Chapter 53: 053 The Union of Senju and Uchiha
Tsunade turned around and saw a cute little girl with black hair, black eyes, and a beauty mark, timidly staring at her.
She walked forward, squatted down, gently pinched the little girl's face, and said with a smile.
"Little girl, you should call me Grandma. How can you call me Aunt?"
"No, I should call you Aunt."
Izumi Uchiha explained very seriously.
"My father belongs to the same generation as you in the Senju clan, so I call you Aunt not based on age but on seniority."
Hearing this, Tsunade was taken aback, observing Izumi Uchiha is face and hesitating.
"You are... Senju Izumi?"
"Yes, but I now go by Izumi Uchiha."
Izumi Uchiha is parents both had rather unique statuses within the village.
Her mother was a member of the Uchiha clan.
Her father, however, was a descendant of the Senju clan and of the same generation as Tsunade.
A union between the Senju and Uchiha was extremely rare in Konoha's history.
Although Tsunade had never met Izumi, she had heard of her name because there were so few members left in the Senju clan.
This blood connection made Tsunade's attitude much warmer.
"So you're Izumi. Why did you come here today? Shouldn't you be in class at the academy?"
It was only then that Izumi Uchiha seemed to realize something, her face showing anxiety.
"Um... I heard that Lord Night Star has returned to the village. Is he alright?"
"Lord Night Star?"
The title made Tsunade frown, but then she chuckled and waved her hand dismissively.
"Don't worry. He's fine. It's just that the scene there isn't suitable for a little girl like you. Since you're here, let me take you to get something to eat."
Hearing Tsunade say that Night Star was safe, Izumi Uchiha breathed a sigh of relief and sweetly nodded.
"Okay, thank you, Aunt Tsunade."
"You're welcome. Let's go."
Tsunade led Izumi Uchiha away, unable to suppress a slight sigh, her beautiful eyes filled with complex emotions.
The Senju clan had dwindled to so few people, and now there was even one with the Uchiha surname.
It was truly poignant.
...
Later, in the Uchiha clan's territory, inside the vast council hall.
Fugaku sat at the head seat, looking at the elders below, and asked in a deep voice.
"What opinions do the elders have regarding this incident?"
"Hmph, what opinion?"
The elder Setsuna Uchiha snorted coldly, his face filled with killing intent.
"That old dog Danzo secretly seizing the Sharingan of our Uchiha clansmen? I always thought it was suspicious how some of our people would go missing on missions. Now it's clear it must be that old dog's handiwork!"
Hearing the elder's words, Fugaku felt a deep sense of helplessness.
Most of the ninjas within the Uchiha clan were hardliners advocating for a coup, with Elder Setsuna Uchiha at the forefront.
Even as clan leader, Fugaku had to consider the impact of his decisions on the clan.
"The Hokage has already agreed to allow us to move back to our original territory, so let's not escalate things further."
Upon hearing this, Setsuna Uchiha is anger did not abate in the slightest. He even slammed the table hard.
"The Nine-Tails incident had nothing to do with us Uchiha. They're just returning what should have been ours!"
At this point, Setsuna's tone softened slightly.
"However, Night Star is quite an impressive young man. This time, he has avenged us Uchiha."
The elder's praise was echoed by other elders.
"Indeed, cutting off Danzo's right arm in broad daylight this is the firm stance we Uchiha should take!"
"We've been enduring humiliation for years. Now it's time for us to hold our heads high!"
"Let the higher-ups wake up and realize that without the Uchiha clan, Konoha wouldn't even be able to defend itself."
The more the elders praised Night Star, the darker Fugaku's expression became.
...
Meanwhile, outside the Uchiha patriarch's residence.
Night Star stood at the doorway, writing in a journal.
[For now, Danzo has been neutralized as a threat. His and the Root organization's remaining value lies only in one thing as evidence to eventually bring down Hiruzen Sarutobi.]
[The external situation has temporarily stabilized.]
[But there's one more thing I must confirm.]
[That is, does the current Fugaku Uchiha still possess only the Three-Tomoe Sharingan as in the manga...]
[Or has he awakened the legendary Mangekyo Sharingan as in the anime?]
The kunoichi reading the journal grew numb seeing the term "Mangekyo" appear once again.
Obito, Fugaku, Shisui.
Just from Night Star is diary, there were already three people who might possess the Mangekyo Sharingan.
Even during the Warring States period, the peak of Uchiha power, there had never been three Mangekyo users at the same time.
If such a Uchiha clan became a weapon in Night Star is hands, would Konoha or any ninja village ever see peaceful days again?
Yugito Nii closed the journal, stepped into the office, and shut the door behind her.
The Fourth Raikage, seeing her enter, asked in a deep voice.
"I trust that with your personality, you must have a good reason for withdrawing the front-line forces so abruptly?"
Yugito carefully chose her words, avoiding revealing the diary's content and instead offering a subtle reminder.
"Lord Raikage, I think it would be wise to hold off on engaging Konoha further for now."
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