Konoha: Become stronger by recruiting disciples, pick up Kushina at the beginning

Uchiha Station

""Clan leader, we didn't find the young lady."

Fugaku stood outside the meeting room with a gloomy face.

As soon as he came back, he organized the clan members to conduct a large-scale search of the entire clan.

But as the clan members reported one by one, his heart sank to the bottom.

Without Mikoto, how could he keep his position as clan leader?

Moreover, he lost 30 million ryo in this transaction.

If it were in the past, 30 million ryo would be insignificant.

But now Konoha's suppression has begun, and various fees have been delayed. It is a time when money is urgently needed.

How can he explain to the elders?

"No, we must think of a way."

Fugaku's mind was spinning rapidly.

After a moment, a fierce look flashed across his face.

Then, he respectfully walked into the meeting hall.

""Fugaku greets all the elders."

The elder looked at Fugaku with a complicated expression.

He originally wanted to go and trade with Kakuzu himself, but at Fugaku's insistence, he agreed to let Fugaku go.

This led to the current situation.

"He can't even handle such a small matter. I overestimated him.

The elder was very disappointed with Fugaku.

"Please excuse me."

Fugaku stood up and said through gritted teeth:

"Elders, I want to resign from the position of clan leader. Please approve it."

Several elders looked indifferent, as if they didn't hear it.

The eldest elder said without comment:

"oh?"

"The Fugaku clan has been strong and prosperous for many years, why do they suddenly want to resign?"

Fugaku heard the dissatisfaction of the elder, but he could only pretend not to know.

"It is my incompetence that has led to the current situation."

"So, I want to solve this matter myself."

"I can't take care of the clan affairs for the time being, so it's better for me to resign from the position of clan leader."

At this time, the fifth elder asked:

"How do you want to solve it?"

He was in charge of the family finances, and he was the one who personally handed over the 30 million taels to Fugaku.

So, he also wanted to see how Fugaku would handle it.

Fugaku said word by word:

"Find Mikoto!"

"Recover thirty million taels!"

"Kill Kakuzu!"

"From today on, I will leave my family."

"No matter how long it takes, if you don't complete these three things, you will never return to the tribe."

Several elders were moved when they heard this.

He is a ruthless man.

The eldest elder also became more kind after hearing this.

"Don't worry, do it."

"You don't have to resign as the patriarch."

"When you come back, I will continue to be your clan leader."

Fugaku was very excited.

He paid such a high price, wasn't it just for this sentence?

"Thank you, Great Elder."

After saying this, he bowed to the elders and turned to leave.

""Hey, let's go."

The elder sighed.

Soon, the elder was the only one left in the meeting room.

At this time, a woman in her twenties walked in. She had long purple hair, a Konoha forehead protector, a black gown, and a chakra knife on her waist.

"I'm sorry, elder."

"I failed to protect the young lady."

The woman's face was filled with guilt.

She was the bodyguard assigned by the Great Elder to Misaki. She left for a while because of something urgent. Unexpectedly, Misaki was kidnapped in such a short time.

The Great Elder sighed and said:

"Zhili, after all these years, you still won't call me father?"

Uchiha Zhili was silent.

The elder didn't care and continued:

"I was seriously injured on the battlefield and thought I was going to die, but your mother saved me."

"We hid in the cave, and she took good care of me and healed my wounds."

"As time went by, we gradually developed feelings for each other."

"I know she is a married woman, and we shouldn't be like this."

"But in that situation, I endured and endured, and finally I couldn't hold it anymore.…"

"do not talk."

Chiri interrupted the Great Elder.

This kind of thing was really hard for her to accept.

Before she was twenty years old, she always thought that her father was called Uchiha Jing, the pride of Uchiha and the hero of Konoha.

Although he died early, she always regarded her father as her goal.

Who knew that when she was twenty years old, her mother died of illness.

Before her death, her mother asked her to take a letter to find the Great Elder.

She thought it was just a family affair, so she didn't think much and went there in a daze.

Who knew that this trip would give her a big surprise.

She was not the biological daughter of her father Uchiha Jing, but the illegitimate daughter of her mother and the Great Elder in her early years.

After the Great Elder knew about it, he was very fond of her.

Although he couldn't openly admit their relationship.

But in the name of taking care of the children of the heroes in the family, all kinds of resources were tilted towards her like money.

Let her become an elite ninja in just a few years.

But.

When she thought of the man who let her ride on his back when she was a child, she couldn't say the word father.

The Great Elder looked at Zhiri, his eyes moistened and said:

"I transferred you here to be Mikoto's bodyguard. Others think that I love my granddaughter, but in fact, I just want you to spend more time with me."

"Zhili, I am old and I won't live for many more years."

"Can't you fulfill my last wish?"

A tear fell from Zhili's eyes, but he still turned his head away stubbornly.

"Great Elder, it was because I left at the last minute that the young lady got into trouble."

"I will definitely find her."

After saying this, without waiting for the elder to speak, he disappeared in front of the elder.

""Alas."

The elder sighed deeply.