Chapter 7: The Strength That Never Acted
Golden light covered the heavens.
Across the Elemental Nations, countless people raised their heads toward the enormous screen of the God List.
A middle-aged man appeared upon it.
He wore Konoha's old military uniform beneath a dark cloak. His expression was stern, his posture straight, and the Uchiha fan was proudly displayed upon his back.
Behind him, a strange Mangekyō Sharingan slowly rotated.
Sasuke immediately stood.
His eyes widened as the darkness covering the man's face disappeared.
"Father…"
The emotionless narration continued.
[Eighteenth Place: Uchiha Fugaku.]
[Status: Deceased.]
[Former Affiliation: Konohagakure.]
[Former Positions: Head of the Uchiha Clan and Captain of the Konoha Military Police Force.]
[Title: Wicked Eye Fugaku.]
[Prime Combat Classification: High Kage Level.]
Silence swallowed Konoha.
Hiruzen's pipe slipped from his fingers and struck the floor.
Danzō's visible eye widened.
Kakashi stared at Fugaku's image.
"High Kage level?" Kurenai whispered. "The Uchiha possessed someone that powerful?"
Asuma slowly turned toward the Hokage Tower.
"Did the village leadership truly not know?"
Sasuke's hands trembled.
He had always known his father was strong. Fugaku had become famous during the Third Shinobi World War and commanded the Military Police.
However, high Kage level was completely different.
It meant Fugaku could have challenged the greatest shinobi of his generation.
Messages immediately appeared beneath the continuing video.
[Fourth Raikage A: Konoha possessed another high-Kage-level shinobi and concealed him?]
[Onoki: Look at their reactions. Konoha did not know his complete strength either.]
[Orochimaru: How fascinating. Wicked Eye Fugaku concealed considerably more than anyone suspected.]
[Uchiha Madara: A clan head who concealed his greatest power from his village, his enemies and even his own clan? Explain yourself.]
Fugaku remained silent for several seconds.
Then his answer appeared.
[Uchiha Fugaku: Revealing my complete strength would have caused Konoha's leadership to regard me as another Madara.]
[Uchiha Madara: So you hid because you feared what others would think?]
[Uchiha Fugaku: I feared what they would do to my clan.]
[Uchiha Ryu: Even after death, you continue to describe your hesitation as protection.]
[Uchiha Fugaku: You know nothing about the circumstances I faced.]
Their argument continued beneath the heavenly screen.
The God List did not react to it.
The video continued playing, and its narration never paused.
[Uchiha Fugaku's complete abilities will now be revealed.]
[Primary Chakra Nature: Fire Release.]
[Additional Chakra Natures: Lightning Release and Wind Release.]
[Combat Specialities: Genjutsu, shurikenjutsu, kenjutsu, battlefield command, tracking and large-scale Fire Release.]
[Dōjutsu: Three-Tomoe Sharingan and Mangekyō Sharingan.]
The recorded Fugaku opened his eyes.
Three tomoe spun rapidly before merging into a complex pattern.
Sasuke stopped breathing.
His father had possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Yet he had never told Sasuke.
Most members of the Uchiha clan had not known either.
[Left-Eye Ability: Takamimusubi.]
[The wielder can witness fragments of possible futures created by the decisions of individuals within his sight.]
[The further the wielder looks into the future, the more possibilities he observes and the less certain each possibility becomes.]
[Right-Eye Ability: Ketsumatsu.]
[After witnessing several possible futures, the wielder may temporarily increase the probability of one possible outcome.]
[Ketsumatsu cannot create an impossible result.]
[It guides existing possibilities through precisely calculated actions, carefully placed genjutsu and subtle manipulation of individual decisions.]
Nara Shikaku's expression became grave.
"That isn't merely future sight."
His father nodded beside him.
"Those eyes were made for a commander. Fugaku could observe the consequences of a decision and guide events toward the future he selected."
Messages continued appearing.
[Senju Tobirama: With such eyes, you should have foreseen your clan's rebellion and prevented it.]
[Uchiha Fugaku: Seeing possibilities is not the same as controlling them. I witnessed hundreds of outcomes.]
[Uchiha Madara: Then you lacked the conviction to choose one.]
The God List did not answer Tobirama.
It did not defend Fugaku or support Madara.
The fixed narration continued independently from the Worldwide Chat.
[Combat demonstration commencing.]
The screen changed.
A vast burning forest appeared.
