As the voice rang out, a figure wearing a dark teal short jacket appeared before Uchiha Gen amid a distortion in space.
"Clan leader Fugaku, isn't it rather rude to barge into my home like this?"
Looking at the newcomer, Uchiha Gen narrowed his eyes slightly and spoke softly.
His Mangekyō... even going by the anime version, shouldn't he have awakened it during the middle or late stages of the Third Shinobi World War? Why now...
As he spoke, surprise lay buried deep in Uchiha Gen's eyes.
Because Uchiha Fugaku now... possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan. How had he awakened it??!!
"There are some things I need to verify, so... I had no choice but to do this. My deepest apologies. This is the Naruson Domain, opened through the Mangekyō Sharingan. No means of detection can capture what happens here. Rest assured, I mean you no harm."
Uchiha Fugaku spoke in a low voice, his expression impassive.
"...What do you want?"
After a moment of silence, Uchiha Gen frowned at Uchiha Fugaku and asked quietly.
Uchiha Fugaku was not lying. His Observation Haki had indeed detected no hostility whatsoever.
Mangekyō Sharingan... Naruson Domain... so, was this domain something all Mangekyō Sharingan possessed, or was it Uchiha Fugaku's personal Dōjutsu?
"Uchiha Gen, you... have changed the predetermined future."
Rather than answer Uchiha Gen's question, Uchiha Fugaku merely looked at him with a complicated expression and spoke softly.
"The predetermined future? Clan leader, why don't you try being a little clearer? Speaking in riddles isn't good behavior."
Uchiha Gen frowned at his words and spoke in a low voice.
"[Tianjin Yan], the Dōjutsu that took residence in my left eye after I awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, allows me to see any future I wish to see.
"It was after awakening these eyes that