The next day, in the Hokage Office.
The atmosphere was heavy.
Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi sat behind his desk, his brow deeply furrowed.
Before him stood Uchiha Fugaku, Shisui Uchiha, Uchiha Itachi, and Genya Uchiha.
The two advisors, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, were also in the room, their expressions equally grave.
"Uchiha Clan Head, everyone,"
The Third Hokage began slowly.
"You requested an urgent audience, saying you had important intelligence concerning the Night of the Nine-Tails and the village's safety, even the Masked Man... You may speak now."
Genya glanced at Fugaku. Fugaku nodded, stepped forward, and spoke in a low voice.
"Lord Hokage, Advisors. Last night, Uchiha Itachi and Genya Uchiha of our clan encountered a mysterious masked man downstream of the Valley of the End who claimed to be Madara Uchiha."
"Madara Uchiha? Impossible!"
Mitokado Homura immediately objected.
"He died at the Valley of the End long ago!"
"We don't believe he's the real Madara Uchiha either,"
Shisui calmly interjected.
"But his strength is unfathomable, and he is particularly adept at an extremely unusual form of Space-Time Ninjutsu. He attempted to recruit Itachi and preached an apocalyptic doctrine called the Eye of the Moon Plan, intending to envelop the world in a genjutsu called Infinite Tsukuyomi."
Utatane Koharu spoke coldly.
"Words alone prove nothing. How can you prove this man exists? And what evidence connects him to the Night of the Nine-Tails?"
At that moment, Genya spoke.
"Lord Hokage, to show you last night's events more directly and avoid any inaccuracies in a verbal account, we need someone here, and we need to cast a special genjutsu. Please allow Jonin Kakashi to join us."
The Third Hokage paused, then instructed the Anbu standing by the door.
"Go and bring Kakashi here."
The wait was short, but for