Konoha: I, Uchiha, Choose to Lie Down! Chapter 76 76: Uchiha’s Bad Reputation? Then Give an Example

Konoha, a comrcial district.

A modest two-story building—that was the ho of Teuchi and his daughter, Aya.

Though they ran a small eatery, as ordinary civilians their life was still sowhat tight.

Carrying a big pile of gifts, Uchiha Kai arrived with Itachi in tow.

"Uncle Teuchi, Aya!"

"Sorry to trouble you today. I'm even making you close your shop for this."

Kai greeted them with a smile.

Itachi followed behind him, bowing politely when he saw the father and daughter.

One had to admit—though the Uchiha were infamous for arrogance, Itachi, as expected from a great clan heir, had impeccable manners.

Teuchi chuckled, shaking his head at Kai's words.

"No trouble at all. But what's with all these gifts?"

"Go wash up—everything's almost ready, we can start eating right away."

Then he turned to Itachi.

"You're Itachi-kun, right? You're very welco here too. Wash your hands, we'll be eating soon."

Kai shrugged.

Having been here many tis, he felt at ease.

He went out to the small courtyard to wash his hands, and naturally, Itachi followed.

By the ti they ca back, Teuchi had already set the dishes on the table. He raised his cup when they entered.

"Kai-kun, congratulations on becoming a shinobi."

"Thank you, Uncle."

As the two clinked cups, Aya also raised hers.

"Don't forget !"

"Of course," Kai grinned. "Thank you too, Aya. You've worked hard today."

Looking at her still wearing her apron, he knew she must've been busy preparing for this celebration.

Aya pouted with mock pride, then sighed helplessly.

"Honestly… why does there have to be war?"

"I actually invited Big Brother Minato and his three students too. But unfortunately…"

"I asked around, and it seems they've already been sent on another mission."

Itachi's brows twitched.

The word war imdiately caught his attention.

But since Aya was just a civilian, he kept quiet.

Kai, however, narrowed his eyes.

Minato's team just returned and they're already being rushed out again? The front lines must really be in dire straits.

But then he shrugged it off.

Not my business anyway.

"By the way, Kai-kun," Aya suddenly asked, "you're a shinobi too, right? How co everyone else is at the front lines, but you can relax here in the village?"

Kai's lips twitched.

Still, he answered with a smile:

"Because I'm strong enough, I've already been made an Uchiha elder."

"According to both the village and the clan's rules, elders are automatically exempt from active duty and don't have to respond to summons."

There was no need to hide that.

Hearing this, Teuchi and Aya stared in shock.

"You… an elder?" Aya blurted.

Teuchi didn't question it—he just sighed with a complicated expression.

"An elder of the Uchiha, huh…"

Kai shrugged again.

"Not just that. I also hold the title of Police Force Captain."

At this, Teuchi and Aya were even more surprised.

Yes—because to them, even the captain of the Police Force counted as part of the village leadership.

"That's… that's great!"

"I've disliked the Police Force for a long ti. Now that you're in charge, you must set things right."

"That bunch of Uchiha are way too arrogant."

Aya spoke angrily.

Clearly, as an ordinary villager, she had no fondness for the Uchiha.

But Teuchi's tone turned stern.

"Aya, don't talk nonsense. Kai and Itachi are Uchiha too—how can you lump them all together?"

Aya froze, embarrassed.

Realizing her slip, she quickly apologized.

"Sorry! Kai-kun, Itachi-kun, I didn't an you two."

"You're both really nice—and Obito too isn't bad. But most Uchiha really are unpleasant!"

"I don't know how strong you are now, Kai-kun, but since you're captain, you can't just take it easy. You've got to straighten them out!"

Kai was left speechless, a black line forming on his forehead.

He truly didn't know how to respond to that request.

After all, honestly speaking, he only held the title in na. He had no intention of actually doing the job.

Why work hard, when you could just… lie flat?

And as for the Uchiha's bad reputation—changing that was almost impossible.

At least, not until the Third Hokage stepped down, and Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo were taken out of the picture.

But…

He couldn't say that out loud. Teuchi and Aya were civilians—he wouldn't drag them into such matters.

At the sa ti, ignoring the question would be rude.

After a mont's thought, Kai spoke gently.

"Aya, let ask you sothing."

"You say the Uchiha are unpleasant. But can you think of a specific example of what they've actually done wrong?"

"Anything at all. If it's a real problem, I'll deal with it imdiately."

He spoke with a serious face.

If she really had a concrete complaint, he had the authority to address it.

But unfortunately—

Aya fell silent.

She tried to think as hard as she could… but no matter what, she couldn't co up with anything.

In that instant, she realized sothing was off.

That's right.

She'd always thought of the Uchiha as unpleasant. Whenever she saw the Police Force, she felt an instinctive fear.

But when she thought about it carefully—there wasn't a single actual example she could point to.

What's going on?

Aya's face showed her confusion.

Even Teuchi was the sa.

He racked his brain, trying to co up with sothing.

But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't.

The Uchiha were just… disliked. Yet when it ca to concrete wrongdoing, there was nothing.

Father and daughter sat in silence.

In truth, not just them—even young Itachi was thinking deeply.

He couldn't figure it out either, but his sharp instincts told him—there was sothing very wrong here.

He turned to Kai, unable to hold back his question.

"Master, what's going on?"

Itachi's face showed pure confusion.

He truly couldn't understand—so naturally, he looked to Kai for an answer.

Kai's expression remained calm.

After a long pause, he finally spoke quietly.

"The Uchiha…"

"You can call them proud, arrogant, foolish, stubborn—even say they're conceited."

"Honestly, I don't like them either. Just a bunch of self-important idiots."

"But at the sa ti—"

"The Uchiha have their pride. They might look down on civilians, but they'd never bully them."

"To them, preying on the weak is a disgrace."

"For example—just the other day on the Hidden Blood Mist Village front, the Uchiha lost seven Jounin, over fifty Chunin, and nearly three hundred genin."

"If it were any other clan, the village would've already held a grand morial."

"But for the Uchiha?"

"Konoha acted as if nothing happened—as if it were blind. I bet most people don't even know."

"And yet, among the civilians, the Uchiha's reputation only grew worse."

"Tell —does that make any sense?"

"…"

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