Tonight's Theme...

Qingshui's voice carried a chilling certainty. He walked slowly toward the center of the room, his gaze sweeping over the clansmen in the secret chamber before coming to rest on Fugaku's face.

"Do you truly believe that by yielding and retreating, the village will let the Uchiha Clan be? You are wrong. They have never intended to accept us. Even if we humble ourselves, those high-ranking officials in the village will only perceive it as weakness and an invitation to bully us."

Fugaku's expression darkened. He felt that Qingshui was implying something specific, but he did not immediately refute him.

"Think about it. Since the Nine-Tails Incident, has the village's attitude toward us changed in the slightest? Restrictions, surveillance, isolation... They do not trust us at all. If we do not resist today, the Uchiha Clan is destined for total annihilation."

"Qingshui is right, Lord Fugaku! We must launch a coup!"

Yakumi shouted, his head hot with fervor; these were facts that could not be refuted.

The Uchiha Clan had suffered far too much persecution.

He no longer wished to endure it.

"That's right, a coup! A coup!"

Inabi and Tekka, who had grown up with Qingshui, joined in the shouting.

The Uchiha were a clan prone to emotional outbursts.

This sentiment of vengeance spread rapidly through the hearts of every clansman, infecting them all.

"Coup! Coup! Coup!"

"A coup! We must have a coup; we can no longer tolerate the village."

"We, the Uchiha Clan, are the true heroes of this village!"

"Itachi, are you truly one of us?"

The clansmen shouted fanatically.

The matter of a coup had been discussed for a long time.

It had always been all thunder and no rain.

Only this time, they wanted it from the bottom of their hearts.

The Uchiha were