Chapter 618: Chapter – 611 Incoming Trouble!
Uchiha Clan.
While Kuroto was going through the history of the Hyuga Clan, a Clan meeting was being convened at the Uchiha Clan.
Patriarch Fugaku sat in the middle of the hall with his arms folded over his chest, and with a rigid expression on his face, he observed every Uchiha shinobi present in the assembly.
Several major changes have happened in the village in a very short time such as the resignation of Sarutobi Hiruzen as the Sandaime Hokage, then the appointment of Shimura Danzo as the temporary Hokage Agent along with several other things, in order to discuss strategies on how to cope with all these changes, this meeting has been convened by Fugaku.
Originally, Shisui just came to the Uchiha territory to take care of some tedious things before heading off to the Ninja Academy, but as soon as his presence was noticed inside the Uchiha Clan territory, he was summoned by Fugaku to attend the meeting.
Although Shisui was in an extreme hurry, in the face of Fugaku's order, Shisui was sort of helpless and had no choice but to come to attend the meeting.
After a while, everyone was settled and several issues were discussed, Fugaku turned towards Shisui and questioned in a deep voice, "Shisui, I have received reliable news that you are one of the three candidates for the position of the Principal of the Ninja Academy… is that correct?"
As soon as other Uchiha clansmen heard Fugaku's words, they were all surprised and then became excited.
Back when Nidaime Hokage Senju Tobirama came into power, the Uchiha Clan was confined within the Konoha Military Police Force, and since then, regardless of how many sacrifices Uchiha Clan makes for the sake of the village, regardless of how much an Uchiha contribute to the Village in times of war or through any other means, and regardless of how much strength and prestige an Uchiha shinobi earned, his ultimate destination would be the Konoha Military Police Force. No matter what the Uchiha Clansmen tried, they were not allowed to enter other administration departments.
But now that Shisui has become one of the three candidates for the position of the Principal of the Ninja Academy, this undoubtedly shows the time when the Uchiha Clan will be breaking out of these chains, and confinements are coming… The Hokage faction has to relent and allow the Uchiha Clansmen to enter other administration departments. This means that Uchiha will truly be able to become part of the village and no longer remain so isolated… hence the excitement.
Even before Shisui could nod or deny it, Fugaku continued in an unquestionable tone, "Shisui, you must get the position of the Principal of the Ninja Academy… it is very important to the Uchiha Clan."
Even the other Uchiha Clansmen were directing ardent gaze towards Shisui…
In the face of everyone's burning gazes, Shisui shook his head with an embarrassed expression, "I am sorry everyone… Patriarch, just before I returned back to the clan territory, the person who will be holding the position of the Principal of the Ninja Academy has been determined… Kuroto-san from the Hyuga Clan has been chosen as the principal…"
"What?!" Fugaku frowned upon hearing this news, and he couldn't help but be disappointed… Although he wanted to question some things from Shisui, considering his prestige, he chose not to do so at this moment…
But the other Uchiha clansmen were not the same as Fugaku, and they immediately started clamouring, "From the Hyuga Clan? What qualifications do they have? How dare they compete with us Uchiha…! They are just sensor-class…!"
"Damn, it… it's Hyuga Kuroto again…! A few years ago, too, it was Hyuga Kuroto who defeated Shisui in the Special Jonin exam… then it was him again who defeated Shinichi and Hiiragi… every time this Hyuga Kuroto interferes…!"
"Not just him, it must be the strategy of the Hokage Faction… they just wanted us to think that Shisui might get the position of the Principal of the Ninja Academy, but in reality, they don't want the Uchiha Clan to get out of the Konoha Military Police Force… this is why they deliberately gave the position to the Hyuga Kuroto… otherwise, what qualification does he have against Shisui? Hyuga Kuroto wouldn't even be able to handle Itachi… let alone Shisui…!"
"Yes… we can't accept such a decision… this is clearly discrimination and suppression of the Uchiha clan! If we give in here, the Hokage Faction will again start to push us to the corner of the village!"
As different people started to let out their dissatisfaction, the meeting hall became noisy with curses for the Hokage faction, Hyuga Clan, Hyuga Kuroto, and Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Seeing that the situation was turning worst every second, Shisui hurriedly tried to explain, "Don't take it the wrong way… even if I was given the position, I would have taken the initiative to give up the position of the Principal of the Ninja Academy because I believe Kuroto-san can do the job much better compared to me… it had nothing to do with Hokage faction trying to suppress the Uchiha Clan or anything…"
"Shisui…! You don't need to force yourself to give us an explanation…"
"Humph… do you think we will believe this bullshit? And what are you talking about 'he can do the job much better compared to me?' do you think he is better than the Uchiha Clan?"
