A Dark and Windy Night

"On a dark and windy night, it's time for murder and arson."

Uchiha Yuzuru looked up at the moon in the sky and slowly put on the Uzumaki Mask he had prepared in advance.

It was similar to the one Obito Uchiha wore in the original story, except it had two eyeholes.

After getting dressed and equipping his weapons, Uchiha Yuzuru's figure slowly vanished from the room.

Inside a residential building not far outside the Uchiha Clan Land.

A telescope quietly extended from a fifth-floor window.

Inside the room, the Anbu ninja who had just completed a shift change briefly adjusted the telescope's angle, allowing it to clearly observe the situation within the Uchiha Clan Land.

"Yawn~"

"These Uchiha ninja are nothing but trouble. They're actually making us waste so many Anbu watching them. Wouldn't it be better to just arrest them?"

Another Anbu sat on the floor, carefully wiping the kunai in his hand.

Hearing his companion complain, he said in a deep voice, "Don't get distracted. Focus on observing their every move."

"Why are you taking this so seriously..."

"Come to think of it, these Uchiha are like dogs being kept in captivity now."

"If Hokage-sama gives the order, I'll be the first to rush in and kill a few more Uchiha. Just thinking about it makes me want to laugh. Hahahahaha..."

After the Anbu responsible for observing laughed a few times and received no response from his companion, he could not help turning around. "Hey, why aren't you reacting at all? Don't you think what I said was funny—"

His voice abruptly stopped.

At some point, a man wearing an Uzumaki Mask had appeared in the room. His companion lay on the floor clutching his throat, completely devoid of life.

"What's so interesting? What's so funny? What do you take the Uchiha, who founded Konoha, for?"

A magnetic voice echoed through the room, and the Anbu ninja felt his body go weak.

The masked man before him possessed a pair of eyes far more sinister than those of ordinary Uchiha.

Their bizarre patterns seemed filled with ill omen. One glance felt like falling into an abyss.

"Damn it, how did he get in?!"

To better monitor the Uchiha Clan, powerful barriers had long been set up throughout the area.

Even a fly entering would be noticed instantly.

So why had no one noticed the existence of this masked man until now?

No, this was not the time to think about that.

Seeing that the masked man was still some distance away, the Anbu ninja formed hand seals with both hands, preparing to create some kind of disturbance.

But before he could do anything, the world spun around him.

"Kamui!"

The Anbu ninja heard a murmur, then immediately lost consciousness.

Naka Shrine.

Inside the underground Secret Room, more than a dozen Uchiha clansmen sat upright and solemn.

Uchiha Tarou raised a hand in signal, and the room immediately fell silent.

Rika Uchiha asked, "Clan Head, did you gather us so suddenly because something important has happened?"

Uchiha Tarou nodded. "This Clan Meeting concerns the future of the Uchiha Clan, so I called everyone here to discuss some matters."

Upon hearing Uchiha Tarou's words, everyone present opened their mouths in shock.

It concerned the future of the Uchiha Clan?

What exactly had happened?

Just as everyone was puzzled, Uchiha Yuzuru's figure appeared out of thin air.

"I had some matters to deal with, so I was a little late."

"It's fine." Uchiha Tarou nodded at Uchiha Yuzuru. "Yuzuru, you can begin."

Seeing this, Uchiha Yuzuru did not waste words and went straight to the point. "Everyone should already know that the Third Hokage has forbidden our Uchiha Clan from approaching the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, on the grounds that our Sharingan can influence Tailed Beasts."

"This is proof that the village higher-ups have absolutely no trust in us."

"The Uchiha Clan has reached a critical moment of life and death!"

"We absolutely cannot sit around and wait for death!"

At those words, everyone present sucked in a breath.

Although Hiruzen Sarutobi's order had indeed made them unhappy, was there really any need to make it sound so serious?

Uchiha Yashiro could not help saying, "Uchiha Yuzuru, you're completely exaggerating."

"Because of what Uchiha Madara did in the past, isn't it understandable for the Hokage to make such a decision?"

Uchiha Yuzuru glanced at Uchiha Yashiro, and his eyes instantly transformed into Mangekyō Sharingan.

The next second, everyone present, including Uchiha Tarou and Uchiha Fugaku, rose to their feet in shock.

"Yuzuru, your eyes..."

"That's right. This is the Mangekyō Sharingan, the legendary power of the Uchiha Clan."

Uchiha Madara's era was not all that far in the past, so the people present were not unfamiliar with the Mangekyō Sharingan.

An existence above the three-tomoe Sharingan, the power Uchiha Madara had used to quell the warring era...

Uchiha Yuzuru actually possessed such eyes!

"No wonder your Dojutsu Power is so much stronger than mine. So you possess the Mangekyō Sharingan!"

Uchiha Fugaku suddenly understood.

Ever since losing to Uchiha Yuzuru, he had been puzzled.

Why was the gap in their Dojutsu Power so enormous when they both had three-tomoe Sharingan?

So Uchiha Yuzuru's eyes had already evolved into the Mangekyō Sharingan!

Rika Uchiha swallowed and asked in a trembling voice, "Yuzuru, when did you awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan?"

"The moment I saw the future path of the Uchiha Clan clearly."

After saying that, Uchiha Yuzuru transferred the Anbu ninja from earlier out of the Kamui Dimension.

After using genjutsu to make the Anbu ninja reveal Hiruzen Sarutobi's surveillance of the Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Yuzuru directly slit the Anbu ninja's throat.

"Hiss..."

Seeing how casually Uchiha Yuzuru had done it, everyone present felt their hearts tremble.

They had all killed plenty of people, but this was Anbu.

Attacking Anbu was no different from treason!

Uchiha Yashiro's voice carried a hint of panic. "Uchiha Yuzuru, you, you, you'll get all of us killed by doing this!"

Uchiha Yuzuru glanced at Uchiha Fugaku, who then walked over to stand beside him.

"Yashiro is an absolute conservative. He has always strongly advocated that the Uchiha Clan move closer to the village higher-ups."

Hearing that, Uchiha Yuzuru nodded, walked over to Uchiha Yashiro, and raised a hand to seize his throat.

"Sorry, but the Uchiha Clan can only have one voice now."

"Relics of an old era that cannot keep up should quietly disappear into the darkness."

Crack.

Uchiha Yashiro had never expected Uchiha Yuzuru to directly move to kill him.

He did not even have time to resist before Uchiha Yuzuru snapped his neck as easily as crushing an ant.

That scene sent a chill through everyone else present.

First, he had revealed the Mangekyō Sharingan. Then, he had killed an Anbu in front of them. Now, he had directly killed Uchiha Yashiro, a fellow Squad Captain of the Konoha Military Police Force...

And judging by the situation, Uchiha Tarou and Uchiha Fugaku, the clan head and his son, had clearly chosen Uchiha Yuzuru's side.

What else could they say?

They might as well submit.

After a moment, facing the seemingly blood-crazed Uchiha Yuzuru, only Rika Uchiha dared to ask, "Yuzuru, what exactly do you want to do?"

Uchiha Yuzuru tossed Uchiha Yashiro's corpse to the ground and said indifferently, "My capacity has left me utterly disappointed in this boring village."

"I will carve out a new path for the Uchiha Clan!"

"Who agrees? Who opposes?"