After Naruto took his healing bath, Hyūga Hiashi summoned him to the Drawing Room.
At that moment, Naruto was in the Hyūga house, acting completely at home.
Hiashi, of course, feared that Naruto—being the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki—and his connection with Sarutobi Hiruzen could cause problems. But after Hinata was captured, he no longer paid attention to Hiruzen's face.
After all, he had sent me to the front lines, and I'm still working for you?
Moreover, with the strength of the Hyūga clan, Hiruzen could hardly handle him directly.
The Hyūga clan didn't control Konoha's garrison, and their relations with other ninja in the village remained harmonious.
They didn't realize that lips and teeth could cause complications—you could kill a chicken or a monkey, but if they wanted to send them to the front like the Senju family, others would not agree.
Especially now, in peacetime, Hiruzen's relationship with the extended families resembled employment agreements.
"I'm a family ninja, meant to join ANBU; you raise them yourselves—that's your ability to accept them, and all this serves as payment for the protection the clan gives Konoha in exchange for family safety."
This applied to Yamanka Kaze, Aburame Takene, and ANBU ninja.
It was very different from the time when clans voluntarily joined ANBU. That's why family ninja rarely appeared after the story began.
By the time of Pain's invasion and the Fourth Great Ninja War, they appeared one by one.
For Naruto, who had saved his brother, Hiashi naturally showed special favor, treating him fully as a junior, and after all, the reputation of the Fourth Hokage was still high.
"I've received a message from the head of the Nara clan," Hiashi said seriously to Naruto.
"Is there something you want to tell me? Or do you need my cooperation?"
Throughout the conversation, Hiashi suspected that Naruto had a patron advising him.
Naruto ran his hand through his hair, combing it into the same style he had after dying it.
Hiashi's face showed black marks—proof that Naruto was too young but acted dramatically.
"The Uchiha clan has been very active lately, right? Since their lands were moved to the corner."
Hiashi nodded and muttered,
"Those who punish criminals are easily hated, and because Konoha's garrison is so visible in the village, some of them remain unnoticed."
"Although their help during our Hyūga breakthrough three years ago improved relations with other ninja a little, over time their ambitions become less hidden."
Hiashi then stared at Naruto and said,
"During the Nine-Tails night, the Sharingan in the demon's eyes couldn't be hidden, and combined with Uchiha Madara's power, ninja clans wouldn't let the Uchiha become Hokage."
Naruto nodded, understanding why the Uchiha family had such big problems, but the main clans seemed unresponsive.
Although they didn't want to see Hiruzen, they disliked the Uchiha even more, whom the Second Generation had targeted since the village's founding.
In the end, Konoha's garrison position truly made the Uchiha family unhappy.
Also, because the Uchiha family was pushed to the village edge and built near the prison, people naturally associated the Uchiha with inmates.
This also explains why main clans preferred to ignore the Uchiha's near destruction.
Naruto said to Hiashi,
"In the last mission incident, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't handle the situation, and now the Uchiha are preparing a coup."
"Itachi Uchiha was sent to ANBU as an undercover agent, and the fight between the Hokage and the Uchiha is on the edge of explosion."
"This time, Hiruzen will definitely fight the Uchiha to maintain his authority, and everyone knows the Uchiha's Sharingan awakens in battle."
"The Uchiha's combat ability, who did not participate in the Second and Third Ninja World Wars, is already very weak..."
Hiashi's face changed upon hearing Naruto's analysis.
"You mean…?"
Naruto smirked,
"If nothing changes, the Uchiha clan will inevitably follow the same path as the Senju clan!"
Hiashi frowned and immediately refuted,
"That's impossible. Konoha's forces are already weak, and destroying the Uchiha would be suicide. Recently, even Kubi Shisui scared Kirigakure."
"If the Uchiha are destroyed, Hiruzen will probably try to provoke the Fourth Ninja War, right?"
"Moreover, how could the Uchiha's strength be so simple? Even if Hiruzen has elite ANBU, he cannot destroy the Uchiha."
"Even if combat ability has weakened, there are still many Uchiha with the Three Tomoe Sharingan, not to mention the ordinary ones. How could Hiruzen take them down?"
Naruto sighed to himself—it was because the Uchiha family had raised two traitors…