"Shisui, stop taking the side of the Hokage faction every time, even you know what they few us Uchiha!"
Everyone within the Uchiha Clan knows that Shisui takes the side of the Hokage faction (according to them), so no one within the Clan accepted his explanation, they didn't even bother to listen to him.
According to the Uchiha Clansmen, the Hokage faction just didn't want the Uchiha Clan to get involved in other administrative units of the village, as such, they didn't give the position to Shisui, who is the most qualified. And the explanation Shisui is giving is all a lie, he is taking the responsibility on his shoulders to dispel everyone's dissatisfaction.
Seeing that the situation wasn't going anywhere, Shisui had no choice but to sigh and sit back with a helpless expression on his face.
At this time, one of the radical Uchiha spoke to Fugaku, "Patriarch, we must not accept this decision… we must do something so that the position of the Principal of the Ninja Academy is handed over to Shisui…"
Incited by the radical Uchiha, another Uchiha stood up and said, "Yes, this is what our Uchiha Clan deserve… the current Uchiha Clan has five Mangekyou Sharingan users, the village has to learn to not respect us for our strength… compared to us Hyuga Clan is nothing, they don't deserve this position!"
Obviously, this Uchiha Shinobi counted two Homusubi, masked Uchiha of the Akatsuki, Shinichi, and Shisui when he spoke to five Mangekyou Sharingan users… From a certain perspective he is indeed correct, but to count all of them as Uchiha at this point in time is pretty idiotic…
However, strangely enough, all the Uchiha Clansmen except for a few smart ones present in the meeting hall agreed with him, they don't seem to care about the fact that those five Mangekyou Sharingan users belonged to three different camps.
Even the Uchiha Patriarch, although he didn't speak it outright and had a calm face, was very dissatisfied and unhappy with this decision.
The thought of a junior from the Hyuga Clan becoming the head of an administrative unit, and sitting in the same position as him, the captain of the Konoha Military Police Force didn't make him feel very good in his heart.
Sitting in the corner of the meeting hall, listening to everyone's contempt and ridicule of the Hyuga Clan and Kuroto, as well as, complaints and dissatisfaction towards the leaders of the Hokage faction, Itachi felt uneasy in his heart.
No one in Konoha is aware of the true power of Kuroto better than he and Shisui… The mere fact that Kuroto could evolve his Byakugan into Tenseigan, a higher-level Dojutsu that was never even heard in the Shinobi World alone proves just how talented he is…
Moreover, the Tenseigan is not 'just a higher level Dojutsu' it's a very powerful Dojutsu that can rival even the legendary Rinnegan, the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths.
The only reason why the Uchiha Clan can be as proud as they are is that Kuroto doesn't seem to have any intention of earning false worship or reputation, otherwise, the current Hokage of Konoha would have been Kuroto without anyone opposing this decision.
Looking at all the Uchiha bad-mouthing Kuroto, he couldn't help but really pity them… Itachi feels funny when he imagines their reaction if they were to learn that of the five Mangekyou Sharingan users, four are working for Kuroto and are considered his subordinates.
'Hahaha… thankfully… Kuroto-san is broad-minded and doesn't care about what other people think of him, otherwise…"
Thinking so, Itachi felt relieved in his heart… At the same time, the shortsightedness, arrogance, and unneeded pride among the clansmen made them worried about them.
In the noisy hall, helpless Shisui and Itachi looked at each other with similar expressions on their face, and both shook their head with a sigh, as both of them could feel each other's dilemma… Surrounded by the fanatical, radical, arrogant, and proud kinsmen, both of them felt out of place.
After a while of getting bored, the meeting finally ended, and as soon as it did, both Shisui and Itachi excused themselves, they didn't want to stay there a minute longer as they felt sort of breathless and suffocation.
Coming to their secret training field, Itachi said to Shisui, "I searched through Sasuke's memory… during his stay at the base of the Akatsuki Organization, Shinichi protected him and even gave him formal training…"
Hearing such news, Shisui wasn't surprised, and said, "Shinichi was inserted into the Akatsuki Organization as a spy by Kuroto-san… in the future, when he leaves that organization, he will be able to return back to the village… his return will help us keep the radicals in control… and even if he doesn't want to return back to the village, he can stay at Amatsukami's base…"
Itachi nodded, "Hmm, I have started to think that the Uchiha Clan needs more calm and wise people… those who don't just act on their emotions, but rather think things through before speaking or doing things like Tsukihi-san… if Tsukihi-san were to join the Uchiha Clan maybe…"
However, before he could finish his words, suddenly the sound of rapid footsteps coming closer to them was heard which caused Itachi to stop midway, and look in the direction of the guest.
As Itachi and Shisui turned in the direction from where the sound of footsteps was heard, two children appeared out of the bushes and rushed straight towards Itachi.
