"So what if it is? What are you laughing at?"
Uchiha Ajin's Three-Tomoe Sharingan stood out in the dim room. He stared at Madara Uchiha, who was laughing wildly in the sunlight, and demanded an answer in an icy voice. The other Hardliners of the Uchiha Clan also glared at Madara with hatred.
Clearly, Madara Uchiha was mocking not just Uchiha Ajin and his group, but all the Uchiha Clan's Hardliners.
"Have you noticed that both your best option and your second-best option share one glaring flaw?"
Wiping away the tears from his laughter, Madara Uchiha looked arrogantly at Uchiha Ajin, the Hardliners' representative.
"What flaw?"
Although Ajin desperately wanted to beat the insolent brat who looked down on him, he could not defeat Uchiha Fugaku, who stood in his way. Besides, he genuinely wanted to know where the flaw in the Hardliners' plans lay.
Not just him—even the Third Hokage and the two Senior Advisors, who were watching events closely from the Hokage Office, visibly leaned toward the Crystal Ball when Madara Uchiha said that.
"Your best option hinges on my father controlling the Nine-Tailed Fox for you. Your second-best option hinges on me acting as your go-between with Shinhiko Kōzuki. What's even more laughable is that my father isn't certain he can control the Nine-Tailed Fox, and I'm not certain Lord Shinhiko Kōzuki is truly willing to accept our entire clan. Has it occurred to you that Lord Shinhiko might only think highly of me?"
They were about to launch a rebellion in the village, yet their plans contained so many uncertainties. Worse, every plan the Hardliners had revolved around Uchiha Fugaku and Madara Uchiha, the very two people least willing to rebel. How was that not funny?
"How will we know unless we try? Isn't that why