The Uchiha clan, which was wiped out entirely, lacked vision.

Chapter 234 My heart and actions are as clear as a mirror; all my deeds are righteous.

Chapter 234 My heart and actions are as clear as a mirror; all my deeds are righteous.

Kazuma watched Jiraiya's impassioned speech with a blank expression. After Jiraiya finished speaking, Kazuma said coldly, "Lord Jiraiya, I am a ninja who is loyal to the daimyo."

"Everything I do is based on the choice that is most beneficial to the daimyo."

"As for what you call peace and pain, none of that concerns me."

"I don't care about this boring stuff!"

"The reason we cooperated so well before was simply because restoring production in Konoha Village would benefit the Land of Fire, but that doesn't mean I'm your friend."

"My guiding principle has always been to take His Highness Daimyo's orders as the highest standard."

"If you and your actions affect His Highness's orders, then we will surely become enemies."

"I see!" Jiraiya took a deep breath, straightened his back, and pressed his tall frame directly in front of Kazuma. "Now we're enemies. How do you plan to deal with me?"

"Let me just tell you what I mean!"

"As long as I am the Hokage of this village, I will absolutely not allow this unjust war to happen."

"What, are you perhaps planning to instigate a split in the village and cause another internal conflict?"

"Internal strife?" Kazuma glanced at Jiraiya disdainfully and sneered, "Jiraiya, you overestimate your prestige in the village!"

"How many ninjas do you think still support you in the village?"

"Do you think those ninjas who weren't present at the scene are peace enthusiasts who support your ideals?"

"No, they're just opportunists!"

"They are all watching the situation closely, and they will support whichever side wins."

"You've been all alone from beginning to end!"

"Hahaha—" Jiraiya laughed heartily, completely unaffected by his words.

"So what if I'm all alone?"

"I am Jiraiya, the Toad Sage!"

"My heart and actions are as clear as a mirror, and all my deeds are righteous."

"Even if I'm all alone, I will still stop your heinous acts!"

"Come on, come and defeat me!"

"Once you defeat me, I will be unable to stop you!"

Jiraiya crossed his arms, looked around, and surveyed the crowd with disdain, clearly intending to continue suppressing everything with force.

"Hmph!" Kazuma sneered. "Jiraiya, I've long recognized your ways and was prepared. Do you think flaunting your strength will work against me?"

He clapped his hands together, the door opened, and a ninja walked in with his head down.

Jiraiya turned his head and was immediately taken aback.

"Itachi?"

"How could it be you?"

Itachi remained expressionless and lifeless, his eyes dim, but a glimmer of light had appeared.

His heart, which Jiraiya had unintentionally killed, had miraculously come back to life!

Jiraiya had tried to revive Itachi, but failed many times.

Itachi always had that half-dead, heartbroken look on his face.

Jiraiya was also very surprised to see Itachi suddenly appear.

How did Kazuma manage to do that?

"Ha ha----"

Kazuma laughed triumphantly, patted Itachi on the shoulder, glanced sideways at the astonished Jiraiya, and sneered, "Jiraiya, you're such an idiot!"

"Why not use such a good tool as Itachi Uchiha, instead of letting it gather dust in a corner?"

"If it weren't for Jonin Mizuki recommending him to me, I wouldn't have known that there was such a talented person in the village who was being wasted."

"Mizuki explained to me that Itachi suffered a mental breakdown because he lost his spiritual anchor and felt that his past actions had not benefited Konoha Village at all, but instead caused harm to the village."

Kazuma looked around, then suddenly raised his voice and shouted, "This is utter nonsense!"

"Who said that Itachi's massacre of the clan didn't benefit Konoha?"

"You lot have clearly all benefited, yet you're pretending not to know and putting on an act."

"Shameful!"

He patted Itachi's shoulder hard again and said loudly and very seriously, "Itachi, remember this!"

"Although the Uchiha are a major clan in the village, they have never submitted to the village's jurisdiction and have repeatedly planned to rebel."

"Such a ninja clan will be a major threat to the village sooner or later; the sooner we eliminate them, the safer we'll be!"

"Furthermore, I've carefully reviewed the records; after the Uchiha clan was wiped out, the land, shops, and..."

The village received a large amount of property and resources, including ninja tools, ninjutsu scrolls, and books.

"Those ninja tools and ninjutsu scrolls played a huge role in the previous war, saving the lives of countless comrades in the village."

"It was precisely because the village received a large amount of wealth from the Uchiha clan that it had sufficient funds to withstand the siege of the four countries."

"It is precisely because of the large amount of resources obtained from the Uchiha that Konoha Village has been able to recover so quickly."

"So, Itachi, how can you say that the massacre of the clan didn't benefit Konoha?"

"The benefits are clearly very obvious!"

"You are nothing but these despicable ninja clans who deliberately concealed your achievements for their own selfish reasons."

"Especially Jiraiya, in order to make peace with that damned rogue ninja Uchiha An, he completely turned black into white, calling right wrong and dumping all the blame on you."

"Shameless, Jiraiya!"

"Itachi, you must not be misled by Jiraiya's words, you must stick to your own principles!"

"You did the right thing in exterminating the entire clan!"

"You're betraying your own family for the greater good!"

As he spoke, Kazuma's gaze swept across the faces of the many Jonin in front of him.

These people were political creatures; they immediately understood, and a group of them stepped forward to cooperate, bowing deeply and apologizing, "I'm so sorry!"

"After the Uchiha clan was wiped out, our Morino family also received a lot of land and shops. It's just that we deliberately downplayed the matter because we were worried that the village would take it back and return it to the Uchiha clan."

"Ah, speaking of which, our Moonlight Clan ran out of supplies several times during the war, and we barely survived thanks to the supplies provided by the village. So those supplies all came from the Uchiha Clan!"

"If Lord Ma hadn't pointed out the key points, I really wouldn't have known any of this!"

"So, in that case, all our ninja clans benefited from the Uchiha clan's massacre!"

With these people's "acknowledgment," the extinguished flame in Itachi Uchiha's eyes gradually reignited.

He trembled all over, muttering to himself, "That's right, I'm upholding justice even at the cost of my own family!"

"I did nothing wrong!"

"The Uchiha clan massacre was definitely beneficial to the village!"