Uchiha Kairen tidied up the account book a bit, then opened his mouth and said, "Let him in."
Not long after, the dusty Rengoku walked in.
The Great Elder looked at Rengoku with a somewhat grave expression, and at the head in his hand.
"What happened?"
Rengoku threw the three heads beside him and sat down cross-legged.
"Danzo's people ambushed our team halfway, Daiki and Homura are dead."
"If I hadn't made a breakthrough, I wouldn't have made it back either."
The Great Elder's face was livid, and he spoke in disbelief, "Danzo! How dare he?"
"Why wouldn't he dare? The news of our plan to revolt has already leaked, Konoha is about to make a move on our Uchiha clan."
Kairen's whole body trembled, "Rengoku, what do you mean?"
Rengoku sat down, picked up a cup and poured himself a glass of water.
He had almost no supplies along the way, and now he was famished and unbearably thirsty.
As two cups of water went down his throat, his parched throat was finally soothed.
"Great Elder, why don't you take a look at my eyes first…", Rengoku slowly exhaled a breath, then reminded.
Kairen's heart gave a sudden jolt. Rengoku was already a three-tomoe elite in the clan. Now that he said he had made a breakthrough, 'Could it be…?'
Rengoku slightly closed his eyes, then slowly opened them. The pattern in his blood-red Sharingan had already evolved from the three tomoe into three inverted V shapes.
A massive sense of pressure surged forth, and the immense pupil power made Kairen's breathing even heavier.
Kairen suddenly stood up, his face first stunned, then filled with wild joy, "Ha…HAHAHAHA…good! Great!"
"Our Uchiha clan has a successor! We have a successor! This time the coup will definitely succeed!"
Rengoku looked calm, no joy on his face. After Kairen's wild excitement passed, he also came back to his senses.
"How did you know the clan is preparing a coup?"
"Just now you said our plan to revolt has already leaked?"
"Rengoku, since you already have the Mangekyō Sharingan, what is there you can't handle?"
Rengoku shook his head and sighed, "Great Elder, don't ask me how I know the clan is planning a coup."
"There's one key piece of information you don't know, Uchiha Itachi is also a Mangekyō Sharingan."
Before Kairen could be happy, Rengoku continued, "…but he's already been brainwashed by Konoha, he has already become Konoha's sword. The information about our coming coup was reported to Konoha by him."
Kairen's expression was one of shock and disbelief, shocked that the 13-year-old Itachi was already a Mangekyō.
Astonished that Itachi was on Konoha's side, "Why?"
Although the Uchihas were all proud and unruly, most of them had a strong sense of belonging to the clan.
He really couldn't understand why Itachi wouldn't help the clan, but would help Konoha.
"This is a long story. Our Uchiha clan is already in a precarious position. If Konoha strikes first, we Uchiha are finished."
"We need to strike first to gain the upper hand."
Although Kairen still had many doubts now, what the "Mangekyō Sharingan" represented was power and authority.
Rengoku was someone who deeply loved the clan, so he certainly wouldn't speak without basis.
"Then I'll take you to see Fugaku now."
Kairen grabbed Rengoku's hand and was about to go find Fugaku, since Fugaku was currently the clan leader.
But as he pulled Rengoku, Rengoku didn't budge.
Rengoku pressed down the Great Elder's hand and said in a deep voice, "Great Elder, if Fugaku were reliable, the information about our plan to revolt wouldn't have leaked."
The Great Elder looked at Rengoku in astonishment, seeing the serious expression on his face, he also sat back down with a grave face, "Back then Fugaku bet too much on Minato. After Minato unexpectedly died, Fugaku lost everything."
"He agreed to the coup only because the clansmen had already put him on a pyre, there's no way down for him anymore."
"Our Uchiha have a common flaw. The stronger someone is, the more stubborn and self-opinionated they are."
"Fugaku is like that, Itachi is like that, and so was Shisui."
"Their only common trait is one, they all have Mangekyō Sharingan."
The Great Elder's expression was full of shock, "Fugaku and Shisui too?"
Rengoku waved his hand slightly in exhaustion, not at all matching his age, very mature.
But the Great Elder didn't find anything wrong with that, and instead calmed down to continue listening to Rengoku.
"Shisui naively thought the clan and Konoha could coexist, weakly committed suicide, and dumped all the pressure onto 11-year-old Itachi."
"Itachi, constantly being praised to death by the Third Hokage, refuses to admit his own failure. Now he can only become the village's sword to protect his younger brother Sasuke."
"Fugaku never talks heart-to-heart with Itachi, yet naively thinks Itachi must stand with the clan, so he confidently sent Itachi to be a double agent."
"They don't communicate with anyone, think only they are right, and believe that if they can't come up with a solution, then other clansmen can't either."
"This kind of arrogant self-righteousness is the root reason pushing our Uchiha clan to the edge of the cliff."
Kairen calmly listened to Rengoku's analysis, and the look in his eyes toward Rengoku revealed immense admiration.
The Uchiha clan had many with high martial prowess, but very few with high intelligence.
Those with strong political awareness, almost none...
Rengoku said all this just to display his depth and value to the Great Elder.
That is to say, besides being a powerful Mangekyō Sharingan user, Rengoku was also a qualified leader.
One must know, Rengoku was only 17 years old now. Though powerful, if no one supported him, he would have very little say.
Rengoku poured himself another glass of water, "Very likely, it will be tonight…"
"Konoha will strike against us."
The Great Elder's expression was filled with bloodshot veins, blood boiling.
"I'll now appoint you as Elder, so you can conveniently give orders."
The Great Elder believed that now only a desperate fight was left, and Rengoku, the Mangekyō Sharingan holder, was their strongest trump card.
Rengoku gently shook his head, "Fighting head-on is not as good as outwitting…"
"Itachi is only brainwashed, he's not beyond saving yet."
"A genius like him, of course it's best to win him over."
"If Itachi returns to our side, then this clan crisis can be resolved easily."
The Great Elder's eyes flashed with brilliance.
"Rengoku, what's your plan?"
Rengoku calmly said, "Konoha won't act during the day. The soonest would be tonight."
"We still have one daytime left to prepare."
"Great Elder, you gather all the troublemakers and strong clansmen first, I'll come over in two hours."
"Remember, keep it from Fugaku for now."
The Great Elder was also moved by Rengoku's calm tone. He looked at the dusty Rengoku.
"You go rest up first, I'll handle the arrangements."
Rengoku slightly nodded, then got up and left.
As for Itachi, Rengoku didn't particularly like or dislike him.
Some people determine positions based on right or wrong, others determine right or wrong based on positions.
Rengoku doesn't talk about right or wrong, only about success or failure.
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