Based on the plot of the Original Work.
Combined with his own close-range observations, Shōji was more than eighty percent certain that Uchiha Fugaku was a clan head who cared deeply for his clan and treated others sincerely. Therefore, Shōji believed that this clan head was willing to open his heart to others. The most important reason things had deteriorated so badly in the Original Work was that Fugaku had no one at all to discuss matters with. Shisui, the strongest in the clan, and Itachi, his closest son, both failed to believe in their clan head and father. They only wanted to walk their own paths.
Fugaku could not find a single person in the clan with whom he could truly discuss matters. He had to bear everything alone. Externally, he faced suspicion and suppression; internally, he had to soothe the clansmen and restrain the tempers of some hotheaded members. Although this clan head indeed had many flaws worthy of criticism, it could not be denied that the pressure he endured was simply too great.
What Shōji wanted to give this clan head now was an outlet to vent, a way not to shoulder everything alone.
You handle the internal affairs; I'll control the external situation!
Together, they would solve the clan's greatest problem.
As for whether this clan head might be so scheming and sinister that he would deliberately deceive and exploit him with empty words, Shōji could only say that the odds were extremely low. If something so close to impossible really happened...
What else could Shōji say?
He could only accept his fate.
Then the Uchiha Clan truly deserved to be destroyed.
Shōji would just lie flat and wait to lose.
"Thank you for your trust, Clan Head. I definitely won't let the clan reach its