"To obtain the Eternal Eye, the conditions were extremely harsh—you had to be full brothers or father and son, both having awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. Then one person's eyes had to fulfill the other, fusing the two pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan together."
"Uchiha Fugaku probably attacked the former clan head and stole his Mangekyō Sharingan for that reason."
"As for how to awaken the Eternal Eye, I ask all elders to keep it confidential and not spread it outside. Otherwise, it would only end in tragedy for the Uchiha clan."
"Of course, even if you wanted to tell others, you couldn't. I've already added this to the restrictions of the confidentiality contract. I hope none of you mind."
Of the elders present, the only one he truly controlled was the Seventh Elder. The rest of their faction had merely been given confidentiality seals.
What needed to be said still had to be made clear.
"You did the right thing."
Uchiha Yan had thought things through carefully. This matter truly could not be leaked. If word got out, the ugly spectacle of fathers, sons, and brothers gouging out one another's eyes would sooner or later unfold within the clan.
After hearing this, the elders all nodded.
None of them wanted to see the Uchiha clan descend into that kind of chaos.
The Fifth Elder spoke first. "How should we explain this to outsiders, to the Third Hokage? Who should go?"
The First Elder continued, "I'll go. I'll say directly that Uchiha Fugaku killed his father and stole his eyes, for reasons unknown. The clan has expelled him and placed a bounty of one hundred million on him. As for how the village handles it, that is the Third Hokage's business."
He was the most senior and held the highest standing, making