Early morning...
The Land of Whirlpools began another day of busyness. The long-term and regular lifestyle had already accustomed the citizens to the rhythm of life in the Land of Whirlpools.
A plain and stable order was the most reassuring kind of life in a world of war and chaos...
"Fugaku." Uzumaki Jun leaned his hands on the guardrail, looking at Uchiha Fugaku, who was dressed in formal attire and had already become the branch chief, and said with a smile, "Good morning."
"Morning." Uchiha Fugaku nodded faintly and said, "Lord Jun."
He did not know why Lord Jun had suddenly asked him to come to the police station rooftop so early in the morning.
In the middle of summer, even the mornings were very hot, let alone the rooftop.
Uchiha Fugaku walked to Uzumaki Jun's side, also leaning on the guardrail, quietly watching the early morning in the Land of Whirlpools...
This scene...
He had never seen it in Konoha either!
A peaceful, harmonious, and vibrant picture...
Perhaps this was what the God of Shinobi and Uchiha Madara had sought back then.
But...
They both failed...
"Is there something you need me to do?" Uchiha Fugaku fell silent for a moment before speaking, "If there's nothing, I should get to work."
That new generation idiot from the clan, Obito...
When would he ever be able to hold his own?
He was always careless and forgetful. Fortunately, he was a good person by nature. Apart from being overly fond of laughing, he had inherited all the other fine traditions of the Uchiha clan, such as: being diligent in study and eager to learn... and so on.
So, although he often made mistakes, his performance reviews each period were still quite high, so he wouldn't be fired...
"It's about Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Shin." Uzumaki Jun wasn't staring at Uchiha Fugaku, but quietly watching the morning scenery, saying with a smile, "What are your thoughts?"
After the Third Tsuchikage's wild guess last time...
Most shinobi villages in the shinobi world had now begun to suspect that the mysterious Mangekyō user from back then was Uchiha Madara.
After all, the Mangekyō...
How could it be so easily awakened!
Thinking of this, Uzumaki Jun felt a headache. Clearly, the Third Tsuchikage himself admitted...
Uchiha Madara wasn't that short, so why did he suddenly change his mind?
Indeed...
When people get old, they become more suspicious!
Now he had to give Uchiha Fugau psychological counseling.
"..."
Hearing Uzumaki Jun's words, Uchiha Fugaku showed no reaction, quietly leaning on the guardrail, silent for a moment...
"I knew a long time ago."
His eyes moved, turning his head to look quietly at Uzumaki Jun...
"Back when I was doing the census, I felt something was off with my eyes when I saw Madara."
Mangekyō?!
Looking at those familiar eyes, Uzumaki Jun was stunned. He hadn't expected this Uchiha Fugaku to also awaken the Mangekyō, just like in the anime?!
"Later, based on the clan records, I found someone who matched."
"The first and only person in the clan to awaken the Mangekyō."
Then, he turned his head back...
"One of the founders of Konoha, the Uchiha who was eventually forced out by the clan..."
"Madara!!"
"Although this did surprise me, since according to the First and Second Hokage, Uchiha Madara had long been dead."
"I never thought he could live this long!"
Moreover, back then, their Uchiha clan indeed never saw Uchiha Madara's body. As part of a deal, Uchiha Madara's body was given to Tobirama Senju for research, and in exchange, Tobirama Senju had to ensure the Uchiha clan could live peacefully in Konoha.
The general idea was...
Let bygones be bygones...
Yet, in the end, the Uchiha were nearly wiped out, almost exterminated by the Second Hokage's student...
Wiped out...
"Uchiha Madara... professor of the Land of Whirlpools..." Thinking of this, Uchiha Fugaku unconsciously showed a faint, self-mocking smile, "What would the First and Second Hokage think if they found out?"
"So that's how it is..." Uzumaki Jun nodded slightly and sighed, saying, "A bloodline limit, after all..."
Just...
