Trying to Awaken the Eyes Again

Uchiha—an ancient, proud name—stirred quietly within his heart like an undercurrent beneath rippling water.

In the Original Work, the bloody coup and clan massacre that had shaken the Shinobi World might have been quietly changing at their roots beneath the light of victory.

Without the external pressure of life and death, would the suspicion and resentment accumulated between Konoha's upper ranks and the Uchiha Clan still ferment to the point of armed conflict?

Would Fugaku Uchiha's yearning for the pinnacle of power be temporarily soothed by the stability brought by victory?

All of it had become a vast unknown.

Perhaps the key still lay in those crimson eyes that reflected all things: the Mangekyō Sharingan.

If Shisui Uchiha still awakened that forbidden power, followed by Uchiha Itachi, and with his own eyes added to the mix, the Uchiha would possess three legendary powers!

When legend entered reality, could the swelling confidence brought by such power truly allow the Uchiha leadership to remain calm?

Would they really have no thoughts whatsoever of supporting an Uchiha Hokage?

If they truly had not even the slightest thought of it, then the coup in the Original Work could never have happened!

And had they ever truly understood that Shisui Uchiha's Will of Fire, which transcended his clan, nearly guaranteed that he would never become the sharp blade in a coup plotter's hand?

Uchiha Itachi, deeply influenced by Shisui Uchiha, was the same. He could even turn his blade upon his own clansmen!

Minamoto Takuya could only watch in silent detachment.

If Fugaku Uchiha failed to see this fundamental contradiction under the temptation of power, then the abyss lay ahead of him, no matter how much Konoha's overall environment appeared to have changed.

In the end, a pool of indifference rippled within him.

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