If not for Uchiha Gen, given Madara's personality, he would rather have waited a few more years, dragging out his feeble existence until he could pick out a qualified successor.
Now, he could only pick the tallest dwarf among short ones, choosing a barely passable Uchiha Fugaku.
With Uchiha Gen's heaven-defying growth rate, he really could not guarantee what kind of negative impact this brat might have on his own plan.
Even though Uchiha Gen did not have a biological brother like him who could awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan and donate his eyes to help achieve the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, he remained a frontline powerhouse in the Ninja World even without a Mangekyo.
Considering his age and with the assistance of a Mangekyo, it was entirely possible he would grow to a point where no one could control him.
After all, this era no longer possessed peerless powerhouses like Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara.
And his previous actions had inevitably offended Uchiha Gen. Unable to control him as his own successor, if his own successor appeared, they would inevitably clash with Uchiha Gen.
Madara had to hurry and cultivate a sufficiently strong and qualified successor to inherit everything he left behind, possessing enough strength and trump cards to contend and play games against Uchiha Gen.
Fugaku was the most suitable choice.
"So you should be even more grateful that old man's only choice is you."
Uchiha Madara lowered his gaze and stared at Fugaku.
"I will help you obtain eyes as powerful as his, and I will help you inherit everything I leave behind, gaining the physical power of the Sage of Six Paths that Uchiha Gen lacks. That will be the beginning of your surpassing Uchiha Gen, and once everything succeeds, you will even obtain all the things you