"Wait." The Third Hokage said, "There's something I want to tell you."
"What is it?" Mirai asked.
"Uchiha Bohai, the head of the Uchiha Clan, was diagnosed with a terminal illness at Konoha Hospital yesterday. Even Tsunade can't cure it," the Third Hokage said.
"A fatal illness? Because of... the Sharingan?"
Mirai hesitated for a moment. He remembered that Uchiha Bohai should have died during the Third Shinobi World War.
As ninja grew stronger, they rarely contracted ordinary illnesses. From Mirai's previous reading of Konoha's historical records, it was well known that in the history of the Uchiha Clan, some had fallen ill from using the Sharingan.
The chances of this disease occurring were extremely low. As far as he understood, only two members of the clan had died from it in the decades since Konoha's founding.
Unexpectedly, Uchiha Bohai, the clan head, was the third.
The Elm Fortress clan also held an extremely prominent position in Konoha, so their leader's critical illness would inevitably cause considerable turmoil.
The main reason was that it was the Uchiha Clan.
"Well, then the Uchiha Clan will soon select a new clan head. This won't be a small matter..."
The Third Hokage nodded. For the village, who became the leader of the Elm Fortress clan was not something that could be ignored.
If nothing unexpected happened, the position of Uchiha Clan head should pass to Uchiha Fugaku.
Mirai said that although Fugaku bore several titles associated with the clan head, that did not necessarily mean he would become the clan head.
After all, in the Uchiha Clan, strength reigned supreme. Mirai said this because Uchiha Fugaku was powerful enough.
As far as he knew, Fugaku's strength was no weaker than Uchiha Bohai's.
"Haha, if your opponent doesn't make a move..." The Third Hokage