Fugaku turned around, his scarlet Mangekyō eyes locking onto the other man. His voice was as cold as shards of ice.
"You were the one who summoned the Nine-Tails to attack the village eight years ago, weren't you? The Uchiha are being ostracized now, and it's all your doing!"
"You can put it that way. But then again, the feud between the Uchiha and the village began the day Hashirama Senju and I joined forces to found it. This is fate."
Obito raised a finger and pointed at Fugaku, continuing to feed him lies.
"The village will never trust the Uchiha. It makes no difference who becomes Hokage, whether it's Tsunade or Minato Namikaze... The Uchiha will only ever come second, just like I did to Hashirama back then."
Fugaku pressed his lips together and said nothing.
Seeing his expression, Obito knew perfectly well that the man had taken the bait.
"There's no point telling me all this. With the Uchiha's current strength, we couldn't cause any real trouble!"
Fugaku suddenly shouted.
He hadn't said they "wouldn't rebel," but that they "weren't capable of rebelling."
Obito sneered inwardly. He had long since figured Fugaku out.
This clan head dreamed of sitting in the Hokage's chair.
After the Nine-Tails Incident eight years ago, the villagers had poured all their hatred for the demon fox onto the Uchiha.
But it wasn't so extreme that every household faced the same scorn Naruto had as a child.
Over the past few years, Shisui and Itachi had worked hard to smooth things over in the village, and everyone's attitude toward the Uchiha had softened considerably.
Discrimination still existed, though.
At least the clan members could live their lives in peace.
But that was only how the ordinary clan members felt.
The Uchiha ninja, especially the