After closing the clan compound gates.
Fugaku dismissed the many indignant Uchiha.
He kept the higher-ups behind: Third Elder Takuya, Fourth Elder Yohei, Shamu, Itachi, and Shisui, who was still lying on a stretcher.
Unlike the other indignant Uchiha, Third Elder greatly admired Fugaku's performance today.
He had pushed Shamu forward to act as the hothead while he himself maneuvered from behind the scenes.
Though he was a hawk, anyone who could become an elder could not be an idiot.
They had just been tightly surrounded, with Konoha's elites all around them.
Shisui, one of their clan's strongest, had also been seriously injured. It had not been the best time for a coup to begin with.
At the very least, they should wait until Shisui recovered.
Seeing Third Elder Takuya's admiring gaze gave Fugaku a headache. Would you believe me if I said I hadn't arranged it?
Fugaku did not pay much attention to Third Elder. There was something he needed to confirm now.
That was—
"Shamu, have you awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan?"
Everyone was stunned! Shamu had awakened the Mangekyō!?
Shamu nodded. The Three-Tomoe Sharingan in his eyes instantly changed its pattern. His design differed from everyone else's: a blade on the outside, a flower on the inside.
The surging eye power made even Fugaku feel oppressed.
How could this be!?
Fugaku could not hide his shock! Shamu had always been exceptionally talented. At nineteen, he was already an elite with a Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
Aside from being poor at genjutsu, he was excellent in every other regard.
Later, because of a wager, Fugaku had sent Shamu to complete a difficult mission and promised him the position of acting elder upon his return.
He had never expected Shamu to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
"Hahaha, good, good, good!"
Fugaku was beside