, if we were to carry out a violent coup, our goal would definitely be to eliminate the Konoha leadership, led by the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi."

"But what happens after we deal with Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others?"

"Leaving aside how much our Uchiha clan will lose in the process of dealing with Hiruzen Sarutobi and their forces, even if our Uchiha clan suffers no casualties, can we still suppress the other clans in the village?"

"So even if we succeed in a violent coup, in the end we'll only be doing all the work for someone else!"

As soon as Uchiha Jin finished speaking, all the Uchiha in the secret room showed a look of unease.

Although Uchiha Jin put it mildly, they all knew in their hearts that it was only the best theoretical outcome!

At this moment, they all understood that the Uchiha clan's coup was doomed to fail!

The reason is that the Uchiha clan has no allies in Konoha!

You're all alone; who would support you in taking power?

Uchiha Jin continued, "Therefore, the Uchiha cannot become Hokage through a coup!"

"As I said before, the Hokage is merely a figurehead elected by all the villagers of Konoha!"

"If you want to become Hokage, you must prioritize the villagers and gain their approval!"

"Intrigue and trickery will not accomplish anything great, and being brave and violent is nothing but a crooked path!"

"You need to show everyone in the village that you have the sincerity to take responsibility; that's the right way!"

"If your family doesn't follow the right path, no one will support you!"

"If you don't do favors for the villagers, no one will respect you!"

"Just like the current situation of the Uchiha clan, the people in the village have the impression of us as arrogant, indifferent, cold-hearted, and unreasonable."

"Under these circumstances, who would support us becoming Hokage?"

"So if the Uchiha want to become Hokage, the first thing they need to do is 'change'!"

Chapter 134 Reform!

"Change?"

The Uchiha members inside the secret room were filled with doubt.

"Yes, it's about change! Change!" Uchiha Jin took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "The reason I said that making the Uchiha Hokage is a relatively safe path is because the biggest obstacle on this path is not the village's higher-ups led by Sarutobi Hiruzen, nor the other clans or ordinary villagers, but ourselves!"

"Although the rumors circulating in the village recently were stirred up by the village's higher-ups, it is undeniable that our Uchiha clan has long harbored resentment within the village; otherwise, those rumors wouldn't have spread so quickly!"

"Just like when those rumors about Hiruzen Sarutobi first appeared, many villagers' first reaction after hearing the rumors was not to believe them, but to question them! It wasn't until real evidence appeared and more and more people spread them that most villagers began to believe the truth of those rumors."

"This is because Hiruzen Sarutobi's righteous and honorable reputation is deeply rooted in the hearts of the villagers!"

Upon hearing this, the Uchiha members in the secret room suddenly realized what was going on.

They had all personally experienced what Uchiha Jin described, but at the time they only cursed the villagers for their differential treatment without thinking too deeply. Now, after Uchiha Jin's explanation, they understood the real reason behind it.

"But why do those villagers have such a long-standing grudge against us Uchiha?" Uchiha Jin asked without waiting for anyone's answer, and explained directly: "One of the reasons is the deliberate suppression by the village's higher-ups, which has made our Uchiha clan unknown in the village."

"Those ordinary villagers have no idea about the contributions and sacrifices my Uchiha clan has made for this village!"

"Naturally, those villagers had no respect or gratitude for our Uchiha clan!"

"But the bigger reason is that we, the Uchiha, didn't do a good job!"

“From the very beginning of Konoha’s establishment, our Uchiha clan has always controlled the Konoha Police Department.”

"Whether there are any underhanded tricks involved is another matter, but the Konoha Police Department is a channel through which our Uchiha clan can directly contact the villagers of Konoha!"

"The Konoha Police Department deals with various conflicts between villagers every day. As the saying goes, even an upright official finds it hard to settle family disputes. Even if my Uchiha clan is impartial in handling these matters, it is inevitable that we will offend some people in the process of law enforcement."

"But most members of my Uchiha clan are proud and not good at speaking, which makes it even easier for them to offend people!"

"Over time, most of the villagers developed a prejudice against us Uchiha!"

"Under these circumstances, if rumors spread, my Uchiha clan will be utterly destroyed! Let alone even think about electing a Hokage!"

Uchiha Ya nodded upon hearing this, agreeing with Uchiha Jin's statement, and then asked, "Jin, if you say there will be change, from where will the change begin?"

Uchiha Jin held up one finger and said, "First, we must change the villagers' preconceived notions about our Uchiha clan!"

"The best way to change the villagers' preconceived notions is to reform the Konoha Police Department!"

"Reform?" Uchiha Setsuna frowned. "How? Should we hand over the power of the Konoha Police Department?"

Uchiha Jin said, "We definitely have to hand over a portion of it, because to reform the Konoha Police Department, we must first change the rules and regulations that the Konoha Police Department used to follow and formulate a new law!"