Chapter 6 - The Current Problems of the Uchiha Clan! (Seeking Reads,Votes, Recommendation Votes)
"Bai Ye, which faction do you belong to?"
Uchiha Tetsu and Uchiha Setsuna argued for a long time before realizing something was off.
Their words were useless; they needed to hear Bai Ye himself.
His statements leaned towards the radical faction, but also contained elements beneficial to the conservative faction.
It was somewhat ambiguous. Although Bai Ye finally expressed his attitude and offered advice that even the two elders and the centrist faction found very reasonable, it would be better if it could be more specific.
"I don't belong to any faction. I just believe that no matter whether you are the conservative faction or the radical faction, what you need to do now is to reform internally, and external changes are also necessary. At least in my opinion, if no one had targeted the Uchiha Clan, the Village's situation wouldn't have become like this. The mastermind must be found and dealt with."
Is constant compromise useful?
Completely useless!
Hiruzen might tolerate it, but Danzo would absolutely not; he would only slowly erode the Uchiha Clan's power.
After realizing their power was constantly being eroded, the Uchiha Clan would likely become restless internally, and wouldn't that still lead to a Night of Annihilation?
Therefore, to prevent the Uchiha Clan's annihilation, the most important thing is to deal with the Konoha F4, led by Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo.
"How do we reform internally? How do we change externally?"
A hint of excitement flashed in Uchiha Fugaku's eyes. Finally, someone offered useful advice.
Unlike before, the radical and conservative factions had no solutions other than arguing.
"First is the Police Force. From now on, when we encounter problems, we'll just mediate them. There's no need to offend people over trivial matters. Anyway, it's not our business. Even if it goes to the Village, it'll just be a matter of incompetence. If they want to relieve us of our Police Force responsibilities, then let them. I doubt they'd dare, as no one wants to take on this hot potato!"
Bai Ye genuinely didn't understand why the Uchiha Clan held onto this hot potato. Anyway, they could just slack off later.
"But if that happens, won't it cause greater conflict between the Village and the Uchiha Clan?"
Uchiha Fugaku started worrying again, which made Bai Ye roll his eyes.
Indeed, Fugaku was truly unsuitable to be Clan Head at this time.
His leadership would simply lead to the Uchiha Clan's destruction.
"May I ask, is the Police Force paid by the Uchiha Clan or by the Village?"
"We pay them internally, within Uchiha."
Members of the Police Force received salaries. During the Second Hokage's era, the Village paid them, but after the Second Shinobi World War, the Third Shinobi World War, and the Nine-Tails' Chaos.
The Village, citing economic hardship, having undergone several major wars, and needing to recover without much money, approached Uchiha Fugaku to discuss whether the Uchiha Clan could pay the Police Force internally.
At that time, Uchiha Fugaku thought about how they had just experienced the Nine-Tails' Chaos.
Because the Sharingan in the Nine-Tailed's eyes was seen by many, quite a few people were saying the Uchiha Clan was preparing to rebel.
To stop further talk, and also thinking that this amount of money wasn't much for the wealthy Uchiha Clan, he decided it was fine to pay it themselves.
And so, this money, which was originally borne by the Village, became the responsibility of the Uchiha Clan internally.
"You see, the Village doesn't spend money on us, so why should we be so responsible to the Village? You were too moral before. If we didn't care about morals, then this matter wouldn't concern us, would it?
It's already been handled this way, becoming an existence disliked by everyone in the Village. Why should we continue to do this? Anyway, the Village gets the benefits, and all the downsides are borne by our Uchiha Clan. How can this be? So, in my opinion, the first step to solving the current predicament is to just give up!"
That's right!
It's best to just give up!
Anyway, the Village doesn't pay them, and doing things will only lead to bad reviews, and then complaints to the Village.
The Village placates the villagers, then scolds the Uchiha Clan, then the Village gains the villagers' goodwill, and the Uchiha Clan, after being scolded, is also resented by the villagers. All the benefits are taken by Hiruzen Sarutobi, and they are left simmering with anger, which, of course, would lead to rebellion!
Who doesn't want to be respected from the bottom of their heart!
Every day, being criticized and pointed at, doing things, standing on a fair stance doesn't work, being unfair doesn't work either. So, fine, let's all just quit playing and give up!
"I agree, Elder. Although I am a conservative, I really don't want to put up with this nonsense anymore. Every day, I'm either being scolded by someone or criticized for being incompetent!"
Among the conservative faction behind Uchiha Tetsu, many people strongly agreed.
After all, they worked hard, wanting to change the villagers' impression of the Uchiha Clan.
But no one expected such a result in return.
So, of course, they weren't happy either.
"But if we do this, it will be hard for me to say anything to the Village later."
Uchiha Fugaku was stumped.
Once this was done, he understood that he would likely have no room for maneuver with the Village afterward.
"What are you scared of? Look at how the Village is treating the Uchiha Clan now. What's wrong with us doing this?"
Uchiha Setsuna frowned, looking at Uchiha Fugaku with some displeasure. This person was once someone he thought was a very good Clan Head, but now, seeing his way of handling things, he felt increasingly annoyed deep down.
Why was he so indecisive about making a decision?
"Clan Head, I think you shouldn't decide just yet. I still have some things to say. Can we talk after I'm finished?"
Bai Ye knew that Fugaku's indecisiveness was back.
On one hand, he wanted to change the internal situation of the Uchiha Clan, hoping to be tougher.
On the other hand, he was afraid that his toughness would cause the rift between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha to widen, eventually leading directly to conflict between the two sides.
He was constantly caught between these two, which ultimately led to Uchiha Fugaku dying with his entire clan.
"Okay!"
Uchiha Fugaku pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
"Then, let's first discuss my views on the Uchiha and Konoha based on what I said before. You can go back and think about it carefully afterward.
I've already talked about the Police Force issue, so now let's discuss the second issue, some external problems of the Uchiha Clan, which is also the most critical problem that must be solved!"