"Enemy!? Why would there be enemies…"
Uchiha Itachi widened his eyes in horror. The Sharingan awakened from watching Aomi massacre enemies emerged at this moment, and the dark tomoe spun frantically.
"They are the enemy, Itachi!"
Uchiha Fugaku snorted coldly and said in a deep voice, "Steady your position. How can you accomplish great things like this?"
But Uchiha Itachi had already fallen into overwhelming panic, and Fugaku's reprimand didn't have any effect.
If they are the enemy…
In the hearts of Uchiha Itachi, and many Konoha Ninja, Aomi is as harsh as the winter wind to enemies and as gentle as a spring breeze to his own people.
This sense of security brought by Aomi wasn't even felt yet…
And Uchiha Itachi had already fallen from heaven into hell!
"Itachi, our bloodline is the rightful lineage of clan leaders of the Uchiha Clan…"
Uchiha Fugaku slammed the table ferociously, making a loud noise, and said sternly, "Do you think I got my Mangekyo Sharingan just like that?!"
"That guy Uchiha Aomi, from the beginning, never regarded me, the clan leader, in his eyes! Silently, he pulled all my close friends to his side, completely sidelining me, the clan leader, without even giving me a chance to make an offer!"
"Am I supposed to wait for him to take everything I have, to become a pitiful person begging for mercy?!"
Uchiha Fugaku's eyes reddened.
He recalled Uchiha Yakumi—his dear friend, and the moment when Yakumi cut ties ruthlessly with him.
It was at that time, with Yakumi's departure, that Uchiha Fugaku awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan…
"I hate this situation but don't know how to change it! In the midst of this painful struggle and helplessness, I awakened the Dojutsu that can see the future, its name is Subi Chiri!"
The patterns in Uchiha Fugaku's eyes spun crazily as he spread his arms and shouted sternly:
"I knew even before the Third Ninja World War that Uchiha Aomi would fall… and you, Itachi, would be the one to carry the banner of the Uchiha and the Ninja World amidst blood and fire!"
Uchiha Itachi was filled with doubt and suspicion.
He seemed to understand why Uchiha Fugaku had been so deranged before…
"I admit, Uchiha Aomi's power, even made me hallucinate that the Mangekyo Dojutsu was wrong!" Uchiha Fugaku held his forehead and muttered to himself in a low voice:
"But the Mangekyo won't make mistakes… I thought he would die during the Ninja World War, but he didn't, instead he killed all the enemies, becoming a legendary ninja…"
"But so what?"
Uchiha Fugaku let out a sinister laugh: "He still fell! Do you know why, Itachi…"
Uchiha Itachi shook his head blankly.
How could such a powerful Lord Aomi… fall?
"A few days ago, there was unrest within the clan grounds, I don't need to tell you…"
Uchiha Fugaku said slowly: "I followed there, and from a distance saw that Second Hokage Senju Tobirama was resurrected! He even opened a pair of Mangekyo Sharingan, and since the war ended, Uchiha Aomi still hasn't returned…"
"Why Uchiha Aomi has such astonishing talent, able to master Senju Tobirama's Water Release from the Ninja School, and then so proficient in developing, so skilled in political tactics at such a young age, suppressing me to the point of being breathless…"
"These puzzles I couldn't understand finally had an answer…"
"That is—Uchiha Aomi was a vessel for Senju Tobirama to possess!"
Uchiha Itachi's pupils quaked, his mouth opened unconsciously, denying in disbelief, "How could it be!"
"Today at the Ninja School… Jonin Asuma even talked about Lord Aomi's story of the Will of Fire…"
Uchiha Fugaku laughed coldly:
"Of course… sacrificing his life for the Second Hokage, isn't that the Will of Fire? Itachi, do you think that with Senju Tobirama causing Uchiha Aomi's death, Konoha would just cold treat him, avoid mentioning Aomi's name?"
"They won't, they would only put Uchiha Aomi high on a pedestal to praise him, a dead man who poses no real threat to their power, what does fame mean anyway?"
"This is the political maneuver of the Second Hokage, if it was Shimura Danzo of the past, he might have actually done the foolish thing of silencing Uchiha Aomi's story, but not this time…"
Uchiha Fugaku continued speaking to himself:
"Casually make up a story, this can be justified… For instance, Uchiha Aomi in order to fight against the Ninja World Alliance Army, used a life-consuming Kinjutsu and died young…"
"Find a suitable timing, for example, to incite a Ninja World War for the sake of village needs external assistance, using Reanimation Jutsu or the like as an excuse, that can openly bring Second Hokage Senju Tobirama into the public eye!"
"Itachi, there's no such thing as the Will of Fire in this world, there are only different interests and groups…"
"Do you know what our family would become if Uchiha Aomi wasn't dead?" Uchiha Fugaku stared intently at Itachi, his terrifying pupil shone in madness as he spoke:
"The Uchiha Clan would be a clan that kills each other! The stronger the Uchiha, the more this tendency prevails…"
"In the past Warring States Era, because of the powerful Izanagi Jutsu, Uchiha with Mangekyo couldn't suppress the greed within, and recklessly attacked the Three Tomoe clansmen, seizing their Sharingan!"