I have a bunch of relatives who want to become Hokage.

Most importantly, it was Kaguya Otsutsuki's "assistance".

This ancient princess is a very special existence in Konoha. Although she is vaguely referred to as a senior member of the Hyuga clan, she is no secret at the Jonin level.

If Konoha could accept even this ancient princess, then it would be even more likely that they would accept Uchiha Madara.

At least Madara Uchiha didn't demonstrate the ability to revive people or move the moon at will.

Therefore, when a living Madara Uchiha walked out of the Hyuga clan's territory, many people's focus unconsciously shifted to the matter of "resurrection".

That means they still have some integrity; they only think about some things and don't actually do them.

Back in the late Warring States period, when Konoha was first established, people didn't even know how to write the word "integrity." There would definitely be people who would first flip over the coffin lids of their ancestors and then carry them to the Hokage to beg for resurrection.

Anyway, if you succeed, you'll gain a powerful living ancestor; if you fail, it's just a matter of burying it again.

Uchiha Shingen was pleased that the people of Konoha still had some integrity, as no terrifying scenes like those in a ghost movie had appeared, even though he had made contingency plans.

At this moment, he was at the entrance to the Hyuga clan's territory, welcoming the newly reborn Konoha Shura.

When Madara Uchiha walked out of the Hyuga clan's territory and saw Shingen Uchiha, he didn't show any particular surprise. Instead, he turned back to look at the place where Madara had come from.

But considering his unfocused gaze, he was probably not looking at what was in front of him.

Uchiha Shingen guessed that he was probably looking at Kaguya Otsutsuki's palace, at Kaguya-hime and Black Zetsu.

Black Zetsu dragged Madara Uchiha into a trap and then slipped away halfway through. Given Shingen Uchiha's understanding of Madara, he simply couldn't believe that the old man had no thoughts at all.

He was chased for more than half a year for killing just one of his cats.

Even if you run fast enough and have two strong brothers, you're still gone.

Petty? Madara Uchiha wasn't petty, he wasn't petty at all.

However, considering that Madara Uchiha eventually reappeared as a living person, their final outcome must have been relatively satisfactory.

On this point, Shingen Uchiha had no doubt about Black Zetsu's professional abilities.

"Clan Chief Madara, welcome back." Uchiha Shingen stepped forward, his words brief and to the point.

Uchiha Madara nodded without saying anything more.

Then he headed towards the Uchiha clan's territory.

Uchiha Shingen waved to the shadow guards who had followed him, and these ninjas, all from the Uchiha clan, wisely withdrew.

Or you could say you're going home to deliver the message.

Uchiha Shingen quickened his pace and caught up with Uchiha Madara again.

Madara Uchiha was clearly not used to having someone walking alongside him, and he frowned slightly.

"Clan Chief Madara, what are your plans next?" Uchiha Shingen asked.

"Nothing," Madara Uchiha replied, clearly avoiding the question.

Based on his previous personality, now that he has fully recovered his strength, he would definitely seek out Uchiha Shingen for a sparring match, but now he has absolutely no interest in such things.

Before he got carried away, Madara Uchiha was actually a person who lacked passion for battle.

He enjoys fighting because he is an Uchiha.

He lacks passion because he is Uchiha Madara.

He killed countless people throughout his life, his blood flowed like rivers, but it was all for the sake of opposing war.

After nominally answering Uchiha Shingen's question, Uchiha Madara fell silent and simply walked away with his head down.

Uchiha Shingen did not force him and followed him all the way back to the clan's territory.

After entering the clan's territory, Madara Uchiha did not slow down, seemingly with a clear purpose.

He headed in the direction of the amusement park.

Clan territory is actually an old term; strictly speaking, clan territory no longer existed during the ninja village era.

However, the medium and large ninja clans that managed to survive did maintain a communal lifestyle. To facilitate their lives, they established many supporting facilities. For children, they had their own schools, which were not only used to train ninjas, but also their own playgrounds for children to play in.

When Madara Uchiha entered the amusement park, there were many children playing under the protection of their parents.

The ninja clan's amusement park is all ninja-themed. Since ninjas are mostly careless, their rides are actually quite hardcore, so adults need to supervise them.

Madara Uchiha's appearance immediately attracted the attention of adults and children alike.

Madara Uchiha, who had been away from this place for quite some time, had already left a deep impression on the members of his clan during his brief stay.

To put it more bluntly, the children of the Uchiha clan had a particularly deep impression of him because he basically didn't interact with adults.

After Madara Uchiha came in, he sat on the bench next to him and watched the children play.

