The Surviving Clan Members All Awakened the Sharingan

Uchiha Kyu, having dispelled his Susanoo, walked up to Minato Namikaze and found that Minato had suddenly accepted his fate. The long blade in his hand rose on its own.

"Protecting the village, even at the cost of your own life—is that your ninja way?"

"You could have used the Flying Thunder God to escape instantly. You knew that I had no way to stop you from using it."

Uchiha Kyu's mind raced as he considered the matter from the angle of schemes and conspiracies. What exactly was the other side plotting?

Minato Namikaze forced his eyes open and spoke with iron resolve.

"That's right. If I can no longer protect the village, then the title of Hokage would be nothing but a disgrace to me."

"I swore to become Hokage when I was young. Even now that my dream has come true, I have always cherished the opportunity Lord Third gave me."

"I wanted to change the village's current state, yet I feared that I might not be able to control the situation within it."

At that point, Minato Namikaze suddenly smiled in relief. "In the end, I lost."

"Because you won, I don't intend to keep running. If the village is handed directly to you, it will regain peace and stability."

Uchiha Kyu gazed deeply at Minato Namikaze. Whether the man was telling the truth or lying, the blade in his hand would not stop falling.

Minato Namikaze closed his eyes with regret. I'm sorry, Kushina. Believe me, after I die, Uchiha Kyu won't make things difficult for you.

Slap!

Minato Namikaze realized that he had not died and opened his eyes in confusion.

"Hm?" Uchiha Kyu glanced at Tsunade, who had grabbed the blade's tip with blood pouring from her hand.

Tsunade panted heavily. The burden on her body was so great that even breathing had become difficult.

"I think I can trade all of the Senju Clan's ninjutsu and treasured records for Minato's life."

"Lady Tsunade." Minato Namikaze tried to stop her, but Tsunade cut him off.

"Shut up. You're just as stubbornly dead set on things as your teacher."

Tsunade released the blade's tip and laughed carelessly.

"I just don't want Jiraiya to come back and find that his teacher is gone and his student is gone too."

"Deal." Uchiha Kyu considered it and agreed, seeing that it would cost him nothing.

But then his tone shifted. "However, Minato Namikaze must publicly resign as Hokage tonight, and everything that happened tonight will be Minato Namikaze's responsibility."

"I understand." Having recovered his life, Minato Namikaze hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

Fame and profit meant nothing to Minato Namikaze. What mattered was that Konoha could regain peace and stability.

Uchiha Kyu noticed no sign that Minato Namikaze was lying. It seemed the man had been telling the truth.

For the village, for peace, he was willing to sacrifice himself.

It truly suited Minato Namikaze's personality in the original story.

But their positions were different, and Uchiha Kyu had no choice but to judge everyone with a darker mindset.

Uchiha Kyu admired that kind of self-sacrifice, but he could not do it himself.

Why had Tsunade saved Minato Namikaze? Naturally, it was because she had seen the shadows of her younger brother and her lover in him.

They had all sacrificed themselves for the village, never once blaming the village's faults, even in death.

"Clan Head."

"Kyu."

"Uchiha Clan Head."

Fugaku Uchiha, Orochimaru, and Hyuga Hiashi hurried over.

The moment Tsunade saw Orochimaru, her emotions flared violently. She coughed up blood again and again as she loudly questioned him.

"Orochimaru, the teacher treated you so well. Why did you betray him?"

"Do you know how heartbroken Jiraiya will be when he learns what you did?"

Orochimaru laughed sinisterly. "Feelings are the cheapest things in the world. Sooner or later, Jiraiya will accept reality."

"The teacher is already old. Better to give him a grand funeral, so that the title of Hero of the Shinobi World will not be wasted on him."

"Damn it!" Tsunade could not understand him, and only hated Orochimaru's heartlessness even more.

Uchiha Kyu instructed Hyuga Hiashi to seal the two men's chakra pathways, preventing them from going back on their word.

It was unlikely, but precautions had to be taken.

Neither man resisted. They resigned themselves to having their hands and feet bound, unable to use ninjutsu again.

Uchiha Kyu had truly intended to kill Minato Namikaze, but Tsunade's sudden intervention calmed him down.

First, Naruto Uzumaki was the known reincarnation of Asura. Once Minato Namikaze died, the reincarnation of Asura would become unknown.

Second, Minato Namikaze cared so much about the bigger picture and the village that Uchiha Kyu could use moral pressure to turn him into the fiercest mad dog against outsiders.

Third, Kushina Uzumaki was the Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki. As long as he controlled Minato Namikaze's weakness, he could indirectly control the Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki.

Fourth, after becoming Hokage, there would naturally be things he could no longer do personally. He could leave them entirely to Minato Namikaze, who had the strength for it.

Tonight had truly decided everything in a single battle. The position of Hokage had fallen into his hands, far beyond his expectations.

Uchiha Kyu felt that he truly ought to thank Minato Namikaze for suddenly appearing during his battle with Hiruzen Sarutobi and taking Hiruzen Sarutobi out with a surprise attack.

If Minato Namikaze had not suddenly killed Hiruzen Sarutobi, he would probably have needed to wait for another opportunity to take the Hokage's seat.

A joyful event put Uchiha Kyu in high spirits. He immediately had Orochimaru personally watch over the two men, then took Hiashi and Fugaku to deal with the aftermath.

"Fugaku, tell me the clan's casualties."

"The casualties were severe."

Fugaku Uchiha used only four words to describe the clan's current condition.

But then Fugaku Uchiha suddenly became excited. "There is good news, though. The Clan Head will definitely be pleased."

"Speak." Uchiha Kyu walked through the clan grounds with his hands behind his back. Whenever he saw clan members passing by while supporting one another, he personally went forward to offer his concern.

This was not empty sentiment. Even though the previous owner of this body had been so useless, the clan members had never despised him and had never mistreated him.

On the contrary, during the year since he had come to this world, he had experienced the feeling of bloodline inheritance that he had never enjoyed in his previous life.

Seeing Uchiha Kyu's hands covered in blood, Fugaku Uchiha hurriedly offered him a clean towel.

"Clan Head, just over five hundred clan members survived the battle. More than two hundred clan members died in this fight."

"And that counts as good news?" Uchiha Kyu turned to glare at him, his expression darkening.

Since when had Fugaku Uchiha dared to make sport of him?

Had he grown bold?

Under that gaze, Fugaku Uchiha felt his pressure multiply. He stopped holding back and hurriedly continued.

"However, every surviving clan member awakened the Sharingan. Of course, that includes those who had already awakened it."

Fugaku Uchiha was so excited that he did not know where to put his hands. "This is nothing short of a miracle."

Compared to before, the Uchiha Clan was now far stronger than it had ever been.

Fugaku Uchiha now felt that all those sacrifices had been worth it.

Hyuga Hiashi could only stand to the side and silently feel envious.

Even Uchiha Kyu was greatly surprised. He asked uncertainly, "Every clan member who had not awakened it before has now awakened the Sharingan?"

Fugaku Uchiha nodded excitedly. "That's right."

Uchiha Kyu said nothing more. Perhaps this was the result of the Uchiha Clan rebounding after hitting rock bottom.

When the sudden battle to defend the clan grounds began, retreating even a step would mean the ordinary clan members hiding behind them would lose their lives.

At a moment when the clan's survival was at stake, the emotions of the Uchiha ninja became incomparably pure. Under the influence of such a brutal and bloody environment, awakening the Sharingan was only natural.