"Our Clan Head, Fugaku, is even more incredibly foolish."
"If there were no external enemies, it would be fine for him to play a balancing act, pit one faction against another, and maintain his power."
"But what about now?"
"The village despises the Uchiha to this extent; whether you want to rebel or submit to the village, you should at least quickly choose one and consolidate power!"
"Only by completely controlling the Uchiha will you have the right to negotiate with the village."
"But what about Fugaku?"
"I don't know if he's genuinely indecisive or if he wants to play a balancing act, but after being Clan Head for so long, he still hasn't made a single move."
"He just lets various internal struggles within the clan continue, constantly depleting the Uchiha's already limited strength."
"The entire Uchiha clan is full of such fools."
"I'm not crazy, why would I play along with these idiots?"
Hiss!
As Uchiha Jin spoke, Shisui couldn't help but gasp.
Is this true?
That the clan never actually intended to rebel, but those were just slogans shouted for power struggles?
He had never truly looked at his clan's affairs from that perspective before.
But, undeniably.
Looking at it from Uchiha Jin's perspective, all the things he couldn't understand before now seemed to make perfect sense.
But if that were the case, what did all his efforts these past few years amount to?
He looked bewildered.
However, after a moment of thought, he suddenly spoke with doubt.
"Wait, that's not right!"
"Since the radical faction within the clan was only shouting slogans, why did you say the Uchiha would inevitably be annihilated?"
"That doesn't make sense!"
Yes.
In Shisui's view, this was a paradox.
Since he knew these things, he could naturally tell the village about them.
At that time.
The tension between the village and the Uchiha would surely be greatly eased.
Isn't that a good thing?
Then why did Uchiha Jin say just now that the Uchiha would inevitably be annihilated?
To this.
Uchiha Jin spoke slowly.
"Do you know what the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, said when he captured the Nine-Tails when the village was first established?"
Shisui looked confused.
Over the past few years, he had been busy dealing with clan and village matters.
How could he have time to learn about these things?
So.
He could only shake his head helplessly: "What did the First Hokage say?"
"You are too strong!" Uchiha Jin said indifferently.
After saying this, he pondered for a moment before speaking in a gloomy tone: "The Nine-Tails wasn't as irritable as he is now; he was just a happy little fox back then."
"He was happily eating hotpot and singing songs in the Shinobi World, never harming a single human."
"Suddenly, one day."
"Hashirama Senju came before the Nine-Tails and said, 'Your power is too great, so I must seal you away.'"
"The Nine-Tails was stunned."
"Is it my fault that I'm strong, even though I haven't harmed humans?"
"But, unfortunately."
"Hashirama Senju didn't care about any of that; he immediately knocked the Nine-Tails unconscious with a slap and then sealed him inside his wife, Mito Uzumaki."
"If you were the Nine-Tails, wouldn't you be irritable?"
"Damn it, what kind of person is that!"
"What good is my strength if I was still knocked out by your slap?"
"How come you, Hashirama Senju, are so strong, but you didn't seal yourself?"
"This is also why the Nine-Tails, no matter which Jinchuriki he's been with over the years, has never changed his desire to destroy Konoha."
Shisui was dumbfounded.
He had never imagined that there was such a story behind the First Hokage's sealing of the Nine-Tails back then.
However, thinking about it carefully.
If it were him, he would probably be very angry too.
"Wait, that's not right!" Shisui couldn't help but interject: "We were talking about our clan's affairs; why did we suddenly start talking about the Nine-Tails?"
"The principle is the same."
Uchiha Jin said indifferently: "For the village, the Uchiha are too strong."
"Especially the Sharingan; it's completely unreasonable."
"Even the seemingly weak Uchiha now, once they fall into dark emotions like anger, can immediately activate their Sharingan."
"Such a strong Uchiha, such an unstable Uchiha."
"If it were just that, the village might tolerate it, but the key is that the Uchiha are disobedient and openly shout about removing Sarutobi Hiruzen and taking the position of Hokage themselves."
"If it were you, wouldn't you panic?"
"Although the Uchiha are strong, even without the Uchiha, Konoha, even if its strength is damaged, would still not be destroyed."
"Given that, you understand."
Chapter 38: A Little Bit of Gradual Inducement, Shisui Falls into Thought.
Shisui fell silent.
Just as Uchiha Jin thought, although he had been brainwashed by Sarutobi Hiruzen, that didn't mean he was truly foolish.
He had his own judgment of right and wrong.
Especially the example Uchiha Jin gave, he could empathize with it.
Did Hashirama Senju make a mistake?
From Konoha's perspective, absolutely not!
Even if the Nine-Tails truly did nothing wrong, because of his immense power, he was an uncontrollable factor in the Shinobi World.
Not to mention anything else.
Didn't Uchiha Madara also capture the Nine-Tails to fight Hashirama Senju back then?
From this point of view, regardless of whether the Nine-Tails had done bad things, he at least had the ability to do bad things, and if left outside, he might be exploited by others.
In such a situation, being imprisoned was very normal.
Shisui understood Hashirama Senju quite well and did not believe the First Hokage had made a mistake.
But, similarly.
From the Nine-Tails' perspective, was this situation reasonable?
I haven't done anything outrageous, and I haven't even interacted with you humans.
Just because I'm strong, you want to imprison me?
Any creature with normal thinking abilities would absolutely not accept this.
Even he, Shisui, would not!
So.
In this matter, there was no right or wrong; it was just that everyone stood on different positions.