Fugaku's Scheme

"Mikoto, I'm leaving Itachi to you!"

"Don't worry, Fugaku. Remember to come back early!"

"Yeah, I know. I'll be home for dinner tonight!"

After bidding farewell to his beloved wife, Uchiha Mikoto, and gazing at his cherished son, Uchiha Itachi, a few more times with doting affection in his eyes, Uchiha Fugaku left the house. The gentle warmth had vanished from his face; one look at his sharp gaze was enough to tell that once outside his home, he was the Uchiha Fugaku who possessed the true majesty of a clan head.

He held supreme authority over Konoha's great Uchiha Clan.

He also occupied an extremely high position within Konoha.

Then, almost the instant Uchiha Fugaku stepped outside, countless Uchiha Clan elites could be seen moving to protect him. Yet Fugaku himself appeared to be strolling alone through the Uchiha compound. However, his destination was not somewhere within the Uchiha Clan's residence in Konoha, but the center of Konoha's power—the Hokage Office!

That was right. Uchiha Fugaku was heading to the Hokage Office, and the person he wished to see was none other than the Third Hokage.

At this time, Uchiha Fugaku had no idea that the Third Hokage had already met with Tsunade and Shimura Danzō over Uchiha Yue's matter. He knew even less that Shimura Danzō was currently in the Hokage Office, handing over the real intelligence on Uchiha Yue's situation at the front lines to the Third Hokage, leaving the latter furious.

At this very moment, Uchiha Fugaku was immersed in his own beautiful dream. In that dream, he had already become the Uchiha Clan head who led the clan to its true pinnacle and restored its former glory. And the person who would make him the head of the Uchiha Clan at its peak was the