hotmtlnovel Chapter 134 The Truth Behind the Coup [5 Updates]
Chapter 134 The Truth Behind the Coup [5 Updates]
Chapter 134 The Truth Behind the Coup [Fifth Update]
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Uchiha Sasuke roared in a low voice. The information revealed in this video was completely contrary to his previous understanding, and for a moment he felt a splitting headache.
Firstly, the Uchiha clan had plotted a coup. If Itachi Uchiha hadn't killed the entire clan, the coup might have actually happened.
Uchiha Shisui once tried to stop the Uchiha clan coup by using Kotoamatsukami to alter the will of his father, Uchiha Fugaku.
But in the end, he failed; his Kotoamatsukami was taken away, and his last eye was entrusted to Itachi Uchiha.
The second point is that the process by which Itachi Uchiha obtained the Mangekyou Sharingan was completely different from what he imagined. It wasn't that he and Danzo Shimura conspired to ambush Shisui Uchiha; on the contrary, Shisui Uchiha entrusted another Mangekyou Sharingan to Itachi Uchiha.
His Mangekyou Sharingan was awakened because he saw his friend die in front of him, not because, as the clan rumor had it, Itachi Uchiha killed Shisui Uchiha and thus awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan.
The facts that were once believed to be true have now become blurred.
Is what I know the truth?
Itachi Uchiha seemed perfectly normal at the time, having been entrusted with the future of the village and clan by Shisui Uchiha. So why did he become like that later, and why did he suddenly kill the entire Uchiha clan?
So, what is the truth?
Uchiha Sasuke muttered to himself, tears streaming down his face, his fists clenched tightly.
"So, the truth is that Itachi Uchiha alone bore the infamy of slaughtering his entire clan?"
Kakashi Hatake looked at the diary and saw Itachi Uchiha awaken his Sharingan. Being as clever as he was, he had already guessed a great deal.
No wonder Danzo Shimura thought Itachi Uchiha was a traitor who told Sasuke Uchiha the truth when he mentioned Itachi.
That's why Sasuke Uchiha later went to assassinate Danzo Shimura after he learned the truth about the Uchiha clan's annihilation.
This, in turn, proves that Itachi Uchiha was not the only one involved in the annihilation of the Uchiha clan; Danzo Shimura was also behind it.
It is likely that Root also participated in the massacre of the Uchiha clan.
So when Itachi Uchiha later met him, he clearly had the opportunity to kill him, but he didn't. He even muttered to himself that he had exposed the Akatsuki's purpose.
The words revealed that the Akatsuki's target was Naruto Uzumaki, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
He couldn't understand it at all back then, how could Uchiha Itachi be so talkative, revealing the ultimate secret of such an evil organization in casual conversation?
Kakashi Hatake initially thought that his future self was exceptionally intelligent and had managed to extract the truth from him through clever questioning. However, it turned out that the truth had been deliberately revealed by his future self.
For a moment, thinking of Itachi Uchiha, who bore such a bad reputation and slaughtered his entire clan, I felt a mix of emotions and didn't know what to say.
Even after learning about the Uchiha clan's planned coup, Kakashi Hatake found it difficult to feel any subjective hatred towards the Uchiha clan, not only because his close friend Obito Uchiha was a member of the Uchiha clan.
More importantly, judging from the current situation, the Uchiha clan has been forced into this predicament step by step.
He was also in the Anbu back then, and even personally monitored the Uchiha clan for a period of time.
The Uchiha clan did consider reconciliation with the village and self-preservation. They even produced people like Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi who were devoted to the village. But what did the village do?
Danzo Shimura's insistence on stealing the eye directly destroyed the Uchiha clan's last hope!
Or, as Danzo Shimura said, even if Shisui Uchiha changed Fugaku Uchiha's will, what if the village was unwilling to change?
Why is the village unwilling to change?
Without a doubt, the root cause lies with Danzo Shimura himself; he was unwilling to change.
His malice towards the Uchiha clan is undeniable; he wouldn't even give them the slightest chance.
Danzo gradually pushed the Uchiha clan to the brink of extermination. Even without Itachi Uchiha, the extermination of the Uchiha clan would have been inevitable; the only difference was whose hands would have been responsible.
The Uchiha clan is indeed the largest clan in Konoha, with unparalleled strength!
However, compared to the entire Hidden Leaf Village, it's not enough!
What grudge did Danzo hold against the Uchiha clan?
Jiraiya muttered to himself.
He clearly remembered that the old man had mentioned that one of his teammates was a member of the Uchiha clan, named Uchiha Kagami.
How could Danzo Shimura hate the Uchiha clan to such an extent?
