The Inner and Outer Courts of the Uchiha

Madara remained silent for a long time.

It is not strange for a single genius to suddenly break through.

The Shinobi World has never lacked individuals born with exceptional talent.

Clans with millennium-old heritages like the Uchiha and the Senju are even more likely to produce monsters in a certain generation who far surpass ordinary people.

Yet the changes at the Uchiha Shrine were completely different.

From Chunin to Jonin, from ordinary Jonin to peak Jonin, and then from top-tier Jonin stepping into Kage Level.

Not just one person.

Nor a few of the most exceptionally talented Squad Captains.

Instead, the entire Shrine was growing stronger in synchronization!

Physiques, mental fortitude, and Chakra quality were improving all at once, and the originally unbreakable bottlenecks were being shattered batch after batch.

This rate of growth had already defied the most fundamental cultivation laws of the Shinobi World.

Madara looked toward Black Zetsu.

"How many people are in the Uchiha Shrine right now?"

Black Zetsu paused slightly.

Madara continued to ask, "The thirteen Squads, the exact head count of each Squad."

"How many are at Kage Level?"

"How many Jonin are there?"

"And what level of strength have those members who have yet to publicly show themselves reached?"

Following several questions dropped one after another, Black Zetsu did not reply immediately.

Madara's gaze gradually grew cold.

"You haven't even investigated these things clearly?"

Black Zetsu stepped out from the shadows, his tone low.

"It is not that we did not investigate."

"It is that we cannot confirm."

Madara frowned.

"What do you mean?"

White Zetsu spread his hands beside him.

"The only ones we can confirm are those Shrine members who publicly showed themselves during the Battle of Kumogakure and the crackdown on the Dark Exchange House."

"As for how many people