The Uchiha clan, which was wiped out entirely, lacked vision.

Chapter 182 Your Konoha Village should first consider how to survive.

Chapter 182 Your Konoha Village should first consider how to survive.

"That's right, it belongs to the Land of Fire. To be more precise, it belongs to the daimyo of the Land of Fire, not you."

An pointed at Itachi's nose and sneered with disdain, "Who do you think you are?"

"To put it bluntly, you're nothing more than a dog kept by the famous man."

"Ah, no, Konoha Village is the Daimyo's pet dog, and you're nothing but its lackey, not even as good as a dog!"

"Others act like dogs, hoping to get some meat to eat; but you, you actually think you're a human being!"

"Is it any of your business to decide what happens in the Land of Fire?"

"Is it any of your business to decide what happens in Konoha?"

"When someone flatters you, saying you have the strategic vision of a Hokage and can think from the Hokage's perspective, you actually believed it!"

"You idiot, you're clearly a lackey, but you insist on thinking like a human being."

"Have you figured out that the dog owner actually wants to eat the dog's leg meat?"

"Alright, Itachi, stop arguing with him and come back!"

Seeing Itachi blushing and his aura fluctuating violently as he was driven to madness by An's words, with his Mangekyou Sharingan spinning rapidly in his eyes as if about to explode, Hiruzen Sarutobi was also terrified. Fearing that Itachi might suddenly go mad and become an enemy of Konoha, he hurriedly called Itachi back.

"Itachi, An has gone astray. His thinking has become extremely extreme. What he says is all nonsense and heresy. Don't take it to heart or think about it."

"All you need to know is that he is an enemy of our Konoha Village. Everything he says and everything he does is aimed at destroying Konoha Village."

"Once you understand this, you won't be provoked by him, lose your composure, or be taken advantage of if you encounter him again in the future."

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"When you encounter this kind of enemy, don't talk to him, just start fighting."

"Ha ha ha—that cunning old fox, Hiruzen Sarutobi!"

An pointed at the Third Hokage and laughed heartily, then turned to the many ninjas beside him and said, "You probably don't know, but this 'ceding territory and paying reparations' agreement wasn't proposed by the Fire Country Daimyo, but by Hiruzen Sarutobi!"

"He first wrote to the daimyo of the Land of Fire, and then used the power of the daimyo's nobles to persuade the daimyo to agree, which finally led to this agreement."

"It was clearly his bad idea, but he pretended to be enduring humiliation and shifted the blame onto the daimyo, making everyone think that the daimyo was afraid of death and forced him to sign this traitorous agreement."

"His reputation among ordinary people is terrible, but in the hearts of all the ninjas of Konoha, he has already stood on the altar and forged an immortal body."

"He only needs to give up the title of Hokage to get a large amount of resources and supplies from the Daimyo to rebuild Konoha."

"It's a pity that those foolish nobles actually thought that abolishing the position of Hokage would make the ninjas of Konoha truly swear allegiance to the Daimyo."

"Little did they know that Hiruzen Sarutobi had already established an impenetrable stronghold in Konoha, and could easily sideline the leader sent by the daimyo."

"He can remain behind the scenes, continuing to wield power in Konoha and secretly control its development."

"This political skill is truly astonishing!"

Originally, thanks to Hiruzen Sarutobi's meticulous planning, most ninjas felt sympathy for him.

Although he signed treaties that betrayed the country, those treaties were signed by the daimyo and had nothing to do with him; he was merely a scapegoat.

But after An Yi explained it, everyone's gaze changed when they looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi.

What political animals these are!

Your heart is full of holes; you're always scheming against others, aren't you?

Even Jiraiya and Itachi looked at their Hokage in surprise, completely unable to believe what An had said.

Hiruzen Sarutobi never expected that An would know the inside story, let alone that An would expose these things in public.

He frowned, but did not try to deny it, fearing that An might produce some more evidence. Instead, he downplayed the issue and said, "The matters between my Land of Fire and Konoha are far beyond what a rogue Uchiha like you can understand."

"You, a rogue ninja without the Will of Fire, would certainly not understand how the Daimyo and I worked together to turn the tide."

"If you think you can use such petty tricks to drive a wedge between me and the Daimyo, you're dreaming."

"If you don't believe me, you can go and tell the magistrate, and see how he responds."

"As for the leader sent by some fictional daimyo, that's utter nonsense."

"From now on, all ninjas in Konoha will pledge allegiance directly to the Daimyo, and this will not change."

"Konoha Village will always be Konoha Village of the Land of Fire, and the ninjas of Konoha Village will always be loyal to the Daimyo of the Land of Fire."

"As for you, Uchiha An, the Fourth Shinobi World War is over, but Konoha will not let you go. You can start preparing for your life as a fugitive."

"Hahaha—" Anle leaned back and forth, pointing at Hiruzen Sarutobi and mocking, "With Konoha in such a sorry state right now, you still dare to threaten me?"

"Your Konoha village should worry about how to survive first!"

"You don't actually think that just because the war is over, Konoha Village is safe, do you?"

"You don't actually think that the Akatsuki is the only threat to the ninja world, do you?"

"In the face of those organizations with a history spanning thousands of years, the so-called Five Great Nations are nothing more than sandcastles laid bare in the open."

Destroying it wouldn't take much effort at all!

"What?!" Everyone's expression changed.

If someone else said such things, these shadows would most likely not take it seriously and would only think it was the nonsense of some people.

However, Uchiha An's situation was different.

Putting aside the so-called Akatsuki organization that suddenly appeared recently, which is so powerful that it can destroy Konoha Village, and whose leader even possesses the legendary "Rinnegan" that is the same as the Sage of Six Paths.

Based solely on the intelligence they gathered from various sources, one of Uchiha An's eye techniques was "prophecy."

Through this eye technique, Uchiha An was able to obtain a lot of information that ordinary people did not know.

So his claim of an "organization with a thousand-year history" might not be entirely unfounded.

Since there are ancient holy sites like the Three Great Summoning Beast Holy Lands in the ninja world, it's not impossible that other similar organizations might exist in the shadows.

Putting aside everything else, the bounty has probably existed for more than a thousand years.

The Raikage and Onoki exchanged a glance, both secretly becoming wary. They planned to focus on intelligence gathering after returning today, specifically exploring the secrets of those long-established organizations to see if they could gain any benefits.