"What exactly is going on?"
After the many Uchiha clansmen dispersed, Fugaku Uchiha was the first to enter Uchiha Ensei'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 Ensei has been impersonated by an enemy. I now share that suspicion as well, and I hope Ensei can provide some crucial evidence to prove his identity."
Shisui Uchiha did not conceal anything for Hiruzen Sarutobi. Unlike the later Itachi Uchiha, though he too had been 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 some detailed reports concerning the Nine-Tails' Attack.
Uchiha Ensei did not know the details of the Nine-Tails' Attack and had assumed the situation was the same as in the original story.
But in truth, although the Uchiha Clan's circumstances were not good at the moment, they had not been completely excluded from Konoha's upper ranks.
Therefore, Fugaku Uchiha was still aware of certain important intelligence.
"How ridiculous. You idiot, Shisui Uchiha—prove that you're really yourself."
"Come on, let me see how you plan to prove that you're you!"
Uchiha Ensei sneered and threw the question right back at him.
But in the next moment, Shisui Uchiha opened his Mangekyō Sharingan. The ocular power unique to the Mangekyō Sharingan was impossible to imitate.
"...Why did an idiot like you have to awaken eyes like these?"
Uchiha Ensei muttered helplessly, looking as though he had no desire to deal with Shisui Uchiha any further.
Watching the two of them clash so sharply, Fugaku Uchiha felt his head beginning to throb.
"Enough. Solve the issue first."
"Ensei, your recent actions have indeed been rather strange. Setting aside the fact that you suddenly awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, the Ninja Cat Clan has almost completely become your personal vassal."
"And all those supplies and 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 Ensei fell silent for a moment before slowly speaking. "I awakened these eyes when I was five..."
"They are not the Mangekyō Sharingan, but neither are they a mutation of my bloodline."
"I still do not know exactly what they are."
"But through these eyes, I can see the future."
"So, after seeing the future, I used the Shadow Clone Technique to deliver information about the Nine-Tails' Attack to the Fourth Hokage at the time."
"..."
Several years ago, Uchiha Ensei had needed to conceal his existence because he had not been strong enough to protect himself.
But now that he had the strength to protect himself, it was only natural that everyone should know about his identity as a so-called prophet.
Only then could he obtain the greatest gains at the smallest cost.
After briefly telling Fugaku Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha about certain matters, Uchiha Ensei shifted the topic and spoke to Shisui Uchiha.
"Do you know why I call you an idiot?"
"Because in the future, you idiot, you exposed the power of your Mangekyō Sharingan, then Danzo plotted against you and stole one of your Mangekyō Sharingan."
Then Uchiha Ensei turned to Fugaku Uchiha.
"And you, you useless bastard. Danzo stole the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan and you did not even know. He even learned Izanagi, your clan's forbidden technique."
"Do you know how Shisui Uchiha was ambushed? His eye was stolen using Izanagi, his own clan's forbidden technique."
Uchiha Ensei spared neither of them, unleashing a torrent of abuse that left the pair utterly humiliated.
If Uchiha Ensei had been any older, neither of them would have been able to swallow this insult. Even if he had been right, they would never have endured it.
But Uchiha Ensei was only ten years old, and although what he said had yet to be confirmed, there was a high chance that it was true.
Therefore, neither of them could hold their heads high before Uchiha Ensei at this moment.
"Danzo... He 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 cowardly, Fugaku Uchiha was still a renowned powerhouse.
During the Third Shinobi World War, the name Wicked Eye Fugaku had been enough to make enemies tremble.
But... when he considered the Uchiha Clan's position in Konoha, Fugaku Uchiha's anger was drowned by cold reality, and he gradually calmed down.
"As for Danzo... I will definitely demand an explanation. This matter will not end so easily."
Fugaku Uchiha's words sounded forceful, but they were actually weak to the extreme.
"You two must not act rashly. Even if the Uchiha Clan succeeds in rebelling, Konoha will be battered beyond recognition."
"When that happens, foreign forces will invade, and the Uchiha Clan will also be pushed to the brink of destruction."
Clearly, Fugaku Uchiha knew of his own weakness as well. Thus, he could only earnestly persuade them, hoping that the two rising talents of the clan would put the bigger picture first.
Shisui Uchiha naturally agreed with Fugaku Uchiha's view.
But unfortunately, Uchiha Ensei completely dismissed it with contempt.
"Coward. Trash!"
"You fear foreign invasion? Does Hiruzen Sarutobi not fear it? Do Shimura Danzō and the others not fear it?"
"Why do they dare to keep pushing you step by step? Is it not because you, the clan head, are far too weak?"
"Today, you do not care about the Sharingan in Shimura Danzō's hands. Tomorrow, you let Shisui Uchiha have his eyes gouged out. The day after that, will it be your brainwashed idiot son who massacres the entire clan?"
Uchiha Ensei's furious rebuke completely snapped the taut string called reason in Fugaku Uchiha's mind.
"Enough, brat! Learn to respect your elders."
Under extreme fury, Fugaku Uchiha's Mangekyō Sharingan emerged as he stared directly at Uchiha Ensei.
Seeing this, Shisui Uchiha could no longer tell which side he should try to dissuade.
As the head of the Uchiha Clan, having the Mangekyō Sharingan seemed normal enough. But Shisui Uchiha had reason to wonder whether Fugaku Uchiha had just awakened his eyes out of sheer anger.
"Respect? Respect a useless bastard like you, who let his own son slaughter the entire clan?"
Uchiha Ensei spoke coldly. At the same time, pale blue ocular power began to emerge around him, gradually condensing into the tangible shape of a skeleton.
Seeing this, Fugaku Uchiha's reason finally returned.
"Stop! Do not waste your ocular power. I was wrong..."
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