Sharingan Awakens: A Hundred-Meter Blade Pierces the Shrine
Colorless... odorless... formless... traceless... only the voice of the heart, only obeying Roy's command...
Compared to the Aburame clan who control physical insects as weapons to aid them in battle, the Heart Bug... seems more like a phantom.
Ethereal, mysterious things, carrying Roy's will, split into two, four, eight...
In the blink of an eye, thirty-two lines split off, corresponding to the thirty-two Uchiha clan members below. Their abdomens contracted and writhed, using the Uchiha Bloodline Bond as causal threads, penetrating every crevice of their hearts...
Roy closed his eyes slightly, standing close to Uchiha Fugaku, his eyelids lowered. As his thoughts stirred, images immediately surfaced in his mind... all of those images were shrouded in dark, ominous energy... just one glance was enough to make one's breath catch in their throat.
One of them was a young Uchiha who had just lost his father and was loudly protesting for his father's death.
And then there's the loss of a wife... the loss of a son... the loss of siblings... the loss of beloved relatives and friends...
Roy, lost in his own consciousness, became an outsider, directing the Heart Bug to devour the black energy... He walked slowly along the tape formed by the sea of "images"... His once calm and composed heart began to intentionally "twist," "go mad," and "become hysterical"... His eyes, hidden by his bangs, gradually turned bloodshot...
"Chieftain,"
"Fugaku,"
"Lord Fugaku...
Demanding justice... complaining... venting emotions... protesting injustice... reaching a climax, it formed a storm of "anger and dissatisfaction"!
They advanced "fiercely" towards Uchiha Fugaku.
Shisui sat cross-legged next to Roy, swallowed hard, and unconsciously grabbed Roy's clothes with her little hand.
At the very edge of the corner of the hall, Obito cross-legged, leaning against a thick pillar, his mouth shut. He knew that interrupting at this moment would easily get him into trouble, so he simply moved further towards the doorway.
He was an orphan, he had never lost his parents or brothers, nor had he had the chance to lose his beloved relatives and friends, so he couldn't truly empathize with their suffering. But... the Sun-Earring Boy only glanced at the surging crowd of his clansmen before immediately clutching his head, feeling utterly overwhelmed!
"Being a clan leader is hard enough... then isn't Hokage even harder?"
"Aren't we dealing with even more annoying things every day?"
Uchiha Obito, who aspired to become Hokage, kicked away his love rival Kakashi, and then married Nohara Rin, reaching the pinnacle of his life, grabbed a handful of hair.
"Cough cough..." At that moment, a faint, aged cough escaped...
The main hall of the shrine immediately fell silent, along with the clamor that had been raging. Uchiha Setsuna, leaning on a cane, had been imprisoned from World War II to World War III. More than a decade of imprisonment had bent his back and turned his hair white, but... his blood-red eyes and the imposing presence of a clan elder showed no signs of diminishing.
The old man coughed lightly and slammed his cane heavily on the ground with a dull thud.
Looking up at Uchiha Fugaku, she said quietly, "Fugaku, you heard everything?"
"Elder..." Many eyes converged...
Uchiha Setsuna shakily rose, leaning on his cane, and nodded slightly to the Yashiro who came to help him. The two then slowly and Youyou walked towards the group of coffins...
The old man's white beard was disheveled as he ran his fingers over the coffin surface, hoarsely saying, "The lives of Konoha are lives, and the lives of the Uchiha are lives too. During the Second World War, it was just like this... But," I truly didn't expect that, more than a decade later, the Uchiha who were meant to die are still in this ghastly state... So, Fugaku!"
Uchiha Setsuna stopped in his tracks, leaning on his cane as he looked at Uchiha Fugaku and said, "You've always known that those people sitting in the Hokage Building don't want us to be happy; they'd rather... all of them be dead!"
Am I right or wrong?
Uchiha Fugaku remained silent... He wasn't a novice; he had been the clan head for some years and knew better than anyone else in the room what the policies were, and what the attitudes of the Third Hokage and the other Hokage Assistant were towards the Uchiha.
In this war, he had done everything in his power to preserve the Uchiha Clan's strength, and he managed to persuade the Third Hokage to reduce the number of members from sixty to thirty. Otherwise... there would be more than ten coffins here, at least double the number. In that case, even the Police Force would not be able to function properly, and they might even have some of their power taken away by the Anbu. This is not what Fugaku wanted to see.
"Why aren't you speaking?" Uchiha Setsuna slammed his cane heavily on the ground again, making a dull thud. His eyes, which had endured years of imprisonment yet showed no signs of weariness or despair, suddenly turned from white to red. Three tomoe appeared centered on the pupils. The Uchiha Yashiro supporting him, the pillar of the younger generation, Inabi, Tekka... including the many Uchiha clan members present, even Uchiha Obito, who had no intention of attending the meeting and only wanted to find Rin, all stared at him intently and blurted out, "Three-Tomoe!"
