Chapter 53 Agitation Begins
"Did everyone hear that? Apparently, there is more than one traitor among us. There may be quite a few who have infiltrated this meeting."
Fugaku opened his eyes and looked at everyone.
The tribesmen were whispering to each other, discussing this explosive topic.
The Uchiha Chishuihuofeng who sneaked into his room in the evening suddenly flashed through Deidara's mind.
That guy was disguised as White Zetsu. Combined with what Uchiha Fugaku said, Deidara could be sure that the so-called traitor was the White Zetsu.
No one is more suitable for the role of the inner ghost than White Zetsu. Once the simulation is successful, even the mother cannot tell which is real and which is fake.
"Clan leader."
A voice came from the corner and said, "Speaking of moles, there is one person missing from tonight's meeting."
"Who?"
"Uchiha Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind, he was responsible for notifying those attending the meeting tonight, but he lost contact afterwards."
This matter could be a big deal or a small one. Uchiha Fugaku stood up, frowned and asked, "Where did he go before he lost contact?"
No one answered.
Because no one knows where the earth, water, fire and wind finally went and where they disappeared.
Helplessly, Uchiha Fugaku had to use the most stupid method to ask one by one, that is, to check who was the last person he notified according to the order of notification of earth, water, fire and wind.
The clue ended with Deidara.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Deidara, and even Uchiha Fugaku's eyes began to become a little suspicious.
In fact, he was not willing to doubt Deidara (Uchiha Huoshu), after all, he was a relatively outstanding jonin in the clan, but the facts were before him, and as the clan leader he had to ask.
"Fire and Wine. The last person Dishuihuofeng saw today was you. He lost contact after that. Do you have anything to say?"
Didara said calmly, "He did come to inform me to attend the meeting in the evening, but he left after that. I don't know anything else."
"lie!"
Before Uchiha Fugaku could speak, the old guys who had been humiliated by Deidara before jumped out, pointed at Deidara and began to accuse him:
"The last time Earth, Water, Fire and Wind lost contact was at your place. How could you be completely unaware of this!?"
Another old man also quickly added, "That's right! Chief Fugaku, I think this boy is hiding important information. He must be tortured. It would be best to check his memory to make sure he is not lying!"
Check out the memory!
This is a method used against criminals. The people being checked have no human rights, and all their privacy will be seen clearly!
These old guys were pretending to be speaking up for the earth, water, fire and wind. Their real intention was to humiliate Deidara (Uchiha Hojime) in order to vent their own anger.
"Huojiu. As you can see, I have to do this because too many members of our tribe have died recently because of traitors. So you have to prove your innocence before we can trust you."
Uchiha Fugaku walked over while speaking.
The crowd automatically moved aside to make way for him.
Deidara was as steady as an old dog. He looked straight at Uchiha Fugaku and said, "If you want to accuse someone of something, you can always find a pretext. I told you, I don't know where he went in the end."
"What kind of attitude is this? It's really outrageous!"
Before Uchiha Fugaku could say anything, those Uchiha Lao Deng gentlemen got angry and pointed at his nose and wanted to curse him.
Deidara opened his scarlet Sharingan, and surging pupil power surged out!
"It seems that I gave you face!"
The power of his pupils violently invaded the minds of these Uchiha elders. Because they did not know illusion techniques, Deidara simply used pure power of his pupils to crush and ruthlessly shatter their power.
puff puff!
A few streaks of blood spurted out of the eyes of those old fellows. This was because the power exerted on their eyeballs was too violent and brutal, causing the surrounding blood vessels to burst.
"what!!"
The Uchiha elders fell to the ground wailing and screaming.
The surrounding Uchiha clan members drew their kunai and assumed attacking stances, surrounding Deidara in a circle.
Uchiha Fugaku also made the same initial move to attack. He did not expect that Uchiha Huoshu would suddenly become so aggressive and knocked down all the elders without even saying a word.
"Uchiha Huoshu! Stop what you are doing right now or you will become an enemy of the clan!"
Faced with this situation, Uchiha Fugaku shouted harshly.
"Stop?" Deidara sneered, "Stop for what? Are you guys holding meaningless meetings here every day?!"
Uchiha Fugaku's face was gloomy and he asked unhappily: "What do you mean?"
"It's nothing, I just feel that the future of our clan is bleak and it is necessary to make a thorough reform so that we can truly compete with the Hokage for power."
Such outrageous words made Uchiha Fugaku's blood seem to flow backwards and his hands and feet became cold.
He looked at Deidara again, as if he was meeting this member of his tribe for the first time.
"Your thinking is too radical. It is never so easy to compete with the Hokage for power. If all the clan members think like you, it will only lead the clan to destruction!"
"Humph! Don't you think we won't be ostracized if we just keep on being submissive? If we keep going like this, our entire clan will just be like a frog in boiling water, and will only die a slow death!"
"That's enough! As long as we communicate with Lord Hokage, these problems may be solved."
