Night
Uchiha Nan returned to his residence and lay his exhausted body on the soft mattress, feeling both body and mind healed.
"Manji, right there!"
"Harder!!"
"Don't go easy on me!!!"
Manji was diligently massaging Uchiha Nan. Once he found the right pressure point, he launched a fierce assault, his technique practiced enough that he had become an outstanding massage therapist.
His soft cat-paw pads continuously stroked Uchiha Nan's body, easing his tense muscles. It was simply the ultimate pleasure.
And the price was quite affordable—just one bottle of catnip!
In his haze, Uchiha Nan reviewed everything he had done today.
After Uchiha Nan accepted the Magatama and became Clan Head, the Uchiha elders could not wait to hold a grand inauguration ceremony for him, afraid he might suddenly regret becoming Clan Head.
The location was naturally still Naka Shrine. However, the small room inside had been crammed full of people, and there was ultimately not enough room, forcing some to stand outside and observe the ceremony.
The succession process was naturally rather cumbersome, but none of that mattered. They were already here.
The only thing Uchiha Nan truly cared about was that stone tablet.
The very stone tablet that had fooled Uchiha Madara so thoroughly.
Although Uchiha Nan already knew the truth—the Moon Eye Plan was merely a pyramid scheme using someone else's body as its shell.
Using Uchiha Madara's body to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki.
Still, he wanted to see exactly how Black Zetsu, that little bastard, had written it.
"A beautiful goddess was born upon this continent: the Rabbit Goddess."
"Before the goddess appeared, the continent was still ravaged by war, and countless people died every day due to all kinds of conflicts.
The kind goddess could not bear to see people suffer, so she used her wisdom and power to establish a great nation.
A long era of peace emerged. The goddess also gave birth to two sons, whom she named Hagoromo and Hamura. I, Hagoromo Otsutsuki, am her son, and the people of that era called me the Sage of Six Paths.
Yet good times did not last. Even the perfect nation Mother created could not bring eternal peace. Prolonged peace still could not prevent the rise of ambitious men, and war once more swept across the continent.
Mother stepped forward again, using her unrivaled power to swiftly quell the war and punish those responsible.
The continent gained another period of peace, but history continued to repeat itself.
Thus, Mother began pondering how to bring true peace to the Ninja World. Not long afterward, she devised an unprecedented ninjutsu. Regrettably, before she could carry it out, she vanished without a trace.
I inherited Mother's will and hoped to bring eternal peace to the Ninja World. However, I did not choose Mother's method, for I believed it was too extreme.
I traveled across the entire continent, wielding the power I inherited from Mother. While eliminating evil demons and monsters from the land, I also pondered how to bring peace to the Ninja World.
Through long practice, I discovered that Mother's power could condense into Chakra Seeds and be passed on to others. Those who possessed Chakra Seeds could resonate with one another spiritually and understand each other through Chakra in an instant.
I believed that tolerance and love could allow people to understand one another. So long as people could understand each other, peace would arrive.
And I had already solved the only difficulty of the past. I looked forward to the arrival of eternal peace.
But I was wrong. Terribly wrong.
Those who possessed Chakra gradually gained power beyond ordinary people. They used Chakra to create ninjutsu, and wars on an even greater scale than before were born.
The war continued for a long time.
After reflecting deeply on the pain it had caused, I began studying Mother's path. At last, following Mother's line of thought, I created a ninjutsu capable of covering the entire Ninja World—a technique that could achieve eternal peace!
Unfortunately, I did not have enough time. I had grown old and frail, no longer capable of activating this technique.
I could only place my hopes on those who came after me.
The conditions required to activate the ninjutsu are:
What followed was a blur of writing, which could only be seen clearly with the Dojutsu of the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
To be fair, Black Zetsu had made up a pretty good story.
Having endured the suffering of war, Uchiha Madara had ultimately relied on his and Hashirama's overwhelming strength to bring a brief peace to the entire Ninja World. Yet beneath the surface, currents still churned, and friction never ceased.
Once Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju died, the Ninja World would return to the flames of war. Not to mention that Hashirama had united the various ninja clans into ninja villages—the wars of the future would be even more brutal than those of the Warring States period.
In the past, wars had been fought between clans. Now, they were fought between ninja villages, and their intensity far exceeded anything from before.
Uchiha Madara understood this perfectly. His journey of the heart was astonishingly similar to that of the Rabbit Goddess and the Sage of Six Paths from a thousand years ago.
Hashirama Senju's approach simply could not work. Disappointed, Uchiha Madara left Konoha and decided to continue along the Sage of Six Paths' path.
Pitiful. Truly pitiful!
What was Uchiha Madara doing right now?
Most likely clinging to life in some dark underground hole, endlessly trying to figure out how to awaken the Rinnegan.
Uchiha Nan silently mourned for Uchiha Madara for three seconds. Black Zetsu's entire scheme was basically rubbing directly against the Uchiha's sweet spot.
Any Uchiha who awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan was bound to have gone through unimaginably dark experiences and become disappointed in the entire world.
The Moon Eye Plan was undoubtedly a guiding beacon, sending Uchiha Madara racing headlong into the trap.
But none of this could fool me!
Uchiha Nan felt rather pleased with himself and could not help fantasizing. If his luck came through one day and he pulled a gold, getting a Chakra Fruit, wouldn't that be absolutely amazing?
The moment he saw Black Zetsu, he could directly become his father.
Thinking of Kaguya Otsutsuki's cold personality, pale skin, and the horns on her head, she would be pretty convenient to use too—
Just thinking about that feeling...
Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Manji's massage left Uchiha Nan's whole body limp and numb. With thoughts unsuitable for children filling his mind, he comfortably drifted off to sleep.
Uchiha Nan slept soundly, but at the other end of Konoha, the room of the Hyuga Clan Head was still brightly lit.
Hyuga Takuma was too anxious to sleep.
He was truly terrified!
The news of Hokage Tobirama Senju's death had been confirmed. As soon as Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, Torifu Akimichi, and Shimura Danzō from the six-man group returned home, they were surrounded inside and out, and their clans had already extracted most of the intelligence they carried.
Hyuga Takuma naturally gathered all that information with ease. Before one wave had settled, another rose—something had happened within the Uchiha Clan again.
Quietly, the Uchiha Clan had changed Clan Heads. The current Uchiha Clan Head, Uchiha Nan, had awakened the legendary Mangekyō Sharingan. The power of the great demon king Uchiha Madara had reappeared in Konoha!
Hyuga Takuma felt that Konoha was like a powder keg that could explode from the slightest spark, sending even the Hyuga Clan flying into the sky with it.
Crisis also brought opportunity. Hyuga Takuma did not want to drift with the tide and wait helplessly for death.
"How are things with Mito-sama?"
"When I visited last time, she said she was unwell. Is there any news now?"
Hyuga Takuma asked. Hyuga Kunihiko, who stood waiting at the side, immediately answered respectfully:
"Not yet, Clan Head."
"Mito-sama has remained behind closed doors. The Senju Clan has not released a single word."
Hyuga Takuma sighed. He had originally planned to meet with Mito Uzumaki to discuss Konoha's Future and the candidate for Third Hokage, but Mito Uzumaki had given him no opportunity at all.
Now that the Uchiha Clan had produced a Mangekyō Sharingan, and there was still no reply even under these circumstances, he had no idea what she meant.
Conflict filled Hyuga Takuma's face. After a while, he finally made up his mind and said:
"Go. Make preparations tomorrow."
"I want to meet the Uchiha's new Clan Head. Remember not to attract attention."
"Yes."
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