Fugaku has gone mad; he's going to create a new Uchiha clan in Kirigakure.

"I see..."

After Yakushi Nonou used concise language to explain the information about Jinchuriki, the chibi version of Uchiha Fugaku nodded, which resolved a question that had been bothering him.

As a time traveler, he knew very well that "Naruto" was not originally a work with a complete long-term plan; it was only after it became popular that he decided to serialize it as a long series.

However, this has created a problem: many settings are contradictory. For example, Sasuke's shock when he first saw the Sharingan, Naruto's identity, which was originally supposed to be the "fox demon's true form" but was later changed to a Jinchuriki. Even the character Shimura Danzo was added later; he didn't exist in the manga before Shippuden.

This resulted in a considerable number of plot holes.

In Uchiha Fugaku's view, the biggest flaw is why the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was portrayed as a "good person," would allow Naruto to be isolated and hated by the entire village.

To conceal his identity as a Jinchūriki?

joke.

This is just like what Tsunade said in her office during the day: everyone in the village knows that Naruto is the "Demon Fox," and Konoha's Nine-Tails is a fox.

This thin layer of paper is so thin it doesn't even exist.

Either Hiruzen Sarutobi is a hypocritical villain.

Or, this is a plot hole.

Even in his previous life, Fugaku Uchiha had seen similar fan-made videos on many anime websites, with titles such as "Minato never spoke a word to the Third Hokage again after sensing Naruto's past life."

But he traveled to a real world where everyone has existed since the beginning, so many things must have a reasonable explanation.

Now, there is finally an answer to this question.

The reason for this was actually the grudge between the fourth generation couple and Danzo. In fact, the third and fourth generations also had a grudge because of this. You are sad when your wife dies, but I am not sad when my wife dies? Do you know the value of a wife who has supported you through thick and thin until the age of fifty?

Thinking about it this way, it makes sense at least logically.

The Hokage group, led by Hiruzen Sarutobi, viewed "protecting Konoha" as the highest political correctness from Konoha's perspective. Tens of thousands of people died in the Nine-Tails' attack, and someone had to be held responsible. The Fourth Hokage and his wife were heroes, but they were also the source of "willfulness." Their son became the inheritor of this collective resentment.

At the same time, using Jinchuriki as bait does indeed fit Danzo's dark thinking of "making the most of everything".

Of course, this has nothing to do with Fugaku Uchiha.

He risked having the divine artifact sealed away by hiding half of the [Blade of the Underworld] within the marrow of Yakushi Nonou, sending her back here with the remnants of Konoha's army. He wasn't there to listen to any gossip about Konoha's high-ranking officials.

His core objective from the very beginning was Naruto Uzumaki!

...

Pulling himself back to reality, the chibi version of Fugaku Uchiha looked up at Nono Yakushi.

Be careful.

"Rest assured, Lord Fugaku."

"I'm sure," Yakushi Nonou said softly.

"You know I have a trump card."

Upon hearing this, Fugaku Uchiha nodded.

That trump card was already revealed by Yakushi Nonou in the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools. Although it had many limitations, it was indeed something special, and even made Uchiha Fugaku think of a certain "forbidden existence" in a manga from his previous life.

"That's good. If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

"Um, Lord Fugaku."

Yakushi Nonou responded, and then she suddenly leaned forward, bringing her original, delicate face close to the chibi version of Fugaku on the desk. From Fugaku's perspective, this action made Yakushi Nonou appear exceptionally large under the light, making him a little dizzy.

"May I kiss you?"

"This... is that alright?"

Seeing the pleading look in Yakushi Nonou's eyes, Uchiha Fugaku couldn't refuse.

"In the original work, she didn't seem to have this personality, did she? Or did awakening her bloodline limit change her personality as well?"

As Yakushi Nonou drew ever closer, Uchiha Fugaku pondered this. ("Well, Lord Fugaku, excuse me... Ah~~")

"Huh? What did I do wrong...? Who turned off the lights?"

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Naruto Uzumaki lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, because the events of the day had utterly shocked his worldview.

The portrait on the bulletin board showed blond hair, blue eyes, and six lines on his cheeks, with the words "Son of a Hero, Naruto Uzumaki" written next to it. He was standing in front of the bulletin board at the time, his fingers trembling as he touched the words, the ink still wet.

To be honest, his heart almost jumped out of his mouth. He didn't even remember how he got back; he was completely dazed.

However, on his way back, he still saw some things...some things that he couldn't understand at all.

