Two days passed in a flash.
The three-day holiday officially ended, and Seii finally received new orders.
Just as the Uchiha elder had said, he was indeed assigned to the team supporting the Hidden Mist battlefield this ti.
Not only him, but Uchiha Shisui also received this mission.
Looking at the mission certificate in his hand, Seii snorted coldly and walked straight towards the mission assembly point.
...
Main Camp.
South side.
In a dense forest.
Dozens of Konoha ninjas were either sitting or standing, gathered together.
Suddenly, a figure appeared silently in the field.
Everyone was startled and raised their spirits. After seeing the person's appearance clearly, they relaxed again.
Then, so people started whispering.
"This is Uchiha Seii, right? He looks so young!"
"Young? He's one of Konoha's Twin Stars. I heard his strength is even greater than that of an average Jonin!"
"Ghost Sword Seii, who doesn't know him?"
"..."
That's right, the newcor was none other than Seii.
Ignoring these discussions, Seii walked straight to an empty corner, then ford hand seals and used the 'Mystical Palm Technique' to start strengthening his body.
Ti was precious, and he didn't want to waste a single mont.
Seeing his unapproachable deanor, no one dared to disturb him.
Ti passed slowly, and more and more people arrived.
At so point, another figure appeared, attracting everyone's attention.
Seii's ears twitched, and he heard Uchiha Shisui's na.
Imdiately, he opened his eyes and looked over there, and indeed saw a figure shorter than him appear in the field.
Who else could it be but Uchiha Shisui?
Just as Seii looked over, Shisui also noticed him. After greeting a few familiar ninjas, he ca to Seii.
Seii looked at him and raised an eyebrow, "Sothing's up?"
"Yes."
Uchiha Shisui nodded seriously, then pointed to the dense forest not far away, "Let's talk over there."
Seii pondered for a mont, didn't refuse, nodded in response, and walked straight towards the depths of the forest, with Uchiha Shisui following closely behind.
Soon, the two disappeared from everyone's sight.
In the crowd, several Jonin leaders saw this but didn't say much.
Anyway, it wasn't ti to depart yet, and the two were from the sa clan. If they wanted to discuss sothing, could they stop them?
Moreover, the strength of these two might have already surpassed theirs.
Thus, they dared not ddle even more.
Out of everyone's sight, Seii stopped and turned to look at Uchiha Shisui, saying indifferently, "What is it? Speak."
In fact, he already had so guesses about what Shisui wanted to say, nothing more than the strangeness of this mission.
Since that Uchiha elder could tell him so things, there was no reason not to inform Uchiha Shisui.
As expected, as soon as Uchiha Shisui opened his mouth, he ntioned this matter.
He said, "Seii, Elder Kazuma said that we were suddenly transferred to the Hidden Mist battlefield because Konoha wants to suppress our Uchiha clan. Do you believe that?"
Kazuma was the Uchiha elder who had talked to Seii before, his na was Uchiha Kazuma.
Hearing Uchiha Shisui's question, Seii raised his eyebrows slightly, not answering directly, but instead asking, "Do you believe it?"
"I do!"
Uchiha Shisui replied seriously.
Hearing this, Seii was slightly taken aback.
He originally thought Uchiha Shisui was a Uchiha clansman brainwashed by the 'Will of Fire', soone who had detached from his clan's ideology.
Now it seed that Shisui wasn't mindless; on the contrary, he had his own opinions.
That's right, thinking about his actions later, even at the most critical mont, he first thought of using 'Kotoamatsukami' to control Uchiha Fugaku, making him stop the clan's rebellion, and then slowly resolve the conflict between the two sides.
Obviously, he had found a balance between the village and the clan.
This wasn't a manifestation of being brainwashed by the 'Will of Fire'.
On the contrary, Uchiha Itachi, for the so-called sake of the village avoiding war, directly massacred his own clan. This was a typical example of having a problem with his brain.
If a civil war broke out in the village, many people would die. Weren't the Uchiha clansn he massacred also people?
As the saying goes, where you stand depends on where you sit.
You are first and foremost a mber of the Uchiha clan, and then a ninja of Konoha.
Even if you have detached from your clan's ideology, you can learn from Uchiha Shisui and try to solve the problem instead of resorting to killing.
What was the Mangekyo Sharingan for?
You had the ability to massacre half the clan, couldn't you use absolute strength to control them?
If that still didn't work, you could also kill a few instigators. This was also a way to temporarily ease the conflict.
But what did you do?
You directly chose a massacre.
Even if there were various reasons, this was an absurd decision beyond compare.
While Seii was lost in thought, Uchiha Shisui's voice ca again, "Undeniably, Konoha is indeed targeting our Uchiha clan now, but this might be the result of deliberate guidance by so high-ranking officials."
"Oh, do you have any findings?"
Seii asked with interest.
"Yes."
Uchiha Shisui nodded and said, "I secretly investigated the 'Root' and Danzo you ntioned last ti and found that they indeed have problems, especially in their attitude towards our Uchiha clan, which is very obvious."
'Last ti?'
Seii was stunned at first, then rembered that after the Chunin Exams, they were attacked by Root ninjas on their way back to the battlefield.
To cause trouble for Konoha's high-ranking officials and to make Uchiha Shisui more vigilant, he did ntion the existence of 'Root' and Danzo afterward.
It seed to have had so effect now.
Uchiha Shisui didn't know what Seii was thinking. He continued, "I suspect that Danzo arranged this incident. If my guess is correct, we might be in trouble next."
"Trouble?"
"Hehehe~"
Hearing Uchiha Shisui's reminder, Seii sneered and said indifferently, "Afraid of trouble? Then kill them all."
Although Seii's voice was calm, it was filled with coldness in Uchiha Shisui's ears, making his scalp tingle.
Uchiha Shisui couldn't help but be a little lost in thought. When he ca back to his senses, Seii had already turned around and was about to leave.
Seeing this, Uchiha Shisui quickly called out to Seii, "Seii, what do you think of the conflict between the village and the clan?"
Hearing this, Seii paused slightly, then said without turning back, "Just a power struggle, what's there to see?"
After saying that, he left.
Looking at his departing back, Uchiha Shisui murmured, "A power struggle?"
Seii's words weren't just to fool Uchiha Shisui; this was his true thought.
The so-called conflict between the Uchiha clan and the village, in the final analysis, was caused by the unfair distribution of power.
As one of the two founding clans of Konoha, the Uchiha clan had too little say in the village, and the Uchiha were a proud clan, naturally unable to accept this.
Then the conflict gradually accumulated, and finally turned into a confrontation.
As for other reasons such as Uchiha Madara's defection, the Uchiha clan's ntal problems after awakening the Sharingan, etc., these were just excuses.
Anyway, in the past two years, Seii hadn't seen any Uchiha clansn who were complete lunatics.
It could only be said that the taste of power was too tempting for people to let go.
(End of this chapter)
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