Chapter 55: The Spokesperson for the Sharingan

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After stopping Kakashi from gouging out his left eye, Dan turned to the Uchiha clan members and began to speak.

"Kakashi is a pitiful guy. His father was a hero of Konoha, stronger than the three legendary Sannin, but this led to jealousy and ostracization from the higher-ups of Konoha. They took advantage of his mission failures, spread rumors, slandered Sakumo Hatake, and ultimately drove him to suicide. Isn't Sakumo's past experience similar to what we Uchiha are facing now?"

At these words, both the Uchiha clan members and Kakashi were taken aback. Elder Shana was the first to react. Seeing that Dan had spoken thus, he quickly thought and made a 180-degree turn.

"Dan is right! I also know a thing or two about Sakumo Hatake. He, like Shisui, was once an idealist who firmly believed in the Will of Fire. So, when he saw the true hypocritical face of Konoha's higher-ups and realized that the so-called Will of Fire was a lie, he had a mental breakdown. Sakumo Hatake couldn't accept the shattering of his ideals and finally chose to abandon his son and escape everything through suicide."

Shikaku spoke as if he knew Sakumo personally. But his words did provide a possible explanation for Sakumo's death. Hearing this, the Uchiha clan members couldn't help but feel sympathy, regret, and anger towards the death of the White Fang of Konoha.

"Yes, anger. We Uchiha cannot endure the oppression of Konoha's higher-ups like Sakumo Hatake did, even to the point of being driven to death. We must stand up and fight, defend the honor and rights of the Uchiha!" Inohi shouted, rallying the clan.

"Yes." The clan members echoed, their emotions running high.

"So..." Dan glanced at Kakashi and calmly stated, "Since the Sharingan in Kakashi's possession was given to him by an Uchiha, let's leave it with him. I believe that this Sharingan will give Kakashi strength, so he doesn't have to follow his father's tragic path. This also shows the magnanimity of us Uchiha."

Fugaku understood that Dan was trying to win over Kakashi. So, as the clan head, he nodded in agreement.

"Indeed, Dan makes a good point. Kakashi was once Konoha's top genius, becoming a Jonin at the age of 12, unprecedented. The Sharingan in his possession does not disgrace our Uchiha name."

This was indeed true. The title "Copy Ninja" was known throughout the nations, and while Kakashi was the one famous for it, what people remembered was the Sharingan.

Everyone in the ninja world knew that Kakashi could copy thousands of ninjutsu thanks to the Sharingan of the Uchiha. In a way, Kakashi had been the spokesperson for the Sharingan over the past few years, helping the Uchiha establish a lot of prestige outside.

For this reason, many Uchiha clan members were quite accepting of Kakashi. Faced with the sudden goodwill of the Uchiha, Kakashi remained silent for a few seconds before slowly speaking, making his stance clear to Dan.

"I'm sorry, but I'm just an ordinary Konoha ninja."

The implication was clear: if the Uchiha wanted to recruit him using this Sharingan, it was impossible. Dan chuckled silently and shook his head.

"I'm not asking you to betray the Third Hokage and stand with us Uchiha. You just need to use that Sharingan well." He looked down at Kakashi and said indifferently, "You can go now."

He then released Kakashi's wrist. Was I overthinking things? Kakashi thought to himself, giving a self-deprecating smile. He took a deep look at Dan and the Uchiha clan members, then turned and left.

Watching Kakashi's retreating figure, Dan fell into thought. In the original story, during Orochimaru's attack on Konoha, the Third Hokage was trapped by a barrier ninjutsu. Kakashi, as an Anbu, not only didn't rush to support him, but also stopped Might Guy who wanted to save the Third Hokage.

From this, it could be seen that Kakashi definitely held a grudge against the Third Hokage. After all, Kakashi was a follower of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, not the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Furthermore, after Kakashi took over Team 7, he took good care of Sasuke Uchiha, even favoring him, teaching him all the ninjutsu he could. He didn't put as much effort into his other student, Naruto Uzumaki, the orphan of the Fourth Hokage.

Kakashi might not stand with the Uchiha, but he certainly wouldn't firmly stand with Konoha's higher-ups either. He was an outsider, observing from the sidelines. This was somewhat similar to Dan, which was to his liking. That's why this time, Dan didn't make things difficult for Kakashi and let him leave.

However, as far as Dan knew, Kakashi's left eye wasn't an ordinary three-tomoe Sharingan. It was a Mangekyou Sharingan that awakened simultaneously with Obito's right eye due to the intense emotional trauma of Rin Nohara's death. It's just that Kakashi, the fool, didn't know how to use it.

Such a "Kamui eye" indeed had value for retrieval. But Dan also thought that directly taking back Kakashi's eye might not be the best choice. Perhaps, finding an opportunity to secretly perform an eye transplant on Kakashi, replacing it with another ordinary three-tomoe Sharingan, was a good idea. This way, they could catch Obito off guard at a critical moment.

What a wonderful plan. As Dan was considering this eye transplant plan, Fugaku, after a moment of contemplation, solemnly announced to the clan members:

"From now on, the Uchiha will enter a second-level alert state, we cannot relax for 24 hours a day. Also, the frequency of clan meetings will change from once a month to once a week. Any questions?"

"No!" The clan members responded in unison. Fugaku nodded in satisfaction, arranged for personnel to strengthen the clan's posts and patrols, and then ordered everyone else to go back and rest.

Soon, all the clan members had left, leaving only Fugaku and Dan. "Dan, are you free tomorrow?" Fugaku asked, stopping Dan who was about to leave. "Come to the secret chamber of the clan meeting tomorrow night, I have something to tell you."

"Alright." Dan didn't ask any further and agreed. At the entrance of the clan's territory, the two of them went their separate ways.

On the street, Uchiha Run was hurrying along. He was a Chunin, had activated a two-tomoe Sharingan, and was one of the participants in the Uchiha clan meeting that night.

However, after the meeting, he didn't go home but turned into a dark

alley and transformed back into... White Zetsu. Yes, this Uchiha Run was actually White Zetsu, sent by Obito to spy on the Uchiha clan.

The real Uchiha Run had been killed by White Zetsu using his Spore Technique a day earlier. After absorbing Uchiha Run's chakra, White Zetsu used the Transformation Technique to infiltrate the clan meeting that night.

The Transformation Technique was the most powerful transformation jutsu in this world, even the most familiar person or sensory-type ninja couldn't discern it.

Moreover, Uchiha Run was a loner and didn't have many friends, so White Zetsu's impersonation went smoothly, without any flaws from beginning to end.

"I need to hurry and tell Obito what happened tonight. Three pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan, it's too shocking. Especially that Uchiha Dan, he's a terrifying monster..." White Zetsu murmured, a look of fear crossing his face.

When Dan used "Shinra Tensei" to repel all the clan members, White Zetsu was scared and almost revealed his true form. He slowly sank into the ground, merging with the earth and plants, and activated his Mayfly Technique.

Whoosh. White Zetsu, underground, cut off all his chakra and left the Uchiha's territory at high speed. He then headed north, towards the Mountain Graveyard.