Uchiha Fugaku was in a rather depressed mood at the moment, he had planned to go out today with his neighbor's little sister Uchiha Mikoto who he hadn't seen in a long time, but in the end, just as he was about to go out, he was called by his clan members and then had to come here.
To be honest, he wasn't the least bit interested in this kind of boring temporary clan meeting.
He had only returned from the battlefield of Land of Rain not too long ago along with Tsunade-sama and the others, and really had no interest in wanting to fight at all.
He hated killing and disputes, and wasn't interested in that strange sense of honor the clan had.
Was it bad that Sandaime didn't let them, the Uchiha clan, take part in the action? At least the clan didn't have to go to battle, didn't have to die, did they have to wait until they died to be satisfied?
On the battlefield, fighting day in and day out had made him deeply tired of fighting, and the death of a familiar and lifelong comrade had made him feel sad and scared.
War was not a good thing, not at all, it was like a vicious beast that devoured all that was good.
Then there were the eyes in his own body, which hosted a deep darkness weighing him down immensely.
It was an evil eye that would grow as those he knew and loved died.
If he could, he would never want to open these evil eyes in his life, never wanting to step into battle again or send his children and grandchildren into battle.
It's just that after he returned to Konoha as a hero of Konoha, nothing was able to go the way he wanted it to.
Whether it was his family or the rest of the clan, they all had high hopes for him, hoping that he would excel in the future, that he would be able to continue to make his mark on the battlefield and bring more glory to the Uchiha clan, and even that he would become Hokage in the future.
After returning to the clan, it was as if the clan had a big invisible hand pushing him behind his back, making him choose to take the path he didn't want to take.
He had thought about fighting back. But when he thought of his family, and the other familiar members of the clan, that deep expectation of him in them and the support they had been selflessly giving him, he had to accept reality again, forcing himself to become what they expected him to be, and to continue along the path that his family and the clan expected him to continue along.
But was this really good?
Fugaku asked himself over and over again, but kept hesitating, not knowing what would be really good.
Suddenly, Fugaku realized that someone was looking at him.
It was a sight with hostility.
On the battlefield, he had been looked at countless times with this kind of hostile sight, and the source of this kind of sight was not only the enemy, but also some people in Konoha who were hostile to the Uchiha.
Being looked at by this kind of line of sight more than once, naturally, he got used to it and developed a special intuition to be able to spot this kind of hostile line of sight at the first time, and this kind of directness had once helped him to escape from death many times on the battlefield.
Therefore, he was sure that someone was looking at him now.
And he didn't need to turn around to know exactly where the sight was coming from, and quickly realized who was looking at him.
The source of the hostile line of sight was actually coming from this Chizuru-sama beside him.
Of course, Uchiha Fugaku was well aware of her, the Clan Leader's own granddaughter, the Uchiha clan's most outstanding genius, and her family and many of the clan members often used her to motivate him as if she were someone else's child.
He was a little confused for a moment as to why this Chizuru-sama was hostile to him.
He remembered that he hadn't had many encounters with the other party over the years, he had just graduated from school and went to the battlefield along with some of his clan members, he hadn't had the chance to feud with the other party at all in the past two years or so, so how had he provoked this great lady of the clan's family.
Of course, Fugaku wasn't afraid of Chizuru.
Joking aside, he was someone who had escaped death from under the hands of the Shinigami many times, and the strength of a Jōnin wasn't fake, it was something he had earned through the grinding of iron and blood, so how could he possibly be afraid of a child who hadn't even been on a battlefield.
In fact, when his family and clan members used Chizuru to motivate him, he had nothing but disdain in his heart.
But who let the other party be the granddaughter of the clan leader, he would just put up with it for the time being, and as a senior, he had to show some generosity.
Thus, Fugaku turned his head slightly and flashed Chizuru an affectionate smile of a big brother next door.
"Hmph, hypocritical stupid dog."
Chizuru felt a little nauseous as she watched Fugaku actually smile at her, instantly staring at him with even colder eyes and labeling him as hypocritical.
She had seen this kind of smile a lot from a certain person.
