I Am Uchiha: One-for-One
Chapter 296

Prelude to war, preparations on all sides...

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Uchiha Shunichi hesitated over whether to tell Tsunade everything. He himself did not particularly mind revealing these things.

But time travel was rather hard to believe, and the matter of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was another headache.

To save himself some trouble, Uchiha Shunichi gave Tsunade a mixture of truth and half-truths, replacing the time travel with a story about entering some ruins and obtaining a treasure left behind by the Sage of Six Paths.

Legends about supreme treasures belonging to the Sage of Six Paths were everywhere in the shinobi world. Some were true, others false, but regardless of their authenticity, anything associated with the Sage of Six Paths instantly seemed grand and impressive.

After all, in this era, legends of the Rabbit Goddess had almost vanished. Only scattered scraps of information remained in a few ruins, and most of those accounts were wildly inaccurate.

By contrast, legends of the Sage of Six Paths were a dime a dozen. He had practically been mythologized into a creator god!

The story Uchiha Shunichi told Tsunade mixed truth with half-truths. He glossed vaguely over anything he could not explain in detail. Not a single statement was a lie, yet what he said was miles from the truth.

Nor did he have to worry about anyone seeing through it. Even if the Sage of Six Paths himself showed up, he would probably think Uchiha Shunichi had simply misunderstood and mistaken time travel for Genjutsu.

Tsunade did not press him for every detail. After getting a basic understanding, she chose to trust him. As Uchiha Shunichi's teacher, she generally had great faith in her student.

It was simply her duty as Hokage that required her to learn more and rule out anything suspicious, however remote the possibility.

In the few days Uchiha Shunichi had

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