The Uchiha clan's gathering place is a huge empty hall in the Nanga Shrine.
Apart from the wall lamps around, there are not many decorations, and the floor is a uniform bluestone floor.
The Uchiha clan appears to be very united and cohesive in the eyes of outsiders, but in reality, within the clan, no one is willing to submit to anyone else.
During family gatherings, when verbal persuasion fails, physical fighting is unavoidable in many cases. After all, the Uchiha clan is extremely easy to be persuaded physically.
As soon as Uchiha Tomoki came in, he saw his grandfather standing with two elders.
So he walked towards the three of them.
"Grandpa, Elder Wei, Elder Zhiyuan!"
Uchiha Tomoki was the first to greet.
The eyes of the three old men and women, who were over 200 years old in total, also lit up.
"Tomoki, how is it? Are you sure?" Uchiha Hiko looked at Tomoki and asked impatiently.
"I can't say it's certain, success and failure are probably 50-50."
Uchiha Youshu shrugged.
"Fifty-fifty, that's pretty good. After all, it's quite good to have such an effect when you launch it in such a hurry."
Uchiha Yan pondered.
"Youshu, you must succeed. You don't know how I've been going through these past two days. If you don't succeed, it would be a shame to me."
Uchiha Mamoru on the side said to Youshu.
"I will do my best, Elder Wei." Uchiha Tomoki said to Uchiha Wei.
At this time, Uchiha Hiko said to Youshu with a serious expression: "You have to be careful of Fugaku, he may choose to give up the position of clan leader on his own initiative."
"Normally it wouldn't be a problem, but if he does this now, his presence will continue to affect you from now on."
"Grandpa can even guess this, he is really cunning!"
Uchiha Tomoki thought of this possibility in his mind, that is, what if Fugaku voluntarily gave up the position of clan leader? At that time, let alone taking back the power of the clan leader.
He estimated that he was not even as good as the current Fugaku. Although Fugaku gave up the position of clan leader, he still held some power in his hands.
For the future of the Uchiha clan, the only way is for the entire Uchiha clan to be united and have only one voice. So for the sake of the family, Clan Leader Fugaku, I'm sorry, I won't let you step down as clan leader so easily.
"You little brat, what do you mean by cunning and sly? If Fugaku hadn't let you do what you did these past two days, do you think you could have been so relaxed? If you couldn't see through Fugaku's intentions, I would have died countless times."
As the gathering time was approaching, many tribesmen began to find their seats and sit down.
Uchiha Tomoki did not chat with the three of them anymore, but walked straight to the center, passing by each of his clansmen and then the elders.
Finally arriving at the clan leader's seat, Uchiha Tomoki did not sit down directly.
Instead, he sat cross-legged on the ground a little bit to the side.
His actions were obviously seen by everyone, and the tribesmen began to whisper.
"That's Uchiha Tomoki, right? He's said to be the best among the younger generation in the clan."
"Nonsense, the first one is obviously Shisui!"
"But I just saw Shisui following behind Tomoki. Doesn't that mean Shisui is not as good as Tomoki?"
"Maybe Shisui just happened to be walking behind. Besides, they have a good relationship, so maybe they don't care about it."
"We have a very good relationship, so from now on, no matter where we are together, you should always follow me!"
"roll…"
The entire gathering place suddenly became a little noisy, and the young people looked at Uchiha Tomoki sitting cross-legged, most of their eyes filled with enthusiasm and hope.
Some of the older ninjas had disgust in their eyes, but most of them just took a quick look and then paid no more attention.
In a corner, there was a man staring at Uchiha Tomoki, trying to analyze more information from his movements. This man was Uchiha Itachi, who was sent by the Third Hokage to gather intelligence on the clan.
At this time, the patriarch who had not appeared finally arrived with the sound of footsteps.
He was wearing the uniform of the Security Department and had an expressionless face. Behind him followed six clansmen, also wearing the uniform of the Security Department. Uchiha scanned the six people one by one and knew clearly who they were.
The younger ninja among the six was staring at Uchiha Tomoki with eyes full of anger. If he knew Amaterasu, Uchiha Tomoki would probably be gone now.
Uchiha Fugaku came to the center of the crowd, but did not go to his seat, and the six people following him did not look for their seats either.
