Convincing Shisui!

After hearing Shisui's words, Roy smiled.

At last, Shisui wasn't too slow on the uptake. He'd figured it out himself.

"Big Brother Shisui, since you've put it that way, I won't stand on ceremony."

"Before I answer your question, there's something I want to know."

"Big Brother Shisui, have you awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan?"

Roy asked him directly.

He already knew the answer, but he still needed to make sure.

After all, his arrival might have changed the course of events.

He had access to very little information right now, and Shisui was an excellent source.

"Mm."

Shisui nodded. His Three-Tomoe Sharingan appeared, and its tomoe began to spin.

A unique Mangekyō Sharingan appeared before Roy.

"Roy, I've never shown my Mangekyō to anyone."

"How did you know?"

Shisui asked, sounding surprised after activating his Mangekyō.

Am I the first to know?

Roy was overjoyed.

That meant Shisui hadn't yet told Konoha High Command about his Sharingan ability.

"Yes."

Shisui nodded.

"I guessed."

"Given your talent and all you've been through, it wouldn't be surprising if you awakened the Mangekyō."

"Together with the clan head's, that makes two Mangekyō in the clan."

"That should ease the pressure from the village leadership a little."

"Big Brother Shisui, please don't tell anyone that you've awakened the Mangekyō."

Roy quickly warned him.

Of course—Shisui's Mangekyō ability was Kotoamatsukami!

Both eyes had it!

That meant Shisui could change the wills of two powerful people without them realizing it.

Even Kage Level shinobi couldn't resist that kind of control.

After all, in the original story,

even a forbidden technique as powerful and broken as Impure World Reincarnation was easily undone by Kotoamatsukami.

To put it simply, if Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō learned about Shisui's ability,

they would become even more wary of the Uchiha and act against them even sooner.

"After all that, your heart is still with the Uchiha, isn't it, Roy?"

"Then what about the village?"

Shisui had figured it out.

Everything Roy had said was from the clan's point of view.

The conflict between the clan and the village, and the disputes within the clan itself, were on the verge of erupting.

Whether the clan rebelled or outright defected from the village,

neither was something Shisui wanted to see.

But finding a compromise was incredibly difficult...

"It's impossible to change the village."

"Those people won't allow a powerful clan like the Uchiha, one they can't control, to exist."

"The oppression of the Uchiha will continue."

"And it'll become more and more brazen."

"So what we need to do is change ourselves first."

Roy raised his head and met Shisui's gaze.

His confidence was written all over his face.

"Change ourselves?"

"The clan?"

Shisui shook his head helplessly.

If the Uchiha were easy to change, things wouldn't have come to this.

"Hard, isn't it?"

"But the Uchiha aren't inherently aloof. They're proud."

"Add in the lingering problems from the Sengoku period, and the Uchiha have been pushed to the margins."

"Proud Uchiha would never lower their heads to the villagers."

"That's where the conflict begins."

As Roy spoke, the corners of his mouth lifted.

Shisui hadn't argued with him, so the rest would be easy.

"Even if we know what's causing the conflict, resolving it won't be easy!"

Shisui looked at Roy expectantly.

For some reason, he felt the boy already had a concrete plan.

He even suspected Roy had anticipated that he would come to see him.

"It's not hard."

"What the Uchiha need right now isn't greater strength, nor is it to build better relationships with the other clans and villagers."

"What they need is recognition!"

Roy slowly laid out his view.

"Recognition?"

Shisui furrowed his brow and nodded.

"Those proud people will never admit that they need it."

"But, Big Brother Shisui, do you think anyone can go without friends?"

Roy asked with a smile.

Come on—even Uchiha Sasuke, the king of cool, ended up treasuring his friendship with Naruto.

The same went for everyone else.

"Start with the Military Police Force."

"By the way, Big Brother Shisui, I'd like to ask you for something."

Roy changed the subject as he spoke.

"Ask me?"

"Yes, ask you."

"No matter what happens, stand with the Uchiha."

"Of course, that's only as long as I'm still alive."

Roy said with a smile.

"Dead..."

"Roy, what exactly are you planning to do?"

Shisui was puzzled.

Whether it was Roy being gravely wounded and nearly killed by shinobi from their own village, his later performance in the Military Police Force, or the things he was saying now,

for the first time, Shisui felt he couldn't see through the person before him.

"I want to... keep the clan alive and make myself stronger."

"The future of the Ninja World won't be peaceful..."

Roy thought of Akatsuki, the Fourth Shinobi World War, Uchiha Madara lying in wait, Black Zetsu, Kaguya...

Of course, those were matters for later.

If he failed this first main quest, Roy didn't know what he would do next.

Of course, since he knew the story, he had other ways to survive and become stronger.

But things would get much more complicated that way.

"All right. I'll do it."

"Tell me your plan."

For some reason, Shisui felt reassured.

As far as he was concerned, the situation between the clan and the village was beyond reconciliation.

He saw the Uchiha's future in Roy.

"First, the people in the village interact most with the Konoha Military Police Force."

"The clan head, Lord Fugaku, is its director."

"So for now, I'll work on changing the villagers' view of the Military Police Force."

"Big Brother Shisui, you have something more important to do."

"That is..."

As Roy spoke, he took out a sheet of paper and began writing down a detailed plan.

Shisui's expression shifted as he read it.

First came confusion, then seriousness and approval, and finally astonishment.

It was hard to believe that such a plan had come from a low-ranking Chunin in the clan.

Shisui even felt Roy understood the village and the clan better than the Third Hokage and the clan head did.

"But why...?"

Shisui pointed to a name on the paper.

"Because he's... strong!"

Roy smiled.

"All right. Leave these things to me."

"I'll come back to you when it's time to act."

"I'll be going now."

With that, Shisui vanished in a cloud of smoke.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, on completing the persuasion..."

As the system notification sounded, Roy smiled and picked up the paper.

A flame flared, reducing the paper to ashes.