I Am the Ancestress of Chakra, After All

"Clan Chief Madara, what do you think of the clan now?" Uchiha Shingen, his expression revealing anticipation at just the right moment.

"I admit I'm surprised; the backbone of this clan hasn't disappeared." Uchiha Madara's expression remained unchanged.

Black Zetsu had told him that Uchiha Shingen likely knew the true time of his death.

He doesn't mind doing this in front of him now.

The veracity of this information is irrelevant; what he values is its quality.

Foolish subordinates are worse than none at all.

The brain is more important than the eyes.

To see if someone has a brain, just look at the details of how they handle people.

Uchiha Madara as a child did not actually exhibit the characteristics of a super genius.

He is not the same as Senju Hashirama.

Taking the Sharingan as an example, Uchiha Madara's awakening time was only considered average for the Uchiha Clan, which was known for producing geniuses who frequently broke records.

But he ultimately became synonymous with power in the Ninja World.

The only one who could surpass him, Senju Hashirama, earned the title of God of Shinobi, which in turn proved how Uchiha Madara was viewed in that era—only a god could defeat Uchiha Madara.

Uchiha Madara possessed sufficient perseverance and patience, which, combined with his potential, made him the strongest clan leader in the history of the Uchiha Clan.

Every aspect of Uchiha Shingen was very much to Uchiha Madara's liking.

Uchiha Shingen possessed talent, perseverance, and patience. Furthermore, he mastered power rather than being mastered by it.

In his dealings with others, Uchiha Shingen used power cautiously and did not blindly believe in violence.

This was exactly what Uchiha Madara liked.

Subduing others with force was the persona that Uchiha Madara cultivated for himself Daigo enough. He embarked on his current path after weighing the pros and cons for a long time and confirming that other paths were completely blocked before making this decision.

During this period, while maintaining his public persona, Uchiha Madara also tried his best to leverage the influence he had left behind to increase his popularity within the Uchiha Clan.

There are many ways to alleviate obstacles, and Uchiha Madara knew this family very well.

This family has returned to its former glory and is no longer a domesticated dog kept by Leaf Village.

The Uchiha Clan of the past, devoid of any killing intent, were arrogant when powerless and willing to serve as lackeys when powerful, squandering the prestige that their ancestors had worked so hard to maintain during the Warring States period.

Eliminating those Uchiha Clan is protecting the Uchiha Clan.

"I once hoped that peace could be achieved through mutual understanding between people, but this idea has been proven wrong," Uchiha Madara said. "You two should understand this very well."

"Yes..." Uchiha Setsuna sighed, "After you left, the clan declined day by day, and only in recent years has it turned around."

At this point, he looked at Uchiha Shingen and felt genuinely fortunate.

Uchiha Shingen's style was very different from Uchiha Madara's, but he achieved the same "effect" that Uchiha Madara had when he was still a member of the Uchiha Clan.

In the current Ninja World, the name Uchiha Clan is synonymous with someone who cannot be trifled with.

"Only with great power and effective goals can peace be achieved," Uchiha Madara said. "I already know the answer, and I want to share it with you."

"I would like to hear the details," said Uchiha Shingen.

"With our combined strength, we can collect the Tailed Beasts in the shortest amount of time. This was Senju Hashirama's biggest mistake," Uchiha Madara said. "We can correct this mistake first."

After Uchiha Madara was taken out of the game as planned, Hidden Leaf Village began its large-scale campaign against the Tailed Beasts.

The Uchiha Clan ninjas also played a significant role in this.

With the eight Tailed Beasts at his disposal, Uchiha Madara thought that Senju Tobirama would be the next to begin his ambition to control the entire Ninja World.

Unexpectedly, Leaf Village started doing business.

Aside from the Nine-Tails they obtained from him, they sold the other seven.

Uchiha Madara knew that this was another manifestation of Senju Hashirama's obsession.

The Eye of the Moon Plan may not necessarily make us enemies of the entire world, but it will definitely make us enemies of the five major villages.

This effectively strengthens the power of the other four villages as well.

Although Uchiha Madara didn't take the Tailed Beasts seriously, the future looked promising if the Tailed Beasts and the ninja village were combined.

After the First Shinobi World War, he set his sights on Kirigakure and exerted influence on the Kirigakure by cooperating with the Third Mizukage.

This included the implementation of policies within the Bloody Mist.

On the surface, this policy seems to have more advantages than disadvantages, and the actual results after its implementation are clear.

