Under the veil of darkness…
Deep within the Uchiha clan compound.
Uchiha Madara, dressed in his unmistakable black battle armor, had gathered the remaining members of the Uchiha clan.
Not long ago, the battle between Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama had come to an end.
This also meant that the long-standing conflict between the Senju and Uchiha clans had finally been decided.
Unfortunately…
Uchiha Madara had lost…
and the Uchiha clan had lost as well.
Senju Hashirama, an absurdly overpowered monster in terms of sheer combat ability, had defeated Uchiha Madara by a narrow margin.
Going by the Senju clan’s usual methods, Madara should have been mercilessly killed…
while the surviving Uchiha would have been hunted down by the Senju like a pack of stray dogs.
Fortunately…
The current head of the Senju clan was Senju Hashirama.
He and Uchiha Madara had known each other since childhood.
Even though the conflict between their clans had eventually forced them onto the battlefield, the two had forged a deep bond through their countless battles.
Senju Hashirama had not only spared the defeated Uchiha Madara, but also wanted to revive their childhood dream together—the establishment of the ideal village they had once envisioned.
However, Uchiha Madara did not trust Hashirama’s words.
He was determined to die, and so he posed a difficult choice to Hashirama.
“Reconciliation?”
“Then give me back my brother’s life!”
“Hashirama, either kill your own brother, Senju Tobirama, or kill yourself right here and now!”
Madara believed that he had presented Hashirama with an impossible dilemma…
because, in Madara’s eyes, Hashirama would never kill his own brother.
As for suicide…
Madara did not believe that Hashirama would actually choose to die for his sake.
But what surprised Madara was that Hashirama was genuinely willing to sacrifice himself in exchange for peace between the Senju and Uchiha clans.
And then…
Uchiha Madara was completely won over.
Hashirama’s sincerity was truly disarming!!
….
Uchiha Madara looked at the clansmen before him.
After taking a deep breath, he slowly spoke in a slightly hoarse voice.
“Clansmen, the battle between the Uchiha and Senju ends here.
I have decided to accept the Senju clan’s truce proposal and bring this conflict to an end…”
“From now on…
the Uchiha clan will work together with the Senju clan to establish a shinobi village…”
The atmosphere fell deathly silent.
The Uchiha were all utterly bewildered by Madara’s decision.
A thousand years of bloodshed…
was it really going to end just like this?
Those clansmen who had died at the hands of the Senju had been shouting with their dying breaths that the Senju had to be completely annihilated, and that the Uchiha would avenge them.
And besides…
what difference was this so-called truce agreement from a surrender agreement?!
“The proud Uchiha will never surrender!”
But…
ideals were one thing, while reality was another.
After their brief outburst of emotion, reason gradually returned to the Uchiha.
The Uchiha clan had already lost.
Uchiha Madara had been defeated by Senju Hashirama, and it was only because of their long-standing bond that Hashirama had allowed him to survive.
The unparalleled might of Senju Hashirama was more than enough to extinguish the resentment and thirst for revenge burning in the hearts of the Uchiha gathered there.
At that moment…
Uchiha Makoto stepped out from among the dispirited crowd.
That’s right.
He was a transmigrator.
In his previous life, he had been a dedicated anime fan who spent his days on various online forums, passionately debating anime theories.
Then, one day, he received the special attention of a truck and ended up in this damned world of Naruto.
Uchiha Makoto still remembered how excited he had been when he first transmigrated.
He had transmigrated!
He was destined to be overpowered!
And he even had a system!
Then, very quickly…
That excitement turned into disappointment, or even despair.
His system was like this:
[Shinobi Village Prosperity System: The more prosperous and powerful the shinobi village under your leadership becomes, the greater the rewards Uchiha Makoto will receive.]
[System Activation Condition — Become the leader of a shinobi village.]
Damn it!
Become the leader of a shinobi village?
What the hell kind of activation condition was that?!
Uchiha Makoto had transmigrated far too early in the timeline!
Konohagakure, the infamous “Headpat Village,” had not even been established yet!
Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, Hyuga Hinata…
the characters he had once known so well in his previous life had not even been born yet.
He had spent countless nights studying the historical chronicles of this world, believing that his knowledge of the past would give him an advantage.
On this timeline, it was completely useless!
He had transmigrated into the Warring States Period!
The Warring States Period was so chaotic that it wasn’t just shinobi fighting each other.
Even ordinary people were practically beating each other to death.
The only reason he had survived until now was because he had been cautious enough.
