Become the Clan Head

Whoosh!

A kunai flew from his hand, striking the center of a target not far away.

Bang, bang, bang...

The sounds beside him made Yun, who had just been feeling rather pleased with himself, break out in cold sweat. So every ninja in this world came with a built-in scope?

Holding three kunai in one hand, he could still hit the bullseye with all of them at once? Their starting directions were all different, for crying out loud.

And then there was Rock Lee's reverse triple kick during the Chunin Exams twelve years from now. Even Sir Isaac Newton's coffin lid would not be able to stay shut.

"Whew... So geniuses really do exist to crush other people's confidence."

Itachi did not reply. Instead, he took out more kunai and began practicing that throwing technique of his, using collisions to alter their trajectories.

Whoosh!

Shisui suddenly appeared with the Body Flicker Technique and smiled. "You didn't want to learn when Itachi asked about it before. Now you know what it feels like to have your confidence crushed?"

Yun shook his head slightly. "Learning it would be useless without calculation abilities as freakish as yours. By the time I worked out the trajectory, the enemy would probably have already kicked my head around like a ball."

What was the point of learning this? To be like that idiot Danzo and poke Susanoo with kunai? He could stab at it all day and never break through its defense.

Ordinary ninjas had high attack and low defense, while top-tier ninjas all had their own Gundams—either Susanoo, Tailed Beasts, or Wood Golems. What use were shuriken?

He did not even know whether the rebellion on the moon had happened yet. When the time came, the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion would be able to split the moon in half. Every last one of them was a cheat-user.

In the woods behind the training ground, Yun, Shisui, and Itachi stood atop the branches of a towering tree, looking toward the distant Hidden Leaf Village.

"Life dies. Life struggles. Life... also gathers in groups."

Itachi muttered to himself, as if he were about to start acting up again. Yun glanced at him. "I heard you awakened your Sharingan when Clan Head Fugaku died a year ago. A genius ninja who awakened it at five and a half... How about you dig them out and give them to me?"

Shisui froze at those words. Even Itachi, with his expressionless face, looked over at him as though he were an idiot.

"Everyone has their own talents. Humanity's flaw lies in only noticing what others have gained, while instinctively overlooking what they have lost."

Yun continued, "Once differences emerge, jealousy follows naturally. Life is for living, death is inevitable, and gathering together comes from life's desire to live better."

Then Yun looked at Itachi. "I remember you were talking not long ago about what a ninja was, and what a village was..."

"After the Warring States Period, the First established the village to avoid war. But what about the major clans? The Hyuga, Sarutobi, Shimura, the three Ino-Shika-Cho clans, and so on—why did they join Konoha?"

Shisui thought for a moment before responding, "Because no one wanted to keep fighting, right? I've read some records. The average lifespan during the Warring States Period was terrifyingly low. Everyone must have grown tired of war by then."

Itachi looked at Shisui and nodded deeply in agreement. "To eliminate hatred through dialogue and unite all the clans into the Hidden Leaf Village... the First truly deserved his title as the God of Shinobi."

Tired from using Chakra to cling to the tree trunk, Yun dropped onto the branch with a plop and shook his head slightly. "No. They simply wanted to survive."

Survive?!

Yun continued, "When one person can destroy a village with a single strike and wipe out a nation in half a day, refusing to join means only destruction! And that half a day even includes travel time. Wipe out a nation in half a day? Heh..."

"The First, known as the God of Shinobi, was an idealist. But Madara Uchiha, who stood shoulder to shoulder with him back then, was not someone easy to reason with."

"One hand held shuriken, the other held Three-Color Dango. One sincerely made requests, while the other was always ready to wipe out the other's clan. Those who obeyed got dango; those who did not were beaten until they obeyed."

"After the village was established, it only took a few years of peace for lower-ranking ninjas to grow disgusted with war. Gradually, everyone came to add the concept of Konoha behind their clans."

Yun looked at Shisui and asked, "Do you know why the intervals between the First, Second, and Third Shinobi World Wars were so short, while the time from Konoha's founding to the First Shinobi World War was comparatively longer?"

Shisui shook his head, and Itachi also fell into thought.

Yun explained, "That was because while the First was alive, his strength was the pillar of peace in the Shinobi World. If he said no fighting, everyone had to obediently sit down and talk."

At that, Yun said to Shisui, "Strength is the foremost condition for equal dialogue. Part of the reason the Uchiha can still exist is the Fourth, while another part is you, Shisui Uchiha, who awakened a power similar to your ancestor Madara's... the Mangekyō Sharingan!"

Three tomoe appeared in Shisui's eyes, slowly rotating. "The Fourth intends to find an opportunity to come speak with the Uchiha, but the conflict between the clan and the villagers..."

Yun shook his head slightly. "The Military Police Force, which manages the village's internal residents, was never a good job to begin with—especially when the Uchiha Clan monopolizes it. The pride brought by the family name, along with the Uchiha's naturally arrogant tone, will only drive the Uchiha further from Konoha."

"The Military Police Force has become the Uchiha's private domain. Naturally, when it has nothing to do with them, no one cares whether the Uchiha are doing well or badly."

"The Uchiha Clan has never placed itself among Konoha's noble clans, nor has it ever belonged to the Hokage's side, while offending civilians every day..."

Yun stopped there, and both Shisui and Itachi fell into thought.

Shisui considered every point Yun had made. The Uchiha's current situation truly had been deliberately arranged by the Second.

And the Third had inherited the Second's will, as had another of the Second's disciples—Konoha's higher-up, Shimura Danzō, who represented the darkness.

Only the Fourth remained...

Meanwhile, Itachi looked at the other two. Was the relationship between the village and the clan really as Yun said?

"Though you are only six, I've been astonished by your wisdom since half a year ago. Yun, what would you do if it were you?"

Yun looked at them both. "Does that count as a request? If it does, then you two will both owe me one."

Shisui smiled. "If there is anything Yun needs help with, I would be happy to assist. Do you want to learn some ninjutsu?"

Even the aloof Itachi nodded. Though this clansman of the same generation was not particularly talented, his views on many things were worth learning from.

Yun shook his head slightly at Shisui. "This concerns the future of the entire clan. It is not something as simple as ninjutsu."

"Shisui... become the head of the Uchiha Clan! Only by becoming clan head can you represent the Uchiha and join the Fourth's side. And only the Fourth has not inherited the Second's will."

"Give up the Military Police Force, or let everyone in the village join the Military Police Force. Reintegrate the Uchiha into Konoha's noble clan faction, and join the Fourth's side as one of Konoha's noble clans."

"That is my solution."

Shisui shook his head slightly. "It won't be that easy. The Second Seat and Third Seat elders are still around..."

Yun cut off what he was about to say. "The Mangekyō Sharingan's ability! You became famous for your genjutsu and Body Flicker Technique. What is the ability of your Mangekyō Sharingan?"

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