Chapter 60: ch60
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"Yeah, um, I know, just keep talking."
"Please tell me the key points. There's no need to elaborate on these commonplace things."
Uchiha Nan casually dug in his ears, indicating his lack of interest. He wanted to hear these platitudes for himself, but perhaps only idealists like the First Hokage actually took them seriously.
The Senju Tobirama before him seemed like a cunning politician with a grim demeanor. His words carried little weight, especially since Uchiha Nan was from the Uchiha clan—a group that Tobirama had always viewed with suspicion.
Damn brat!
Senju Tobirama saw Uchiha Nan's dismissive attitude, and his anger became harder to control.
"Kid, this is important!"
Senju Tobirama's tone was harsh and his expression serious. Seeing this, Uchiha Nan calmed his expression and Tobirama continued:
"Konoha isn't one person's or one family's. It belongs to everyone in Konoha."
"There have been two Hokages from the Senju clan."
"People have started saying that the Senju are Konoha. When my brother and I were alive, we could suppress the clan's ambitions. But now my brother is dead, and when I'm gone too, if the Third Hokage is also from the Senju clan, who will suppress this power?"
"Momoma has the ability and qualifications to be Hokage, but his surname is Senju."
Senju Tobirama spoke with a calm demeanor, explaining his reasoning.
Sharp!
Uchiha Nan looked at Senju Tobirama with newfound respect.
Historically, as long as a dynasty lasted three generations, it tended to persist unless a catastrophe struck. The same applied to the Hokage position. If Senju Tobirama passed it to Senju Momoma, future Hokages might all be Senjus, perpetuating Senju dominance.
Cruel enough!
For Konoha's sake, he was willing to plot against his own family to prevent the Senju clan from dominating Konoha for decades.
"Well said!"
"Tobirama-sama is truly selfless!"
"But you still haven't answered all my questions. Why Sarutobi Hiruzen?"
Uchiha Nan's gaze was intense, pressing Senju Tobirama for answers.
"Why not Uchiha Kagami?"
"If you chose Sarutobi Hiruzen, why couldn't Uchiha Kagami be Hokage?"
"Considering personal strength, clan power, personal morality, and will, Uchiha Kagami is more suitable to become Hokage."
"The Uchiha were also founders of Konoha. Your Senju family has had two Hokages. Isn't it time for Uchiha?"
Uchiha Nan's pointed questions left Senju Tobirama speechless.
Senju Tobirama, you claim fairness and selflessness, but despite two Senju Hokages, the Uchiha are still waiting for their turn.
Do you not even regard the Uchiha as human beings?
Senju Tobirama was at a loss for words. His previous statements sounded grand, but he couldn't address Uchiha's exclusion. Uchiha Kagami was qualified to be Hokage but was an Uchiha!
But Uchiha can't be Hokage. You know what they're like—potential madmen and lunatics.
I've been cautious my whole life and still missed Uchiha Nan. What if Uchiha Kagami became the Third Hokage and turned into a madman?
A mad Hokage leading mad Uchiha? Senju Tobirama couldn't risk Konoha like that.
Even though the current situation was unforeseen, Senju Tobirama wouldn't deliberately create such a dangerous scenario.
Even a slight risk was too much.
"Can't say anything?"
"Tobirama-sama, let me speak."
"You've never considered Uchiha as companions. You've used their power, wanting them as Konoha's watchdog."
"You gave them the Police Force to keep them in check. It's just a leash!"
Uchiha Nan spared no mercy for Senju Tobirama, directly exposing his intentions.
The Uchiha Police Force had significant power, from capturing spies to managing daily patrols, even an independent armed force from the ANBU.
But Senju Tobirama wasn't benevolent. He knew Uchiha's nature too well. In political power struggles, Uchiha weren't as adept as Hyuga.
Under his suppression and guidance, Uchiha saw themselves as Konoha's police, handling minor thefts and acting like urban managers.
Making Uchiha police and urban managers?
Anyone familiar with police work knows it's not easy. Mundane tasks torture Uchiha daily.
Uchiha are born warriors, proud and destined for greatness.
They're not suited for serving villagers with smiles. Asking proud Uchiha to smile for ordinary villagers?
A joke.
Uchiha often enforce laws harshly, giving villagers bad attitudes, sometimes using genjutsu to solve cases, which Konoha forbids—ninjutsu against villagers is banned.
But this ban is useless against Uchiha. Any dissatisfied villager reports them, and they invite them for tea at the Police Force.
Uchiha lacked power and weren't in the core. Over time, they lost even the common people's support.
Now, it's wartime. Uchiha shed blood for Konoha, sacrificing many. Villagers still rely on Uchiha's strength for protection.
In peacetime, when the crisis ends, the villagers will forget how much Uchiha sacrificed for them.
Those who insulted and bullied Naruto and later praised him as a hero were the same people.
These resentments and hatred would eventually backfire on Uchiha.
Worse, future Konoha leadership in the original story belonged to civilian ninjas. The powerful Bloodline Clans faded away. Those civilian ninjas were descendants of villagers mistreated by Uchiha.
Uchiha offended both the upper and lower echelons of Konoha. Do they still dream of becoming Hokage?
Don't dream!.
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