Explosions shook the ground while wounded Konoha shinobi retreated through the trees.
[Third Shinobi World War.]
[Western Border of the Land of Fire.]
[Uchiha Fugaku—Age Twenty-Eight.]
Almost fifty Iwa shinobi pursued a much smaller Konoha force.
At their head was a large man wearing thick stone armour and carrying an enormous axe.
[Iwagakure Commander Ganseki.]
[Combat Classification: Kage Level.]
Fugaku stopped at the rear of the retreating force.
A young Uchiha landed beside him.
"Captain, they're catching up!"
"I know."
"We cannot fight them while protecting the wounded."
Fugaku looked at the exhausted shinobi under his command.
"Take the wounded across the river."
The young Uchiha stared at him.
"What about you?"
"I will delay them."
"Alone?"
Fugaku's expression hardened.
"That was an order."
The Konoha force reluctantly withdrew.
Fugaku remained behind.
Ganseki landed upon a branch before him while the other Iwa shinobi surrounded the area.
"Wicked Eye Fugaku."
Fugaku calmly drew his short sword.
"You know me."
"Every commander in Iwagakure knows your name. You once trapped three squads inside the same illusion without a single man realising it."
Ganseki glanced toward the retreating Konoha forces.
"You sacrificed yourself so your soldiers could escape?"
"No."
Fugaku's Sharingan spun.
"I remained because fighting alone allows me to stop holding back."
His hands moved.
"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"
An ocean of flames erupted from his mouth.
The burning wave swallowed the forest and turned the sky orange.
The Iwa shinobi immediately responded.
"Earth Release: Great Mountain Wall!"
Several enormous walls rose from the ground.
Fugaku's flames shattered the first.
Cracks spread across the second before it collapsed.
Only the third wall managed to stop the remaining fire.
Ganseki charged through the inferno with stone armour covering his body.
His enormous axe swung toward Fugaku's neck.
Fugaku leaned backwards.
The blade passed a finger's width from his throat.
His Sharingan followed every movement of Ganseki's muscles.
Fugaku struck beneath his ribs.
Metal collided with stone.
Ganseki grinned.
"My Earth Armour survived blows from the Third Raikage."
Fugaku looked directly into his eyes.
"That is why I wasn't attacking your armour."
The burning forest disappeared from Ganseki's sight.
He found himself standing inside an enormous Uchiha shrine while thousands of crimson Sharingan watched him.
"Genjutsu!"
Ganseki violently disrupted his chakra.
The illusion shattered.
He returned to reality less than a second later.
Fugaku's palm was already pressed against his chest.
"Lightning Release: Thunder Needle."
A thin stream of concentrated lightning slipped through a gap in Ganseki's armour.
His muscles locked.
Fugaku kicked him through three trees.
The remaining Iwa shinobi attacked together.
Stone spears erupted from the earth.
Wind blades tore through the smoke.
Explosive tags descended from above.
Fugaku's Mangekyō appeared.
The video divided into several possible futures.
In one, Fugaku moved left and lost his arm.
In another, he jumped and was struck by hidden shuriken.
In a third, he moved forward through a tiny opening between every attack.
The possibilities vanished.
Fugaku stepped forward.
A stone spear passed behind his head.
A wind blade missed his throat.
An explosive tag flew over his shoulder.
He walked through attacks that should have torn him apart.
He caught one enemy's wrist and redirected the man's kunai into another shinobi's throat.
Three more enemies attacked from behind.
Fugaku's right Mangekyō rotated.
The first released his weapon slightly too early.
The second moved into its path.
The third avoided both men and stepped directly before Fugaku's blade.
Three enemies fell.
[Hatake Kakashi: That is far beyond the normal predictive ability of the Sharingan.]
[Nara Shikaku: His right eye is guiding the enemy toward his chosen result. Tiny mistakes accumulate until they create the future he selected.]
Ganseki recovered and charged again.
Layers of stone covered his axe until the weapon became larger than a house.
"Earth Release: Mountain Execution!"
The enormous weapon descended.
Several possible outcomes appeared.
Fugaku was crushed.
Fugaku escaped but was buried beneath the collapsing forest.
Fugaku attempted to overpower Ganseki and died.
Then he discovered a future in which Ganseki's own attack shattered his armour.
Fugaku selected it.
"Fire Release: Great Dragon Flame!"
A colossal dragon of compressed fire rose from the ground.
