The killing intent radiating from Uchiha Tekka had grown so thick it almost seemed tangible.
Killing Uchiha Setsuna would not be particularly difficult for him.
Setsuna had indeed been formidable in his youth, but that was a long time ago. No one could say how much fighting strength the elder had left now. They both possessed the three-tomoe Sharingan, and Tekka was in his prime. If they actually fought, he would not necessarily lose.
As for being unable to bring himself to do it?
What a joke.
Tekka had indeed belonged to the Martial Faction, and Uchiha Setsuna had been its leader, but Tekka had never been loyal to him. Even when he first joined the Martial Faction, he had known perfectly well that Setsuna had not founded it for the good of the clan. Ultimately, he just wanted to wrest power from Fugaku within the clan.
Tekka had only sided with him because he had no other choice.
Fugaku was a stupid, spineless clan head, and the Moderate Faction was just as disgusting. In a Uchiha Clan where everyone seemed to compete over who was worse, Setsuna naturally looked less objectionable. That was why Tekka had reluctantly stuck with him.
But things were different now.
With Yan Uchiha's rise, he had finally seen real hope. That was also why, when Yan had reached out to him, Tekka had switched sides with barely a moment's hesitation.
Now all he had to do was kill Uchiha Setsuna. How was that any big deal?
He had long been sick of those elders who occupied their positions without doing anything worthwhile, spending all their time fighting among themselves. Setsuna in particular no longer had any value worth keeping around, so they might as well Release him.
Once Yan Uchiha had given the necessary