The Neutral Faction and the Patriarch Can't Escape Either!

"Then, Clan Head Fugaku, may I ask if you have any better solutions?"

Senya had already gained a deep understanding of what Fugaku would say next from the previous clan meetings.

At this moment, if Fugaku were allowed to spread his "stirring the pot" ideology, it would be all over; he had to anticipate and interrupt his casting animation!

Fugaku was just about to voice the essence of his thoughts to stabilize the situation and have the clansmen brainstorm together.

As a result, Senya interrupted his train of thought in one go.

"Ahem, didn't I just say it? This is the very purpose of the clan meeting."

"My personal ideas alone are useless; we need everyone to work together."

"I have already proven with my previous decisions that my personal ideas were a failure."

"That is why we need the clansmen to all voice their own opinions."

At this moment, Fugaku's tone was clearly lacking in confidence.

Senya decided to spread the "love" evenly; since everyone else had been "critiqued," how could he play favorites?

As the most important clan head, he had to be given some extra special care; only then would it match his status and position as clan head.

"Clan Head Fugaku, you now know that your decisions were problematic, right? Then why didn't you have this epiphany sooner? You let the clan lose two geniuses for nothing. What is the current attitude of Itachi and Shisui toward the clan!!?"

"It was already absurd enough to have the hawk and dove factions in the clan, so why did you go and create a neutral faction! Did you solve the conflict? Now both sides are trying to win over your neutral faction!!!"

"Whichever side can win over the neutral faction can dictate the clan's decisions and direction. Is this your so-called 'listening to everyone's opinions and ideas'? Doesn't it still only account for a portion of the people!!?"

"As the head of a clan, not only did you fail to stop the two factions from splitting the clan, but you actually deepened the division. Are the two factions not chaotic enough? Does it take three factions fighting each other to satisfy you!!?"

Senya's words continuously stimulated Fugaku's brain. Looking back at the past, had he really done so many foolish things...

Not only did he fail to alleviate the clan's conflicts, but he had further intensified them. He was truly a failure as a clan head...

Fugaku could realize his own problems, but the clansmen below could not fathom so much.

They only knew that the Clan Head they had always followed, who could influence the overall situation and decisions of the clan, could not be "insulted" by a mere jonin.

"Senya! How can you speak to the Clan Head like that?"

"The Clan Head has also worked very hard, hasn't he?"

"If it weren't for the Clan Head, perhaps the Uchiha would have already perished!"

Compared to the hawk and dove factions he had provoked earlier, this remaining group of neutral faction members was even more excessive.

Some had even stood up and pointed at Senya, cursing him loudly.

"If you have the ability, fight me! What are you spouting off about, you young brat!"

Some even stood up, ready to challenge Senya.

Senya glanced back; it was Uchiha Chikura, the deputy head of the Police Force, who spent his days thinking about how to become the deputy clan head.

This guy's thoughts were almost visible to the naked eye, practically written all over his face.

He quickly formed hand seals, preparing to use genjutsu to control Senya and make him embarrass himself.

Senya's Sharingan spun rapidly, and he instantly activated a genjutsu, controlling his opponent in return.

"Genjutsu—Cursed Shackles Technique!"

Uchiha Chikura suddenly stopped his hand seals, his eyes dull, vacant, and devoid of spirit.

Everyone was shocked; they had not expected Senya's Sharingan ocular power to have reached such a realm.

He could even perform instant-cast genjutsu—this was something only Clan Head Fugaku could do within the clan!

Having witnessed Senya's strength, the others also ceased their accusations.

After all, within the Uchiha clan, strength was the absolute truth; a weak Uchiha had no right to speak.

Fugaku looked at Senya's scarlet eyes, weighing Senya's strength in his heart.

If he hadn't awakened the Mangekyo, he might not necessarily be Senya's match. He hadn't expected Senya's strength to have already surpassed Itachi and Shisui.

To have hidden it for so many years—what terrifying restraint.

Fortunately, because Senya hadn't exposed his strength, he hadn't sent him into the Anbu.

Otherwise, there might have been a third "traitor" within the Uchiha.

If Senya knew what Fugaku was thinking right now, he would definitely sneer at it.

He was not a short-sighted person like Itachi or Shisui. Join the Anbu? He had no habit of living in the shadows and acting as a servant for others.

Senya released the genjutsu on Uchiha Chikura; after all, for every additional person he could break down with his next words, he would gain more rewards.

He couldn't let this guy miss out.

"There are three necessary conditions to become a clan head. First: powerful strength. You must be the top ninja in the clan to make the clansmen convinced."

"Second: have vision and insight beyond the ordinary, capable of leading the clan's rise and fall and walking the correct path. Most clansmen lack the capacity, which is why a clan head is needed."

"Third: you must be able to unify the clan! Not let it split! You must twist the clan into a single rope! You must make the clan united as one! This is what a clan head is!"

"Clan Head Fugaku, may I ask, besides the first point, have you achieved the other two? Have you brought the correct choices to the clan? Have you gathered the clan together? No! You have done none of these!!!"

"Uchiha Fugaku's mental defenses shattered, replication successful, Mangekyo Sharingan awakened."

At this moment, Uchiha Fugaku's "Dao heart" was fractured and his convictions shattered by Senya's verbal onslaught.

Senya's pupils rotated, the three-tomoe patterns gradually merging and shifting into an entirely new shape.

Three equidistant thick black lines extended from the center of the pupil to its edge, the straight lines linked together by a black circle.

"This is! The Mangekyo Sharingan!!"

"Hahaha! This is the hope of the Uchiha clan!"

"What! Senya has actually already awakened the Mangekyo!"

"No wonder he could cast an instant genjutsu to control Chikura! He's even younger than Uchiha Madara was when he awakened his!"

Senya had no intention of hiding his Mangekyo; after all, as long as he had the system, what did it matter if others knew?

In the face of absolute strength, everything else was vanity.

And right now, he had to display his power; otherwise, how could he convince the clansmen and lead the clan?

Fugaku also recovered from the state of having his mental defenses broken by Senya.

His dejection was immediately replaced by shock and joy; relying solely on his own Mangekyo, he could not contend with the Konoha high command.

But now that Senya had also awakened the Mangekyo, this was far more than a simple case of one plus one equaling two; the deterrent force this brought was enough to make Hiruzen Sarutobi think twice.

If Konoha wanted to break ties with the Uchiha, it would inevitably result in mutual destruction, and the other villages would certainly seize the opportunity to invade.

Surely Hiruzen would not want to see the village besieged by the four great nations of Wind, Lightning, Water, and Earth...