The Nine-Tails' Rebellion

"Camping here?" The Anbu member finished his sentence and took another look at Uchiha Gen. Only after spotting the Konoha forehead protector and the Uchiha clan crest did he lower his guard. In a village as vast as Konoha, many people visited landmarks like the Hokage Rock, but Uchiha Gen was the only one who would lay out a bedroll to sleep there at night. That was the only reason the Anbu had asked out of mere formality.

However, it wasn't a major issue, and the Uchiha clan was not a group to be trifled with. The Anbu could only offer a word of advice: "Forget it, just mind your reputation," and then he left.

By the night of October 10th, the passing Anbu had grown accustomed to Uchiha Gen's behavior. A strange Uchiha indeed—refusing to sleep in a bed, and on such a cold autumn night, choosing instead to lay out a bedroll on the Hokage Rock to watch the stars.

Late at night, a blood-red moon hung in the sky. Uchiha Gen focused on adjusting his state of mind, recalling various cool poses from before his transmigration. He was determined to use this opportunity to make a name for himself, build up some goodwill, and lay the foundation for bringing some women home to warm his bed. Fame! Exposure! Saving Konoha! Once he was a hero, wouldn't the girls be throwing themselves at him? It was much better than his current struggle of chasing them with no guarantee of success.

"ROAR!!!" A heart-shaking roar echoed through the air.

"The Nine-Tails?!!!" A hysterical scream followed.

Looking at the beautiful scenery in the distance, Uchiha Gen knew his time to shine had arrived.

"Audacious demon fox, how dare you show off your petty skills in front of me? Behold my Susanoo!!!" Uchiha Gen leaped off the Hokage Rock and, with a few flashes of movement, arrived before the Nine-Tails.

"ROAR!" The Nine-Tails didn't even spare a glance for the fool before it. Controlled by the Sharingan, its heart was filled only with destruction.

Meanwhile, in the distant Uchiha compound, Uchiha Fugaku watched the rampaging Nine-Tails and immediately gathered his clansmen to prepare for battle. He had even steeled himself to activate his Mangekyo Sharingan if necessary.

However—

"Uchiha Fugaku, by order of Elder Danzo, you are hereby commanded to organize your clansmen to evacuate the civilians!" a Root member stated, standing before Fugaku.

"But... Sigh," Uchiha Fugaku certainly knew what the Konoha higher-ups were thinking, but faced with this situation, he had no choice but to obey the order for the time being.

"BOOM!" With a thunderous sound, a white giant collided with the rampaging Nine-Tails in the distance.

"That is? Susanoo? Who is it?" Uchiha Fugaku stared at the distance in shock.

At this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had arrived at the sound of the commotion, was also stunned by the scene before him.

"Susanoo? Is it someone from the Uchiha clan? Who could it be? Fugaku? Or Yashiro?" Hiruzen Sarutobi pondered to himself, watching the Susanoo locked in battle with the Nine-Tails.

"Damn it! Third Hokage, what are you watching the show for? Hurry up and prepare the seal! Where is Uzumaki Kushina? If she's not dead, bring her here quickly and see if we can seal it back!" Feeling his ocular power draining layer by layer, Uchiha Gen jumped in frustration. This was only the second stage of Susanoo; clearly, a 'Gundam' wasn't something one could just pilot casually.

"You there, hold on for a moment, I'll go find Kushina right now!" Hiruzen Sarutobi finally snapped out of it and immediately issued orders, telling his Anbu subordinates to scatter and find Kushina and Minato.

"CHIRP!" A sharp, piercing sound rang out. A massive Tailed Beast Bomb slowly began to form in the Nine-Tails' mouth.

Sensing the fluctuations from ahead, Uchiha Gen didn't hesitate to pour all his ocular power into his technique. As layers of armor covered the giant, the Susanoo's height surged, and in an instant, a hundred-meter-tall titan stood between heaven and earth.

