Who Agrees? Who Opposes?

Uchiha Mirai's appearance

immediately changed the atmosphere within the shrine.

Some of the younger clansmen were so excited that tears streamed down their faces.

Who was Uchiha Mirai?

A legend of the Uchiha Clan!

During the Third Shinobi War, only two Konoha ninja had struck fear into the four great ninja villages.

One was the Yellow Flash, Namikaze Minato, who later became the Fourth Hokage.

The other was Uchiha Mirai, Calamity Uchiha!

The Uchiha Clan's name had resounded throughout the ninja world because of him!

Even after that incident, countless clansmen had sighed in regret. If he had not fallen silent, how could the Uchiha Clan have declined to its current state?

Uchiha Setsuna and Fugaku both looked toward Mirai in shock.

It had been a full three years. Many members of the Uchiha Clan had gradually begun to forget his existence.

Uchiha Mirai had actually chosen this moment to reemerge?

Among the clansmen below, Uchiha Shisui revealed a trace of gratification in his eyes.

Uchiha Mirai had finally returned. Shisui's repeated requests had not been in vain.

The Uchiha Clan's situation was bound to change.

"Mirai, I didn't expect you to come. It seems you've finally moved on from that incident."

Uchiha Fugaku looked at Mirai with a complicated expression.

Back then, on the eve of the Fourth Hokage's inauguration ceremony, Uchiha Mirai had suddenly fallen from being the village's hero to a demon despised by everyone.

Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Mirai—the two super geniuses who had become famous during the Third Shinobi War.

One in heaven, one in hell.

And Uchiha Mirai had fallen silent from then on.

No matter what, seeing this top genius of the clan emerge from the shadows still brought joy to him as clan head.

"It seems quite a few people in the clan still remember my name."

Uchiha Mirai calmly swept his gaze across the seated clansmen below. Everyone he looked at, especially the younger generation, had excited eyes and faces full of admiration.

Back then, quite a few of them had fought alongside Uchiha Mirai.

Some had even witnessed firsthand as Uchiha Mirai grew from an unknown clansman into the Calamity Uchiha who shook the ninja world.

Now, this former legend had appeared before them once again.

How could they not be excited?

Uchiha Fugaku's expression became slightly awkward. The moment Uchiha Mirai appeared, he had completely stolen the spotlight.

It made him, the clan head, lose a little face.

"Mirai, find a seat. We're discussing the clan's future."

"That is precisely why I came."

Uchiha Mirai looked at him calmly.

He came for this matter?

Uchiha Fugaku frowned slightly, unable to understand what Uchiha Mirai meant.

Uchiha Mirai studied Fugaku and Setsuna before him, a trace of contempt appearing in his eyes.

One was the clan head, while the other was the highly influential elder.

It could be said that the highest authority of the entire Uchiha Clan rested in the hands of these two.

Yet one was hesitant and indecisive, while the other cared little for life and death and would fight anyone who disagreed with him.

They were practically two extremes.

The Uchiha Clan's future had been buried beneath the internal strife between the two of them.

But it did not matter.

He was ready to make his move.

Uchiha Mirai looked around at the clansmen in the shrine. "The Uchiha Clan is a proud clan. We once had countless glories, but now the Uchiha Clan faces enormous danger. I believe it is time to make some changes."

Uchiha Mirai's words drew everyone's attention to him.

"What changes are you referring to?"

Uchiha Fugaku stared at him with deeply furrowed brows.

Uchiha Mirai chuckled softly. "First, it is time for the Police Force to change. Uchiha glory should not be reduced to handling Konoha's trivial matters."

The moment his words fell, Uchiha Fugaku sternly rejected them.

"No! The Uchiha Police Force was an office established for the Uchiha by the Second Hokage. It is also the Uchiha Clan's authority within Konoha!"

"Without the Police Force, the Uchiha Clan's voice in Konoha will only grow weaker!"

Uchiha Mirai said coldly.

"Clan Head Fugaku, have you ever considered why the Second Hokage established the Police Force for the Uchiha?"

Uchiha Fugaku frowned but remained silent.

"Fine, then let me ask you another question."

"You say the Police Force is the Uchiha's authority in Konoha. Compared to the Ninja Academy and Konoha Hospital, which holds greater authority?"

The surrounding clansmen immediately began whispering among themselves, and the shrine grew noisy.

Uchiha Fugaku still frowned without speaking.

Uchiha Mirai sneered inwardly.

The Police Force?

Put nicely, it was called the Police Force. Put bluntly, it was Konoha's urban enforcement squad!

No matter the world, urban enforcement was always a loathed profession.

With the Uchiha's arrogant, nose-in-the-air attitude, it would already be a mercy if Konoha's street vendors did not overturn their stalls!

Over time, the Uchiha Clan's reputation in Konoha would inevitably worsen and worsen. How could they possibly integrate into the village?

As clan head, he was actually this shortsighted!

Couldn't he even see such a simple issue?

Uchiha Mirai paused before continuing, "Secondly, the Uchiha Clan must enter a state of full combat readiness! Every ninja in the Uchiha Clan must be prepared to fight at any time!"

"The younger generation of the Uchiha Clan must also immediately begin training, converting their potential into combat strength to the greatest extent possible!"

"Impossible!"

Uchiha Fugaku shouted sharply again.

With a trace of anger in his eyes, he stared at Uchiha Mirai and rebuked him.

"Mirai! Do you know what you're saying? If the Uchiha Clan begins training on such a large scale, what will the village leadership think if they find out?"

"Do you intend to ignite the conflict between the clan and the village, plunging the clan into irreversible ruin?"

The surrounding clansmen looked at one another. Even Uchiha Setsuna frowned slightly, unable to make sense of Uchiha Mirai's intentions.

The shrine abruptly fell into dead silence.

Uchiha Mirai calmly swept his gaze across the surrounding clansmen.

"I once heard the words of a great man: 'Peace survives when sought through struggle; peace perishes when sought through compromise.' For all this time, the Uchiha Clan has been seeking peace through compromise."

"Like frogs being boiled in warm water, we have been walking step by step toward destruction."

"If the Uchiha wish to break free of this predicament, then we can only seek peace through struggle. Throw one punch wide open, so we need not endure a hundred punches in return!"

His sonorous, forceful voice roused every Uchiha present.

The Uchiha were a proud clan. For so many years, they had constantly compromised. Compromised again and again.

Yet the pride in their hearts had never been extinguished.

Uchiha Fugaku's brows drew tightly together as he mulled over the meaning behind Mirai's words.

"As for the final matter..."

Uchiha Mirai looked directly into Uchiha Fugaku's eyes.

"I will become the clan head."

He turned around and swept his gaze over the surrounding clansmen.

"Who agrees?"

"Who objects?"