The risks and benefits were completely out of proportion.
The Uchiha weren't staging a coup. As long as they posed no threat to the clans' interests, there was absolutely no reason to make a move against them.
At the sight of more than a hundred pairs of scarlet eyes, especially Uchiha Fugaku standing at the front, the clan leaders' opinions shifted completely.
Without a word, they all took a step back.
The Uchiha were leaving Konoha, not staging a coup.
The future was hard to predict, but they could still take control of the present.
Unless absolutely necessary, no one wanted to go to war with the Uchiha.
The clan leaders had varying degrees of understanding of the Mangekyō Sharingan's terrifying power.
It was a power capable of controlling a Tailed Beast.
They didn't know that Mangekyō Sharingan differed from one wielder to another, nor that using it for a long time before obtaining eternal eye power placed a heavy strain on the body. But precisely because they knew so little, they were wary and apprehensive.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, and the others keenly noticed the subtle shift in many clans' attitudes. Even the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans, whose interests were deeply entangled with the Sarutobi Clan's, began to have second thoughts. Their hearts sank.
At that moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't find an appropriate response either. His expression grew especially severe. "Fugaku, leaving the village is a bit—"
Fugaku met Hiruzen Sarutobi's gaze and cut him off.
"The First once established the rule that the great clans were free to come and go. Besides, the Uchiha are one of the two clans that founded Konoha. Or are you planning to drag the other clans into a fight to the death with us?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the clans that didn't want