Punching the Radical Faction Leader Away-Do You Still Dare Fight for This Seat?

Yan Uchiha felt uncomfortable all over.

He was an Uchiha in name only and couldn't even recognize everyone in the clan. Why drag him to some clan meeting?

Whatever.

He resented every second of it, but he was taking their benefits, after all.

Nine that evening.

Ripples spread across the Naka River, breaking the moonlight into glittering fragments scattered over the water.

Vast stretches of forest surrounded it in dark masses, somehow making the view all the more beautiful.

This place bordered the Forest of Death and was also the Uchiha Clan's most important ancestral ground.

The Naka Shrine.

The shrine itself wasn't particularly large, but the guards around it had the place locked down tight.

Jin Uchiha didn't even activate his Sharingan. He simply spread his Observation Haki, picking up every distinct surge of chakra and every rise and fall of breathing they couldn't conceal.

Five Jonin and thirty-odd Chunin.

There were nearly a hundred Genin, too.

Their numbers might have fallen slightly short of the Hyuga Clan's guards, but that wasn't because the Uchiha were incapable. They were simply too proud.

They didn't believe anyone would dare cause trouble on Uchiha territory.

"This scenery really is something."

"If I hadn't been born into this rotten world, dark to its very core, I could turn this place into a tourist attraction and make a living selling tickets."

"Once I've safely made it to my late-game peak, I'm definitely claiming this whole area and retiring here in peace."

Yan Uchiha clicked his tongue in admiration as he walked.

He had been in this world for so long, yet this was his first visit to the Naka Shrine.

Back then.

His standing in the clan had been so low that he hadn't even been allowed to set foot here.

As he