Night fell.
Uchiha Yue strolled through the bustling streets, savoring his last moments of leisure.
War...
was about to begin!
It would be the Fourth Shinobi World War whose curtain Uchiha Yue would raise, an unprecedented war destined to last at least ten years.
On this night, many people surely would not be able to sleep peacefully.
Uchiha Yue himself had many things to do. He wanted to thoroughly examine his plans, and he also wanted to properly study the Death God's energy in his possession.
Uchiha Sasuke was in the Uchiha Clan compound, presumably preparing to have a serious talk with Uchiha Fugaku about the Uchiha Clan and uncover the secrets of the past.
Uchiha Yue did not know whether Uchiha Sasuke would, like in the original Naruto story, learn the truth about Uchiha Itachi and the Uchiha Clan before straying down the wrong path. Uchiha Yue only knew that it was a wonderful outcome that Uchiha Itachi would not have to die at Uchiha Sasuke's hands, and with Uchiha Sasuke's family still alive, his path in life was surely destined to differ from that of the original Naruto story.
Uzumaki Naruto, on the other hand, had it easier.
Simple-minded as he was, he would not wake up tonight—or even for the next few days—because Uchiha Yue had truly drained far too much of Uzumaki Naruto's strength while controlling his body in battle. Fortunately, Uzumaki Naruto possessed the Uzumaki Bloodline. Otherwise, the protagonist of the original Naruto story would probably have been played to death by Uchiha Yue.
And then there was Uchiha Madara.
Now that he had become Uchiha Yue's puppet, would he be able to sleep peacefully tonight?
Or, having only just become Uchiha Yue's puppet, would Uchiha Madara already be thinking of how to betray him,