Abolish the Elders, Take Sole Control of the Clan

The next second, Uchiha Kyu appeared within the Uchiha Compound.

"Mikoto and Itachi..."

Fugaku Uchiha looked at Uchiha Kyu with a complicated expression, hesitating to speak.

Uchiha Kyu chuckled and congratulated him on making the right choice, without pressing the matter any further.

"Don't worry. I watched Itachi grow up. You simply failed in your duty to guide him. There will be a gathering at Naka Shrine shortly. When you return home, remember to bring Itachi and Mikoto with you."

"I'll be there."

Fugaku Uchiha hurriedly thanked him, though he still worried about his wife and son as he left in a rush.

When Uchiha Kyu emerged from his room after a comfortable bath, he found Uchiha Ying waiting respectfully outside the door.

"Clan Head, as ordered, we have brought every clan member who has awakened the Sharingan to Naka Shrine."

"Mm, very good."

Uchiha Kyu flexed his wrist. He had changed into a black, wide-sleeved casual robe before coming out.

"By the way, has Shisui Uchiha returned yet?"

Uchiha Kyu suddenly thought of Uchiha Shisui, whom he had sent out on a mission.

"Reporting to the Clan Head, Shisui has not returned yet."

Uchiha Ying answered truthfully.

"Good."

Uchiha Kyu was finally completely at ease.

Uchiha Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan abilities were a massive variable, so he had secretly used his authority to send Uchiha Shisui away on a mission.

Naka Shrine was where the Uchiha Clan worshiped its ancestors and held major ceremonies, as well as where important clan decisions were discussed.

Within the little-known basement beneath Naka Shrine stood a stone tablet left behind by the Sage of Six Paths, a secret only successive Uchiha clan heads were qualified to know.

This tablet, altered by Black Zetsu, had directly lured Madara Uchiha onto the "road to heaven" Black Zetsu had prepared for him.

It could be said that the entire Uchiha Clan, beginning with their ancestor Indra, had been used by Black Zetsu again and again.

The Uchiha Clan produced gifted individuals in abundance. Even without awakening the Sharingan, their innate talent was far superior to that of civilian shinobi.

Although the Uchiha Clan did not possess the vast chakra reserves of the Senju Clan and Uzumaki Clan, they still far surpassed other shinobi clans, second only to those two.

In this period after the Third Shinobi War, not many of the Uchiha Clan's new generation had awakened the Sharingan. Even the probability of awakening it had fallen to the lowest point in recorded history.

The Sharingan was born alongside blood and tears. War was the best breeding ground for awakening it, and losing war was equivalent to closing the door to awakening the Sharingan for most clan members.

Konoha was like a giant cage, taming the Uchiha Clan's fierce tiger into a harmless little cat.

Uchiha Kyu sat cross-legged in the seat of honor. Facing those pairs of scarlet Sharingan, he felt as though the entire world were beckoning to him.

"What exactly happened? Where are my son and grandson?"

"And that is not a seat you should be occupying."

The Great Elder, Yata Uchiha, sat at the very front, frowning as he questioned him.

Even now, he had no idea what had happened. With his relatives taken hostage, he could only lock himself in his room and dare not come out. Then he had been summoned here.

The Second Elder, Jinpu Uchiha, and the Third Elder, Hirota Uchiha, stared impassively at Uchiha Kyu. Their families had likewise been held hostage until now.

The remaining clan members, who did not know the truth, dared not speak either, because Uchiha Ying and the others stood around them with weapons in hand, watching them coldly.

Uchiha Kyu looked at the three men coldly. He had already arranged a destination for these three useless men who occupied their positions without accomplishing anything.

"Sorry, I'm late."

Fugaku Uchiha hurried in with Mikoto and Itachi. Seeing Kyu seated where he himself had once sat, he inexplicably felt relieved.

Perhaps the position of clan head had truly been a burden to him, one that had always weighed on him until he could barely breathe.

Seeing Fugaku enter, Yata Uchiha anxiously asked, "Fugaku, what exactly is going on?"

Fugaku Uchiha sighed inwardly. Looking at the confused and bewildered gazes of the clan members, he slowly spoke.

"From this moment onward, I officially resign as head of the Uchiha Clan. Uchiha Kyu will assume the position."

After saying that, Fugaku Uchiha did not forget to bow deeply to Uchiha Kyu.

"Fugaku Uchiha greets the Clan Head."

When Yata Uchiha saw Fugaku declare his resignation, he exploded in rage.

"Even if you resign, you should have informed us! The position of clan head is not something you alone can decide!"

"And does a child like Uchiha Kyu deserve to be the Uchiha Clan's head?"

"I don't deserve it?" Uchiha Kyu sneered.

The pressure in the air instantly dropped, suffocating everyone. His terrifying Mangekyō Sharingan stared directly at Yata Uchiha.

"Y-you..."

Yata Uchiha pointed at Uchiha Kyu's Mangekyō Sharingan, too shocked to speak.

"Uchiha Kyu, you actually awakened the legendary Mangekyō Sharingan."

The remaining two elders also knew of the Mangekyō Sharingan. Unfortunately, despite exhausting half their lives, they had been unable to advance any further and awaken it.

Most of the clan members behind them looked bewildered. Their understanding of the clan's Sharingan still stopped at the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

Boom!

Yata Uchiha was sent flying, smashing heavily into the wall and passing out on the spot.

The other two elders had barely begun to move when the Mangekyō Sharingan's powerful ocular force caused them to lose themselves in illusion. Before everyone's eyes, they slammed their heads into the wall and fainted.

The three elders had been toyed with effortlessly by Uchiha Kyu. To the Uchiha clan members present, it was no different from a dream.

Fugaku Uchiha watched everything unfold. Just as he was about to say something, Uchiha Mikoto forcibly tugged his sleeve, signaling him to remain silent.

After that battle tonight, Uchiha Itachi had become unusually quiet. He stood silently beside his father and mother, curiously observing everything happening before him.

The terrifying ocular power contained within Uchiha Kyu's Mangekyō Sharingan suppressed everyone present, leaving them afraid to meet his gaze.

"I, Uchiha Kyu, hereby announce as head of the Uchiha Clan that the elder system is officially abolished from this day forward."

Uchiha Ying waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to bind the three unconscious, crippled elders.

Uchiha Kyu raised a finger at the clan members. "The Uchiha Clan only needs to obey the orders of one person: the clan head."

"But what if that order is wrong? Must we carry it out anyway?"

A Three-Tomoe Sharingan clan member under Yata Uchiha shouted indignantly.

Just as Uchiha Ying was about to deal with the troublemaker, Uchiha Kyu stopped him.

"I am not so narrow-minded that I cannot tolerate even this much."

Uchiha Kyu smiled at the man whose face was full of defiance.

"You are right. Even if the clan head's order is wrong, you must carry it out without hesitation."

"Why should we carry it out when we know it is wrong?"

"Yeah, wouldn't that drag the clan into the abyss?"

His words immediately stirred up unrest among many clan members who had remained neutral.

"It is precisely because you hesitate, waver, and cling to your own opinions that the previous clan head, Fugaku Uchiha, remained indecisive, leaving the entire clan in such an awkward position."

"The precedent is right before your eyes. Can none of you see it?"

Uchiha Kyu's cold, domineering voice struck everyone's hearts like a heavy hammer.