Decisive in Killing, Vengeance for Every Grudge

Fucheng's tone was tinged with coldness. "What you are seeing is my Mangekyo Sharingan.

Records exist within the clan shrine; it has not been many years since the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, passed away. I believe your elders have likely spoken to you of the past between Hashirama and Madara.

The former clan head of the Uchiha, Uchiha Madara, and his younger brother, Izuna, both possessed the Mangekyo Sharingan."

Fucheng poured an increased amount of ocular power into his Mangekyo.

The pressure stemming from this Kekkei Genkai caused the gathered Uchiha jonin to feel a distinct tremor.

The urge to submit washed over everyone's consciousness repeatedly!

Seeing some who wanted to speak but dared not, Uchiha Fucheng withdrew the bloodline pressure of his Mangekyo.

This gave many a sense of salvation, like "gasping for air after nearly drowning."

Fucheng looked at the group, his voice cold and sharp as he spoke, "I do not care if you follow the Great Elder or take orders from the Second or Third Elders. Within the Uchiha clan, only the strong have the right to speak."

Seeing a few jonin reveal their dissatisfaction, Fucheng looked directly at them with his Mangekyo.

Only when they lowered their heads in silence did he snort coldly and say, "I truly do not know what you are thinking. Senju Tobirama once killed Uchiha Izuna, who possessed the Mangekyo Sharingan.

He is the top genius of the Senju clan.

Even Uchiha Madara, who was once comparable to the God of Shinobi, could not kill the Second Hokage, Tobirama, on the battlefield.

And yet, the Great Elder, with his 'courageous' Three-Tomoe Sharingan, actually thinks he can kill Tobirama? He is far too bold in his delusions."

Uchiha Fucheng added with a hint of mockery, "What right does a radical, stubborn old man like Uchiha Setsuna, who lacks even the talent for the Mangekyo Sharingan, have to point fingers at the main branch of my family?"

The jonin of the Great Elder's faction inside the tent looked at the ground with expressions of resentment.

Although these men were extremely dissatisfied, faced with the iron-clad facts presented by Uchiha Fucheng, they could only remain speechless.

Among the thirty-some Uchiha jonin, some were excited, some were anxious, and others were resentful and unwilling.

But faced with Uchiha Fucheng, the "strongest Uchiha of the present," the jonin could always find a way to save face and gently bow in obedience.

Other families look at who has the biggest fist; the Uchiha look at who has the most formidable eyes.

Finally, Uchiha Qingming, a jonin of the main branch, was the first to speak. "Is the evolution of the Mangekyo Sharingan something that all Uchiha ninja can achieve?"

His question touched the hearts of everyone present.

Fucheng's expression was stern; he did not beat around the bush and answered formally.

"Regrettably, only those clansmen with sufficiently excellent Kekkei Genkai talent have the opportunity to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan.

It has been nearly thirty years since Uchiha Madara left the clan grounds, and no Mangekyo has been born within the clan since."

The Uchiha jonin revealed expressions of deep frustration.

Fucheng continued, "The evolution of the Mangekyo Sharingan is different from the natural growth from one-tomoe to three-tomoe.

Merely accumulating ocular power and chakra is useless; relying on simple accumulation will never elevate one to the Mangekyo in a lifetime.

Elder Uchiha Setsuna is the best example.

His strength is comparable to the Kage of any major village, yet his powerful ocular strength still could not force his eyes to evolve further.

Based on the information I possess, the Mangekyo relies primarily on bloodline talent and extreme willpower.

Just as I experienced, an Uchiha with a Three-Tomoe Sharingan and sufficient talent will naturally evolve the Mangekyo Sharingan when faced with the death of loved ones, extreme rage, intense sorrow, or other powerful emotional stimuli.

I must warn you all here: deliberate attempts are useless. For example: intentionally killing your loved ones, or attempting to manufacture corresponding negative emotional scenarios through genjutsu."

At this point, Uchiha Fucheng revealed a cold smile.

"It is normal for you to have such thoughts; they are recorded in some of the clan's secret scrolls, and every Uchiha who has attempted this has failed.

The only advice I can give you is to have more children when you return to the village to rest after the campaign.

