Uchiha War noticed Utatane Koharu's warning but paid it no mind. He stretched and then said, "Tell the elders we're going home!"
The Uchiha ninjas trembled with excitement. A few of them even awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, advancing straight from the Two-Tomoe Sharingan!
Shikaku Nara asked around to find out what Uchiha War had done inside. By the end, he was trembling with excitement too.
First, he had seized the initiative by striking first, giving Mitokado Homura a hard slap and using genjutsu to rob Utatane Koharu of her ability to resist.
Second, he had negotiated, driving the price down as much as possible, and ended up getting a renovated estate.
Third, this way, they could avoid a bloodbath while showing everyone that the Uchiha had returned not to kill, but to live alongside them.
That made Shikaku Nara wholeheartedly accept Uchiha War. If War had chosen to settle everything through force alone, Shikaku would have seen him as nothing more than a brute and would have led Ino-Shika-Cho in feigning submission.
He would have treated Uchiha War the same way he had treated Sarutobi Hiruzen.
However, the outcome had been good. Uchiha War had proved himself a capable leader, one who believed in the righteous path.
Meanwhile, elsewhere...
A cave in Kirigakure.
Uchiha Obito appeared out of thin air. Clutching his badly scorched mask, he panted heavily, then grabbed a water jug from his table and gulped down a mouthful.
Only after his racing heart had calmed did he speak. "Black Zetsu!"
"What is it, Obito?" Black Zetsu replied in a refined, loyal voice.
"Call me Madara! I am Madara now!" Uchiha Obito said coldly.
Black Zetsu grumbled inwardly. You're Madara? Don't make me laugh. If you were Madara, you'd have stormed in through the front gate during the