Uchiha Yan already had a complete plan. This was his only way to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan. Even being killed because of Hizashi had failed to awaken it, so he could only try this.
While he was writing Shisui's script, Hyuga Taichi knocked on the door.
"Knock, knock, knock!"
"Come in!"
Taichi sat down in front of Uchiha Yan, took a scroll from inside his clothes, and handed it over.
"All the Hyuga Clan's documents, along with some of the Uzumaki Clan's. This is everything I've managed to collect over the past three years. I hope you haven't forgotten our deal."
Uchiha Yan put down his pen and looked up at Taichi.
"I thought you would give up after reading the Tao Te Ching. After all, going with the times is a principle of Taoism."
"I didn't see going with the times. I saw defying fate. 'Reversal is the movement of the Tao.' If the author hadn't intended to defy fate, he wouldn't have said that, nor would he have observed how the so-called Tao operated.
"He called it going with the times, but he actually wanted to use the times to defy heaven and change his fate."
As expected of a Shinobi World that's been fighting for over a thousand years. Even a child has this kind of wisdom.
The corners of Uchiha Yan's mouth rose. "Congratulations. You've seen the other side of Taoism. Follow the flow and remain mortal; go against it and become an immortal!
"Tell me! What do you want? A Taoist cultivation method, a solution to the cursed seal, or something else?"
"The Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art and the Human Emperor Banner!"
"..."
Uchiha Yan was somewhat speechless. How would he know how to make those? He had only mentioned them casually. Brother, you were a