Uchiha Yuan's Secret Gathering

Boom!

Boom boom!

Powerful ninjutsu struck the Nine-Tails, but it only served to enrage the beast, unable to inflict any real damage.

Uchiha Yuan stood with his arms crossed, calmly observing in the surging wind. He also noticed the Sharingan imprint in the Nine-Tails' eyes.

Stupid Obito.

Although the Sharingan-controlled Nine-Tails was frenzied, its responses to the ninja's encirclement had become stiff and sluggish, only charging forward mindlessly.

Amidst screams, a squad of ninja was swatted away by the Nine-Tails' claw.

"Bang!"

Enma, transformed into the Adamantine Staff, smashed fiercely onto the Nine-Tails' head, forcing it to take a step back.

"Fire Style - Fireball Jutsu."

Hiruzen Sarutobi leaped into the air, holding five giant fireballs aloft and hurling them at the Nine-Tails.

The five fireballs exploded in the Nine-Tails' massive maw, engulfing its head in surging flames.

The next second, the flames dissipated, and an extremely terrifying chakra fluctuation appeared.

The Nine-Tails opened its mouth wide, and countless lights of various colors converged from its surroundings, forming a ball of light before its gaping jaws.

"This is bad! It's a Tailed Beast Bomb."

"We have to stop it, or the village will be destroyed."

The ninja were greatly alarmed, unleashing their ninjutsu with all their might in an attempt to interrupt the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb formation.

However, to their despairing eyes, the Tailed Beast Bomb took shape and shot towards the village center behind them.

At the critical moment, a figure flashed into existence; the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, appeared.

Flying Thunder God Technique - Rasengan.

Four kunai flew out, forming an invisible net that intercepted the Tailed Beast Bomb, which was then teleported outside the village.

Boom!

A world-shattering explosion occurred far outside the village, the night sky instantly illuminated as bright as day.

The next moment, the Fourth Hokage flashed beside the Nine-Tails, grabbed it, and then activated the Flying Thunder God Technique, making the Nine-Tails disappear from its spot.

Uchiha Yuan's gaze shifted towards the rear of the village, where the Nine-Tails' aura instantly appeared.

'The Fourth Hokage is indeed formidable, actually developing Flying Thunder God Technique: Guiding Thunder as a secondary application; this ninjutsu definitely involves the application of space.'

Uchiha Yuan had just used his spiritual power to probe and firmly remembered the spatial fluctuation frequency when Flying Thunder God Technique: Guiding Thunder appeared.

This would be excellent reference material for his future research into the spatial fluctuations of Summoning Technique. In his opinion, the Flying Thunder God Technique was developed by reversing the summoning aspect of Summoning Technique.

While contemplating, Uchiha Yuan suddenly sensed the Nine-Tails' aura disappear.

He knew the Nine-Tails had been sealed once more.

"Goodbye, Fourth Hokage."

"Uchiha has no other choice."

Gazing in the direction where the Nine-Tails' aura vanished, Uchiha Yuan whispered softly, then his figure flashed and he disappeared from the branch.

The next day, the entire Konohagakure was shrouded in deep sorrow.

At the location of the Memorial Stone, everyone was dressed in black, standing silently with solemn expressions.

Konoha 48, October 10th, the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, sacrificed himself during the Nine-Tails' Rampage.

"...As long as there are people who continue to pursue what they believe in, the fire of their will shall never be extinguished. The shadow of the fire will cover the village of Konoha, and a new sprout will grow. When people protect something precious to them, that is when they're truly strongest...

...Finally, everyone, remember where leaves dance, there is fire, and the fire will continue to burn."

Uchiha Yuan stood amidst the mourning crowd, watching the memorial ceremony for the victims of the Nine-Tails' night, led by Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Then his gaze shifted, and he saw a familiar tuft of white hair in front of him.

Even though they were far apart, Uchiha Yuan could still feel the overwhelming grief and loneliness radiating from Kakashi at that moment.

A moment later, the memorial event concluded.

The crowd slowly dispersed, but many people went to the Memorial Stone belonging to their deceased loved ones to weep.

Kakashi did not leave. He stood motionlessly before the Memorial Stone of the Fourth Hokage and his wife.

"Senior Kakashi."

Uchiha Yuan walked up to Kakashi's side and called out.

Kakashi remained motionless, not responding to Uchiha Yuan.

Seeing this, Uchiha Yuan stopped speaking. He knew that Kakashi at this moment did not want to be disturbed and just wanted to be alone.

