"I really can't stand against you." Madara Uchiha nodded in agreement. "Uchiha Fugaku wasn't as strong as I was during the battle at the Valley of the End.
"Back then, I'd say you were no weaker than me, perhaps not even weaker than I was after awakening the Rinnegan.
"But if Uchiha Fugaku had been smart, he wouldn't have opposed you directly. He could've kept causing trouble for you from the shadows. After all, he was once the Young Clan Head of the Uchiha Clan."
By the end, Madara sounded frustrated by Fugaku's failure. He clearly considered him a complete waste.
With Fugaku's strength and his position as Young Clan Head, all he had needed to do was lie low within the clan. Even Uchiha Yi would have had trouble moving against them.
What would everyone else have thought if Yi had tried to wipe them all out?
At worst, Fugaku could have surrendered the position of Clan Leader. Then they could have made trouble for Yi from the shadows.
Plenty of people outside Konoha hated Uchiha Yi too. If Fugaku had contacted Ōnoki and the others, they likely wouldn't have turned him away.
The Land of Water and Kirigakure would have been even less likely to refuse. At the time, Madara and Black Zetsu controlled the Land of Water. They would never have turned down a chance to deal with Uchiha Yi.
"He really was a coward. Do you believe in fate? On one timeline, if I hadn't appeared, Uchiha Fugaku would have allowed his son to work with Shimura Danzō and the others to wipe out the Uchiha Clan." Uchiha Yi gave Madara a pointed look, his gaze deep.
"What? How could that be possible?" Madara was startled. He believed the Uchiha Clan had betrayed him, but he