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Chapter 280 Today is a grand event for the Uchiha clan, so it wouldn't hurt to let Madara participate!

Pat pat…

Pat pat pat pat…

The sound of wooden clogs echoed rhythmically on the stone slabs.

Uchiha Itachi walked straight across the stone path through the ruins without glancing to either side, seemingly ignoring some Root ninjas standing in the corners of the ruins, and headed step by step toward the door of the warehouse inside.

These Root ninjas noticed Itachi Uchiha's neglect of them, and their eyes erupted with murderous intent. One of the Root ninjas even slowly drew his ninja sword!

"Don't rush."

A Root squad leader coldly stopped his subordinates from attacking Uchiha Itachi, continuing, "Anyway, his life should have ended by now..."

"An extremely strong killing intent..."

As Itachi Uchiha walked slowly, his fingers secretly forming a hand seal inside his sleeve. His eyes were slightly lowered. "There are forty-one people outside..."

This number of people…

There are twice as many people as in the root community I used to belong to.

Itachi Uchiha began to think. These people must have been sent by Akihara Kagura. Were they worried that he would kill Sasuke and then escape from here?

but…

All these worries are unnecessary.

Because I never intended to leave here alive.

Uchiha Itachi stood at the entrance of the base's warehouse, pushed open the door, and stepped into the somewhat dark building.

"What's inside..."

"Forty-three."

Itachi Uchiha immediately noticed that there was a group of Root ninjas standing inside the house, and he could even see out of the corner of his eye that there were people standing on guard on the roof beams.

The number of people at the root...

How come their numbers are almost the same as the Dark Division?

It seems that Akihara Kagura really doesn't want him to leave here alive this time.

but…

These people are not important.

Uchiha Itachi looked up and saw Uchiha Sasuke sitting on the stone chair in the middle, looking at his once cowardly and timid younger brother.

Sasuke Uchiha rested his chin on his hand, surrounded by a group of Root ninjas, looking like their leader with an air of arrogance and indifference.

"It's finally here..."

Sasuke Uchiha smirked coldly, his face aloof as he stared at his brother, who had murdered their father and mother. A hint of disdain flashed in his eyes: "Itachi, I thought you wouldn't dare come to see me after I killed your clone last time..."

They had faced off once before in the battle to reclaim the Kazekage.

In their last encounter, Sasuke Uchiha killed Itachi Uchiha's clone puppet almost effortlessly, even though that clone puppet only possessed 30% of Itachi's power.

"Sasuke."

Itachi Uchiha shook his head, his lips pursed: "Your Sharingan can only see the past? You're still afraid, afraid that you might not be a match for the Mangekyou Sharingan, which is why you're bringing these useless people with you at this moment..."

"What did you say?!"

A Root ninja wearing a mask is enraged!

"calm."

Sasuke Uchiha calmed down the group of Root ninjas who were about to explode in anger, but his eyes remained unchanged, as if he did not think that Itachi Uchiha was humiliating him.

"This is not fear."

Sasuke Uchiha stared at Itachi Uchiha, a murderous intent slowly brewing in his eyes: "Although I want to kill you, all the clansmen present also have the right to watch you die in front of them. Their relatives, like their fathers and mothers, were all slaughtered by you on the night of the clan's annihilation..."

"Our people..."

Itachi Uchiha frowned.

"Take off your mask."

Sasuke Uchiha slowly straightened up and said coldly, "Let this traitor know that the Uchiha clan will not perish!"

A Root ninja removed his mask.

The other Root ninjas removed their masks.

Everyone present revealed pairs of crimson Sharingan eyes.

Everyone present was filled with hatred, their eyes blazing with killing intent like tangible knives as they stared intently at Uchiha Itachi.

"Uchiha Itachi..."

"You probably don't remember many of them, right?"

Sasuke Uchiha gripped his ninja sword, drawing it from its sheath with a flick of his wrist. Staring at the sharp edge of the blade, he seemed to be pondering when this sword would finally drink Itachi Uchiha's blood: "That's normal. To hide, all the Uchiha except me have to live under assumed names. Everyone's almost forgotten their own names..."

"This is…"

Itachi Uchiha's pupils dilated in shock, and his fingers trembled involuntarily.

How is that possible?

Itachi Uchiha's eyesight had deteriorated somewhat, and he could only vaguely recognize some of them, barely making out their youthful features from their faces.

The most important evidence is that these people can freely switch between their clan's Sharingan and ordinary eyes, which means they must have the bloodline of the Uchiha clan!

These are all members of the Uchiha clan!

This kind of thing...

How is that possible?

How could so many people have survived the night of the massacre?

Sasuke Uchiha swung his ninja sword down and continued coldly, "From that day on, I always thought that my only goal for the rest of my life was to kill you and avenge myself, no matter the cost..."

"Fortunately..."

"There are still many Uchiha clans living in this world."

"There are many people who share the same goal as me, so I am no longer alone."

Sasuke Uchiha raised his ninja sword, pointing it at Itachi Uchiha, and said coldly, "Now tell us the truth about the night of the massacre, why you killed everyone else, and why you killed Dad and Mom!"

Uchiha Sasuke had always wanted to know this.

Because he couldn't believe his brother would do such a thing.

There were also some rumors circulating in the village about the Uchiha clan massacre, because Danzo Shimura and the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi mentioned it during the Chunin Exams, suggesting there might be some hidden story behind it. However, these rumors quickly disappeared.

Only Uchiha Sasuke remembered it at the time.

The other Uchiha members didn't care about any of this; they only cared that Itachi had killed their loved ones. Sasuke didn't even bother to ask about it...

"Is that so..."

Itachi Uchiha closed his eyes.

Right now, Itachi Uchiha's mind is only focused on one question...

