In the Land of Flame, inside the Flame Hidden Village's conference room, the three Uchiha brothers sat facing one another.
After two days of travel, Enkō returned to the Flame Hidden Village and immediately sought out Izuna, giving him a rough account of what had happened at the Six Kage Summit.
"Oh? Taking part in the Six-Village Melee?" Izuna's eyes immediately lit up after hearing Enkō's account. "So that Tobirama Senju guy will be participating too?"
"Unless something unexpected happens, he'll definitely participate," Enkō said with certainty. "So I plan for me, you, Second Brother, and Sister Juri to take part in this competition."
"No problem." Izuna agreed without hesitation, even looking somewhat excited. "I've wanted another match with Tobirama for ages. This time, I'll definitely beat him into a pig's head!"
Madara said irritably from the side, "Just don't nearly lose your life again because of carelessness."
Izuna scratched the back of his head and grinned sheepishly. "Hehe, don't worry, Big Brother. I definitely won't be careless this time. Besides, Third Brother will be there too. You know how well we brothers work together. How could we possibly lose to them? Right, Enkō... Enkō?"
"Hm?" Enkō snapped out of his thoughts and saw the slightly concerned looks in his two brothers' eyes.
"What were you thinking about? You looked completely absorbed."
"Whew." Enkō took a deep breath, his face extremely serious as he spoke. "Big Brother, Second Brother, there's something I want to tell you, regarding our Mangekyō Sharingan."
"Hm?" Izuna's expression instantly turned solemn at those words. He turned to glance at Madara, looking as though he wanted to say something but stopped himself.
Madara shook his head, silencing what Izuna wanted to say with a look. Then he turned toward Enkō with a grave expression and said