Seeing the "Yashiro" before him say something completely at odds with his identity,
Setsuna clapped his hands in admiration.
"I never imagined that what I discovered wasn't a sapling, but a towering tree."
The gray-haired old man thought for a moment before realization dawned on him.
"You were able to appear here because this crazy old man paid a visit to your family, weren't you?"
Setsuna felt that Yuan should not have been an ordinary clansman.
He was a vessel, a "vessel" destined from birth to bear the supreme power of the Mangekyo.
This "vessel" would help him set the Uchiha Clan upon the right path.
Or, after his death, personally guide the future of the clan.
Under the scrutiny of those utterly emotionless eyes, Yuan's brow furrowed slightly.
Clansmen who awakened the Mangekyo would, more or less, develop some extreme thoughts.
The later Itachi, Obito, and even Sasuke.
Those extreme thoughts warped their actions and made their lives fraught with misfortune.
Setsuna was no different.
He wanted the Uchiha to embark on another path.
"Then, young clansman, are you prepared?"
Yuan shook his head. As he spoke honestly, he also scrutinized Setsuna.
"I have my own way of awakening it. I don't need your help at all."
"You do? Heh heh... This old man isn't inviting you. This is an order."
"The Uchiha need reform if they are to break free from the decaying Hidden Leaf Village, and you will guide that reform."
The words made Yuan's scalp tingle.
It wasn't as if he had never seen extremists before.
But were these people, who constantly went on about the clan and the village, really consistent in what they said and did?
Yuan felt as though the old man before him had been possessed by the Third Hokage and Danzo.