"Is it resolved now? Has the situation gotten better or worse?"
Uchiha Fugaku was silent.
He also understood that there was no way to communicate with the Hokage because the other party was too afraid of the power of the Uchiha's Sharingan.
The best evidence is that he condoned Danzo's suppression of the Uchiha people. The Hokage also contributed to the confrontation between the Uchiha people and the village.
"Since you have no way to solve this problem, leave it to us!" Deidara walked forward and looked at Uchiha Fugaku with a ferocious expression.
The opponent was frightened by Deidara's momentum and actually took a step back.
After realizing this, Uchiha Fugaku's face turned gloomy. After calming down, he said, "What are you going to do?"
"Simple, I want someone from the same clan to be the Hokage."
……
Everyone fell silent, as if they had not expected Deidara to say such a thing.
However, the hawkish Uchiha clan members had an inexplicable light flashing in their eyes, as if they were inspired by Deidara's "big words". Even Uchiha Setsuna couldn't help but look over.
Uchiha Fugaku stammered, "Hosho, the Third Hokage is still in office, and the succession to the Hokage still needs to be carefully considered."
"Look, here we go again. You so-called doves are too weak. If you continue like this, I won't see any Uchiha sitting on the position of Hokage when your granddaughter is born." Deidara said bluntly.
"That's right, Chief Fugaku! Our Uchiha's power is no weaker than the village, so why don't we just take the position of Hokage?"
"Yes, Chief! Please follow the example of our ancestors and lead us to charge again!"
"That's right, why is it that the Senju family has two consecutive Hokages, but our Uchiha clan, who co-founded Konoha Village, doesn't even have a Hokage!"
"This is not fair!"
"Shut up! How can you understand the will of the patriarch?"
"That's right, do you understand what it means to do things within your capabilities?"
For a while, the hawkish and dovish tribesmen began to quarrel, but because the dovish tribesmen were smaller, they did not gain the upper hand.
The hawkish members were getting more and more excited, and were about to talk about cutting off the Hokage's head and hanging it at the entrance of the village to intimidate the villagers.
Uchiha Fugaku quickly stood up and shouted, "Silence! Do not mention the Hokage matter again! Otherwise, I will personally deal with the leader! The fate of the clan should be discussed carefully!"
But his words could no longer convince the public.
Most of the people present were members of the Hawkish faction. It was a so-called family gathering, and the Hawkish people had been instigating the clan leader to lead his people in rebellion against the Hokage.
The Uchiha clan's desire to rebel was no longer something that he, as the clan leader, could suppress.
Helpless, Uchiha Fugaku could only forcibly disband the meeting.
Everyone dispersed unhappy.
Deidara did not intend to succeed in inciting the Uchiha all at once, so he would stop here today. At the next gathering, he would continue to stir up the dissatisfaction of the hawkish Uchiha.
As he stepped out of the door, Uchiha Fugaku called him.
"Fire and wine. Where are Earth, Water, Fire and Wind?" He could probably guess that Earth, Water, Fire and Wind were most likely dead.
I just don't want to believe that the Uchiha clan has reached the point where members of the clan are killing each other.
Deidara turned around and looked at him coldly with the three magatama: "Patriarch Fugaku, what if you know the answer? What do you want to do with me? Kill me?"
As they were talking, an invisible confrontation of the two men's eye powers actually began. Fugaku broke out in a few drops of cold sweat. Uchiha Huoshu's eye power was too terrifying. If it continued, he would probably be forced out of his Mangekyō!
Deng Deng Deng!
Uchiha Fugaku took several steps back, two lines of blood and tears flowing from his eyes.
This was because he forcibly interrupted the pupil power competition and suffered backlash.
"Your pupil power!..."
Uchiha Fugaku really wanted to ask Deidara, "Have you opened the Mangekyō?"
This pupil power was far superior to his own. He had a hunch that even if he opened the kaleidoscope, he would still be defeated miserably in the contest of pupil power!
"That's enough, Fugaku." A very old hand with wrinkled skin was placed on Uchiha Fugaku's shoulder.
It’s Uchiha Setsuna.
"Let's stop here. Earth, Water, Fire and Wind have secretly surrendered to the Hokage. In order to prevent him from leaking the secret of the gathering, I let Huoshu do it. I hope you can understand."
"Well, okay. I understand." Uchiha Fugaku glanced at Uchiha Setsuna, then at Deidara.
In the end, I had no choice but to compromise.
What else could he do? As a dovish clan leader, he wanted to handle the relationship between the clan and the village in a peaceful way.
However, too many people in the clan are very radical hawks, and his say as the clan leader is not absolute.
At this moment, facing the hidden threat from Uchiha Setsuna and Huojiu, he compromised. Even if Earth, Water, Fire and Wind were not traitors who defected to the Hokage, they must be traitors.
Otherwise, there will be hawkish tribesmen who will continue to assassinate him as the patriarch and even his family.