The two kids were none other than Uchiha Sasuke and Uchiha Kiyomi…
Holding the breathless Sasuke and Kiyomi, Itachi crouched down and gently asked, "Sasuke, Kiyomi, what happened?"
After catching their breath, Sasuke was the one who spoke first… he pointed in the direction of the Uchiha Clan territory, and said with a worried expression, "Nii-san… some of our clansmen have gone in the direction of the Hyuga Clan with an angry expression… They said they are going to teach a lesson to Neji's Sensei…!"
Sasuke is actually not familiar with Kuroto, but because of his friendship with Neji, Sasuke knows that Kuroto is Neji's Sensei, so he is sort of worried about him, and out of friendship with Neji, Sasuke wanted to help Neji's Sensei.
Itachi was taken aback, "What?"
Kiyomi nodded with a serious expression, "Yes, Itachi-nii-san… I and Sasuke-nii-san were in the market with Mikoto-Kaa-chan, and suddenly seven-eight people from the clan started clamouring that they are going to teach someone named Hyuga Kuroto a lesson… Some elders tried to calm them, and even Mikoto-Kaa-chan tried to stop them, but they didn't listen and rushed out…
Currently, Mikoto-Kaa-chan has gone home to inform Fugaku-sama about this, and she sent the two of us to find Shisui-nii-san and you… so that the two of you can stop them before it's too late…"
Shisui sighed with a helpless expression, "Sigh, why are they causing so much trouble…?"
Itachi had the same expression, and said, "Well, let's take a look… I just hope that we have enough time to stop them before it's too late."
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Chapter 619: Chapter – 612 Strangeness within the Hyuga Clan
At the same time, in the secret library of the Hyuga Clan.
"Sure enough… the relationship with the Kaguya Clan was exactly as I had assumed…"
Looking through the genealogy of the Hyuga Clan, Kuroto found that during the Warring States Period, there are records of marriages between the Hyuga Clan and the Kaguya Clan, although it's quite strange that only the women of the Kaguya Clan got married to the men of the Hyuga Clan, not the other way around, it was perhaps done to prevent the outflow of Byakugan…
Anyway, after reading these records of marriage, Kuroto can indeed confirm that the Hyuga Clan and the Kaguya Clan had a close relationship and that the two clans are blood relatives that are descendants of the same ancestral origin.
But with the establishment of Konoha, Kirigakure, and other Shinobi Villages, and several wars that took place that led to the death of countless shinobis, the relationship between the Hyuga Clan and the Kaguya Clan became distant, estranged, cold, and tense because of the enmity and hatred between the two Shinobi Villages.
All this information was already within Kuroto's expectations, so it did not surprise him all that much and he continued to go through the history of the Hyuga Clan with the hope that he will find something that would help him reach an answer to his question.
"This is…!"
And not long after he did stumble upon something…
As he was looking at the records of the population of the Hyuga Clan, Kuroto quickly noticed that in the millennium-year-long history of the Hyuga Clan, the population of the Hyuga Clan was mostly maintained in the numerical range of three thousand to four thousand, there were even times when the population of the Hyuga Clan reached as high as five thousand to six thousand… that was perhaps the most prosperous time for the Hyuga Clan, and during those times, the Hyuga Clan was comparable to the Senju Clan and the Uchiha Clan, in terms of population at least…
But for some inexplicable reason, after reaching the peak value of 5894 about three centuries ago, the population of the Hyuga Clan started to decline and has been decreasing since then.
The decline is so serious that at this point in time, the number of Hyuga Clansmen alive is only about seven hundred, including all the men, women, and children from both the main family and the branch family.
In just three centuries, the population of the Hyuga Clan has decreased from 5894 to 1200… this is a highly concerning matter… this decrease in population of the Hyuga Clan may not have attracted that much attention considering the decline was slow and steady and happened over a period of three centuries, but when Kuroto read entire Genealogy in ten minutes, he felt this slow and steady decline quite strange…
"Is it really because of the war?" muttered Kuroto with a thoughtful expression.
The war between Clans and nations has always been the major cause of the decline of the population among the Shinobi Clans… The former greatest Clan, the Senju Clan is the prime example… After the establishment of Konoha Village, during the first great shinobi war, and second great shinobi war, the shinobi of the Senju Clan took the lead in all the battlefronts and suffered the most casualties, the death rate of the Senju Clan reached such a high point that the number of men in Senju Clan declined heavily and male to female ratio was greatly affected…
Low male to female ratio along with the policies implemented by Shodaime Hokage with the intention of thoroughly integrating the Senju Clan into Konoha resulted in a large number of intermarriages between the women of the Senju Clan and ordinary villagers, which further lead to the dilution of the Senju blood and the decline of Senju Clan.
