Mangaekyo Awakening, a New Clan Head Is Born

After hearing Nanami Uchiha's explanation, the entire Great Arena fell silent.

The Grand Elder stood on the high platform, his cloudy eyes fixed on the bluish-gold flame suspended in midair as his body trembled.

"The power of Yin Release... it's actually the ultimate Yin Release combined with Fire Release!"

The Grand Elder's voice shook.

"This is far more than a Kekkei Genkai. Its ability to devour Chakra directly, its domineering power that ignores all physical defenses..."

The Grand Elder turned to the surrounding elders and clan members. His eyes were bloodshot as he roared,

"Do you understand what this means?! Ever since the First, Hashirama, died, the Shinobi World has never again seen a power capable of suppressing Tailed Beasts and Susanoo."

"But now, Lord Ren's Glazed Karmic Fire is comparable in power to the First's Wood Release!"

"Comparable to Wood Release?!"

"Good heavens, that was the power that pacified the chaotic era!"

"Our Uchiha Clan finally has a new pillar to rely on."

"With such divine power, what do we have to fear from the Konoha Leadership or the ANBU and Root?!"

The clan members erupted in cheers.

Ren paid no attention to their celebration. He sheathed his short blade and looked toward the ruins at the edge of the Great Arena.

Whoosh!

Ren activated the Body Flicker Technique, crossed dozens of meters, and appeared in a corner of the ruins.

There, Fugaku Uchiha was slumped against a broken stone pillar.

His eyes were tightly shut, dried blood caked at their corners. The Chakra within him was completely exhausted, and he could no longer even maintain the most basic standing posture.

Ren looked at the Clan Leader who had once stood high above everyone and spoke,

"Fugaku, do you still want to fight?"

Hearing his voice, Fugaku struggled to open his eyes, but could only force them apart by a narrow slit.

Looking at Ren's face, Fugaku smiled.

"Fight? With what...?"

Fugaku's voice was so weak that even a breeze could scatter it.

"My Chakra is depleted. Even the ocular power of my Mangekyō Sharingan was completely devoured by your karmic flames."

"I... lost completely."

The man who had endured in silence for half his life for the sake of the clan, bearing countless curses and accusations,

admitted his defeat.

"Ren, your vision, your strength, and your courage are all far beyond mine."

Fugaku gasped heavily. Using the last of his strength, he grabbed Ren's robe.

"I entrust the Uchiha Clan... to you."

"Do not repeat my mistakes. Lead them and survive... Lead the clan back to glory!"

Looking at Fugaku, Ren straightened his back.

"I accept."

Ren looked at him and made his promise.

"I will make the name Uchiha into a blazing sun that the Shinobi World cannot look directly at. Step down."

Just as Ren accepted Fugaku's entrustment,

"Ding!"

A mechanical notification sounded deep within Ren's mind.

[Host detected as having successfully removed the former Clan Leader and gained the approval of more than half the clan!]

[Congratulations, Host. You have officially become the new Clan Leader of the Uchiha Clan!]

[The hibernation conditions have been met. The Super God Family System is officially activated!]

Ren froze.

The system?!

As a transmigrator, he had already been in this world for many years.

At first, he had also looked forward to the arrival of a cheat.

But as the years passed and the system remained silent,

he could only rely on his foresight and extraordinary spiritual power to climb step by step to his current position.

He had never expected that this system required him to become a clan head before it could be activated!

[System activation successful. The novice gift pack has been issued. Would you like to claim it immediately?]

"Claim it!"

Ren issued the command in his mind.

[Congratulations, Host. You have received the activation reward: ultimate optimization of your entire physique and awakening of the Mangekyō Sharingan's origin!]

Buzz!!!

The moment the command was issued, immense energy appeared inside Ren out of nowhere.

That energy swept through his limbs and every bone in his body!

Ren's muscles, bones, meridians, and tendons all began to transform under the energy's baptism.

His already powerful body was frantically evolving toward a higher-dimensional level.

After completely baptizing his body, the immense energy gathered toward Ren's eyes.

"Guh!"

Ren could not help letting out a low growl as he closed his eyes.

"Lord Ren!"

"What's going on? Is Lord Ren injured?"

On the distant high platform, the clan members who had been watching this side cried out in alarm when they saw what happened.

Uchiha Shisui immediately activated the Body Flicker Technique and tried to rush over to check on him.

"Don't come over!"

Ren sharply stopped everyone. He stood where he was, both hands clenched into fists.

The energy gathered in his eyes was forcibly breaking through its shackles.

As a transmigrator, Ren had always faced an extremely awkward predicament.

The evolution of the Sharingan, especially the awakening of the Mangekyō Sharingan, required one to experience an extraordinarily intense emotional stimulus—usually the extreme pain brought about by the death of a close relative.

