Chapter 3: Wood Release at the Clan Meeting (Part 2) (Ch 3)

Elder Huahai’s words even resonated with many neutral Uchiha under Togashi and Fugaku’s command.
Although they didn’t speak, the hesitation in their eyes told Togashi that it was indeed not appropriate to let Harumitsu succeed the clan leader at this time.
The secret room fell into silence. While Togashi was listening to these opinions, he was also keeping an eye on Harumitsu’s movements. Until now, his expression had not changed at all.
Obviously, Qingguang must have a way to deal with it.
For more than 20 years, Togashi, as the head of the Uchiha clan, has experienced the last Hokage, Tobirama Senju, and has been fighting with the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen for more than ten years. He dare not say that he knows this man best, but he is definitely one of the people in the village who understands his methods and habits best.
Half a year ago, Uzumaki Mito passed away. At the high-level meeting, Sarutobi Hiruzen announced Kushina’s identity as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. At first, the Anbu was responsible for protecting her.
But not long after, a large number of Anbu and Root troops were transferred to the border, and the task of protecting the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki fell on Harumi’s shoulders.
Others didn’t know, but as the clan leader, he naturally received such a notice.
But there was one thing that he couldn’t figure out no matter how hard he thought about it: why did Haruki appear at Uzumaki Mito’s funeral and even preside over the funeral?
Although Haruki had become famous in Konoha during that time, Tsunade, as a disciple of Sarutobi Hiruzen and the eldest grandson of Uzumaki Mito, was clearly the best candidate.
From this, he drew a bold conclusion.
Haruki is the real Jinchūriki of the Nine-Tails!
Only this can explain why Qingguang presided over that funeral.
In the past six months, Haruhiko should have been training to master the power of the Nine-Tails. Now that he is ready to step onto the battlefield, it means that Haruhiko has been able to master some of the Nine-Tails’ chakra.
Just as Togashi was about to go against everyone’s opinion and force the position of clan leader to Harumitsu.
Yashiro behind Elder Huahai swallowed, as if he had made a great decision. Haruki’s figure was reflected in his eyes. He slowly stood up, swept his eyes over the faces of the tribesmen present, and finally looked at Togashi.
“I don’t think the chieftain would treat the position of chieftain as a joke. Since he decided to let Qingguang inherit the position of chieftain, he must have his reasons.”
“If anyone disagrees, then let’s decide in the most traditional way of our Uchiha since ancient times.”
“Haruki, I think many of your clansmen also want to know your true strength, and so do I.” As the words fell, the three-magatama Sharingan appeared in the eyes of the Eighth Hokage.
He knew very well that Harumitsu was now in an extremely embarrassing situation. Most people did not think that Harumitsu was qualified to succeed the clan leader, but no one wanted to offend the adopted son of the Hokage.
Someone must step forward and challenge Harumi first to show his strength.
Even if his behavior would be misunderstood by Qingguang, it didn’t matter.
He and Qiu Yuan were able to be together thanks to Qingguang’s help in bringing them together. Even if he would be misunderstood for the rest of his life, he would have no regrets and only hoped that he could help Qingguang.
Togashi looked at Harumitsu and asked, “Harumitsu, are you willing to accept the challenge?”
Haruki looked towards Yashiro, the corners of his mouth rising slightly.
“Let’s go, this place is too small to display our skills.”
All the Uchiha set out for the nearby training ground.
Elder Huahai looked at the figure of Yashiro in the center of the training ground, feeling both happy and sad.
Yashiro had always been the most outstanding Uchiha in his faction, and he had thought that because of his marriage to Akien, Yashiro would feel special gratitude towards Harumitsu and would favor the other party.
But unexpectedly, he could still stand firm. It’s a pity that Yashiro openly sang a different tune and would definitely be blacklisted by Qingguang, and even be branded as an ungrateful person in the clan.
“The kunai has fallen to the ground, and the duel begins.” Togashi said while holding a kunai.
Just as everyone’s attention was focused on the kunai, Haruki raised his hand.
“Qingguang, do you have anything else to say?”
“Chief Togashi, please bring a few more people, so as not to waste more time later.”
Setsuna, who was standing by, heard this and snorted coldly, “Boy, don’t think that you can be proud of opening the Three Magatama Sharingan at the age of 14. You are not the only one who has the Three Magatama.”
Haruki did not show any dissatisfaction after hearing this, but nodded in agreement: “Elder Setsuna is right, but Brother Fugaku was able to fight two alone and severely injure Hanzo’s two capable generals. If I cannot show my strength and let everyone think that I am not as good as Brother Fugaku, then even if I win, I will not be able to gain everyone’s trust.”
“So, please help Qingguang, seniors, please.”
After saying this, Qingguang bowed slightly to the tribesmen around him.
After hearing what Qingguang said, the Uchiha who wanted to step forward to challenge him naturally gave up the danger of being hated by him.
This is something that Qingguang really seems to be someone who could say, and only he would say that.
The first to step out from the crowd were the brothers Tiehuo and Daohuo.
Dao Huo, the elder brother, said, “Qing Guang, we two brothers also want to fight with you and find out your current strength.”
Although they said so, the brothers had already reached a consensus. Although he was an hawkish Uchiha, Haruhiru was a child they had watched grow up. He was like a real brother, so they would help their relatives instead of the wise.
The worst that could happen is that they could just let him win secretly. In a battle between jonin, it only takes one mistake to be defeated, and it is very difficult to detect the flaws.
Besides, it was a one-on-many situation, and all attention was focused on Qingguang, so no one would pay attention to them.
“No problem, let’s have three more. No matter how powerful Hanzo’s right-hand men are, they can’t fight against three three-magatama Uchiha alone.” Harumi added.
There is a saying in the ninja world that it is very difficult to win against an Uchiha of the same level in a one-on-one fight, but if you meet an Uchiha with open eyes, it is basically a death sentence.
Although this statement is not absolute, it can also prove the strength of the Uchiha clan.
Not long after, three more Uchiha figures walked out from the crowd.
Two of them were also old acquaintances of Harumi, Huoguang and Yaowei who had patrolled with him before, and Uchiha Kasumi, the daughter of Elder Hanami.
The black tights outlined her voluptuous and attractive figure. Although there was almost no skin exposed on her body, it still made people imagine. The high ponytail swayed behind her graceful figure, the hair on the left side of her face drooped slightly, and the delicate earrings were faintly visible.
With her cool and exquisite appearance, she was pursued by many Uchiha, but unfortunately, there was no one she liked.
She put all her thoughts into the Uchiha clan’s swordsmanship, and with the help of the three-magatama Sharingan, she was even able to fight Fugaku on equal terms.
But unfortunately, Fugaku was not good at swordsmanship and she was not satisfied with the fight. She soon lost interest and only fought with him a few times.