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"It's a dark and windy night, perfect for murder and arson."
Uchiha Yuzuru gazed at the moon in the sky, slowly putting on the Uzumaki mask he had prepared.
Its style was similar to Uchiha Obito's in the original story, except it had two eyeholes.
After getting dressed and arming himself, Uchiha Yuzuru's figure slowly vanished from the room.
— — — —
In a residential building not far from the Uchiha Clan Estate.
A telescope quietly extended from a fifth-floor window.
Inside the room, an Anbu Ninja, who had just finished his shift, simply adjusted the angle of the telescope so that it could clearly observe the situation within the Uchiha Clan Estate.
"Yawn~"
"These Uchiha Ninja are such a hassle; they're wasting so many of us Anbu to monitor them. Wouldn't it be better to just arrest them directly?"
Another Anbu sat on the ground, carefully wiping the kunai in his hand.
Hearing his companion's complaint, he said in a deep voice, "Don't get distracted, focus on observing their every move."
"Why be so serious...?"
"But speaking of which, these Uchiha now seem like dogs kept in a kennel."
"If Hokage-sama gives the order, I'll be the first to rush in and kill a few more Uchiha. Just thinking about that scene makes me want to laugh. Hahahahaha..."
After laughing a few times, the Anbu responsible for observation didn't get a response from his companion. He couldn't help but turn his head: "Hey, why aren't you reacting at all? Don't you find what I said interesting...?"
His voice abruptly stopped.
At some unknown point, a man wearing an Uzumaki mask had appeared in the room, and his companion lay on the ground, clutching his neck, completely lifeless.
"What's so interesting? What's so funny? What do you take the Uchiha, who founded Konoha, for?"
A magnetic voice echoed in the room, and the Anbu Ninja felt his body go limp.
The masked man before him had two eyes far more eerie than those of ordinary Uchiha.
The bizarre patterns seemed to be filled with ill omens, making anyone who looked at them feel as if they were falling into an abyss.
"Damn it, how did he get in?!"
To better monitor the Uchiha Clan, a powerful barrier had long been set up around the area.
Even a fly would be detected instantly upon entering.
Why had no one detected the presence of this masked man until now?
No, this wasn't the time to think about such things.
The Anbu Ninja looked at the masked man, who was still some distance away, and began to form hand signs, preparing to create some disturbance.
But before he could act, he felt a sudden dizzying sensation.
"Kamui!"
The Anbu Ninja heard a low murmur, and then immediately passed out.
— — — —
Nanga Shrine.
In the underground secret room, a dozen or so Uchiha clansmen sat upright.
Uchiha Taro raised his hand to signal, and the scene immediately quieted down.
Uchiha Rika asked, "Clan Chief, is there something important for which you've suddenly called us together?"
Uchiha Taro nodded, "This clan meeting concerns the future of the Uchiha Clan, so I've asked everyone to discuss some matters."
Hearing Uchiha Taro's words, everyone present gasped in surprise.
Concerns the future of the Uchiha Clan?
What exactly could it be?
Just as everyone was puzzled, Uchiha Yuzuru's figure appeared out of thin air.
"I'm a little late because I had to handle some things."
"It's fine." Uchiha Taro nodded at Uchiha Yuzuru, "Yuzuru, you can begin."
Seeing this, Uchiha Yuzuru didn't waste time and went straight to the point: "As you all should know, the Third Hokage has forbidden our Uchiha Clan from contacting the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki, on the grounds that our Uchiha Clan's Sharingan can affect Tailed Beasts."
"This is a clear sign that the Village's higher-ups have no trust in us whatsoever."
"The Uchiha Clan has reached a moment of life and death!"
"We absolutely cannot sit by and do nothing!"
Upon hearing this, everyone present took a sharp intake of breath.
Although Hiruzen Sarutobi's order certainly made them feel very displeased, there was no need to put it so seriously, was there?
Uchiha Hachidai couldn't help but say, "Uchiha Yuzuru, you are completely fear-mongering."
"Because of Uchiha Madara's past actions, it's understandable for the Hokage to make such a decision, isn't it?"
Uchiha Yuzuru glanced at Uchiha Hachidai, and his eyes immediately transformed into the Mangekyo Sharingan.
The next second, everyone, including Uchiha Taro and Uchiha Fugaku, stood up in shock.
"Yuzuru, your, your eyes..."
"That's right, these are the Mangekyo Sharingan, the legendary power of the Uchiha Clan."
At this time, it wasn't particularly long since the era of Uchiha Madara, so everyone present was not unfamiliar with the Mangekyo Sharingan.
An existence superior to the Three Tomoe Sharingan, the power Uchiha Madara used to quell the chaotic world... Uchiha Yuzuru actually possessed such eyes!
"No wonder your visual prowess is so much stronger than mine; so you possessed the Mangekyo Sharingan!"
Uchiha Fugaku suddenly understood.
After losing to Uchiha Yuzuru, he had always been puzzled.
Why, even with both having the Three Tomoe Sharingan, was the difference in their visual prowess so vast?
It turned out that Uchiha Yuzuru's eyes had already evolved into the Mangekyo Sharingan!
Uchiha Rika swallowed, and said tremblingly, "Yuzuru, when did you awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan?"
"The moment I saw clearly the future path of the Uchiha Clan."
After Uchiha Yuzuru finished speaking, he transferred the previously captured Anbu from the Kamui Dimension.
After using genjutsu to make the Anbu Ninja reveal Hiruzen Sarutobi's surveillance of the Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Yuzuru directly slit the Anbu Ninja's throat.
"Hiss..."
Seeing Uchiha Yuzuru's nonchalant demeanor, everyone present was deeply alarmed.
They had all killed many people, but this was an Anbu.
Attacking an Anbu was no different from treason!
Uchiha Hachidai's voice was filled with panic: "Uchiha Yuzuru, you, you, you doing this will kill all of us!"
Uchiha Yuzuru glanced at Uchiha Fugaku, who then walked to his side.
"Hachidai is an absolute conservative, always strongly advocating for the Uchiha Clan to align with the Village's higher-ups."
Hearing this, Uchiha Yuzuru nodded, walked in front of Uchiha Hachidai, and raised his hand to choke him.
"I apologize, but the current Uchiha Clan can only have one voice."
"Old relics that cannot keep up with the times, just quietly disappear into the night."
Crack.
Uchiha Hachidai never expected that Uchiha Yuzuru would directly kill him.
So, without even resisting, he was directly killed by Uchiha Yuzuru, who twisted his neck as if crushing an ant.
This scene also sent shivers down the spines of everyone else.
First, he displayed the Mangekyo Sharingan, then openly killed an Anbu, and now he had directly killed Uchiha Hachidai, who was also a squad leader in the Military Police Force... And it seemed that Uchiha Taro and Uchiha Fugaku, as the Clan Chief, clearly chose to stand with Uchiha Yuzuru.
So what else could they say?
They simply had to obey.
After a moment, facing the murderous Uchiha Yuzuru, only Uchiha Rika bravely asked, "Yuzuru, what exactly do you want to do?"
Uchiha Yuzuru threw Uchiha Hachidai's corpse on the ground and said indifferently, "My patience has made me utterly disappointed with this boring Village."
"I want to plan a new path for the Uchiha Clan!"
"Who agrees? Who objects?"