"Our Uchiha Clan... wasn't massacred? What exactly is going on?!"
"And Lord Yue actually wants Father to lead the Uchiha Clan's shinobi forces and declare war on the Land of Fire in the name of Akatsuki's Asura?"
"Why... why is that?"
When Uchiha Yue spoke with Uchiha Fugaku, he had neither set up a barrier nor intended to hide anything from Uchiha Sasuke.
Therefore, Yue knew that Sasuke was eavesdropping outside the door; he simply did not point it out to Fugaku. And judging from Sasuke's form of address, it was clear that Yue had successfully tamed him. At the very least, Sasuke could now respectfully call him "Lord Yue," couldn't he?
However, as Sasuke listened to Yue's words, he was utterly bewildered. Fugaku, who had once been a politician, understood the meaning behind Yue's words.
So, what exactly was Uchiha Yue planning to do?
The answer was simple.
What Uchiha Yue intended to do was nothing less than unveil the opening of the Fourth Shinobi World War!
The Fourth Shinobi World War of the Shinobi World, following the end of the Third Shinobi World War!
In the original Naruto story, the Fourth Shinobi World War took place nearly ten years later, when every shinobi village had recovered and was already itching to make a move. However, in the original story, the "fallen" Uchiha Obito intimidated the Five Great Shinobi Villages in Uchiha Madara's name, which was why the five villages could form an alliance and begin the Fourth Shinobi World War.
But now, even if Dark Asura could intimidate every shinobi village in the Shinobi World, Uchiha Yue had no intention of starting a war in Dark Asura's name. Thus, the Fourth Shinobi World War Yue and the others would face would certainly not be the united war of