Chapter 26: Plan Settled

"First of all, let the part of the Uchiha clan who are loyal to you change the external image of the clan as I previously mentioned. Then secretly contact the group of people who are loyal to you and reveal the plan to them to some extent, the amount of which is up to you to decide. Finally, keep an eye on the group of people in the clan who want to rebel. Once their rebellion reaches its peak, Danzo should take action!"

Sakura thought for a moment. The most important thing now was to change the Uchiha clan's image in the eyes of the Konoha villagers. This was also the most important part of the subsequent plan. "Also, if you can find enough corpses and prepare according to the number of subordinates willing to leave with you, when Danzo takes action, I will disguise those corpses as Uchiha clan members who left with you. Then you can successfully retreat to the background and wait for the opportunity to return to Konoha!"

Sakura also had a vague plan in her heart about when to let the Uchiha clan reappear in the world.

"I will contact my subordinates tomorrow and inform them of the plan!" Uchiha Fugaku did not object to Sakura's plan. After a moment of silence, he asked with some doubt, "Why do you want to help the Uchiha clan? As far as I know, the Uchiha clan's reputation in the village has never been good!"

"Because Sasuke is my friend!" Sakura sighed at the thought of Sasuke's fate in the original work. Living a life of deception and hatred, was that really what Sasuke wanted?

Experiencing the hatred of the clan's destruction at the age of seven, but it was his own older brother who did it. In order to have enough power to seek revenge, he cut off his ties with Team 7 and joined Orochimaru. After finally killing his older brother, he learned that it was all just a scam.

Sasuke's first half of life was spent in the hatred of the clan's destruction, and the second half was spent in regret for killing his older brother. Even though Naruto brought him back in the end, was that really a good ending? The Uchiha clan was destroyed, his older brother was dead, but the Konoha Elder Council, the real culprit, only Danzo died. Sasuke himself became a one-armed hero, working hard outside every day, and didn't even recognize his own daughter.

"As a friend, I can't just watch him suffer like that!"

"Friend?" Uchiha Fugaku's serious face finally showed a relaxed smile. "Sasuke is lucky to have friends like you!"

"Naruto, Sasuke, be careful not to fall..." In the kitchen, Uchiha Mikoto looked at the two children who were competing with each other with some helplessness. Although they had a good relationship, they always wanted to compare with each other.

"Four years ago, during the Nine-Tailed Fox Incident, if I hadn't cared about the Elder Council's orders, maybe Minato and the others wouldn't have died!" Uchiha Fugaku looked guilty as he glanced at the kitchen.

"This is not your fault. Even if Fugaku-san had arrived at the battlefield, it would have been useless. The mastermind behind the scenes would not have given up so easily. Even if Fugaku-san had used the Mangekyo Sharingan to control the Nine-Tailed Fox, Uchiha clan would only have faced greater fear from the Elder Council afterwards!" Sakura said.

Uchiha Fugaku's pupils shrank. The Mangekyo Sharingan was his biggest trump card and his secret that he had always kept. Even the Fourth Hokage didn't know much about it. Sakura knowing about it made Uchiha Fugaku feel uneasy.

"Fugaku-san, don't look at me like that. I won't tell anyone about this!" Sakura smiled. The Mangekyo Sharingan was powerful, especially in the field of genjutsu, but with her Mind's Eye, genjutsu was useless against her.

Sakura chatted with Uchiha Fugaku about some past events in Konoha. Although one was a middle-aged man and the other was a four-year-old girl, they sat face to face without any sense of awkwardness.

When Uchiha Itachi pushed open the door, he saw this scene.

"Father, do we have guests at home?" he asked.

"This is your younger brother's good friend!" Uchiha Fugaku introduced Sakura. "She came to our home for a reason. You can come and listen too!"

Uchiha Fugaku was quite satisfied with his son Uchiha Itachi. He was talented and mature, but the only thing he was not satisfied with was that he was sometimes too deep in thought and not as cute as his younger brother Sasuke.

"Speaking of which, I almost forgot!" Sakura quickly interrupted Uchiha Fugaku. If Itachi knew about their plan, Danzo might come knocking on their door tomorrow.

"I came this time on the orders of the Third Hokage to recruit Uchiha Shisui!"

"Shisui? Is there a mission for him?" Uchiha Fugaku asked.

Uchiha Shisui was a member of the ANBU under the control of the Third Hokage. He had been training Itachi in the clan recently, so the Third Hokage sent Sakura to ask Uchiha Fugaku.

"Yes, I'm going to the border between the Fire Country and the Lightning Country, so I want him to come with me to protect me!" Sakura didn't hide anything. This matter would probably appear in the hands of the clan heads of various major families soon, so there was no need to keep it a secret.

"Is it about the recent provocation by the Cloud Village?" Uchiha Itachi suddenly asked.

"Yes, in order to prevent another war, I have to go to the border to mediate!" Sakura nodded, looking like a compassionate person. "Once Konoha and the Cloud Village go to war, there will definitely be a lot of casualties. I don't want to see that happen!"

"War?" Itachi didn't say anything, but he hated war from the bottom of his heart. Otherwise, he wouldn't have wiped out his clan for the sake of Konoha's peace.

"Why would the Third Hokage send a four-year-old child?" Uchiha Fugaku frowned. It was impossible for a child to solve such a big problem between two ninja villages.

"Because I have the ability to destroy the Cloud Village!" Sakura smiled sweetly. "As long as I show my strength appropriately and scare the Cloud Village, the war won't happen!"

"Huh?" Wasn't it supposed to be mediation? Shouldn't both sides sit down and talk it out? Why did it suddenly become a show of strength?

Uchiha Itachi was confused.

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