Chapter 596: The Death of Uchiha Fugaku
In the Land of Rain, at the base of the Maintenance Force.
Everyone present fell into a dead silence as they looked at the more than 30 corpses neatly laid out on the ground.
A heavy haze enveloped the room, and for a moment no one chose to speak.
In the end, it was Namikaze Minato, who had come from the Land of Rivers with Hoshigaki Kisame, who spoke first, and asked Yahiko, who looked solemn, with a hoarse voice.
"Yahiko-san, this time it was your Amegakure Village ninjas who arrived at the scene first. I wonder if you have any detailed information. Please let me know."
Although most of the more than 30 corpses in front of them were already in tatters, judging from their attire alone, it was certain that all of these corpses were ninjas from the Uchiha clan.
And as the Hokage, Namikaze Minato could tell at a glance that there were at least ten Uchiha jonins among them.
The simultaneous death of so many jonin-level ninjas would definitely be a heavy loss that any of the five great ninja villages could not bear, even during the war years.
If the premise of this level of loss is that the ninjas of the same clan, you should know that after the end of the Third Great Ninja War, the total number of jonins in the entire Konoha was only a little over 100.
There are even fewer new jonins in the past two years.
With so many high-end combat forces lost, even if the Uchiha clan still has a large number of chunin and genin and ordinary clan members, I am afraid that this once largest clan in the ninja world will directly fall into a small and medium-sized ninja clan.
Even if the Uchiha clan is not welcomed in Konoha now, Namikaze Minato can't just watch the Uchiha suffer such losses.
What's more, as the Hokage, Namikaze Minato didn't know about the presence of so many high-end Uchiha combat forces in the village.
No matter what the reason is, this matter must be taken seriously.
However, facing Namikaze Minato's question, Yahiko rubbed his eyebrows with an embarrassed look.
This kind of thing, even as the leader of the Amegakure Village, he doesn't want to rashly get involved.
However, just as Namikaze Minato said, the incident happened in the territory of the Land of Rain, and the ninjas of the Amegakure Village were the first to arrive at the scene. No matter what, he needed to give enough information.
At the moment, Yahiko could only choose to tell the truth.
"This is what happened."
According to Yahiko, the ninjas of the Amegakure Village were the first to discover the scene.
Nowadays, the Land of Rain has become a neutral country, and the Amegakure Village has basically chosen to give up many tasks that may conflict with other ninja villages.
Fortunately, the trade in the Land of Rain is now prosperous, and tasks such as escorting caravans have also increased accordingly.
The Amegakure Ninja Team that first discovered the scene noticed the fighting in the distance on the way to escort the caravan back to the Amegakure Village.
At the beginning, in line with the principle of less trouble than more trouble, and the current task first, the captain of this team actually wanted to ignore the fighting in the distance.
However, not long after, the advancing team noticed that a tall brown skeleton giant appeared in the direction of the battle.
The captain of the Amegakure Squad was originally an elite ninja who was rotated from the maintenance force. He immediately recognized that it was the move that Uchiha Fugaku had used in the commander selection battle.
Then he did not care about the team's mission and immediately led people to the place where the fight took place to support.
However, before these people arrived at the scene, the most conspicuous brown giant on the battlefield suddenly shone brightly, followed by a terrifying explosion that seemed to collapse the surroundings.
After the flames of the explosion dissipated, the Amegakure Ninjas who rushed to the scene saw only the bodies of Konoha ninjas on the ground.
"So, in fact, Uchiha Fugaku's body was not found at the scene, right? And who was fighting with these Uchiha clans, and were there any traces left at the scene?"
Seeing that Yahiko had finished telling the whole story, Namikaze Minato just lowered his head in thought and said nothing.
Hoshigaki Kisame took the initiative to ask about his doubts.
In theory, this matter is Konoha's private matter, and Hoshigaki Kisame, the Kirigakure ninja, is not suitable to speak.
However, Uchiha Fugaku is still the deputy commander of the Maintenance Force, and the Amegakure Village is now on good terms with the Kirigakure. Hoshigaki Kisame took the initiative to speak, and it can be regarded as looking for an opportunity to excuse the Maintenance Force and the Amegakure Village.
However, Yahiko just shook his head in embarrassment when he heard it.
"The reason why Uchiha Fugaku may have died is because the center of the battle at the scene, because the explosion created a huge deep pit, under the explosion of that power, I am afraid that no corpse will be left."
"And who are these Uchiha fighting with."
At this point, Yahiko looked at the silent Namikaze Minato with hesitation, not knowing whether he should continue.
However, Namikaze Minato took the initiative to speak, speaking for Yahiko in a somewhat dry and difficult tone.
"I'm afraid it's these Uchiha clan ninjas who are besieging Fugaku?"
Hearing what Namikaze Minato said, most of the people present who didn't know the situation all changed their expressions.
"How is it possible!"
"Besieging the head of their own clan?!"
Since the establishment of the ninja village, the mainstream idea has been to put the interests of the village first, and the "Will of Fire" and "Will of Stone" have always emphasized that individuals need to sacrifice for the village.
However, the actual situation in the major ninja clans is not like this.
The ninja village system has only been established for more than 50 years, but many ninja clans have existed for hundreds or thousands of years.
Moreover, the connection between bloodlines is obviously higher than the recognition between villages.
The survival of the family is often really above everything else.
A large number of senior ninjas besieged their own clan head together? Or such a powerful and famous outstanding clan head?
In the eyes of most clan ninjas, this is simply treason.
However, after hearing Namikaze Minato take the initiative to say this answer, Yahiko also gave a positive answer.
"Yes, according to the experience of those ninjas, and the situation I confirmed later when I went to the scene, there were no other people involved in this battle. It was indeed these Uchiha ninjas who were besieging Fugaku-san."
Hearing this, Namikaze Minato clenched his fists in pain.
The reason why he could guess that it was these people who were besieging Uchiha Fugaku was that most of the ninjas who were still intact and recognizable were radicals in the Uchiha clan in his impression.
In other words, over the years, due to Uchiha Fugaku's negligence in management and the disgusting voices in the village, the radicals in the Uchiha clan have gained an absolute upper hand.
It is not surprising that these people get together and do anything.
However, after hearing Yahiko's affirmative answer, Namikaze Minato still couldn't hide the grief in his heart.
Just when the scene fell into dead silence again.
A ninja from the maintenance force hurriedly pushed the door and broke in.
"Guren, Team Guren, returned with two bodies of Uchiha clan members!"
(End of this chapter)