Lava Release

"Some Ninja you'd never noticed, people you'd always overlooked, gave their lives to protect you so you could survive and deliver the Intelligence.

"You'd heard about things like that before, but this time you lived through it. You realized the people you'd overlooked weren't just names or symbols. That's why you feel lost," Fugaku said.

"Yeah," Sanada said quietly. "Thank you for helping me understand. I think you'll make a good Clan Head."

Fugaku smiled. "I can't bring glory to the clan alone. The Uchiha should stand together instead of relying on one person. Let's work together to make the clan stronger."

Sanada nodded. "All right. Together."

Fugaku did not bring up the secret operations team. Sanada was still shaken. He could wait until Sanada had steadied himself and his strength had caught up with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

Fugaku left the Barbecue Restaurant and looked at the bustling crowd. Then he vanished with a Body Flicker Technique.

On Konoha Back Mountain, Fugaku once again sat cross-legged in the woods, studying the properties of fire and Earth-Style Chakra and how to combine them into Lava Release.

Fugaku believed Kekkei Genkai could be passed down through families because creating one caused subtle changes in a person's Hereditary Cells. If those cells awakened in a descendant, that person would naturally gain the Kekkei Genkai developed by an ancestor.

It was like Haku, whom Zabuza had taken from the Land of Water. His Hereditary Cells had awakened, and he had suddenly grasped Ice Release.

A Kekkei Tōta formed from three chakra natures should also change a person's Hereditary Cells. In Fugaku's view, Ōnoki's son and granddaughter had not awakened Dust Release because Ōnoki had yet to master it when Kitsuchi was born.

Without the genes for Dust Release in their Hereditary Cells, they naturally