Chapter 822: Cancellation of the Coup

With only two days left until the Uchiha Clan’s planned coup, Uchiha Fugaku called an emergency clan meeting without any prior notice.

All Uchiha Ninja were informed and rushed to the Nanga Shrine to attend the clan meeting.

“What is Fugaku doing? He called a clan meeting without discussing it with us beforehand,” Uchiha Sheng Qing said, clearly displeased.

“With the coup imminent, making such a big move suddenly, isn’t he afraid of Anbu discovering something?”

“Caution is good, but there’s no need to be too restrained. Konoha was just attacked by the Masked Man in the black cloak; they don’t have that much energy to watch us.

Besides, Fugaku calling an emergency clan meeting must mean something important has happened,” Uchiha Yashiro said.

“That’s precisely why we need to be more cautious. This is a rare good opportunity for a coup.

Furthermore, Fugaku, as the convener, hasn’t even arrived yet. Who knows what he’s up to,” Uchiha Sheng Qing said, changing his perspective.

At this, Uchiha Yashiro found it difficult to defend Uchiha Fugaku, as there was indeed no good reason.

As time passed, the seats at Nanga Shrine gradually filled, but Uchiha Fugaku was still nowhere to be seen.

The Uchiha Ninja inside Nanga Shrine couldn’t help but start discussing.

Uchiha Fugaku had never been late before; this was very unusual.

Just as the Uchiha grew more confused, footsteps approached.

The Uchiha looked towards the entrance, but the first person they saw was not their familiar General Uchiha Fugaku, but a black-haired young man.

“Who is he? Is there such a Ninja in the clan?” a Uchiha Ninja whispered.

“You haven’t been keeping up with the news, have you? He’s Obito, a Ninja from the clan. His reputation has grown immensely recently. A few days ago, he teamed up with the Third Hokage to repel the Masked Man in the black cloak,” a long-haired Uchiha man explained.

“There’s such a powerful individual in our clan?” The Uchiha Ninja gasped instantly, looking shocked.

“It’s normal not to recognize him. I only found out about him a few days ago myself,” another Uchiha said nearby.

Although the Uchiha’s conversations were quiet, they couldn’t escape Obito’s sharp ears and eyes.

Obito nodded slightly, satisfied that his efforts to promote himself had paid off. In just a few days, his reputation had spread throughout Konoha.

“Fugaku actually invited him,” Uchiha Sheng Qing thought, his expression unchanged, but his heart even more perplexed.

Obito’s strength was undeniable, but he had been missing for too long. Heaven knew what choice Obito would make upon learning of the coup.

Thump-thump.

Soon after Obito entered Nanga Shrine, Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Itachi followed him in.

“Itachi, you dare to show your face here!” As soon as Uchiha Itachi appeared, a Uchiha immediately stood up and shouted.

Many of the seated Uchiha also cast cold glances at Uchiha Itachi.

In the previous clan meeting where the coup was decided, Uchiha Itachi openly opposed it and had been deemed a traitor to the Uchiha Clan.

“Itachi…” Uchiha Izumi clasped her hands, fingers intertwined, looking at Uchiha Itachi with concern.

Uchiha Itachi ignored the others and met Uchiha Izumi’s gaze, shaking his head slightly to reassure her.

Today, he was not the main character; he was merely there to add to the momentum.

“We are all clansmen; there’s no need for this,” Obito said with a chuckle, walking to the spot where Uchiha Fugaku usually sat and taking a seat facing everyone.

“Obito, quickly get up, that’s Fugaku’s seat,” Uchiha Yashiro quickly reminded him.

“No need, let him sit,” Uchiha Fugaku said, sitting down next to Obito.

Uchiha Itachi sat on Obito’s other side, the three of them facing the many Uchiha Ninja.

Several Uchiha Elders exchanged glances, unsure what Uchiha Fugaku was doing.

“Fugaku, you called an emergency clan meeting. Is there something you need to announce?” Uchiha Yashiro, who had the best relationship with Uchiha Fugaku, finally asked.

“Yes,” Uchiha Fugaku nodded and stood up.

“The coup planned for two days from now is canceled.”

Uchiha Fugaku’s voice wasn’t loud, but it was like a depth charge, igniting the atmosphere of Nanga Shrine.

“General Fugaku, what do you mean by canceling the coup? Are we postponing it again?”

“General Fugaku, why are you suddenly canceling the coup?”

“Captain Fugaku, are you also going to betray the Uchiha?”

The Uchiha Ninja questioned Uchiha Fugaku, demanding an explanation.

Even the rash Uchiha had made a great decision to commit to the coup.