It did not strike Ganseki.
It struck the earth beneath him.
The explosion altered the path of Ganseki's descending axe by only a few degrees.
The weapon missed Fugaku and crashed into an Iwa defensive wall.
Stone fragments struck the weakened sections of Ganseki's armour.
Cracks spread across his chest.
Fugaku appeared before him.
Their eyes met.
The Iwa commander collapsed without receiving another physical injury.
The surviving Iwa shinobi fled.
Fugaku stood alone amid the burning forest.
The entire battle had lasted less than four minutes.
[Fourth Raikage A: That commander was unquestionably Kage level.]
[Onoki: Ganseki disappeared during the Third War. We believed an entire Konoha force had ambushed him.]
[Uchiha Fugaku: There was no ambush.]
[Uchiha Madara: Your strength was sufficient. Your conviction was not.]
The comments moved upward while the narration continued.
[During the Third Shinobi World War, Fugaku's achievements earned him the title Wicked Eye Fugaku.]
[His accomplishments caused many Uchiha to consider him a suitable candidate for Fourth Hokage.]
[Konoha's leadership never seriously considered his name.]
Minato watched silently from the Pure Land.
Fugaku had never publicly protested his appointment.
He had ordered the Uchiha to respect their new Hokage.
But the insult had remained within the clan.
The scene changed.
The Nine-Tails towered over Konoha.
Buildings collapsed beneath its claws while flames consumed entire streets.
Inside the Uchiha compound, Fugaku and the Military Police prepared to enter the battle.
An Anbu unit blocked their path.
"The Uchiha Police are ordered to protect the civilian evacuation routes."
Fugaku's expression hardened.
"The Nine-Tails is being controlled by the Sharingan. Our eyes offer the greatest chance of restraining it."
"The order came directly from the village leadership."
"We are citizens of this village."
"You have your orders."
The Uchiha behind Fugaku became furious.
"Our families are out there!"
"People are dying!"
"They already suspect us!"
Fugaku looked toward the Nine-Tails and activated his Mangekyō.
He witnessed several futures.
In one, the Uchiha helped restrain Kurama.
In another, Konoha saw their Sharingan controlling the beast and blamed them for the attack.
In another, the Uchiha fought the Anbu before either side reached the battlefield.
Fugaku closed his eyes.
"We will obey the order."
The narration continued.
[The Uchiha were suspected of controlling the Nine-Tails.]
[They were denied the opportunity to demonstrate their innocence.]
[Their absence from the battle was later used to deepen the village's suspicions.]
Tobirama immediately wrote:
[Senju Tobirama: Preventing the Uchiha from approaching a beast controlled by the Sharingan was a reasonable precaution.]
The narration did not change because of his message.
The God List did not answer him.
[The Uchiha clan remained loyal throughout three shinobi wars.]
[Uchiha Kagami died while serving Konoha.]
[Uchiha Obito was believed to have died protecting a Konoha comrade.]
[Uchiha Fugaku defeated powerful enemies for Konoha.]
[The Military Police protected the village for decades.]
[Their accumulated service was discarded when suspicion became politically convenient.]
The scene continued.
The Uchiha were relocated to the village's outskirts.
Anbu watched their homes.
Surveillance posts surrounded the district.
Children bearing the Uchiha fan heard villagers whispering about the Nine-Tails attack.
[Senju Tobirama established the Konoha Military Police Force and placed the Uchiha at its centre.]
[The position granted them visible authority while separating them from meaningful political power.]
[Every arrest increased public resentment toward the clan.]
[Every expression of Uchiha resentment was treated as proof that they could not be trusted.]
[Tobirama's suspicion became village policy.]
[His disciples inherited that policy.]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi tolerated it.]
[Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane defended it.]
[Danzō Shimura weaponised it.]
The Worldwide Chat erupted.
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: I sought a peaceful resolution.]
[Uchiha Ryu: You sought one slowly while refusing to restrain the man destroying every chance for peace.]
[Danzō Shimura: Everything I did was necessary to protect Konoha.]
[Uchiha Madara: You isolated a clan, denied it power, watched its homes and called its anger proof of treason.]
The God List ignored every message.
Its presentation continued.
Fugaku appeared beneath the Naka Shrine, surrounded by angry Uchiha.
"They will never trust us!"
"We sacrificed for Konoha!"
"They moved us to the village's edge and surrounded us with spies!"
