In the anime, Uchiha's situation does not become difficult overnight, but has been slowly squeezed out of the living space over the years.
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The kaleidoscope show in Fugaku is a TV original, but there is no lack of plausible. His personality is not extreme, and even a little provocative, and it is understandable that he does not want to make a splash.
But if he doesn't have this ability, he may not have the courage to do something that changes days.
If Fugaku hadn't hidden the kaleidoscope, would Tunzang dare to attack him and Uchiha?
1, in the case of sufficient strength, some resources will spontaneously gather
Fugaku is cautious, but there is nothing wrong with caution in itself.
When he had the kaleidoscope, he did not show the news of his progress to others like Shizumi and mustela, but gradually entered the core area of Uchiha through a long period of time and became the patriarch.
And he already had a kaleidoscope, if he showed it early before the night of the nine-tailed attack, Tunzang would naturally regard him as a thorn in his eye and a thorn in his flesh, and would want to get rid of him more, but he would definitely be a hundred times more cautious in his actions than in the plot.
On the other hand, if he showed his strength early, Uchiha would surely tilt the resources of the clan toward him, and the non-Uchiha Konoha ninja would also focus on him.
Fugaku's hidden head and tail seemed very out of place in the situation at that time, and it can be said that he pit himself.
If he boldly showed his strength, it would definitely be very difficult for a while, but other families who had a very difficult time begging for a living under Tuanzang would find a way to talk to him, and slowly the network of contacts would spread.
When everyone knows that he has the resources to compete with Muye's high-level court, then naturally there will be a group of people who ask for him and have a certain right to speak.
And these resources can be transformed into chips that make Tuanzang jealous.
2. Tuanzang will be a hundred times more cautious when he attacks him
No matter which Uchiha, as long as he or she has opened a kaleidoscope and can use it more skillfully, he/she already has a strength that exceeds the level of upper ninja.
No matter where the strength of The Water Stopper and the Ferret change and where the camp is, as long as Fugaku lets everyone know that he has a kaleidoscope, morale and the situation will naturally change subtly.
And if Fugaku held the title of kaleidoscope master, Tunzang would not be stupid enough to let the ferret perform such a task as "exterminating the clan with his own strength" before he did it.
Fugaku has a kaleidoscope, which is not the same thing as not having it.
If a kaleidoscope master is not eliminated first, in case he runs away in the process of exterminating the clan, Muye will usher in a shadow-level strong enemy, or the kind that never dies.
And it was not an easy task to get rid of him, he didn't trust the high-level of Kiba like Shizumi, if he didn't succeed now, Uchiha would immediately rise up.
The two kaleidoscopes of Shizumi and Ferret were successively tied to their chariots by the wooden leaf high-level, so these wooden leaf high-level people dared to fool Uchiha. But if there is a kaleidoscope master who does not belong to their own camp, will they dare to fool Uchiha like this?
3. Internal deterrence
Judging from the ferret's mental journey, we can see that this child has long since taken his father seriously.
This is the misfortune left behind when establishing the concept, if he had known that his father actually had the ability not to fall behind with the three generations of 1 to 1PK (it should not be difficult to do it with a kaleidoscope), would he still look at his father like this?
Even if the ferret felt that everyone was drunk and woke up alone, he was mu qiang.
At the very least, he would not think that Fugaku was "inferior to me and ignorant", but that Fugaku was "extremely powerful although he did not understand me".
Now back to a very important question: Why do ferrets think that extermination is a good choice?
In the process of growing up with the ferret, the person who can completely convince him is to stop the water.
Even after the death of Shuishui for many years, he had mastered the kaleidoscope, and still felt that he was inferior to Shuishui.
The key here is that Shuishui has repeatedly displayed the power of the kaleidoscope in front of him, and has deeply embedded the concept of "strength" in the heart of the ferret.
If Fugaku could do the same, the ferret would first weigh whether he was qualified to be the "Chosen Son" when considering the bilateral relationship between Kiba and Uchiha.
To do this, it is not enough for Fugaku to only show his language ability as in the anime, and only after the ferret first shows the power of the kaleidoscope can he be beaten to no avail, and he will have the concept of "only relying on his own inability to solve it hard".
In the process of Uchiha's decision to rebel, this group was actually insufficient, so the weasel's extermination action had room for maneuver.
If Fuyue, who is responsible for taking the lead, turns the initiative into passive, and plays the show of strength as a card, not to mention the ferret, the three generations and Tunzang will have to consider whether it is cost-effective to hit hard.
Even if Tuanzang was arrogant and let him lead to a fiery fire that could burn their entire interest group together, would he dare?