"Now, there's no need for me to say anything else, is there?" Chuan said calmly, casually tossing the enormous water ball in his hand aside.
"Splash—" The water ball slammed into the ground, sending water spraying everywhere, as though shattering everyone's thoughts along with it. The entire crowd fell deathly silent. Every Uchiha lowered their heads, their faces filled with shame and fury. They finally understood that Tie Yue had kept them in the dark all along, even turning them into accomplices in his betrayal of the Uchiha.
"Chuan, since you knew Tie Yue had betrayed the Uchiha, why didn't you expose him on the spot?" someone could not help asking, their tone carrying a trace of confusion and dissatisfaction.
"Because those Uchiha Hardliners needed to learn a real lesson," Chuan said coolly, a hint of ruthlessness in his voice. "Perhaps some of them may lose their lives because of it, but that's still better than letting those foolish Uchiha Hardliners get our entire clan killed."
His voice was calm, yet it carried an unquestionable force. Everyone fell silent. Though they felt somewhat uneasy, they understood that Chuan was not without reason.
"This is my purpose." Chuan continued, his gaze sweeping across every Uchiha present. "The reason I split the Uchiha was to rebuild the Uchiha. We should not waste our precious energy fighting for power and profit. Instead, we should research and develop new ninjutsu and new technologies—whether medical ninjutsu, Puppet Technique, or the emerging scientific technologies of Shinobi World civilians, even scientific ninjutsu. Those are the fields the Uchiha should focus on developing. Not fighting to become Hokage in a tiny village like Konoha. And even if you became Hokage, so what? You'd merely be the mayor of a small village."
"The Hokage is a mayor?" someone muttered