As long as the numbers are high enough, a special bloodline genius will surely appear among the talented descendants."

Having said this, Fucheng stood up from his seat, ignoring the jonin who were bowing their heads in thought.

Not until he reached the tent entrance did he continue in a tone that was nearly a command.

"From today on, as the strongest Uchiha, I, Uchiha Fucheng, expect you to regulate your words and actions as carefully as you would when obeying the clan head!"

As soon as Fucheng spoke, the Uchiha jonin stood frozen in place.

After a full second of stunned silence, they knelt and bowed in unison, speaking respectfully.

"Yes, Lord Fucheng. We will strictly follow the orders of the clan head."

Having consolidated the collective will of the Uchiha jonin, although he had not officially succeeded as clan head, Uchiha Fucheng had essentially become the de facto controller of the Uchiha.

Under the pressure of the Mangekyo Sharingan, even with Fugaku, the first in line to succeed as clan head, still present, everyone from the Uchiha jonin squad leaders down to the chunin and genin under their command recognized Uchiha Fucheng's supreme command.

With sufficient manpower, the first thing Fucheng did was to root out the Root ninja who were maliciously monitoring and observing him in the camp!

During the two days of rest on the Konoha ninja battlefield, the Uchiha clan, acting in full force, discovered as many as eight suspicious targets within the camp.

Among them, three were caught red-handed while secretly releasing Ninja Hawks back to Konoha under the cover of night.

Night fell, shrouding the camp that sat on the border between forest and wasteland.

Deep within an underground space expanded by Earth Style, eight Konoha ninja who had gone missing from the battlefield were held captive.

With over thirty Uchiha jonin working in concert, their combined combat power was virtually peerless; capturing these men in secret had been effortless.

Starting with Sharingan genjutsu, and aided by the element of surprise from fellow ninja of the same village, the Root operatives had been caught off guard, their capture proceeding without a single hitch.

Looking at the eight men bound to the wooden frames, Fucheng could not help but shake his head.

He could not tell if these Root ninja were simply brainwashed to the extreme or just hopelessly naive.

Even after being dragged here, they continued to bluster and shout, threatening to take brutal revenge on the Uchiha clan.

The most absurd among them even arrogantly clamored, "You have no evidence! By what right do you arrest us?" and other such empty rhetoric.

This only made Uchiha Fucheng feel that he might have overestimated them.

Fucheng knew that Root ninja all bore the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal; physical torture would certainly never force a confession out of them.

However, these eight men all had the seal on their tongues, markings on their bodies, and some even carried their Root masks with them.

He had no need for evidence; identifying them was trivial.

"Quiet down. One more word and I'll rip out your tongues, triggering your Cursed Tongue Eradication Seals immediately."

Fucheng held a kunai, pointing it casually at the few who were shouting the loudest.

This sentence caused the eyes of several Root ninja to widen in shock.

They were stunned that Uchiha Fucheng knew so much about the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal.

A ninja with chestnut-colored hair reacted with particular intensity.

He seemed to know that the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal could instantly destroy the brain of anyone whose memories were being extracted.

Fear drove him to shout angrily at Fucheng, "You have no right to interrogate us, Uchiha Fucheng! You Uchiha are committing treason against the village!"

"You certainly sound righteous, but did you not hear me? One more word and you lose your tongue," Uchiha Fucheng said calmly.

His figure did not hesitate for even a second.

His silhouette blurred in place, and when he reappeared, the kunai was already inside Yamanaka Otsuki's mouth.

With a forceful twist!

A tongue inscribed with sealing formulas was severed at the root and flicked out by the kunai.

"You!"

"Mmph, mmph~"

Yamanaka Otsuki spat out blood.

Large patches of black Cursed Tongue Eradication runes spread rapidly toward his forehead, followed by the crisp sound of shattering bone.

This Root jonin of the Yamanaka clan died in agony right there on the wooden frame.

A system notification appeared:

[Altered the fate trajectory of Yamanaka Fu]

[Reward: Yamanaka Fu's Fate Dice]

"I didn't expect him to be a direct blood relative of Yamanaka Fu."

Fucheng's expression remained unchanged as he saw the prompt, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.