Uchiha Shin sat in his room, his expression stern but his eyes somewhat unfocused. Clearly, his mind was elsewhere.
Some time had passed since he had parted ways with Xia Yan, yet the seed Xia Yan had planted in his heart had not faded in the slightest. Instead, its influence had only grown stronger.
Clan head-that was the bait Xia Yan had offered him. Xia Yan wanted him to push Uchiha Fugaku aside and take the position of clan head himself!
It was bait that Uchiha Shin truly had no power to resist.
He longed for the Uchiha Clan to improve, longed for it to regain its former glory, and longed even more for the clan and the village to return to harmonious coexistence.
As Xia Yan had put it, with Uchiha Fugaku around, the Uchiha Clan simply could not make a reasonable decision.
His decisions amounted to siding with whichever faction was stronger. That made Uchiha Shin wonder: what if he controlled the Uchiha Clan?
He had to admit that the temptation was immense-so immense that he could barely eat or sleep in peace.
But temptation inevitably came with risks. If he really did that, the Uchiha Clan might face serious trouble.
Yet Uchiha Shin also understood that beneath this temptation lay an enormous threat.
Uchiha Shin did not know who stood behind Xia Yan, but since Xia Yan dared to say such things, he truly had the confidence to back them up.
And the man probably had considerable influence and strength as well.
He could not turn a blind eye to a threat from someone like that, especially when carrying it out required Xia Yan to do nothing at all.
The village only needed to manipulate things a little, and their clan would inevitably fall into internal strife-the