"Kazuki, that's great, you're awake!"
Kazuki slowly opened his eyes, and what met his gaze was a girl of about eight or nine years old, who was looking at him with a worried expression.
"Ah, Mikoto, I'm sorry to have worried you. How long have I been asleep?"
Kazuki got up, shook his head, and gave Mikoto an apologetic smile.
"How many times have I told you? Call me big sister!" Mikoto subconsciously retorted Kazuki.
Then, she worriedly said, "Kazuki, are you really alright? Father said you fainted because you were too excited when you activated your Sharingan, and your body couldn't handle it at such a young age."
"You were unconscious for about three hours. Hokage-sama and the clan head have already gone back. They told you to rest well at home."
"Are you feeling better now?"
"Yes, much better." Kazuki reached up and lightly touched his eyelids.
His originally pitch-black pupils flickered, turning crimson, and a single black tomoe rapidly rotated within them.
"Unfortunately, it seems to be only a single tomoe."
In his previous world, many people complained that Sasuke only awakened a single tomoe even though his entire clan was annihilated.
But now, his biological father had died, and he too only awakened a single tomoe Sharingan.
If the people from his previous world knew, wouldn't he be ridiculed as trash and shamed on the internet?
However, awakening a single tomoe Sharingan at the age of six, was a big deal. Within the Uchiha clan, he could be considered one of the earliest "geniuses" to awaken his eyes.
Soon, he felt relieved. Awakening the eyes too early was not necessarily a good thing for the Uchiha.
Take the future Itachi for example. It seemed he suffered from a serious illness because he awakened his eyes too early.
And Madara? Even after so many of his younger brothers died when he was twelve, he hadn't even awakened his Sharingan yet.
As a transmigrator, he was no stranger to the world of Naruto, and transmigrating into the son of Kagami, a well-known person of the Uchiha clan, left Kazuki with mixed feelings.
As a member of the Uchiha clan, Kagami had always been committed to fostering harmonious relations between Konoha and the Uchiha clan.
Even when Tobirama was still alive, Kagami worked hard to express the Uchiha clan's goodwill in front of the Second Hokage, and at the same time, he helped Tobirama convey his intentions to the Uchiha clan.
Undoubtedly, Kagami was the bridge of communication between the Uchiha clan and the Hokage lineage.
With Tobirama suppressing the Uchiha clan, Kagami's work was relatively easy.
Tobirama appreciated him, and the Uchiha clan longed for peace, while also hoping Kagami could contend for the position of the next Hokage. That period could be described as a honeymoon phase between the two sides.
But ever since Tobirama's sacrifice and Sarutobi Hiruzen taking over as the Third Hokage, the situation changed.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was not Tobirama after all. He lacked the power to suppress Konoha, and the Uchiha internal ranks were even more dissatisfied with him.
The First Hokage and Second Hokage both came from the Senju Clan, so no matter what, the Third Hokage should have been from their Uchiha clan.
The Sarutobi clan was not weak during the Sengoku era and could be considered a prominent clan. Even Madara showed delight when he heard from Hashirama that the Sarutobi and Shimura clans were willing to join Konoha.
But in the hearts of the Uchiha clan, the Sarutobi clan was not qualified to compare with them.
How could Sarutobi Hiruzen be worthy of being the Third Hokage?
If anyone is worthy, it's Kagami!
What the Uchiha clan found difficult to accept, however, was that Kagami, their great hope, was the first to support Sarutobi Hiruzen as Hokage.
This caused an uproar within the Uchiha clan. Even if Kagami didn't become Hokage, their clan head should have become Hokage.
By what right did Sarutobi Hiruzen become Hokage?
It was precisely because of this that a split emerged within the Uchiha clan.
One part supported Kagami, hoping he could continue to be the bridge maintaining peace between the village and the clan, while the other part became the hawks, believing Kagami was a traitor to the Uchiha clan.
The Uchiha clan wanted their own Hokage, and for that, they would not hesitate to fight against the Hokage lineage or even stage a coup.
Gradually, this formed the dove and hawk factions within the Uchiha clan.
Kagami had been maintaining harmony between the two sides all these years, and he constantly undertook missions. He would always take the lead in accepting and executing even the most arduous missions.
After Kazuki was born, he rarely saw his nominal father, Kagami. He was entrusted to the care of Mikoto's grandfather, the second elder of the Uchiha clan.
At the same time, this elder was also currently the head of the peace faction within the Uchiha clan.
Not long ago, Kagami sacrificed himself during a mission. This news was personally delivered by Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Kazuki, upon first hearing it, awakened his Sharingan due to excessive stimulation.
Of course, this wasn't because Kazuki and Kagami had such a good relationship, but rather because Kazuki was infuriated.
As the current strongest member of the Uchiha clan, the only one to have awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, Kazuki could barely accept Kagami's sacrifice.
But what about those Mangekyo Sharingan? Did they not show any indication at all?
Not only did Sarutobi Hiruzen not mention it, but the clan head also seemed to have no intention of bringing up those Mangekyo Sharingan.
Although he knew that the possibility of him inheriting those eyes was almost zero, and he didn't have the ability to protect them, they had simply ignored him.
Kazuki was not foolish. He had always believed that Kagami was merely performing a futile effort. He could not comprehend Kagami's ideology of treating Konoha as his home.
He also couldn't understand the clan head and his people.
He didn't even know whose hands those Mangekyo Sharingan were in now.
Sarutobi Hiruzen? Danzo? Or the clan head?
All of these individuals had a high probability of having the Mangekyo Sharingan in their hands.
And no matter who it was, they could potentially become his future enemy and opponent.
Of course, for Kazuki, he didn't need to consider these things for now, nor could he think about these problems. He needed to possess great strength and rapidly improve under the "protection" of certain individuals.
Only when his own strength is great enough can he determine his own fate.
Fortunately, Kazuki wasn't completely without trump cards.
With the excellent bloodline he inherited from Kagami, if nothing unexpected happened in the future, awakening a three-tomoe Sharingan would be no problem.
After all, Kagami awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, and his future son, Shisui, also awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan.
There's no reason why he, Kazuki, wouldn't be able to, right?