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However, the total amount of pupil power will also be limited.
Kawasaki placed his hand over Fugaku's eyes, and a familiar power of vision gradually emanated from them.
With a pull of the hand backward, this invisible force was stripped away along with the technique.
Kawasaki gently touched his eyes, the technique flowed, and the power of his pupils slowly entered his eyes.
Instantly, my eyes felt refreshed, and after my pupil power was restored, my eyes were completely renewed.
But now is not the time to consider that. After the seal on his pupils was removed, Fugaku's eyes became completely dim.
"Chieftain, how are your eyes now?"
Fugaku stared with dim eyes and looked around.
With a calm expression, he said, "It's pitch black now. Is this what it feels like to be blind?"
"Clan leader, you will have to endure this for a while. Itachi's physical condition is not yet suitable for fusing with your eyes."
Kawasaki said.
Fugaku waved his hand dismissively: "It's alright. Now that you're back, the position of clan leader will be handed over to you."
Kawasaki had promised before leaving, but now that Obito has regained his Kamui left eye, the threat has increased.
At this point, certain plans must be accelerated.
No problem, but I need to do a lot of publicity to take over as clan leader.
Fugaku tilted his head in confusion: "Don't you hate these kinds of trivial matters the most?"
Kawasaki said helplessly, "I do not like it, but Obito has taken back his eyes, so we must take the initiative and get rid of Danzo, who is always against us."
"Only by removing Danzo can we make a deal with the Third Hokage."
Fugaku frowned. Danzo had been targeting them for many years, and after being dismissed, he was reinstated.
This was all because the Third Hokage protected him, even tolerating Danzo's assassination attempt.
It is even more difficult for outsiders to completely eliminate Danzo, and dealing with Danzo is by no means an easy task.
Kawasaki was well aware of the Third Hokage's protection of Danzo, but the Third Hokage was far more complex than he appeared.
From Fugaku's succession as clan leader to his death at the hands of Itachi, it is clear that he lacked some wisdom.
If Fugaku had been a little more astute, he wouldn't have allowed his entire clan to be slaughtered and lost his own life at the hands of his own son.
Therefore, Fugaku's understanding of the Third Hokage and Danzo remained superficial.
Now that Kawasaki has accumulated enough resources for the Uchiha clan, it is time for him to take action.
Kawasaki felt it necessary to explain the three generations of the family to Fugaku, and also to improve Fugaku's overall quality.
How could he accomplish anything on his own? Fugaku couldn't stand idly by either.
"Fugaku, your understanding of the Third Hokage is too superficial."
Fugaku himself was well aware that he was basically clueless about politics, only half of what he knew.
Therefore, he has always followed Kawasaki's strategy, and now that Kawasaki has returned, he is eager to hand over the position of clan leader.
Kawasaki did indeed perform the job of clan chief exceptionally well.
Kawasaki seemed to want to analyze the Third Hokage's thoughts, so Fugaku adopted a listening posture.
Kawasaki cleared his throat first: "At the beginning of the third generation's reign, he and Danzo played the good cop and the bad cop, working together to suppress the major clans."
"Weakening the strength of the major clans greatly consolidated the control of the Hokage's upper echelons."
Fugaku nodded silently. Indeed, when the Third Hokage first took office, the village was filled with powerful clans.
"In particular, the Senju clan, which originated from the first and second generations, left behind a vast amount of wealth and heritage."
"If Tobirama hadn't died unexpectedly, and the Senju clan's heir hadn't been so young, how could the position of Third Hokage have fallen to Hiruzen Sarutobi?"
Kawasaki continued, "Although the Third Hokage had many things he couldn't do personally, he could leave them to Danzo to handle, but this inadvertently allowed Danzo's power to expand."
"Of course, the third generation also had their own selfish motives. While suppressing other families, they also favored their own family and gave them a lot of benefits."
“Danzo’s methods differed from those of the Third Hokage; he issued empty promises to the Shimura family on one hand.”
"On the one hand, they exploit the Shimura family's resources, but on the other hand, they secretly transfer these resources to their own forces."
"In this way, Danzo's men were all die-hard loyalists, whose loyalty to Danzo far exceeded their loyalty to the village."
"Danzo's power has expanded, and he has become increasingly unscrupulous in his actions. In the process of suppressing his family, some unexpected things have happened."
"For example, Sakumo Hatake's suicide."
Fugaku was shocked: "Sakumo Hatake is Danzo's henchman? Didn't he commit suicide?"
Kawasaki waved his hand: "The Hatake family evolved from a samurai family and values reputation highly. How could three generations not know how much damage public opinion would do to the Hatake family?"
"How did the rumors spread? It was all the work of Danzo's 'Root' faction."
"With such widespread rumors circulating in the village, how could the Third Hokage be completely unaware? Clearly, Danzo's actions were tacitly approved by the Third Hokage."
Fugaku frowned: "Didn't the death of Hatake Sakumo weaken Konoha's strength?"
