Hokage Office.
"Danzo, will the Uchiha really abandon the idea of a coup?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen asked with a worried expression.
Although Renya used his Mangekyō Sharingan to kill some members of the Hawk Faction, he still feared this would only trigger even deeper conflict.
Hatred is something extremely difficult to erase.
He felt that both Danzo and Renya's methods would only make the Uchiha develop thoughts of revenge.
"The Uchiha clan head is a smart man." Shimura Danzo said no more.
Before absolute power, all schemes are meaningless.
With Renya here, even if the Uchiha Hawk Faction still wanted a coup, they would have to think very carefully about their own ability.
Just one pair of Mangekyō Sharingan could instantly kill dozens of jōnin. What could the Uchiha Hawk Faction possibly use to start a coup?
And besides, Renya is not the only powerhouse in the village!
As long as the Uchiha clan head has a normal brain, there's no way he would agree to a coup.
Such an action would be no different from throwing an egg at a boulder.
Danzo's thoughts were correct...
Uchiha Tanaka disagreed with the Hawk Faction's plan because he knew the clan was absolutely no match for the village.
Unless someone in the clan awakened a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan, only then would they have the capital to contend with the village.
Fortunately, someone had awakened those eyes.
But the one who awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan was Renya.
When Uchiha Tanaka saw the Mangekyō Sharingan, he was completely numb.
The clan already couldn't oppose the village—now it was even more impossible!
Shimura Danzo noticed his expression back then and understood that the warning had worked.
For the next few decades, the Uchiha wouldn't dare entertain the idea of a coup.
And all of this was thanks to Renya.
For the Uchiha, the Mangekyō Sharingan was an incomparably powerful force.
If Renya didn't have a Mangekyō Sharingan, even if he killed those Hawk Faction members, the results definitely wouldn't have been as effective as using the Mangekyō to do it.
Danzo's gaze fell on Renya, who still had his eyes closed doing eye exercises.
"When did you awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan?"
As soon as he said this, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Uchiha Kagami both looked over curiously.
They had never heard anything about Renya awakening his eyes.
This guy was really low-key!
Renya didn't stop his eye exercises. While pressing the acupoints, he explained:
"I awakened them a few years ago."
The Mangekyō Sharingan was indeed powerful, but if he could avoid using it, he preferred not to.
He couldn't just walk around activating the Mangekyō for fun to show off, right?
He only showed off in front of Uchiha Madara once—then Madara sent him to capture the Three-Tails, nearly causing the Eye of the Moon Plan to be activated ahead of schedule.
Fortunately, the Three-Tails was killed by an enraged Madara-sama.
Otherwise, right now only the Nine-Tails inside Aunt Mito would be left among the tailed beasts.
Two pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan sneaking into any shinobi village to capture a jinchūriki would be child's play.
Besides, the owner of the other Mangekyō Sharingan was Uchiha Madara!
Even though he was old now, he wasn't someone ordinary people could provoke.
Renya still hadn't forgotten the scene of the Three-Tails being killed.
A towering blue giant appeared in the village—forget winning, surviving was already a miracle.
As long as the plan was implemented, they could collect all the tailed beasts within three months!
But now that probably wouldn't work anymore.
Two years ago he went to the Land of Iron to visit Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama.
Both of them looked much older—truly like grandpas now.
As ninja age, their strength declines sharply.
The older they get, the more their power plummets...
Take Uchiha Madara, for example.
At fifty, he still had super-Kage-level strength. By sixty, he was only at regular Kage-level.
By seventy, he would probably be around average jōnin-level.
Of course, this was only Renya's guess.
The real situation might be even worse...
Anyway, in another ten years or so, Madara-sama would be relying on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path just to survive.
By then, Renya would need to take decisive action to make him understand that the Eye of the Moon Plan was the wrong path.
"Renya, can you tell me how to awaken the Mangekyō?" Uchiha Kagami hesitated for a moment, then finally asked.
If he could awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan like Renya, the Hawk Faction would definitely behave more obediently and wouldn't dare think of a coup again.
Today made him realize that relying on words alone was useless—he needed absolute strength to suppress them completely!
But he was only an ordinary elite jōnin.
Although he was among the top within the clan, he could never suppress everyone the way Renya could.
Only by awakening the Mangekyō could he do that!
Hearing this, the three people in the office all looked at Uchiha Kagami in surprise.
Shimura Danzo's brows furrowed.
Aside from Renya, he didn't want anyone else awakening the Mangekyō.
Not even Kagami!
To put it bluntly—who knew if Uchiha Kagami, once awakened, would choose to stand with the Uchiha?
At the end of the day, he was still Uchiha.
His position had always been balancing family and village...
Even though Danzo knew Kagami would never betray the village, he still instinctively felt uneasy.
As the saying goes, one must never be without vigilance!
But Renya was different.
He had severed ties with the Uchiha since childhood and could kill Hawk Faction members without hesitation.
And his adoptive father was Tobirama-sensei—someone like that would never betray the village!
Danzo felt the odds of Hiruzen defecting were higher than Renya's.
"Isn't the Mangekyō extremely difficult to awaken?" Sarutobi Hiruzen muttered softly.
Since the founding of Konoha twenty-nine years ago, only Renya had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. The difficulty was obvious...
Even if Renya told him the method, it would still be extremely difficult to awaken it.
"Why do you want to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan?"
Renya didn't refuse immediately; instead, he asked with interest.
For ordinary people, helping a clansman awaken the eyes was nearly impossible—but he was different.
His left eye's dōjutsu could double pain and transfer it to a target—truly a perfect tool for awakening eyes.
The probability of awakening the Mangekyō could be greatly increased.
Intense emotional pain was an essential condition for awakening.
All Sharingan evolution followed the same rule—strong emotional stimulus.
Even knowing the requirement was useless without experiencing it personally.
"Only with the Mangekyō can I completely crush the Hawk Faction's hidden ambitions." Uchiha Kagami answered seriously.
"So, I beg you to tell me the method. Please!"
The office fell silent.
All three pairs of eyes focused on Renya.
No one knew how much time passed before Renya finally broke the silence.
"To awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, you need intense emotional stimulation."
Uchiha Kagami's gaze dimmed.
That was basically the same as saying nothing—not everyone could encounter such a moment.
It seemed he had no hope of awakening.
Just as he fell into complete despair, Renya's next words lit a spark of hope in his eyes again.
"I can help you awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan."