Chapter 82: Emissary from the Land of Fire Daimyō
Koharu Utatane narrowed her eyes: "I heard that Fugaku also exposed his Mangekyo Sharingan last night. Before this, he had been hiding this secret. Does he have some ulterior motives?"
Homura Mitokado shook his head: "One Uchiha Ikeizumi being uncontrollable is already enough to give us headaches. Since Fugaku is openly standing with us, let's not question him."
"By the way…"
Homura Mitokado stood up, looking at the ravaged landscape outside the window, and said: "The emissary sent by the Daimyō of the Land of Fire should be arriving in Konoha soon. It's best not to let him meet Uchiha Ikeizumi. After all, someone of such high standing must have done some unspeakable, unmentionable things in private."
"And Uchiha Ikeizumi's eyes can see past evil and future evil. If he were to encounter the emissary from the Daimyō of the Land of Fire, I'm afraid… there will be big trouble."
Koharu Utatane was instantly startled.
"We definitely need to be careful."
She agreed.
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"The Mangekyo Sharingan… is my trump card to maintain the balance between the Uchiha and the village. If I hadn't seen Ikeizumi awaken his Mangekyo, I wouldn't have exposed mine."
Fugaku gazed at Itachi Uchiha, who was wearing an ANBU mask, his voice slightly heavy: "Itachi, do you think… I would use these eyes against the Konoha you love?"
Fugaku had already anticipated this day once he exposed his Mangekyo.
After all…
This child, Itachi, would absolutely not allow powerful forces that threatened Konoha and were potentially uncontrollable to exist.
This…
Perhaps that was also the reason why this child possessed such a strong vessel.
"If you don't believe me, would you point your ninja blade at your father, Itachi?" Fugaku's tone didn't fluctuate much, even though his words were somewhat chilling.
Yet the atmosphere seemed like a casual conversation between father and son.
"Yes," Itachi Uchiha replied with complete honesty.
Fugaku said: "But you haven't made a move yet, which means that at least for now, you believe I won't act against Konoha. Perhaps you should also believe that I can completely resolve the conflict between the Uchiha clan and Konoha, and in that case…"
A hint of complexity flashed across Fugaku's impassive face: "There would be no need to fall into the tragic future Ikeizumi speaks of."
Itachi was silent for half a second, then said: "Father, you may understand your own stance. But… you don't understand the stance of the other Uchiha clan members."
"They are already gravely ill, and all are beyond salvation. In such a situation, how many people can truly awaken?"
Suddenly, Itachi Uchiha changed the subject, forcing a faint smile, and asked: "Has Sasuke woken up?"
Fugaku nodded: "He's awake. He awakened his Sharingan. What you said that day greatly stimulated him."
Itachi slowly said: "It was for his own good."
Father and son fell silent again.
In the blind spot of the hallway corner, Mikoto Uchiha, standing against the wall, slowly shed two lines of clear tears from her beautiful eyes.
Her eldest son…
Had become so unfamiliar that she no longer recognized him.
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"As the Uchiha Clan Head! As the head of the Uchiha family! Possessing the legendary power of the Sharingan yet concealing it from the clan, instead wanting to use this powerful force to suppress his own clan members! By what right does Uchiha Fugaku lead the Uchiha clan?!"
Uchiha Setsuna was furious, gnashing his teeth: "He, this clan head, has completely disgraced our Uchiha clan!"
Other ninja clans, even if they had members who sided with outsiders, they were at most minor figures, like younger family members.
But what about their Uchiha clan?
The two clan members who openly sided with outsiders were one of their Uchiha clan heads! The other was the clan head's eldest son!
In the eyes of a hawkish elder like Uchiha Setsuna, those two were simply parasites of the Uchiha clan!
They simply made the Uchiha a joke.
"And that Uchiha Ikeizumi…" If Fugaku and Itachi merely caused Uchiha Setsuna to deeply resent them, wishing he could replace their positions within the clan.
Then Uchiha Ikeizumi was someone he wished he could kill as soon as possible!
Because he could feel that that brat also wanted to kill him!
That day, the killing intent in Uchiha Ikeizumi's eyes…
Uchiha Setsuna was absolutely certain he hadn't seen wrong!
However…
"Elder Setsuna, Uchiha Ikeizumi has awakened the legendary power of the Sharingan, and he's also a genius with two bloodline limits. We can completely support him to become the new leader of the Uchiha clan!"
Upon hearing the suggestion from a young, radical Uchiha ninja, Uchiha Setsuna's old face immediately darkened.
But before he could speak, other Uchiha members chimed in.
"Uchiha Ikeizumi even dared to use his Sharingan dōjutsu on Shimura Danzō last night, right in front of the Third Hokage. At that time, many ANBU ninja had him surrounded. Such a vessel proves his qualification to lead the Uchiha clan."
Uchiha Setsuna's eyelids twitched wildly.
Another radical Uchiha ninja pondered: "Although Uchiha Ikeizumi's stance is a bit different from ours, compared to the turncoat Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Itachi, he should be the unique candidate, right?"
Someone else indignantly added: "Damn it, that ungrateful brat Uchiha Itachi, who knows where he's gone recently. Can't even find him."
"Hmph! That bastard will kill us in the future; he must be afraid we'll kill him first now!"
Uchiha Setsuna, sitting in the main seat, clenched the armrest of the chair, causing several cracks to appear in the wooden armrest.
These guys…
Don't they even consider this old man?
This old man has been in prison for the Uchiha clan for countless years!
Even if Fugaku is forced out, even if a new clan head is to be nominated, shouldn't it be Uchiha Setsuna who steps forward?
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On the other side.
"Meow, rookie, why are you dawdling?" Kikujirō had practically made Izumi's shoulder its second home these past few days. As soon as it saw Izumi, it directly jumped onto her left shoulder.
Causing Izumi's left shoulder to visibly dip.
Kikujirō said: "If you're late, Lord Ikeizumi might give you a failing grade."
Izumi, holding a ninja blade in one hand and a sandwich in the other, stuffed the sandwich into her mouth while rushing.
Her cheeks puffed out, and she mumbled an explanation: "As soon as I got back last night, I was surrounded by many clan members. They asked me to tell them in detail about Senior Ikeizumi…"
"Which meant I had to chatter with them until late at night, resulting in only sleeping for less than two hours."
"Of course!"
Izumi immediately added: "I didn't reveal any secrets about Senior Ikeizumi to them. I found that those clan members seem to really admire Senior Ikeizumi…"
"I was thinking about picking out some potential people from them, since Senior said last night he wanted to expand the Absolute Justice faction."
As she ran, Izumi suddenly noticed that throughout Konoha, from ninja to civilians, many people were discussing what had happened last night.
Listening closely, it all seemed to be related to Senior Ikeizumi.
Senior Ikeizumi seemed to have become famous once again.
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