Chapter 5: The Twenty Strongest Uchiha
The morning after the first ranking, the entire shinobi world waited beneath an unusually silent sky.
No village dared treat the God List as an illusion any longer.
It could speak with the dead.
It knew secrets buried by clans and nations.
Its rewards could reshape barren lands, resurrect the deceased, and upset the balance that had existed between the Five Great Nations for decades.
Inside Konohagakure, Hiruzen Sarutobi stood before the wide window of the Hokage's office. His pipe rested between his fingers, but he had not taken a single breath from it in several minutes.
ANBU shinobi occupied the rooftops surrounding the tower. The barrier division remained fully active, and every major clan had ordered its senior members to remain prepared.
Danzō stood within the darker side of the office.
"If the next ranking concerns Konoha, the village must respond immediately," he said.
Hiruzen continued watching the sky.
"We do not know what will be revealed."
"That is precisely the danger."
Danzō's visible eye narrowed.
"If the God List exposes information that could destabilize the village, hesitation will only worsen the situation."
"We cannot silence a voice heard by the entire world, Danzō."
"No," Danzō admitted. "But we can control how Konoha reacts."
Hiruzen did not respond.
Elsewhere in the village, Sasuke sat upon the roof of the abandoned Uchiha Police Force headquarters.
The entire district stretched beneath him.
Empty homes.
Abandoned shops.
Dust-covered streets where children had once played beneath the Uchiha fan.
The silence of the district had become familiar to him, but today it felt different.
During the previous ranking, a mysterious man named Uchiha Ryu had spoken through the Worldwide Chat. He claimed that Sasuke and Itachi were not the last surviving members of their clan.
Sasuke wanted answers.
Far beyond the seas known to the Elemental Nations, Kai sat upon his throne inside the City of Hope.
An enormous window behind him overlooked only a small portion of the city. Towers extended toward the distant horizon, while roads, railways and waterways connected districts larger than entire shinobi villages.
Uchiha Ryu stood beside the throne with his arms folded.
Several other powerful figures occupied the hall, although none of them had revealed themselves to the outside world.
Kai looked toward the sky.
"It is time."
Ryu's eyes narrowed slightly.
"If the next ranking is what you expect, the Elemental Nations will learn how little they truly know about this world."
Kai smiled faintly.
"That realization is long overdue."
At that exact moment, daylight disappeared beneath an ocean of golden radiance.
Clouds were pushed apart as the enormous divine scroll unfolded across the heavens.
From the smallest civilian settlement to the Five Great Shinobi Villages, countless people raised their heads.
Golden characters formed.
[The God List has reopened.]
[The Worldwide Chat has been restored.]
[The Second Ranking will now begin.]
Messages immediately began appearing.
[Senju Hashirama: It has returned! What do you think today's ranking will be, Tobirama? The greatest Hokage? The strongest Wood Release users?]
[Senju Tobirama: There is only one famous Wood Release user, Brother.]
[Senju Hashirama: Then I would have an excellent chance of winning.]
[Uchiha Madara: Your intelligence has not improved after death.]
[Hōzuki Gengetsu: Perhaps it will rank the greatest hairstyles in shinobi history. Madara seems to have prepared for that possibility.]
[Uchiha Madara: Do you wish to die a second time?]
[Onoki: Stop treating this like entertainment. The rewards of the God List can alter the balance between nations.]
[Fourth Raikage A: Then pray that someone from your village appears, old man.]
Before another argument could begin, every message froze.
The golden characters vanished.
A crimson fan slowly appeared upon the heavenly scroll.
Sasuke immediately rose to his feet.
Inside an Akatsuki hideout, Itachi's expression remained calm, but his Sharingan activated beneath the shadow of his hat.
The masked Obito became completely still.
Even Madara focused entirely upon the sky.
The Uchiha emblem expanded until it seemed to cover the heavens.
[Second God List Ranking:]
[The Twenty Strongest Uchiha in History!]
The shinobi world fell silent.
Twenty Uchihas.
According to Konoha's official knowledge, Sasuke was the clan's only loyal living survivor. Itachi was an international criminal, while Madara and the clan's other legendary warriors had been dead for decades.
Yet the God List claimed that twenty Uchihas possessed enough strength to be ranked before the entire world.
Additional words appeared.
[Eligibility Rules:]
[Every Uchiha who has already been born is eligible, regardless of whether that individual is presently living, deceased, missing, hidden, reincarnated or resurrected.]
[Individuals who have not yet been born are ineligible.]
[Every eligible individual will be evaluated according to the greatest level of power they have attained—or are destined to attain—at their prime.]
