Shisui had no intention of interrupting the conversation between Uchiha Jin and Fugaku; he just stayed by the side, watching quietly.
His face was pale, and his brows were tightly furrowed.
Clearly.
The more he learned about the secrets of the Old Konoha period, the more he realized his own naivety and foolishness back then.
The struggles of the higher-ups were too cold-blooded!
Not only Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had seemed kind back then, but even Minato Namikaze, who was gentle like a small sun, fundamentally only utilized the Uchiha. Perhaps his methods were gentler than Hiruzen Sarutobi's, but in essence, it didn't change the fact that deep down, he was still wary of and slightly suppressing the Uchiha.
If Uchiha Jin had not suddenly risen to power, the consequences for the Uchiha Clan would have been dire!
At this moment.
Shisui couldn't help but recall a phrase Uchiha Jin often repeated.
A Great Nation has no right to surrender!
The same principle applied to the Village: Ninja Clans like the Aburame or Ino–Shika–Chō could surrender, but a millennia-old Great Clan like the Uchiha simply had no right to surrender.
Either become the Hokage, or be feared—until the clan is annihilated!
Because no matter who truly took the position of Hokage, nobody was confident they could completely control a powerful group like the Uchiha.
Coupled with the Uchiha's arrogant nature, constantly acting as if they looked down on everyone else... this was a deadlock, impossible for anyone to guarantee a solution to!
And in the environment of Old Konoha back then, the Uchiha had no chance of rising to power, so the only path awaiting them was extermination.
Fortunately, a powerful hero descended from the heavens!
The Uchiha Clan gave birth to a powerhouse like Jin, who was not only strong but also sharp-minded, thus forcibly reversing the Uchiha's deadlock.
"Hokage-sama, I have a doubt!"
"I feel like the current Senju Clan is quite similar to the Uchiha of the past!"
"Although the Senju Clan is very weak right now, and you have enough strength to control everything, if a few decades or a hundred years pass, the Senju Clan will definitely rise up based on their bloodline power."
"Will the Uchiha be able to tolerate the Senju Clan at that time?"
"How could someone as intelligent as the Second Hokage fail to see this point?"
Shisui hesitated for a long time before finally asking.
On one hand, he truly couldn't figure this matter out, and more importantly, he was trying his best to learn, hoping to assist Uchiha Jin more in the future.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
After hearing Shisui's question, Fugaku couldn't help but freeze in place.
They were discussing Minato Namikaze; how did the conversation suddenly switch to the Senju Clan?
However.
Fugaku also didn't quite understand Shisui's doubt, so he could only look toward Uchiha Jin.
"Shisui, you are mistaken," Uchiha Jin said calmly. "You are overthinking things."
"If we look back at Old Konoha, it is true that anyone who took the position of Hokage would be wary of our Uchiha Clan."
"However, the Senju Clan is an exception!"
"Because their bloodline is not Uchiha, and they are also a millennia-old Great Clan. As long as they could secure the position of Hokage, they could rely on the Senju Clan members to firmly suppress the Uchiha Clan."
"If you add the strength of the entire Konoha, then the Uchiha Clan would not be a problem at all."
"This is also why, during the time Senju Tobirama served as Hokage, the Uchiha, despite being displeased, didn't cause any trouble. On the contrary, the Uchiha Clan lived quite well during that period, and the rest of Konoha didn't overly exclude us."
"Think about it carefully, isn't that the case?"
"Conversely..."
"The Uchiha situation worsened after Hiruzen Sarutobi took office!"
"It was because Hiruzen Sarutobi had a low strength ceiling, and the Sarutobi Clan couldn't give him much support, that he had to move against the Senju, the Uzumaki, and even us Uchiha in order to seize control of the Village."
"In contrast, Senju Tobirama had absolutely no need to do that!"
"He merely imposed some restrictions on the Uchiha because he considered the fact that awakening the Sharingan would cause a drastic change in their personality."
"But compared to what the Uchiha suffered during Hiruzen Sarutobi's era, their lives during Senju Tobirama's time were actually very good!"
"Now, it's the same!"
"The Uchiha's bloodline power is not inferior to the Senju Clan's, so regardless of who in the clan takes the Hokage position in the future, they generally won't be overly wary of the Senju Clan."
"And there is another point: the power of intermarriage!"
"Although neither of our two clans has proposed it yet, the Uchiha and Senju Clan will definitely intermarry in the future, and intermarriage with other Ninja Clans will also continue."
"As time passes, after just a few generations, the so-called Ninja Clans will be weakened."
"Because most people will possess several bloodlines within them, they will likely form a new cohesive entity."
"The things we need to worry about now might not be concerns at all after a few generations."
Uchiha Jin explained Shisui's question in great detail.
After all, he placed high hopes on Shisui, and naturally wished for him to mature quickly.
"I see!" Shisui nodded.
Even Fugaku, standing nearby, was astonished by how far-reaching Uchiha Jin's planning was.
Indeed... with the Uchiha intermarrying with the major Ninja Clans, even if the Uchiha no longer held the Hokage position in the future, other Ninja Clans who came to power wouldn't be overly wary of them.
Because the interiors of the major Ninja Clans would fundamentally possess Uchiha bloodlines!
Furthermore, as this intermarriage intensified, perhaps after a few generations, the major Ninja Clans would truly become a single entity, with every individual possessing a large amount of other Ninja Clan bloodline power.
Under these circumstances, the Ninja Clans would likely dissipate.
And this point...
was actually one of Uchiha Jin's schemes, since the Ninja World, unlike Flower Nation, does not have weaknesses like inbreeding... Half an hour later.
After Fugaku and Shisui left, Shisui began strictly supervising the clan members' training, while Fugaku returned straight to the Police Force.
As for Uchiha Jin?
He immediately prepared to head to the Hokage Office, as he had to fulfill the promises made to Other Ninja Villages.
Using Konoha's official tone, he would directly declare the Akatsuki Organization as the public enemy of the entire Ninja World!
Not only the matter of them stealing Tailed Beasts, but also the deaths of the Daimyo and nobles of the various Great Nations would all be pinned entirely on the Akatsuki Organization.
There was truly no other way!
After all, the major Ninja Villages had investigated for so long without finding the real culprit, and considering the danger posed by the Akatsuki Organization, they could only reluctantly saddle them with the blame.
After all... no one expected the Akatsuki Organization to refute this, and even if they did, the people of the Ninja World wouldn't believe them anyway.
The Akatsuki Organization was definitely going to take this blame!
Regardless of whether the Akatsuki Organization was willing or not!