What is the Tribe of Love

"Today's dishes are quite extraordinary; they're all things I've never eaten before, and they smell truly fragrant."

Uchiha Sake, one of the great contributors this time, curiously examined the dishes before him and muttered to himself as he took a bite.

"Eat a bit more today. I heard Uchiha Yang specifically asked the chef to prepare this for us, and the fruit wine as well."

After Uchiha Ya explained in a low voice, he raised his glass to toast Uchiha Yang, who was sitting ahead, as a gesture of goodwill.

Uchiha Sake was no fool. Although Uchiha Yang lacked combat strength, he dared not offend him, given his relationship with the clan leader and his own strategic mind.

Thus, Uchiha Sake followed suit and toasted Uchiha Yang with a proper air.

Seeing one great contributor after another toasting him, Uchiha Yang gave them face by returning every drink. After downing several cups in a row, the aftereffect began to kick in.

Feeling tipsy, Uchiha Yang couldn't resist his instinct to spout inspirational platitudes, so he stood up to draw the attention of everyone present.

"I am merely an ordinary person without the power of a ninja. The only things I can do are think with my brain and speak with my mouth."

"You all face life and death out there, while I can only survive by the skin of my teeth within the clan. In my heart, you are all my guardians, protecting the peaceful lives of myself and our clansmen."

"People outside don't understand us Uchiha, so they often say we have paranoid personalities and act in an overbearing manner."

"After hearing it enough, even we subconsciously begin to believe that we are such people."

Suddenly, Uchiha Yang's tone became high-pitched and impassioned. "No... in my view, so-called paranoid personalities and overbearing actions are merely an attitude toward outsiders."

"We are the true clan of love, but this love is only manifested among our family and friends."

"Here, I want to reveal a little-known secret to everyone and all our clansmen."

Uchiha Yang felt dizzy and had no idea what he was saying; he only knew he was feeding the crowd some chicken soup for the soul.

Upon hearing that a secret was about to be revealed, everyone held their breath, their gazes fixed tightly upon him.

Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Izuna exchanged a glance. Could Yang be planning to talk about the Mangekyou Sharingan?

"When everyone awakened their Sharingan, did you all feel that you had lost love, and that the Sharingan is a power awakened by losing love—by losing the most important thing in your heart?"

"Some even grow to loathe the Sharingan in their hearts, because its appearance meant they lost what was most important to them."

Uchiha Yang felt his throat go dry as he spoke, so he raised his hand and downed another cup of wine, his head beginning to feel hot.

The crowd was already captivated by Uchiha Yang's words, urgently wanting to know what he would say next.

"In fact, the Sharingan is the eye that reflects our hearts, and it is our bloodline limit. But everyone doesn't understand at all: the Sharingan is actually the reflection of our love."

"The Sharingan only awakens when love is lost, but what if we look at it another way?"

The emotions of the crowd were stirred by Uchiha Yang, and seeing him pause, they looked anxious.

Uchiha Yang didn't keep them in suspense for long and continued.

"Could it be considered that when we understand what love is, understand what is most important in our hearts, and firmly choose it, the Sharingan responds to our inner emotional call and awakens?"

"To truly accept the Sharingan from the bottom of your heart—it is not a cursed eye; it is the reflection of our own love."

"This is my personal understanding. Although I haven't awakened the Sharingan, I have concluded this from the clan's major archives and personal scrolls, as well as the personal experiences of our predecessors and ancestors."

"As for how you interpret it, that's entirely up to you. Oh my, look at me, I've said too much again."

Uchiha Yang put on a look of great annoyance, and then, feeling dizzy, he slumped to the side and fell asleep.

Uchiha Yang's words were a mix of truth and falsehood, but their primary purpose was to provide inspirational encouragement.

The words Uchiha Yang had just spoken continued to echo in everyone's ears.

One Three-Tomoe Sharingan after another manifested involuntarily, and everyone fell into a silent reverie—this was the memory they were most repulsed by in their hearts.

It was the memory of what they had lost when they first awakened their Sharingan.

So many years had passed; it wasn't that they had forgotten, nor that they didn't care, but that they dared not touch the scars in their hearts, subconsciously choosing to ignore them.

In ascending to the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, they had lost far too much, and the mental trauma they suffered was the most unbearable at the time.

When someone finally told them that the Sharingan was the manifestation of their love—a power condensed from love—they felt as if the Sharingan had truly become one with them in that moment.

"So, you were always there."

In that moment, Uchiha Sake seemed to see his best friend greeting him, as if saying, "Use these eyes to look after the clan for me."

At this instant, a smile appeared on Uchiha Sake's face that hadn't been there for years—a smile of relief and ease.

Back then, his best friend had taken a blade for him on the battlefield, leaving him with deep guilt, but now he swore to use these eyes to look after the clan well for his friend.

Everyone's process of awakening the Sharingan was different, and their inner knots were naturally different; some wept with joy, some laughed in relief, and some made silent peace with themselves.

This included Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Izuna. Uchiha Madara's Sharingan had awakened when he broke ties with his best friend, Senju Hashirama.

The Mangekyou Sharingan, in particular, had awakened before his father's spirit tablet; this pair of Mangekyou Sharingan was born to take over the responsibility of looking after the clan for his father.

Uchiha Izuna also wiped away his tears. Father, rest assured, I will definitely look after Big Brother and look after the clan.

Uchiha Yang slept soundly, completely unaware that his drunken words of wisdom would bring about earth-shaking changes for the Uchiha.

Although this victory banquet wasn't particularly lively, everyone dispersed with great satisfaction, each bowing deeply to Uchiha Yang before leaving.

They were grateful for Uchiha Yang's words and owed him a significant favor.

"You take him back first; I'm going to go see Father."

Uchiha Madara gave Uchiha Izuna a brief instruction before heading to the clan cemetery alone, where he stood before his father's tombstone, lost in a quiet daze.

After seeing his cousin home, Uchiha Izuna made a point of passing by the clan cemetery on his return, only to find that his elder brother had not gone back and was still standing motionless before their father's tombstone.

"Brother."

Uchiha Izuna stood behind Uchiha Madara and called out to him.

Uchiha Madara seemed to have known his younger brother would come; he turned around and patted his brother's shoulder. "Father spent his life protecting us, and now it is our turn."

"I will give you my full support in capturing those researchers. Remember, keep a good attitude; their treatment is not an issue. As long as our problems are solved, everything will be worth it."

Uchiha Izuna nodded heavily.

The two brothers walked side by side, everything understood without a word.