Chapter 115: Uchiha Rebirth Day
The Uchiha clan named the first day they came to Amegakure as their "Family Rebirth Day." Just as the name implies, this festival was to celebrate the entire Uchiha clan's migration to Amegakure. All the high-ranking members of the Land of Rain were invited to participate in this highly significant day.
The Rebirth Day celebration was delayed by 10 days from its scheduled time. The reason was that most of the clan members were busy working to transform the climate of the Land of Rain, including high-ranking members like the clan head and Obito, who were also not in the village.
By the time all the clansmen and the high-ranking members of the Land of Rain returned to Amegakure and finally had time to attend the banquet, a piece of news put the Uchiha clan head, Fugaku Uchiha, in a great mood.
His wife, Mikoto Uchiha, was pregnant with their second child.
Fugaku's eldest son, Itachi, was already five years old this year and had shown extraordinary talent in ninjutsu. His potential surpassed that of his father, the clan head. So, this banquet was a good opportunity to find a teacher for him. Originally, he had planned to teach Itachi himself, but since coming to Amegakure, he had been so busy he didn't even have time to eat. It was better to hand this task over to someone else.
The only strong person within the clan qualified to teach Itachi was Shisui Uchiha. Fugaku did not plan to entrust Itachi to him. Although Shisui's actions over the past year had all been directed towards the family and Amegakure, and he had shown no signs of longing for Konoha, the previous incident inevitably made one wonder if he still had divided loyalties.
So, he could only entrust Itachi to a strong person from outside the clan.
Several names flashed through the Uchiha clan head's mind. Nagato possessed the Rinnegan, and the fact that the Rinnegan was the highest form of the Sharingan had already been confirmed. Theoretically, he was the most suitable teacher for Itachi.
It was just that he didn't know if the reclusive Nagato would accept his request...
About thirty Uchiha clansmen in black robes with red clouds returned from the eastern part of the Land of Rain. From a distance, they saw that the refugees who had been accepted outside Amegakure had built a low stone wall, with large leaves on top to shield from the rain, forming a second perimeter for the village. Konan had repeatedly tried to drive away the refugees who had set up camp here and were becoming more and more demanding in their daily requests for food.
The original intention of the Akatsuki to provide disaster relief was not to let them get something for nothing, but to help them through the most difficult period so they could then use their own hands to help Amegakure and others, achieving self-reliance.
The return of thirty-something Uchiha elites clearly brought a considerable sense of pressure to these refugees. Just as in Konoha, people without power would always fear those who possessed special bloodlines and power. Even though this had been reduced to a negligible level in Amegakure, where everyone was a ninja, the thinking of ordinary people could not change so quickly.
This kind of gaze was very familiar. Several Uchiha clansmen felt a little uncomfortable, wanting to open their mouths and let the refugees know that they were also among those who had helped them, but they couldn't bring themselves to say it.
Could the illiterate refugees really understand what they were doing? Changing the climate?
They would rather believe it was a coincidence.
"One day, they will understand."
During his time in the Konoha Military Police Force, these kinds of gazes were much more exaggerated than they were now. Fugaku Uchiha didn't care about the thoughts of these weaklings.
"Lord Fugaku."
A young man who had distinguished himself from the original outer members of the Akatsuki to become the captain of the city gate guards recognized this great figure of the Uchiha clan. After a routine observation, he immediately stood to the side and let them pass.
Konan, who was supervising the registration, met Fugaku's gaze and they nodded to each other.
"Konan, are you coming to the Uchiha clan's Rebirth Day celebration tonight?"
Mikoto Uchiha stepped forward, holding Itachi's hand with her right and handing out an invitation with her left.
"I will be there."
Accepting the invitation and putting it in her sleeve, Konan looked down at the calm Itachi Uchiha, who looked like a little adult. She couldn't help but reach out and pat his head. The latter was very obliging and did not avoid it.
It would be nice if my future child with Yahiko was this well-behaved.
"Itachi, say goodbye to Sister Konan."
"Goodbye, Sister Konan."
After delivering the message, Mikoto Uchiha took Itachi and followed the main group, gradually moving away, until they headed towards the Amegakure leader's mansion. There, the Uchiha clan head needed to report on the progress of his climate change efforts, as well as their counterattacks against the scouts of other nations' ninja.
Yahiko was just agonizing over how to break the news from the Tsuchikage to the Uchiha clan when the Uchiha clan came to his door and invited him to a banquet.
This banquet was a must-attend. Only there could he explain the whole matter peacefully. Otherwise, if the Uchiha clan were to directly attack the Land of Earth, there would be nothing he could do.
"I will definitely attend, don't worry, Uchiha Clan Head. Should I notify Nagato and Kakashi?"
"Obito has already gone to notify Kakashi Hatake. I'll have to trouble you to inform Nagato Uzumaki."
"Alright."
The golden-haired youth calculated when would be the best time to speak at the banquet. It was better to wait until Kakashi and Nagato arrived to discuss it further.
As for why he didn't discuss it with Obito, it was because over the past year, Yahiko had discovered that Obito's intelligence would occasionally go offline, especially when Rin Nohara was around. At those times, he basically had no intelligence. Plus, he was also a member of the Uchiha clan, so he wouldn't tell him for now.
"Uchiha Clan Head, we have a new member, the head of the medical corps. She was also a ninja from Konoha. Should we invite her to this banquet?"
"Head of the medical corps?"
It was an open secret that Amegakure was short on medical ninja. Fugaku thought for a moment about the importance of medical ninja. Apart from the fact that she "was once a Konoha ninja," which made him a little wary, the rest was not important.
"Come, a banquet should be lively."
Before the Uchiha clan head could speak, his wife had already agreed, pulling the former out of the leader's office and heading off to prepare the contents of the banquet.
There was still some time before the banquet officially began. Yahiko found Konan and had her use her Paper Person of God Technique to send an invitation to Nagato at the border of the Land of Rain. He then went to the medical corps to give an invitation to Nonō Yakushi.
When he went to Kakashi Hatake's house, he found that he wasn't home, and the two girls who liked him were also not there. He left the invitation in the mailbox next to his door.
"That should do it."
There was also the matter of security to attend to. Yahiko mobilized the newly established Amegakure Anbu and assigned them to the periphery of the Uchiha clan's banquet venue.
Although it was unlikely that any ninja would invade at this time, it was a precaution. After all, if some large-scale, destructive ninjutsu were to hit this place during the banquet...
Then the Land of Rain could declare itself wiped out.
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