The Hokage, having traveled here, of course he'd unify the ninja world!

Chapter 2 Countdown to Extinction

Early morning, at the entrance of Konoha Village.

A blood-soaked Uchiha clansman, carrying three severed heads, walked toward the gate.

All three heads are wearing masks, so their faces are not visible.

This person was Chiyo, who had rushed back from the Land of Grass. He had been rescued by Wugou and Ryusho.

They exchanged a piece of information for a special, rapid treatment.

He dared not linger and rushed towards Konoha Village without even changing his clothes.

When Qianyao arrived at the village entrance, the gatekeepers, Shenyue Chuyun and Gangzi Tie, immediately came forward to verify his identity.

"Uchiha Chiyo, mission to the Land of Grass." While flipping through the documents in his hand, Kotetsu glanced at the head of the person.

"Did something happen?"

"Brother Qianyao, you're back!" a voice came from the side.

Chiyo turned around and saw that it was a junior member of the clan, Uchiha Hiroyuki.

Hongxing was probably only four or five years old, not old enough to go to school yet. He was a little kid, and his voice was still very childlike.

"If Brother Qianyao had come back earlier, he could have made it to the clan gathering."

"Looks like we made it in time."

Qianyao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the clan meeting had just ended.

He rushed as fast as he could, without even having time to change his clothes, and finally made it back before the night of the extermination.

The Uchiha clan meeting has ended, and Konoha has learned from Itachi about the impending Uchiha coup.

Danzo probably already gave Itachi the order to exterminate his clan.

Itachi has probably been contacting Obito these past few days, preparing for action.

But since I've already made it this far, I might as well give it a shot.

While pondering, Qianyao held up the three heads and showed them to the two door gods, saying meaningfully:

"Of course, there's always a chance of unexpected things happening on a mission."

Izumo Kamiya reminded him, "Chiyo, you'd better collect the heads. Don't frighten the civilians."

Qianyao snorted coldly: "You think you can teach me how to do things? Hongxing, come with me."

He then took his ID card and headed to the mission center.

"Ah... Qianyao!..."

Izumo Kamitsu called out, but was stopped by Kotetsu.

He turned his head and saw Gangzi Tie's serious expression. Shen Yue Chuyun's heart skipped a beat, and he asked quietly, "What's wrong?"

Gangzi Tie looked around and whispered in Shenyue Chuyun's ear, "Those three heads are Root members."

……

Uchiha Chiyo paraded through the streets carrying three severed heads.

"What are you doing at the door?" Qian Yao asked.

Hiroyuki was neither a ninja nor had he awakened his Sharingan; he was just an ordinary person with the surname Uchiha.

The Uchiha clan is not entirely composed of ninjas; there are also a significant number of ordinary people.

These people have no ninja talent; they are just surnamed Uchiha.

Who could have imagined that this nearly one thousand Uchiha clan members would be wiped out overnight?

"The elder told me to look around the village entrance to see if any clansmen had returned, and to take you back."

Chiyo knew that this was the Uchiha clan's preparation before their coup, but he himself was ambushed by the Root organization while on a mission.

The other teams are likely in grave danger as well.

"Have any other clansmen returned?" Qianyao ruffled Hongxing's hair.

Hongxing shook his head: "I've been waiting at the village entrance for two days now, and only you, Qianyao, have come back."

Qian Yao sighed inwardly; the others probably wouldn't be coming back.

He pondered for a moment: "Do you know where Sasuke and Itachi are?"

"Sasuke's gone to school, Itachi-nii..."

Hiroyuki pouted, his dislike for Itachi written all over his face.

"I don't know where he went."

Qianyao confirmed the time again: the night of the annihilation should be tonight.

"Go back and tell the Grand Elder that I'll go see him after I hand in my mission at the mission center."

"Don't wait at the village entrance. Go tell Liuli that I have some things to do and I won't be able to go home for a while."

Hongxing nodded as if he understood, then ran off to report the news to the clan.

Qianyao watched Hongxing run away and knew that the clan was already gathering its strength.

The clan might have noticed if they had children doing these things, but no one expected Konoha to act so quickly.

Qianyao clicked on the star above Hongxing's head in her mind.

"Ding, Uchiha Hiroyuki's first-level bond has been unlocked."

"Congratulations, host, you have obtained: Memory Fragment."

Some of Hiroyuki's memories of practicing shuriken throwing were incorporated into his mind.

This is also one of the reasons why he rushed back to save his family.

He discovered that whenever he formed a bond with certain people, he could find their names on the template.

There is a corresponding bond progress bar above, and a star that hatches when the progress bar is full.

Each star corresponds to a level 1 synergy.

The first level allows you to obtain a portion of the other person's cultivation memories.

The second level allows one to obtain a certain amount of the opponent's chakra.

Beyond that, Qianyao doesn't know.

He had already tried; apart from the Uchiha clan, only the Hokage, a person with a name and a surname, could do it.

With so many ninjas in the clan, it's quite easy for them to form bonds.

If his clan is wiped out, he'll become a rogue ninja, and his usefulness will naturally decrease.

Moreover, Qianyao is not alone; he has family, Liuli.

While pondering, Qian Yao walked unhurriedly to the mission center, making sure everyone saw the head in his hand.

After handing in the mission token, he loudly announced in the mission center:

"We were ambushed midway through the mission. All my teammates died, but these three were not strong enough and I killed them."

Qianyao carried the three severed heads and showed them to the person in charge of accepting the mission at the mission center before leaving.

After he left, everyone in the mission center was talking about it: "The Uchiha clan has suffered some heavy losses recently."

"I think I know who those three heads are..."

A hand covered his mouth from the side:

No, you don't know.

The people in the mission center, who were respectively under the command of the Third Hokage and Danzo, quickly spread the news.

……

After Qianyao finished doing all this, he arrived at the gate of the Uchiha clan.

Seeing the Uchiha clansmen coming and going, Chiyo slowly exhaled.

He could only truly relax when he saw that all his people were still alive.

Even though the original Chiyo died, he merged with Chiyo's soul and naturally inherited his love for the Uchiha clan.

"Qianyao is back..."

"How did you get it so dirty..."

"Hurry home, Liuli is waiting for you at home..."

Many familiar faces greeted Qianyao, and he exchanged pleasantries with them before heading towards the Uchiha Elder's Residence.

……

Uchiha Shitora, the current Grand Elder of the Uchiha clan.

In terms of family relationship, he is Fugaku's uncle.

But he was the most hawkish elder in the Uchiha clan.

However, the Grand Elder has been somewhat anxious lately.

He flipped through the ledger in his hand, his brows furrowed deeply.

Recently, Konoha's oppression of the Uchiha clan has become increasingly severe, and the clan's benefits are decreasing day by day.

Since Shisui died two years ago, Konoha has been putting pressure on the Uchiha clan, and now even the security force has been reduced to only two squads.

Furthermore, the Uchiha clan has suffered significant losses recently while undertaking missions.

Uchiha Fugaku, however, remained indecisive.

Although more and more people in the tribe now support the coup, they have fewer cards to play.

Recently, several accidents have occurred among the tribespeople while they were out on missions, with no trace of them, neither alive nor dead.

Under these circumstances, during the clan meeting two days prior, Fugaku finally agreed to the coup under pressure from his clansmen.

However, this news has not yet spread, and only a few members of the Uchiha clan know about it.

Fortunately, Hiroyuki just came back and said that Chiyo has returned, which at least adds some leverage to the family coup.

"Elder, Qianyao requests an audience."

……