[Present age and current development will not restrict evaluation.]
Sasuke stared at the announcement.
He was only thirteen. If his name appeared, the God List would not judge his current abilities. It would evaluate the greatest power he would ever possess.
[Transformations, bloodlines, transplanted organs, Tailed Beasts and all other powers successfully controlled by an individual will be included in their evaluation.]
The scroll paused.
A new heading appeared.
[Explanation of Combat Classifications:]
Most shinobi watched with interest rather than fear.
The shinobi world already possessed a general understanding of strength.
A Genin was a novice shinobi.
A Chūnin was considered capable of leading missions and small teams.
A Jōnin was an elite warrior trusted with dangerous assignments.
Above them stood the Kage—the strongest shinobi acknowledged by their villages and the leaders of the Five Great Nations.
Although differences existed between individual Kage, the world possessed no widely accepted rank above Kage.
Even Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, who had stood far beyond ordinary shinobi, were generally described as being at the very peak of Kage-level strength.
The God List was about to change that understanding.
[Genin Level:]
[A trained shinobi capable of performing missions, using basic combat techniques and defeating ordinary armed opponents.]
[Chūnin Level:]
[An experienced shinobi possessing sufficient combat ability, judgment and leadership to command a team during dangerous missions.]
[Jōnin Level:]
[An elite shinobi with advanced mastery over several combat disciplines. A Jōnin may defeat numerous lower-ranked shinobi and decide the outcome of important battles.]
Nothing about those first three classifications surprised the great villages.
Then the next announcement appeared.
[Kage Level:]
[A combatant possessing sufficient power, skill or specialized abilities to defeat ordinary Jōnin with ease, threaten a hidden village and contend with the acknowledged leaders of the Five Great Nations.]
[Kage Level is not a political title. A person does not need to hold the position of Kage to possess Kage-level combat power.]
Many shinobi nodded at that distinction.
Itachi, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and several legendary shinobi possessed strength comparable to village leaders without ever officially becoming Kage.
However, the golden light did not fade.
[The existing classifications of the shinobi world are insufficient to accurately evaluate the highest levels of combat power.]
The expressions of the Five Kage changed.
[Therefore, the God List will introduce two classifications presently unknown to the Elemental Nations.]
[Super-Kage Level:]
A vision appeared within the golden scroll.
It displayed the silhouette of a single shinobi standing against an army.
[A Super-Kage combatant possesses power substantially greater than an ordinary Kage.]
[Such an individual may defeat multiple Kage-level opponents, overwhelm entire shinobi divisions and destroy or conquer a Great Shinobi Village without requiring an army.]
The Worldwide Chat erupted.
[Onoki: Destroy a Great Shinobi Village alone?]
[Fourth Raikage A: No shinobi can accomplish that without preparation.]
[Senju Tobirama: It said the classification presently does not exist within our system. That does not mean the power itself has never existed.]
[Hōzuki Gengetsu: Hashirama and Madara.]
The chat became quieter.
Those two names required no explanation.
[Senju Hashirama: But Madara and I were considered Kage-level shinobi.]
[God List: Correct.]
[The Elemental Nations classify Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara as exceptionally powerful Kage-level combatants because they possess no recognized classification above Kage.]
[Under the God List's complete system, their evaluated classifications may differ.]
Madara laughed.
[Uchiha Madara: At last, someone understands how absurd it is to place Hashirama and me beside ordinary village leaders.]
[Senju Hashirama: You sound very pleased for someone who still lost to me.]
[Uchiha Madara: Remain silent, Hashirama.]
Yet another classification appeared.
The golden sky darkened.
Behind the divine characters emerged an image of mountains breaking, forests disappearing and the moon hanging over a devastated continent.
[Six Paths Level:]
No one understood the name.
To most of the world, the Sage of Six Paths was little more than a religious legend said to have founded ninshū.
[A Six Paths-level combatant has transcended the conventional boundaries of shinobi power.]
[Such beings possess chakra and abilities capable of dominating Super-Kage combatants, defeating entire nations, reshaping vast regions and threatening the survival of the known world.]
For several seconds, there were no messages.
Inside the Hokage's office, Hiruzen's pipe slipped from between his fingers and struck the floor.
Danzō did not even look at it.
[Onoki: Threaten the entire known world?]
[Fourth Raikage A: You expect us to believe individual shinobi can possess such power?]
[Senju Tobirama: Whether we believe it is irrelevant. The God List has already demonstrated knowledge and abilities beyond our understanding.]
