"Congratulations, Lord Youhu! You can take the Clan Head Position!"
Tiehuo's words left Youhu frozen in place, his hand around the teacup unsure what to do.
He remembered that he'd been away from Konoha for less than half a month.
In just half a month, Tiehuo had convinced those unruly members of the clan to join the Abstract Faction he'd created. They'd even conspired to impeach Uchiha Fugaku at the clan meeting and put Youhu in the Clan Head Position.
After setting down his teacup, Youhu activated his Mangekyō Sharingan. His gaze swept past Tiehuo and settled on the several Uchiha standing behind him.
They were all Hawk Faction Uchiha Jonin, including Yachiyo and Inabi.
Feeling Youhu's predatory gaze and seeing the four-leaf-clover-shaped pattern in his eyes, Yachiyo and Inabi shuddered. Their reverence for him deepened.
It had been the night Tiehuo sought them out for a heart-to-heart and asked them to join the Uchiha Fan Faction.
Tiehuo had laid out the faction's plans for the future, then thoroughly defeated the old-timers with his strength, leaving them no choice but to join this new faction.
After they joined, Tiehuo told them that he wasn't the Faction Leader. The true leader was Uchiha Youhu.
At the time, they'd thought Tiehuo was joking.
How could Youhu—the one who'd made such a scene at the clan meeting and betrayed the clan by joining the Hokage Faction—possibly be Izuna's Successor, the wielder of the Mangekyo Sharingan?
Tiehuo had to be joking. The real heir to Izuna's Inheritance was Tiehuo himself.
Those suspicions vanished the moment they saw the Mangekyo. Only the true Izuna's Successor could possess these Mangekyo Sharingan, capable of guiding the clan.
"Please take the Clan Head Position, Lord Youhu!"
Once they understood, Yachiyo, Inabi, and the others echoed Tiehuo's words.
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