Who the founder of the Uchiha Clan was was something Uchiha Fugaku had never looked deeply into before.
But to the Uchiha Clan of Konoha Village, the ancestor in their hearts was Uchiha Madara.
After all, it was he who had led their clansmen to end their years-long war with the Senju Clan, founded the present-day Konoha Village, and gave the clan a stable life.
When Uchiha Fugaku first met the living Uchiha Madara, he was undoubtedly thrilled.
After all, Uchiha Madara, like Senju Hashirama, the "God of Shinobi," was a legendary ninja.
The First Hokage had already been dead for many years. In the entire ninja world now, who could possibly be Uchiha Madara's match?
As the Uchiha Clan's patriarch, Fugaku truly cared deeply about the entire clan. In fact, he put far more thought into the clan than he did into his own family.
As patriarch, he had the qualifications to enter the Uchiha Clan's former territory. There, he learned some unknown secrets, as well as just how powerful the Uchiha Clan had once been.
But that also filled him with grief. The Uchiha Clan of old had been one of the foremost ninja clans in the entire ninja world.
Yet now, they could barely hold onto their position as Konoha's leading ninja clan. At this rate, the Uchiha Clan might very well perish in his hands.
It was precisely because he was unwilling to accept that fate that Uchiha Fugaku, guided by Black Zetsu, met the supposedly dead Uchiha Madara.
The moment he saw Uchiha Madara, this "ancestor," Uchiha Fugaku excitedly expressed his hope that Madara would return to take charge and help the Uchiha Clan suppress the Hyuga Clan, reclaiming their place as Konoha's foremost noble clan.
However, in response to Uchiha Fugaku's "grand ambition," the