Troubles

No, more accurately, not the entire Uchiha Clan was like this.

Notably, under clan head Fugaku Uchiha's leadership, a considerable number of clan members had also shown obvious dissatisfaction toward these restless troublemakers.

The friction and conflicts between the different factions within the clan seemed to be quietly escalating beneath the surface.

But the problem was, would ordinary villagers or ninja who had been provoked or offended by these Uchiha "thornheads" carefully distinguish whether it was the act of "individual Uchiha" or "the entire Uchiha Clan"?

It was human nature. They would instinctively remember that the people who bullied them wore clothes bearing the Uchiha crest and were members of the Uchiha Clan.

Thus, from individual cases to the whole group, negative impressions of the entire Uchiha Clan would rapidly spread and solidify without anyone noticing.

Even if the conflicts had initially been isolated and limited in scope, under the rule that good news stayed home while bad news traveled a thousand miles, the Uchiha Clan's reputation—which had taken years to improve even slightly—would very likely plummet back to rock bottom in an extremely short time, perhaps becoming even worse than before.

Minamoto Takuya's slender fingers unconsciously tapped against the smooth tabletop in a faint, rhythmic pattern.

Things had not yet reached the hair-trigger tension of the Original Work, but the signs... had already begun to emerge.

What exactly was the source of this change? Why had that portion of the Uchiha Clan suddenly altered their previously restrained attitude?

His fingers slid across the spread-out documents before finally stopping on a name: Shisui Uchiha.

Minamoto Takuya's brow faintly furrowed. Judging by the timing, that gifted young man known as Body Flicker Shisui perhaps...

Had already awakened those legendary eyes that symbolized immense power and a potential curse: the Mangekyō Sharingan.