It was just that for some reason, the person in front of her smiling at her like that made her feel sick.
She was obviously displaying hostility herself, but he was still giving her that disgusting smile, what a hypocrite.
When Fugaku saw Chizuru's increasingly icy eyes, his smile froze and he hurriedly turned his head, no longer daring to look at Chizuru, while in his heart he couldn't help but think of Miichan who always smiled sheepishly at him when he showed him this smile, secretly thinking, "Surely it's Mikoto that's more adorable."
The small action between Chizuru and Uchiha Fugaku did not attract the attention of the other Uchiha jōnin, and the atmosphere of the scene had become more and more full of gunpowder than just now.
Many of the hawkish Uchiha jōnin had already begun to clamor to go to the Hokage building together to demand an explanation from Lord Hokage.
If it is not the stage of the Uchiha Homura delayed to take a position, the following half of the Uchiha jōnin have already begun to move to go to the Hokage building to look for Sandaime to ask for a claim, and may even happen to break into the incident of the Hokage building.
A small number of Uchiha jōnin belonging to the dove faction are all worried.
They are the few people in the Uchiha who have a clear understanding of the Uchiha clan's situation in Konoha, and are aware that once these hawkish clansmen really go to the Hokage building to look for Sandaime, it will only make the Uchiha clan's situation in Konoha even more difficult.
Unfortunately, their numbers are too small, they lack a mass base in the Uchiha clan, and they also lack external support, even though they have been appealing to the clan to calm down, but they only get cold eyes and cynical remarks from the Hawk clansmen, and they simply can't stop a large number of Hawk clansmen from behaving like this.
Now, the only person who could stop them was the Clan Leader on the stage.
Let's hope that the Clan Leader is as steady as ever.
Uchiha Homura, who had been sitting steadily on the stage, looked at the clansmen below who had been clamoring to force him to take a stand, his face was devoid of any emotional fluctuations since the beginning, and he just coldly gazed at the clansmen below, remaining silent the entire time.
A large number of hawkish Uchiha jōnin saw Uchiha Homura's cold posture, and did not react at all to their words, more or less in their hearts were a little upset.
However, every one of them was swept by Uchiha Homura's icy cold eyes and subconsciously lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at them.
Even though Uchiha Homura was already old, an old man in his seventies, and could pass away at any time due to sudden illnesses and the recurrence of hidden injuries, these people still didn't dare to show the slightest disrespect to him.
Because their old patriarch's strength is still unfathomable, its Sharingan contain far more than the general Three-Tomoe Sharingan's terrifying pupil power is the best proof.
As long as the Uchiha people can deeply understand the terror of Uchiha Homura's eyes.
He is still the strongest person in the Konoha's Uchiha clan.
Suddenly, Uchiha Homura stretched out a hand and made a stop gesture, and the scene instantly quieted down.
Then, with a cold voice, he said, "Alright, no need to argue anymore, I already have most of you wanting to participate in the action right, no problem, I will personally go to the Hokage building to look for Hokage-sama later on, however, you absolutely can't take action without authorization, if someone amongst you takes action without authorization resulting in everyone not being able to participate in the action, or even letting the reputation of the Uchiha be tarnished, then I will not be able to forgive him."
When the words just fell, he suddenly opened his Sharingan, and all the Uchiha jōnin who looked at him instantly realized that they had been hit by an illusion, and in front of their eyes appeared a huge Three-Tomoe Sharingan that emitted a blood-like demonic red light.
As they looked at this huge Three-Tomoe Sharingan, they actually found that their bodies were completely unable to move, and even the power to mobilize their body's chakra to break the illusion spell was lost.
At the same time, their bodies were distorting, and it felt like time and space were beginning to be misplaced.
A few moments later, a large number of Uchiha Homura jōnin who had just had a confrontation with Uchiha Homura finally resumed their actions, and at this time, each of them was pale, and was drenched in cold sweat, and had completely lost the arrogant aura that they had just had during the discussion.
"..."
Chizuru, who had just witlessly not locked eyes with his grandfather, saw this, and a thoughtful expression appeared on her small face.