"We are prisoners inside the village our ancestors helped create!"
Every person looked toward Fugaku.
They waited for their clan head to decide their future.
Fugaku activated Takamimusubi.
Countless possibilities appeared.
He saw the coup succeeding before foreign villages attacked a weakened Konoha.
He saw the coup failing and the Uchiha being exterminated.
He saw himself defeating the elderly Hiruzen.
He saw Danzō escaping.
He saw negotiations succeeding.
He saw negotiations collapsing.
He saw Itachi standing above the bodies of his clan.
Danger existed in every path.
Fugaku opened his eyes.
"We will continue our preparations."
An elder frowned.
"When will we act?"
"When the correct opportunity presents itself."
Meeting after meeting passed.
Fugaku demanded patience but offered no final solution.
He prepared for rebellion without creating a decisive plan for victory.
He hoped Hiruzen would offer a compromise but never forced a serious negotiation.
He relied upon Itachi without recognising how far his son had moved away from the clan.
[Uchiha Fugaku feared civil war.]
[He feared Konoha's retaliation.]
[He feared foreign invasion.]
[He feared becoming another Madara.]
[He feared that revealing his Mangekyō would strengthen Konoha's suspicions.]
[He feared the consequences of every possible action until his inaction produced a consequence worse than those he wished to avoid.]
[Uchiha Fugaku: Every path risked destroying my clan.]
[Uchiha Ryu: Leadership does not promise a path without risk.]
[Uchiha Ryu: Leadership demands that you choose the best available path and possess the courage to follow it.]
Their conversation continued beneath the video.
The God List never participated.
The screen showed Danzō attacking Shisui and stealing one of his Mangekyō Sharingan.
Wounded and poisoned, Shisui escaped.
Before dying, he entrusted his remaining eye to Itachi.
Fugaku's Mangekyō had previously shown him fragments.
Shisui bleeding.
Danzō holding a Sharingan.
Itachi standing beside a river.
But Fugaku told himself they were merely possibilities.
He did not investigate Danzō.
He did not confront Itachi.
He did not warn his clan that their greatest hope for peace might be in danger.
He waited for certainty.
The scene changed again.
Danzō stood before thirteen-year-old Itachi.
He presented him with a choice.
Allow the coup to begin and watch the entire clan—including Sasuke—die during the conflict.
Or slaughter the Uchiha himself and preserve Sasuke's life.
[Uchiha Itachi was thirteen years old.]
[He had been traumatised by warfare during his childhood.]
[He was taught to value the village above individual families and clans.]
[He was used as a double agent by Konoha and the Uchiha.]
[Danzō manipulated his fear of war and threatened Sasuke's life.]
[Uchiha Itachi: I accepted the burden willingly. Place the blame upon me.]
The God List did not reply.
[These circumstances explain Uchiha Itachi's decision.]
[They do not absolve it.]
[Danzō created the ultimatum.]
[Konoha's discrimination created the crisis.]
[Hiruzen's inaction allowed it to continue.]
[Fugaku's hesitation left the Uchiha without a workable plan.]
[Uchiha Itachi ultimately accepted the mission.]
[He knowingly chose to murder civilians, elderly people, women and children who had taken no part in the coup.]
The Uchiha district appeared on the night of the massacre.
Itachi moved through the darkness.
The masked Obito entered homes elsewhere in the compound.
The video did not hide the victims.
An elderly woman.
A wounded veteran.
A mother shielding her daughter.
A sleeping infant.
A frightened child beneath a table.
They were not coup leaders.
They were not enemy shinobi.
They were Uchiha, and that alone had sentenced them to death.
"Stop…"
Blood dripped from Sasuke's palms.
"Stop showing it!"
The fixed video continued without recognising his plea.
Fugaku sat beside Mikoto.
His Mangekyō revealed the possible futures before him.
He saw himself fighting Itachi.
He saw himself alerting the district with a massive Fire Release technique.
He saw himself gathering the remaining police officers.
He saw children escaping through hidden routes.
He saw himself fighting Itachi and the masked Obito.
He saw himself dying.
He also saw futures in which families survived because he resisted.
The door opened.
Itachi entered.
Fugaku deactivated his Mangekyō.
[At the time of the Uchiha Massacre, Fugaku possessed sufficient power to defeat Uchiha Itachi in direct combat.]
Fugaku and Mikoto sat with their backs toward their son.
