New Clan Head: Junichi Uchiha

Uchiha Clan compound.

Main road.

Corpses lay strewn across the ground, blood flowing everywhere.

In this filthy, bloody environment, a group of Uchiha Clan ninja stood with their eerie Sharingan lit, like a gathering of demons.

"Everyone's here."

Seeing the last three clansmen return, Junichi turned around and looked at Fugaku with dark, unfathomable eyes. "It's time to discuss the matter of Clan Head Fugaku."

He had to seize the position of clan head.

Fugaku, the representative of the doves, had to step down.

Junichi did not want a group of internal dissenters and deadweights to emerge while he dealt with the Third Hokage.

"I made a grave mistake."

Fugaku gave a bitter smile, stepped forward, and bowed deeply to everyone. "My wrong decisions drove Itachi and Shisui to stand against the clan one after the other."

"I am deeply ashamed."

"No matter what, I am no longer qualified to remain clan head, so..."

Fugaku slowly straightened and looked at Junichi.

At the same time.

All the surrounding clansmen looked at Junichi as well, their eyes burning with anticipation.

"Therefore, I willingly step down and nominate Junichi as the new head of the Uchiha Clan!" Fugaku declared solemnly.

As soon as he finished speaking.

The clansmen erupted into excited shouts.

"Junichi!"

"Junichi!"

"Junichi!"

"Junichi!"

The wave-like cries engulfed Junichi.

Junichi could not help freezing for a moment. He had not expected Fugaku to yield the clan head position so easily. He had thought he would have to seize power by force.

Still, this was fine.

It saved him some trouble.

"Thank you for your recognition."

Junichi glanced at Fugaku, then turned to face the crowd and accepted their cheers and welcome with a smile.

The Uchiha Clan revered strength.

After displaying his formidable power, becoming clan head was already a foregone conclusion.

Especially under the current circumstances.

Everyone yearned for him to lead the clan toward a path of survival.

Clap, clap, clap...

After the cheers came another wave of thunderous applause.

The most enthusiastic were several clan elders, whose eyes held boundless gratification as they looked at Junichi.

After losing two geniuses in succession—Itachi and Shisui.

At last, one genius had stood on the clan's side.

It was truly precious beyond words!

"All right, all right."

Only after quite some time, when Junichi repeatedly pressed both hands downward, did the applause finally subside.

Yet the clansmen's eyes still burned with fervor, as though they would not hesitate even if he ordered them to their deaths.

"We can continue the celebration after the battle is over." Junichi spoke slowly. "For now, let's get back to business!"

At those words.

The clansmen's expressions turned solemn.

They had not forgotten.

The Third Hokage's people were still gathered outside the clan compound.

Tonight's battle was not over yet.

"Knowing the Third Hokage and his people, I'm guessing they'll choose negotiations and ask us to stop fighting." With a trace of mockery on his face, Junichi said, "But this so-called negotiation is nothing but bullshit."

"This is an attempt to exterminate the Uchiha Clan!"

"Can a casual ceasefire possibly make that disappear?"

Junichi posed the question, then sneered without waiting for an answer. "Absolutely not!"

The clansmen clenched their fists as their eyes reddened.

How could they possibly let it go?

The Third Hokage had to repay the blood debt for the clansmen who died tonight!

"Of course, with our current strength, we cannot fight all of Konoha."

Junichi's gaze was restrained and calm as he spoke slowly. "So what we need to do is keep everyone else out of this!"

"Confine tonight's conflict to the Uchiha Clan and high-ranking figures like the Third Hokage!"

"Without the support of the others, the Hokage is nothing but a castle in the air."

"With only the Anbu, Root, and the Sarutobi Clan, how can the Third Hokage fight us?"

At those words.

Light flashed in the eyes of every clansman.

Fugaku and several elders in particular looked utterly shocked.

His words had analyzed the situation with extreme clarity, perfectly separating the higher-ups from Konoha.

It was something they had never considered before.

In their long-held view, the higher-ups were Konoha, and the Hokage was Konoha.

The two sides were naturally one whole.

Only after hearing Junichi's words did they suddenly realize that the two were not one entity.

They could be separated!

"I'm ashamed. At my age, I still don't see things as clearly as a young man." Elder Yoshikichi sighed.

Fugaku said with a deeply moved expression, "Junichi, you are more suited than I am to be clan head."

The other elders nodded as well, their faces filled with emotion.

"After hearing Junichi's analysis, the situation suddenly seems much clearer."

"Yes. So our enemy is only the higher-ups."

"Before this, we were muddleheaded and never understood."

"Junichi sees things deeply."

Listening to their sighs.

Junichi merely smiled faintly, unconcerned.

There was no compulsory education in the Naruto World, resulting in ninja whose political awareness could not be called nonexistent—only universally zero.

To the point that they could not even grasp the simplest distinction between friend and foe.

But in Junichi's previous life.

Any high school student in China could have laid out the course of this struggle.

"Let's stop with the sighing for now and discuss the specific tasks." Junichi looked at Fugaku.

Fugaku paused, then hurriedly said, "Clan Head, please give your orders!"

"Though it may sound harsh, I still have to say this..." Junichi said expressionlessly. "Clan Head Fugaku, your mistakes cannot be erased simply by stepping down as clan head."

"That would be far too easy."

"Quite a few of the three-tomoe clansmen who died were personally killed by your precious son."

"You must bear responsibility for their lives."

Hearing this.

Without the slightest hesitation, Fugaku bowed deeply. "I understand. In the battle later, I will charge into the front lines!"

"If I am fortunate enough to survive, let me spend the rest of my life guarding the shrine."

"I will never show my face again for the rest of my life."

Guarding the shrine was tantamount to half-exile.

From then on, Fugaku would never appear in public, nor could he participate in any clan affairs.

The surrounding clansmen showed no change in expression upon hearing this.

In their eyes, such punishment was only proper.

"It seems Fugaku has made up his mind."

Junichi nodded in satisfaction and smiled. "But I have another way in mind. Later..."

After Junichi revealed his plan.

Fugaku and the others were all left stunned.

Outside the clan compound.

Koharu Utatane, Homura Mitokado, the heads of ninja clans, and the jonin representatives from the jonin council gradually gathered around the Third Hokage.

Every one of them wore a taut, grave expression.

They had long noticed the commotion within the Uchiha Clan compound.

Many had seen that towering Susanoo.

At the same time.

They had seen the Susanoo cut down with a single slash. The Mangekyo's ultimate ocular technique had actually been defeated in a direct battle!

This was something only the First Hokage had accomplished in the past!

"Third Hokage-sama."

"Hiruzen."

The moment everyone had assembled and was about to speak.

Suddenly.

A roar of voices, like mountains calling and seas crashing, rose from within the Uchiha Clan compound.

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