Shisui, hearing this, nodded, but Itachi could still feel Shisui's doubt about this money-making plan. Well, Shisui didn't know that in Itachi's previous life this industry was valued at over forty billion dollars. Just then, Itachi noticed Obito's absence of attention.
" Hey, Obito, this jutsu is very important for your future love life."
" Hmm, what do you mean? Do you think I have to change my face using some strange jutsu to win over Rin? You underestimate me too much, Itachi. When I was young, people were mad about my face, so I had to cover it up with goggles." Obito said confidently.
" That was before your accident. Now children would cry seeing your face."
" What do you know? These scars are a man's pride. I got these scars while saving Kakashi. Every time Rin would see me, she would think of my heroic deeds and easily fall in love with me."
" Sigh, Obito, then think of another angle. Even if I revive Rin, she would be the same age as when she died, which is thirteen to fourteen years old, and now you are already in your twenties. After a few years, you would be even older. Do you think Rin would like an uncle? And even if she did, she would like a handsome, successful ninja like Kakashi, not a creepy uncle who hides his face in a mask all day long."
" Ahh, bastard Itachi, what do you mean she would like Kakashi? He killed her."
" That's what you don't understand, Obito. When she meets him, she who is kind would immediately see Kakashi's guilt, and she would feel guilty because of this. Then she would feel indebted to Kakashi, and Kakashi would take her from you. You have to beat Kakashi in every field. First, with that jutsu, you would have a normal face even if you do not want to become more handsome. Then we can make you younger. Although you wouldn't have extra life, still you would be the same age as Rin, which will be your greatest advantage."
Hearing this, Obito fell into deep thought.
" I have to consider this more seriously. I am going. Do not disturb me unless there is an emergency." With that, Obito left the table halfway, leaving his dinner, going to contemplate his future love life.
" Brother Shisui, you are also not too young anymore, you should also find a partner."
Itachi, seeing Obito's escape, found another topic to tease Shisui.
" Itachi, there is still time....."
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Next day, Hokage Office
" Hokage-sama, Jiraiya-sama, the Uchiha clan has entered the meeting hall." An ANBU wearing a fox mask knelt down and conveyed the news. Hearing this, Hiruzen nodded in satisfaction.
Yesterday, he had to wait for the Uchiha clan for more than ten minutes, which harmed the dignity of the Hokage. Today, he would make them wait for ten minutes to let them know their place. Beside Hiruzen, Jiraiya was expressionless. Those who understand Jiraiya would know how angry Jiraiya was at this moment.
Ten minutes later — Hokage Meeting Hall
DOOR OPEN ( I don't know the sound of door opening)
Hiruzen, who had a pained expression while opening the door, suddenly froze. His original plan was that he would open the door with a pained expression, then apologize to everyone for the wait, and then start the meeting but his plan was disrupted in the first step.
On the main seat of the table, which is usually occupied by Sarutobi Hiruzen the most senior person in the office, Itachi was sitting quietly, closing his eyes. On his left side, Shisui and Fugaku were also sitting calmly, and on the right side, Obito and Setsuna were sitting.
The problem wasn't just of the Uchiha clan sitting on the leading seat but what Obito and Setsuna were doing. Setsuna was peeling an orange on the table, and Obito was compressing that orange to extract juice with the help of some strange machine. The rest of the ninjas of Konoha were seeing this clown show with interest, well except Nara Shikaku.
" You.. you.... Uchiha clan, what are you doing?" Hiruzen asked, trembling with anger. What were these bastard Uchiha clan members doing in this sacred Hokage Building in such an important meeting?
" Well, when we arrived on time, we found that you weren't present on time. So, we concluded that this meeting isn't important, and just a few seconds after we sat on our seats, clan chief Nara was heavily coughing, so I thought why not let everyone drink orange juice. So I am making orange juice." Hearing this, everyone's lips twitched in annoyance.
' If you are making it for everyone, then why are there only five glasses on the table?'
' Calm down, calm down.'