Fugaku's words make sense. After all, during the Second Shinobi World War, Sakumo Hatake's sword struck fear into the hearts of Sunagakure.
This directly led to the tragic deaths of Sasori's parents and sowed the seeds for the Third Shinobi World War.
Kawasaki chuckled lightly: "No one is perfect. How could the Third Hokage be so prescient? He just wanted to give Hatake Sakumo a warning, but he didn't expect him to commit suicide."
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"The Third Hokage had been planning his successor for a long time, and the task of suppressing the clan was entrusted to Danzo."
"He himself supported ninjas without family backgrounds, such as Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and later Minato."
Fugaku couldn't help but ask, "What about Tsunade?"
Kawasaki replied, "Taking Tsunade as my disciple was a last resort. After all, you are the Third Hokage, and Tsunade is the granddaughter of your teacher. I couldn't very well refuse to take her in."
Fugaku nodded in agreement.
"By the middle of his three generations of rule, he had basically achieved his goals."
"Although neither Orochimaru nor Jiraiya are suitable candidates for Hokage."
"But under his 'Will of Fire' legacy, Jiraiya's disciple Minato Namikaze became the inheritor of this spirit."
"When Minato took over, everything was still under the control of the Third Hokage. After all, Minato had no family background and had a Jinchuriki wife."
"Given that neither Orochimaru nor Jiraiya could become Hokage, Minato Namikaze was naturally the best candidate."
"When Minato first took office, the Third Hokage allowed him to establish the Anbu under the Fourth Hokage."
"But he did not disband his secret service and kept it in his hands, which shows that he did not completely relinquish power."
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"However, Obito's instigation of the Nine-Tails' rampage completely disrupted the Third Hokage's plans."
"This was also a crucial turning point in Konoha's decline from its peak, and the beginning of an increasingly difficult period for our Uchiha clan."
"Ah."
Fugaku let out a deep sigh. The Nine-Tails' rampage had undoubtedly pushed the Uchiha clan into the abyss.
"The political maneuvering used by the second Tobirama was very clever. He established a police force and entrusted it entirely to our clan."
"This is the highest honor that no family can match."
"But the real goal is to permanently exclude the Uchiha from the upper echelons of Konoha and marginalize our existence."
Fugaku lamented, "Indeed, when the second generation ordered the formation of the security force, the whole clan felt honored. Who would have thought it was a scheme?"
Kawasaki laughed and said, "This move perfectly balances the vanity of the Uchiha with the overall interests of Konoha."
"Tobirama's intention was to let the Uchiha bask in glory and gradually weaken our power."
"If Tobirama hadn't suddenly passed away, the Uchiha clan would probably have ceased to exist long ago."
"Neither the Third Hokage nor Danzo had Tobirama's vision, and with the Nine-Tails' rampage, their suppression of the Uchiha clan became even more overt."
To avoid suspicion, Fugaku followed Danzo's instructions during the Nine-Tails' rampage and protected the non-combatants during their evacuation.
Unexpectedly, the villagers mistakenly believed that the Uchiha clan had not participated in the battle.
Danzo took this opportunity to relocate the Uchiha clan to the edge of the village, laying the groundwork for the later rebellion.
Kawasaki took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and the topic returned to the third generation.
"Although the third generation's 'de-familialization' has been effective, a large number of elites were sacrificed after the Nine-Tails' rampage."
"The deaths of his greatest supporter Minato and the Jinchuriki Kushina were all beyond the Third Hokage's expectations."
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"During the internal and external difficulties faced by the Third Hokage, Danzo once again proposed that Orochimaru become the Fifth Hokage."
"Danzo colluded with Orochimaru when selecting the Fourth Hokage, which is why the Third Hokage rejected him outright."
"The reason why Orochimaru was rejected by the Third Hokage was that Orochimaru would never be controlled by him, and might even be biased towards Danzo."
"At this point, Danzo is no longer the Third Hokage's assistant, but his enemy."
"Therefore, the Third Hokage had to return to the fold and take over the Anbu founded by Minato."
"Only with the help of the secret service under my control was the situation stabilized."
Fugaku frowned in thought: "What about Orochimaru's betrayal?"
Kawasaki chuckled: "How could the Third Hokage not know about Orochimaru's forbidden experiments? He knew it all along."
"It's just that the Third Hokage needed Orochimaru's power. Just like after the Fourth Hokage's death, Orochimaru also contributed a lot to the small-scale provocations by Iwagakure."
"But the Third Hokage did not expect that Danzo would still refuse to relinquish power after the Fourth Hokage's death, so he began to undermine him."
"By constantly adding fuel to the fire regarding forbidden human experiments, they not only coveted the power of Wood Release but also completely dragged Orochimaru onto their side."
"By the time the Third Hokage discovered this, Orochimaru had already defected."
"Because of his personality, Orochimaru did not offer an explanation, and Danzo deliberately framed him, so the Third Hokage decided to give up on Orochimaru from then on."
"As for the extent to which Danzo and Orochimaru cooperated, the Third Hokage was not clear."