After sharing his thoughts, Tobirama turned to Izuna.
"Now that I've laid out my deductions, what are you going to do? Go to Konoha and take the Uchiha Clan away, or help the Uchiha Clan overthrow Konoha?"
As he spoke, Tobirama stood up and made his position clear.
"Whatever you choose, if you threaten Konoha, I won't let you lay a hand on it, even if it costs me my life."
"Tch."
Tobirama clicked his tongue dismissively.
"Look at you. I told you, I'm a relic of a bygone era. The Uchiha Clan of this age has nothing to do with me.
"The Uchiha cowering in a greenhouse like Konoha aren't the Uchiha Clan I knew. The Uchiha should fight heaven and earth, fear no danger or hardship, and bow to no restrictions or authority.
"Those people in Konoha-aside from having the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan, what about them even qualifies as Uchiha?"
Listening to Izuna, Tetsuya laughed.
"There actually is one Uchiha who fits your description, though he should still be pretty young right now."
Sasuke Uchiha. Naruto fans always made fun of Uchiha Sasuke for being weak yet loving to show off, but he was probably the most quintessential Uchiha of the kind Izuna described.
He fought heaven and earth. Whether he could win or not, he would fight first and worry later, even if he ended up gravely injured and near death.
He accepted no restrictions or authority. Konoha? The Akatsuki? They were all bullshit. No one was fit to boss Sasuke Uchiha around.
Looking at it that way, Sasuke really did meet Izuna's criteria perfectly.
And the kicker was that the two of them even looked alike.
"Hmph. No restrictions, no authority. A clan like yours would be a massive threat anywhere in the shinobi world. Being