"I do not wish to fight my own son," Fugaku said.
Itachi tightened his grip upon his sword.
"Promise me you will take care of Sasuke."
"I will."
Fugaku closed his eyes.
"You truly are a kind child."
The blade rose.
The video stopped before it fell.
[This moment has been remembered as a final act of parental love.]
[It was also the final surrender of two parents who abandoned their remaining responsibilities.]
[Uchiha Mikoto: We could not raise our weapons against our son.]
[Uchiha Ryu: Yet your son had raised his weapon against every member of your family.]
The narration continued independently.
[Mikoto knew why Itachi had entered their home.]
[She did not attempt to stop him.]
[She did not warn the remaining families.]
[She did not attempt to save the children who were still alive.]
[She did not protect Sasuke from the hatred and trauma that would consume his childhood.]
[Love without the courage to protect is not enough.]
Sasuke stared at the screen.
His anger no longer had one target.
Itachi had slaughtered the clan.
Danzō had engineered the massacre.
Hiruzen had failed to prevent it.
Konoha had persecuted the Uchiha until rebellion became inevitable.
And Fugaku—his powerful father—had foreseen the danger and surrendered.
[Uchiha Fugaku possessed the power to challenge Konoha's leadership.]
[He possessed eyes capable of foreseeing his clan's destruction.]
[He possessed the authority required to change his clan's path.]
[He witnessed signs that Danzō had sabotaged peace.]
[He recognised that Itachi's loyalty had shifted toward Konoha.]
[He saw possible futures in which his elder son slaughtered the clan.]
[Yet when leadership demanded courage, he chose hesitation.]
[When fatherhood demanded intervention, he chose silence.]
[When his people required protection, he chose surrender.]
Fugaku finally responded.
[Uchiha Fugaku: What should I have done? Begin a civil war? Kill my own son? Destroy the village my clan helped create?]
The God List did not answer him.
Its narration did not pause.
The video simply continued showing the possibilities Fugaku had witnessed before the massacre.
Fugaku restraining Itachi without killing him.
Fugaku alerting the entire compound.
Fugaku confronting Hiruzen with evidence against Danzō.
Uchiha children escaping through hidden routes.
Fugaku arresting the most violent coup supporters and forcing negotiations.
Fugaku dying in battle while dozens of families escaped.
[No perfect path existed.]
[Every available decision carried the possibility of death, civil war or political collapse.]
[Leadership was not the ability to create a future without sacrifice.]
[Leadership was the responsibility to choose among imperfect futures.]
[Fugaku could have restrained Itachi.]
[He could have warned his people.]
[He could have confronted Hiruzen.]
[He could have exposed Danzō's crimes.]
[He could have organised an evacuation.]
[He could have removed the reckless coup leaders and demanded negotiations from a position of strength.]
[Even defeat could have purchased time for civilians to escape.]
[Fugaku witnessed these possibilities.]
[He selected none of them.]
The narration had not appeared because Fugaku asked a question.
It had already been playing.
The God List had never acknowledged him.
[Uchiha Ryu: A clan head does not exist merely to preside over meetings.]
[Uchiha Ryu: He carries the lives and future of his people.]
[Uchiha Ryu: If victory is impossible, he fights to create an escape.]
[Uchiha Ryu: If survival is impossible, he dies buying time for the children.]
[Uchiha Ryu: You did neither.]
[Uchiha Madara: You had power, knowledge and warriors who trusted you.]
[Uchiha Madara: Yet you allowed a thirteen-year-old boy and a masked stranger to erase your clan.]
[Uchiha Madara: You are a disgrace to the position of clan head.]
Finally, Sasuke's name appeared.
[Uchiha Sasuke: Father, did you truly know?]
Fugaku hesitated.
[Uchiha Fugaku: I witnessed it as one possible future.]
[Uchiha Sasuke: You saw Itachi killing everyone?]
[Uchiha Fugaku: Yes.]
[Uchiha Sasuke: You saw futures in which you could stop him?]
Another pause followed.
[Uchiha Fugaku: Yes.]
Sasuke's Sharingan spun wildly.
[Uchiha Sasuke: THEN WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME ALONE?]
[Uchiha Sasuke: You knew I would find all of you dead!]
[Uchiha Sasuke: You knew what Itachi would do to me!]
[Uchiha Sasuke: You were stronger, but you still allowed him to slaughter everyone!]
[Uchiha Mikoto: Sasuke, we wanted you to survive.]
