Uchiha Clan, Nanga Shrine.
"If this continues, the Uchiha Clan will have no place to survive in Konoha!"
"We must fight back! We absolutely cannot sit idly by!"
"Right! We must fight back! We absolutely cannot sit idly by!"
"Launch a coup! Only by launching a rebellion can the Uchiha Clan survive!"
… …
Uchiha Fugaku looked at the Uchiha who were engaged in a heated discussion on both sides, feeling a throbbing headache.
They want to launch a coup with this little strength? Are they tired of living?
He was not the original Uchiha Fugaku. Not long ago, he transmigrated as Uchiha Fugaku, taking over Uchiha Fugaku's body.
Before he could even sort out his thoughts, he was forced to play Uchiha Fugaku and participate in this clan meeting.
Seeing the enraged Uchiha, he felt quite speechless.
How much strength does the Uchiha Clan have now?
Excluding a few traitors, and excluding him, who possesses a hidden Mangekyo Sharingan, the remaining strength is not even enough to deal with the Hokage's direct Anbu.
With this little strength, they still want to launch a coup? Have their brains gone bad?
If their brains aren't working, I suggest they supplement them, eat some walnuts.
Oh, it seems walnuts aren't produced here. No wonder so many people's brains aren't working.
"Silence!"
Considering that he was currently playing the role of Uchiha Fugaku, the Uchiha Clan Head, he couldn't remain silent at a time like this.
He forced himself to stay calm and shouted to stop them.
Hearing him, the intensely debating Uchiha quieted down and looked at him.
Some looked at him with mockery, others with disdain… …
Clearly, Uchiha Fugaku, as the Clan Head, was very unpopular.
This was normal. Ever since Uchiha Fugaku took charge of the Uchiha Clan, the Clan's situation had worsened. Under such circumstances, how could he possibly gain the support of the Uchiha?
"I wonder what profound insights the Clan Head has?"
A thin old man with a burn scar on the right side of his face stared at Uchiha Fugaku, his voice teasing.
He was Uchiha Setsuna, the First Elder of the Uchiha Clan, and also the initiator and leader of the coup voices within the Clan.
He deeply looked down on Uchiha Fugaku, who had always been weak and retreated again and again in the face of Konoha's pressure.
Therefore, he had always outwardly obeyed but inwardly defied Uchiha Fugaku's orders, sometimes even deliberately contradicting him.
Being stared at by Uchiha Setsuna, Uchiha Fugaku felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.
In his previous life, he was just an ordinary person. Facing Uchiha Setsuna, an Elite Jonin who had no idea how many people he had killed and had emerged from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, he instinctively felt a bit timid.
Fortunately, after becoming Uchiha Fugaku, he gained Uchiha Fugaku's memories, experiencing them firsthand, which was almost equivalent to having the same experiences as Uchiha Fugaku.
Coupled with his Mangekyo Sharingan, his strength would only be superior to Uchiha Setsuna's, which allowed him to maintain his composure.
He said with a "serious" expression.
"With the current strength of the Uchiha Clan, launching a coup is tantamount to hitting a rock with an egg. A coup is absolutely not advisable, at least not at present!"
"Launching a coup is hitting a rock with an egg? I beg to differ."
A thin old man with a hooked nose said coldly.
He was Third Elder Uchiha Tsukasa of the Uchiha Clan, and like First Elder Uchiha Setsuna, he was also a staunch supporter of the coup.
"Third Elder, please speak your mind directly."
Uchiha Fugaku looked at this person with some apprehension and said.
Like First Elder Uchiha Setsuna, this was also an Elite Jonin who had emerged from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
"Since the Clan Head says so, then I will speak directly. The Clan Head underestimates our Uchiha Clan too much. Our Uchiha Clan is the number one noble clan in Konoha, and its strength is unrivaled in Konoha."
"With such strength, I don't believe launching a coup would be hitting a rock with an egg."
"The number one noble clan in Konoha, unrivaled in strength in Konoha?"