However, by utilizing the financial and material resources of Kirigakure, Uchiha Madara obtained sufficient research funding and established his own laboratory.

Kirigakure has also been weakened.

By the time of the Third Ninja World War, Uchiha Madara was pleased to see that Hidden Leaf Village had also begun its decline.

However, the Third's era ended too soon, a fact that Uchiha Madara found regrettable.

If the Sarutobi Clan era had lasted another ten years, Hidden Leaf Village's strength would have steadily declined, thus fueling further ambitions from other villages.

Only in a chaotic Ninja World could his many plans take effect.

"You've all seen the ancestral stone tablet, especially you, Shingen. With your Rinnegan, you should have seen it too, right? The Infinite Tsukuyomi." Uchiha Madara stared at Uchiha Shingen. "What are your thoughts?"

"It's hard to say," said Uchiha Shingen. "That part was recorded in the form of mythology, but mythology is just a fragment of history. It is different from history. Distortion and symbolism are its characteristics. Without enough material, its authenticity cannot be determined."

Direct rebuttal is not an effective method. The fact that Uchiha Madara believed it so readily shows that Black Zetsu did a very thorough job in the early stages.

In Uchiha Shingen's memory, Uchiha Madara was not someone who was easily fooled; on the contrary, he was a skeptic, almost to the point of being a contrarian.

Black Zetsu had been preparing and planning for a thousand years before acquiring Uchiha Madara as a perfect pawn.

To render Black Zetsu's preliminary work useless, Uchiha Shingen had no choice but to bring out Kaguya Otsutsuki.

But he just can't do that.

Uchiha Madara and Kaguya Otsutsuki were to team up, they would truly be unstoppable.

"It's good that you have doubts." Uchiha Madara nodded. "I didn't fully believe it at first either, but now I can tell you with certainty that it is true. In the ancient times, that princess used the power of Chakra to quell the chaos and created peace with the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Until the Sage of Six Paths defeated the Ten-Tails and recreated the world we have now, but it is a failed world."

"If peace had truly been achieved, why would the Ten-Tails have caused such a disturbance?" Uchiha Shingen asked in a purely analytical tone, "Isn't it logically quite illogical?"

"There's nothing wrong with it. The princess's power comes from the Chakra God Tree, and the God Tree, having lost its fruit, transformed into the Ten-Tails. After the princess's death, it attempted to reclaim its Chakra, which makes perfect sense," Uchiha Madara said. "This is a natural disaster, not a man-made one. We only need to gather the power of the Tailed Beasts again, revive the Ten-Tails, and make it the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. Then we can have the power to suppress this world and once again grant it true peace with the Infinite Tsukuyomi."

"So that's how it works." Uchiha Shingen looked enlightened. "But if it were that simple, why didn't the Sage of Six Paths just become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki? Why didn't he follow that princess's strategy?"

"Because he doesn't have the conditions we have now." Uchiha Madara. "The power of the Ten-Tails far exceeds the combined power of the Nine Tailed Beasts, but we only need to defeat and seal the Nine Tailed Beasts one by one. The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path the body of the Ten-Tails, so we can control the Ten-Tails by controlling the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path from the beginning."

He paused for a moment, then continued to answer Uchiha Shingen's second question.

"Everything the Sage of Six Paths created was a failure, but he himself was convinced that this was the right path. I think he was like Hashirama, possessing immense power but being too naive."

"Alright... Clan Chief Madara, you also possess the Rinnegan, why didn't you do this in your previous life?"

"I acquired these eyes too late; by then, I no longer possessed the ability. But you now have the full capacity. I can assist you. I was unable to fulfill Izuna's last wish in my lifetime. If a successor can do it, I can return to the Pure Land in peace."

I won't believe your nonsense, you wicked old devil!

"Logically speaking, I shouldn't refuse you." Uchiha Shingen hesitated. "But even if it's Clan Chief Madara, I can't easily agree to and believe that such a verification result is true. Besides, taking such action would have too great an impact. Everything I have today is inseparable from the support of my clan, so I also have to be responsible for my clan."

"It's alright. Even if you agreed immediately, I wouldn't believe you." Uchiha Madara was quite satisfied with Uchiha Shingen's attitude.

Through his observations over the past few days, he became quite certain that Uchiha Shingen and Uchiha Obito were completely different types.

Uchiha Obito was stubborn and skeptical of everything, which at first glance seemed like a good quality.