According to the clan lineage, the first to awaken the Mangekyō was the Sage of Six Paths, and further back was Kaguya.
It wasn't Uchiha Madara...
Of course, for founding the Uchiha line, it should probably be counted from Indra.
But...
What he wanted to ask wasn't about Uchiha Madara, but about Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Shin!!
"Actually, there has never been..." Uzumaki Jun thought about it and decided to speak up himself, sighing as he said, "a person named Uchiha Shin..."
There was no point in hiding it any longer.
The Kamizuru clan and the Muroto clan had been living in the Land of Whirlpools for so many years, plus Muroto Jōmon was the Uchiha's direct superior. Uchiha Fugaku had probably guessed something by now...
"I know." Hearing Uzumaki Jun's words, Uchiha Fugaku remained calm, saying flatly, "There has never been a person named Uchiha Shin. That Uchiha Shin who used Fire Release was just you pretending."
"..."
You figured that out too??
Uzumaki Jun's expression froze for a moment, then returned to normal as he asked, "When... did you know?"
Later...
Could something go wrong!
"During the war period." Uchiha Fugaku ignored the change in Uzumaki Jun's expression, still speaking calmly, "At the start of the last war, a strange, entirely white person sneaked in and told me."
"White Zetsu?!" Hearing Uchiha Fugaku's words, Uzumaki Jun narrowed his eyes...
That Black Zetsu just couldn't stop stirring up trouble!!
He actually still wanted to drive a wedge between the Uchiha clan and the Land of Whirlpools?
It seemed it was time to assign him some work...
As for now...
Uzumaki Jun looked at Uchiha Fugaku warily, sighed, and said, "I'm sorry..."
Back then...
He had really thought about pretending to be Uchiha Madara, but in the end, there was... an accident...
However...
Uchiha Fugaku shook his head, frowning as he looked down below, and said, "The Uchiha clan and the Land of Whirlpools hold no grudge against each other."
"You have already kept the promise you made back then. As for Konoha..."
That grudge is huge!
He sighed, still expressionless...
"The Uchiha in Konoha would have been wiped out sooner or later!"
Just as his father said...
The Uchiha's Sharingan was the source of all calamity...
The Second Hokage sidelining the Uchiha clan back then was because he feared the Uchiha would produce another Mangekyō user, and his student...
For the stability of the village, the stability of his own regime...
The Uchiha had long been on Konoha's blacklist. It was just that initially, because the Uchiha were also one of the two great clans that founded Konoha and had made great military contributions, it wasn't easy to move against them. They were just waiting, waiting for the Uchiha clan's reputation to be ruined before acting...
"The clansmen are living quite well now." When Uchiha Fugaku reached this point, he felt relieved inside, a smile flickering briefly at the corner of his mouth, "Perhaps this is the scene my father wanted to see too!"
"It's just that..."
He sighed...
"The probability of the new generation awakening the Sharingan is gradually decreasing..."
This was also something that worried him. Was an Uchiha clan without the Sharingan still the original Uchiha clan?
But...
"None of it matters anymore." Uchiha Fugaku fell silent for a moment before saying, "We never wanted to wield power, we only wanted..."
"To live a plain and ordinary life, to be recognized by others."
"Now all of that has been realized."
"Maybe it's not so bad if this evil power disappears..."
Uchiha Fugaku frowned, looking down below, and said calmly, "If there's nothing else, I need to get to work."
"It seems someone needs help on that street over there..."
So early in the morning, could something have happened?
As soon as he finished speaking...
Before Uzumaki Jun could say anything, he directly flipped over and jumped down...
"Actually, I..." Uzumaki Jun looked at Uchiha Fugaku, who had already jumped down, and sighed helplessly, saying, "had more to say..."
Which was...
Perhaps the GD Agency could help the Uchiha clan awaken their eyes, but it was still just an empty shell right now, precisely when it needed...
the Uchiha clan to shine and contribute...
And also...
Has that White Zetsu been planted for trees yet??
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