Naruto: Help Madara rejuvenate and launch a counterattack on Konoha

The ninja army from Konoha and Kirigakure returned to the village.

Many ninjas were baffled.

Even if the village's leaders were incredibly foolish, they wouldn't make the decision to abandon the Hidden Mist front. If the Konoha ninjas weren't blocking the Land of Fire's coast, the Hidden Mist ninjas would invade the coastal cities and plunder their wealth.

However, the village leadership insisted on issuing this order to the frontline commander to collude with the Japanese.

Uchiha Shisui and the Uchiha clan ninjas walked together toward the Naga Shrine, talking about the bizarre orders from the Konoha high command along the way.

The village's leadership is selling out the country.

However, Uchiha Shisui clearly had a different opinion. After returning to the village, Shisui kept observing the situation in the village and found that at least a hundred ninjas were patrolling at the village entrance.

Every department seemed tense, as if facing a formidable enemy, and even ordinary villagers felt a sense of oppression in the village.

The atmosphere was like a storm brewing, with dark clouds pressing down on the city and threatening to crush it.

Furthermore, when Shisui and the others returned to the village, the Uchiha people who received them told them to gather at the Naka Shrine.

The Nanga Shrine is a secret meeting place for the Uchiha clan, where they usually gather to discuss how to carry out important tasks.

Having just returned to the village, he had to attend a secret meeting without even changing out of his frontline uniform.

This is clearly something big happening!

Shisui was somewhat worried about the conflict between the Uchiha clan and the village, but he also felt that such a conflict would not make the higher-ups give up the coastline of the Land of Fire.

When Shisui entered the Uchiha clan's territory, he noticed a small figure on a telephone pole. Upon closer inspection, he realized it was Itachi.

Shisui greeted Itachi, and Itachi returned a smile.

If he had time, Shisui would definitely go and chat with Itachi, but the clan is busy with a gathering, so Shisui doesn't have time to spend with Itachi right now.

I can only contact him after the meeting is over.

Itachi watched Shisui and his companions head to the Naka Shrine. Itachi was not yet a ninja and did not wear a headband, so he had no chance to enter the Naka Shrine to participate in the Uchiha's secret gathering.

Right now, he really wanted to get into the ninja academy as soon as possible, graduate quickly, and become a ninja!

He glanced around the Uchiha clan compound and quietly activated his Sharingan. Countless ANBU were secretly surrounding the entire Uchiha clan compound.

Nanga Shrine.

All the Uchiha ninjas were present, even retired Jonin like Mikoto.

There were about two hundred people in total, all kneeling on the prayer mats, looking at the Konoha Police Department Chief, Uchiha Fugaku, who was sitting at the head of the table.

The Uchiha people are proud and orderly. Despite having so many people, they don't behave like a noisy market. They maintain the Uchiha's usual aloofness.

Everyone was waiting for Fugaku to speak.

Without wasting any words, Fugaku Uchiha's opening remarks plunged the entire Naka Shrine into uproar.

"Uchiha Madara... has been resurrected!"

The Uchiha members: "(°ヘ°)"

Apart from a few Jonin who knew the truth, everyone else was completely bewildered.

It's like hearing a 100-year-old ancestor lift the lid of his coffin and come out to box.

Even someone as resilient as Uchiha Shisui was stunned.

Everyone present was an elite member of the Uchiha clan, a ninja who had worn headbands and killed people, and they all knew what the name Uchiha Madara meant.

It was—bloody slaughter!

The crowd erupted in uproar.

"Impossible! How could Madara Uchiha be resurrected? There's no ninjutsu in this world that can bring a dead person back to life!"

"That's right, Tobirama Senju disposed of Madara Uchiha's body, so he couldn't possibly still be alive."

Fugaku then explained, "I didn't lie to everyone, Madara Uchiha is indeed still alive. It was Ryouu who revived him using a forbidden technique."

Fugaku got the news from the ninja cats in the empty zone, who only heard it from Liao Wu in a few words.

Fugaku and his group didn't have all the information they needed, but that was roughly the gist of it.

Liao Wu revived Uchiha Madara, and the Konoha high-ranking officials, fearing that the Uchiha would defect to the enemy, surrounded them.

The Uchiha members finally stopped being aloof and started discussing among themselves.

"Liao Wu?! Didn't that guy know he was guilty of grave sins and commit seppuku? How come he's also come back to life?"

"I knew this kind of troublemaker wouldn't die so easily. It's good that he's alive; he still hasn't paid back the money he borrowed from me!"

Shisui and the other ninjas on the front lines of Kirigakure were unaware of Ryo's defection. Only after finding out did they realize with astonishment that Ryo, this guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, was actually using forbidden human techniques.

Zhi Shui could hardly believe that the elder who cared so much about his eyes and often asked him how he was doing was playing with his life.

This is insane!

Yashiro shouted, "Quiet!"

Instantly, all the murmurs at the Nanga Shrine vanished without a trace.

Fugaku continued, "Because Madara Uchiha is still alive, the higher-ups are very wary of our Uchiha clan's stance. In the upcoming turmoil, what should we, the Uchiha, do?"

Should they continue to defend Konoha, or go and join Madara Uchiha? This was undoubtedly a difficult decision.

This is actually a choice we've made before.

When Konoha was first established, Madara said he would lead everyone away, but the Uchiha chose Konoha because no one wanted to fight anymore.

During the Warring States period, the Senju and Uchiha had already determined a victor, with the Uchiha being so defeated that they all defected to the enemy.

Furthermore, the Uchiha clan members all believed in Hashirama Senju's character.

The Uchiha clan has already betrayed Madara Uchiha once.

Of course, how could a group of people betray one person? The Uchiha clan publicly claimed that Madara Uchiha had betrayed the Uchiha clan.

Therefore, Fugaku and others did not address Madara Uchiha as "sir," but rather as a direct address.

If Madara Uchiha had stayed behind, the Second Hokage of the village would not have been Tobirama Senju, and the great battle between Madara Uchiha and the First Hokage at the Valley of the End would have put the Uchiha clan in a very difficult position.

It was Madara Uchiha who put the Uchiha in such an awkward situation.

It was Madara Uchiha who betrayed the Uchiha, not the other way around.

Everyone started talking about it.

"The Senju faction has always been ostracizing us, why don't we just go and pledge our allegiance to Lord Madara!"

"Yes, without Hashirama Senju, no one in the ninja world could be a match for Lord Madara. We are already disheartened by what Konoha has done."

"We're pledged our allegiance to Lord Madara!"

The noise began to rise, with the most vocal being those from the martial arts faction, such as Yatsushiro, Inahikawa, and Tetsuka.

These people were the backbone of the Uchiha coup that would later occur, and they had long harbored resentment towards the Konoha leadership.

Shisui quickly stood up to stop him: "No, we've already betrayed Madara Uchiha once. Madara Uchiha will never accept us again."

"..."

Everyone fell silent; they all knew about that period of history.

The Uchiha clan did not leave with Madara Uchiha; instead, they chose Hashirama Senju.

Madara Uchiha hated traitors more than anything in his life.

The doves of the Uchiha clan began to rise.

"Calm down, everyone calm down, don't act rashly. Madara Uchiha's goal is to rule the five great ninja nations."

"His goal is too insane. How can one person take on five great nations? The Uchiha cannot become his victim again."

"That's right. Besides, with so many ninjas watching outside, if our Uchiha defected to the enemy, everyone would probably know."

"At this moment, it's not us Uchiha who are anxious, but the higher-ups, including the Third Hokage."