Chapter 2: An Extremely Crazed Entrance, Step Down as Clan Head!
These conservative members of the Uchiha Clan, content with the status quo, had conversely given Uchiha Fugaku an opportunity.
"Alright, Itachi has now been entrusted with important responsibilities to carry out some classified missions."
"This is the high command showing goodwill toward us."
"As for any talk of a coup, there's no need to mention it."
Riding the momentum of the conservative faction's words, Uchiha Fugaku spoke up.
When Uchiha Itachi was mentioned, a trace of pride even appeared on his face.
His eldest son possessed truly exceptional strength, disposition, and talent!
He was convinced that Uchiha Itachi was the one who could bring a future to their Uchiha Clan!
Besides, the Uchiha Clan as it was now faced Konoha with still too little power.
They couldn't even manage mutually assured destruction.
After all, Konoha had far more than just Hiruzen Sarutobi; there were also the ANBU, Root, other ninja clans...
Hearing Uchiha Fugaku's words, the expressions of quite a few people turned rather ugly.
The Konoha High Command's oppression of them had reached a point where they didn't even bother to pretend anymore, yet Uchiha Fugaku was still daydreaming that his son could save the clan!?
Moreover, there was one thing Uchiha Fugaku had not mentioned.
Uchiha Itachi had already awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
With himself and Uchiha Itachi here, the Uchiha Clan would not run into any problems.
Right now, they just needed to wait.
It had to be said that Uchiha Fugaku was definitely the most naive clan head in the history of the Uchiha Clan.
"Heh!"
"How truly naive!"
"This damn meeting just keeps repeating the same old rhetoric over and over again. It really is useless, trashy stuff!"
Suddenly, a cold laugh echoed.
"Who is that!?"
Hearing this voice, the Uchiha clansmen present all activated their Sharingan, staring fixedly in the direction the voice came from!
"That's right, this is the state our Uchiha should be in!"
"However, instead of looking at me with your Sharingan activated, you should be using them to strike fear and awe into those clowns acting the fool before us!"
Uchiha Kazama's voice slowly drifted over, and at the same time, he stepped into the conference hall step by step.
"Uchiha Kazama?"
"Didn't you stop attending the meetings? When we went to invite you, you refused as well."
"Coming over now, do you have business?"
A conservative elder stared at Uchiha Kazama.
As a member of the radical faction, Uchiha Kazama had repeatedly talked back to him as an elder during the meetings.
If not for this fellow's good talent and battle achievements, he would have already made a move on him.
"Consider it business."
"Uchiha Fugaku, since you don't want to properly consider things for the clan, then step down as clan head."
"Let me take over and lead the Uchiha to rebuild our glory!"
Kazama raised his head, his eyes filled entirely with madness and disdain.
"What?!"
For a moment, let alone Uchiha Fugaku and the conservatives.
Even those in the radical faction were stunned at this moment.
Only a single thought echoed in their minds: was this Uchiha Kazama out of his mind?!
[Ding! Detected that everyone believes the host is insane, Pupillary Power +1000] [Ding! The host's degree of madness has gone off the charts, reward: Fixed Chakra] [Fixed Chakra: Automatically backs up the host's existing chakra. When personal chakra drops below 10%, it automatically replenishes. After being completely exhausted, it restores within 24 hours]
The prompt in his mind made the madness on Kazama's face grow even more intense.
"Since everyone has quieted down, listen to my thoughts."
"The Konoha High Command wants our Uchiha dead, the civilians within Konoha loathe our Uchiha, and the other clans have been watching us make a joke of ourselves all along!"
"Backing down?"
"Hysterical! As the ones who forged the entirety of Konoha, we are now actually supposed to back down and endure?"
"Since they claim the Nine-Tails' Kyūbi Incident was orchestrated by our Uchiha, then we'll just go straight ahead and control the Nine-Tails to raise hell!"
"Let those bastards who threw dirt on us feel it good and hard-this is the Uchiha way!"
"The Senju Clan is already gone, so it's time weing in Konoha called the shots!"
"We're going to take back what belongs to us; what could possibly be wrong with that?"
Uchiha Kazama's voice boomed in everyone's ears like a giant bell!
Coupled with that eerie smile, some members of the conservative faction felt a chill run down their spines.
Meanwhile, the bodies of quite a few radicals were already trembling slightly at these words.
Excitement!
They had wanted to do this for a long time!
Besides, whether they succeeded or failed, could the ending possibly be any worse than it was now?
This life of being driven around like stray dogs was harder to bear than death!
"Control the Nine-Tails?"
"What do you think that is, and on what grounds do you think you can control it?"
"Could it be that your absurd ideas didn't get any support, so now you've gone mad?!"
Uchiha Raku, who had just scolded Uchiha Kazama, rebuked him angrily once again.
Putting aside what the outcome of launching a coup against the village would be, a reckless war like this would plunge the clan into a desperate situation!
Even if they won, would the other clans in the village submit to them?!
This guy was too crazy and far too reckless!
They couldn't let a person like this continue to guide everyone's emotions.
"Uchiha Raku, aren't you, old man, just afraid of death?"
"As for controlling the Nine-Tails, since I proposed it, naturally I'm the one who will do it."
"This should be enough to qualify, shouldn't it?"
Uchiha Kazama sneered, parting his lips slightly.
In an instant, his dual pupils released a terrifying ocular power, and a pair of Mangekyo appeared before everyone's eyes.
That terrifying ocular power, combined with the traits of the Mangekyo.
The radicals could no longer keep themselves from standing up.
"You, you, you..."
"Even with the Mangekyo, you can't guarantee victory, can you?"
"The consequences after failure, you'll bear..."
"Hey, hey, hey..."
Uchiha Kazama dug into his ear, his expression already showing a hint of impatience.
He cut in to interrupt Uchiha Raku's words.
"Don't lump us in with you as being afraid of death, alright?"
"Elder Raku!"
"At home, you have three sons, five grandsons, and one granddaughter."
"On the outside, you have a mistress and a twelve-year-old son."
"Isn't it just for this little bit of a comfortable life that you don't want to take any risks?"
"You're afraid of death, so don't drag out the grand righteousness of the clan as an excuse."
"Earlier, when the Hokage issued orders for us to fight Kirigakure, we didn't see Elder Raku put up such a radical rebuttal, did we?"
"So we're allowed to go die for the village, but not risk it all for the clan once?"
"Today I'll put my words right here!"
"The position of clan head, I'm taking it!"
"The coup, I am definitely launching it!"
"Anyone who tries to block me... Hehe..."
"Everyone, surely you wouldn't want an enemy with the Mangekyo staring at you and your families, right?!"
Uchiha Kazama's frantic words rang in the ears of all the clansmen present.
Even though his voice wasn't loud.
It still made everyone's breathing stall for a fraction of a second.
Because no one doubted that Uchiha Kazama, in his current state, was joking with them...