With that conviction in mind, Fugaku quickly laid out his plans for what came next.
And the top priority, naturally, was to complete the Spirit Body Transfer Technique as soon as possible and regain a healthy, whole body!
—After all, whether from practical necessity or personal desire, combat ability was an unavoidable threshold, the core value of a ninja's survival.
His plunge to rock bottom had prepared Fugaku to pay any price for recovery. But honestly, the two-year gap in his intelligence and the psychological swell of having just awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan still caused the young Uchiha heir to make certain preconceived mistakes while formulating his plans.
Setting aside whether his simplified model of Konoha's politics was accurate...
From the perspective of protecting the Yamada Faction's own interests alone, Soji had no reason whatsoever to accept this goodwill from the Uchiha...
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Because whatever returns Fugaku, as the young heir, could offer Director Yamada on his investment, the latter could obtain in full from the Third Hokage Cabinet. And if Soji were a little more ruthless, he could easily create the appearance of negotiating with the Uchiha while using that as leverage to bargain with the Hokage faction... At that point, however much the Uchiha offered, wouldn't the Hokage have to match the increase?
...The Uchiha's current resources meant they could not possibly wage a price war against the ruling faction led by the Sarutobi Clan.
Once everything had settled, Director Yamada could simply report them and walk away unscathed. If it truly came to that, Fugaku would be utterly abandoned and left with nothing...
Fortunately, Soji had no intention, for now, of steering Fugaku's fate into the abyss.