Luo Sha opened his eyes.
The surrounding scenery felt somewhat unfamiliar to Luo Sha.
This is the Uchiha clan's residence, but it's completely different from the last time.
The towering walls seemed to confine this place into a prison.
It's so much smaller than before.
All that's left is a short, narrow street.
There were simple little houses on both sides, but at the end of the road, there was still a magnificent courtyard that used to belong to Uchiha San'gaku, and now its owner should be Uchiha Fugaku.
"Is this all the Uchiha clan left in Konoha?"
The sky gradually brightened.
Uchiha Tessho opened the door of the pancake shop, looked around, and sighed.
Seeing her husband's worry, Uchiha Jun patted the back of his hand that was burning.
"It's good that you're still alive."
Uchiha Tessho looked away and forced a smile.
"It's good that we're alive, but there aren't many customers buying our pancakes anymore."
The pancake shop used to rely on the Uchiha clan for its livelihood.
Now, only a few dozen Uchiha remain in Konoha.
Moreover, many people don't like to eat pancakes.
Luo Sha walked toward the pancake shop.
"Good morning, Uncle Hand-Burned Rice."
"Xuan, good morning."
Luo Sha took a pancake and said, "Uncle Hand-baked Pancake, you could open your pancake shop on the village's commercial street. With your skills, you'd definitely attract a lot of people."
Uchiha Tessho shook his head.
"Forget it. Putting aside the possibility that someone might rent a shop to me in the commercial street, if I were to open a pancake shop there now, it would be impossible for me to attract any normal customers."
"The people in the village used to have a lot of opinions about us Uchiha."
"After this internal strife, the people in the village have even more grievances against us Uchiha."
"I don't dare to go out now. If I do, I'll inevitably face hostility and insults. Some people will even hurl stones, garbage, and rotten eggs at us…"
Uchiha Shousho got angrier and angrier as he spoke.
Clearly, this is something Uchiha Tessho experienced firsthand.
Otherwise, given Uchiha Tessho's personality, he wouldn't have said something like that.
Perhaps because he had been feeling too depressed lately, Uchiha Tessho kept rambling on and on.
He basically explained the current situation of the Uchiha clan and Konoha.
As Luo Sha listened, he pondered in his mind.
Following the internal strife, Fugaku Uchiha immediately severed ties with the Uchiha rebels and donated most of the Uchiha clan's wealth to the village.
The reason given was to compensate the villagers who were harmed by the Uchiha.
But in reality, what Fugaku Uchiha offered was not just the wealth of the Uchiha rebels.
Many of these items actually belong to the Uchiha clan collectively.
That is, the family assets previously controlled by the Uchiha Fugaku family and various elders.
Everything has been given away now.
It's fair to say that the remaining dozens of Uchiha were essentially impoverished overnight.
All the previous benefits are gone.
All that's left are some worthless things.
To survive, one must keep trying.
Given Konoha's current treatment of the Uchiha clan, even with hard work, there's no guarantee of a reward.
They might be targeted even more severely.
The situation might be better for the Uchiha Fugaku family.
Suddenly, the sound of Uchiha's hands burning subsided.
Luo Sha turned around and saw a figure that looked somewhat familiar.
The smell of Uchiha medicine.
Members of the Konoha Guard.
"Uncle, two pounds of pancakes, please."
"Okay."
Uchiha Yakumi was looking at Rasa.
"Xuan, good morning."
"Good morning, Senior Yaowei. But why did you buy so many pancakes? Two pounds, you can't possibly finish them all, can you?"
Uchiha Yakumi approached Rasa, lowering his voice slightly.
"This was sent by Clan Chief Fugaku to patronize Uncle Teyaki's business. The Uchiha clan will be going to have a tough time in the near future, and Clan Chief Fugaku is planning to help everyone out."
Luo Sha looked enlightened and asked again.
"I see. Where will Senior Medicine Flavor go later?"
Uchiha Yakumi sighed.
"Where else can we go? Right now, we Uchiha have neither work nor missions, and it's not even convenient for us to leave the base. We can only wander around within the base. I plan to go to the training ground."
"For ninjas, training to improve their strength is always useful. Gen, do you want to join us?"
"Shisui will go too."
Luo Sha hesitated for a moment, then agreed.
"good."
Before long, Uchiha Tessaki came out carrying two pounds of pancakes.
Uchiha Yakumi took the pancake and headed towards the training ground.
Luo Sha followed closely behind.
With no missions, the guard unit taken back by Konoha, and not a single Uchiha on the battlefield, this is the current reality for the Uchiha – they are essentially trapped within their base.
To say they are not prisoners is just a matter of lacking a title.
Outside the Uchiha compound, a large number of ninjas were monitoring the situation inside.
"Senior Yaowei, what kind of people are in the Security Department now?"
"It was taken over by members of the Sarutobi and Shimura clans, and some civilian ninjas were also recruited."
Uchiha Yakumi said, "Last time, the Sarutobi and Shimura clans suffered the most casualties, so most of the Uchiha's compensation went to these two clans."
"Including the settlements that were separated from our Uchiha clan."
Before even entering the training ground, I could already hear the sounds of ninjas training inside.
The two pushed open the door and walked in.
A gaze turned toward the doorway.
"Senior Yaowei, Senior Xuan."
Uchiha Shisui was already soaked in sweat, so he must have arrived much earlier than usual.
Rasa looked at Uchiha Shisui with envy.
Despite his young age, he is quite well-mannered. He has been honing his skills on the battlefield for several years at a young age and has achieved remarkable results, making a name for himself.
"This is what talent looks like."
"Why doesn't my Sunagakure have such talent?"
"There are just too many talented people in Konoha."
"Fortunately, they didn't cherish it."
"Otherwise, life would be even harder for the other ninja villages, especially for my Sunagakure village."
"The stronger Konoha becomes, the harder it will be for Sunagakure."
"I wonder if there's any way to lure Uchiha Shisui to my Sunagakure village."
After training for a while, Rasa saw Uchiha Shisui resting on a bench by the field and walked over.
He sat down next to Uchiha Shisui.
"Senior Xuan."
Luo Sha nodded slightly.
"Shisui, you are a genius of our Uchiha clan. You have seen the current situation of the clan. I would like to hear your thoughts. What do you think the future of our Uchiha clan will be like?"
Uchiha Shisui fell into a long silence.
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