The Uchiha Clan Requests to Fight

Just as the crowd began to grow restless again, a white-haired figure descended from the sky.

"What happened?"

Shintaro landed from the air, looked around, and asked.

Fugaku thought to himself, 'You came at the right time.' At the same time, he said, "Kumogakure has invaded our borders, leading to protests in the village. Hokage-sama ordered the police to handle this issue, but the villagers are unwilling to disperse. What should we do?"

He held his forehead and sighed, as if caught in a dilemma between the villagers and the Hokage.

This move successfully garnered the sympathy of many villagers.

"It seems the Uchiha Clan has no choice this time."

"There are extenuating circumstances."

The onlookers naturally softened their attitude towards Fugaku and the others.

Shintaro immediately said, "I think these villagers are demonstrating out of love for the village! How can we stop such loyal people who love this village and country?"

His words made most of the people in the parade nod.

Most of them were radicals incited by members of the Root organization in disguise.

Often, the more radical these people were, the more they considered themselves patriots, so they very much agreed with Shintaro's words.

The onlookers also found it reasonable.

Shintaro continued, "Hokage-sama must not understand your patriotic parade, so he asked the Captain to handle it."

"Yes, Hokage-sama must not know us. Otherwise, he would definitely support us!" Someone in the parade was incited by Shintaro.

Hearing this, Shintaro laughed secretly in his heart, then turned to face the marching crowd and said, "I am willing to petition for the people and convey Hokage-sama the patriotism of everyone."

Everyone sighed with emotion, "Uchiha Shintaro is truly a good person."

"A good child."

After hearing these words, Fugaku pondered for a moment, then stood up.

"The duty of the Konoha police is to protect the village. Now that Kumogakure has invaded our borders, we are willing to fight. We will meet the barbarians of Kumogakure, and we will make sure they never come back!"

Shintaro and Fugaku exchanged harmonious glances, and Yashiro behind Fugaku and the others were stunned for a moment.

However, Yashiro and the others also understood that Fugaku intended to let the Uchiha Clan join the war and go to the northeast border of the Fire Country to repel Kumogakure.

Members of the Uchiha Clan always liked to fight, and except during the Ninja War, the ninjas from the Konoha Police could only stay in the village at other times. Naturally, they were eager to go to the battlefield and make meritorious contributions.

So Yashiro and the others also stood up and echoed Fugaku's words.

"We are willing to fight!"

"We are willing to fight for Konoha!"

The people in the parade were also shocked by the reaction of the Uchiha Clan members in front of them.

"It turns out the Uchiha Clan is also very patriotic."

"It seems we misunderstood them before."

"Yes, we were just marching, but they are going to the battlefield for the real reason. These are the true patriots!"

The surrounding onlookers also expressed their appreciation for the Uchiha Clan's call to fight.

Seeing that the reactions of the people around him were in line with his expectations, Fugaku said, "Then, Shintaro, let's go to the Hokage Building to petition now. Yashiro, lead the team and parade here to wait for our news."

Everyone had no objections to this arrangement.

Some people among the parade members took the opportunity to sneak away, and Shintaro paid close attention to them.

'Will Danzo's people report to him? Haha, it's too late now.'

Shintaro sneered in his heart and headed to the Hokage Building with Fugaku.

When they arrived at the door of the Hokage's office, they were stopped by an ANBU.

"Hokage-sama is discussing important matters with Danzo-sama, and no one else is allowed to enter."

Hearing this, Fugaku used his full aura to overpower the ANBU, "I am Uchiha Fugaku, the captain of the Konoha Police. I have something important to report to Hokage. Do you want to stop me?"

His aura immediately overwhelmed the ANBU ninja, who was just touching the threshold of Jonin. It seemed Fugaku would suddenly kill him in the next moment, and he didn't dare to move at all.

Fugaku then opened the door to the Hokage's office and entered with Shintaro.

In the office, Hiruzen and Danzo seemed to be arguing about something, but when they saw the two enter, they stopped arguing and looked at them.

"Fugaku, Shintaro, what are you doing here?"

Hiruzen frowned slightly and looked at the two of them.

"Hokage-sama, I am here to petition for the parade. They are all patriots of the village. Their parade should not be suppressed. It would hurt the people!"

Hearing this, Hiruzen scolded, "Who asked you to suppress them with force? Yes, they are also Konoha villagers. What I want is for the Konoha police to handle it well and resolve it peacefully."

Fugaku sneered in his heart: 'It sounds good, why don't you try to resolve it peacefully?'

But his face showed an expression of sudden realization.

"I see. It seems the Konoha Police misunderstood Hokage-sama's intentions. I will inform my subordinates to resolve it peacefully. However, there is one more thing I want to report to Hokage-sama."

Before Hiruzen could ask, Fugaku took the initiative to report: "Kumogakure Village is still determined. Seeing Konoha suffer from the Kyuubi Rebellion, they developed a desire to spy on us and repeatedly invaded our borders, causing untold suffering to the people on our borders."

"This parade broke out at this time. The Konoha Police were established to protect the village. Since Kumogakure Village has violated the borders and harmed the interests of the village, the Uchiha Clan is willing to fight and expel all enemies!"

After hearing Fugaku's words, Hiruzen did not answer immediately but stared at Danzo.

Because Danzo came to the Hokage's office this time just for the main fight, and it happened that the Uchiha Clan came to request to fight again, it was hard for Hiruzen not to associate it.

'Could the Uchiha Clan and Danzo have united?!'

At this moment, Hiruzen had a terrifying thought in his mind.

If that were the case, with Danzo's status as one person under ten thousand in the village and the power of the Uchiha Clan, the largest clan in Konoha, he feared his status would be lost.

This shocked Hiruzen.

However, he quickly found the answer, 'No, it's impossible. Danzo just offended the Uchiha Clan, and his attitude towards the Uchiha Clan is the same as the sensei's. It's impossible to unite with the Uchiha Clan.'

Thinking of this, Hiruzen relaxed a bit and said to Fugaku, "I can understand the Uchiha Clan's feelings towards Konoha, but Konoha is a peace-loving ninja village and never wants to break out in war."

"I will resolve this border dispute peacefully. You don't need to go to the battlefield."

"The first priority of the Uchiha Clan and the Konoha Police is to protect the villagers in the village."