Fugaku Uchiha's Shock

Zhang Miao's words completely and utterly shocked Fugaku Uchiha.

If Zhang Miao had asked, "Who controlled the Nine-Tails?", Fugaku wouldn't have been so stunned. But Zhang Miao's exact words were, "Who used the Mangekyo Sharingan to control the Nine-Tails?"

This undoubtedly revealed two crucial pieces of information:

First, the person who controlled the Nine-Tails to attack Konohagakure was someone from the Uchiha clan!

Second, Zhang Miao knew that the Mangekyo Sharingan could control the Nine-Tails!

In fact, as early as eight years after Konoha's founding, Madara Uchiha had controlled the Nine-Tails to attack Konohagakure. He was later defeated by the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, at the Valley of the End, which became known as the "Battle of the End Valley."

Since then, the villagers of Konohagakure had become estranged from and suspicious of the Uchiha clan, fearing that another person like Madara Uchiha might emerge from their ranks.

However, no one knew exactly how Madara Uchiha controlled the Nine-Tails, not even members of the Uchiha clan themselves.

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

This secret was something Fugaku Uchiha saw on the Uchiha clan's stone tablet after awakening his Mangekyo Sharingan. He had never told anyone, not even his own clan!

Fugaku Uchiha did this because he was well aware that if the villagers of Konohagakure knew he possessed the ability to control the Nine-Tails, the Uchiha clan's situation would become even more precarious. They might even blame him for the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha!

And telling the Uchiha clan was even more out of the question. The clan was already dissatisfied with Konoha's leadership. If they knew he had the power to control Tailed Beasts, they might harbor inappropriate ambitions!

For these reasons, Fugaku Uchiha had kept this secret tightly guarded. He never expected that this secret would be revealed by a child!

The shock this brought to Fugaku Uchiha was immense. It took him a long time to recover from his profound astonishment.

Looking at Zhang Miao, who wore a half-smile, Fugaku Uchiha closed his eyes and took a deep breath. After calming himself as much as possible, he spoke to Zhang Miao again.

"What do you want?"

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

"All I want is for you to release my subordinate. I have no hostility towards the Uchiha, and I believe the Uchiha clan won't let the traitor who attacked Konoha off the hook, right?"

"Of course!" As soon as Zhang Miao finished speaking, Fugaku Uchiha immediately nodded. "As the Konohagakure's Police Force, the Uchiha will never let anyone who is detrimental to Konohagakure go, even if that person was once a member of the Uchiha!"

Fugaku Uchiha's use of the word "once" undoubtedly indicated that the Uchiha clan had no connection to this incident.

Hearing his resolute words, Zhang Miao nodded immediately.

"Mhm, I believe the Uchiha clan head. However, I think you should release my subordinate first. Oh, right, his name is Might Wei. He has thick eyebrows and a bowl cut, and he's wearing a green tight suit. He's very easy to identify!"

"No problem, I'll have him released right away!" As he said this, Fugaku Uchiha shouted outside the door. "Someone!"

As soon as he spoke, the door opened, and a member of the Police Force entered, respectfully calling out.

"Captain!"

"Mhm!" Fugaku Uchiha nodded first, then spoke. "Today, our department arrested someone named Might Wei. Whoever brought him in, go and release him immediately!"

"Yes!"

Hearing Fugaku Uchiha's words, the member of the Police Force immediately agreed, then turned and left. It seemed he was going to release the person.

After he left, Fugaku Uchiha looked back at Zhang Miao.

"So, can you tell me now which Uchiha traitor controlled the Nine-Tails to attack Konoha?"

"Of course!"

Since his objective had been achieved, Zhang Miao was straightforward and immediately told Fugaku Uchiha the truth.

"The person who controlled the Nine-Tails to attack Konoha was Obito Uchiha, a subordinate of Minato Namikaze. Everyone thought he died in the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, but in reality, he didn't. He was saved by Madara Uchiha!"

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

In Fugaku Uchiha's opinion, the news that Obito Uchiha was still alive was far less explosive than the news that Madara Uchiha was still alive!

Because in his understanding, Madara Uchiha should have been killed by the First Hokage in the Battle of the End Valley. How could he not be shocked to hear Zhang Miao say Madara Uchiha was still alive?

Seeing Fugaku Uchiha's disbelieving expression, Zhang Miao chuckled again.

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

As soon as Zhang Miao finished speaking, Fugaku Uchiha seemed to recall something and his eyes widened again.

"Izanagi?"

Fugaku Uchiha certainly knew about Izanagi. In fact, almost everyone in the Uchiha clan knew about it.

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

The function of Izanagi was to record the user's own state with the Sharingan at the moment the ninjutsu was activated. As long as it was within the effective time of the technique, the user could revert to the state recorded by the Sharingan.

In other words, as long as the user was within the effective time of Izanagi, no matter what kind of damage they suffered, even death, they could return to the state they were in when they activated Izanagi.

It was equivalent to a rollback or reset in a game!

Of course, such a powerful technique was not without its cost. Once the Sharingan user employed Izanagi, the Sharingan used to record the state would permanently lose its light.

This meant that every Uchiha clan member with a Sharingan could only use Izanagi twice in their lifetime.

But regardless, Izanagi was still an incredibly powerful ability. After all, trading an eye for a life was always a good deal.

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 Fugaku Uchiha's reaction, Zhang Miao nodded again.

"Yes! Not only that, but in that battle, Madara Uchiha also obtained the flesh and blood of the First Hokage, and then he..."

At this point, with Fugaku Uchiha looking on expectantly, Zhang Miao seemed to remember something, slapped his own head, and then chuckled.

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

Fugaku Uchiha: "..."

This detestable brat!