But Ren was a transmigrator with the rationality of an adult. He was too rational and too clear-headed.

That godlike perspective that saw through everything

made it impossible for him to produce the extreme emotions capable of stimulating the brain to secrete special Chakra.

That was why, despite possessing spiritual power strong enough to crush Fugaku, he had remained unable to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

He had always believed that he would never have anything to do with the Mangekyō in this lifetime.

But now, the system had directly crossed the emotional threshold and forcibly opened this forbidden door for him with origin energy!

Buzz—!!!

Cold, sinister Chakra swept outward in all directions with Ren at its center!

Crack! Crack!

Under the substantial pressure of his ocular power, the bluestone ground beneath Ren's feet turned into countless particles that shot into the sky!

"This... this Chakra..."

Uchiha Shisui stopped halfway there.

The Mangekyō Sharingan surfaced uncontrollably in his eyes as he stared at the man at the center of the Chakra storm.

Under the gaze of more than a hundred Uchiha clan members,

Ren raised his head and opened his eyes.

In his scarlet eyes, the ordinary black tomoe had vanished.

In their place were three razor-sharp black blades joined end to end.

The intricate pinwheel pattern revolved within his blood-red eyes, radiating supreme divine might!

"The Man... Mangekyō Sharingan?!"

The Grand Elder's legs went weak, and he collapsed to his knees with a roar.

"Lord Ren awakened the Mangekyō too."

"And this ocular power... it's more terrifying than Fugaku's, more terrifying than Shisui's, and even more terrifying than the Madara Uchiha recorded in the ancient texts!"

"A miracle! This is a true miracle!"

"Lord Ren is invincible!"

The Uchiha clan members throughout the arena went completely wild.

When Ren revealed the Mangekyō Sharingan that represented the Uchiha's highest faith,

they all fell to their knees in submission!

Rumble—

No one organized them, and no one gave an order.

More than a hundred Uchiha clan members, including the seven elders on the high platform,

including the former loyalists of the Military Police Force, Uchiha Inabi and Uchiha Yashiro, and even Uchiha Shisui, who possessed the Mangekyō,

all dropped to one knee in unison and bowed their heads deeply.

"We pay our respects to the Clan Leader!"

"We pay our respects to the Clan Leader!!!"

The deafening cries soared through the clouds and echoed throughout the night sky over Konoha.

Listening to the overwhelming cheers of support around him,

Ren felt the terrifying ocular power in his eyes, power capable of cleaving space, and smiled.

Just then, the system notification sounded.

[Ding! Host detected as having completely subdued the Uchiha Clan. Clan cohesion has increased dramatically!]

[Clan level officially raised to: LV1!]

[Congratulations, Host. You have received the clan upgrade reward: Secret Art Temple Formation!]

[Secret Technique Temple Formation: Can be placed within the clan territory. All clan members who cultivate inside the temple will gain a 300% increase in Chakra refinement speed, a 50% increase in the probability of Sharingan evolution, and a chance to comprehend lost Uchiha secret arts!]

Looking at the reward description appearing on the system panel, Ren tightened his grip on the hilt of his blade.

This was practically a super cheat for mass-producing powerful warriors.

With this Secret Art Temple Formation,

the forty-three Three Tomoe elites under his command would undoubtedly experience a terrifying leap in strength.

Even the overall combat power of the entire Uchiha Clan would multiply several times in a short period!

This was the true confidence he had to oppose the Konoha Leadership—and even the entire Shinobi World!

Ren dismissed the system panel and strode to the highest point of the ruins.

The gale whipped at his robes, while his scarlet Mangekyō Sharingan radiated a heart-pounding glow in the night.

He looked down at the more than one hundred clan members kneeling on one knee below, their faces filled with fanaticism.

"Members of the Uchiha Clan!"

Ren's voice rang throughout the Great Arena, amplified by surging Chakra.

"From today onward, the days of weakness and retreat are over!"

"The humiliation of being treated like watchdogs is over!"

"The executioner's blade the Konoha Leadership has placed against our necks—I will break it with my own hands!"

Ren drew his short blade and pointed its edge toward the heavens.

"I, Uchiha Ren, pledge to you in the name of the new Clan Leader."

"I will lead the Uchiha Clan to crush every obstacle, wash away all our humiliation, and return to the summit of the Shinobi World!"

"Let the name Uchiha become this world's nightmare!"

Hearing this impassioned declaration, all the clan members raised their heads.

"Return to the summit of the Shinobi World!"

"Long live Lord Ren! Long live the Uchiha!"

Their furious roars converged into an unstoppable torrent, completely shattering the peaceful night sky over Konoha.