Devil Fruit Seal in Naruto

Itachi's face showed great shock: "What, Father also activated the Mangekyō Sharingan..."

The next moment,

He was trapped in his father's Mangekyō Sharingan genjutsu.

In the illusion's future world, the Uchiha clan grew more and more crazy. They even kidnapped the village's Nine-Tails jinchūriki, Naruto Uzumaki, and forced Fugaku to control him using the Mangekyō Sharingan's power.

The Nine-Tails incident happened again, causing heavy casualties to both Konoha and the Uchiha clan...

Itachi's mind was deeply shaken. He breathed heavily and fell to the ground.

"That is the worst possible future, one no one wants to see happen," Fugaku pleaded humbly to his son. "So please, Itachi, only you can save the Uchiha!"

While Fugaku and Itachi, the father and son pair, were talking, inside the shrine's main hall, Uchiha Yashiro and Uchiha Tetsuhi called out to Uchiha Raizen.

Tetsuhi, in his twenties, was a young member of the radical Uchiha faction.

He smiled and patted Raizen's shoulder:

"This time, you're not using shadow clones, right?"

Uchiha Raizen didn't move at all but smiled and replied, "Tetsuhi-san, you're joking. For such an important clan meeting, how could I use shadow clones to fool everyone?"

A flicker of surprise appeared in Tetsuhi's eyes.

His pat was a test to see if Raizen was a shadow clone.

He had even added chakra to his palm and used quite a bit of strength, but it didn't affect Raizen at all.

Even if the other person wasn't a shadow clone, there should have been some movement.

This kid knows something. I've really underestimated his talent before.

Yashiro also noticed this.

He stared deeply at Raizen and said seriously, "Raizen, I only realized your talent today. Our Uchiha clan truly has no fools. Are you willing to dedicate yourself to the clan?"

Uchiha Raizen was stunned.

Get me devoted?

Devoted to what?

To carry out a decapitation strike against the Konoha leadership?

Forget it. I'm too lazy to do such a meaningless thing.

Yes, from Uchiha Raizen's point of view, the hawkish faction led by Yashiro just now, successfully forcing the clan leader Fugaku to set a tone of strong opposition against the village leaders, is very meaningless!

It's not that resistance is wrong. Of course, you should resist when faced with blatant discrimination from the leaders.

It's not that being tough is wrong either, but the direction is wrong. From the very start, the direction chosen by the Uchiha was wrong.

You want to get rid of the Konoha leaders and take over the Hokage position through a coup, but is the Hokage title something you can just give yourself?

Konoha still has many great clans, and the Land of Fire even has a Daimyo!

Would they allow you, a rebellious Uchiha, to openly usurp the Hokage position?

What are you thinking?

Naive!

On this point, Uchiha Raizen and Uchiha Itachi share the same view: they both think that the Uchiha's method of trying to gain power through a coup is too crude, even foolish.

If only they had allied with a few other great clans, like the Hyuga or the Aburame clans, the success rate of the coup would have increased a lot.

But if you insist on going it alone, sorry, no matter how strong you are, failure is guaranteed.

Because you have already stood against the will of the people.

Wasn't this exactly how Uchiha Madara was forced to leave back then?

Even someone as strong as Madara failed, and could only hide in the shadows to plot. 

Now the Uchiha don't even have a single Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, so what are they even talking about—becoming Hokage?

If someone wants to become Hokage, and wants to do it steadily, there is only one way: they must build a good reputation among the people of Konoha, improve the image of the Uchiha clan, and gain the support of the majority.

But although this sounds simple, it is very hard to do.

After all, the villagers of Konoha already have a fixed stereotype about the Uchiha. 

To completely change that, it would take at least ten or twenty years of subtle influence.

Does the Uchiha clan have the patience to wait for ten or twenty years?

Obviously, they don't.

In summary, as long as they stay in Konoha, it's basically a dead end for the Uchiha clan — even the Sage of Six Paths couldn't solve it.

Therefore,

Even though Uchiha Raizen knows exactly what the root problem of the Uchiha clan is, he won't tell Uchiha Yashiro and the others.

At least not right now, because if he said it, he would definitely be locked up by these hawkish radicals who have lost their reason.

