Xuandou hesitated no longer. He immediately used Flying Thunder God to take Madara back to Hidden Xuan Village.
Flying Thunder God flashed, and their figures vanished from the valley.
The next instant, they were standing in Azure Tide Port.
Madara looked around. Instead of Konoha's familiar Hokage Rock, he saw a bustling port city.
Masts crowded the sea like a forest, with merchant ships coming and going.
People filled the streets, making them exceptionally lively.
He frowned slightly, a hint of puzzlement in his voice:
"This doesn't seem to be Konoha, does it?"
"Though I've been dead for years, I still remember where Konoha is."
Xuandou immediately explained:
"Under my leadership, the Uchiha have now left Konoha and established their own ninja village, Hidden Xuan Village."
"This is the city where Hidden Xuan Village is located, Azure Tide Port."
Madara's frown deepened, but the curiosity in his eyes grew stronger too.
"Left Konoha?"
"Interesting. Tell me what happened."
Xuandou briefly recounted what the Uchiha had experienced in Konoha.
From the suspicion after the Night of the Nine-Tails, to the surveillance of their clan grounds, to Danzo's covert suppression and the Third Hokage Hiruzen's tolerance of it, and finally to the break that led the entire clan to leave Konoha.
After listening, Madara snorted, a mocking smile rising at the corners of his mouth:
"Back then, I urged the Uchiha clan members to leave Konoha, but not a single one was willing to follow me."
"They willingly let the Senju suppress them and the village ostracize them, all huddling in the clan grounds, only daring to grumble behind people's backs."
"And in the end, didn't they leave Konoha anyway? Decades wasted for nothing."
Xuandou said nothing.
He knew Madara was telling the truth.
The Uchiha of that time had grown too