Chapter 3 Explanation
A tall, white-haired old man strode into the room.
As soon as he entered, he impatiently asked, "Fugaku, the meeting hasn't started yet, why did you call me over?"
As he spoke, he suddenly noticed the figure lying flat on the table. When he clearly saw the person's face and found the eye sockets empty and hollow like holes, his pupils suddenly constricted, as if he had seen something incredibly unbelievable.
His face changed drastically, and he almost spoke in a choked voice, pointing at the figure on the table, unable to speak.
After a long while, he composed himself and quickly asked, "Fugaku, what happened to Itachi?"
He observed carefully and found that Itachi's eyes had indeed been removed!
Itachi is Fugaku's son, and in this village, who would dare to lay a hand on Itachi!?
Uchiha Fugaku is the undisputed Clan Head of the Uchiha Clan. Although a small portion of the Clan members were dissatisfied with Fugaku, he was, after all, the legitimate Clan Head. To lay a hand on his son and remove his Sharingan, wouldn't that be slapping Fugaku's face? Slapping Fugaku's face is slapping the Uchiha Clan's face!
Elder Uchiha Sihu's hair stood on end, his face turned a bit green, a vein on his forehead bulged, and several veins on his face, including those near his temples, twitched, clearly showing his extreme anger.
Fugaku waved his hand, "Lower your voice, I did it."
Huh?
The enraged Uchiha Sihu felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured over his head, his anger disappearing instantly, replaced by a hint of embarrassment.
Even a tiger doesn't eat its cubs, Fugaku, what are you doing!!
Facing Uchiha Sihu's puzzled and inquiring gaze, Fugaku did not explain much, saying, "I'll explain later, you first seal his Chakra."
"Seal? Isn't Itachi your son? Seal his Chakra? Are you serious?"
Although Uchiha Sihu had a thousand questions in his heart at this moment, since Uchiha Fugaku said he would explain later, he didn't hesitate.
"Alright."
He nodded, stepped forward to Uchiha Itachi's side, and faint blue Chakra emerged from his aged five fingers. With a solemn expression, he began to perform the sealing jutsu.
Fugaku silently watched this scene. Among the Uchiha Clan, Elder Uchiha Sihu was the only one who knew a bit of sealing jutsu, and sealing Chakra was more than enough.
Others didn't know, but he knew very well that his cheap son still had Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan.
He was about to reach the peak of his life, launch a coup, overthrow the Third Hokage, and usurp the position of Hokage. He didn't want to suffer a Kotoamatsukami and have all his efforts go to waste.
If he didn't still want Shisui's Mangekyo that Itachi held, he wouldn't even bother calling Uchiha Sihu to seal his Chakra; wouldn't it be better to just kill him?
After all, he was a transmigrator and had no real feelings for Itachi, his cheap son. A famous character from an anime, killing him was just killing him.
But on one hand, he was a little greedy for Shisui's eyes, and on the other hand, he didn't want to fall out with 'Fugaku's' family members. Considering both factors, he temporarily spared Itachi's life.
After a short while, Uchiha Sihu withdrew his Chakra, indicating that the sealing was complete.
"Alright, what exactly is going on here?"
Uchiha Sihu asked in a deep voice.
"Sit."
After the system appeared, Fugaku's tense mood was gone. He even smiled relaxed as he motioned for Uchiha Sihu to sit down and talk slowly.
"It's true that Itachi is my son, but he defected to Hiruzen Sarutobi."
Hearing Fugaku's words, Uchiha Sihu was very surprised.
He didn't understand why Itachi would defect to the Third Hokage.
"You mean?"
Uchiha Sihu frowned, a bad premonition in his heart.
"He told Hiruzen Sarutobi everything about our coup plans."
This caused a huge stir. Uchiha Sihu's face changed drastically, "What?!"
He suddenly stood up, pacing frantically around the room, a thin layer of sweat breaking out on his forehead: "This is a disaster. I've always said that the path of a coup would not succeed, but you insisted… Sigh!"
He sighed heavily!
Uchiha Sihu was the leader of the dove faction and had always opposed the coup.
Fugaku calmly took a sip of tea, and waited for Uchiha Sihu to calm down before continuing, "Elder, think carefully about how the Village has treated us since the Nine-Tailed incident. Holding onto unrealistic ideas will only lead to the Uchiha's demise."
Uchiha Sihu looked at Fugaku with a grim expression. He admitted that what Fugaku said was true, but a coup was not a way out either. Although the Village was weak now, a starved camel is still bigger than a horse. Trying to launch a coup with only the Uchiha Clan's strength was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.
However, Fugaku didn't intend to say much more to him, only lightly dropping a sentence:
"I have awakened the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan."
A trace of shock flashed in Uchiha Sihu's eyes, and his voice trembled slightly: "Eternal… Mangekyo?"
Seeing the disbelief on Uchiha Sihu's face, Fugaku smiled and nodded: "That's right, it's exactly as you think."
"Are you sure?"
After getting Fugaku's confirmation again, Uchiha Sihu trembled with excitement.
"May I see it?"
Uchiha Sihu requested.
Fugaku shook his head: "Later. I received news that Konoha will launch an attack on us during our evening meeting. This is a battle for the Clan's survival. Go gather all the Jonin in the Clan. The meeting will be moved up. In one hour, at Nanga Shrine, I will show you these eyes then."
"Good, good. I never thought I'd live to see a Clan member awaken the same eyes as Lord Madara."
Uchiha Sihu was old and had lived long and experienced much, so he naturally knew some secrets.
"I'll go gather people right away."
Uchiha Sihu was no longer worried. In his opinion, no one in the current weak Konoha could withstand eyes like Lord Madara's.
Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan! When Konoha was first established, there was the God of Shinobi, Senju Hashirama, who was on par with Lord Madara and slightly superior, but now…
Uchiha Sihu left the room excitedly to gather people.
Isn't it just a coup? Let's do it!
After Uchiha Sihu left, Fugaku instructed Uchiha Ryoichi to tie up Uchiha Itachi with a rope and take him to Nanga Shrine.
There was a secret room underground at Nanga Shrine, perfect for throwing Uchiha Itachi down there.
One hour later, Nanga Shrine.
The hall was packed with people.
They wore uniform black tight combat suits with green Jonin vests over them, embroidered with the Uchiha Clan crest on the shoulders.
Fugaku stood at the forefront on a raised platform, with the Elder, Second Elder, and Third Elder standing on his left and right.
"Fugaku, except for those on missions who couldn't make it back, all the Jonin in the Clan are here."
Elder Uchiha Sihu reported.
The Second Elder and Third Elder didn't know what was happening and looked at Uchiha Sihu's respectful report with some surprise.
Both of them were hawks who advocated for launching a coup, and Elder Uchiha Sihu, as the leader of the dove faction, often opposed them, which left the two of them bewildered.