Today, within the Uchiha clan compound, a strange rumor suddenly emerged for reasons unknown.
— Uchiha Chisen's Sharingan possesses a terrifying ocular jutsu that can see through "Past Evil" and "Future Evil." He saw through the clan head's son, Uchiha Itachi's, "Future Evil," predicting that Uchiha Itachi would betray the Uchiha clan and slaughter them all one day.
— Every single member of the Uchiha clan, from top to bottom, regardless of age or gender, would fall victim to Uchiha Itachi's blade. Even his own parents and friends would be mercilessly killed by him.
— When Uchiha Chisen intended to eliminate this "Future Evil," the clan head, Patriarch Fugaku, stopped him, choosing to protect Uchiha Itachi, who would one day fall into darkness!
The rumor involved the three most prominent figures in the Uchiha clan.
It reached a point where even the Ninja Cats didn't need to deliberately fan the flames.
The rumor quickly spread throughout the Uchiha clan.
However, the sheer volume of information in the rumor was overwhelming, making it difficult to believe, and everyone instinctively questioned its truthfulness.
After all, they had never heard of a terrifying ocular jutsu capable of seeing through past and future evil.
Moreover...
While that Uchiha Itachi fellow was somewhat of an outsider within the Uchiha clan, and many clan members found him disagreeable, especially since he sided with the Hokage.
But...
He couldn't possibly be that monstrous, could he?
He was still an Uchiha by name!
...
"Hey, you new recruit! Yes, you!" Inside the women's restroom of a public restroom within the Uchiha compound, Izumi, who had just finished using the facilities, suddenly heard someone call out to her from behind.
She shook off her heavy, preoccupied expression and flicked the water droplets from her washed hands.
Curiously, she turned around.
She saw a woman dressed as a member of the Konoha Military Police Force, who quietly asked her, "You're Uchiha Chisen's student, so you must know things we don't. Let me ask you... is what happened this morning true?"
Izumi looked completely bewildered. "Huh?"
She had no idea what Kijiro had done.
"It's about Uchiha Itachi," the other person said. "Did Uchiha Chisen really see through Uchiha Itachi's future evil?"
Izumi: "!!!"
Izumi was startled, looking at the other person in shock. The expression on her small face had already revealed the "answer."
"It's actually true..."
Before she could even reply, the other person had already realized something, muttering in a shocked tone, "It's actually true."
Izumi noticed that as the other person muttered to herself in a seemingly neurotic manner, veins were bulging on the back of her hand.
This senior from the Konoha Military Police Force seemed to be inexplicably enraged.
She even saw her Sharingan reveal itself in her anger.
"U, chi, ha, Itachi... you really did it!"
Izumi heard the other person utter Uchiha Itachi's name, syllable by syllable.
Things seemed to be developing in a direction she hadn't anticipated.
Also, how did this person know what happened this morning?
Izumi was utterly perplexed.
...
With "Uchiha Izumi" as a witness whose words had been extracted, the rumor, which had initially lacked much credibility, suddenly gained some believability, sending shivers down the spines of countless Uchiha clan members.
Uchiha Setsuna handed his cane to a nearby guard and slowly knelt onto a soft cushion.
His gaze swept across the radical Uchiha clan ninjas before him.
Uchiha Setsuna asked in a hoarse voice, "How credible do you think the special rumor within the clan today is?!"
"At least 70% credible,"
An Uchiha ninja replied somberly. "The young girl beside Uchiha Chisen also admitted the truth of the matter. Furthermore, according to our investigation, some clan members did indeed see the clan head leaving Uchiha Chisen's residence early this morning."
"Moreover, considering Uchiha Chisen's ridiculously high case-solving rate, perhaps his eyes are indeed very special, possessing a unique ocular jutsu that we have never possessed."
Bang!!!
Someone slammed the table in anger and indignation, gritting their teeth. "Good for you, Uchiha Itachi! Good for you, Uchiha Fugaku! We have all worked diligently and conscientiously to protect the future of the Uchiha. And yet... they are going to destroy the Uchiha clan with their own hands!"
Others clenched their fists, their eyes cold. "Elder Setsuna, we need to nip the future crisis of the Uchiha in the bud."
"However, what if the intelligence is mistaken? Does a normal Three-Tomoe Sharingan truly have the ability to see through future evil?"
"There is no 'what if'! Even if there is the slightest possibility, we cannot allow that possibility to exist in the world. Moreover, that Uchiha Itachi fellow was never on the same page as us from the beginning. I long suspected that Shisui died at the hands of Uchiha Itachi! After all, on the day Shisui died, we were all attending a clan meeting, and only Shisui and Uchiha Itachi were absent."
"..."
In just a few words, the radical Uchiha faction reached a consensus.
— Believe the rumor!
Even if there's only a sliver of a possibility, we absolutely cannot let that happen.
"Everyone."
At this moment, Uchiha Setsuna, who had been silent for a while, slowly spoke, "I believe Uchiha Fugaku, who chose to indulge Uchiha Itachi, no longer has the right to be the patriarch of the Uchiha Clan."
All eyes focused on this elderly, hawkish elder.
...
"Patriarch Fugaku, is this true?"
The moderates of the Uchiha Clan, who advocated for peaceful coexistence with the village, found Uchiha Fugaku and asked him this question.
Fugaku's expression darkened slightly.
He had no idea who had leaked the information.
He had naturally noticed the public opinion storm brewing within the Uchiha Clan, but Fugaku found it difficult to control the narrative. Because he knew that if he intervened, it would confirm the matter.
But if he didn't intervene to control public opinion, the matter might very well spread outside the Uchiha Clan and reach the village.
This put Fugaku in a dilemma.
So... could it be Chisen who leaked this morning's events?
However.
This was completely contrary to Chisen's usual taciturn demeanor.
Had he changed?
Or...
Was there someone else?
"It's just a rumor."
After a long silence, Fugaku provided an answer that still chose to protect his eldest son.
He put on a stern face and slowly said, "Itachi did not and will not do such a thing. Our Uchiha Clan needs to be united to continue peaceful coexistence with the village. Do not believe the provocations of those with ulterior motives. I guarantee Itachi's actions as the clan head."
The moderate elder of the Uchiha Clan shook his head and sighed, "I hope you have made the right choice, Patriarch Fugaku."
...
Noon.
Ninja Academy.
Uchiha Sasuke was sitting in the first-year classroom of the Ninja Academy, having just finished his bento. He suddenly noticed several students entering the classroom looking at him strangely.
They seemed to be whispering something to each other.
And secretly pointing at him.
Sasuke's brow furrowed. Just as he was about to go ask them what they wanted, they unexpectedly walked over to him.
"Classmate Sasuke," one of them asked tentatively, "did your brother Uchiha Itachi massacre your entire Uchiha Clan?"
Sasuke: "???"
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