To Take, One Must First Give

A quarter of an hour later.

Inside the Uchiha clan's Clan Shrine by the Naka River, Uchiha Fugaku suddenly woke from his unconsciousness.

Looking around, Uchiha Fugaku recognized the place. This was the underground chamber of the Clan Shrine, where the stone tablet recording the clan's history and secrets was kept.

Uchiha Gen sat nearby, watching him with a smile.

The memories from before Uchiha Fugaku had been paralyzed and rendered unconscious by the neurotoxin connected in an instant.

He remembered. His proudest son, Uchiha Itachi, had been killed by Uchiha Gen not long ago.

Fury surged through Uchiha Fugaku's heart.

He needed to use the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan he had just awakened to kill Uchiha Gen and avenge his dead son.

Yet the very next second, as Uchiha Fugaku sprang up from the ground and prepared to attack Uchiha Gen, his emotions suddenly became disjointed.

His son, Uchiha Itachi, whose heart had been pierced and who should have been unquestionably dead, had turned into an ice sculpture and lay not far away.

Though his Chakra was still faint, he was indeed alive, and was even slowly recovering.

"You did it on purpose? To provoke me into awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan?"

In an instant, more than half of Uchiha Fugaku's anger faded.

His intelligence reclaimed the high ground, and he understood everything.

At that moment, two entirely opposing emotions tangled within Uchiha Fugaku. One was the extreme emotion brought about by awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan, which made him hate Uchiha Gen with an intensity that made him want to eat his flesh and sleep on his hide.

The other was the joy and gratitude of having regained what he had lost. His most beloved and proudest son, Itachi, had not died, and he was grateful that Uchiha Gen