"It's the Sharingan with Three-Tomoe!"
"The Grand Elder, like the Clan Chief, has also condensed three magatama!"
In an instant, the quiet shrine's main hall, like a still pond, was suddenly shattered by a clay bomb that Deidara casually tossed down!
The atmosphere instantly turned awkward!
It should be understood that for the Uchiha clan, the Sharingan is everything!
The Uchiha Uchiha who haven't Sharingan Sharingan are not even in the same league as those who have!
It is an emotional fluctuation that combines "great love" and "great hatred," a spiritual reflection that transcends the mundane and achieves the extraordinary, and a powerful Dojutsu that directly enhances combat power by combining "Illusion Jutsu" and "dynamic vision" to derive physical-type abnormal ninjutsu such as "Susanoo"!
Activate it, and with one tomoe, you can rival Chunin; with two tomoe, you can rival a Special Jonin; with Three-Tomoe, you can rival an Absolute Jonin... Above Three-Tomoe, you'll reach the Mangekyou Mangekyō, fulfilling the prerequisite for unlocking Susanoo! Comparable to Kage-level, or even above Kage-level... Super Kage-level!
And now... following clan leader Uchiha Fugaku, another Sharingan Three-Tomoe has appeared.
The commotion resumed...
Uchiha Fugaku Uchiha Setsuna up and was also taken aback. He hadn't expected that the more than ten years of imprisonment hadn't eliminated the hatred in his heart, but instead had allowed him to use that hatred to condense a third tomoe. This surprised and delighted him. After calming down, he immediately noticed something was amiss. It was completely him...
This was a situation that had not been anticipated before the meeting.
"Whoosh~" A gust of wind blew by, carrying a hint of early spring chill...
Excitement... exhilaration... high spirits... permeated the Uchiha Ancestral Land today.
Roy sat quietly next to Uchiha Fugaku. He lowered his eyes, using the Heart Bug to move through everyone's hearts, constantly devouring Negative Emotions while silently observing the immense emotional fluctuations that occurred because of Uchiha Setsuna Sharingan... such as his father's staunch supporters, the Yashiro, Tekka...
The Inabi, even his own mind, began to sway and waver... The Sun-Earring Boy silently calculated the time; he was still halfway to accumulate enough "Negative Emotions" to match his Visualization object, the sun...
"Buzz..." Red and white intertwined in the Sun-Earring Boy's pupils... Uchiha Shisui gripped the hem of his clothes, quietly swallowing...
A magatama silently condensed, then began to race towards the second magatama...
Uchiha Setsuna stared intently at Uchiha Fugaku, raising his voice at the opportune moment. He slammed his cane into the ground again and glared at Uchiha Fugaku, saying sharply, "Look me in the eye and answer me!"
Everyone fell silent, and Shisui, Obito, Yashiro, Tekka, and Inabi all looked over...
As the clan head Uchiha Fugaku was instantly overwhelmed by the gazes of the entire clan. He took a deep breath and calmly looked at Uchiha Setsuna, saying, "Since Uncle already knows, why ask me?"
The man stood up with composure, facing the surging crowd, silently shielding Roy behind him, and said frankly, "Forgive my incompetence, I have done my best to mediate. Uncle, do you have a way to help me out of this predicament?"
After speaking, Fugaku bowed deeply to Uchiha Setsuna...
A wave of emotion surged through everyone's hearts... Roy quietly strolled along the bloodline boundaries hidden within all Uchiha Uchiha Bloodline Bond, connecting the Thread of Causality, walking through their hearts... Panel notification: ["Emotional Fluctuation" Accumulation: 50% → 60%]
Along with Roy's eyes, hidden beneath his bangs, the shadow of a second tomoe gradually materialized.
"Crunch... crunch..." Bearing the Sun-Earring Boy's will, the Heart Bug extended its slender mouthparts, suddenly increasing the speed at which it absorbed the black energy...
Inside the main hall.
Faced with Uchiha Fugaku, who was bowing almost to the ground, Uchiha Setsuna, and he fell silent—a rare occurrence. Yes... what could he do? Hadn't he tried to rebel before?
Now... Sarutobi Hiruzen, Danzo Shimura, and their Danzo Shimura cutting with dull knives; whether they stick their necks out or not, they'll get slashed anyway. They're clearly not giving them a way out and are trying to drive the Uchiha to their deaths.
Uchiha Setsuna looked up at the shrine's crossbeam. This shrine, which had witnessed the strife of the Warring States period, as well as World War I, World War II, and now World War III, still preserves the stone tablets left by its ancestors.
The old man remained silent for a long time, and those around him—including the Yashiro, Inabi, Tekka, who were well aware of the Uchiha's current predicament—all fell silent as well.
