The Genius Boy Uchiha Yi

"Yi, great, you're awake!" Uchiha Yi slowly opened his eyes to see a girl of about eight or nine years old. The exquisitely carved, doll-like girl was looking at him with a worried expression on her face.

"It's Mikoto, sorry to worry you. How long have I been asleep?" Uchiha Yi sat up, shook his head, and offered Uchiha Mikoto an apologetic smile.

"How many times have I told you, call me older sister!" Uchiha Mikoto instinctively retorted to Uchiha Yi before continuing with concern, "Yi, are you really alright? Dad said you woke up your Sharingan because you were too excited, and your body couldn't handle it at such a young age, which is why you passed out.

You've been unconscious for about three hours. Lord Hokage and the clan leader have already left, and they told you to rest well at home.

Are you feeling a bit better now?"

"Yeah, much better!" Uchiha Yi reached out and gently stroked his eyelids. His pitch-black pupils flashed and transformed in an instant, turning scarlet as a single black tomoe spun rapidly within them. "Pity, it seems to be only a One-Tomoe."

Before his transmigration, plenty of people complained online about Sasuke Uchiha having the entire clan sacrificed yet only managing to unlock a One-Tomoe. Now that his own biological father had died and he had also only unlocked a One-Tomoe Sharingan, if the forum gurus found out, wouldn't he get roasted as trash?

Still, unlocking a One-Tomoe Sharingan at the age of six made him a "genius" with the earliest awakening in the entire Uchiha Clan.

Soon enough, Uchiha Yi felt relieved. Awakening too early wasn't necessarily a good thing for the Uchiha Clan; take future Uchiha Itachi, for instance, who seemed to have contracted a severe Bloodline Disease precisely because he awakened his eyes too early.

Look at Madara Uchiha—at twelve years old, after losing so many younger brothers, he hadn't even awakened his Sharingan yet.

As a transmigrator, he wasn't unfamiliar with the world of Naruto, but transmigrating as the son of Uchiha Kagami, an elite powerhouse of the Uchiha Clan, left Uchiha Yi with complicated feelings.

As a member of the Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Kagami had always dedicated himself to actions promoting harmonious coexistence between Konoha and the Uchiha Clan. While Tobirama Senju was still around, Uchiha Kagami had worked very hard to convey the Uchiha Clan's goodwill to the Second Hokage, while simultaneously helping Tobirama Senju communicate his intentions back to the Uchiha Clan.

Without a doubt, Uchiha Kagami was the bridge of communication between the Uchiha Clan and the Hokage faction.

With Tobirama Senju suppressing the Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Kagami's job was relatively easy. Tobirama Senju appreciated him, and the Uchiha Clan yearned for peace while hoping Uchiha Kagami could compete to become the next Hokage. That period could be said to have been a honeymoon phase between both sides.

However, ever since Tobirama Senju sacrificed himself and Hiruzen Sarutobi became the Third Hokage, the situation had changed.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, after all, was not Tobirama Senju; he lacked the strength to suppress Konoha, and internal elements within the Uchiha were filled with dissatisfaction toward Hiruzen Sarutobi.

The First and Second Hokage both hailed from the Senju Clan, so no matter how one looked at it, it was finally the Uchiha Clan's turn to produce the Third Hokage.

Although the Sarutobi Clan was not weak during the Warring States Period and could be counted among the prominent noble clans—even when Madara Uchiha heard from Hashirama Senju that the Sarutobi and Shimura clans were willing to join Konoha, he had displayed a look of joy—still, in the hearts of the Uchiha Clan, the Sarutobi Clan simply didn't qualify to compare with them.

How on earth was Hiruzen Sarutobi qualified to be the Third Hokage? If anyone should be, it was Uchiha Kagami!

What the Uchiha Clan found hardest to accept, however, was that Uchiha Kagami—the one upon whom they had pinned their high hopes—was actually the first to support Hiruzen Sarutobi in becoming Hokage.

This caused the Uchiha Clan to boil over with direct outrage. Even if Uchiha Kagami wasn't going to be Hokage, their own clan leader should be the one!

What right did Hiruzen Sarutobi have?

Precisely because of this, internal division appeared within the Uchiha Clan. One faction supported Uchiha Kagami, hoping he could continue to serve as the bridge maintaining peace between the village and the clan, while the other faction became the Hawk Faction, viewing Uchiha Kagami as a traitor to the Uchiha Clan.

The Uchiha Clan needed to have a Hokage belonging to them; to that end, they were willing to stop at nothing, even resisting the Hokage faction or launching a coup d'état.

Gradually, this formed the Dove Faction and the Hawk Faction of the Uchiha Clan.

Over the years, Uchiha Kagami had continuously maintained harmony between the two sides, while constantly undertaking missions in his usual routine. He would always take the initiative to personally accept and execute those arduous missions.

After Uchiha Yi was born, he rarely saw this convenient father of his, Uchiha Kagami. He had been left in the care of Uchiha Mikoto's grandfather—the Second Elder of the Uchiha Clan.

At the same time, that person was also currently the leader of the Dove Faction within the Uchiha Clan.

Not long ago, Uchiha Kagami died in action while carrying out a mission, a piece of news personally delivered by Hiruzen Sarutobi. Upon first hearing this news, Uchiha Yi had awakened his Sharingan due to excessive "stimulation."

Of course, this wasn't because Uchiha Yi and Uchiha Kagami shared a deep bond, but rather because Uchiha Yi had been pissed off. As currently the strongest member of the Uchiha Clan and the only powerhouse to have awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, Uchiha Kagami's death was something Uchiha Yi could barely accept.

But what about that pair of Mangekyō Sharingan? Did none of you have anything to say about them at all?

Not only did Hiruzen Sarutobi fail to bring up this matter, but the clan leader's side also seemed to have no intention of mentioning that pair of Mangekyō Sharingan.

Although Uchiha Yi knew very well that the probability of him inheriting these eyes was practically zero, and he lacked the ability to protect them, they had still bypassed him entirely.

Uchiha Yi wasn't stupid; he had always believed that Uchiha Kagami was merely engaged in a futile endeavor, and he could not comprehend Uchiha Kagami's ideology of treating Konoha as his home.

Neither could he understand those people among the clan leadership.

Right now, he didn't even know whose hands that pair of Mangekyō Sharingan had ultimately ended up in. Hiruzen Sarutobi? Shimura Danzō? Or the clan leader?

All of these people carried a massive possibility.

And no matter who it was, they could potentially become his future enemies and adversaries.

Of course, for Uchiha Yi, he didn't need to consider this temporarily, nor could he afford to ponder such issues just yet. He needed to possess formidable strength and elevate himself as quickly as possible under the "protection" of certain individuals.

Only when his own strength was formidable enough could he dictate his own fate.

Fortunately, Uchiha Yi was not entirely devoid of a trump card. Leaving aside the exceptional bloodline he inherited from Uchiha Kagami, barring any accidents in the future, awakening a Three-Tomoe would present no problem at all.

After all, since Uchiha Kagami unlocked the Mangekyō Sharingan, his future son, Shisui Uchiha, also unlocked the Mangekyō Sharingan.

There was simply no reason why he, Uchiha Yi, couldn't unlock them.