[Uchiha Clan Land]
"The woman you met yesterday was actually Orochimaru?"
Fugaku was also shocked, 'The woman yesterday was Orochimaru?'
Orochimaru used to be one of the Three Legendary Sannin, and had even led Fugaku's team to the battlefield.
Now how did he become like this.
Rengoku still understood Fugaku's surprise, after all, Fugaku's perspective was limited.
"For Orochimaru, the body can be changed at any time, so you don't need to be so surprised."
"I already negotiated with him yesterday, in the future some of our clansmen will go on missions to sweep out the Black Market, and another part will go to their Sound Ninja Village to complete their missions."
Fugaku said in surprise, "Then that's really just right, I happened to want to ask whether the clansmen still wanted to continue taking missions from Konoha."
After all, previously many Uchiha had been killed by traps, and now the situation between Uchiha and Konoha is delicate. If they take missions from Konoha again and fall into a trap, what then?
Rengoku continued, "Let the elites go do the missions to sweep out the Black Market, the ones with weaker strength, let them go to Sound Ninja Village."
"Our Uchiha clan cannot be left empty, so at most only one-third of combat personnel can go out at a time."
"Divide the combat personnel into ranks, and then have internal competitions. Only those who win can go out on missions, those who lose stay in the clan to train."
"I will personally guide them every day, striving to quickly raise the strength of the clan members."
Fugaku asked in slight confusion, "Rengoku, why are you so enthusiastic about guiding their training."
"You're still so young now, it's the time for rapid strength growth, don't lose the big because of the small."
Rengoku did not answer but asked instead, "Could it be that the Uchiha clan is going to rely only on the three of us with Mangekyo Sharingan?"
"You know the drawbacks of the Mangekyo Sharingan, we still need more fresh blood."
"As for me, you don't have to worry, I know my limits."
"While teaching everyone, I am also growing."
Fugaku opened his mouth, feeling he had no position to lecture Rengoku, after all, Rengoku had way more ideas than him.
He thought for a moment, "Rengoku, do you want to be clan head?"
Rengoku's lips curled up in a confident smile, "Clan head, do you think there's anyone more suitable than me in the Uchiha clan to succeed as clan head?"
Fugaku froze for a moment, then laughed heartily, "Not bad, not bad, indeed only you are more suitable."
He himself was not actually particularly enthusiastic about power.
In the past, he had never thought about abdicating, because he thought that since he had the Mangekyo Sharingan, he could definitely lead the clan to glory and prosperity.
However, reality was cruel, under his leadership, not only did the Uchiha lose almost all of their previous police force, they even nearly went extinct due to his stubborn self-assertion.
Although Itachi had been brainwashed, sending Itachi to be a double agent was still largely his responsibility.
Now the clan had produced a young genius Rengoku, not only of exceptional intelligence, but probably also the strongest in martial strength in the clan.
After all, both were Mangekyo users, and during combat, Fugaku could feel Rengoku's surging eye power.
But compared to martial strength, what Fugaku valued most was Rengoku's intelligence.
And in just a few days, it was already clear Rengoku had no small ambition, every step he took now was in preparation for the future.
This clan head position, indeed only Rengoku was most suitable to inherit.
"Then you still don't touch any of the internal affairs of the clan, weren't you supposed to learn about it?"
Rengoku casually replied, "These things you handle, or let other elders handle."
"The real leader needs to grasp the direction forward, and military strength."
"You lost your edge because you spent too much time and energy on these matters."
"Clan head, how long has it been since you fought?"
Although Rengoku was lecturing Fugaku, the two of them already had a level 3 bond, so such words were naturally okay to say.
Fugaku also seriously considered Rengoku's words, "Mm, it has been a few years."
Rengoku reminded, "And also your eye technique, clan head, has gradually made you lose your drive."
Fugaku thought it was Itachi who told Rengoku, but he was just seriously thinking about Rengoku's words.
Seeing that Fugaku was thinking, Rengoku continued, "In this world, whatever we do, the direction the story takes in the end may always be different."
"If you are always trying to avoid harm, trying to act with minimal loss, then you will lose your momentum."
"The more you know, the more you fear."
"Clan head, your way of using this eye technique is wrong."
Fugaku thought carefully, it really was like that. Actually, the Uchiha had always had opportunities to resist in the past.
But Fugaku used illusions to peek into the future, and every time the Uchiha suffered significant losses.
So he gradually gave in, and eventually became a hesitant and fearful clan head.
Even when preparing to rebel, he was pushed into it by the clan, not by his own will.
"You're right, Rengoku, these years I really did lose my drive," Fugaku was 40 this year, had a lot of chakra, and as a clan head had maintained himself well.
His stamina hadn't declined at all, in fact, he was in the prime of his life, fully capable of leading missions.
Instead of just staying in the clan every day handling internal affairs.
Rengoku patted Fugaku on the shoulder. Though this gesture didn't match his age at all, Fugaku didn't feel any awkwardness, "Although Itachi is a good successor, that doesn't mean you have to retire now."
"I'm preparing to build a lab for Orochimaru in the clan, there will be lots of places to spend money in the future, so don't just feed fish every day."
Fugaku was somewhat surprised, "Orochimaru is going to directly station in our Uchiha?"
He had previously thought it was just cooperation with Orochimaru, didn't expect it was basically equivalent to him joining them.
Rengoku knew what Fugaku was surprised about. After all, the thing about Orochimaru using people for experiments had caused quite a stir before.
Even the Third Hokage personally tried to arrest him, and now Uchiha was going to accept Orochimaru.
He explained, "Our previous behavior of hiding our strengths only made Konoha keep testing us."
"Since we've already shown our power, then we should continue to double down on it."
"Konoha has many people, we Uchiha have many high-end combat powers."
"This can achieve a balance."
"After all, Hiruzen's power has already surfaced, and the other ninja clans just need a force that can contend with him."
"Then let us be the leader of that force."
Fugaku nodded repeatedly, Rengoku had probably planned all this from the start.
"Then is Orochimaru reliable?", Fugaku asked this key question.
Rengoku gave a reassuring hand gesture, "I'm confident."
He wasn't going to tell Fugaku about Kotoamatsukami, otherwise Fugaku would probably be so shocked he'd vomit blood.
Hearing Rengoku say that, Fugaku didn't ask more, and brought up another matter, "What do you think, how about letting Sasuke be your student?"
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