"Lord Yashiro, of course, I want to contribute to the clan," Uchiha Raizen said sincerely.

"But I am just a Genin, weak in strength. If I'm sent on a difficult mission and fail, I don't care about my own safety, but causing a bigger loss to the clan would be bad!"

These words, showing willingness to sacrifice for the clan despite danger to himself, deeply moved Yashiro and Tetsuhi.

Especially compared to the unclear position of Itachi, Raizen was truly a model of loyalty to the clan!

Uchiha Yashiro sighed sincerely, "Raizen, I never saw your loyalty before. That was my biggest mistake. Don't underestimate yourself. Your talents are no less than anyone else's."

Uchiha Raizen felt nervous inside. Why is this old man saying that? Did I just perform for nothing?

Fortunately, Yashiro continued, "But you don't have to worry. I won't send you on any too dangerous missions. A talented and loyal young ninja like you, the clan will focus on training you in the future."

Training?

Uchiha Raizen's eyes lit up.

He had been worrying about how to make money. Maybe he could get some support from the clan.

Thinking this, Uchiha Raizen decisively changed his attitude.

"If Yashiro-sama says so, then I have no excuse to refuse. But I'm facing a problem now. If I don't solve it, I'm afraid I can't fully dedicate myself to the missions you give me."

Yashiro waved his hand boldly and said, "Tell me, what problem? The clan will definitely help you solve it."

Uchiha Raizen was happy.

"It's just that I need a little money."

Yashiro thought it was only some money, nothing compared to training the clan's juniors.

"How much do you need? I'll give it to you."

Uchiha Raizen held up one finger.

Both Yashiro and Tetsuhi were stunned. Tetsuhi guessed, "Ten thousand ryō?"

Uchiha Raizen shook his head.

"Then it must be one million ryō. Kid, that's the highest pay for completing an A-rank mission. You really dare to ask for that much." Tetsuhi joked.

Unexpectedly, Uchiha Raizen shyly shook his head again.

Yashiro's expression suddenly stiffened. His voice was dry.

"So it's... ten million ryō. What do you need so much money for?"

"It's one hundred million ryō," Uchiha Raizen said.

"If I don't pay off my clan's mortgage soon, I'll end up homeless. Please, Yashiro-sama, Tetsuhi-san!"

The air fell silent.

Yashiro and Tetsuhi instinctively glanced at each other, both seeing the silent awkwardness and disbelief in the other's eyes.

Damn, that guy just asked for 100 million ryo—that's 100 million ryo! How many bowls of Ichiraku ramen could that buy?

Together, they didn't even have close to that amount, unless they used the Police Force's funds.

But the Police Force's money was public property, and they'd need Captain Fugaku's approval to use it.

They really couldn't come up with 100 million, but they didn't want to lose face in front of Raizen, nor did they want this promising clan member to end up on the streets.

Uchiha Yashiro's mind raced. He coughed a few times, eyes flickering nervously as he said, "Um, Raizen, you have to understand the clan's difficulties, especially now when we're under pressure from the village's higher-ups. The clan just doesn't have the extra money. The most I can offer you is 10 million ryo. Cough cough, I'm not feeling well, so I'll take my leave now."

Tetsuhi stared dumbfounded as Yashiro left, leaving him alone here.

He coughed a few times too, shifting his feet as he said,

"Raizen, 10 million ryo isn't small change. For your mortgage, maybe think of other ways? Someone will deliver the money to you this afternoon. I have to go too. Oh, and your task is to find a chance to monitor Uchiha Itachi. You know we can't trust that guy now."

Watching the two elite jonin of the clan flee in panic, Uchiha Raizen sneered.

It's just 100 million ryo—was it really worth freaking out like that?

Well, 10 million ryo is still 10 million ryo. Better than nothing.

Interestingly, his mission was to watch over Uchiha Itachi.

If this task was given to someone else, it would definitely be extremely difficult. 

After all, Itachi had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and his strength was among the top in Konoha.

But Uchiha Raizen had the god's perspective of a time traveler, so he didn't even need to watch Itachi to know what he would do.

This ten million ryo was basically a free gain.

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