"Okay, now what is the other thing you want to talk about?" Fugaku asked.

  "Uncle, do you remember Aunt Aiko?" Shisui asked, once again being serious. This time, Fugaku could tell that he was not joking.

  "Of course, I remember that dumb girl. She left everything for that Senju. Why do you think I would ever fet her?" Fugaku said.

  "Are you still angry about that?" Shisui asked, his head dropping slightly.

  "I was never angry, just sad that we had to lose such a genius because of politics. But why are you asking about her all of a sudden?" Fugaku said, his voice tinged with frustration.

  "As I expected, you do not know about Kaida," Shisui said, shaking his head.

  "Are you just going to talk to yourself? I don't have all day, you know," Fugaku said.

  "Kaida is the son of Aiko Uchiha and Asami Senju. He not only awakened his Sharingan but is very close to evolving it to a two-tomoe Sharingan. Also, he has enough chakra to be sidered a Jonin in the ," Shisui said in one breath.

  "What? Why the hell am I just finding out about this now?" Fugaku asked angrily, already having some idea of the answer.

  "I only found out whehird elder called him to join the , most likely trying to recruit him into his fa. But since Kaida was in the orphaer his parents' deaths and was only brought to the Uchiha pound when he awakened his Sharingan, he refused the offer."

  "Those fools, still only thinking about increasing their power and nothing else. Now we’ve lost aalent because of them," Fugaku said, his voice even more frustrated.

  "No, Uncle, we haven't lost him. As you know, he's my brother, and when I told my mom about him, she made me bring him to our house. After knowing about my mom and me, he agreed to stay here with his friend, a civilian ninja named Yomi. So, for that, I want your permission."

  "Hmm, that’s a relief, but I want to meet him first. I just want to check if what you're saying is true or if you’re exaggerating his strength. You set up a meeting with my secretary."

  "But Uncle, he's already here, so if you want, you meet him now."

  "Okay, go call him. Also, tell the secretary to shift my meeting by half an hour."

  "Thank you, Uncle," Shisui said with a small smile ao call Kaida.

  …

  Kaida was sitting on the sofa, waiting for Shisui to return.

  Shisui went to Kaida and said, "Let's go, brother. The head wants to meet you."

  Kaida simply nodded and followed Shisui. On the way, he noticed the trast between the ground floor and the first floor.

  It was more modern and secure. In front of some of the rooms, ninjas stood guard. From what Kaida could feel, he knew he wouldn't be able to win against the duo guarding the rooms. If it were a one-on-one fight, he might stand a ce, but Kaida was wrong about that too.

  Those ninjas were Jonin-level with three-tomoe Sharingan. They had both experiend power, so even though Kaida had a simir amount of chakra, he wasn't as strong as them.

  Also, because they had three-tomoe Sharingan, they had copied many jutsus throughout their lives, making them more versatile in ninjutsu. This further increased the strength gap between Kaida and the guards on the first and sed floors.

  "Brother, why are such powerful ninjas guarding these rooms?" Kaida asked Shisui.

  "You're not qualified to know such details yet, Kaida. I'll tell you when you bee an integral part of the Uchiha d your strength increases a little more."

  "Okay, brother."

  They reached Fugaku's offid knocked on the door.

  "e in," came a deep voice. Kaida could feel the authority in it. He had never met someoh such a leadership aura sining to this world.

  Although he had met Hiruzen many times, Hiruzen alortrayed himself as a grandfather figure to talented children.

  In the normal world, leaders often have an air of authority around them. Now imagine how much more intehat aura would be in a world where they were far more powerful than normal humans.

  They would subsciously release an aura of authority, warning others not to mess with them.

  This was the feeling Kaida got when he heard Fugaku's voice.

  Shisui opehe door, and both of them entered. Kaida noticed that Fugaku looked much youhan he did in the anime.

  In just 4-5 years, the Uchiha massacre was supposed to happen, but looking at Fugaku now, he seemed at least 10 years youhan he was in his st moments.

  ing out of his thoughts, Kaida remembered that he was standing in front of one of the most powerful people in Konoha.

  "Good afternoon, Leader," Kaida said, bowing slightly. He wasn't afraid, as he had the bag of both Hiruzen and Yukihiro, and somewhat Shisui too, so there wasn't much Fugaku could do against him. Not that Kaida was looking to offend such a powerful ninja.

  Also, no one in Konoha khat he had a Mangekyo Sharingan, which was why he was sidered just ae Jonin-level ninja. He might even be low Kage level, but if you sidered the fact that he also had the Mangekyo Sharingan, he could be cssified as a low S-Rank ninja.

  "Good afternoon," Fugaku said in the same serious tone before tinuing, "Shisui said that you want to join the Uchiha . Is that true?"

  "I want to live with my brother and aunt, and if I have to join the Uchiha for that, I don’t have any problem with it," Kaida said, trying not to offend Fugaku, but at the same time not wanting to seem desperate to join the .

  "Oh! So you're saying that you only want to join the Uchiha because of Shisui and your aunt? So, if I allow you to stay with them without joining the , you're perfectly fih that?" Fugaku asked, intrigued by Kaida's response.

  "Will I still have permission to learsu from my brother and ask questions about the Sharingan if I fay issues iure?" Kaida asked after thinking for a moment.

  "I allow Shisui to teach you basijutsu, but not any teiques uo the Uchiha . Also, you won’t be allowed to ask anything about the Sharingan, as you won’t be a part of the that case."

  Kaida became silent for a moment, then replied with a determined voice…