Chapter 81: Clan Meetings Are So Boring

Chapter 81: Clan Meetings Are So Boring

The Uchiha clan meetings are held so frequently.

When the clan members are idle, they hold a clan meeting to reminisce about the Uchiha's glory, criticize Konoha's leadership, and propose feasible suggestions for reviving the Uchiha.

Everyone tacitly understands that those strange suggestions are almost impossible to realize, so they will definitely be vetoed by the clan head... But if no one speaks up enthusiastically, are they all just going to sit there and meditate?

Uchiha Itachi awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan is a major event that changed the entire clan's history, so a clan meeting must be held!

After all, there was once a clan meeting with the theme: "Shocking! The Clan Head's Son Awakens His Eyes at Five, Overturning History! How to Observe the True Rise Time of the Uchiha Clan from This!"

There was an even worse one, the time Uchiha Itachi saved Inuzuka Hana. The theme of the clan meeting was "How the Konoha Military Police Force Should Better Serve the Clan Members..."

The current Uchiha clan head didn't sleep a wink that night. He didn't want this department that offends people at all. The clan members had forcibly treated the Konoha Military Police Force as the clan's private army.

Although that's the fact, openly promoting it... isn't very good, is it?

The themes and reasons for these clan meetings, if you stretch it, can barely be justified. But holding a clan meeting to discuss a spring outing or something, are you serious!

(╯'-')╯︵ ┻━┻!

The Uchiha really have a lot of clan meetings. Even people in Konoha joke about why Uchiha clan ninjas are never seen in the village.

Because they're at the Naka Shrine having a clan meeting...

And a group of clan members are quite proud of it. Fugaku is truly... using this to discover many places with nice scenery in Konoha.

This can't be helped either. Except during wartime, Konoha ninjas are not allowed to leave the village, otherwise, it's treated as defection.

But other ninjas can still accept missions to leave the village.

After Uchiha clan members graduate from the Ninja Academy, they brush up their credentials under some supervising Jonin. After being promoted to Chunin, they definitely can't enter ANBU, so the rest of their lives is spent in the Konoha Military Police Force, waiting for death.

Anyway, Konoha Village will definitely pay them salaries and provide equipment, and compared to other positions like the barrier team, it's only more, not less.

"Hey, Kawana, let's get together after the clan meeting!"

"I don't really want to. My mother is old, and it's winter now. I'm not comfortable leaving her at home alone."

"Let's go for a drink! We won't be back too late!" A group of people crowded over, draping their arms over each other's shoulders, "Just think of it as celebrating Itachi awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan!"

Uchiha Shisui, watching from the side: "..."

This reason is so fake... The problem is, that clan member named Kawana actually agreed!

This broken clan... is doomed sooner or later.

Because Shisui was still young, no matter how strong he was, no one would invite him for a drink.

Of course, some Uchiha also looked disdainfully at this group of unambitious clan members. Not all Uchiha wanted to contend for power and profit; some lived very open-mindedly.

With Uchiha Fugaku's arrival, the noise gradually subsided. The clan meeting was about to officially begin. Some clan members had already started preparing their speeches.

After Fugaku sat down, he beckoned to the outside, "Itachi, come in!"

The little boy, holding the red-eyed crow, stepped into the dark room of the clan meeting, a hint of nervousness on his face. This place was a very solemn venue for the Uchiha clan members.

Young children all yearned to step into the Naka Shrine like their fathers, to become participants in the growth and strengthening of the Uchiha.

Itachi was the second clan member, after Shisui, to be qualified to step in here before adulthood.

Fugaku put one hand on Itachi's shoulder and faced the clan members, "This is my son, Uchiha Itachi. After the New Year, he will join ANBU with Shisui, so I have allowed him to attend the clan meeting."

"Please take good care of him." The little boy nodded拘谨 (jūjǐn - reservedly/cautiously) to the crowd.

When Shisui saw the little boy appear at the clan meeting, a bitter smile appeared on his face. He really didn't want Itachi to be tainted by the clan meeting...

"Itachi, come here!"

Uchiha Shisui stood up and beckoned to the little boy.

Facing his only friend at the clan meeting, Itachi finally felt a slight sense of relief in his heart and quickly walked to Shisui's side, sitting down cross-legged.

"Phew, thanks. Luckily Shisui is here too."

Uchiha Shisui smiled and handed him his own water cup, "Ha, this time-wasting clan meeting, if Itachi attends with me, I won't feel too bored either."

"..."

The little boy almost spat out the water in his mouth, looking at his companion's smiling face with a question mark.

"Hahaha..."

After laughing, Shisui helped him wipe away the water stains, his expression gradually becoming serious, "I'm not joking."

"..."

After the clan meeting truly began, Itachi finally recognized the true face of the Naka Shrine's secret room. A few people in the front row began to speak animatedly about the history of the Uchiha clan.

Especially when they mentioned how their entire clan, to protect the peace of Konoha, chose to abandon their clan head, Uchiha Madara... these few people's emotions became even more agitated, not even considering the current clan head's increasingly dark face.

"...Even though we gave up our clan head for Konoha, the village still hasn't understood our goodwill..."

The tone shifted, and they began to talk about the various injustices their clan had suffered in Konoha, such as being barred from high-level government positions since the Second Hokage, and being restricted from entering certain areas of the village, etc.

"Especially since the Nine-Tails rampage, the village once again forced us to relocate our clan grounds, further alienating us from the village..."

Uchiha Fugaku nodded and spoke up, "I talked with the Third Hokage yesterday. He doesn't want us to become more and more distant from the village..."

"Lord Clan Head, the Third Hokage has said this many times, right! And the result? We can't even enter the village to perform our duties as the Police Force now!"

"But... I seem to remember it was you, senior, who complained that the weather was too cold! You were clearly supposed to be on duty, yet you deliberately skipped it!"

"Do you think this kind of thing won't happen in the future?"

After a lot of bickering, someone else at the clan meeting grumbled about some trivial matters, and the entire clan meeting for today was pretty much over.

"It's over just like that?"

Uchiha Itachi looked at his father announcing the end of the clan meeting with a bewildered expression.

Uchiha Shisui yawned and stretched, "Yeah, I thought today's clan meeting was to celebrate you awakening the Mangekyo! I didn't expect it to be the same old stuff!"

"Shisui, don't joke."

"I'm not. After all, it seems that after you awakened the Sharingan at five, there was a clan meeting held under that pretext." Shisui pressed his chin, pondering his answer.

"..."

Both Uchiha Itachi and the crow in his arms were stunned. These clan members were actually this idle.

"Actually, it's also because the relationship between the village and the clan has eased a bit recently. It's just a routine couple of accusations."

"..."

"Any other questions?"

Uchiha Itachi and the crow both shook their heads. They indeed had no more questions, but other people still did.

He had used the Mangekyo Sharingan in the Chunin Exams, and after being recognized by some people, it was no longer a secret.

Someone blocked his path, "Hey, Itachi, do you have any tips for awakening the Sharingan to share? Did you kill anyone important?"

(End of this chapter)