He vaguely remembered being "escorted" back to his apartment by a group of masked ninjas. Along the way, the way people looked at him changed; it was no longer the disgust and hatred they once had, but rather...fear.

Even the old woman who always took care of his daily life and would scold him from time to time would tremble when she saw him.

Why?

Naruto buried his face in the pillow. The Fourth Hokage was the hero he had heard about since childhood, the blond figure he had secretly looked up at countless times when he doodled on the Hokage Rock.

The first thing he thought when he saw the notice wasn't how great it was to be the Fourth Hokage's son, but rather that everything would be different if everyone knew he was the Fourth Hokage's son.

He imagined himself surrounded by everyone, patting him on the shoulder and saying, "So you're the son of a hero!" He imagined the children who threw stones at him blushing and apologizing, and he imagined his classmates who mocked him saying, "You'll definitely become Hokage!"

But the reality is that people are hiding even further away, or simply lowering their heads like ostriches.

Is it because of the...monster in my belly?

The notice clearly stated that the great Fourth Hokage, in order to protect the village, chose to seal the monster inside his son...

"Gurgle~ Gurgle~"

What was that sound?

In a daze, Naruto seemed to hear a sound, and felt a slight chill in his lower abdomen. He reached up and touched it, but there was nothing there...

...

Fugaku Uchiha looked at this world, which resembled a dungeon.

Dilapidated, decaying, dark.

The walls were made of rough stones, with dark green moss growing in the cracks, and the air was so humid you could wring water out of it.

There was a shallow layer of water underfoot, reflecting a faint light that seemed to come from nowhere.

This is a special space where the tailed beasts are sealed, the spiritual world of Naruto Uzumaki, where the materialized beings are sealed by the Adamantine Chains.

"call.."

He slowly inhaled, transforming into a pool of black sludge, crawling forward against the damp wall, the sludge silent and blending into the darkness.

They hadn't walked far when a huge doorway appeared ahead.

Behind the doorway was an astonishingly vast space. In the very center stood a massive iron gate, with a yellowed talisman affixed to it. The paper was covered with intricate sealing incantations, which was the sealed essence of the Vajra Chains.

Behind the door was the Nine-Tailed Fox.

Fugaku Uchiha had to admit that this being, who almost beat everyone except Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju in the early to mid-stages of the original story, was indeed terrifying.

Just lying there sleeping quietly exudes a suffocating sense of oppression. It's a crushing force originating from the level of life itself. The most comparable analogy is probably the dragon's might in fantasy novels.

Then, Fugaku Uchiha's gaze fell on the talisman on the door.

It seems that simply peeling off this paper will unleash a monster that will ravage Konoha, but there is a hidden pitfall. Behind the talisman lies the chakra left by Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki. When the Fourth Hokage and his wife are in a state of rage, few in the entire ninja world can withstand their combined power.

If his true form were here, he might be able to put up a fight with this couple. After all, his ability is a natural counter to chakra, but with only half a blade, he'd better not get cocky, lest he get sealed away by Kushina Uzumaki and have nowhere to cry...

...

Silently, the silt bypassed the massive prison gate and continued to wriggle deeper into the spiritual world.

The deeper you go, the more unusual the space becomes.

The walls began to become irregular, like fragments of memories haphazardly pieced together. These were scattered images from the depths of Naruto's memory, unconsciously projected into this mental labyrinth. Finally, he arrived at the "end" of the labyrinth.

As a transmigrator, he knew that the deepest secret buried in Naruto Uzumaki's body was not the Nine-Tails at all.

It is an Asura.

The second son of the Sage of Six Paths, and the younger brother of Indra.

This is evidenced by the kaleidoscope in his left eye.

This eye has an innate sensitivity to chakra. In this virtual spiritual space, it can easily see through appearances. The Asura chakra it is looking for is located at the bottom of this labyrinth.

"Gurgle~"

The silt writhed and slowly covered the ground.

The pitch-black mud merged with the dark ground and then began to seep in, causing ripples to spread across the walls like water. Fugaku Uchiha controlled the mud, slowly sinking into it.

Then, the world seemed to turn upside down; he appeared to be sinking, but in reality, he was rising.

The dark, dilapidated labyrinth vanished, replaced by an endless expanse of water, shrouded in mist. At its center stood a large golden tree, its top topped with a sphere of light that continuously emitted golden mist...

Fugaku Uchiha stood on the water's surface, looking up at the ball of light, and sighed with emotion.

In his view, Naruto's failure to turn evil had little to do with his own will. The Dark Naruto in the Waterfall of Truth was proof of this. Naruto did turn evil; he was just suppressed. The real Naruto hated Konoha and even the world.