Something they had finally decided after much deliberation was now being canceled so lightly. The Uchiha Ninja could not accept it.

Uchiha Sheng Qing saw this scene and instantly beamed with delight. Self-destruction, indeed.

In the current Uchiha Clan, a military coup had become a “correct” path. Even he, the leader of the hawk faction, dared not defy this “correctness.”

Although the emergence of this “correctness” was somewhat related to him, it was already beyond his control.

If he didn’t support the “correctness,” he would lose power.

One Uchiha, overcome with emotion, instinctively activated his Sharingan, and blood-red eyes bloomed within Nanga Shrine.

When the first Sharingan appeared, the situation instantly became uncontrollable. Other Uchiha followed suit, activating their Sharingan.

Pairs of blood-red eyes stared intently at Uchiha Fugaku, as if threatening to attack him if he didn’t provide a reasonable explanation.

In this situation, even the battle-hardened Uchiha Fugaku felt significant pressure.

Being stared at by dozens of Sharingan simultaneously—perhaps only Senju Hashirama had experienced such a reception?

“What’s all this for? We’re all clansmen. Quickly put away your Sharingan and speak properly,” Obito said, reassuring them with a chuckle as if nothing was wrong.

“It’s not your place to give orders here!” an agitated Three Tomoe Sharingan Uchiha Ninja stood up and shouted.

Boom!!

Obito’s incredibly powerful Chakra erupted, and the terrifying aura instantly made the entire Nanga Shrine tremble.

And the ground where Obito stood developed spiderweb-like cracks.

“This Chakra!” Uchiha Sheng Qing’s face changed drastically.

Although Chakra wasn’t everything in battle, this Chakra was simply too strong.

“Just feeling his aura, you know he’s incredibly strong,” the Uchiha Ninja all looked horrified.

“Or perhaps you’d like to come up and give orders?” Obito asked calmly, looking at the standing Uchiha with blood-red eyes.

The Three Tomoe Sharingan Uchiha Ninja looked at Obito’s Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, felt Obito’s profound, ocean-like aura, and finally said nothing, silently sitting down.

“I’m not going to hide it from you. Canceling the coup was my idea. I convinced Uncle Fugaku,” Obito said directly.

“Since you’re so strong, why don’t you help the clan? Once we succeed, the Uchiha will be great again!” Hearing this, a Uchiha Jonin, disregarding Obito’s strength, questioned him.

“Yes, Itachi is like this, and so are you. Why can’t you just think properly for the clan?”

“Are you worthy of your Sharingan?”

Before long, the entire Nanga Shrine was filled with accusations against Obito. One might have thought Obito had done something incredibly wrong to the Uchiha.

Uchiha Itachi clenched his fists, his heart filled with disappointment.

These foolish people who only cared about the clan, what right did they have to question Obito?

In terms of contributions to Konoha, Obito was a war hero.

In terms of contributions to the Uchiha, Obito wanted to be the savior of the Uchiha, to prevent their extermination.

This reminded Uchiha Itachi of Shisui’s death.

Some in the clan even suspected he had deliberately killed Shisui, and others complained that Shisui was too mentally fragile.

At that time, Uchiha Itachi was truly so angry he wanted to kill. Shisui had done so much for the Uchiha Clan, and these brainless fools dared to complain about Shisui?

“A hopeless clan.” Uchiha Itachi lowered his gaze, already beginning to consider how to persuade Obito to join him in exterminating the clan.

Rather than let these idiots drag Konoha into the abyss of war, it would be better to eliminate them all.

This way, the Uchiha Clan could still retain a good reputation.

Rogue Ninja Uchiha Itachi kills his entire clan, then is personally killed by Konoha hero Obito. Uchiha Itachi felt this ending was quite good.

Facing the questions from many Uchiha Ninja, Obito was not annoyed.

He was someone who intended to become Hokage. If he panicked at such a little bit of doubt, then he might as well not try, to avoid shaming Muzuki.

“What’s the point of becoming Hokage through a coup? I want to defeat everyone fair and square and become Hokage!” Obito stood up, a supremely confident smile on his face.

Obito had thought a lot about how to solve the internal problems of the Uchiha.

Being strong enough certainly allowed one to do whatever they wanted, but it came with a price.

If Obito only used force to suppress them, even if he succeeded, the result would be a river of blood, and the Uchiha Clan would be severely weakened.

This was not the outcome Obito wanted. He wanted to resolve the issue as peacefully as possible.

After repeatedly recalling memories from both worlds, Obito finally thought of an excellent entry point—the position of Hokage.

