Chapter 278: There's Actually Such a Thing as a Verbal Annexation
As is well known, the Second Hokage never backs down from an enemy.
Whether he was facing the Madara brothers or that jet-black evil bird, regardless of the final outcome, Lord Tobirama always had to throw out a few harsh words first.
This was even more true for a young kid like Shisui Uchiha. A young man who was only sixteen or seventeen years old, the collagen on his face hadn't even faded yet!
Back in the day, when he was scolding Shisui's ancestor, Kagami Uchiha, like a grandson, Shisui's parents hadn't even been born yet!
Shisui spread his wings and flew down to the ground. "You fellow, who on earth are you?"
"By any measure…"
Tobirama Senju slowly removed his hood, his pair of equally blood-red eyes looking at the young ninja before him. "This old man should be your superior, right…"
"Lord Second!"
Shisui Uchiha's expression changed. He had been secretly plotting to murder Danzo, only to be caught in the act by Danzo's teacher…
This was a bit awkward.
What was even more awkward was that, in a sense, what Tobirama said was the truth. In life, his identity was the Second Hokage, the superior of all Konoha ninjas.
In death, his identity was also the organization's chief steward. As for what he was in charge of… there wasn't a single trivial matter that Tobirama Senju didn't stick his nose into.
Even the Naka Shrine, all this time, had faced no questions about those clansmen who had turned into giant crows precisely because of the operating funds provided by the Land of Waves.
The great Second Hokage looked at the Uchiha clansmen who had gathered around and said coldly, "The Naka Shrine is merely a subordinate of the organization. Now, by surrounding this old man, are you trying to rebel?"
Shisui Uchiha was stunned for a moment, then slowly shook his head and waved his hand for the others to stand down. "…This is the Uchiha's sacred clan land. Lord Second, for you to suddenly come here, do you have some guidance for us?"
This man is dead, so how can he still put on such overbearing official authority!
A few days ago, Shisui had heard from Kisame Hoshigaki that Tobirama Senju, relying on his status, bullied and oppressed the members beneath him, and had even "peacefully evolved" the Hidden Mist Village from within…
This was not a person to be trifled with!
"That little brat Itachi mentioned that you were allowed to spread Sage Mode at the Naka Shrine back then in order to maintain the stability between the Uchiha and Konoha…"
The Second Hokage glanced at him and snorted coldly. "And what are you doing now? Repeatedly assassinating a Hokage Advisor. Are you trying to start a war between the Uchiha and Konoha?"
"No, Danzo is the obstacle that lies between Konoha and the Uchiha…"
"That matter is none of your business either!" Tobirama stood with his hands behind his back and continued, "Tsunade has nominated Itachi Uchiha as the candidate for Fifth Hokage. Is it so that your Uchiha clan can hold absolute power in Konoha and completely become the darkness enveloping the village?"
A preemptive strike! An accusation of wrongdoing!
A big "hat" was placed right on Shisui's head!
The young Uchiha man had never dealt with such a confrontation. Coupled with the Second Hokage's lofty authority, his voice instinctively dropped a few decibels. "We just want to eliminate Itachi's enemies…"
"Itachi Uchiha is a member of the organization. The organization has authorized him to become the candidate for Fifth Hokage. It will naturally ensure that he sits firmly in the Hokage position!"
The great strategist Tobirama didn't care about the loopholes in his own words. Although his disobedient granddaughter had messed things up, her future actions would also give him the opportunity to regain control of Konoha.
Not just an opportunity, but a necessity!
How could the Konoha they had worked so hard to establish fall into the hands of the Uchiha!
If he let Shisui Uchiha continue to operate like this, assassinating the Uchiha's political rivals one by one, then wouldn't the future of all of Konoha have to submit to that little brat Itachi?
Thinking of this, Tobirama looked at Shisui and said sternly, "The affairs of Konoha are not something for you lower-level personnel to participate in!"
Shisui was at a loss for words. "…"
Hearing Tobirama's words, he felt extremely aggrieved, but he couldn't find any point to refute… Something just felt very strange.
Shisui had indeed heard from Kisame, who would occasionally sigh with emotion, about an organization entrenched in the Land of Waves. Kitahara was the organization's nominal leader.
That organization's current strength was formidable, and its sphere of influence covered the entire southern part of the ninja world, including the Land of Water, the Land of the Sea, and parts of the Land of Fire…
It was said that the most powerful person within the organization was, without a doubt, this dead strategist with the fragrant mouth in front of him.
Some of the ninjas at the Naka Shrine hadn't heard of this and were faintly unconvinced. One of the ninjas suddenly shouted, "We have reason to suspect that Lord Tobirama is trying to shield his own student…"
They weren't that afraid of Tobirama!
The Uchiha clan's hatred for the Second Hokage was famous!
Before the Defense Department was established, didn't their Uchiha clan hold several clan meetings every month to criticize Tobirama?!
"Shut up!"
He was already unhappy about not getting the intelligence he wanted from Danzo tonight, and then he had to hear at the Naka Shrine that Tsunade had nominated Itachi Uchiha to be the Hokage candidate!
That rebellious and disobedient granddaughter!
Tonight was double the unhappiness!
The Second Hokage looked impatiently at the unconvinced red-eyed patients, and simply vented all of today's anger onto Shisui:
"Shisui Uchiha, if you are a Konoha ninja, then whether it's the Third Hokage, the Hokage Advisor, or this old man, the previous Hokage, we are all your superiors…"
"If you no longer consider yourself a Konoha ninja, then you are just an outer member of the organization. Even Kisame Hoshigaki and Itachi Uchiha wouldn't dare to question me to my face…"
"And now you are privately accumulating power for your own use, slandering your superior, and allowing your subordinates to attack this old man. Are you trying to provoke the authority of the organization?"
The young man of Naka Shrine, faced with the white-haired strategist's overbearing power, could only helplessly lower his head. "That was not my intention…"
"As peripheral personnel, you only need to listen to the organization's orders!"
The Second Hokage glanced at Shisui. "If this old man finds out that the Naka Shrine is making any more strange moves, then your budget for next year… or your lives… will no longer be necessary!"
Those words were simply too arrogant…
However, Tobirama Senju indeed had the capital to be this arrogant right now…
As the Lord Strategist looked back at the Naka Shrine with a cold face, he looked incredibly imposing…
On the surface, the Naka Shrine and the Land of Waves were both under the leadership of that crow named Kitahara. Their two sides should have been equal.
However, the Second Hokage's mouth was truly a bit too formidable…
In just a few words, without Shisui even noticing, the Naka Shrine—originally a disorganized, free-wheeling cultivation cram school—had, in Tobirama's mouth, become a peripheral member of that trash organization in the Land of Waves.
This was, perhaps… a peaceful annexation?
Just as the great Second Hokage was savoring the moment, intending to say a few more words, Shisui Uchiha suddenly said, "In the future, whose orders should we follow? Kitahara's? Or Itachi's?"
Tobirama Senju: "…"
What's wrong with this kid, why is he still making things difficult for me!
You all should just obediently stay in the Naka Shrine and idle!
Shisui's large, watery eyes looked at his newly claimed superior, and he continued calmly, "The power of the Naka Shrine is not weak, and in a sense, we are also Kitahara's kin…"
"Wait for the organization's orders!"
Tobirama Senju flicked his sleeve and left behind one of his Flying Thunder God kunai. "In any case, I won't let you be too idle…"
"Also, I am unable to participate in any actions."
Shisui's voice lowered. He still chose to abide by his promise and imprison himself in the Naka Shrine. In any case, he had already found a new source of fun.
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