In the deathly silent Naka Shrine, only Sarutobi Toru's voice remained. "So, can you consider the matter of splitting the family now?"
An elder of the Uchiha Clan viciously slammed his cane against the ground. "What is there to consider? Haven't you already made up your minds? Even you, Uchiha Fugaku, the clan head, no longer care about the Uchiha. What can old fossils like us do?"
What he said did make some sense. Once the Uchiha branch family was established, Uchiha Fugaku, as clan head, would suffer the greatest losses. The power in his hands would shrink dramatically, and his influence over the Uchiha Clan members would greatly decline.
Still, Uchiha Fugaku was not cut out to be a clan head in the first place. What he preferred was a wife, children, and a warm bed. He had a stern, cold face, yet possessed the mentality of an ordinary little man.
Though the elder's tone was deeply dissatisfied, the meaning behind his words showed that he had already yielded. At once, the other Uchiha around them began discussing it among themselves. Those Uchiha who wanted the family to split all revealed smiles.
Uchiha Fugaku also let out a long breath. After all those twists and turns—well, in truth, Sarutobi Toru, his Devil Teacher, had merely given the Uchiha hardliners a few brutal beatings—the matter of splitting the Uchiha Clan had finally been settled.
This outcome was immeasurably better than he had expected, and he could not help feeling somewhat ashamed of his own indecisiveness.
"Perhaps if I had forcibly implemented the branch family policy from the very beginning, the Uchiha Clan would have been free of all this nonsense by now."
No matter what, this farce within the Uchiha Clan came to an end under Sarutobi Toru's forceful suppression.