[Uchiha Revival Path]
[Uchiha Fugaku]: Uchiha Izuna… you're the ancestor's younger brother?
Fugaku studied Izuna's face.
To be precise, he resembled his second son, Sasuke.
No—
That wasn't quite right.
Sasuke resembled Izuna.
It made Fugaku feel that when Sasuke grew up, he might look exactly like this.
[Uchiha Izuna]: Ancestor? Oh? So our Uchiha clan flourished so much that my big brother became an ancestor?
[Uchiha Izuna]: He does look rather old now.
[Uchiha Izuna]: But… those clothes are a bit worn.
[Uchiha Izuna]: …Was life in his later years not very good?
[Elder Madara]: …
For a moment, Madara didn't know how to respond.
He still carried guilt.
He had failed to protect this younger brother.
Back then, when the Uchiha and Senju fought relentlessly, he had clashed with Hashirama time and again.
Among the younger generation—
Izuna had faced Senju Tobirama.
And now…
The truth would not stay hidden.
[Uchiha Fugaku]: May I speak?
Fugaku inserted himself.
[Uchiha Izuna]: Speak!
[Uchiha Fugaku]: After leading the Uchiha to found a village together with the Senju… your brother later left that village.
[Uchiha Izuna]: …What?
Izuna's eyes widened.
[Uchiha Izuna]: You're joking, right? The Uchiha formed a village with the Senju?
[Uchiha Fugaku]: Yes.
[Uchiha Fugaku]: And sixty-one years have passed since then.
[Uchiha Izuna]: …
[Uchiha Izuna]: Big brother, what is this? So the Senju became our defeated subordinates? That's why you built a village?
[Elder Madara]: …
[Elder Madara]: Izuna. Calm yourself. First understand this—you were the brother I wished to protect.
[Uchiha Izuna]: Mm.
[Elder Madara]: After your death, I reconciled with the Senju. Continuing the war would have destroyed our clan.
[Elder Madara]: So I chose peace.
[Uchiha Izuna]: …Meaning the Uchiha lost?
[Uchiha Izuna]: Big brother lost?
[Elder Madara]: Yes.
[Elder Madara]: For the greater picture, I joined hands with the Senju and founded the first shinobi village—Konohagakure. I named it myself.
[Uchiha Izuna]: Then you became village leader?
[Elder Madara]: …
Madara felt a headache forming.
Izuna had always viewed him as invincible.
Truthfully, Hashirama had once offered him the position.
But—
The First Hokage was Senju Hashirama.
Madara acknowledged Hashirama's strength.
He had no objection to him becoming Hokage.
Yet Tobirama had never trusted him.
Remaining in Konoha held no meaning.
So he left—to pursue true peace in his own way.
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