"Why are you so stubborn? It's such a waste to let an outsider have such a good opportunity. Don't you want to have the power of Fugaku and Minamoto? If it weren't for the Third Hokage telling me to keep this a secret, you wouldn't have had a chance to have this wonderful thing." Foolish child, your father has really worried himself sick over you.
"It's alright, Father, you can go too. Our family won't be missing anyone. Such a good thing should be shared with others, otherwise it will easily cause public anger." He first had to appease the old man. This was an important matter that absolutely needed to be reported to the Fugaku clan head.
"Hmph, how could I have given birth to such a good-for-nothing as you?" Seeing that he couldn't persuade Feihuo, Uchiha Kouotsu could only go to other clan members first.
Afternoon, at the residence of Uchiha Fugaku.
"Are you sure this news is true?" Uchiha Fugaku, who was Feihuo with Itachi, was stunned by the news brought by Hibiki. A man-made Mangekyō Sharingan? With those bunch of lousy bastards in Konoha High Command? Fugaku was now 100% certain that this was a trap.
Even with his powerful evasion techniques, Uchiha Gen could only achieve the goal of awakening the Sharingan by deception. And even that wasn't guaranteed to be absolutely successful. If those incompetent higher-ups could artificially awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, I, Uchiha Fugaku, would change my name.
"That's right, these are all my father's own words. He has no reason to lie to me. I think he must have been misled by the Third Hokage and his group. Please, Clan Chief Fugaku, save my father and the others for the sake of being from the same clan." Although he didn't know what the Third Hokage was plotting, it involved the Sharingan. Given Danzo's example, Uchiha Feihuo felt that this was probably not a good thing either.
"Don't worry, we're all from the same clan, so as the clan leader, I certainly won't stand idly by." This old guy Sarutobi the Old Dog Jia Yi, has always been close to the higher-ups; Sarutobi shouldn't be able to harm him, but just in case, I should still go and check it out.
Nighttime, at the residence of Uchiha Kouotsu.
A group of misled, Dove Faction young people, yearning for the Mangekyō Sharingan and envying the Uchiha Gen, quietly left the clan's territory under the leadership of Uchiha Kouotsu.
Hidden behind the scenes, Uchiha Fugaku watched the departing group with a grim expression. Such a grand plan had been kept from him, the clan head! These were ten Three-Tomoe clan members! Uchiha Kouotsu, you were practically playing with the lives of your clan members!
"Hmph, Sarutobi the Old Dog, no matter what kind of schemes you have, they are all in vain before my Mangekyō Sharingan with its million-strong power. I'd like to see what tricks you're playing." Although angry, in order to find out the truth, Uchiha Fugaku decided to follow them.
The Forest of Death, the original Root Base.
"Elders Jia Yi, are they all here? Isn't it a bit short?" Utatane Koharu asked with some dissatisfaction, looking at the ten Three-Tomoe youths in front of her.
"That's quite a few. There aren't many Three-Tomoe Uchiha Clan members to begin with, and even fewer in my lineage. If you don't need to worry about leaks, I can call some more people over later." Why is it that wretched woman Utatane Koharu? Where's the Third Hokage? Did he go on some business?
" Koharu, ten is already quite a lot. To avoid alerting them, this is the only way." Mitokado Homura, standing to the side, seemed quite relaxed about it.
"Alright, let's get started. Enter the lab in batches; someone inside will help you awaken your Mangekyō Sharingan." Since we're already here, a few less won't hurt. Eleven pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan are more than enough to deal with Uchiha Gen and Fugaku.
"Did you hear that? Cooperate well with the Anbu's operation. The future of the Uchiha Clan rests on your shoulders." Looking at the Anbu around him, Uchiha Kouotsu addressed his clansmen.
"Understood, Elders Jia Yi." ×10
Faced with the temptation of the immense power of Uchiha Gen, the IQs of the Uchiha Clan members instantly plummeted to negative numbers.
After the Root members separated and led the ten Three-Tomoe members away one by one, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura's tense expressions finally eased.
These are ten three-tomoe Uchiha. If they discover anything, the Root and Anbu, along with Hiruzen cutting off their retreat, could capture them all, but the commotion would likely attract the attention of Uchiha Genji, and the entire plan would probably fall apart.
"Elder Jia Yi and Yi, you may leave now. The researchers from Xiangyin have already made arrangements for you." Although the old man in front of him was a bit old, the Three-Tomoe Sharingan in his eyes was genuine.
"Me? I'm not in a hurry. I'll wait for them to come back. I don't know if this thing has any side effects. Let them scout ahead for me." The Sharingan is so precious. We don't even know the specifics of the Second's experiment. What if there are any harms? Wouldn't my Sharingan be ruined?
"Someone, take Elder Jia Yi down to conduct the experiment." Since only that old guy Uchiha Kouotsu is left now, Utatane Koharu isn't going to pretend anymore.
"What are you doing? I already said to wait until they succeed before going. What do you mean by this? Is this how Hiruzen Sarutobi instructed you?" Looking at the Anbu surrounding them, Uchiha Kouotsu suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Foolish! Even now, you still don't understand? Uchiha Kouotsu, at such an old age, you're still so naive. How could something like the Mangekyo be given to an evil Uchiha Clan like yours?" Looking at the panicked Uchiha Kouotsu, Utatane Koharu's old face showed even more sinister and terrifying malice.
"Damn it, you're in Danzo? This was all your conspiracy? The Third Hokage —Hiruzen Sarutobi —was involved too?" Despite the situation, Uchiha Kouotsu showed no sign of panic.
Although he was close to the Hokage's faction, he wasn't stupid. Faced with the Mangekyo, a matter of great importance concerning the Uchiha Clan, even if the immense temptation blinded him, he still had a backup plan.
"Hehehehe~ Don't you understand now? Danzo, En, Hiruzen and I have been together from beginning to end. Without us, how could Hiruzen have secured his Hokage Position? Without Hiruzen's support Hokage Position, how could we have dared to attack the Uchiha Clan?" Since this old man couldn't leave here alive anyway, Utatane Koharu didn't have the awareness that villains die from talking too much and generously explained it to him.
"Hmph, so the whole thing about artificially awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan was fake? You just wanted to acquire the Three-Tomoe Sharingan to use Izanagi?" So Hiruzen Sarutobi's prejudice against the Uchiha Clan was really that deep? How could the Second have chosen him to succeed as Hokage with such a narrow-minded attitude?