Chapter 23: Chapter 023 Is There A Traitor In The Clan?
Looking back at the somewhat different Danzo with a look of astonishment, Fugaku smiled stiffly and politely refused: "We have to leave tomorrow, so let's not drink."
"It's okay, we can eat food if we don't drink. We've been tired for so many days, we need to have some midnight snacks to make up for it." Danzo didn't give him a chance to refuse at all, and walked out first.
Staring blankly at Danzo's back, Fugaku hesitated for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and followed.
After all, he is an elder of the same generation as his father, and he can't lose his face.
The noisy tavern became a little quiet because of the arrival of Danzo and Fugaku, and the puzzled and curious eyes around them fell on the two from time to time.
But both of them have seen big scenes, and they didn't care about these eyes.
Danzo tapped the table with his fingers, and said to Fugaku who was eating, "I heard that your eldest son is talented and has joined Anbu."
Fugaku replied, "Not bad, fortunately the Hokage-sama values him."
Danzo asked again, "You have a younger son, how old is he? How about being my apprentice?"
Fugaku was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and replied, "My son is still young and has a bad temper, and his mother and brother love him very much and don't want him to suffer."
Danzo nodded and didn't continue to pester: "Children can't be spoiled too much, it's not good to become a naughty child."
"Yes." Fugaku replied. He really couldn't figure out what Danzo wanted to do, so he simply prepared to eat again.
But just as he took the cup and took a sip, he heard Danzo suddenly ask: "I heard that there are many voices in your Uchiha who are planning to stir up disputes in the village?"
"Cough cough cough cough!"
The unexpected words made Fugaku spit out the water that he had just swallowed. He coughed and stared at Danzo with wide eyes.
Can this not be a surprise attack?
What does this old guy know?
Looking at Fugaku's vigilant look, Danzo smiled and said: "Don't worry, these are all trivial matters."
Is this still a trivial matter? ? ?
Fugaku was confused, and all kinds of suspicions emerged in his heart.
Danzo, this old guy, has changed his attitude too quickly recently, and he has been smiling at him, and his attitude towards his tribesmen is also very gentle.
Is this guy going to take advantage of this war to kill all the elites of Uchiha here?
The more he thought about it, the more possible it was. Fugaku had already left his chair halfway, ready to retreat and notify his tribesmen at any time.
He didn't dare to attack Danzo. This old guy was a high-ranking member of Konoha. To attack him would be tantamount to open rebellion.
Fugaku didn't know how many tricks Danzo had in his hands, but Danzo knew a little about his own strength.
Since he dared to ask him out, he must have something to rely on.
"In fact, this matter is big enough to destroy the clan, but it can also be small." Danzo tapped the table lightly and looked at Fugaku with a gentle smile.
He didn't care about Fugaku's pins and needles.
"Uchiha is actually the same as other villagers. Everyone is a member of the big family of Konoha, but maybe this brother is too arrogant to other brothers, so he is excluded by this family."
"But now this family is in trouble, and everyone is holding hands to protect the face of this family."
What he said...
Fugaku looked at Danzo blankly. He suspected that this guy was up to something, but when these words came out of Danzo's mouth, it was like magic, which made his heart throb.
That's right, we are all from the same village.
"Fugaku."
Danzo poured a glass of wine for Uchiha Fugaku like a kind elder: "You are the leader of the tribe, you can see many things more clearly than the tribe members."
"They are ignorant, but can you still fool around with them?"
"The clan leader should guide the clan members on the right path and take the lead, rather than go with the flow and be carried forward by the clan members."
These words exploded in Uchiha Fugaku's head like a bolt from the blue.
He felt that he had understood something because of these words, but he also felt that he didn't understand anything.
But there is no doubt that Danzo knows Uchiha very well, and he also knows himself.
This is what Uchiha Fugaku is shocked about now.
Is there a traitor in the clan?
Who is it?
Fugaku was thinking about the candidate for the traitor.
This time he responded to Danzo and led Uchiha to fight, in fact, to ease the relationship between the village and Uchiha.
Originally, the relationship between the two was very obvious. Although they were in the same village, the people of the Uchiha clan were like outsiders. Not only did they live outside Konoha, but the clan members rarely interacted with the people in the village.
Even because of the duties of the Konoha Guard, they have a very bad relationship with many people in the village.
Originally, after the death of the Fourth Hokage, there were many voices in the clan who wanted to provoke a coup.
As time passed, the relationship between the village and the clan became more and more rigid, which also led to the increase of these voices.
Fugaku, the clan leader, saw it very clearly, but he was helpless.
Although he was the clan leader, he could only follow the trend and choose the ideas of most people in the clan. He himself knew that if Uchiha really had a coup, it would never succeed.
Standing in the position of clan leader, Uchiha Fugaku could see more clearly.
The big and small families in the village, even those ninjas of civilian origin, are not as simple as they seem.
With the power of the Uchiha clan alone, it is impossible to resist the entire Konoha Village.
It is impossible to rely on force to change the status quo and let the Uchiha family become Hokage and the controller of Konoha Village.
Even if Shisui or his son Itachi, a genius among geniuses, appeared, the probability of success was not high.
What made Fugaku even more distressed was that the most outstanding genius in the tribe was still on the side of the village.
"I..."
Fugaku opened his mouth to explain that this was not the case, but he was powerless. Danzo's attitude was obviously that this matter was already a done deal.
Danzo's eyes turned cold and he said, "Fugaku, you have to stop this from happening."
"Since I choose to tell you now, it means that the village does not want to see this happen."
"We don't want the Uchiha family to leave us, do you understand what I mean?"
Fugaku felt bitter, but still nodded silently.
He didn't know how much Danzo knew, but since the village knew it, it meant that there was definitely a traitor inside Uchiha.
And the traitor's status in the tribe was not low.
Fugaku, who was not optimistic about this matter, felt cold in his heart.
He swore that even if he lost his position as the chief after returning to the village, he would try to stop the stupid behavior and ideas of those tribesmen.
In the shabby tavern, Uchiha Fugaku was on pins and needles, without saying a word or explaining anything.
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