"BOOM!" The Tailed Beast Bomb struck like a cannonball.

The white Susanoo caught it with both hands and threw it toward the distant Forest of Death. Uchiha Gen's original plan had been to shove the bomb back onto the Nine-Tails, just like Senju Hashirama did in the original story. While he could do it, the problem was that both of them were currently inside Konoha. Even if he managed to injure the Nine-Tails, the shockwave would kill a large number of Konoha civilians.

This method was clearly unfeasible, so Uchiha Gen had no choice but to go for a long-distance shot.

"CHIRP!"

"You're still at it? Take my Uchiha Throat-Lock!" Seeing another Tailed Beast Bomb forming in the Nine-Tails' mouth, Uchiha Gen maneuvered his Susanoo to jump onto the beast's back, pressing both of the Susanoo's hands over the Nine-Tails' mouth while simultaneously choking its throat.

As the Nine-Tails was subdued, the panic among the Konoha civilians gradually stabilized, and the various clans and Anbu began to carry out evacuation and defense work in an orderly fashion.

From the appearance of the Nine-Tails to this moment, less than half an hour had passed. The area of destruction was limited, but the death toll was significant—at least a hundred casualties. It was easy to imagine that in the original story, the death toll was even higher; the main issue was simply the high population density of Konoha.

"Hiruzen Sarutobi, you old geezer, why haven't you brought people over yet!" Feeling that he had already lost tens of thousands of points of ocular power, Uchiha Gen's heart was bleeding.

"SWISH! Wood Style: Cutting Sprigs! THUD!" A branch struck Uchiha Gen's Susanoo, but it was completely useless.

Looking at the slightly stunned masked idiot, Uchiha Gen was also dumbfounded. Wood Style: Cutting Sprigs was powerful, but using it to poke a full-body Susanoo? This move was a bit too 'Danzo-like.' As an Uchiha, didn't he have even that much common sense?

Then, Uchiha Gen realized: Obito was a one-eyed man who had never activated Susanoo, so it was normal for him not to understand the mechanics. But it was still a mystery; in the original story, Uchiha Shisui could clearly activate Susanoo with a single eye! With White Zetsu as his backing, there was no reason Obito couldn't do it.

Wait, this question could be explained. The original story described Susanoo as a power that could only be learned by converging the power of both eyes to reach the 'Third Divine Power.' Obito had enough ocular power, but he lacked the conditions to learn it. Since he activated his Mangekyo, his eyes had never been used together. Shisui had learned Susanoo before losing an eye, while Obito had never learned it at all! Hahahaha, you foolish Obito, I've found your blind spot!

"Damn it, brat, how dare you space out while facing me? I am Uchiha Madara!" Obito roared in fury, seeing Uchiha Gen giggling inside the Susanoo.

"Brat your head! I'm your father, Uchiha Tajima! Why are you putting on such an act, Obito?" Uchiha Gen revealed the truth with a look of disdain.

"NANI???" Obito was shocked for a century.

"How do you know my identity? Could it be... your Mangekyo's ability?" After the shock, Obito immediately associated it with the various ocular techniques of the Mangekyo Sharingan.

"Everyone, come look! This masked man is Uchiha Obito! Hatake Kakashi, come quickly! If you don't come now, you won't get to see him!" Ignoring the shocked Obito, Uchiha Gen shouted at the top of his lungs to everyone nearby.

The masked creep: ...

"What? He's Obito?"

"Didn't Obito die?"

"Looking at this situation, MASAKA! Could the person controlling the Nine-Tails be Obito?"

"Obito? Who's that?"

"Hatake Kakashi's teammate, died in the Battle of Kannabi Bridge."

"Kakashi's teammate? Shouldn't he be on our side in Konoha?"

"He used to be, but now he clearly isn't!"

Although the civilians had been evacuated, more and more Konoha ninjas were arriving. While not many knew Obito, quite a few did!