Vague Future

Uchiha Yatsuhashi felt his scalp tingle.

He never expected that the head of the Uchiha Clan would launch a sudden, unprovoked attack on him.

What shook him even more was the realization that Uchiha Fugaku was also a wielder of the Mangekyo Sharingan.

"Gulp."

Uchiha Yatsuhashi's Adam's apple bobbed with difficulty.

He forced down his inner shock; this was no time for investigation.

He had to escape this place first; survival was paramount.

As long as he remained within Konoha, Uchiha Fugaku, no matter how bold, would never dare to continue attacking him openly under the watchful eyes of the Anbu patrols.

Therefore, once he left the ancestral grounds, he would be safe.

With this thought, Uchiha Yatsuhashi decisively activated his own Mangekyo Sharingan.

He exerted a sudden burst of force, shattering the ground into a large crater.

His entire body shot toward the center of the village like a cannonball.

Seeing this scene unfold, Uchiha Fugaku, sitting in the tea room, couldn't help but chuckle.

"Is this kid really this cautious?"

Just as Yatsuhashi was about to rush out of the courtyard, the vision before him began to fade.

This was the unique ocular technique of Uchiha Fugaku's left Mangekyo Sharingan.

It allowed him to glimpse into the immediate future.

Thus, just as Uchiha Yatsuhashi activated his Mangekyo Sharingan:

"Wait a moment!"

Uchiha Fugaku spoke up quickly, stopping his next move.

"Be careful, this floor is very expensive!"

Uchiha Yatsuhashi, who had just been preparing to unleash his power, froze.

He cursed inwardly: wasn't the wooden window of that tea room expensive too?

Uchiha Fugaku slowly stepped out from the shadows.

His gaze fell upon Yatsuhashi's scarlet eyes, where three fan-shaped blades connected head-to-tail around the central pupil in a unique pattern.

"Such immense power..."

Fugaku was surprised. "Is this your exclusive ocular technique?"

But it seemed far too plain.

Recalling Yatsuhashi's commoner background, he guessed that perhaps an impure bloodline had resulted in a lackluster effect.

However, as long as one could awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan, regardless of the technique's quality, they were an outstanding ninja of the Uchiha Clan.

Uchiha Fugaku stopped dwelling on it.

Uchiha Yatsuhashi did not answer, so Uchiha Fugaku continued, speaking to himself.

"My ocular technique allows me to see the future, so whether you tell me or not, I will know."

"The future?"

Yatsuhashi was shocked.

This was an incredibly powerful ability.

Every member of the Uchiha Clan gained a unique ability upon awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan.

His own ability was [Return to Basics].

After activating the Mangekyo Sharingan, his body received a significant enhancement.

Furthermore, the more chakra he possessed, the greater the boost.

Additionally, Uchiha Yatsuhashi had discovered that he could revert the ninjutsu painstakingly constructed by others' chakra back into its original, unformed state.

"Now, let me see your future..."

Uchiha Fugaku's right eye snapped wide open.

In an instant, a grand vision unfolded within Fugaku's field of vision.

He saw a member of the Uchiha Clan draped in the cloak of the Hokage.

The figure was tall, imposing, and brimming with majesty.

This filled Uchiha Fugaku with immense joy; he had never imagined that he, too, might one day see a day where he became Hokage.

However, as the image gradually zoomed in, he discovered that the contours of that face looked less and less like his own.

In the end, the face sharpened and settled into the likeness of Uchiha Yatsuhashi.

This caused a look of clear disappointment to wash over Uchiha Fugaku's face.

But then he reconsidered: Yatsuhashi was at least an Uchiha.

Even if he wasn't the one becoming Hokage, it was still better than letting an outsider take the position.

Yet, the very next scene made Fugaku's heart constrict violently.

In the vision, Uchiha Yatsuhashi unleashed the unique ocular technique of the Uchiha Clan: Susanoo.

