Uchiha Setsuna was still somewhat worried.
As people grew in age and experience, they tended to overthink things more than when they were young.
Thinking things through was naturally a good trait, but it also made one prone to hesitation.
That was exactly his current situation.
Limited by his conventional mindset, Setsuna felt that deceiving the Daimyo and borrowing his blade to eliminate Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo carried far too much risk.
No ruler liked being deceived.
One shouldn’t be fooled by the Fire Daimyo’s constant smiling; his methods were utterly ruthless!
Once the Fire Daimyo discovered he had been played and came down to assign blame…
The Uchiha clan would be completely screwed!
They would be on the express lane to total annihilation!
“Senya, your idea is good.” Senya didn’t rush to speak.
Such openings were usually followed by a ‘but.’ “But,” sure enough, Setsuna shifted his tone, “this approach is too dangerous.
The Daimyo is neither deaf nor blind, and he certainly isn’t a fool.” The Fire Daimyo wouldn’t arbitrarily condemn Hiruzen based on a mere rumor.
After receiving the news, he would definitely deploy his eyes and ears to investigate first.
And rumors, by their very nature, could not withstand scrutiny!
“Whether we succeed or not, we won’t be able to escape the Daimyo’s reckoning afterward.” Sighing, he spoke with deep sincerity, “I am over sixty years old this year.
Having lived this long, to put it bluntly, I already have one foot in the grave.
I could be buried in the earth any day now.” Setsuna’s cloudy eyes reflected Senya’s spirited face.
“At my age, if I die, I die.
But you are different.
You are still young and have a long road ahead of you.” “Among the younger generation of the clan, there isn’t a single one with a sharper mind than yours.
I can die, but you must live on and lead the clan forward!” “Elder Setsuna, you flatter me.
They are simply caught in the middle of the board, making it hard for them to see the bigger picture,” Senya replied modestly.
He knew his own limits.
Senya was very self-aware.
Before transmigrating, he was just a miserable, struggling writer, not some devilishly brilliant mastermind.
The solutions he came up with to break the deadlock mostly relied on his knowledge of the plot and the mindset cultivated by his education in his past life.
The combination of these two factors in this world naturally produced a miraculous reaction, causing Setsuna to place immense trust in him.
Of course, Senya wasn’t foolish enough to explain this himself.
Having this subtle misunderstanding in place made it much easier for him to borrow Setsuna’s power to execute his plans.
Otherwise, how much trust could a rootless sixteen-year-old boy gain from the clansmen in such a short time, even if he had awakened the three-tomoe Sharingan?
Setsuna huffed, his eyes widening in mock annoyance.
“You brat, still playing the modesty card in front of an old man like me.” “It’s exactly because I’m in front of you that I’m telling the truth.” Senya scratched his head with an embarrassed smile, exuding an aura of pure, honest simplicity.
Unfortunately, his face was far too handsome…
…which somewhat diminished the effect.
“Elder Setsuna, the Fire Daimyo’s condemnation is actually irrelevant.” Senya lowered his arm, hinting at a deeper meaning.
“As long as we can eliminate the Sarutobi and Shimura clans first, not only will the Daimyo refrain from punishing us, but he will also have to go out of his way to placate us.” Setsuna’s brows furrowed tightly.
It wasn’t that he couldn’t bring himself to do it.
The ninja world didn’t have the exact proverb about pulling weeds up by their roots to stop them from growing back, but the underlying principle was the same.
The Uchiha clan had a legacy spanning a thousand years, and those who made enemies of them were generally wiped out without a trace.
The term ‘soft-hearted’ had absolutely nothing to do with the Uchiha.
Setsuna had seriously considered striking first, but the difficulty of annihilating the Sarutobi and Shimura clans was simply too great.
With the Uchiha’s current strength alone, it was almost impossible!
Setting everything else aside and just looking at the strength of both sides: Under the combined scheming of those two old cronies, the Third Hokage and Danzo, the Uchiha clan had been on a steady decline.
They were no longer at their peak, their strength having severely deteriorated.
Dealing with the Shimura clan wouldn’t be a problem, but taking down the Sarutobi clan would be far too difficult.
Under Hiruzen’s years of painstaking cultivation, the Sarutobi clan had rapidly expanded from a mid-sized ninja clan into the third-largest clan in the village, second only to the Uchiha and the Hyuga!
Furthermore, the Sarutobi clan was located in a bustling district.
The chances of wiping them out silently were zero.
The Uchiha clan was deeply unpopular.
If the Sarutobi clan were attacked, the other ninja clans would inevitably rush to their aid.
When that happened…
Senya was perfectly clear on what Setsuna was worried about.
“Elder Setsuna, in the ninja world, nothing is impossible.” This matter sounded like pure fantasy, but one couldn’t forget that the ninja world was a supernatural realm where individuals wielded immense personal power!
Ninjutsu possessed the power to turn the impossible into reality.
Uchiha Shisui’s Mangekyo Sharingan was the key to reversing the situation!
Kotoamatsukami, one of the strongest genjutsu in the ninja world.
It could permanently and completely alter a person’s will without them ever realizing it!
From the very beginning, Senya’s goal had been the two Mangekyo Sharingan left behind by Shisui.
One was with that most filial son, Uchiha Itachi, and the other was with the Scapegoat Kage, Shimura Danzo.
As long as he could obtain either one of them, the entire situation could be salvaged.
Regarding who to target first for Shisui’s eye, he had initially chosen Itachi.
However, after a calm analysis, he abandoned that option.
First was Itachi’s status.
Even though this ‘filial son’ of the ninja world was disliked among the clan’s active ninja, he was still the clan head’s eldest son.
His reputation as a genius was deeply rooted in the hearts of the clansmen, and no small number of ordinary members still supported him.
Until his true colors were exposed, he remained the pride of the Uchiha clan.
Second, he had already awakened his own Mangekyo Sharingan.
With Tsukuyomi in his left eye and Amaterasu in his right, combining the two allowed him to unleash his Susanoo, wielding terrifying power.
All things considered, taking Shisui’s eye from him would be even harder than taking it from Danzo.
Was it not difficult to take it from Danzo?
Of course it was!
But as long as Danzo could be lured out of Konoha, he would be nothing more than meat on the chopping block.
Especially since the Uchiha clan hadn’t been massacred yet, meaning Danzo probably didn’t have that many three-tomoe Sharingan embedded in his arm.
Furthermore, one couldn’t forget…
The ultimate counter to Izanagi: Izanami!
Senya wasn’t afraid of Danzo using Izanami either.
Given Danzo’s unscrupulous nature, if he knew how to use Izanami, there was no way he would have hidden it during his fight with Sasuke!
And as the sole remaining elder of the clan, it was impossible for Setsuna not to know about these two forbidden jutsu.
All Senya needed to do now was convince Setsuna.
Lv2 Acting and Lv2 Voice Mimicry, activate together!
“Elder Setsuna, do you know what the visual prowess of Big Brother Shisui’s Mangekyo Sharingan is?” At the mention of Shisui, Senya’s face darkened, his mood visibly sinking.
“Pull yourself together, Senya.
Don’t let depression dictate your will.
That child Shisui will not have died in vain.” Setsuna offered a word of comfort before shaking his head.
“I only know that his visual prowess is called Kotoamatsukami.
I don’t know what its actual ability is.” Senya carefully observed Setsuna’s micro-expressions.
Through his observation, Senya confirmed that Setsuna genuinely didn’t know about Shisui’s ability.
He breathed a sigh of relief inwardly.
It was great that he didn’t know.
Now he could bluff to his heart’s content!