Uchiha Toki's words to Uchiha Shisui were both true and false.He was right that inciting Konoha shinobi to participate in this battle against Kumogakure was indeed the optimal solution to end this war.With the Uchiha as the core, integrating the power of Konoha shinobi to defeat Kumogakure from the front lines would be the way to minimize casualties, both for Konoha and for the Uchiha.However, in terms of purpose, Toki was not fighting for Konoha's peace or the Will of Fire or anything like that. The so-called victory, helping Konoha to defend against a strong enemy, was just a side effect.Toki's purpose had never changed from the very beginning: to strive to increase the power of the Uchiha clan and escape their fate of extermination.Originally, he had planned to disperse the Uchiha clan to various border areas, to use battles to hone the Uchiha clan's combat skills and the level of their Sharingan.The awakening of the Sharingan requires mental stimulation. Whether it is to awaken the Sharingan or the Mangekyou Sharingan, the Uchiha clan needs to experience different levels of mental stimulation.After the end of the Third Shinobi World War, the number of Uchiha clan members who could awaken the Sharingan was less than three digits.The leisurely life of the Konoha Military Police had long eroded their fighting instincts.So when Uchiha Itachi first awakened his Sharingan, Uchiha Fugaku felt that it was a very face-saving thing.At that time, the Uchiha clan was so miserable that even awakening a Sharingan eye required them to boast about it.Therefore, in order to avoid such a situation, Uchiha Toki took the initiative to take on the border defense work. Originally, he only planned to use a more gradual approach to awaken the Sharingan.However, the appearance of Kumogakure changed his plans.Because when Toki watched the anime in his previous life, the official book and materials all stated that the Third Shinobi World War ended before Minato Namikaze became Hokage.So Toki had always thought that there would be no large-scale battles before the Chunin Exam.However, when the news of Kumogakure's advance came, he realized that the so-called Shinobi World War is a war in which two or more of the Five Great Nations are involved.Iwagakure had indeed signed a peace treaty with Konohagakure and withdrew from the war.However, Kumoagakure did not sign a peace treaty with Konohagakure until Hinata was three years old.In other words, after the Shinobi World War ended, Kumogakure and Konohagakure had a one-on-one duel for three years. It was just because only two countries were involved, so although it was also a national war, it could not be called a Shinobi World War. But in fact, the intensity of the war did not change at all.When he understood this situation, Toki immediately set about changing his original plan.Originally, it was just to let all the clan members awaken the normal Sharingan, but his ambition is not so small now.With such a good opportunity to improve the strength of the clan, he would not be worthy of his understanding of the Naruto storyline in his previous life if he didn't get the Uchiha clan to produce dozens or even hundreds of Mangekyo Sharingan.How does one awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan?It must be caused by intense mental stimulation.Even Uchiha Madara only thought that if a loved one died in front of him, he would awaken it because he was too sad.
But Toki was very clear that not only loved ones, but also lovers and good friends could help the Uchiha clan activate the Mangekyo Sharingan.
So Toki decided to help clan members find some beloved test subjects.
If these clan members inexplicably kill their good friends, best friends, or lovers on ordinary days, they will not only fail to thank their clan leader, but even hate him.
But now it's wartime, and war is inevitably accompanied by death.Rather than letting them be sacrificed by Hiruzen Sarutobi without any value, exchanging for a so-called hero title,
It's better to let them cultivate revolutionary friendship with the Uchiha clan before sacrificing them, so that they can help the clan increase their ocular power before they die.
The Uchiha clan has very few clansmen, and Toki will naturally not be able to awaken the Mangekyou by sacrificing clansmen.Because for him, the clansmen who can help him produce family prestige are much more important than the Sharingan.
And the Uchiha clan cannot increase the number of effective clan members in a short time through childbirth.
So Toki simply came up with this perfect plan that would kill three birds with one stone.
Firstly, Toki did not intend for those civilian ninjas to deliberately sacrifice themselves. They should have a much higher chance of survival under the protection of the Uchiha clan when facing the Hidden Cloud Village alone.
Secondly, when clan members become one of the three important iron bonds in life with their companions on the battlefield, their sacrifices will upgrade the Sharingan for the clan.
Finally, the Uchiha clan does not have the same strict rules for bloodline inheritance as the Hyuga clan. As long as non-Uchiha individuals agree to marry into the clan, they can change their surname to Uchiha and join the Uchiha clan.
And once they marry into the Uchiha clan, it would bring Toki a boost in both clan leader reputation and family prestige. This was a win-win situation for Toki.When Toki discovered that the loyalty of married-in Uchiha clan members reaching above 60 could also increase his family prestige, he first set a small goal for himself.That is to first have the entire Konoha change their surname to Uchiha!
