The Mangekyō's Awakening Had Nothing to Do with Talent

After the clan meeting ended, every clansman was extremely excited. Even on their way home, they looked eager to do something.

Yet they all remembered the clan head's instructions and forgot everything that had happened at today's clan meeting. Even those clansmen who had not awakened their Sharingan kept their mouths shut.

Success came through secrecy; failure came through loose lips.

Although most ninjas were not highly educated, they still understood that principle.

What the Uchiha needed now was to wait for the best possible opportunity!

Shisui, walking at the very end, was deeply worried.

He did not know where the Uchiha would go from here, and as a result, he failed to notice the unusual expressions on Xuanye and Clan Head Fugaku's faces.

Uchiha Genya left together with Clan Head Fugaku. They were probably discussing details concerning the coup.

He knew that if this continued, it would definitely not end well for the clan.

The Uchiha might be powerful, but they were certainly no match for all of Konoha.

Shisui clenched his fists tightly.

After much consideration, Shisui decided to report everything that had happened at today's clan meeting to the Third Hokage first.

Surely the Third Hokage would have a way to stop the Uchiha from heading toward destruction.

After awakening his Mangekyō, Genya became much more confident.

Previously, he had needed to make plans, take action, and even have Fugaku stand in front of him as a shield.

But after awakening his Mangekyō, Uchiha Genya firmly believed that there were now only a handful of people in the entire Ninja World capable of being his opponent.

Moreover, the ocular techniques in both his eyes were absurdly overpowered. It was only natural for him to act a little more arrogantly now.

At that moment, he understood why Uchiha Sasuke had acted so cocky after awakening his Mangekyō, as though everyone he looked at was nothing more than a marked head waiting to be taken.

Genya was in much the same state of mind now.

It was something engraved in Uchiha blood, something that could not be changed once the Mangekyō had awakened.

The Mangekyō's power was simply too overpowered, so overpowered that ordinary people could strive for their entire lives and still never surpass it.

If the occasion had not been inappropriate, he would have burst into Uchiha-style maniacal laughter on the spot.

However, he knew the Ninja World was still extremely dangerous. Many hidden forces were capable of taking his life.

Not to mention Black Zetsu, who secretly manipulated every generation of Indra and Asura, there were even more dangerous Otsutsuki lurking somewhere in the Ninja World, still unknown and hiding in some corner.

Because he knew that, Genya was only arrogant for a moment before returning to his usual calm and caution.

Uchiha Genya followed Fugaku to the director's office of the Police Force.

After entering the room, Fugaku sat down at his desk and looked displeasedly at the calm-faced young man before him.

There was no third person present. The secret of the Mangekyō was known only to successive clan heads and those who had truly awakened the Mangekyō.

The others, even the Elders, had merely assumed that Genya's ocular power had increased after being provoked when they saw blood flowing from the corners of his eyes.

They had not considered the possibility that he had awakened the legendary Mangekyō that their ancestor Uchiha Madara possessed.

In truth, awakening the Mangekyō sometimes really had nothing to do with talent.

Obito had been dead last at the Ninja Academy and was still a mediocre nobody after going to the battlefield.

Yet after witnessing the death of the person he loved most, had he not leaped directly from two Tomoe to the Mangekyō?

As long as the Sharingan was stimulated by intense emotions—whether love or hatred—it could be rapidly awakened and strengthened. It actually had little to do with a ninja's talent.

Genya roughly figured it out at that moment. It probably was not the system's Yin Release power at all. He had really just convinced himself with the speech he had given.

Thinking of that made him feel rather strange, and he even wanted to laugh.

So I genuinely wanted to change this world!

After entering the office, Genya casually sat across from Fugaku, picked up the teapot in front of him, and poured himself a cup.

For an old stickler like Fugaku, such behavior was somewhat disrespectful.

But after guessing that Genya might have awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, he forcibly suppressed that displeasure.

After all, for the clan as it stood now, a pair of Mangekyō was combat power capable of changing the entire situation. Even as clan head, he had to show sufficient respect.

That was the one advantage of the Uchiha: there was no such thing as seniority determining status.

As long as you were strong enough, you could earn the unanimous respect of everyone, from top to bottom.

Still, Fugaku found it somewhat hard to believe that Genya, who sat so casually before him and seemed not to take him, the clan head, seriously at all, had awakened the Mangekyō.

Which Uchiha in the past had not awakened the Mangekyō only after enduring mountains of corpses and seas of blood on the battlefield, losing close family, experiencing pain, and attaining profound realization?

Of course, Genya had also been to the battlefield, and Fugaku would not deny Genya's strength or his contributions to the Uchiha.

But Genya had somehow awakened the Mangekyō during that impassioned speech just now. Was that not far too absurd?

You were making all those predecessors who had endured countless hardships and lost everything to awaken the Mangekyō look foolish!

After steadying himself, Fugaku could no longer suppress his curiosity. He began with the most critical question.

"What exactly are you thinking? Why did you stir up the clansmen's emotions?"

That was right. In Fugaku's eyes, Genya's actions at the clan meeting had been incitement.

Such behavior was actually very dangerous. The Uchiha were already a warlike and hot-tempered clan, and their pride had also led to poor relations with Konoha's villagers.

It could even be said that in Konoha, the Uchiha stood alone without support.

Under such circumstances, further provoking the Uchiha's sensitive nerves could very likely create a situation that not even two Mangekyō could control.

Genya took a sip of tea. Unfortunately, he was not particularly fond of tea, so he could not tell whether it was good or bad.

He only felt its fragrance linger between his lips and teeth. It was indeed fine tea.

Setting down the cup, Genya raised his head and looked seriously at Fugaku across from him.

"Clan Head, before we formally begin this conversation, I would like to ask you a question."

Fugaku looked at Genya without speaking.

Genya continued on his own, "You also took part in the Third Great Ninja War. I want to ask you: why did the war break out?"

"Or let me put it another way. Why did the Four Great Ninja Villages besides Konoha all, without exception, choose to invade the Land of Fire in the end?"

The question was not difficult. Fugaku answered without even needing to think.

"Because the Land of Fire has the most fertile land. The other four ninja villages all covet its territory."

If there was one nation with no real claim on the Land of Fire's territory, it was probably the Land of Water, where Kirigakure was located.

Kirigakure was located overseas, with terrain that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Even if they seized a beachhead and occupied part of the Land of Fire, they would never be able to hold it.

But they had their own demands as well: while Konoha was putting out fires everywhere, they wanted to rush in and take a huge bite for themselves.

Therefore, fundamentally, the other Four Great Ninja Villages had all started the war in order to plunder resources and land.