The Clan Meeting ended without result, leaving behind only a complete mess.
As Uchiha Jin and the other Radical Faction members departed, Fugaku had no face left to remain. After brushing everyone off with a few words, he announced the meeting's dismissal and left.
Watching Fugaku's retreating back, Shisui's eyes filled with even greater disappointment.
Even with Hokage-sama's help, could he really suppress Uchiha Jin?
But recalling what Uchiha Jin had said before leaving, he took a deep breath and spoke solemnly. "Clan Head, I need to see Hokage-sama!"
"Regarding the Mangekyō Sharingan in Danzo's possession, I need to ask exactly what happened."
After saying that.
He did not even wait for Fugaku to respond before using the Body Flicker Technique to leave.
Fugaku's face darkened at the sight.
Uchiha Jin had already left him thoroughly irritated and frustrated. Now Shisui was showing him so little respect as well, leaving an unnamed fire burning in his chest with nowhere to vent it.
Yet he still forcibly restrained himself. After a cold snort, he returned home.
Not long after.
An Uchiha entered, respectfully dropping to one knee. "Clan Head, this is bad!"
"Every Radical Faction member, whether Ninja or Commoner, has now relocated near Uchiha Jin's home. That entire area has been fortified with defensive Barriers, and they have set up new Patrol Teams and countless hidden sentries inside."
As he reported this, sweat beaded across the Uchiha's forehead.
That was right!
What the Radical Faction was doing was practically creating a state within a state. It was absolutely unacceptable.
The Uchiha might have been divided into countless factions, with no one able to convince anyone else, but they had at least maintained a united front. Otherwise, the Uchiha would likely have collapsed from within without the Konoha Higher-ups even needing to act...
But now?
Uchiha Jin's actions had directly shattered that rule.
Bang!
Fugaku had just raised his teacup to drink when he heard this. He froze for a moment, then furiously smashed the cup onto the floor.
"Bastard! Damn it!"
"What does Uchiha Jin think he is doing? Does he want to forcibly split the Uchiha apart?"
Fugaku's expression was terribly grim, Killing Intent flickering in his eyes.
He could not accept this!
Over the years, he had been barely maintaining the Uchiha's stability, proceeding with extreme caution every step of the way, terrified that one misstep would destroy the Uchiha in his hands.
And now?
That damn Uchiha Jin did not need to understand him. Fugaku could even tolerate his usual troublemaking, but now he actually dared to split the Uchiha apart?
As for that.
The Uchiha kneeling on one knee merely lowered his head, offering no rebuttal.
Instead.
A trace of confusion flickered in his eyes.
He had taken every word Uchiha Jin said at the Clan Meeting to heart.
Looking back carefully on everything since Fugaku became Clan Head, although Fugaku had earned the title Evil Eye on the battlefield, he had been far too timid when facing the Konoha Higher-ups within the village.
He had never felt that way before, but after hearing Uchiha Jin put it so bluntly and thinking it over, it really did seem to be true!
Take Nine-Tails Night, the event that had affected the Uchiha most. Back then, the Uchiha had prepared to rescue Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato, but unfortunately, Danzo blocked their path.
He remembered that Uchiha Jin, still an unnoticed nobody at the time, had suggested they need not heed Danzo's so-called order from the Third Hokage. After all, the one in office then had been Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato.
But unfortunately.
Fugaku rejected that proposal, and no one thought much of it at the time.
And in the end?
Namikaze Minato died tragically that night, and the Uchiha became completely ostracized, even being forced to move from their original Uchiha Compound!
Sometimes, he had wondered whether the Uchiha's situation might be better now if they had listened to Uchiha Jin's advice back then and truly rescued Namikaze Minato.
But there were no what-ifs!
After that night, Uchiha Jin once again became an unnoticed nobody within the clan, until he awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, joined the Radical Faction, and became its Leader a few days ago.
He roughly understood why Uchiha Jin had not thrown in his lot with Fugaku. In some ways, Fugaku was simply too indecisive.
So what should he do?
Uchiha Inabi's eyes were filled with confusion. Though he now vaguely felt that Fugaku was truly unreliable, Uchiha Jin was far too radical, leaving him unable to make up his mind.
Sigh!
After a helpless sigh, he decided to wait and see.
"Inabi!"
Just as he sank into confusion, Fugaku suddenly spoke coldly.
"Yes!"
Uchiha Inabi's tone was respectful.
A faint glimmer of hope even flashed in his eyes. Had Fugaku finally made up his mind to act directly?
Though he also felt that some of Uchiha Jin's words made sense, he could never accept Uchiha Jin splitting the Uchiha apart. So long as Fugaku gave the order, he would definitely choose to support him.
Was it not just a war against the Radical Faction?
The Uchiha feared no slaughter!
But unfortunately.
Under his hopeful gaze, Fugaku became conflicted once more.
"No, forget it!"
"The Uchiha cannot withstand more turmoil. We will find a way to deal with Uchiha Jin later."
"You may leave."
"As for the Radical Faction, pretend we know nothing about it."
Upon hearing this, Uchiha Inabi's eyes became even more disappointed.
His Clan Head was far too indecisive. He did not know what else to say, and could only leave respectfully in the end.
Within the Uchiha Clan Compound.
Discussions filled every corner. Some said the Konoha Higher-ups' change in attitude was thanks to Clan Head Fugaku!
But likewise.
Others said it was Uchiha Jin's achievement. Arguments rang endlessly throughout the Uchiha.
Only a few people who truly had clear heads could not help sighing, their dissatisfaction with Fugaku growing deeper.
What right did someone who could not even suppress the voices within his own clan have to be the Uchiha's Clan Head?
But before the argument could reach any conclusion, they discovered that the Radical Faction had formed its own separate branch, creating a village within the village and a clan within the clan!
Of course.
Uchiha Jin's speech at the Clan Meeting had also spread throughout the entire Uchiha by then.
Konoha's concession this time had been fought for by Uchiha Jin, and the Konoha Higher-ups would definitely retaliate afterward.
Thinking of the Uchiha who had disappeared some time ago, some clan members scoffed at this, while others believed it completely and chose to move into the Radical Faction's territory.
As for that.
Naturally, the Radical Faction welcomed everyone. After all, they were all Uchiha!
At the Radical Faction's territory, Uchiha Jin's home.
Late at night.
Uchiha Jin sat cross-legged on his bed, the Mangekyō Sharingan in his eyes flickering as he maintained his Dojutsu at the lowest possible level.
Amenonuboko!
This was a useful trick he had discovered by chance. As long as he maintained the Dojutsu at its minimum level, consuming one portion of Dojutsu Power would slowly restore two portions.
Although the speed was extremely slow and nowhere near as useful as the Eternal Mangekyo.
For someone like him, who had no system, no Golden Finger, and no way to obtain Weakened Hashirama Cells, it was already quite good news.
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