Fugaku Uchiha's Compromise

"What exactly is going on?"

After the many Uchiha clansmen dispersed, Fugaku Uchiha was the first to enter Uchiha Yansheng's room.

Ignoring the conspicuous passage leading to the basement, the three of them tacitly stopped in the living room.

"Clan Head, Lord Hokage suspects that Uchiha Yansheng has been impersonated by an enemy. I share that suspicion now as well, and I hope Yansheng can provide some crucial evidence to prove his identity."

Shisui Uchiha did not conceal anything on Hiruzen Sarutobi's behalf. Unlike the later Itachi Uchiha, although he too was caught between the village and the clan, he had never wanted to abandon either side.

Upon hearing Shisui Uchiha's words, Fugaku Uchiha also recalled certain detailed reports regarding the Nine-Tails' Attack.

Uchiha Yansheng did not know the specifics of the Nine-Tails' Attack and had assumed things were the same as in the original story.

But in reality, although the Uchiha Clan's situation was not particularly good at this point, they had not completely been excluded from Konoha Village's upper circle.

Therefore, Fugaku Uchiha still knew some important intelligence.

"How ridiculous. Idiot Shisui Uchiha, prove that you are yourself."

"Come on, let me see how you plan to prove that you are you!"

Uchiha Yansheng sneered and threw the question back at him.

But in the next moment, Shisui Uchiha revealed his own Mangekyo Sharingan. The ocular power unique to the Mangekyo Sharingan was impossible to counterfeit.

"...Why did these eyes have to awaken in an idiot like you?"

Uchiha Yansheng muttered helplessly, looking as though he had no desire to deal with Shisui Uchiha any further.

Watching the two confront each other so sharply, Fugaku Uchiha felt his head throbbing.

"Enough. Solve the problem first."

"Yansheng, your recent actions have indeed been rather unusual. Setting aside your inexplicable awakening of the Mangekyo Sharingan, the Ninja Cat Clan has practically become your personal vassal."

"And all those supplies and pieces of equipment you keep bringing in... what exactly are you doing?"

Fugaku Uchiha forcibly suppressed his anger and did his best to ask in a calm tone.

Uchiha Yansheng fell silent for a moment before slowly speaking. "I awakened these eyes when I was five..."

"They are not the Mangekyo Sharingan, but neither are they a bloodline mutation."

"I still do not know exactly what they are."

"But with these eyes, I can see the future."

"Thus, after seeing the future, I used the Shadow Clone Technique to deliver news of the Nine-Tails' Attack to the Fourth Hokage at the time."

"..."

A few years ago, Uchiha Yansheng had needed to conceal his existence because he had not been strong enough to protect himself.

But now that he possessed the strength to protect himself, there was naturally no reason to keep his identity as a so-called prophet hidden from everyone.

Only then could he obtain the greatest gains at the smallest cost.

After briefly telling Fugaku Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha a few things, Uchiha Yansheng changed the subject and said to Shisui Uchiha:

"Do you know why I call you an idiot?"

"Because in the future, you, idiot that you are, revealed the power of your Mangekyo Sharingan, then Danzo ambushed you and took one of your Mangekyo Sharingan."

Then, Uchiha Yansheng turned to Fugaku Uchiha.

"And you, you useless fool. Danzo stole the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan, and you did not even know. He even learned your clan's forbidden technique, Izanagi."

"Do you know how Shisui Uchiha was ambushed? His eye was taken using his own clan's forbidden technique, Izanagi."

Uchiha Yansheng spared neither of them, unleashing a torrent of insults that left the two thoroughly berated.

If Uchiha Yansheng had been any older, neither of them would have tolerated such humiliation. Even if he had been right, they would not have been able to swallow it.

But Uchiha Yansheng was only ten years old, and while what he said had yet to be proven, there was a very high chance that it was true.

Thus, neither of them could hold their heads up before Uchiha Yansheng at this moment.

"Danzo... really did covet the Sharingan?"

Upon hearing this news, Fugaku Uchiha's first reaction was rage—an uncontrollable rage.

Though the brat before him had called him pathetic, Fugaku Uchiha was still a renowned powerhouse.

During the Third Shinobi War, the name Wicked-Eyed Fugaku had been enough to make enemies tremble.

But... when he thought of the Uchiha Clan's standing in Konoha Village, Fugaku Uchiha's anger was drowned by cold reality, and he gradually calmed down.

"As for Danzo... I will definitely demand an explanation. This will not end so easily."

Fugaku Uchiha's words sounded forceful, but in truth, they were weak to the extreme.

"Neither of you should act rashly. Even if the Uchiha Clan successfully rebelled, Konoha Village would be left battered and broken."

"When foreign enemies invaded then, the Uchiha Clan would also be pushed to the brink of destruction."

Clearly, Fugaku Uchiha knew of his own weakness as well. He could only earnestly persuade them, hoping that the clan's two rising talents would put the bigger picture first.

Shisui Uchiha naturally agreed with Fugaku Uchiha's view.

But unfortunately, Uchiha Yansheng completely disdained it.

"Coward. Useless fool!"

"You fear a foreign invasion? Does Hiruzen Sarutobi not fear it? Do Danzo Shimura and the others not fear it?"

"Then why did they dare to press you step by step? Was it not because you, the clan head, were too weak?"

"Today, you do not care about the Sharingan in Danzo Shimura's hands. Tomorrow, you let Shisui Uchiha have both eyes gouged out. The day after that, will it be your brainwashed idiot son who slaughters the entire clan?"

Uchiha Yansheng's furious rebuke finally snapped the taut string called reason in Fugaku Uchiha's mind.

"Enough, brat! Learn to respect your elders."

In his extreme anger, Fugaku Uchiha's Mangekyo Sharingan emerged as he stared directly at Uchiha Yansheng.

Seeing this, Shisui Uchiha no longer knew which side he should try to persuade.

As the Uchiha Clan's head, possessing the Mangekyo Sharingan seemed normal enough. But Shisui Uchiha had reason to suspect that Fugaku Uchiha had just awakened his eyes after being angered by someone.

"Respect? Respect a useless fool who lets his own son slaughter the entire clan?"

Uchiha Yansheng spoke coldly. At the same time, pale blue ocular power gradually appeared around him, then condensed into the tangible form of a skeleton.

At the sight of this, Fugaku Uchiha finally regained his reason.

"Stop! Do not waste your ocular power. I was wrong..."