Whenever he went on a mission, he did everything he could to gather intelligence and always kept some trump cards ready, such as Explosive Tags and Soldier Pills…
And, of course, there was one thing that mattered most!
Whenever danger arose, always put your teammates in front of you first!
So what if he possessed the Three-Tomoe Sharingan?
Uchiha Izuna had possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan, yet he had still fallen to Senju Tobirama’s strategy!
Besides…
Why did he even have to become the leader of a village?
According to the original storyline, Konohagakure would soon be established.
The First Hokage of Konoha would be Senju Hashirama.
The Second Hokage…
Without a doubt, it would be Senju Tobirama.
Even Uchiha Madara couldn’t compete with Senju Tobirama, so there was even less hope for him.
As for competing for the position of Third Hokage…
if his opponent were Sarutobi Hiruzen, Uchiha Makoto felt that he might actually have a chance.
But that would require waiting until Senju Tobirama died during the peace negotiations between Konoha and Kumogakure…
And that would be many years from now.
Uchiha Makoto didn’t think he could wait that long.
“It was fine to start from nothing” was fine, but “But starting from nothing later in life was different” was definitely not!
The only way to activate the system was to find a way to establish his own faction!
Create his own shinobi village!
And right now was the perfect opportunity!
….
“Lord Madara, our Uchiha clan is supposed to reconcile with the Senju clan and make peace?”
“You’ve got to be kidding!”
“Our dead clansmen are still waiting for us to avenge them!!
If we stop now, then what?
Did the clansmen who fought alongside us only moments ago die for nothing?”
“I absolutely cannot accept this!”
Under everyone’s watchful eyes, Uchiha Makoto walked up to Uchiha Madara and spoke with righteous indignation.
He knew that the Uchiha and Senju would eventually shake hands and jointly establish Konohagakure.
It was an inevitable outcome.
But if he wanted to establish his own faction, he had to find a way to separate himself from the Uchiha clan.
And the thousand-year blood feud between the Uchiha and Senju was the perfect excuse.
Ideally, he could lead a small portion of the Uchiha away from the clan.
The emotions of the Uchiha present were stirred up by Uchiha Makoto once again.
One after another, they began cheering him on.
Makoto’s words were highly infectious.
If Uchiha Madara was willing to lead the Uchiha into one final battle, they were willing to follow Madara to the death!
But Uchiha Madara felt extremely uncomfortable.
A dark expression appeared on his face.
He could understand what his clansmen were thinking…
but the clan had already shed too much blood.
A thousand years of bloodshed had been nothing more than a cycle of you killing me and me killing you, generation after generation without end.
If he wanted to put an end to all of this, then bloodshed might be unavoidable…
Even if that blood belonged to his own clansmen…
Yes.
That’s right!
I am doing the right thing!
Most importantly…
Hashirama…
Hashirama, if you were facing your own Senju clansmen, you would probably make the same choice, wouldn’t you?
“Hashirama…
I have already felt your sincerity…”
“Everything I’m doing is for the sake of the Uchiha!”
Uchiha Madara’s eyes fixed on Uchiha Makoto standing before him.
The blood feud between the Uchiha and Senju could not be allowed to continue.
For the sake of lasting peace, he had to suppress the dissenting voices within his own clan!
Soon.
Chakra surged through Uchiha Madara’s body, and an indescribable pressure instantly bore down upon Uchiha Makoto.
“Lord Madara, have you forgotten Lord Izuna’s final words?”
“We have to avenge him!
We have to take revenge on the Senju clan…”
Faced with that immense pressure…
Uchiha Makoto immediately felt an overwhelming pressure bearing down on him, and his breathing became labored.
So he decisively brought up Uchiha Izuna.
Uchiha Izuna had died at the hands of Senju Tobirama.
Even though Madara was now willing to abandon his desire for revenge against Tobirama because of Senju Hashirama, Uchiha Izuna would forever remain the greatest regret in Madara’s heart.
The moment Uchiha Izuna was mentioned, Madara’s expression visibly changed.
It took only a few breaths.
Uchiha Makoto immediately felt the pressure weighing down on him decrease sharply.
It really worked!
Uchiha Izuna had a special effect against Uchiha Madara.
He could even counteract the Senju Hashirama’s influence’s over Madara!
From now on, he absolutely had to find opportunities to keep this useful “tool” named Uchiha Izuna firmly in his grasp!
Uchiha Makoto mused before turning his gaze back toward Uchiha Madara.
Now was the perfect opportunity to establish his own persona.