Shisui did not begin by promising not to use it.
He walked to the center of the clan meeting and asked for the proposal to be written out in full.
Who would judge whether reform was being forcibly undermined?
Who would choose the target of Kotoamatsukami?
Once the technique took effect, who would confirm that the altered will had been restored?
The elder who had proposed the safeguard could answer only the first question.
The majority at the clan meeting would decide.
The second would naturally be left to Shisui.
The third had no answer.
If Kotoamatsukami succeeded, its target would not believe he or she was being controlled.
The caster might also mistake behavior that met his expectations for recovery.
The majority at the clan meeting could authorize the beginning, but could not confirm the end from within the person who had been altered.
The supposed ultimate safeguard still placed the final judgment in a single pair of eyes.
Someone proposed placing Kotoamatsukami in Fugaku's custody.
The clan leader would decide, while Shisui would only activate it.
Shisui refused.
Leaving the eyes in his body while handing command to the clan leader would not reduce the control involved.
It would only split responsibility between two people who could pass it back and forth.
Others argued that the eyes should be handed over to the Hokage.
Konoha could ensure that the Uchiha did not abuse them.
Objections immediately arose within the clan.
The record of Danzo's attempted eye theft still remained.
Handing Kotoamatsukami over to the village would not eliminate the sole controller, only change its holder.
Shisui gave his own answer.
Kotoamatsukami would not guarantee the outcomes of clan meetings.
Every reform that had been passed had to rely on records, review, and the participants' continued implementation.
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