The problem is obvious to everyone; the most important and urgent task at present is how to solve it.
Everyone looked at Uchiha Setsuna. The old man snapped back to reality after a moment, as if he had made a momentous decision. He looked around at everyone, then finally at Uchiha Fugaku, and said quietly, "The only option is to defect!"
"Defected?!!"
The hand that the Uchiha Yashiro was using to support Uchiha Setsuna trembled. Everyone below him, including Inabi, Obito, Tekka, Shisui, was startled, then exchanged bewildered glances...
"Yes, the only option is to defect!" Uchiha Setsuna, "Rather than staying and waiting to die, it's better to defect; perhaps there's still a chance to survive!"
Uchiha Setsuna narrowed his eyes as he looked at the crowd. "We are Uchiha, Uchiha with Sharingan. If we want to, we can carve out our own territory. Even if we can't compare to Konoha, at least... we won't be weaker than some small villages."
Peace will survive if we seek it through struggle; it will perish if we seek it through compromise.
As Uchiha Setsuna dropped several bombshells with just a few words, another wave of emotional stimulation ensued... Roy's consciousness drifted, wandering through the hearts of the crowd. His interface displayed... ["Emotional Fluctuation" Accumulation: 64 → 84%]...
The Sun-Earring Boy stopped in his tracks, passing through the Inabi, the Tekka, and the heart of the Yashiro, until he reached the heart of Uchiha Setsuna. Looking at the old man's past, a series of scenes unfolded before his eyes. He suddenly remembered those words and couldn't help but feel a surge of admiration for Uchiha Setsuna!
This is a wise man who is genuinely seeking a way out for the Uchiha Clan!
Perhaps as early as the Second Hokage's time, when he chose to rebel, he had already foreseen the future predicament of the Uchiha!
However, it's easier said than done. Konoha is not just Konoha; there's also the Land of Fire behind it... Defection means betrayal of one's country. Not only will one face encirclement and exploitation by external forces, but also the eternal pursuit by the Land of Fire, with Konoha as a secondary force and the Land of Fire as the primary force!
Whether it will succeed, Roy didn't know. At least... there was a living example right in front of him: the Kaguya Clan, which was wiped out by Kirigakure and only Kimimaro remained in the end!
"Crunch... crunch..."
85%...86%...87...90..
The Heart Bug continues...
The main hall of the shrine.
After Uchiha Setsuna's words caused a huge stir...
Uchiha Fugaku remained silent for a long while, then gave Uchiha Setsuna a deep look. His profound gaze then swept over the other Uchiha clan members, including Yashiro, Inabi, and Tekka. The man slowly shook his head. "Defection only leads to death. I do not agree."
"Yes, wouldn't defecting be a bit too radical?"
"Elder, it hasn't come to that point yet, has it?"
"Uncle," the Uchiha Yashiro grasped Uchiha Setsuna's arm, his voice tinged with worry, "You've just been released from prison and have awakened the Three-Tomoe. With you and Fugaku in charge of the clan, there might still be a chance. Calm down, think it over, perhaps there's a better way?"
"There's no way, absolutely none. Staying here means certain death!" Uchiha Setsuna had seen through it all. Ignoring everyone and the entire clan, the old man focused solely on activating his Three-Tomoe Sharingan directly onto Uchiha Fugaku: "Fugaku, I'll ask you one more time. Think it over before you speak... Will you agree or not?"
Uchiha Fugaku met Uchiha Setsuna, a crimson glint appearing in his eyes, revealing three tomoe marks. He declared firmly, "I dare let my uncle know that I... am the true clan head!"
"You!" Uchiha Setsuna, his Blood Qi rising, shouted, "You'll regret this!"
Having said that, he faced the crowd, forcefully pushed aside the Uchiha Yashiro, and slammed his cane heavily on the ground again, saying, "Those who want to leave, come with me. From today onwards, the Uchiha family is here!"
After speaking, the old man led the way, pushing through the crowd and walking out of the hall.
Suddenly, a sword rang out... followed by a flash of snow-white light.
Under the horrified gazes of Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Yashiro, Uchiha Inabi, Tekka, Obito... and Shisui...
[Swamp· God Spear]!
Suddenly, a massive sword extended outwards, stretching for a hundred meters through the space, piercing through the air and embedding itself in a corner of a pillar, traversing the entire shrine and blocking Uchiha Setsuna's path!
The old man suddenly stopped and turned to look...
A pair of Three-Tomoe appeared in his eyes, causing his pupils to shrink and him to gasp!
[Hint: "Emotional fluctuations" have been accumulated... Sharingan activated!]
Roy slowly rose to his feet, his blood-red eyes and three tomoe slowly rotating as he calmly said, "My father didn't say we were leaving, so let's see who dares to leave!"