A few days later.
As the news spread by the Lord Elder of the Land of Fire gradually circulated, some rumors began to spread in the capital of the Land of Fire.
And the ninja profession inherently valued intelligence.
Although the assassination of the Lord Elder of the Land of Fire had been proceeding smoothly according to the plan of Uchiha Makoto and Senju Tobirama, the two of them had still been paying attention to the trends in public opinion.
Especially Senju Tobirama, after all, this really concerned his life and fortune.
Naturally... he started to panic!
—What must come will come eventually, and it cannot be avoided.
Subsequently, Senju Tobirama came to Uchiha Makoto's room at the first opportunity.
His expression was slightly panicked.
"Uchiha Makoto, something big has happened. Rumors have suddenly started spreading outside... We are about to be exposed!"
"What do you mean 'we' are about to be exposed?"
"You are you, I am me, and I am not a Konoha ninja!"
"What the f*ck do you mean? Want to turn your back on me at this time? Believe it or not, I'll take you down with me!"
Senju Tobirama placed the latest intelligence in front of Uchiha Makoto.
Although he was burning with anxiety, he still tried his best to remain calm, wanting to hear Uchiha Makoto's opinion.
And Uchiha Makoto was as mischievous as ever.
The two exchanged sharp words again, tossed around for a while, finally scoffed at each other, and turned their heads away at the same time.
The atmosphere was very stiff.
However, Senju Tobirama eventually couldn't hold back.
He was not like Uchiha Makoto, the number one in the Akatsuki Ninja Village, whom no one could really sanction, while in Konoha... Senju Hashirama was the Hokage.
"I think there is something fishy about this matter, there is a mole!"
"Senju Tobirama, you don't think I betrayed you, do you?"
"I don't rule out this possibility, but compared to you.... the possibility of the Uchiha clan taking action is greater."
"Actually, I think so too."
Neither of them was a fool.
The scene of the assassination of the Lord Elder of the Land of Fire had been sealed off by them.
Except for Konoha and Akatsuki ninjas, no one was allowed to approach. To be able to sneak in under the noses of the two villages, it must be an insider.
Currently, the only ones with a motive and secret contact with the Lord Elder of the Land of Fire were the Uchiha clan.
"Uchiha Makoto, when you forced me onto your pirate ship, you promised me that you would solve the Uchiha clan matter!"
"Now that this has happened, you have to be responsible to the end!"
Just like that, Senju Tobirama started to shift the blame, and Uchiha Makoto could only nod helplessly.
This was indeed his oversight, actually... this couldn't be considered an oversight.
Because what should come will always come.
As the orthodox authority, the Land of Fire had legitimacy under the legal system, and as the Lord Elder of a country, as long as he kept biting onto this matter.
Even without the Uchiha clan, there would be other ninja clans secretly investigating this matter.
Whether it was Konoha or the Akatsuki Ninja Village, the vast majority of ninja clans were very willing to serve the Lord Elder of the Land of Fire.
And the Lord Elder of the Land of Fire could afford the price... a price as high as the sky, which few could refuse.
So to completely end this matter, some people had to be silenced completely.... Only dead people can be completely silent!
"You don't want to kill the Lord Elder of the Land of Fire to silence him now, do you? Taking action at this time? Are you crazy?"
"My brother is just slow to react. With such obvious silencing, do you really think my brother is a fool?"
"Killing the Lord Elder of the Land of Fire now won't solve the problem either; it will only expand the problem. Do you think the Daimyo of the Land of Fire doesn't exist?"
"At that time, you won't still be thinking of asking me to help you kill the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, right!"
After listening to Uchiha Makoto's worries.
Senju Tobirama almost immediately became emotional..... Killing the Lord Elder of the Land of Fire this time, sooner or later he would be forced by Uchiha Makoto to kill the Daimyo of the Land of Fire!
"If you are willing, I can choose to hand over this glorious and sacred task to you!"
"Keep dreaming, I can't do such a thing!"
Senju Tobirama's face was ugly. He f*cking wished he could strangle Uchiha Makoto to death now, and incidentally slap his past self!
How did he get obsessed and board Uchiha Makoto's pirate ship back then?
Now he might not even have the chance to get off the ship.
He couldn't really follow Uchiha Makoto, this naturally evil Uchiha brat, down the dark path, could he?
"Tch, we are clearly ninjas...."
"Enough, I've heard such words many times. If you really have the guts, go kill the Daimyo now. I won't stop you, but.... just wait for the Wood Golem to fall from the sky then!"
At the mention of his brother Senju Hashirama.
Senju Tobirama's tone obviously became much tougher.
