Preliminary Completion!

Uchiha Fugaku stopped insisting once he heard Shimura Danzō's promise.

Now was not yet the time to move against the higher-ups.

"Then I shall leave it to you, Lord Danzō."

"The Uchiha clan's relocation requires my leadership, so I shall take my leave."

Uchiha Fugaku gave a slight bow and vanished from the spot.

"Danzō, you..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the Shimura Danzō before him with great dissatisfaction.

Even if he understood the underlying reasons, Sarutobi Hiruzen still needed a justifiable excuse.

"The Uchiha... have become somewhat different."

"Lord Hokage, if you cannot monitor them at all times, you would feel uneasy in your heart, would you not?"

Danzō said indifferently.

Before coming over, Danzō had already prepared his rhetoric.

This sudden change in the Uchiha would certainly make Sarutobi Hiruzen uneasy.

Coupled with the rise in the Uchiha's reputation, the village had to provide funds for the restoration of their compound.

If they gave too little, the civilians in the village would think the Konoha leadership was too narrow-minded.

If they gave the full amount, it would be an expenditure Sarutobi Hiruzen did not want to part with.

The best solution was to let the Uchiha move back to their compound.

Not only would this save a large sum of money, but it would also facilitate surveillance by the Anbu.

"You are still... forget it. You have many things to attend to, go."

Sarutobi Hiruzen had originally wanted to say something.

But after thinking about it, since he couldn't touch the root of Danzō's actions, he simply couldn't be bothered to speak.

As Danzō left, Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to the window once more.

In this short month, too many things had happened.

First, the Uchiha clan's temperament changed drastically, and they began to get along more harmoniously with the villagers.

Immediately after, his own son went to stir up trouble and was caught red-handed.

Next, this fellow Danzō caused trouble, yet the Uchiha responded perfectly, even reclaiming their own compound.

These signals were all telling Sarutobi Hiruzen that the Uchiha were about to make a major move.

But knowing was one thing; how to handle it left Sarutobi Hiruzen at a loss.

An open conspiracy, aside from absolute strength, could not be broken.

"Is it time to go see him?"

"Sigh..."

After a sigh, Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to his seat, a heavy expression appearing on his face.

Unlike the heavy atmosphere among the Konoha leadership, the Uchiha were as if they were celebrating the New Year in advance.

With the help of the Konoha Military Police Force, everyone in the Uchiha clan quickly moved into the original Uchiha Compound.

Most people returned to their original residences.

Uchiha Fugaku also returned to his original courtyard.

"Clan Head, everyone has been settled."

"Everyone's belongings have also been moved over."

"Are we to continue doing this from now on?"

Uchiha Nagasawa appeared behind Uchiha Fugaku and asked with some curiosity.

The reason Uchiha Fugaku was able to so easily persuade the Hardline Faction to cooperate with Roy's actions was because Roy had given a promise that they could move back to their original compound in a short time.

Under such a premise, these proud Uchiha chose to cooperate with Roy's actions.

Now that the goal had been achieved, Uchiha Nagasawa no longer wanted to continue acting as they had before.

That sort of thing was completely lowering the status of the Uchiha.

"Nagasawa, do you think we have only gained this compound during this period?"

Uchiha Fugaku looked at Uchiha Nagasawa with a smile.

Clearly, he was in a very good mood at this moment.

"The battles, and making those higher-ups suffer, were also quite good."

Uchiha Nagasawa pondered for a moment before speaking slowly.

The battle last night had indeed helped many ninjas of the Uchiha clan rediscover that feeling of combat.

"You might not have noticed, but the attitude of the villagers toward us Uchiha has already begun to change."

Uchiha Fugaku said calmly.

"The villagers?"

"What does their attitude have to do with us Uchiha?"

Uchiha Nagasawa was somewhat puzzled.

In his view, such weak existences—

Aside from needing their help, they could provide no assistance to the Uchiha whatsoever.

"The reason the Uchiha were relegated to moving to the outskirts of the village, aside from the suspicion cast upon us during the Nine-Tails Incident—"

"The primary reason was that everyone distrusted us Uchiha!"

"When no one trusts you, all your arguments are pale and powerless."

"That is also why I agreed to the demands of the higher-ups back then without offering any defense."

Uchiha Fugaku said calmly.

At the same time, the corners of his mouth lifted involuntarily.

As expected, his previous expectations had yielded results.

Roy had truly brought him a third path to follow.

Of course, if they wanted to continue down this path, there were still many obstacles they needed to overcome.

The greatest obstacle among them was, naturally, the persistent and treacherous Konoha higher-ups.

"Those commoners, can they really..."

Although Uchiha Nagasawa still wanted to retort, he found himself unable to continue for the moment.

"Alright, everyone has worked hard lately."

"Go back and rest for now; you don't need to worry about my side."

Uchiha Fugaku saw the confusion in Uchiha Nagasawa and was in no rush to change his mind all at once.

"Understood, Clan Leader."

Uchiha Nagasawa nodded and left the area directly.

On Roy's side.

At this moment, Roy was rapidly unleashing ninjutsu and the abilities of his Mera Mera no Mi.

During this period, thanks to double chakra refinement and the completion of random tasks, Roy's chakra reserves had seen a qualitative improvement.

Now, activating Elementalization was no longer limited to just a few seconds.

Using the abilities of the Mera Mera no Mi had also become much more powerful.

Most importantly, his Sharingan was about to reach 100% proficiency.

"Ding, Sharingan proficiency has increased to 100%, automatically upgrading to Three-Tomoe Sharingan."

As a synthesized electronic sound rang out, Roy felt a surge of special energy pouring into his eyes.

Roy took out a mirror and activated his Sharingan.

Three tomoe appeared around his pupils.

"My ocular power has increased significantly, and I've gained a special dojutsu."

A look of pleasant surprise appeared on Roy's face.

Previously, Roy had always assumed that the genjutsu used by the Uchiha were learned skills.

But he hadn't expected that these weren't genjutsu at all.

They were innate dojutsu of the Sharingan.

It was no wonder that other ninjas found it so difficult to dispel Uchiha genjutsu through ordinary means.

"Next, it's almost time to make a move against the Konoha higher-ups."

"Danzo, you shouldn't be able to hold back much longer, right?"

Roy looked up at the bright moon in the sky.

It was just like Konoha right now.

It looked bright and radiant... yet it possessed not a shred of warmth!