The Turmoil Temporarily Subsides

Uchiha Ang gave the man a disdainful look. After hesitating for a moment, he finally spoke.

"Everyone, let's just let this matter go."

Hearing that, Uchiha Setsuna glared at him angrily.

"Let it go? How can we just let it go? Hoshiryu Uchiha carries Uchiha blood. We can't let him leave just like that."

Although Uchiha Ang also did not want Hoshiryu Uchiha to leave, the matter had more or less already been settled.

Besides, awakening the Sharingan at Six Years Old was somewhat monstrous, but it did not guarantee that he would awaken the Mangekyo in the future.

However, Mito Uzumaki adopting him would definitely improve the Uchiha Clan's current situation.

Of course, Uchiha Ang did not know that Hoshiryu Uchiha had already awakened the Mangekyo. Otherwise, he would have regretted it bitterly.

Moreover, Uchiha Setsuna had played a part in Hoshiryu Uchiha being adopted.

With that in mind, Uchiha Ang continued.

"You may not know this child's recent circumstances, so I'll be frank. Elder Setsuna also had a hand in this child being adopted."

Uchiha Setsuna was stunned by those words. He had never even met Hoshiryu Uchiha before, so how could he have had anything to do with it?

But before he could ask, Uchiha Ang explained the reason.

"Do you remember Uchiha Setsuna's proposal from some time ago? The one about sending some of the clan's orphans to the Ninja Academy?"

"One of those orphans was Hoshiryu Uchiha, while Tsunade, a descendant of the Senju Clan, entered the Ninja Academy at the same time."

"Presumably, they crossed paths then. In the end, Hoshiryu Uchiha caught Mito Uzumaki's eye and was adopted by her."

"So there is no room to turn this around."

Everyone present held status within the Uchiha Clan, so they understood what Uchiha Ang meant by there being no room to turn things around.

Hoshiryu Uchiha had been among those who were abandoned. Since he had been abandoned, his attitude toward the clan was easy to imagine.

In contrast, Mito Uzumaki had been the one who helped him in his time of need.

Anyone with sense knew which of those two completely different treatments to choose.

The words Uchiha Setsuna wanted to say were lodged in his throat. For a moment, he did not know whether to speak or remain silent.

He had indeed been the one to propose sending the clan's orphans to the Ninja Academy, and he understood the implications behind it.

But there was no helping it. It had been a compromise with the Dove Faction, an exchange condition for placing his own people in positions at the clan school.

It was said that members of the Dove Faction had sent their own children to the Ninja Academy as well. They truly had no shame in trying to curry favor with the Hokage.

In truth, whether they belonged to the Dove Faction or the Hawk Faction, the Uchiha all wished for the clan to develop better.

Their goals were the same, but the paths they chose to achieve them were entirely different.

The Dove Faction was conciliatory. They advocated befriending the people of Konoha and gaining the approval of the majority.

Then, under that broader trend, an Uchiha Hokage would naturally emerge.

The Hawk Faction, on the other hand, was extremely radical. They advocated using a coup to eliminate Konoha's leadership, then selecting an Uchiha Hokage.

Yet it was precisely because they were too radical that, in this era when the conflict between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha was not so severe, they had always been suppressed.

As a result, many of their demands had to be discussed with the Dove Faction. To achieve his goals, Uchiha Setsuna had proposed this suggestion that benefited the Dove Faction.

But who could have imagined that one of those orphans would be such a monster?

It left him with an awful feeling, the bitterness of lifting a rock only to drop it on his own foot, with no way to voice his grievances.

He's just a child. There will be plenty of time and opportunities to bring him back later.

In the end, Uchiha Setsuna could not bring himself to lose face. Uchiha were already arrogant by nature, let alone him, the Great Elder.

Thus, Uchiha Setsuna coughed. Once everyone around him looked over, he offered a plan.

"Since things have already developed to this point, we should proceed gradually."

"Hoshiryu Uchiha is still an Uchiha, no matter what. Even Mito Uzumaki cannot understand the true mysteries of the Sharingan."

"Send someone to tell Hoshiryu Uchiha that if he wants the Sharingan's secret techniques, he should return to the Uchiha Clan."

This compromise proposal made everyone present nod in agreement.

Things had reached this point, and it was already too late to remedy them.

Besides, as Uchiha, they believed they understood Uchiha best. The power of the Sharingan would make Hoshiryu Uchiha change his mind.

Unfortunately, they were all wrong.

Hoshiryu Uchiha had already awakened the Mangekyo, and the system's cheat abilities were utterly unreasonable.

When Hoshiryu Uchiha returned to the Uchiha Clan again, it would surely be the day he became the one in charge of the clan.

Since the meeting's main objective could no longer be achieved and a compromise had been reached, the two groups who could not stand each other naturally left at once.

This Uchiha Clan meeting ended in an anticlimactic fashion, but the turmoil had only just begun.

No matter what, the name Hoshiryu Uchiha had already spread among the Uchiha Clan's upper ranks.

Before long, that name would spread to every corner of Konoha as well.

Uchiha Ang had only just returned to his residence. Before he could sit down and rest, Uchiha Sen knocked on his door.

"Come in."

Hearing Uchiha Ang's words, Uchiha Sen pushed open the door and walked respectfully before him.

"Father, did this meeting go smoothly?"

Uchiha Ang nodded in satisfaction, pleased by his son's manners.

Although he belonged to the Dove Faction, Uchiha Ang was particularly strict about etiquette, to the point of being harsh.

At home, not even his own son was exempt.

"The meeting did not go very smoothly. The child you told me about was the subject of this meeting."

"Your intuition was correct. Not only has this child awakened the Sharingan, he already possesses the Three-Tomoe Sharingan."

"Unfortunately, Mito has already adopted him."

As he spoke, Uchiha Ang shook his head, lamenting the loss of a clan genius. Uchiha Sen beside him was somewhat surprised.

Although he had long guessed that Hoshiryu Uchiha had awakened the Sharingan, he had not expected it to be the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

But there was no point saying any of this now. The child had already been adopted, and his adoptive mother was someone the Uchiha Clan could not afford to provoke.

Even so, could the clan truly do nothing as such a genius slipped away?

Thus, Uchiha Sen pressed further.

"Then are there no remedial measures?"

Uchiha Ang chuckled.

"You know what Uchiha Setsuna is like. He was the one who proposed sending the orphans to the Ninja Academy."

"Getting him to lower his pride and apologize to Hoshiryu Uchiha would be harder than killing him."

Uchiha Sen nodded in agreement. Then father and son exchanged a smile.

Neither of them noticed the small figure standing outside their door.