His gaze lingered on the names of the Fourth Hokage and his wife on the Memorial Stone for a moment, then Uchiha Yuan turned and left.

Based on his memories from his past life, he knew that the Fourth Hokage and his wife had believed their child, Naruto, would grow up as the son of a hero.

But they never expected to have entrusted their hopes to the wrong person; Naruto had grown up amidst the scolding and disdain of everyone.

After mourning the victims of the Nine-Tails' Rampage, the village began clearing the ruins and preparing for reconstruction.

Not long after, the Uchiha clan received an order from the village to relocate their clan grounds, which filled the entire Uchiha clan with immense anger.

As the two great clans that founded the Hidden Leaf Village, both the Uchiha and the Senju had their clan grounds located in the prime areas of the entire village.

Yet now, the new clan grounds for the Uchiha clan were located in a remote outer area of the village.

Night.

Uchiha Yuan walked alone on a secluded path within the clan grounds, finally arriving at a warehouse district in a corner of the grounds.

In front of a warehouse, Uchiha Yuan stopped and pushed open the iron gate at the entrance.

"Leader."

Inside the warehouse, about thirty Uchiha children had already gathered. The older ones were around Uchiha Yuan's age, while the younger ones were about seven or eight.

Upon seeing Uchiha Yuan appear, their faces all showed reverence as they called out in unison.

These children were all loyal followers of Uchiha Yuan. Most of them had been deemed to have poor ninja aptitude, likely unable to even refine chakra, and were destined to be ordinary people.

It was Uchiha Yuan who recruited them and taught them a peculiar breathing technique, allowing them to begin possessing power.

"Leader, I still can't successfully release the Great Fireball Technique..."

"Leader, I feel that the chakra circulation in these meridians is very unsmooth."

After Uchiha Yuan arrived, people constantly sought his guidance on cultivation issues.

After some time, Uchiha Yuan waved his hand, signaling everyone to stop training.

His sharp gaze swept across them, and he said, "Regarding the village's demand for the clan to relocate its grounds, what are everyone's thoughts?"

Upon hearing this, the crowd immediately began to chatter, their words filled with dissatisfaction.

"Damn it, the new clan grounds arranged by the village are actually in a remote area on the outskirts of the village," one person complained.

"This is the village's humiliation of the Uchiha," another person shouted angrily.

"That's right, what does the village want to do!"

"I don't understand how the clan head could agree to such a demand from the village!"

Uchiha Yuan raised his hand to signal everyone to quiet down, then formed an Earth Release hand seal with one hand. Instantly, a sand model depicting the village's layout appeared before everyone.

"Everyone, look at the location of our new clan grounds. Do you notice anything?" Uchiha Yuan said, pointing to a certain spot on the sand model.

Everyone turned their gazes to the sand table. After observing it carefully, they began discussing their findings.

A moment later, a boy named Uchiha Kijin spoke up, "Leader, it seems our new clan territory is surrounded by other ninja clans."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions changed drastically, and their eyes fixed on the sand table as they began to examine it closely.

Uchiha Yuan said gravely, "That's right, we are surrounded. The village no longer trusts us Uchihas...

No, it's more accurate to say the village never trusted the Uchihas. They are just no longer hiding their malice."

Hearing Uchiha Yuan's words, the crowd, still reeling from the shock of discovering their territory was surrounded, looked confused.

"Why?"

"Yeah, why would the village treat us like this?"

"..."

"We Uchihas established Konoha with the Senju..."

Uchiha Yuan listened to their words and called out, "Everyone, quiet down."

After everyone quieted down, he said, "You are all wondering why the village is targeting us Uchihas like this. We Uchihas are the founders of Konoha."

"As I just said, the village never trusted the Uchihas."

At this moment, a boy from a ninja family spoke up, "I know this. It's the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju. He has always been hostile towards us Uchihas. When my father attended clan meetings, the senior ninja in the clan would often curse Tobirama Senju."

Uchiha Yuan nodded and said, "That's right. As Kaze no said, the village's targeting of the Uchihas began during Tobirama Senju's era."

"And the reason for all of this is our Uchiha strength, especially the Sharingan, which they fear."

"For a long time, the village and the clan have been in a silent struggle. Don't be fooled by the fact that we Uchihas control the police force and it sounds powerful.

Because of this, we Uchihas have always been excluded from the village's center of power."

What!