The Uchiha Clan meeting was held again. This time, Izumi didn't sleep in; instead, she arrived early at the Nanga Shrine and found a corner to sit down.
Uchiha Ninja arrived one after another, and Uchiha Itachi and Shisui also arrived successively.
Itachi greeted Izumi, who gave him a sidelong glance, then waved her hand at him.
Uchiha Itachi felt a little embarrassed, so he nodded and sat down.
Uchiha Fugaku and some elders arrived, indicating that the clan meeting was about to begin.
Izumi licked her lips and sighed, "They're going to argue again, aren't they?"
Sure enough, as soon as the clan meeting started, everyone began to quarrel.
Uchiha Inabi shouted, "Clan Head, the Village's hostility towards us is getting more and more serious. We must communicate with the Village!"
"That's right, the Villagers look at us with cold eyes, even though we are all a part of Konoha."
An elder sighed, "Alas, we shouldn't have accepted the Konoha Military Police Force job back then. That bastard Second Hokage, maintaining the Village's public order seemed glorious, but it gradually created a rift between us and Konoha, alas."
Another elder said, "It's too late to say anything now. Konoha has always been wary of us, and now the conflict between us and the Village is getting more and more serious. We must communicate properly with the Village. Fugaku, you are the Clan Head; when facing them, you can't always accept their oppression. You need to be tougher."
Uchiha Fugaku thought to himself with dissatisfaction, "It's easy for you to say. All those clans are colluding with the Konoha higher-ups, and they're even enjoying the show. How can I be tough?"
Uchiha Fugaku could only say, "Alright, I will communicate with the Village."
"Clan Head, communicating with them like this is useless! We need to unite and let the higher-ups see our determination!"
"Right!"
Uchiha Fugaku looked at his agitated clansmen. He sighed, but could only appease them like this, because the Village was indeed going too far.
At this moment, Uchiha Tekka asked, "Itachi, you work in the Village's Anbu. What's your opinion?"
Itachi remained silent for a long time, and everyone's gaze turned to him.
He slowly said, "Perhaps the Village's hostility towards Uchiha is not as serious as you think."
"Huh? What?" Uchiha Yashiro shouted angrily, "You work in Anbu, so of course you don't have to endure the Village's cold shoulder. Do you know how we feel when we desperately maintain the Village's public order, only to be met with their disgust?"
Uchiha Itachi looked at him and said, "It's inevitable for such problems to arise in public order. As long as you are not so arrogant, they won't be disgusted."
"Huh? You say that so easily. How can I manage public order without being strict!"
"That's right! Are you going to be gentle when killing people in Anbu too, and enemies will just come over to be slaughtered by you?"
Itachi shouted, "That's not the same!"
"We're all serving the Village, how is it not the same!"
"Exactly! I think you've been brainwashed by the higher-ups!"
Uchiha Fugaku shouted, "Enough! Stop arguing. We are all serving the Village; there's no need for this. We need to manage public order well, and we also need Itachi's intelligence to understand the Village's movements. There's no need to argue like this. If there are problems, I will communicate with the Village…"
Izumi looked at the still chaotic crowd and sighed, "It's really noisy."
Izumi watched as Uchiha Itachi debated the crowd, eventually leaving in anger, and the entire clan meeting disbanded unhappily.
"Izumi!"
Hearing someone call her, Izumi turned around and found it was Uchiha Shisui.
As they walked side by side, Izumi asked him curiously, "I heard you have a very good relationship with that person named Kurenai Yuhi. Are you very close?"
Uchiha Shisui immediately said, "She's on my team. I'm just guiding her in genjutsu, that's all."
Izumi nudged his arm with her elbow and laughed, "She's a great beauty, you don't have any thoughts?"
"How can I be in the mood for such things right now? Oh, by the way." Uchiha Shisui said, "Izumi, I've carefully considered what you told me last time. Indeed, we still need to communicate with the Village, and directly with Hokage-sama."
Izumi nodded, "That's right, but the premise is that they genuinely intend to communicate. If Hokage-sama and Danzo-sama don't agree to communicate and insist on taking drastic measures, anything we say will be useless, and we might even be in danger."
Uchiha Shisui said, "Impossible, you're overthinking it. Third Hokage wouldn't allow such a thing to happen, otherwise, how much fighting power would the Village lose without the Uchiha."
Izumi said earnestly, "Have you forgotten? A few years ago, because of the Nine-Tailed incident, Fourth Hokage died, and they started distrusting us, even suppressing us constantly.
Because Fourth Hokage died, the Village was damaged, Konoha fought Kumogakure again, and it took several more years for the war to stop. When Kumogakure sent a delegation a few years ago, the Hyuga Clan incident happened again. For the sake of peace, the Village higher-ups disregarded the Hyuga Clan's dissatisfaction and directly ordered the death of Hizashi of the branch family.
The current higher-ups in the Village are all old men; they no longer have their former glory. For peace and stability, they will do anything, as long as the losses are minimized, they will stop at nothing."
"Izumi, you're going a bit too far…" Uchiha Shisui said seriously, "We are a clan, not just one person like Hizashi. I believe they won't do that. I will communicate with them."
Izumi could only say, "Alright, I hope you succeed. I will help you too."
"Mm, thank you."
After they parted, Izumi returned home and told her mother about the clan meeting.
"What? It's already that serious? There might even be a coup?" Uchiha Hazuki asked in shock.
Izumi lay on the sofa and said, "Possibly, but don't worry, Mom. I feel like my Sharingan is about to evolve again. When that happens, I'll be able to demonstrate even greater fighting power, and then they'll have to think twice about moving against the Uchiha Clan. I'll make sure this matter is resolved peacefully."
Uchiha Hazuki asked, "Is that so? So you're about to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan too? But doesn't that require intense emotional stimulation to awaken?"
Izumi asked in surprise, "How do you know, Mom?"
Uchiha Hazuki said, "Don't underestimate me. Our ancestor was a woman who invented forbidden jutsu; she was super amazing. I'm not completely ignorant."
Izumi said in surprise, "Oh, I see. No wonder you know all the secrets of the Uchiha Clan, Mom."
"Hmph hmph, of course."
Izumi said to Uchiha Hazuki, "Mom, I have my own unique method to evolve my eyes."
"Oh? Can it be widely applied?"
Izumi shook her head, "No, unless they dig out their eyes and transplant them into my eyes."
"Then forget it." Uchiha Hazuki directly shook her head in denial after hearing that.
『Uchiha Hazuki looked at her daughter and thought to herself, "Is that so? Then perhaps I should give her that. I originally thought of waiting until she was older to give it to her, but my daughter's talent is so good, and she's become so strong now, so I'll give her those two things early."』}