Were the Uchiha just bored and wanting to start a coup?

Of course not. They felt that the current Konoha leadership was undeserving, and the Uchiha Clan was subjected to unbearable oppression, which is why they wanted to stage a coup and become Hokage.

In other words, the Uchiha’s core objective was to become Hokage.

Obito couldn’t immediately become Hokage without using force, but he could give the Uchiha Clan the hope of an Uchiha Hokage.

“My teacher is the Fourth Hokage, and my strength is no less than the Sandaime’s. I am also a Ninja with the status of a Konoha hero. Why would I need a coup to become Hokage?”

“Who has the qualifications and ability to compete with me?”

“The Sannin, and Jiraiya among them is even your teacher’s teacher,” someone said.

Obito scoffed, “Jiraiya is lecherous and lacks ambition. How can he compete with me for the position of Hokage?”

“Orochimaru, who has already become a rogue Ninja, has lost his qualification to compete.”

“Tsunade’s reputation and strength are acceptable, but she is addicted to gambling and not worth worrying about.”

In a few words, Obito laid bare the Sannin’s weaknesses, as if the position of Hokage could only be his.

Although Obito’s words were incredibly arrogant, the Uchiha Ninja thought about it carefully and found that there seemed to be nothing wrong with what he said.

“Even if you have the qualifications of strength and reputation to become Hokage, the Konoha high-level officials are deliberately excluding us. They will never sit idly by and watch you become Hokage,” Uchiha Sheng Qing said.

“Fugaku made significant contributions during the Third Shinobi World War. Who on the battlefield didn’t know the might of ‘Fugaku the Fierce Eye’?

But what was the result? He didn’t even have the qualification to be nominated.”

“The Uchiha must stage a coup to secure their rightful interests!”

“Coup! Coup!”

“Reclaim our rights!”

The Uchiha within Nanga Shrine once again became agitated, angered by the treatment of their clan leader.

Uchiha Sheng Qing stared at Obito’s face.

After listening to Obito’s words, his resolve for the coup became even stronger.

Because compared to Uchiha Itachi, Obito seemed more likely to side with the Uchiha.

“My not becoming a candidate was not due to suppression. My abilities were indeed insufficient. Both Minato Namikaze and Orochimaru far surpassed me in contributions and strength,” Uchiha Fugaku stood up and said.

He had indeed made a name for himself, but how could he compare to the Yellow Flash and the Sannin? Uchiha Sheng Qing was simply misleading people.

Nanga Shrine instantly fell silent. The Uchiha Ninja were at a loss for words.

“Uncle Fugaku not becoming a candidate doesn’t mean I can’t. I have now become the Anbu Commander.

A twenty-one-year-old Anbu Commander, do you think I’m being suppressed?” Obito said.

“Anbu Commander!” The Uchiha Ninja were all surprised. This was a position second only to one and above tens of thousands in the Anbu. To hold such an important position at twenty-one was truly young and promising.

“Arrest them,” Obito snapped his fingers, and suddenly a large number of Anbu rushed into the room.

Before the Uchiha Ninja could react, Uchiha Sheng Qing and several other more vocal Uchiha hawk faction Ninja were restrained by Anbu elites.

“What do you want to do!” The Uchiha Ninja who realized what was happening tried to help their clansmen break free.

“Everyone, sit down!” Uchiha Fugaku opened his Sharingan and commanded in a deep voice.

Uchiha Fugaku was still the clan leader, and most of the Uchiha immediately stopped their actions.

Only a few die-hard hawk faction Uchiha continued to resist but were held down by other Anbu.

The Uchiha Ninja stared at Obito.

They stopped only because they believed Uchiha Fugaku wouldn’t harm them, not because they accepted this outcome.

“Accepting money from the Hidden Cloud Village to instigate the Uchiha Clan into a coup, Elder Sheng Qing, do you truly want the Uchiha to be great again, or do you want to exploit the anger of our clansmen for your own benefit?” Obito said coldly, throwing several secret scrolls in front of Uchiha Sheng Qing.

Uchiha Sheng Qing’s face first changed drastically, and just as he was about to speak, he saw the secret scrolls Obito threw and his face turned ashen. He said nothing.

The Uchiha Ninja watched this scene in disbelief.

If Uchiha Sheng Qing had opened his mouth to refute, many among them would have supported him.

The Uchiha Clan was currently dominated by the hawk faction, and Uchiha Sheng Qing was the leader of the hawk faction, so he naturally had no shortage of supporters.

But Uchiha Sheng Qing clearly didn’t look like he was being framed.

Uchiha Itachi showed a thoughtful expression.