Nirvana Plan

Fugaku Uchiha walked in and saw this bizarre scene.

A group of clansmen who were usually arrogant and domineering sat obediently in their seats, not even speaking to one another.

The atmosphere was exceptionally quiet.

Bizarre.

Far too bizarre.

Fugaku Uchiha found it difficult to speak, so he could only signal Mikoto with his eyes to take Itachi aside and sit down.

As for Fugaku Uchiha himself, he sat in the seat Uchiha Kyu had arranged for him beforehand.

This seat was below Uchiha Kyu's left hand, a position beneath one person and above ten thousand.

The position Uchiha Kyu had arranged for Fugaku Uchiha was naturally that of the clan head's assistant.

The elder system would officially be abolished today, replaced by assistant positions with no real authority but plenty of drudgery.

The clansmen gradually arrived. Just when Uchiha Kyu thought he would be unable to win over Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Shisui walked in from outside.

"Sorry, I'm late."

Uchiha Shisui hurriedly apologized and obediently sat down in his place in the front row.

Uchiha Kyu slowly opened his eyes, immediately turning his gaze toward Uchiha Shisui and nodding with a smile.

It was good that he had come.

It showed that he was not truly beyond saving.

It also indirectly showed that the Uchiha Clan's cohesion remained considerable.

If not for the traitor Uchiha Itachi slaughtering the clan, the Uchiha Clan could never have been wiped out. At most, its internal strength would have been weakened to the extreme.

Facing the gazes of so many clansmen, Uchiha Kyu felt no stage fright.

Nor did he need to think about his wording, and he had prepared no so-called speech.

He already understood every problem the Uchiha Clan currently faced.

"I've always had a question. I wonder if everyone here can give me an answer."

The crowd secretly speculated about what kind of thorny matter could trouble a clan head who had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan at such a young age.

"Everyone, is our Uchiha Clan weak?"

The moment Uchiha Kyu asked the question, everyone looked at one another. What kind of question was that?

"Clan Head, our Uchiha Clan possesses the Sharingan, the strongest Kekkei Genkai. How could we possibly be weak?"

An Elite Jonin with the Three-Tomoe Sharingan answered loudly, his face filled with proud arrogance.

"That's right, the Uchiha Clan is the strongest clan in the Shinobi World."

"When enemies face our Sharingan, all they can do is flee at the sight of us."

Even those clansmen who had not awakened the Sharingan proudly puffed out their chests whenever it was mentioned.

Their eyes were filled with longing for the Sharingan.

"But if we are truly strong enough, why have we fallen to our current state?"

Uchiha Kyu's words were like a bucket of icy water, instantly extinguishing all the heat in the clansmen's hearts.

Silence.

The atmosphere in the hall once again became incomparably quiet.

The clansmen who wanted to argue opened their mouths but did not know where to begin. The pride in their hearts could no longer be raised at all.

That was right!

If the clan was truly as powerful as they claimed, why had it fallen to such a state?

"Drowning in the glory of the past, unwilling to wake up."

"Living in dreams they built for themselves, unwilling to awaken."

"Standing in the present, yet living in the past."

Uchiha Kyu forcibly tore away the final fig leaf covering the Uchiha clansmen, placing naked reality before them.

Only by thoroughly shattering the false notions that had run wild within the Uchiha Clan for so long could true ideas be rebuilt.

Uchiha Shisui looked around, observing the expressions of the clansmen, and rare for him, he discovered that they had actually listened.

This was completely different from what Uchiha Shisui had expected.

He had tried countless times to persuade the clansmen and change the clan's current state, yet he had never been taken seriously. He had even been mocked for being weak and cowardly.

Why could they listen when Uchiha Kyu spoke now?

Uchiha Shisui decided to carefully observe Uchiha Kyu's every action, hoping to see more of this.

"Don't lower your heads."

Uchiha Kyu's steady, calm voice seemed to sound beside every clansman's ear, making everyone present subconsciously lift their heads.

There was a trace of confusion and fear in their eyes.

Uchiha Kyu was very satisfied with the change in their expressions.

It was good that they knew fear. Only those who knew fear would obediently follow his decisions and make genuine changes.

"The Uchiha Clan has endured to this day, passing through who knows how many life-and-death crises, yet it has never bowed its head to its enemies."

"Do we need to compromise with Konoha? Do we need to bow our heads to Konoha?"

Uchiha Kyu's terrifying Mangekyō Sharingan twisted ferociously as he roared at the crowd.

"Tell me, do we need to bow our heads to them?"

That roar startled everyone. Once the clansmen came back to their senses, their faces flushed red as they shouted their responses.

"Never bow our heads to Konoha!"

"We are the noble Uchiha Clan, wielders of the strongest Sharingan. I'd rather die than bow my head!"

"Let's fight them!"

"Clan Head, please lead us in one charge. I swear I won't take even one step back."

The grievances of being oppressed by Konoha's higher-ups for so long and the fury suppressed to the limit erupted at this moment.

When the anger Fugaku Uchiha had suppressed burst forth, both Fugaku Uchiha and Uchiha Shisui were greatly alarmed.

They feared that Uchiha Kyu would be unable to control the clansmen's emotions, be swept up by them, and ultimately lead the clan to destruction.

Uchiha Kyu looked at everyone with extreme calmness and slowly raised a hand, pressing it downward.

"Stop."

One gesture suppressed the clansmen's intense emotions, and the hall immediately fell quiet.

The clansmen's burning gazes all settled on Uchiha Kyu.

"If changing the clan's current state requires it, are you willing to pay even the price of your lives?"

"You, answer."

Uchiha Kyu did not give the others a chance to speak. He immediately pointed at Uchiha Shisui, who was still observing him.

"If changing the clan requires me to pay with my life, then I think I'm willing."

Uchiha Shisui knew that if he wanted to continue maintaining the relationship between the clan and Konoha, he had to stand on Uchiha Kyu's side.

But if he truly had to choose between Konoha and the clan, Uchiha Shisui had already found his answer just now.

"Good." Uchiha Kyu nodded in satisfaction.

"And you?"

Next, Uchiha Kyu pointed at Fugaku Uchiha.

Fugaku Uchiha looked surprised, not expecting this to involve him as well, and hurriedly rose to his feet.

"I'm willing."

For some reason, as Fugaku Uchiha answered this question, powerful emotions suddenly surged within him. His voice was loud and resolute.

"And the rest of you?"

Uchiha Kyu slowly looked toward the clansmen, who could not wait to answer.

"Clan Head, give the order. So long as it can restore Uchiha's glory, I'm willing to pay with my life to make it happen."

"Me too."

"And me."

"I..."

One after another, the clansmen competed to answer the clan head's question aloud.

Uchiha Kyu raised his hand, clenched it into a fist, and silenced them. Smiling in satisfaction, he said, "Good. Then the first step in revitalizing the clan will be called the Nirvana Plan."

A sense of foreboding suddenly rose in Fugaku Uchiha's heart. Ignoring Mikoto's attempt to stop him, he hurriedly asked.

"Clan Head, what is the Nirvana Plan?"

Uchiha Kyu extended a hand toward Uchiha Kage at his side, and Uchiha Kage hurriedly handed over a thick clan registry.

"This is the clan registry. It records the information of every clansman."

"Nirvana means being reborn through fire."

"Any clansman whose name I call, whether present or not, will head to one of three different front lines."

"Only at the brink of life and death can the Sharingan of our Uchiha Clan awaken amid blood and tears."