Fugaku found a suitable angle to look at everyone, "I'm extremely sorry, I was dealing with some matters within the department and wasted everyone's time."
Then he turned to look at Uchiha Tomoki who was sitting cross-legged next to the clan leader's seat, and then looked at everyone again.
"At this clan meeting, there is something I want to announce to everyone..."
"Wait a minute!" Uchiha Tomoki, who had been watching Fugaku speak quietly, finally spoke up and interrupted Fugaku.
Everyone looked at Tomoki in surprise, even Fugaku turned to look at him with confusion in his eyes.
"Before the meeting starts, I want to kick out those who are not worthy of attending the meeting." He looked towards a corner.
Everyone followed his gaze and immediately saw Uchiha Itachi sitting in the corner.
"That's Itachi, the son of the Fugaku clan leader. I heard he opened the Sharingan at a young age."
"Your information is outdated. It is said that the Third Hokage personally invited him to join the Anbu not long ago. He should be an Anbu now. It's really amazing!"
"Hey, are you okay? What's so good about the Third Hokage's Anbu? Why didn't he join the Security Department? That's betrayal!"
"......"
Then everyone started a new round of whispered discussions because of Itachi's discovery.
Uchiha Youshu didn't pay attention to the discussions of the crowd. When he saw that everyone knew who Itachi was, he directly asked loudly in a voice that drowned out the discussion, "I have wanted to ask this for a long time. How did Uchiha Itachi join the clan? In what capacity does he stand here?"
Fugaku was also a little unhappy at this time. It was okay to be interrupted, but it seemed a bit despicable to bring up his son.
He immediately said to Uchiha Tomoki, "Itachi is my son. When he was young, I brought him to the clan meetings several times to broaden his horizons. Although he came every time after that, he never expressed his opinion and just watched from the side. As the clan leader, I have the privilege of training my son and breaking the rules a little bit."
"As the patriarch of our clan, it's okay for Chief Fugaku to slightly break the rules, but Chief Fugaku's eyesight is obviously not good. He can't even see who his own son is."
Uchiha Youshu shook his head and said with disappointment on his face, then looked at Itachi with sharp eyes, "Uchiha Itachi, stand up and tell your father and all the clan members that you are not a spy for the Third Hokage, and your purpose of attending the clan meeting is not to gather clan intelligence and report to the Third Hokage!"
Uchiha Tomoki's words obviously shocked everyone. Even Fugaku became a little hesitant. He looked at Uchiha Itachi with questioning eyes amidst many confusions.
Uchiha Itachi was being stared at by everyone, but he still maintained his expressionless face. He was also filled with shock in his heart, not understanding why he was discovered by Uchiha Tomoki just after receiving the mission.
In fact, Uchiha Tomoki had no idea that Itachi had already gained the trust of the Third Hokage and had become a spy. He just simply didn't want to see Itachi, the ungrateful guy, again.
Under the gaze of everyone, Uchiha Itachi said nothing. He neither stood up to deny Tomoki's doubts nor admitted that he was loyal to the Uchiha clan.
This scene has made some people realize that Itachi might really be a spy planted by Konoha. The most shocked person was Uchiha Fugaku.
Fugaku asked with a trembling voice: "Itachi, are you really a spy sent by the higher-ups to the family?"
Uchiha Itachi recalled his father's love, encouragement and expectations for him since he was a child. He could not remain indifferent like he did in front of Tomoki. In the end, he fixed his eyes and said in a cold tone, "I'm sorry, father, I am an Anbu, a Konoha ninja!"
As soon as these words were spoken, it was like a bomb exploded in the crowd.
"Itachi, you bastard, the family has spent so much effort in training you, is this how you repay the family?"
"Get out of here, you lackey of the Konoha high command, you are a disgrace to the Uchiha clan."
"Itachi, you have tarnished the honor of the Uchiha clan."
"......"
Numerous shouts and curses were heard one after another, and some excited ninjas even opened their Sharingan while cursing.
Itachi listened to the shouting and cursing of the crowd and thought they were just noisy. Seeing his clansmen constantly using words like Uchiha and clan made him feel disgusted. These narrow-minded, arrogant and selfish guys could never understand the will of fire. They were a hopeless clan.
Knowing he couldn't stay any longer, he walked straight outside.