Inside the antique-style courtyard,
on the clean and tidy floor, an old man covered in magical treasures and bearing an aged face trembled uncontrollably. His expression was incomparably ferocious, and what was most peculiar was his eyes.
His eye sockets emitted an ominous scarlet light, and inside his pupils, three tomoe spun at high speed.
He desperately wanted to cry out to attract the people living around the courtyard, but no matter how he struggled and tried, he could never make a sound. His consciousness gradually blurred.
Blurring...
Until finally, it completely dissipated into nothingness.
The old man with red eyes no longer wore a ferocious and painful expression on his face. He sat up straight and surveyed the room.
As expected of a clan centered on Yin Release souls, their willpower is formidable. It is a pity that he is old after all. The red glow in the old man's eye sockets flickered uncertainly.
Immediately, he began to move around the wooden room, stretching his limbs.
The old man was none other than Setsuna Uchiha, the Great Elder of the Uchiha Clan, one of Konoha's founding clans.
Setsuna Uchiha had followed Madara Uchiha and could be considered one of the oldest elders in the clan.
Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju had joined hands to found Konoha Village, ending the Warring States period.
However...
Later, Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju had a falling out over their philosophy of peace. Madara Uchiha had been promised the position of Second Hokage, but Tobirama Senju intercepted it, directly and thoroughly igniting the conflict.
At that time, Madara Uchiha saw that the ninja village model could not bring permanent peace, and that the duration of peace depended entirely on Hashirama Senju's lifespan. Therefore, he decided to take the Uchiha Clan and withdraw from Konoha