"Elder Setsuna, Mitsuki has already said everything I wanted to say."
"Given the Uchiha Clan's current strength, a coup is just a joke."
"Didn't the last Battle of the Underworld teach you enough of a lesson?"
"I didn't expect you to not only fail to learn from your mistakes but to escalate them. Do you want our Uchiha Clan to perish in this generation!?"
Uchiha Hachidai said mockingly, sipping the tea in his cup.
Setsuna immediately slammed the teacup beside him to the ground.
His body trembled with rage, beyond words, as he pointed at Hachidai.
The clansmen below dared not speak in such an atmosphere. Although Mitsuki's words were disheartening, harsh truths are often unpleasant, and Mitsuki was not wrong.
Elder Hachidai's sudden statement, didn't that steal Mitsuki's thunder? Mitsuki had never joined any faction within the clan.
Mitsuki, who had been standing, was about to continue lecturing someone like Elder Setsuna.
He didn't expect the elders of the appeasement faction to be so shameless, directly saying such things, making it seem like he was their mouthpiece.
What kind of person was Mitsuki? Naturally, he wouldn't indulge him.
"What do you mean, 'I've said everything you wanted to say'? Can an elder just act recklessly and distort facts? Why didn't you say it yourself if you wanted to! If you don't have the ability to come up with such words, don't take credit for them."
"You also don't look at the mess you've made. How can you still have the nerve to call yourselves the appeasement faction? Sending Itachi and Shisui to the Anbu, hoping Hiruzen would grant our clan some charity, allowing the clan and the Village to reconcile?"
"And now, has the relationship between the clan and the Village eased? Is this your brilliant strategy? It's truly excellent, giving away two geniuses to the Anbu to be dogs, brainwashing them with the Will of Fire, with only the Village in their hearts, not considering the clan at all!!!"
"Elder Hachidai, you haven't taken bribes and benefits from Danzo, have you? Since when did our Uchiha Clan need to rely on others' charity? Historically, our Uchiha Clan has always conquered with our own strength! Powerful strength is the foundation of our clan! Not bowing down and kneeling to others like dogs! Where is your pride as an Uchiha!!!?"
The situation immediately reversed, and Elder Hachidai was directly overcome with anger, his blood boiling, as he pointed at Mitsuki and began to curse.
"At least what we're doing can preserve the lives of our clansmen! The Uchiha are no longer the Uchiha they once were!"
"Since Uchiha Madara left the clan and the Village, for so many years! Not a single Mangekyo Sharingan has awakened!"
"Although Tobirama restricted our clan when he was in power, it wasn't overly excessive. Now Hiruzen is in power, and that old scoundrel Danzo is still lurking in the shadows."
"The clan's situation is becoming more and more dangerous! What else can we do but bow our heads! Who wants to see their clansmen die? You're so eloquent, why don't you come up with a solution to put the clan on the right path!!!"
Elder Hachidai's words resonated with the appeasement faction's clansmen.
The Uchiha's Sharingan requires strong emotional stimulation to awaken or evolve. Some awaken due to sorrow, some due to hatred, and others due to the fear of a life-or-death crisis.
The clansmen of the appeasement faction had all experienced the loss of loved ones, and they did not want to see such a scene repeated.
That's why they had always opposed the war faction, even if it meant bowing down, abandoning dignity and honor, they wanted their living "loved ones" to survive!
Mitsuki, also a member of the Uchiha Clan, naturally understood the appeasement faction's thinking, but it had to be said that this was the negative effect brought by the Sharingan; their thinking would become one-sided in certain aspects.
As the Sharingan upgraded and their ocular power increased, their thinking would become more extreme, overly impulsive, or pessimistic.
But Mitsuki was different. In his previous life, he had gone through too many entanglements of love, hate, and grievances. With nearly ninety years of experience and wisdom across two lives, he had long learned to control his own thoughts and make rational judgments.
He was a brand new Uchiha, clear in his love and hate, yet his thinking was not interfered with by emotions.
Mitsuki listened to Elder Hachidai's words and continued to speak, building on them.
"It can only be said that your appeasement faction's ideas are too naive. What makes you think that as long as the Uchiha bow to the Village, these conflicts can be resolved?"
"Do you still think the current Hokage is Senju Tobirama? Isn't the Senju Clan the best example! Hashirama thought that dissolving the clan and becoming civilians could resolve the conflict between the clan and civilians."
"What was the result? In the Second Shinobi World War, the people of the Senju Clan all died on the battlefield! Except for Tsunade, if Tsunade didn't have a Daimyo as her grandfather and wasn't Hiruzen Sarutobi's student, do you think she would have survived until now!?"
"For a clan to continue to exist, it absolutely cannot do so by merely lingering on! Without enough strength, everything is empty talk! Living by abandoning dignity only leads the clan into a quagmire, step by step towards death!!!"
The clan meeting fell silent once more. Yes, the current Hokage was no longer Senju Tobirama, but his student Hiruzen Sarutobi. He did not have Tobirama's magnanimity, otherwise the clan's situation would not have deteriorated to this extent, being targeted so severely.
Not to mention Danzo was still secretly targeting them everywhere.
Everyone finally realized that the clan's situation had already reached this point. Whether they launched a coup or submitted to the Third Hokage, the clan's demise was unavoidable; it was merely a matter of how quickly it would happen.
"Uchiha righteousness broken, Uchiha Southern Pass broken..."
"A total of 32 people had their defenses broken, and Sharingan ocular power increased by 10%."
The system reported the gains from this session. This increase was also good; Sharingan ocular power was much harder to raise than Chakra.
Fugaku kept tapping the table with his fingers, deep in thought. He had long understood these things, which was why he constantly weighed the war faction against the appeasement faction, trying to maintain the internal balance of the clan.
Under his guidance, the neutral faction, led by him, was formed.
At this moment, someone from the appeasement faction below spoke up.
"Uchiha Mitsuki, then according to your statement, does that mean the Uchiha are destined to perish no matter what?"
As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately caused a stir of discussion among the crowd.
"Yes, so there really is no way out..."
"It seems our Uchiha will also follow in the footsteps of the Senju Clan."
"Damn it, then I'd rather die fighting than die so miserably!"
Mitsuki was dumbfounded by these clansmen who changed their expressions faster than flipping a book. This was faster than any of his ex-girlfriends in his previous life. Is this the Uchiha...? Just then, Fugaku slammed his hand on the table.
"Enough! The purpose of this clan meeting is to find a way for the clan to continue to survive, to find hope!"
"What's the use of constant pessimism!"
"The Uchiha are not reckless fools! Nor are they cowards!"
"I believe we will definitely find a way!"
Fugaku's speech rekindled hope in the eyes of the clansmen. That's right, as long as they were led by the clan head, they would surely find the correct path.
But Mitsuki no longer knew how to complain. Oh no, this troublemaker was starting to feed the clansmen toxic chicken soup again...