Uchiha Fugaku's defiance left all the elders present speechless...
His words, clad in armor and bristling with weapons, pierced through the false gilded facade painted by the lamplight, exposing the clay beneath.
Among them all, only Uchiha Yuan, seated in the place of honor, was not angered by his son's unyielding attitude. Instead, he leaned back slightly, the hint of a smile appearing on his face.
—Uchiha Yuan had gone to such lengths to arrange the Spirit Body Transfer Technique and grant Fugaku a new life. Of course, it was not so he could trade barbs with the elders!
What he wanted was a Mangekyō Sharingan user with sufficient strength of character and ability to lead the Uchiha Clan back to its peak!
And such an embodiment of faith naturally had to be flawless, without a single blemish that others could use to attack him.
That was precisely why Uchiha Yuan had taken the initiative to bring up the previous defeat in the Land of Water during the clan meeting—only by redefining that failure within the clan first could the subsequent publicity campaign centered around Fugaku gain the broadest support with full legitimacy!
To achieve this goal, the Uchiha clan head had prepared more than one contingency plan before the meeting even began. He had even considered whether to speak with his son beforehand and put on a convincing double act together...
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But after weighing the matter again and again, Uchiha Yuan ultimately decided to proceed with the meeting without informing Fugaku, treating it as a test for him!
Granted...
Making such arrangements in a major event that would affect the clan's future strategic planning was hardly