The fact that some members of the clan survived the massacre was advantageous to his younger brother, Sasuke, giving him a sense of belonging and relieving him of worries about Sasuke's future...

but…

Is there some conspiracy behind this?

If nothing unexpected happens, on the night he conspired with Obito Uchiha to exterminate the clan, he wiped out all the clan members. As for those who were hiding, those he didn't have time to kill were probably slaughtered by the Three-Tails using the Tailed Beast Ball...

unless…

Someone saved them before they could use the Tailed Beast Ball.

In an instant, Itachi Uchiha figured out the truth. He subconsciously identified the suspect in the incident as Akihara Kagura.

It's perfectly normal for that guy to deliberately rescue people who have grudges against him so they can seek revenge...

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, was likely involved; otherwise, these people wouldn't have been able to hide in Konoha. However, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, is already dead…

Danzo Shimura should…

Danzo Shimura was not that kind of person.

If Shimura Danzo wanted to preserve some Uchiha members, there was no need for him to persuade him to slaughter the entire clan; he could have simply said that some should be spared…

Forget it.

Thinking about these things again is pointless.

My most important thing right now is to ensure the plan is successfully completed!

If I can achieve my goal today—awakening my younger brother's Mangekyou Sharingan and then transplanting my own Mangekyou Sharingan to obtain eternal eye power—I can reach the heights that Madara Uchiha once stood at, and I should be able to resolve any conspiracy.

No matter what happens...

The original plan is the most important!

and…

Sasuke has made great progress...

I might not be his match!

But we also need to let him know the most important power of the Uchiha clan!

Since Sasuke is asking now, this is a good opportunity to tell him about the flaws of the Uchiha clan's Mangekyou Sharingan...

"Want to know these things?"

When Itachi Uchiha opened his eyes again, he had already revealed his Sharingan. The shock in his eyes had quietly disappeared, replaced by his past indifference and arrogance.

"It's very simple."

"Just for power."

Itachi Uchiha reached up and touched his eye socket, coldly saying, "This matter is a secret of the Uchiha clan, concerning the flaws of the Mangekyou Sharingan..."

"When a member of our clan awakens the Mangekyou Sharingan, they fall into the curse of the Mangekyou Sharingan. Every time the Mangekyou Sharingan is used, it consumes ocular power, causing a decline in eyesight..."

As Itachi Uchiha's vision blurred with the sight of Sasuke Uchiha's body, his voice remained icy as he continued, "To restore the Mangekyou Sharingan's power, the only option is to transplant someone else's Mangekyou Sharingan..."

"Of course, this method still has its flaws."

"but…"

"It just so happens that another person in the Uchiha clan obtained the secret of the Mangekyou Sharingan, and only then was there a real way to break the curse of the Mangekyou Sharingan."

"Who?"

Uchiha Sasuke frowned.

"Uchiha Madara".

Itachi Uchiha mentioned Madara Uchiha's name.

the other side.

In a corner of the warehouse.

A black and white figure is lurking here.

Besides this group of Uchiha, there was another visitor here, Zetsu, an intelligence agent from the Akatsuki organization.

of course.

This intelligence officer is a bit unqualified.

Because the Akatsuki's base had already been destroyed, this intelligence agent was still here monitoring the duel between Itachi and Sasuke.

but…

This time, I was actually somewhat glad they came!

"There were other Uchiha who survived..."

White Zetsu looked at the group of Uchiha inside the warehouse with some surprise, unable to believe it: "We've never noticed them before..."

"Akihara Kagura!"

White Zetsu suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem and hurriedly asked Black Zetsu beside it, "These people are all Akihara Kagura's subordinates. How could he have kept so many things from us..."

"A minor, harmless problem."

Black Zetsu no longer cares about these trivial matters.

Currently, the Eye of the Moon Project is proceeding smoothly, and there is no need to argue with Akihara Kagura over such a trivial matter, because Akihara Kagura also holds the most important link in the Eye of the Moon Project—Uchiha Madara's corpse.

"but…"

Black Zetsu was still somewhat uneasy, and said in a hoarse voice, "We must get Kagura to revive Madara as soon as possible. We can't let him always hold the initiative..."

Just then, White Zetsu Awei appeared beside them and whispered a reminder: "Hey, kid, you want to revive Madara using Edo Tensei, but you need a sacrifice..."

"Now?"

Both White Zetsu and Black Zetsu were startled.

At this time...

Is that guy going to bring up the matter of reviving Uchiha Madara?

"Oh, right..."

White Zetsu Awei looked at White Zetsu and Black Zetsu, and cautiously said, "The boy told me that in order for Madara to have powerful fighting abilities, his original body must be used as a sacrifice to revive him..."

"What?!"

White Zetsu's true form immediately wanted to object!

"..."

Without a word, Black Zetsu immediately subdued White Zetsu's body and asked in a hoarse voice, "Where is Kagura?"

This so-called White Zetsu body is completely irrelevant.

As long as Madara Uchiha can be resurrected through Edo Tensei, and as long as their Eye of the Moon plan continues according to its established trajectory, they can have as many White Zetsu as they want!

"It's nearby."

Bai Jue Awei hurriedly led the way.

Obviously.

Everyone is quite anxious about this.

In the forest outside the ruins, Akihara Kagura stood under the shade of a tree, with Uchiha Madara's corpse lying beside him.

Black Zetsu, controlling his White Zetsu form, emerged from the ground. Upon seeing the corpse beside Akihara Kagura, he immediately relaxed: "Kagura, why did you choose to revive Madara at this time?"

"It's about time."

Akihara Kagura leaned nonchalantly against a tree trunk, glancing down at the corpse on the ground: "Today's battle is a grand event for the Uchiha clan, so it won't hurt for Lord Madara to participate..."

First update!

Everyone was quite busy today…

(End of this chapter)