[Uchiha Sasuke: THAT WAS NOT LIVING!]
Their family argument continued below.
The God List neither judged nor answered them.
It continued presenting its conclusion.
[Historical Evaluation:]
[Uchiha Fugaku was one of the strongest clan heads of his generation.]
[His battlefield accomplishments earned him the title Wicked Eye Fugaku.]
[His complete strength surpassed what Konoha's leadership knew.]
[In direct combat, he possessed a significant probability of defeating the elderly Third Hokage.]
[However, power that is never used cannot protect anyone.]
[Fugaku failed to control the growing extremism within his clan.]
[He failed to produce a decisive plan for rebellion, negotiation or evacuation.]
[He failed to act upon the warnings shown by his Mangekyō.]
[He failed to confront the corruption within Konoha's leadership.]
[He failed to stop his elder son from becoming the executioner of his people.]
[He failed to protect his younger son from becoming the massacre's final surviving victim.]
[Fugaku's greatest failure was not that he lacked the power to save the Uchiha.]
[His greatest failure was that he possessed the power to try—and refused to use it.]
The screen divided into two images.
On one side, Uchiha Akira returned from fighting the Iron-Thunder Tyrant. Blood ran from his eyes, his armour was shattered, and his body was exhausted.
Yet he smiled when his daughter ran into his arms.
On the other side, Fugaku sat motionlessly before Itachi's blade.
One father had exhausted his strength fighting a monster to protect his people.
The other possessed eyes capable of seeing the future and closed them when his people needed him most.
[Eighteenth-Place Reward:]
[Heart of Resolution.]
[The recipient will gain absolute clarity when confronting decisions clouded by fear, hesitation or excessive possibilities.]
[The accuracy of Takamimusubi will greatly increase.]
[The mental burden caused by witnessing contradictory futures will be reduced.]
[The recipient will possess the resolution necessary to act upon his chosen future.]
A golden flame appeared beside Fugaku's name.
It entered the written symbol representing him and disappeared.
[The reward has been bound to Uchiha Fugaku's soul.]
[It will take effect if the recipient is resurrected or otherwise returns to the world of the living.]
[Uchiha Madara: The heavens granted you in death the courage you lacked in life.]
[Uchiha Fugaku: I cannot change what I did.]
[Uchiha Ryu: No. But the living can learn from your failure.]
Within Konoha, civilians stared toward the abandoned Uchiha district.
They had witnessed the clan's discrimination.
They had also witnessed Fugaku's failures.
The God List had absolved no one.
Not Tobirama.
Not Hiruzen.
Not Danzō.
Not Itachi.
Not Fugaku.
Not Mikoto.
Konoha had helped create the rebellion it feared.
Danzō had destroyed the possibility of peace.
Itachi had accepted the murder of innocents.
Fugaku had possessed the power to resist and refused to act.
Sasuke remained upon the roof.
His father had not been weak.
That truth hurt more than weakness ever could have.
Fugaku had possessed the Mangekyō.
He had foreseen the massacre.
He had known that Itachi could be stopped.
And still, he had chosen to sit down.
Sasuke raised his eyes.
"Father…"
His voice trembled with anger.
"You should have fought."
Golden light spread across the heavens.
Fugaku's image slowly disappeared.
[The Eighteenth Placement has concluded.]
A few seconds of darkness followed.
Then the God List began preparing the next presentation.
[The Seventeenth Strongest Uchiha will soon be revealed.]
A new figure appeared within the darkness.
The silhouette revealed nothing except the outline of an Uchiha fan upon the person's clothing.
No face could be seen.
No Mangekyō pattern appeared.
No weapon, age or identity was exposed.
The Worldwide Chat immediately erupted with guesses.
[Fourth Raikage A: Another Uchiha stronger than Fugaku?]
[Onoki: Eighteenth place was already high Kage level. How many monsters did that clan produce?]
[Senju Tobirama: The Uchiha's accumulated strength was greater than any village understood.]
[Uchiha Madara: Fugaku was merely eighteenth. The truly powerful Uchiha have not yet appeared.]
Inside Konoha, Danzō stared at the hidden figure.
He could not determine its identity.
Neither could Hiruzen, Itachi or Sasuke.
The God List offered no clue.
Its golden light slowly faded, leaving only a single message across the heavens.
[Seventeenth Place.]
[Identity awaiting revelation.]
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