[Uchiha Madara: Six Paths… Interesting.]
Black Zetsu concealed the sudden unease rising within him.
The terminology was dangerously close to secrets that should have been lost to history.
The God List continued.
[For clarity, the difference between classifications is not determined solely by chakra quantity.]
[Combat ability, destructive power, speed, durability, intelligence, bloodline abilities, special techniques and performance against similarly powerful opponents will all be considered.]
[A lower-classified shinobi may defeat a higher-classified opponent under exceptional circumstances. Classification represents overall combat power, not an absolute guarantee of victory.]
[Every Uchiha included within this ranking has reached no less than Kage-level combat power at their evaluated prime.]
That alone stunned the villages.
Twenty Kage-level Uchihas would already represent a force capable of terrifying every nation.
Then the distribution appeared.
[Ranks Twenty through Eleven: Kage Level.]
[Ranks Ten through Six: Super-Kage Level.]
[Ranks Five through One: Six Paths Level.]
The silence that followed was overwhelming.
Five Six Paths-level Uchihas.
Five people from a single clan who, at their respective primes, possessed the potential to threaten the entire known world.
[Onoki: This cannot be true. Five members of one clan cannot possess that kind of power!]
[Fourth Raikage A: Ten Uchihas above ordinary Kage level…]
[Senju Tobirama: Remember that the list includes powers attained in the future. Some of those individuals may presently be children—or may not yet have obtained their greatest abilities.]
[Uchiha Madara: It makes no difference. Their future strength is still the strength of the Uchiha clan.]
[Senju Hashirama: You are enjoying this far too much.]
[Uchiha Madara: The Uchiha have always stood at the summit. The rest of the world merely refused to accept it.]
New golden words interrupted them.
[Each placement will be accompanied by a battle projection.]
[The projection will demonstrate the ranked individual's abilities and evaluated combat power.]
[The selected battle may originate from the past, present or future.]
[Information relevant to the ranked individual may be revealed without permission.]
Several powerful people immediately grew tense.
A battle from the future could expose techniques that had not yet been created, identities that remained concealed and events that had not yet occurred.
The God List was not merely going to announce names.
It would provide evidence.
Sasuke cared little about the fear spreading through the villages. His eyes searched the Worldwide Chat until he found the name he wanted.
[Uchiha Sasuke: Uchiha Ryu.]
The flow of messages slowed.
[Uchiha Sasuke: You said that Itachi and I are not the last Uchihas.]
[Uchiha Ryu: I did.]
[Uchiha Sasuke: Then tell me who you are.]
[Uchiha Ryu: I am Uchiha Ryu.]
Sasuke's fists tightened.
[Uchiha Sasuke: That tells me nothing! How many Uchihas are still alive?]
Ryu did not immediately provide a number.
Instead, he asked a question.
[Uchiha Ryu: Approximately how many members did Konoha's Uchiha clan possess before the massacre?]
Sasuke looked down at the abandoned district.
He remembered crowded streets, shopkeepers, police officers, elderly clan members and children training beneath the watchful eyes of their parents.
He had been too young to know the exact population.
[Uchiha Sasuke: I am not certain. Around one thousand, perhaps.]
[Uchiha Sasuke: Why?]
Ryu's answer consisted of only five words.
[Uchiha Ryu: Multiply that number by fifty-five.]
The Worldwide Chat stopped.
Sasuke repeated the calculation.
One thousand multiplied by fifty-five.
Fifty-five thousand.
His eyes widened.
[Nara Shikaku: Fifty-five thousand Uchihas.]
The number appearing in writing made it feel even more impossible.
[Uchiha Sasuke: There are fifty-five thousand members of the Uchiha clan?]
[Uchiha Ryu: Approximately.]
[Uchiha Fugaku: That is impossible.]
[Uchiha Ryu: Why?]
[Uchiha Fugaku: A clan of that size could not exist without the Five Great Nations discovering it.]
[Uchiha Ryu: The Elemental Nations are not the entire world.]
Fugaku fell silent.
[Uchiha Ryu: Your failure to discover us does not make our existence impossible.]
[Fourth Raikage A: Even if only a small percentage awaken the Sharingan, such a clan could form a military greater than most nations.]
[Onoki: Fifty-five thousand members from a single bloodline clan… How large is this City of Hope?]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Where did so many Uchihas originate?]
[Uchiha Ryu: That is not information Konoha requires.]
[Uchiha Sasuke: Where are they?]
Ryu's response appeared calmly.
[Uchiha Ryu: Safe.]
Sasuke stared at that single word.
Safe.
