"So, what did you want to verify?"
A flicker of understanding crossed Uchiha Gen's eyes at those words.
Uchiha Fugaku's [Tianjin Yan] could indeed predict the future, but the future it predicted was not absolute. At the very least, the futures he saw were limited to the current variables, and everything Gen obtained from his daily check-ins was an exception.
Or rather, because he obtained new things or powers from checking in every day, the future Uchiha Fugaku saw changed along with them.
"I wanted to verify who you really are. But... your eyes gave me the answer."
Looking at the Three-Tomoe Sharingan still slowly spinning in Uchiha Gen's eyes, Uchiha Fugaku raised his chin slightly as he spoke.
He had deliberately conjured the scenes of the clan's massacre around them. At first, Uchiha Fugaku had harbored doubts about Uchiha Gen's identity—specifically, whether Uchiha Gen was truly a member of the Uchiha Clan.
And now... feeling Uchiha Gen's rising Eye Power, the answer was obvious.
Only a true Uchiha could resonate with such scenes and increase his Eye Power.
"Is that so? What an honor."
A mocking smile curled Uchiha Gen's lips.
Using something like that to provoke a child barely into his teens-he had to say, the reason Uchiha Itachi had become such a paranoid lunatic really did lie at the root.
"I'm sorry. This is something I have to do as clan head. After all, with a future like that... I have to confirm your sense of belonging to the clan.
"As things stand, you're the only variable, and I don't want you to merely use the clan. Although I know Elder Setsuna and the others dislike me for certain reasons, I am still the head of the Uchiha Clan."
Uchiha Fugaku spoke quietly, his expression unchanged.
"Uchiha