"Third Elder, I didn't expect you to still be living in past glory, and it's so severe that it prevents you from seeing reality."
Uchiha Fugaku looked at Third Elder Uchiha Tsukasa with a "stern" gaze.
It was precisely because of the incitement and leadership of these older generations who were still living in past glory that the voices for a coup within the Uchiha Clan grew louder and louder, ultimately leading to the destruction of the Uchiha Clan.
"How am I living in past glory? How am I failing to see reality?"
"I think it's you who has forgotten the glory of the Uchiha Clan, disregarding the Clan's honor, repeatedly compromising and tolerating, only to be met with the Uchiha Clan being suppressed again and again."
Uchiha Tsukasa snorted coldly.
He was utterly disappointed with Uchiha Fugaku's weak performance over the years.
It was precisely because Uchiha Fugaku repeatedly compromised and tolerated that the Uchiha Clan fell into such a predicament.
"I admit that because of my repeated compromises and concessions, the Uchiha Clan has suffered considerable losses."
"However, whether you admit it or not, the fact is that my Uchiha Clan is no longer what it once was."
"The Third Great Ninja War depleted too much of the Uchiha Clan's strength. Although we barely maintain the title of Konoha's number one noble clan, in terms of strength, we are not much stronger than other clans."
"Once a coup is launched, my Uchiha Clan will face not just the Hokage faction, but the entire village's strength. Do you think, with the current strength of our Uchiha Clan, we have the power to resist?"
Uchiha Fugaku asked in a deep voice.
"Our targets are Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura and their clans. We don't need to be enemies with all of Konoha's clans."
Uchiha Tsukasa argued.
"We don't need to be enemies with all of Konoha's clans? Don't you think you're deceiving yourself by saying that?"
Uchiha Fugaku looked at Uchiha Tsukasa with a mocking gaze.
"Given the relationship between the Uchiha Clan and the other clans in the village, the other clans would absolutely not allow the Uchiha Clan to rise to power; they would absolutely not allow the Uchiha Clan to successfully launch a coup."
"If the Uchiha Clan launches a coup, the only possible outcome is to be besieged by all of Konoha's clans."
"This…"
Hearing Uchiha Fugaku's words, Third Elder Uchiha Tsukasa was momentarily unable to find a rebuttal.
He knew that the relationship between the Uchiha Clan and the other clans in the village was poor.
If they had to choose between Konoha's higher-ups and the Uchiha Clan, the other clans would very likely choose Konoha's higher-ups.
"Then, according to the Clan Head's meaning, the coup should be abandoned, and we should continue to allow Konoha's higher-ups to suppress the Uchiha Clan?"
First Elder Uchiha Setsuna asked with a cold laugh.
"No, the conflict between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha's higher-ups is not the fault of my Uchiha Clan, but rather due to Konoha's higher-ups' suppression of my Uchiha Clan."
Uchiha Fugaku shook his head.
Although the Uchiha Clan constantly talking about a coup was extremely foolish, it had to be admitted that the fault was not with the Uchiha Clan, but with Konoha's higher-ups.
It was Konoha's higher-ups repeatedly suppressing the Uchiha Clan that ultimately led to the voices for a coup within the Uchiha Clan.
"Then what do you propose we do?"
First Elder Uchiha Setsuna pressed him.
"Given the conflict between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha's higher-ups, resolving it through negotiation is indeed not feasible."
"As for a coup, or rather, taking strong measures, I support it, but not now."
Uchiha Fugaku's gaze swept over all the Uchiha present as he spoke.
"Currently, the Uchiha Clan has seen the continuous birth of geniuses. Shisui and Itachi are even geniuses like Minato Namikaze."
"If we can give them time to grow, my Uchiha Clan will have two more individuals like Minato Namikaze. What's there to worry about not succeeding? Why rush for a moment's gain?"
He knew that Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi had already become traitors.
However, this matter could not be made public at present; instead, it had to be kept hidden.
He needed to utilize the Uchiha's expectations for the two of them to temporarily suppress the coup, so as to plan things out gradually.