However, this is only on the surface. Uchiha Obito's heart is not strong; on the contrary, it is actually very fragile and easily controlled, which also makes him unstable.

But Uchiha Shingen in front of me is different; he has a very strong heart, and he is a truly powerful person.

Uchiha Madara's attitude towards the Uchiha Clan did change, but this change was not, as many people thought, a return to the Uchiha Clan's identity.

Rather, he began to view the Uchiha Clan as excellent tools, taking Yosuke as his disciple and training Sasuke. Essentially, it was just his way of getting closer to the clan. He wasn't entirely devoid of personal feelings, but that was about it, because in his mind, the Eye of the Moon was above all else.

He acknowledged the family's rebirth and therefore planned to "invite" them again.

"Think this over carefully. Your current approach isn't ineffective, but once you're dead, I don't believe anyone in this clan will be able to continue your path. In the end, it's just Hashirama's old path." Uchiha Madara meaningfully, "No rush, tell me when you've thought it through."

"I will." Uchiha Shingen nodded, his attitude very proper.

That's right, Uchiha Madara now sees the entire Uchiha Clan as a usable tool.

He needs to be more careful from today onwards.

Chapter Sixty: I am the Progenitor of Chakra!

After concluding his conversation with Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Shingen left the time to Uchiha Setsuna.

Madara Uchiha held back somewhat when speaking in front of Setsuna Uchiha.

Perhaps, when facing his former subordinates who were nearing the end of their lives, Uchiha Madara also showed a human side.

Even demons have tenderness.

Uchiha Shingen left Uchiha Setsuna's residence and took the children back with him.

Today, Pakura is with him at Uchiha Setsuna's house; Sakurako is also there.

Uchiha Yuki was, after all, a student. Although her family provided her with home education that surpassed that of most of her classmates, school education was still indispensable.

The ninja clan's family-style education has a clear advantage over schools in cultivating individual strength, but it is disadvantageous in every other aspect.

These are all contributions made during the Third's era. Sarutobi Hiruzen's reforms in the education system remain among the most advanced in the Ninja World to this day.

But there is no one-size-fits-all solution.

The Sarutobi Group put Leaf Village in its golden age from the First Shinobi World War to the Third Shinobi World War, after which it was plagued with problems.

Uchiha Madara's so-called "once and for all" solution is even more absurd; it's downright antisocial.

Uchiha Shingen needs to think carefully about how to get through this.

It's definitely not the right time to deliberately break off relations; we should still take advantage of them.

It would be a shame to give up Uchiha Madara's free preschool education.

After all, Uchiha Shingen was a man who knew how to manage his life; the art of living lies in making good use of resources.

Walking down the street, Uchiha Shingen held one son's hand in each hand. Looking at his son on the left, who was looking downcast, he felt he should try to cheer him up.

"Yosuke, do you like Grandpa Madara's classes?" he asked.

Uchiha Yosuke thought for a moment and replied, "I like it."

Although Sasuke always gets scolded, the strange old man is still quite nice to him.

So even though he internally thinks of him as a weird old man, Yosuke now calls him "Grandpa Madara".

It's strange, it's so hard to tell what an adult's title is.

Even though he doesn't have that many creases, he still calls me grandpa.

This is one of Uchiha Yosuke's top ten unsolved mysteries this year.

"Grandpa Uchiha Setsuna really enjoys your daily lessons with Grandpa Madara. Would you like Grandpa Madara to continue giving you lessons before you start school?"

"Good!"

Having settled things with his son, Uchiha Shingen sent the two children home and then went to the Uchiha Fugaku.

Upon entering, he was greeted by a scene of utter chaos.

An enraged Uchiha Mikoto is trying to capture Sasuke.

Faced with his own formidable demon king, Uchiha Sasuke could only flee in a sorry state, and he couldn't run too professionally, or the demon king would cry in anger.

He's a good boy; he shouldn't make his mother cry.

He just couldn't understand why his usually incredibly gentle mother would change completely whenever she saw him playing with a calligraphy brush.

Uchiha Mikoto's thinking was simple: she didn't care if her husband lost face, but she couldn't let her son.

This is roughly similar to the situation on Blue Star where a husband breaks his leg for drinking and carousing, and a son is considered unfilial if he doesn't have multiple wives and concubines.

"Brother Shingen, save me!" Upon seeing Uchiha Shingen, Uchiha Sasuke a tiger descending a mountain and grabbed his leg.

Uchiha Shingen: "..."

It seems he arrived at the wrong time.