Fugaku Uchiha's Shock

Zhang Miao's words left Fugaku Uchiha utterly stunned.

If Zhang Miao had merely said, "Who controlled the Nine-Tails?" Fugaku Uchiha would not have been so shocked. But what Zhang Miao had actually said was, "Who used the Mangekyō Sharingan to control the Nine-Tails?"

This undoubtedly revealed two crucial pieces of information—

First, the person who had controlled the Nine-Tails to attack Konoha had been from the Uchiha Clan!

Second: Zhang Miao knew that the Mangekyō Sharingan could control the Nine-Tails!

In fact, as early as Konoha Year Eight, Madara Uchiha had controlled the Nine-Tails and attacked Konoha. He was later defeated by Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage, at the Valley of the End. This was the legendary Battle of the End Valley.

From then on, Konoha's villagers began to harbor resentment and suspicion toward the Uchiha Clan, fearing that another person like Madara Uchiha would emerge from the clan.

However, no one knew exactly how Madara Uchiha had controlled the Nine-Tails. Even the members of the Uchiha Clan themselves were unclear about this.

But Fugaku Uchiha knew that the key to controlling the Nine-Tails lay in the Sharingan. As long as one possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan, one could control all Tailed Beasts!

Fugaku Uchiha had learned this secret after awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan, from the inheritance stone tablet of the Uchiha Clan. Yet he had never told anyone about it, not even the Uchiha Clan!

Fugaku Uchiha had done this because he knew very well that if Konoha's villagers learned he possessed the power to control the Nine-Tails, the Uchiha Clan's situation would become even more dangerous. They might even pin the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha on him!

And telling the Uchiha Clan was even less possible. The Uchiha Clan had already begun to feel dissatisfied with Konoha's higher-ups. If they learned that he possessed the power to control Tailed Beasts, they might develop ambitions they should not have!

For these very reasons, Fugaku Uchiha had guarded this secret tightly. Yet he had never expected a child to expose it in a single sentence!

The shock this brought Fugaku Uchiha was immense. It took him a long time before he finally recovered from it.

Looking at Zhang Miao's faintly smiling expression, Fugaku Uchiha immediately closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Only after calming himself as much as possible did he speak to Zhang Miao again.

"What do you want?"

Hearing Fugaku Uchiha's words, Zhang Miao grinned again.

"What I want is simply for you to release my attendant. I bear no hostility toward the Uchiha, and I believe the Uchiha Clan will not let off the traitor who attacked Konoha either, right?"

"Of course!" As soon as Zhang Miao finished speaking, Fugaku Uchiha nodded at once. "As Konoha's Security Department, the Uchiha will never let off anyone who is harmful to Konoha, even if that person was once a member of the Uchiha!"

Fugaku Uchiha's use of the words "was once" undoubtedly made it clear that the Uchiha had nothing to do with this matter.

Hearing his resolute words, Zhang Miao nodded immediately.

"Mm-hm, I believe the Uchiha clan head. But I think you should have someone release my attendant first. Oh, his name is Might Wei. He has thick eyebrows, a bowl cut, and wears a green skintight suit. He should be easy to identify!"

"No problem. I'll have someone release him right away!" With that, Fugaku Uchiha immediately shouted toward the door, "Someone!"

As soon as he spoke, the door opened. A member of the Security Department walked in and called out respectfully.

"Chief!"

"Mm!" Fugaku Uchiha nodded first, then spoke. "Today, our Security Department arrested someone named Might Wei. No matter who arrested him, go release him immediately!"

"Yes!"

After hearing Fugaku Uchiha's words, the Security Department member immediately acknowledged the order, then turned and left. It looked like he was going to release the man.

Only after he had left did Fugaku Uchiha look at Zhang Miao again.

"Then can you tell me now exactly which Uchiha traitor controlled the Nine-Tails and attacked Konoha?"

"Of course!"

Since he had already achieved his goal, Zhang Miao did not hesitate and immediately told Fugaku Uchiha the truth.

"The person who controlled the Nine-Tails and attacked Konoha was Minato Namikaze's former subordinate—Obito Uchiha. Everyone thought he had died in the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, but he had not died. He was saved by Madara Uchiha!"

"What?" Hearing Zhang Miao's words, Fugaku Uchiha was once again horrified. "Madara Uchiha is still alive? How is that possible?"

In Fugaku Uchiha's eyes, the news that Obito Uchiha was alive was nowhere near as shocking as the news that Madara Uchiha was alive!

Because as far as he knew, Madara Uchiha should have been killed by the First Hokage during the Battle of the End Valley. How could he not be shocked upon hearing Zhang Miao say that Madara Uchiha was still alive?

Seeing Fugaku Uchiha's face full of disbelief, Zhang Miao laughed again.

"Haha, nothing is impossible. I recall that the Sharingan has a technique called Izanagi, right?"

As soon as Zhang Miao finished speaking, Fugaku Uchiha seemed to think of something and his eyes widened once more.

"Izanagi?"

Of course Fugaku Uchiha knew about Izanagi. Not only him—almost every member of the Uchiha Clan knew of it.

In fact, it was precisely because of Izanagi that the Uchiha could be considered truly powerful.

The effect of Izanagi was that, at the moment the ninjutsu was activated, it used the Sharingan to record the caster's state. As long as the technique remained active, the caster could return to the state recorded by the Sharingan.

In other words, as long as Izanagi was still active, no matter what kind of injury the caster suffered, even death, he could return once more to the state he had been in when Izanagi was activated.

It was equivalent to loading a previous save in a game!

Of course, such a powerful technique did not come without a price. Once a Sharingan wielder used Izanagi, the Sharingan used to record that state would lose its light forever.

In other words, every Uchiha clansman with a Sharingan only had two chances in his lifetime to use Izanagi.

But no matter what, Izanagi was still an incredibly powerful ability. After all, trading one eye for one life was a bargain no matter how one calculated it.

Therefore, when Zhang Miao mentioned Izanagi, Fugaku Uchiha understood.

"Could it be that during the Battle of the End Valley, Madara Uchiha used Izanagi to deceive the First Hokage?"

Seeing that Fugaku Uchiha had caught on, Zhang Miao nodded again.

"That's right! Not only that, Madara Uchiha also obtained the First Hokage's flesh and blood during that battle, and then he..."

At that point, with Fugaku Uchiha watching expectantly, Zhang Miao seemed to remember something. He suddenly slapped his forehead and chuckled.

"Hehe, the rest is another secret. I can't tell you that!"

Fugaku Uchiha: "..."

This damned brat!