N-A-A Chapter 305 Even Ye Yu couldn't hold back anymore.
Chapter 305 Even Ye Yu couldn't hold back anymore.
However, incidents like those involving the Uchiha clan are not uncommon in the ninja world. It is conceivable that ninjas are an extremely polarized group. Although there are some intelligent individuals among them, there are too few of them to control power.
Those who wield power have purely martial arts mindsets; they truly don't know how to play politics.
It's no wonder that secular power in the ninja world is completely controlled by the daimyo of various countries.
Because ninjas are really not capable of handling things. If you let them control a country, a large number of people in that country would probably starve to death in no time.
Fortunately, when he founded the ninja village, Hashirama Senju was well aware of the virtues of ninjas and did not intend to meddle in worldly power.
Otherwise, the ninja world would definitely be more chaotic now than it was before the ninja villages were established.
What could have been resolved by eliminating a few high-ranking officials was seen by Konoha's leadership as a matter of wiping out the entire clan.
The Uchiha clan is a large clan with thousands of members.
Because Obito Uchiha had hundreds of Sharingan on that wall, and all the Sharingan that Obito collected were naturally three-tomoe Sharingan.
Most members of the Uchiha clan cannot even awaken the Sharingan; most will never awaken it in their lifetime, and some are not even ninjas.
It's easy to imagine how many people the Uchiha clan had; several thousand is an understatement.
Thousands of people were slaughtered in one night, most of whom were innocent and didn't even know how they were killed.
If we're talking about extremes, who is more extreme than the Konoha high-ranking officials?
If it weren't for the Third Hokage keeping them in check, Danzo and the two Hokage advisors would probably have already taken action against the Uchiha clan.
So don't be fooled by the fact that the Third Hokage seems old and soft-hearted, indulgent towards Danzo, and rather weak towards the two Hokage advisors; he was actually a leader with real brains.
In fact, according to the Third Hokage's idea, by dragging the Uchiha clan along, even if the Uchiha clan did launch a coup in the end, the destructive power would be extremely limited.
The notion that the village would suffer enormous losses if the Uchiha clan launched a coup is a completely extreme speculation.
The Uchiha clan didn't have that kind of strength either. If they did, they wouldn't have been wiped out in one night by Itachi and Obito.
Moreover, Itachi Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha were on Konoha's side. The two strongest individuals were on Konoha's side, yet the Konoha leadership still played the trick of slaughtering the Uchiha clan, weakening themselves.
It's no wonder the Third Hokage was absolutely unwilling to let Danzo become Hokage. If he had been Hokage, Konoha would have collapsed long ago, without even needing the Uchiha clan to do anything.
After Itachi Uchiha made his move, the Third Hokage didn't really have any other choice.
They could only help Danzo cover this up, because if it were exposed, the village's ninjas would become suspicious of Konoha's higher-ups.
This was an event that could shake the stability of Konoha. Even if the Uchiha clan was usually disliked, they were still people of Konoha, as evidenced by the Konoha ninjas cursing Uchiha Itachi afterwards.
No matter how much the Uchiha clan is ostracized by the villagers, it's only because most of them are police officers.
However, not all members of the Uchiha clan are security personnel; the majority of the Uchiha clan are ordinary people, not ninjas.
Furthermore, not everyone in Konoha, including the ninjas, hates the Uchiha clan.
Otherwise, the Uchiha clan would never have been able to survive in Konoha.
Those so-called dislikes are only a part of it.
However, it's impossible for anyone to think that annihilating the Uchiha clan is acceptable just because they dislike a portion of the clan.
Therefore, even if the Third Hokage felt that annihilating the Uchiha clan was wrong, he still had to cover for Danzo.
It was publicly stated that Itachi Uchiha was responsible, that the Uchiha clan massacred the Uchiha clan. Although Itachi Uchiha would be ostracized, it would not affect the stability of Konoha.
But this was originally a minor matter. The Uchiha clan was suspected of involvement in the Nine-Tails' attack, so an investigation should have been conducted. However, the attitude of the Konoha leadership was, "Why investigate? Just take action."
This is truly the mind of a ninja; they're nothing but a bunch of brutes.
That is precisely why, if you really look closely at the ninjas' so-called plans, you will find them to be very naive and even full of loopholes.
Yoru wasn't particularly sensitive about the Uchiha clan before; after all, they were wiped out, and such things were not uncommon in the ninja world.
But after the Third Hokage recounted the events in detail, Yoru realized that the Konoha leadership were a bunch of lunatics, completely out of their minds.
It's ridiculous that they're even more extreme than the Uchiha clan.
The worst part is that they actually have the nerve to call the Uchiha clan extreme. What extreme clan possesses such great power yet only wants to control the upper echelons of the government and stage a coup? All they want is to reclaim the rights that belong to them.
It's laughable to even think about it.
Even Minato Namikaze looked at the Third Hokage with suspicion.
The third generation actually made such a brainless decision. Even though he disagreed, it was incredibly stupid of him not to stop them after he found out.
However, Itachi Uchiha was even more brain-dead.
He didn't even consult with the Third Hokage before directly following Danzo's orders and starting the operation.
It's quite ridiculous that Danzo was considered to be of a higher status than the Third Hokage in his mind.
After hearing this, Ye Yu felt that Uchiha Itachi was indeed a beast and had no brains, at least not when it came to politics.
With his strength, he could have been a bargaining chip for both sides, but he didn't choose to be one. Instead, he firmly stood on the side of Konoha's leadership, making a truly abstract choice.
The key point is that he doesn't know much about the Uchiha clan. He alone, along with Obito Uchiha, could wipe out the Uchiha clan in one night. How can such an Uchiha clan have the audacity to say that launching a battle would cause Konoha heavy losses?
Even if the Uchiha clan were to wage a full-scale war against Konoha, it would not cause the same level of destruction as Orochimaru's attack on Konoha.
Given the nature of the Uchiha clan, they would probably surrender once a few of their high-ranking members were killed or captured.
Just like when the Uchiha clan surrendered to the Senju clan.
Madara Uchiha initially believed that his clansmen had betrayed him in pursuit of a stable life.
Therefore, dealing with the Uchiha clan is actually very simple: investigate what needs to be investigated, deal with the problems, and appease them when necessary.
What was a very simple problem has been turned into something that requires the extermination of the entire clan; it's really abstract.
The Uchiha clan is abstract, the Konoha leadership is even more abstract, and even Itachi Uchiha, whose image in Ye Yu's mind wasn't actually bad, is the most abstract of all.
If they had just taken a look at the power struggles in the secular world of the Land of Fire, they wouldn't have done something so brainless.
This world should not be left to the control of ninjas, otherwise, even if the world is not destroyed, people will only be struggling in blood and fire.