Although the video only showed a part of what happened back then, Jiraiya's intelligence allowed him to deduce many things that were not shown in the video.
The Uchiha clan's demise ultimately led to that point, and Danzo Shimura must have played a significant role in it.
No wonder Kitahara Kaede had that attitude towards Shimura Danzo.
They deserve to die!
What role did the old man play in the annihilation of the Uchiha clan?
Based on his understanding of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, it's unlikely that he would actively push this matter forward; however, it's impossible that he was unaware of it.
"Old man, old man, you've really gotten old. Even you've become this wary of the Uchiha clan."
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Jiraiya then recalled Orochimaru's words from earlier, specifically the time Orochimaru mocked Hiruzen Sarutobi for being old during the Konoha Collapse Plan in the previous video.
At that time, although he realized that Hiruzen Sarutobi was old, he only felt that he was old, so he was very powerless when facing Orochimaru's attack.
However, he now realizes that the effects of the old man's aging are almost all-encompassing.
It wasn't just a decline in strength, but also a decline in his ambition. For example, when dealing with the Uchiha clan, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was in his thirties or forties at his peak, no, even fifty years old, wouldn't have been too worried.
After all, he is a master of ninjutsu, a doctor of ninjutsu, and a figure standing at the pinnacle of the Kage level.
However, he is now old. Once a person gets old, if they refuse to accept their age, it will lead to various changes in their movements.
He then thought of his deceased disciple, the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze.
If Minato Namikaze were still alive, things certainly wouldn't have turned out this way.
At this age, Minato Namikaze was still in his prime and had no fear even when facing the Uchiha clan.
Moreover, Minato Namikaze had told him that he needed to resolve the conflict between the Uchiha clan and the Konoha leadership, which was one of the reasons he chose to take in Obito Uchiha.
He wanted to learn from the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju's strategy: by having the Hokage take on students from the Uchiha clan to show goodwill, he aimed to get the Uchiha clan involved in important village affairs.
Although he wasn't Hokage at the time, that didn't stop him from making this plan.
However, with Minato Namikaze's death in the Nine-Tails' attack, the effort to improve relations between the Uchiha clan and the village came to nothing, ultimately leading to a coup attempt by the Uchiha clan.
Itachi Uchiha probably slaughtered his entire clan for this reason, and then fled to a distant land with a bad reputation.
Seeing this, how could he not understand that the Uchiha Itachi incident must have been orchestrated by higher-ups?
He could partially understand the higher-ups' actions on this matter, because if the Uchiha clan's coup really happened, it would be a heavy blow to Konoha. At that time, other villages would be eager to make their move, and it seemed that the Fourth Shinobi World War could break out at any moment.
Therefore, it is an acceptable option to have Itachi Uchiha bear the infamy of slaughtering the entire clan, and then have the young and ignorant Sasuke Uchiha rebuild the glory of the Uchiha clan, severing the glory of the Uchiha clan from the Warring States period and re-establishing a glory belonging to the ninja village era and to Konoha.
However, his understanding ended there, because he believed there were better options available, and that if the village had been willing to humble itself, it would have been entirely possible to prevent the Uchiha coup from happening in the first place.
However, the village did nothing, and Danzo Shimura even took such a thing: out of fear of Kotoamatsukami, he seized it, which directly led to the complete loss of the last chance to persuade the Uchiha clan.
Ultimately, things came to this.
In Jiraiya's mind, both sides were equally at fault. While the Uchiha clan's coup certainly deserved to be eradicated, the Konoha leadership was also guilty of bringing the Uchiha clan to this point.
"Old man, old man, look what Konoha has become all these years."
Jiraiya sighed.
For the first time, he even had the feeling that Orochimaru might be right: Konoha hadn't changed its leadership for decades, meaning that compared to other villages, Konoha was completely corrupt.
Although the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, made a brief but memorable appearance in the middle, it was like a shooting star streaking across the sky, and he was unable to ultimately resolve the problem.
It's time for a change of leadership in Konoha!
This occurred right after Orochimaru's plan to destroy Konoha.
This time, he not only had to stop Orochimaru's plan to destroy Konoha, but also had to advocate for a generational change in Konoha's leadership. Not only should the old man step down, but the advisory group that had ruled Konoha with the old man for decades should also step down.
Danzo, in particular, is a menace and absolutely cannot be allowed to live. From what I've seen in Kitahara Kaede's diary during this period, and from the many things Kitahara Kaede has revealed in his words, it's enough to prove that Danzo has serious problems and has done countless heinous things behind the scenes.
He knew that the old man had always hoped he would go back and take over, but his personality was really not suitable for being Hokage. But if he wasn't suitable to be Hokage, then there was someone else who was!