The decline of the Senju Clan is so severe that today Senju Clan exists in name only, and Senju Tsunade is the only member carrying the entire clan on her shoulders… In a few years from now, when she will pass away, the Senju Clan will completely cease to exist.
After all, Tsunade-hime doesn't seem to have any intention of leaving behind a descendant, so no one will be left to carry forward the Senju Clan, or maybe, that won't happen considering the fact that Shimizu Naomi's niece Mika also carries the Senju blood… even if Mika is only a quarter Senju, she is a Senju nonetheless, and may carry the banner of the once greatest clan in the future… but that is a matter to be discussed another time…
Coming back to the main topic, Kuroto first speculated that the cause of the decline of the population of the Hyuga Clan is also war, after all, all the deaths have happened in the wars between clans and villages, but after thinking over it, he denied it...
The reason is that after rereading the entire history of the Hyuga Clan, Kuroto found no record of too many deaths at once, except one time when several hundred Hyuga Clansmen died due to a mysterious cause.
Although the mysterious cause that led to the deaths of hundreds of clansmen is a matter to be frowned upon, Kuroto decided to not focus on it at this very moment.
Coming back to the topic, he only saw that the number of Hyuga Clansmen dying every year were within an acceptable range, and not too much that would cause a decline in the entire population.
But this is also natural, considering that the Hyuga Clan had no major enemies during the Warring States period.
During the Warring States Period, the relationship between each Shinobi Clan was tense, and a fight between shinobis of different clans was a common occurrence, but even if that was the case, it never reached the point where two clans were mortal enemies, except the Senju and Uchiha Clans, of course.
This means, even if Hyuga Clan had several conflicts with the shinobis of other clans, the scale of conflict with other shinobi clans should have never reached such a degree that would result in a drastic decline in the population of the clan.
Since this is the case, the cause of the decline of the Hyuga Clan's population is not war, nor is it the coup d'état from the branch family… then what is the cause?
Upon further research, Kuroto soon noticed one more detail…
"This is it… The number of births in the Hyuga Clan has also decreased with each year…"
The cause of the decline of the Hyuga Clan population is not the increased death toll caused by wars, rather it is the decreasing ratio of the number of births compared to the number of deaths per year.
If the number of children born in the Hyuga Clan is decreasing every year, and along with it, the ratio of the number of deaths to the number of births is decreasing, then obviously, the population will decline.
Although this is quite understandable, why exactly is this happening? Why is the number of newborns decreasing each year?
The decline in the population of the Hyuga Clan over time appears to be so smooth that at first glance it doesn't even attract any attention… it feels as if… as if someone is secretly controlling all this…!
After figuring out the cause of the decline in population, the doubts in Kuroto's heart not only did not decrease, but rather they became graver and graver.
In the cognition of ordinary villagers, the Hyuga Clan has the highest number of Shinobi compared to any other Clan, even more than the Uchiha Clan, this is another reason why everyone thinks that the Hyuga Clan and Uchiha Clan are rival clans. Even if Uchiha Clan has some shinobi who are quite strong, Hyuga Clan is able to compensate for that lack of strength with its advantage in numbers.
However, this is just their misunderstanding for they don't truly understand the Uchiha Clan.
Indeed, the number of Uchiha Shinobi is less compared to the Hyuga Clan, the number of Uchiha Shinobi is half as much as the Hyuga Clan, but this doesn't mean that the overall population of the Uchiha Clan is less compared to the Hyuga Clan. On the contrary, if the entire population of the Uchiha Clan is taken into account, then it is definitely twice the number of the Hyuga Clan…
The issue with the Uchiha Clan is that not everyone in their clan awakens their Kekkei Genkai Sharingan, unlike the Hyuga Clan in which almost everyone awakens the Byakugan. This is why, the ordinary Uchiha, who are only ordinary villagers and have no qualification of becoming shinobi are sometimes forgotten by everyone, which is obviously not the case in the Hyuga Clan, since everyone awakens the Byakugan.
The demise of the Senju Clan happened because of the decisions of Shodaime Hokage-sama, and Nidaime Hokage-sama… the demise of the Uzumaki Clan was the result of fear that the other shinobi villages had, the demise of the Kaguya Clan happened because of their curse… now only the Uchiha Clan and the Hyuga Clan are left…
It is said that, after Uchiha Madara left Konoha, internal strife broke out within the Uchiha clan for the position of the Uchiha Patriarch… this infighting displayed 'Izanagi' quite a few times, and led to the development of 'Izanami'. This infighting led to a large number of casualties in the Uchiha Clan, however, if Kuroto sees now, the overall population of the Uchiha Clan did not decline because of the internal fighting and remained stable…
"Then why is it that the number of Hyuga Clansmen is decreasing? This is too strange!"
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