A clan meeting, another clan meeting!
The corners of Uchiha Jin's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but pat his forehead. He was truly speechless regarding Fugaku, the Clan Head.
Any normal person knew to hold large meetings for small matters, and small meetings or no meetings at all for big matters!
Because ordinary people lacked the ability to solve problems; on the contrary, they were more prone to echoing others' views and being led by the nose. Moreover, the risk of spies finding out was greater.
Therefore, execution ability was enough for ordinary clansmen. When truly discussing strategies, the fewer people, the better, ensuring that the participants had prestige, could command the middle and lower levels, and had the ability to solve problems.
But, what about now?
Fugaku held meetings for everything, big or small, yet solved no problems. He lacked the boldness a Clan Head should have, and he didn't even know how to get things done.
For a clan, this only meant getting stuck!
"This Fugaku is truly useless!"
"It must be about the missing clansmen and the rumors in the village."
"He can't even handle such small matters. Can't he use his brain?"
"Holding meetings at the drop of a hat, he's simply sick in the head!"
Uchiha Setsuna frowned tightly and couldn't help but curse loudly.
Previously, he didn't think there was anything wrong with holding clan meetings all the time, but after interacting with Uchiha Jin, he increasingly felt that holding clan meetings was inefficient and useless except for wasting time.
Looking at the several actions since Uchiha Jin joined the Radical Faction, basically none of them involved any meeting discussions. He just found a few people, gave instructions, and they went to do it.
Secret, efficient, and flawless!
More importantly, the results were quite impressive.
Looking back at his life of attending clan meetings, he had never accomplished anything at a clan meeting.
"Alright, stop complaining!"
"We're idle anyway. Fugaku is the Clan Head after all. As long as it doesn't involve matters of principle, giving him some face won't affect anything."
"Tekka, go find five Radical Faction elite Jonin to keep up appearances. The others will strictly carry out patrol missions during this period. Open and hidden sentries must closely monitor the station and not give Root any opportunity to take advantage."
"Elder Setsuna, let's go."
Uchiha Jin stood up and walked straight out.
Setsuna naturally followed closely behind, setting an example to clarify Jin's position as the leader of the Radical Faction.
Ten minutes later.
Led by Uchiha Jin and Setsuna, with Tekka and the unnamed elite Jonin following behind, the group arrived at the Naka Shrine.
Regarding the arrival of the group, everyone present frowned one after another.
However, unlike last time, many lower-level Uchiha clansmen looked at the Radical Faction with complex and thoughtful expressions.
Clearly.
Many things that happened in the clan recently seemed to prove Uchiha Jin correct.
The Uchiha were stubborn and single-minded, but they weren't truly fools. With a comparison, they naturally sensed something. It was just that due to their past trust in the elders of various factions, they couldn't make the move to defect to the Radical Faction for the time being.
"Elder Jin, Elder Setsuna!"
"Why did your Radical Faction bring so few people? Why aren't the other Uchiha members attending the clan meeting?"
"This is a bit against the rules, isn't it?"
Fugaku sat high in the seat of honor, his face full of dignity.
If one didn't know his character, they might really be bluffed upon meeting him for the first time.
At the very least.
His appearance really had the air of a Clan Head.
But unfortunately, he was a silver spear with a wax tip; Fugaku was a typical case of looking impressive but being useless.
After the group sat in their seats, Uchiha Jin adjusted his robes before speaking slowly with a smile: "The others need to prevent the station from being invaded, so naturally, they can't come to attend the clan meeting."
Hearing this, Fugaku's face darkened.
This was obviously mocking him, right?
But before he could speak, Shisui spoke first: "Jin-kun, you should trust the Clan Head and Hokage-sama. That behavior of your Radical Faction is too excessive; it clearly shows distrust towards the Clan Head and Hokage-sama."
"This kind of behavior is wrong. I hope the Radical Faction can remove the defenses!"
In response to this.
Uchiha Jin didn't even lift his eyelids and retorted directly with a sentence: "I don't trust the Clan Head and Sarutobi Hiruzen!"
"You..." Shisui was dumbfounded.
Fugaku was the Clan Head after all, and Sarutobi Hiruzen was the Hokage. Wasn't this giving too little face?
This bluntness made his mind go blank.
After all, no matter what you think inside, there should be respect on the surface, right?
But, unfortunately.
Uchiha Jin couldn't be bothered to pay attention to him and spoke indifferently again: "Quite a few people have died in the clan grounds recently, and they were all Three-Tomoe Uchiha, right?"
"I remember reminding everyone at the last clan meeting. I didn't expect you idiots to really dare to gamble with the lives of your subordinates on the character of Fugaku and Sarutobi Hiruzen."
"You guys are amazing, I admire you!"
"Fugaku's indecisiveness isn't just a recent thing. During the war, Uchiha made military contributions, but when they died, they couldn't even enter the village's Memorial Stone. The villagers don't even know that the Uchiha risked their lives for the village?"
"The Nine-Tails Night, the loss of the ancestral land, Anbu surveillance..."
"One thing after another, you guys really don't have brains!"
"But, forget it!"
"Good advice is hard to give to a damned ghost. If you seek death yourselves, then I can't be bothered to care about you."
"But, similarly."
"The Radical Faction does not submit to Fugaku as the Clan Head. I, Uchiha Jin, am showing my hand directly. I have to be responsible for the lives of the Radical Faction clansmen."
"So, cut the crap!"
"Let's get straight to the point. I have things to do when I go back later."
Uchiha Jin was quite direct.
At the last clan meeting, he was still willing to call him Clan Head because he had just taken office and his foundation was unstable. But with the Uchiha going missing one after another during this period while the Radical Faction suffered no losses, he had proven his ability.
His prestige had been built, so naturally, he didn't need to worry about Fugaku!
And indeed, it was so.
Even though Uchiha Jin was quite rude at this moment, there was silence in the entire Naka Shrine. None of the Uchiha clansmen spoke to stop him. Even the elders of the Moderate and Neutral factions maintained a silent posture at this time.
The reason was simple!
One thing after another during this period had already shown Fugaku's incompetence as a Clan Head. Even if they couldn't accept Uchiha Jin's radicalism, it didn't mean they had to give Fugaku face!
They had long had enough of this incompetent Clan Head in their hearts.
Fugaku: "..."
Looking at the silent Naka Shrine, his face changed unpredictably.
Fierce light flickered in his eyes, especially when he looked at Uchiha Jin, a trace of killing intent appeared in his eyes.
He was going mad with desire!
He believed that for the sake of the Uchiha's stability, he had bowed and scraped outside, suffering all kinds of grievances. Within the clan, facing everyone's misunderstanding, he had done his best to appease them.
All this, for what?
Wasn't it to balance the village and the clan as much as possible? Wasn't it all to let the Uchiha survive as much as possible?
His goal was clear, and that was to integrate into Konoha!
But, damn it.
Why didn't this group of bastards in front of him understand?