The reason why Naruto eventually became the so-called "savior" was simply because he was continuously brainwashed and his true nature was suppressed by Ashura's chakra. In a sense, Naruto can also be considered a puppet under the influence of Ashura's chakra, who was subjected to a continuous, long-lasting, and super-level "Kotoamatsukami".

Looking at the ball of light, Fugaku Uchiha did not approach it.

Because he wasn't there to devour Asura's soul. Putting aside whether he could do it, even if he could, he wouldn't dare.

After the souls of this world die, they will return to the Pure Land.

In the Pure Land, the soul has no self, no consciousness, but simply sleeps quietly.

This concept sounds familiar, doesn't it?

Like the Matrix battery in The Matrix.

What is Pure Land?

That is the Sage of Six Paths' private domain, just like Kaguya Otsutsuki's six dimensions, an innate talent of the high-level Otsutsuki clan.

The Pure Land is the innate space of the Six Paths, where the souls of all the dead in the entire ninja world go, and the chakra generated there sustains them.

Faced with such a Sage of Six Paths, you could kill the reincarnation of his son without him even blinking. After all, it's just a reincarnation; Ashura can continue to reincarnate and continue to entangle with his brothers.

But what if you eat the soul imprint of someone else's son?

Do you think the Sage of Six Paths might just reach out from the Pure Land and squeeze your poop out?

Anyway, Fugaku Uchiha didn't dare to gamble.

What he wanted to do was to try to cut off a small piece of Ashura's chakra.

That was his ultimate goal.

After all, he had previously stated that in order to enter the complete form of Susanoo, he needed Indra's chakra as an activation device.

Why did he come to find Naruto first, instead of his "son" Uchiha Sasuke?

The logic is also very simple.

Ashura is the ultimate version of Naruto Uzumaki. If you cut his soul and he wakes up in pain, as long as you sincerely kneel down and admit your mistake, Ashura will definitely forgive you, given his personality, and might even give you a fragment of his own soul.

But if Indra wakes up when you cut his soul, and you kneel down to apologize to him, he might just find you annoying and then stomp on you to death.

Therefore, in order to formally cut the soul fragments and obtain the authority in the future, today Fugaku Uchiha needs to confirm whether the chakra imprints of these two brothers still have any residual self-awareness. After all, they have been entangled for thousands of years, so the strength of the two brothers should be about the same.

"call..."

He took a deep breath, raised his right hand, and his arm transformed into a blade of pitch-black mud, its edge as thin as a cicada's wing. It suddenly extended and stabbed towards the top of the golden tree.

"Buzz!"

However, before the blade even touched the golden sphere of light, a gentle shockwave spread out from its center. Fugaku Uchiha's Mud Blade was easily deflected, and he was sent flying backward as if struck by an invisible hand, gliding across the water for a distance before coming to a stop...

Slowly standing up, Fugaku Uchiha looked at the golden tree again and sighed.

The good news is.

Although the impact just now sent him flying, the force was gentle and restrained, more like an instinctive defense mechanism than an attack with murderous intent. Even if his true body were here, he would not be in any danger.

The bad news is...

Perhaps Ashura's self-awareness within this sphere of light has dissipated, but his instincts remain. At this stage, it is definitely not possible to obtain his chakra through a crude method like "slicing into pieces." That seemingly gentle golden light is actually indestructible. The moment he made contact with it, he clearly felt that it was a higher level of power.

Without a doubt, it should be the power of the Six Paths level, not the incomplete Six Paths like Nagato's, but a truly different level of power!

If Asura is like this, his brother should be the same. If his true form goes to Indra, he might actually be killed instantly.

Fugaku Uchiha was not surprised to reach this conclusion. After all, he was the son of the Sage of Six Paths, and it would be strange if he didn't have such abilities. As for the method of activating the fourth stage of Susanoo, that could only be studied slowly in the future.

With this in mind, Fugaku Uchiha decided to disband the clone and have his main body summon back the half of the [Blade of the Underworld] using the Summoning Jutsu.

Despite the apparent calm on the surface, the Land of Whirlpools is actually rife with undercurrents, especially with the combination of Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu. Without divine artifacts in hand, relying solely on the Mangekyou Sharingan and the Susanoo which they haven't fully mastered, they are still somewhat apprehensive.

However, just as Fugaku Uchiha was about to release the Shadow Clone Technique, he instinctively glanced at the golden tree. With the Mangekyou Sharingan's keen chakra perception, he clearly saw that beneath the roots of the tree anchored in this watery area, something seemed to be...