Chapter 24 Uchiha in the Shadows
An unknown underground space.
An extremely old man was leaning back in a stone chair, with several tentacles extending from behind him, connecting to the unknown depths of darkness.
He has a pair of scarlet eyes, and at first glance, he looks like the legendary god of death.
A long time ago, his name was more terrifying than the god of death.
A legendary ninja who is known as the God of Ninja.
Uchiha Madara!
A white mass rose from the ground, breaking the silence.
"Madara-sama! Let's fight! Let's fight!"
"Konoha and Sunagakure have already started a war on the border, and other ninja villages seem to be ready to take action as well!"
After a moment of silence, a hoarse sneer filled with contempt came out.
"This is how the ninja world is. Even if we do nothing, it's impossible for people to live in peace with each other."
"Hashirama, the false facade of peace you maintained was completely shattered after your death."
Oh, Lord Madara is about to start having an aerial conversation with Hashira Senju again.
Bai Zetsu waited obediently for a long time.
"How's the thing you asked me to do going?"
Bai Zetsu took out a piece of paper with information about several names and suffixes on it.
"As you requested, here is the information on the Uchiha children between five and ten years old."
The first name that comes to mind is Uchiha Kagami.
He opened the three magatama at the age of seven. Even in the Warring States Period, Uchiha Madara had never heard of such a genius.
But it's nothing special.
It is better to go far than to go fast.
Uchiha Madara has studied the Sharingan so thoroughly that he understands that the sooner the Sharingan is opened, the better.
It is not a good thing to have abilities that your body cannot bear as a child.
The more he understood, the more Uchiha Madara felt that Uchiha Kagami would not be able to open the Mangekyo, or that the Mangekyo that was opened would not be to his liking.
This kid is so calm and mature.
Although there are people who care about him, if he attacks his grandmother and brother, given this kid's personality...
He will most likely be able to find out what is going on and won't be blinded by anger.
It won't become what he expected.
Uchiha Madara looked at the list carefully, and finally his eyes locked on the name Uchiha Obito.
He was very clear about the conditions for opening the kaleidoscope. In addition to the basic conditions, the most important thing was huge stimulation.
When an Uchiha loses a loved one, they gain power.
This...cursed condition.
Therefore, the more emotional the Uchiha is, the stronger the hatred he will gain after losing love.
"You go and pay attention to this brat named Obito and investigate his intelligence in detail. I want to know what he cares about most."
"Alas, Master Madara, it is obvious that Uchiha Kagami is more suitable to be your successor."
"If I hadn't known you were still alive, I would have thought he was your reincarnation. His talent is so overflowing..."
"Shut up."
Uchiha Madara snorted: "The real talent of Uchiha is not the three magatama and ninjutsu."
"Uchiha Obito has higher potential than Uchiha Kagami!"
There was a pause.
"You can also send a clone to contact the mirror... He can be used as a backup."
White Zetsu's words still touched him.
Uchiha Kagami can't be his reincarnation, but...if reincarnation really exists...
Is it possible that he...
After all, his personality is very similar to Izuna's, and he also has an extraordinary talent for swordsmanship...
Even her appearance is a bit similar to the young Izuna.
……
This is what Uchiha Madara thought was wrong.
The Uchiha people are the benchmark for average appearance, but Uchiha Jingshuai’s style is the same as Izuna’s, both of them are refreshing.
Even Fugaku, who is as handsome as a brick, can still be praised for looking mature and steady.
"So be it……"
After explaining the affairs, Uchiha Madara slowly closed his eyes.
He was too old and the injuries he had accumulated were too severe. If it weren't for the support of the Outer Statue, he would have died long ago.
This feeling of powerlessness made him very annoyed, and he just hoped to quickly choose a backup plan to restrain Nagato before going to die.
Waiting to return again...
That would be the heyday!
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Hokage meeting room.
The war situation is tense, and Danzo Shimura has been very busy recently, busy being the mastermind behind other ninja villages and stirring up trouble between them.
Utatane Koharu and Mitokado En also went to the capital of the Land of Fire and asked the daimyo, the old man, to prepare the war resources and not to fall behind.
Everyone realizes...
The Third Ninja World War may be coming.
There are traces of this. After losing the suppression of the First Hokage, every few years, after a period of recuperation, each village would want to redivide the territory.
After all, the Fire Nation has the most and best resources in its territory.
The Kages of each village are not fools. If the Fire Nation is allowed to develop peacefully, in a few decades it will become the dominant power like it was in the first generation.
No one wants to be a younger brother, and everyone wants to take a bite of the fat meat of the Fire Nation.
Recent events had made the smoke in the Hokage's office even thicker.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was alone looking at the battle reports from the front line, producing secondhand smoke from his mouth.
Asking the Uchiha clan to march to the front line...
Among the four mythical gods of Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen is the one with the least prejudice against Uchiha.
But small doesn’t mean nothing.
He wanted to use the Uchiha sword, but he was afraid that the sword would become too sharp and would backfire on him.
According to Jiraiya, Kagami's heart is not bad, but he cares more about the Uchiha clan than the village.
This is... unable to break away from the narrow-minded thinking of one clan.
In Sarutobi Hiruzen's opinion, for this reason alone, he would never give Uchiha Kagami the opportunity to touch high-level power.
only……
If the plan proposed by Orochimaru is successful, it can indeed end the war friction with the Wind Country.
If we can quickly conquer the Wind Country and form an alliance with it, we may be able to intimidate other ninja villages.
It is even possible...to postpone the Third Ninja World War.
Peace, these two words are too tempting for Sarutobi Hiruzen.
After pondering for a long time, he called in a ninja.
"Let the ninjas I marked on the list prepare to go to the western front."
Sarutobi Hiruzen did not follow the list given by Orochimaru completely. Those guys were all firm Uchiha radicals.
He checked half of them, and then arranged for some moderate Uchiha to join, including Uchiha Fugaku.
Sarutobi Hiruzen and Fugaku had an in-depth communication.
He could see that Fugaku didn't want the rift between the village and the Uchiha to get bigger, and was willing to make some compromises for this.
At dusk, Sarutobi Hiruzen met with Uchiha Fugaku alone.
After a brief greeting, Sarutobi Hiruzen went straight to the point.
"Fugaku-kun, what do you think of Kagami?"
Fugaku was slightly stunned, then lowered his head and replied, "He is an extremely talented ninja, and he is very friendly to his friends and family. He is an amazing child."
Although he had conflicts with Uchiha Kagami before, he would not tell such things to outsiders.
Sarutobi Hiruzen exhaled a puff of smoke and said in a deep voice: "It's just being friendly to the tribe members, right."
"Lord Hokage..."
Raising his hand to signal him to listen, Sarutobi Hiruzen continued, "I deliberately arranged for Jiraiya to receive the mirror because I was optimistic about his talent."
"But over the past year, it seems that his mind hasn't changed. He's still not close enough to the other Konoha ninjas..."
Fugaku had sweat on his forehead and used the universal formula: "Hokage, he is just a child and can't express himself very well."
"You know, that's not what I wanted to hear."
Since the Fugaku Chronicle, Sarutobi Hiruzen has been the Hokage.
This power accumulated over decades made Fugaku walk on thin ice.
These words spoken in a bland tone made him feel like a child being criticized by his teacher, at a loss as to what to do.
……
"Hokage-sama, I will definitely change Jing's mind and let him establish a deep bond with his fellow villagers!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled.
"Then I'll leave it to you, Fugaku-kun."