That pitch-black, Complete Body Susanoo held a massive blade, and what it faced was none other than the fully mobilized Allied Forces of the Four Great Nations!

Fugaku's heart shook violently.

However, before he could clearly identify who exactly made up the Allied Forces of the Four Great Nations, Uchiha Yatsuhashi, who had activated the Susanoo in the vision, simply turned his head and, with a single glance, seemed to discover his presence.

"No way!"

Uchiha Fugaku was struck with alarm.

"Crack."

With a crisp sound, the image before his eyes shattered and vanished like a broken mirror.

"Ugh..."

It was all probably just a mistake.

Uchiha Fugaku comforted himself in his heart.

Although he wanted to restore the former glory of the Uchiha Clan, making an enemy of the Four Great Nations was, in his view, far too extreme.

Furthermore, the further into the future Uchiha Fugaku's visions reached, the less accurate they became.

He had once even seen a preposterous vision involving his own child, Uchiha Itachi, depicting him slaughtering the entire clan.

Uchiha Fugaku was accustomed to this; he did not place absolute faith in his ocular technique.

However, with two wielders of the Mangekyo Sharingan appearing within the Uchiha Clan, contending for the position of Hokage was no longer impossible.

Restoring the glory of the Uchiha Clan was truly just around the corner!

Thinking of this, Uchiha Fugaku grew excited once again.

Soon after, the Mangekyo in his eyes gradually faded, returning to their normal color.

"This is?"

Uchiha Yatsuhashi stood outside the courtyard, his face full of wariness.

He truly could not fathom why the clan leader had suddenly lashed out, nor why he had suddenly stopped.

Facing Uchiha Yatsuhashi's question, Uchiha Fugaku merely said indifferently, "I was just looking at your eyes."

Originally, he had intended to spar with Uchiha Yatsuhashi.

After all, as a fellow wielder of the Mangekyo Sharingan within the Uchiha Clan, he had longed to test his ocular techniques against someone who possessed the same eyes.

But Uchiha Yatsuhashi's Mangekyo Sharingan granted a boost of pure power, while his own ocular technique leaned more toward auxiliary prediction.

There was no need for a spar between the two.

If they were to truly fight, he feared he wouldn't gain any advantage.

He might even get injured by this kid's monstrous strength, which would be a laughingstock.

Back in the tea room just now, it was merely him taking the initiative to activate his eyes and launch a sudden assault.

If everyone had activated their eyes at the same time, the outcome would have been uncertain.

Thinking of this, Uchiha Fugaku tossed out a scroll emblazoned with the Uchiha Clan's fan crest.

"This is a dojutsu scroll exclusive to the Uchiha Clan. Remember to return it to me after you've finished studying it."

Uchiha Yatsuhashi took the scroll containing the Uchiha Clan's dojutsu and likewise retracted his Mangekyo Sharingan.

His confusion only deepened.

Could Uchiha Fugaku really have just activated his Mangekyo Sharingan to strike him once, only to hand over a clan dojutsu scroll and call it a day?

Yet, looking at the scroll, it didn't seem like a trap.

The speed at which he changed his attitude was faster than flipping a book.

"Be careful with your eyes. As a Kekkei Genkai, there is a resonance between Sharingan."

Fugaku continued to instruct, "For the time being, don't let the other clansmen know that you have awakened your eyes."

So that was it!

Uchiha Yatsuhashi immediately thought of Uchiha Tekka.

It turned out he had exposed the fact that he had awakened his eyes right in front of Uchiha Fugaku back then.

Subsequently, Uchiha Fugaku personally taught Uchiha Yatsuhashi the method to activate only the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

This would allow him to hide his Mangekyo Sharingan from others.

Uchiha Fugaku suddenly looked up toward the forest in the distance.

"Hurry to the Hokage Building."

Fugaku turned his back and walked away without looking back, "Don't keep the Fourth Hokage waiting."