Shisui's death trajectory had shifted.
Itachi's isolation trajectory had been cut off.
A witness requirement for high-pressure questioning of minors had been proposed.
Root's old question bank had come under review.
When these results were laid before the Clan Meeting, the Uchiha did not cheer.
Everyone knew this was not the end.
They had merely pushed open the last door before them at last.
Beyond that door lay no safety.
Only a much larger struggle.
Gen looked at the system panel, understanding all too well.
What they had truly changed at this stage was not any single battle.
It was the structure of several threads of fate.
Shisui no longer went to meetings alone.
Itachi no longer answered extreme questions alone.
Fugaku no longer treated his child's early maturity as a burden he should naturally bear.
And the Uchiha no longer argued solely in their own defense. Instead, they broke the issues down into rules that other clans could recognize as well.
That was the most important change.
Fugaku divided the review findings into three copies.
The first was submitted to the Hokage Building.
It documented the witnesses to Shisui's missions and Itachi's assessments, the underage protection rules, and the review of Root's old question bank.
The second remained within the clan.
It would serve as the foundation for rules protecting Shisui, Itachi, and the younger generation going forward.
The third was sealed in the Clan Leader's confidential cabinet.
It recorded every intersection between the old authorizations, question banks, and assessments and the Uchiha's threads of fate.
Shisui looked at the three copies and said quietly, "If these had existed sooner, so many things would have been different."
Gen did not answer.
Those words were all too true.
In their original fate, so many things had come too late.
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