" Why are you sitting on my seat?" After a few deep breaths, Hiruzen, who had calmed down, asked the most important question.
" Otibo, who is he?" Itachi, who had his eyes closed, finally opened his eyes and asked Obito. ( In public Obito's name is Otibo )
" A dog?" Obito, who was busy, heard Itachi's question and answered without much thinking.
" HOW DARE YOU?" Itachi, hearing this, shouted with anger. Hearing Itachi's strong words, all the people were shocked. Could it be Itachi still respects Hiruzen, or is all of this a play? Even Obito looked at Itachi with confusion.
" How can you humiliate a dog like this? Look at Kakashi, his summoning beast is a dog. Now whenever he summons his dog, people would point at it and say, 'Look, that is Sarutobi Hiruzen.' How could Kakashi handle this humiliation? Look at the Inuzuka clan chief, he is so much humiliated by your answer that he has kept his head down so that he doesn't show his anger. Otibo, you disappoint me too much."
Obito, hearing this, was stunned and then smiled wildly inside his mask. As for the others, the Inuzuka clan chief wanted to die. ' I kept my head down so that my small Inuzuka clan wouldn't face any unnecessary disaster, but now you are giving me a death sentence.'
As for Kakashi, representing the Hatake clan, he just sat listlessly as if it wasn't him who was being discussed. Sarutobi Hiruzen, on the other hand, clenched his fist in anger. Jiraiya, on the other hand, ignored the farce and sat down on the nearby empty seat.
" I will give you another chance, what is he?" Obito this time didn't reply immediately. After a while of thinking, he looked at Itachi with utmost seriousness.
" Traitor?"
" How dar—"
" Enough!" Hiruzen, enraged, instantly shouted, ending this farce, and next he also sat down next to Jiraiya at the only empty seat.
" Ahem, since everyone is here, let's start the meeting without wasting any more time.
Yesterday, the envoy of Takigakure arrived and presented me with the joint declaration signed by Takigakure, Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure."
Hearing the names of all the major powers except Kirigakure, everyone became more serious, well, except Obito, though nobody paid attention to this clown.
" After reading it, I understood the crux of this matter, which involved so many ninja villages.
One month ago, our great Uchiha clan acting patriarch, Itachi Uchiha, illegally infiltrated Takigakure and stole the secret weapon of Takigakure— the Hero's Water. If that was all, it wouldn't involve other great nations but on the very same day, he also freed and stole the Seven-Tails from the village, and until now it is still missing.
All the major and minor villages have blamed Konoha for these actions and have issued an ultimatum that if Konoha doesn't return the Seven-Tails and Hero's Water along with compensation, then the Fourth Great Ninja War would begin the next day."
" The Uchiha clan will not return Seven-Tails Nanabi and Hero's Water." Itachi, who was silent for a while, finally spoke without giving others much time to think.
" You bastard, the ninja world has been in peace for only a few years, and now you want to start the Fourth Great Ninja War, killing thousands of people?" Jiraiya, who considered himself the saviour of the world and the teacher of the Child of Prophecy, couldn't bear it anymore. First, the Uchiha clan attacked a foreign village without communicating with Konoha and stole their most important treasure and Tailed Beast. Now, even though Konoha is implicated by their doing, they do not want to repent and cause immense suffering to the Ninja world.
" It doesn't matter. The Uchiha clan is fully capable of taking care of one ninja village; the village can take care of the other two villages.
And did I do anything wrong? Decades ago, the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, also kidnapped all the Tailed Beasts and sold them to other villages. I have only taken the Seven-Tails. Did those villages even dare to speak a single word? They could only honestly pay money or get lost. That was the era of a mere Hashirama Senju. Look in front of you, the Strongest Hokage is in front of you. Will other villages even dare to think of attacking Konoha?"
' They not only dare to think of it, they have even sent the ultimatum. And do you think we don't know how much of a Strongest Hokage Hiruzen really is? ' All the older ninjas thought wildly in their heads.
As for some hotheaded younger ninjas, they nodded in approval.
We believe in the Strongest Hokage.
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