He predicted that Uchiha Makoto wouldn't dare to do this. Otherwise, Uchiha Makoto wouldn't have tried so hard to pull him onto the pirate ship, wasn't it because of scruples about his brother?
Uchiha Makoto could only glare fiercely at Senju Tobirama.
Really bringing up which pot is not boiling...
If it weren't for Senju Hashirama, let alone a mere Lord Elder of the Land of Fire, even the current Daimyo of the Land of Fire would have fallen into the water and died.
The Daimyo of the Land of Fire has many sons, a full nine of them!
It would be easy for Uchiha Makoto to pick any one and support him as a puppet.
"The current situation is actually similar to what we expected initially. Public attention has been diverted, so our public opinion pressure is small. We only need to solve the troublesome Uchiha clan. As long as they shut up, this matter can come to an end."
"As for future matters.... let's talk about them later."
"Anyway, we definitely can't take action against the Lord Elder of the Land of Fire now."
Seeing Uchiha Makoto suffer a setback, Senju Tobirama felt his mood become much better.
The whole person also calmed down a lot.
Subsequently, after carefully analyzing the current situation, the two of them.
Senju Tobirama still insisted that Uchiha Makoto solve the Uchiha clan problem first. As long as the Uchiha clan didn't make a fuss, the assassination of the Lord Elder of the Land of Fire could be finalized and temporarily turned over.
As for whether the Lord Elder of the Land of Fire would bring up old matters again in the future.
Senju Tobirama was actually very worried in his heart.
He had always been cautious in his actions, never allowing any threat to grow, and even less wishing to leave any hidden dangers behind.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have always disliked and targeted the Uchiha clan.
Fundamentally, it was just fear of those pairs of Sharingan that could continuously evolve—this power could push Konoha into the abyss of loss of control at any time, turning into a hidden disaster.
It was precisely because of this that he was wary of the Uchiha everywhere, even sparing no expense to settle the entire Uchiha clan in the Konoha Military Police Force.
But for the Lord Elder of the Land of Fire... taking action now is definitely not feasible!
Then can only wait for later!
And hard measures definitely won't work, how about... secretly poisoning... Uchiha Makoto can't know about this either!
Senju Tobirama thought so in his heart.
And Uchiha Makoto understood Senju Tobirama's thoughts too well.
He saw at a glance that Senju Tobirama, this naturally evil old Senju demon, was not an honest person.
"You mean, in the future....."
"None of your business!"
Senju Tobirama immediately looked unfriendly and said so.
Uchiha Makoto smiled without speaking.
After that layer of window paper was pierced, many things would come naturally.
Senju Tobirama had already sent ANBU ninjas to besiege the Lord Elder's whole family. Taking action against the Lord Elder of the Land of Fire again in the future actually wouldn't be much of a psychological burden.
It's just that he still liked to be stubborn.
But this was also good. Uchiha Makoto liked to appreciate Senju Tobirama's tsundere appearance the most.... In the future, planning the Daimyo of the Land of Fire falling into the water, he would have to be involved too!
—Corruption is just like this, step by step, gradually sinking deeper and deeper, and finally becoming what he hated most at the beginning.
Subsequently, Senju Tobirama didn't want to entangle with Uchiha Makoto too much on the Lord Elder of the Land of Fire.
He quickly changed the subject.
"How do you plan to solve the Uchiha clan problem."
"The Uchiha Great Elder is definitely the head of the moles. Should we kill him?"
"You do it, or I do it!"
"Oh, no, the Uchiha Great Elder is not weak. Acting alone is easy to cause a big commotion, or should we go together?"
"When talking about the Uchiha, how can you be so cruel, opening and closing your mouth with kill kill kill. If the Uchiha Great Elder dies suddenly at this time.... your brother is not a fool!"
When talking about dealing with the Uchiha.
Senju Tobirama was obviously in high spirits.
He had always believed that only a dead Uchiha could be considered a trustworthy and reassuring Uchiha.
And Uchiha Makoto frowned, pulled a long face, and raised his middle finger at Senju Tobirama.
He knew Senju Tobirama said this on purpose.
Only by holding each other's pigtails is the safest state.
Now Senju Tobirama's pigtail was in Uchiha Makoto's hand, but the pigtail that Uchiha Makoto cared about, Senju Tobirama had not grasped yet.
If the Uchiha Great Elder could die at Uchiha Makoto's hands.... Senju Tobirama felt this could barely be considered a pigtail that could check and balance Uchiha Makoto.
After all, Uchiha Makoto, this naturally evil brat, still had to constantly win over the Uchiha clan!
"My hands won't be stained with the blood of my clansmen. If you want to kill the Uchiha Great Elder, that's your own business, I can't get involved."
"Truly hypocritical!"
