Peace Faction, Do You Think You Don't Deserve to Be Criticized?

"Elder Setsuna, Senya has already said everything I wanted to say."

"With the clan's current strength, a coup is nothing but a joke."

"Didn't the last Battle of the Underworld teach you enough of a lesson?"

"Not only did you fail to learn your lesson, you've doubled down. Are you trying to wipe out the Uchiha Clan in this generation?!"

Uchiha Yashiro sipped his tea and mocked him.

Setsuna directly smashed the teacup beside him onto the floor.

His body trembled with rage. Too furious for words, he pointed at Yashiro.

The clansmen below did not dare speak in such an atmosphere. Although Senya's words had been harsh, bitter medicine was good for the disease. Senya was right.

Why had Elder Yashiro suddenly said something like that? Wasn't he stealing Senya's thunder? Senya had never joined any faction within the clan.

Senya, who had risen to his feet, had originally planned to give people like Elder Setsuna another lesson.

He had not expected the Peace Faction elders to be so shameless, directly saying such things and making it seem as though he had become their mouthpiece.

Who was Senya? Naturally, he would not indulge him.

"What do you mean, 'I said everything you wanted to say'? Just because you're an elder, you can act however you please and twist the facts? If you wanted to say it, why didn't you say it yourself?! If you lack the ability to come up with words like that, then don't try to take credit for them."

"Take a look at the mess you've made. And you still have the nerve to call yourselves the Peace Faction? You sent Itachi and Shisui to the Anbu, hoping Hiruzen would toss our clan a few scraps so the clan and the village could reconcile?"

"Have the clan's relations with the village eased now? This is your brilliant plan? How wonderful. You handed two geniuses over to the Anbu for free to become their dogs. They've been brainwashed until their heads are full of the Will of Fire. Their hearts contain only the village, and they won't consider the clan at all!!"

"Elder Yashiro, could it be that you accepted Danzo's bribes and favors? Since when did the Uchiha Clan need to rely on others' charity? Throughout history, the Uchiha Clan has conquered through our own strength! Great strength is the foundation of our clan! Not bowing and kneeling to become someone else's dog! Where has your pride as an Uchiha gone?!"

The situation instantly reversed. Elder Yashiro's fury surged, his blood boiling as he pointed at Senya and cursed him out.

"At least what we're doing can preserve the lives of our clansmen! The Uchiha are no longer the Uchiha we once were!"

"Ever since Uchiha Madara left the clan and the village, all these years, not a single Mangekyō Sharingan has awakened!"

"When Tobirama was in office, he restricted our clan, but at least he didn't go too far. Now Hiruzen is in office, while that old thief Danzo watches from the shadows."

"The clan's situation is becoming more dangerous by the day! What else can we do if we don't lower our heads? Who wants to see their own clansmen die? You're such a smooth talker, so come up with a way to set the clan on the right path!!"

Elder Yashiro's words gave voice to the feelings of the Peace Faction clansmen.

The Uchiha's Sharingan required intense emotional stimulation to awaken or evolve. Some awakened it through grief, some through hatred, and others through the fear of a life-and-death crisis.

The Peace Faction clansmen had all experienced the loss of someone they dearly loved. They did not wish to see such scenes repeated.

That was why they had always opposed the War Faction. Even if they had to lower their heads and abandon their dignity and glory, they still wanted their living loved ones to survive!

As a member of the Uchiha Clan, Senya naturally understood the Peace Faction's thoughts. But it had to be said that this was the negative effect brought by the Sharingan: one's thinking became one-sided in a particular direction.

As the Sharingan evolved and its ocular power rose, one's mindset would become increasingly extreme—either overly impulsive or overly pessimistic.

But Senya was different. In his previous life, he had experienced too many entanglements of love, hatred, gratitude, and resentment. With nearly ninety years of experience across two lives, he had long learned to control his thoughts and make rational judgments.

He was a new kind of Uchiha. He could distinguish love from hate without allowing emotions to interfere with his thinking.

After hearing Elder Yashiro's words, Senya continued along that line.

"All I can say is that you Peace Faction people are far too naive. What makes you think that as long as the Uchiha bow to the village, these conflicts can be resolved?"

"Do you still think the current Hokage is Senju Tobirama? Isn't the Senju Clan the best example? Hashirama thought that dissolving the clan and becoming commoners could resolve the conflict between the clan and the commoners."

"And what happened? During the Second Shinobi World War, the Senju Clan was wiped out on the battlefield! Apart from Tsunade, if she didn't have a Daimyo Grandfather and wasn't Hiruzen Sarutobi's disciple, do you think she could have lived until now?!"

"If the clan wishes to continue existing, we absolutely cannot survive by barely clinging to life! Without sufficient strength, everything is empty talk! Living after abandoning our dignity will only lead the clan into a mire, step by step toward death!!!"

The Clan Meeting fell silent once more. Yes, the current Hokage was no longer Senju Tobirama, but his disciple Hiruzen Sarutobi. He did not possess Tobirama's broad-mindedness. Otherwise, the clan's circumstances would not have deteriorated to this extent, targeted so severely.

Not to mention Danzo, who was still targeting them at every turn from the shadows.

Only then did everyone realize that the clan's situation had reached such a point. Whether they launched a coup or submitted to the Third Hokage, they could not avoid the clan's destruction. The only difference was how quickly it would happen.

"Uchiha Righteousness has suffered a mental break. Uchiha Simp has suffered a mental break..."

"32 people have suffered mental breaks in total. Sharingan ocular power increased by 10%."

The system reported the gains from this round. This increase was not bad either. Sharingan ocular power was far more difficult to improve than Chakra.

Fugaku kept tapping the table with his fingers, deep in thought. He had long known these things, which was why he had constantly weighed the War Faction against the Peace Faction, hoping to maintain balance within the clan.

Under his guidance, the Neutral Faction led by him had emerged.

At that moment, someone from the Peace Faction below the stage spoke up.

"Senya Uchiha, by your logic, doesn't that mean the Uchiha are fated to head toward destruction sooner or later no matter what?"

The moment those words were spoken, they immediately sparked a wave of discussion.

"Yeah, so there really is no way to survive..."

"It seems our Uchiha will follow in the Senju Clan's footsteps."

"Damn it, then I'd rather die in battle than die so miserably!"

Senya was left numb by these clansmen, who changed their attitudes faster than flipping pages. They changed even faster than all his girlfriends from his previous life. So this was the Uchiha...

At that moment, Fugaku slammed his palm down on the table.

"Enough! The purpose of this Clan Meeting is to find a way for the clan to continue surviving, to find hope!"

"What use is blind pessimism?!"

"The Uchiha are not reckless brutes! Nor are we cowards!"

"I believe we will definitely find a solution!"

Fugaku's speech restored hope to the clansmen's eyes. That was right. As long as the clan head led them, they would surely find the right path forward.

But Senya no longer knew how to mock this. It's over. This troublemaker is feeding the clansmen poisonous chicken soup again...