Somewhere beyond the Elemental Nations, fifty-five thousand Uchihas lived without fear of extinction.
They possessed homes.
Families.
Children.
A future.
For years, Sasuke had believed the continuation of the entire Uchiha clan rested upon his shoulders. Now he had learned that he represented only a tiny branch of something vastly greater.
But Ryu revealed nothing else.
He did not explain how those Uchihas came to exist.
He did not reveal the location of the City of Hope.
He did not mention the city's total population or speak of the other clans living upon the distant continent.
The lack of information made the revelation even more frightening.
Before anyone could ask another question, the golden scroll shone brighter.
[The Twentieth Strongest Uchiha will now be revealed.]
A silhouette appeared.
The figure wore an old Konoha forehead protector. A sword rested against his waist, and three tomoe rotated within each crimson eye.
The darkness surrounding the silhouette shattered.
[Twentieth Place: Uchiha Kagami.]
[Status: Deceased.]
[Former Affiliation: Konohagakure.]
[Title: The Uchiha Trusted by the Second Hokage.]
[Prime Combat Classification: Kage Level.]
[Primary Abilities: Three-Tomoe Sharingan, advanced Fire Release, high-level genjutsu, exceptional Body Flicker Technique, kenjutsu and superior battlefield perception.]
Tobirama's expression changed.
[Senju Hashirama: Kagami? He was one of your subordinates, wasn't he?]
[Senju Tobirama: Yes.]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Kagami…]
A new name entered the Worldwide Chat.
[Uchiha Kagami: Lord Second. Hiruzen. Danzō. It has been a long time.]
[Senju Tobirama: You earned your placement, Kagami. Your loyalty, ability and judgment were never in question.]
[Uchiha Kagami: Thank you, Lord Second.]
[Uchiha Shisui: Kagami Uchiha was my ancestor.]
Danzō's expression darkened when Shisui's message appeared, but the God List offered no time for discussion.
[The battle projection will now begin.]
The heavens transformed into a vast forest.
Kagami stood among a small unit of exhausted Konoha shinobi. Blood covered his armour, and a deep wound crossed his left shoulder.
Hundreds of enemy shinobi moved through the forest ahead of them.
Behind Kagami's unit was a narrow evacuation route filled with wounded soldiers, medics and civilians.
"We must retreat!" one shinobi shouted. "They're surrounding us!"
Kagami activated his Sharingan.
"If we withdraw, they will reach the evacuation column."
"There are hundreds of them!"
Kagami calmly drew his sword.
"Then I will convince them that they are the ones outnumbered."
He disappeared.
An enemy Jōnin collapsed before his comrades even noticed Kagami's arrival.
Three more shinobi attacked simultaneously.
Kagami ducked beneath a sword, turned past a spear and caught the wrist of the third attacker. His Sharingan read every contraction of muscle and every movement of chakra.
The captured shinobi met his gaze.
The forest around the man transformed into an inferno.
Genjutsu.
Kagami threw the entranced enemy into the path of an incoming Wind Release technique and vanished again.
His Body Flicker left afterimages throughout the forest. To the enemy, it appeared as though an entire squad of Uchiha assassins had surrounded them.
"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"
A colossal wave of fire tore through the battlefield.
Trees burned. Formations collapsed. Enemy shinobi scattered as Water Release techniques collided with the flames and filled the forest with scalding steam.
Kagami emerged through the mist.
His sword pierced an enemy captain's chest before the man could complete his hand seals.
The projection showed him fighting without rest.
He copied techniques after witnessing them once.
He trapped entire squads inside layered illusions.
He manipulated enemy formations into attacking false targets and repeatedly placed himself between the advancing army and the evacuation route.
Kagami possessed no Mangekyō Sharingan.
He had no Susanoo or legendary forbidden ability.
His strength came from speed, intelligence, experience and complete mastery over everything he possessed.
Eventually, the enemy commander entered the battle.
Their final clash tore apart the burning ground.
Kagami's chakra was nearly exhausted, but his Sharingan remained steady. He deliberately allowed the commander to strike his injured shoulder, stepped inside his opponent's guard and drove his sword through the man's heart.
When Konoha's reinforcements arrived, Kagami remained standing among hundreds of fallen enemies.
The evacuation column had escaped.
The projection ended.
[Senju Tobirama: Kagami possessed the courage, judgment and Will of Fire necessary to become Hokage.]
[Uchiha Kagami: I was only fulfilling my duty.]
[Fourth Raikage A: A shinobi capable of stopping an army is only twentieth.]
[Onoki: Then the nineteen above him are monsters.]
