After Clearing Their Name, the Uchiha Met for the First Time to Address Their Own Mistakes

When the clan meeting began, no one protested outside the doors.

No order from the Hokage's Direct Subordinates demanded that the Uchiha explain their loyalty.

Nor were any Root ninja hiding on the roof.

The collective accusations over the Night of the Nine-Tails had been formally withdrawn.

Precisely because of that, the silence in the meeting was harder than before to blame on outsiders.

Fugaku placed three issues before the clan meeting.

Who would hold custody of the Uchiha Stone Tablet.

How the Konoha Military Police Force's emergency powers would expire.

Who would bear responsibility for radical orders that had once emerged within the clan.

An elder demanded that they discuss compensation from the village first.

The relocation plan, prolonged surveillance, and exclusion from missions had all caused real harm.

The Uchiha should not turn around and investigate themselves immediately after clearing their name.

Otherwise, outsiders would think every past suspicion had been justified.

Another clan member supported him.

"We just proved we didn't control the Nine-Tails."

"Why should we hand over our own problems first?"

Fugaku did not reject compensation or accountability.

Those matters had already entered Konoha's follow-up proceedings.

Continuing to hold the village accountable did not mean internal matters had to be put on hold.

If the Uchiha addressed their own power only after outsiders became completely fair, every internal problem could wait forever.

The clan meeting decided to separate external accountability and internal reform into two agendas.

Designated representatives would continue submitting evidence to Konoha concerning relocation, surveillance, and exclusion from missions.

The Stone Tablet, the Konoha Military Police Force, and internal clan orders would not wait for the outcome of compensation proceedings.

Neither group could repurpose the other's records.

If Konoha acknowledged one instance of harm, that would not automatically prove the clan's internal reforms