Uchiha's Genius Girl

Qin Mo looked calmly straight into Tajima's eyes. "Father, I believe my eldest brother is the right choice to inherit the position of the next clan leader."

Tajima narrowed his eyes slightly. "Mo, your strength and intellect surpass the entire younger generation. Even many of the old men in the clan cannot compare to you.

If you were to lead the Uchiha, you would surely bring us to unprecedented heights. You might even fulfill our ancestors' wish of unifying the ninja world."

The council hall was so silent you could hear a pin drop. Several elders held their breath.

Madara's fists clenched unconsciously.

Izuna looked at Qin Mo nervously.

Qin Mo merely smiled faintly. "Father overpraises me. I have no interest in the position of clan leader. I only wish to do my utmost to assist my eldest brother."

Then he turned to look at Madara and Izuna, his eyes filled with sincerity. "As long as the three of us brothers are here, no matter who becomes clan leader, the Uchiha will be the number one clan in the ninja world."

A flicker of emotion crossed Madara's eyes. "Father, Mo..."

Tajima raised a hand to stop Madara, his gaze still fixed on Qin Mo. "Do you truly think so?"

Qin Mo immediately dropped to one knee, his right hand pressed to his heart. "I swear on the glory of the Uchiha.

My eldest brother's breadth of spirit and strength both far surpass mine. He is the most suitable candidate for clan leader.

My greatest wish is to be able to follow at my eldest brother's side forever."

"Good! Good! As expected of my son!"

Tajima stood and walked over to his three sons. "In that case, once these negotiations are over, I will officially announce Madara as the young clan leader."

Madara looked up in shock. "Father!"

Tajima patted Madara on the shoulder. "Mo is right. If you three brothers are of one mind, the Uchiha will surely grow even stronger."

Grand Elder Lei Dou nodded in gratification. "The three young masters share such deep brotherly affection. This is truly our clan's good fortune."

Second Elder Yan Yue also stroked his beard and smiled. "With the three young masters here, how could we worry that the Uchiha will not prosper?"

Qin Mo secretly let out a breath of relief. This result was exactly what he wanted.

Tajima waved a hand. "All right. Go make preparations."

"Yes!" the three brothers answered in unison, then left the council hall together with the grand elder.

After walking out of Tajima's residence, Izuna finally could not help but say in a low voice, "Mo, just now..."

Qin Mo shook his head and said softly, "Second Brother, what I said was from the heart. Power will only drive us brothers apart, and the Uchiha's future needs us to work together as one."

Madara looked deeply at Qin Mo, his eyes filled with complicated emotion. "Mo..."

"No need to say more, Eldest Brother." Qin Mo cut him off with a smile. "Let's hurry and choose our people. The Snow Clan is still waiting for us to deal with them."

The grand elder also chimed in from the side. "With Young Master Mo's character, Young Master Madara truly need not worry."

Madara said nothing more. He only gave Qin Mo a deep look and secretly swore in his heart: no matter what happened in the future, he would definitely protect this younger brother well.

Under the grand elder's lead, the three of them arrived at the training ground to choose elite jonin.

Nearly a hundred elite jonin of the Uchiha Clan had already gathered on the field. Every one of them was full of vigor, their aura soaring like a rainbow.

"These are all the clan's most elite jonin," the grand elder introduced. "In accordance with the clan leader's orders, we specifically selected clansmen who have awakened the Sharingan."

Madara nodded slightly.

Izuna had already rushed impatiently into the crowd and begun selecting clansmen who had awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

Qin Mo swept his gaze across them. Almost all of those present who had awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan were clansmen over thirty years old.

As for the young clansmen between fifteen or sixteen and twenty, most had only awakened one tomoe or the Two-Tomoe Sharingan.

"Strange..." Qin Mo asked softly. "Why is it all the older clansmen who have awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan?"

The grand elder explained, "Clansmen who can awaken the Sharingan are already rare to begin with, and those who can awaken the Three-Tomoe Sharingan before the age of twenty and survive are even fewer."

Just as Qin Mo felt slightly disappointed, the corner of his eye suddenly caught sight of a small, thin figure standing in a corner of the training ground.

It was a girl of twelve or thirteen. Her left sleeve hung empty, but her posture was unusually straight.

"Grand Elder," Qin Mo said, pointing in that direction. "Who is she?"

Grand Elder Lei Dou looked over. "Oh! Her name is Uchiha Feixue. Speaking of which... she is something of a special case."

Qin Mo asked curiously, "How so?"

"She is an orphan." Lei Dou sighed. "Her parents died three years ago in a sneak attack by the Senju Clan.

Strangely enough, that child awakened directly from ordinary eyes to the Three-Tomoe Sharingan on the very day her parents were killed."

A sharp gleam flashed through Qin Mo's eyes. "Evolved directly from ordinary eyes to three tomoe?"

"That's right." Lei Dou nodded. "Although she lost her left arm, her strength definitely ranks among the younger generation."

Qin Mo walked straight toward the girl.

As the distance between them closed, he saw the girl's appearance clearly.

Black hair cut to her ears, a pale face with a faint scar on her cheek, and most eye-catching of all, those scarlet Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

"Uchiha Feixue?" Qin Mo stopped in front of the girl and asked.

The girl immediately dropped to one knee. "Young Master Mo."

Her voice was cold and clear, without the slightest ripple.

"Stand up and speak." Qin Mo studied her with interest. "I hear you awakened directly from ordinary eyes to three tomoe?"

"Yes, Young Master Mo." Feixue stood, her empty left sleeve falling naturally at her side.

Qin Mo looked into Feixue's stubborn eyes and said softly, "Are you willing to follow me?"

Feixue was slightly stunned, then said solemnly, "If Young Master Mo promises to avenge my murdered parents, Feixue is willing to follow at your side for all eternity."

"How insolent!" Grand Elder Lei Dou shouted sternly. "What status do you have, to dare negotiate terms with Young Master Mo?"

Qin Mo raised a hand to stop the grand elder, his gaze never leaving Feixue. "Even if you had not said it, I would not let the Senju Clan off."

A ripple flashed through Feixue's eyes, but she quickly regained her calm. "Then Young Master Mo means..."

"I promise you." Qin Mo's voice suddenly turned cold. "Not only your parents' grudge, but every Uchiha clansman who died at the hands of the Senju—I will avenge them all."

Everyone present looked at Qin Mo in surprise.

Madara and Izuna had also never seen such a cold expression on this younger brother's face.

"Greetings, my lord!" Feixue immediately knelt on both knees, knocking her forehead heavily against the ground. "From this day forward, Feixue's life belongs to my lord!"

"Just call me young master!" Qin Mo reached out and helped the girl up.

Seeing Uchiha Feixue go from a maimed ninja no one paid attention to into the personal guard of the clan leader's son in the blink of an eye, the surrounding Uchiha elites all cast envious looks her way.

A few young ninjas even could not help taking half a step forward, as if they too wanted to fight for this opportunity.

But Qin Mo did not speak, so they did not dare act out of line.

Madara and Izuna each selected seven Three-Tomoe elite jonin as well, all of them around their early thirties.