[Uchiha Madara: He used the Sharingan competently. Nothing more.]
[Uchiha Ryu: Remember those words when the higher placements appear, Madara.]
The list changed before Madara could answer.
[Historical Evaluation:]
[Uchiha Kagami repeatedly protected Konohagakure and placed the village's survival above his personal interests.]
[He earned the trust of Senju Tobirama during an age when distrust between the Senju and Uchiha remained widespread.]
[Years after Kagami's death, Konoha's Uchiha clan was isolated, monitored and ultimately massacred.]
Kagami did not respond immediately.
Then a single message appeared.
[Uchiha Kagami: Massacred?]
No one answered.
[Uchiha Kagami: How many survived?]
Sasuke looked upon the empty streets beneath him.
[Uchiha Sasuke: In Konoha, only Itachi and I remained.]
[Uchiha Kagami: The women, elders and children?]
Sasuke could not bring himself to answer.
Fugaku did.
[Uchiha Fugaku: They were killed as well.]
Kagami fell silent.
He had protected Konoha because he believed the village could become something greater than the hatred of the Warring States Period.
He had believed future generations of Uchiha and Senju would live beside one another as comrades.
Instead, the clan he left behind had been destroyed inside the village he had protected.
[Uchiha Kagami: And the village remained silent after an entire founding clan was destroyed?]
Hiruzen's fingers tightened around his pipe.
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Kagami, the situation contains circumstances you do not yet understand.]
Kagami considered those words.
[Uchiha Kagami: I understand.]
His calmness made Hiruzen and Danzō more uneasy than rage would have.
[Senju Tobirama: Speak your thoughts, Kagami.]
[Uchiha Kagami: Not yet, Lord Second.]
[Uchiha Kagami: The destruction of an entire founding clan could not have occurred without hidden layers and carefully buried truths.]
[Uchiha Kagami: I have heard only fragments. I will watch before passing judgment.]
Kagami said nothing more.
He did not make accusations.
He did not question Itachi.
He understood that Sasuke was watching and that careless words might reveal matters best investigated with patience.
But inside Kagami's heart, sadness had settled beside suspicion.
The God List released another wave of golden light.
[Twentieth-Place Reward:]
[Permanent Resurrection.]
Shock spread across the world.
[Uchiha Kagami may resurrect in a completely healthy body at his physical prime.]
[All memories, chakra, skills and abilities attained during his life will be retained.]
[No additional bloodline evolution will be granted.]
[The recipient may freely select the time and territory of resurrection.]
[The reward will remain available until voluntarily activated.]
Konoha's leaders immediately focused upon Kagami.
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Kagami, Konoha will welcome you home.]
[Senju Tobirama: Return whenever you are prepared. The village should honour everything you sacrificed for it.]
Ryu's message appeared soon afterward.
[Uchiha Ryu: The City of Hope will also welcome you.]
[Uchiha Ryu: Here, you will find fifty-five thousand members of your clan and the freedom to determine the course of your second life.]
Everyone waited.
Kagami looked upon Konoha—the village he had protected.
Then he looked at Sasuke standing alone inside the abandoned Uchiha district.
Nineteen more Uchihas had yet to be revealed. Among them could be people who possessed answers about the clan, Konoha and the mysterious City of Hope.
[Uchiha Kagami: I will not resurrect yet.]
Hiruzen's expression stiffened.
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Kagami?]
[Uchiha Kagami: The God List has allowed me to choose the time and location. I will make my decision whenever I am ready.]
[Senju Tobirama: What will you do until then?]
[Uchiha Kagami: I will watch the ranking.]
[Uchiha Kagami: Nineteen members of my clan stand above me. I may find the answers I seek among them.]
[Uchiha Ryu: Take all the time you require. The City of Hope's doors will remain open.]
The God List accepted Kagami's decision.
[Uchiha Kagami has postponed the activation of his reward.]
[The Permanent Resurrection reward will remain available.]
[The Twentieth Placement has concluded.]
The projection disappeared.
A new silhouette slowly formed upon the golden scroll.
The figure wore armour and clothing unfamiliar to every village in the Elemental Nations. A strange weapon rested across the figure's back, while the Uchiha fan had been engraved proudly upon the chest.
Neither Fugaku nor Itachi recognized the person.
Tobirama searched his memories and found nothing.
Even Madara did not know the silhouette.
Behind the mysterious Uchiha rose the indistinct outline of an enormous city whose towers stretched beyond the horizon.
Then the final announcement descended.
[The Nineteenth Strongest Uchiha will now be revealed.]
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