"Then what do you plan to do?"
"Now the Uchiha Great Elder is eyeing me covetously. If he catches an opportunity, he won't let me go. If he takes the opportunity to propose a thorough investigation of the Konoha ANBU....."
"Although this is indeed difficult, it is not impossible to do.... Whatever the Great Elder wants, I'll just give it to him."
Uchiha Makoto was indeed dissatisfied with the Uchiha Great Elder's actions, but the Uchiha Great Elder had worked hard for the family and had always been for the Uchiha... although he was indeed stupidly obvious.
And just for this reason.
Uchiha Makoto couldn't take action against the Uchiha Great Elder.
Moreover, taking action against clansmen, having the blood debt of fellow clansmen on his hands, in the future, Senju Tobirama, this bastard... the pigtail absolutely cannot be left!
"What do you mean?"
"What if the Uchiha Great Elder wants my life?"
"Senju Tobirama, you think too highly of yourself. Although I believe the Uchiha Great Elder really wants to kill you, compared to your life, he wants more..."
"The position of Hokage?!!"
Before Uchiha Makoto could finish his sentence, Senju Tobirama couldn't help but finish it for him.
That's right.
The Uchiha Great Elder did so many things, actually just for the pride of the Uchiha clan, wanting the Uchiha clan to produce a Hokage.
What kind of sin is this?
Reasonable and fair, this Konoha should have half for the Uchiha.
But...
Senju Tobirama was also eyeing the position of Hokage covetously, and he started cursing immediately.
"Uchiha Makoto, you naturally evil Uchiha brat, let me tell you? I absolutely disagree with this matter!"
"The position of Hokage is not for you, an outsider, to dictate here!"
"Correction, strictly speaking, I am no longer an outsider. I am not only an Uchiha clansman but also in-laws with your brother, so I should also have a say in the recommendation for the position of Hokage."
"You f*cking..."
Senju Tobirama was speechless for a moment by the rebuttal.
And Uchiha Makoto didn't give Senju Tobirama any face, continuing his output.
"You should be glad that I am now in-laws with your brother. In this way, I also have one more reason to persuade the Uchiha Great Elder. Just when the news of the marriage alliance between the two clans came out... for this marriage, I personally went to find him. I believe the Uchiha Great Elder will give me this face."
"And although I don't want the Uchiha clan to grow too big in Konoha, which would conflict with the interests of the Akatsuki Ninja Village, things won't always go as I wish."
"The gradual growth of the Uchiha clan in Konoha can be said to be inevitable."
"Uchiha Madara has never actively participated in the competition for Hokage. Regarding the position of Hokage, you should think about how to beat Uchiha Madara."
Uchiha Makoto said word by word, which could be said to be heartbreaking.
Relying on the blood kinship of both sides, the free help the Akatsuki Ninja Village has given to the Uchiha clan for so many years, plus the recent marriage alliance... using this as an excuse, persuading the Uchiha Great Elder to play dumb on the assassination of the Lord Elder is basically sixty to seventy percent certain.
And adding coercion...
Once the fire of the assassination incident burns to Konoha, not only Senju Tobirama will be unlucky, but Senju Hashirama will also be unlucky, and Konoha will be even more unlucky.
Now the Uchiha clan really regards Konoha as their home.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have abandoned Uchiha Madara who possessed the "Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan."
The Uchiha clansmen knew Uchiha Madara's strength very well. Following Uchiha Madara to leave Konoha, they completely had the opportunity to go to the other four major countries and create a ninja village no less than Konoha, but they still chose to stay in Konoha.
After clarifying the interests, sixty to seventy percent certainty can rise to eighty to ninety percent.
Of course, there are exceptions to everything.
But if the condition of letting Uchiha Madara become Hokage is added, Uchiha Makoto can have one hundred percent certainty.
Admittedly, the Uchiha clan is indeed stupidly obvious. They have worked hard for the position of Hokage for so long, but until now they haven't found the right direction for their efforts.
The ninja world has always been ruled by strength.
As long as Uchiha Madara expresses his attitude to become Hokage, nothing else needs to be done.
Senju Tobirama seeing Uchiha Madara come out can only hide behind Senju Hashirama and bark gloomily.
And Senju Hashirama will happily put his Hokage robe on Uchiha Madara.
Unfortunately... it's too late now.
A few years ago, if the Uchiha clan had exerted force in this direction, Uchiha Madara would not have refused their intentions.
Now Uchiha Madara just wants to run...
So Uchiha Makoto doesn't mind giving them some guidance at this time.
And.... Senju Tobirama's face became even uglier.
Because the truth is a fast knife.
Uchiha Makoto, what do you want to do by telling these big truths?!!
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