To Put It Bluntly

Hiss—!

Uchiha Fugaku sucked in a sharp breath, his brow twitching as he recounted the history of why the Uchiha Clan should have become Hokage.

His eyes lit up at once!

Though the Uchiha's current situation was largely of their own making, the Uchiha Clan truly had not been treated fairly. As an introvert, he did not like saying such things, especially since his eldest son did not really believe him.

But when someone else said it...

The effect was surprisingly good!

He knew this sort of thing all too well.

"Akira, do you know that throughout the entire Uchiha Clan, not even I, as the clan head, have ever taken advantage of anyone?"

He intended to properly educate this young Uchiha before him.

He was way too damn arrogant!

"I know."

Uchiha Akira was unconcerned and even sounded perfectly justified. "You're incorruptible and noble, but... what does that have to do with me?"

Put nicely...

That was meddling in other people's business.

Put bluntly, wasn't he saying he was an idiot?

"Fine, fine!"

Fugaku waved his hand. The Uchiha Clan indeed had no clan rule forbidding people from taking advantage of others, especially no rule against taking advantage of the clan head.

Clearly...

This young Uchiha was firmly committed to the path of shaking people down. Fugaku remembered that his parents had both been honest, straightforward Uchiha.

"Akira, please let Itachi grow closer to the Uchiha Clan. This is not only the request of a clan head, but also the request of a father."

"In return, you may choose any one ninjutsu from within the clan!"

He raised his head, his eyes filled with solemnity.

Uchiha Akira knew very well that, given Uchiha Fugaku's tsundere personality, the fact that he could say something like this showed just how much he valued Uchiha Itachi.

"I can make Itachi protect the Uchiha forever."

Uchiha Akira's lips curled upward. "But I want two ninjutsu!"

Fugaku considered it for a moment, then agreed without hesitation. "Fine. But the second ninjutsu will only be given to you after you achieve a certain result."

"Fine, deal!"

After all, it was a transaction that cost him nothing. There was nothing wrong with Uchiha Fugaku being cautious. Akira stood up. "Come with me. I'll take you to choose a secret technique, but remember, you may only choose one."

The last time he had gone to the secret chamber had been three years ago.

He had taken Itachi there to learn ninjutsu. To learn secret techniques, one had to make an enormous contribution to the clan.

And during peacetime, such opportunities were far too rare.

Then he brought Akira into the room and took out a pile of bamboo tablets. Each tablet bore the name and effects of a ninjutsu.

[Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique.]

[Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation.]

[Uchiha Flame Formation: A barrier-type Fire Release that summons Hellfire to form a protective ring.]

[Transcription Seal: Uses the Sharingan to seal a certain ninjutsu within the Sharingan. The activation time and trigger conditions can be set.]

[Izanagi: At the cost of blinding a Three Tomoe Sharingan, it can rewrite the reality of one's own death.]

[Izanami: At the cost of blinding a Three Tomoe Sharingan, it records an opponent's actions through physical contact and traps the target in an endlessly repeating segment of time. It can only be undone when the target accepts their own fate and repents.]

Uchiha Akira: "..."

Looking at the wooden tablets before him, he said faintly, "So I'm choosing based on these brief descriptions on wooden tablets? I thought you were taking me straight to the secret chamber."

"How could I take you to the secret chamber?!"

Uchiha Fugaku glared, furious. "Only the current clan head is qualified to enter the Uchiha secret chamber. Hurry up and choose. Which one do you want?"

Every one of these ninjutsu was incredibly powerful.

No Uchiha clansman could resist their allure.

"Then I'll take this one."

Uchiha Akira placed his finger on the bamboo tablet for Izanami, a smile appearing on his lips. "This is a good one."

Uchiha Fugaku was surprised and raised his head. "I thought you would choose Izanagi. After all, its effect lets you rewrite a fate of certain death at the cost of one Sharingan. Staying alive is more important than anything."

There was a hidden meaning in his words.

"Tch. Stop trying to fool me."

Uchiha Akira curled his lip. "When the Uchiha Clan truly faces danger, Izanagi will be handed out for free. Weren't all the powerful Three Tomoe Sharingan users given it during the Second Shinobi World War?"

Izanagi was awesome.

But it was not actually scarce within the Uchiha Clan. Whenever war broke out, the Uchiha Clan distributed it for free.

Especially since no one besides the Uchiha could use this Dojutsu.

To put it bluntly.

Center-Parted Fugaku was being blunt.

Fugaku: "..."

Heh.

Now that he thought about it, Akira might look young, but he had plenty of tricks up his sleeve.

Without even blushing, Fugaku's expression remained completely unchanged. "In that case, I'll get Izanami for you."

To be honest.

If Akira had wanted Izanagi, Fugaku had a copied version in his bedroom.

Fugaku's gentle wife refilled the tea with perfect tact. Her slightly bent body traced the alluring curves of a mature woman. About ten minutes later, Fugaku returned with a copied version in hand.

"Burn it immediately after you learn it. You must never reveal it to anyone, not even fellow clansmen!"

"What a pity. You don't have the Sharingan, or else one look would have been enough."

He said it as if it were an offhand remark.

It looked like an unintentional comment, but it was deliberate.

Hmph.

That was what he got for always taking advantage of him.

"Heh, looking down on me, are you?"

Uchiha Akira lifted his eyelids and sneered. "Clan Head, don't do this sort of thing again. You're embarrassing us Uchiha men."

"Keep your spirits up. Don't disgrace us!"

He opened and closed his eyes once, and a Two-Tomoe Sharingan appeared in an instant, clearly recording every word on the Scroll.

After memorizing it, he stood up, turned, and left.

Leaving behind only a dumbfounded Uchiha Fugaku. "???"

Watching Uchiha Akira's retreating figure, Fugaku still had not recovered. "Wait, when did Akira awaken his eyes? He didn't even awaken them during the Second Shinobi World War!"

And he had awakened them directly as a Two-Tomoe Sharingan.

Could Akira be a genius?!

To put it bluntly, while the earlier one awakened the Sharingan, the more talented one was, awakening it late did not mean one was mediocre. There were countless geniuses in Uchiha history who awakened their eyes late, such as Uchiha Madara.

They had both awakened their eyes at fifteen.

That did not mean their talent was poor. Rather, some people who awakened their eyes late had minds that were far too steadfast, making it difficult for them to awaken their eyes easily. They were the "late-blooming geniuses" of the Uchiha Clan.

Root.

Upon hearing his subordinate's report, Shimura Danzō's expression instantly turned cold. "Hmph! Since he cannot see the situation clearly, then let him perish alongside the Uchiha Clan!"

He paused. "Also, how is Orochimaru's experiment progressing?"

"Lord Danzo, Orochimaru sent word that he has recently stopped researching Hashirama Cells, but he hopes that we can provide him with more Sharingan materials."

"Hmph!"

Shimura Danzō snorted coldly. "Give them to him. I want to see what he can develop. Don't tell me he can even develop a Mangekyō Sharingan!"