The adults all seemed eager to come over and say hello, but when the children saw that "Devil Uncle" didn't run over to grab them for training like before, they happily started playing again.

Uchiha Shingen felt that the scene looked strangely familiar, so he thought about it carefully and realized that it was the preparatory action of a large feline hunting.

In short—watching intently.

Perhaps this is why Madara Uchiha is now willing to return to Konoha, and even be resurrected.

Uchiha Shingen, however, thought this was a good thing.

The reason why Uchiha Madara fought for the Warring States period, Konoha, and so on, was ultimately for the continuation of his clan.

Family is part of clan, and Madara Uchiha, who cherished his family, also had a deep empathy for the entire Uchiha clan until he felt abandoned by his clan.

But this kind of decisiveness is very unreliable. Everything is based on his personal feelings. When he feels that his family has abandoned him, he will leave. When he feels that his family has not abandoned him, his empathy will be restored.

However, he couldn't extend this empathy to the entire Hidden Leaf Village, which is the essential difference between him and Hashirama Senju.

His beautiful aspirations for peace were all based on protecting his blood relatives.

This is not a flaw; rather, it's quite normal.

Just like Uchiha Shingen didn't intend to protect the Sarutobi, Shimura, Su-Shika-Cho, or the Hyuga, Aburame, and Inuzuka clans.

But he needs to protect the Uchiha clan, so he needs to protect Konoha, protect the other clans that are part of Konoha's power, and ultimately protect everyone living in this village.

The same principle applies if we replace it with the Thousand Hands of the Forest; the final result will be the same.

Madara Uchiha in the past did not act any differently than he does now, which is why Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha said that the entire Hidden Leaf Village was their family.

Madara Uchiha at the time also accepted this view, otherwise he wouldn't have accepted the Hokage nomination.

Uchiha Shingen left.

I didn't disturb you.

After that, Konoha enjoyed a period of calm.

It's Konoha, not the Ninja World.

The reason is simple: a few days later, when people looked up again, they found that the moon was gone.

At first, no one took it seriously, since it wasn't possible to see the moon every night anyway.

But after not seeing this thing for a whole month, people started to take it seriously, which was obviously not normal.

When this period of time continued for two or three months or even half a year, the world was shocked.

Can the moon in the sky just disappear like that?!

But in the eyes of the higher-ups in the country and the ninja village, this is not a question of whether it exists or not.

This world also has disciplines similar to astronomy, and there is research on the influence of celestial bodies on the natural environment.

Daming Prefecture supported a large number of such researchers.

When the administrative and military systems are undertaken by their respective entities, both sides exert considerable vitality in this field because they are well aware of what they rely on for their livelihood.

The Daimyo Prefecture oversees all the mountains, rivers, and streams under the jurisdiction of the Land of Fire. After all, the Daimyo governs the people, and the Hokage governs the army; neither can afford to make a mistake, or the whole system will collapse.

However, the moon in this world is not a naturally formed moon and is ultimately different from the one on Earth. At least it does not affect the weather system of the Naruto world, whose stable weather system depends entirely on other natural factors.

It's not to say there was no impact at all. For example, the police department and the ninjas of the Anbu made similar reports to the Hokage Building—on moonless nights, some animals felt confused. For example, predators in the forest found it significantly more difficult to obtain food after the moonlight was gone, as these animals, who mainly interact with the world through sight, were no longer able to do so.

Uchiha Shingen did not take these messages lightly. Although the Hokage was only in charge of the military system, he also had to manage the production in Konoha Village, just as the Daimyo had to manage the security of his own area.

Compared to the impact of the moon's disappearance, Kaguya Otsutsuki's departure quickly faded from the minds of those who cared.

Those who have left, no matter how powerful they were, are no longer important compared to the real problems that exist.

Overall, it's a good thing, as long as the resulting impact is handled well.

After all, those who cannot be free from worries in the present have no right to look to the future.

Uchiha Shingen also enjoyed an unusually fulfilling period as Hokage.

This intensive work on the theme of "humans and nature" lasted for more than a year.

Ultimately, Konoha and Daimyo's Mansion discovered that the disappearance of the moon did indeed cause inconvenience to some nocturnal animals, but it was only inconvenience. These animals had managed to reproduce to this day, and they possessed the resilience of life, and would eventually adapt to the moonless nights.

Apart from that, the impact seems minimal.

The final uncertainty was resolved with the promise of the then Fifth Hokage, Shingen Uchiha, that a new moon would be reconstructed.

As is widely known, there are nine tailed beasts in the world, and Konoha has six of them.

Currently, apart from one in Sunagakure and two in Kirigakure, all the other tailed beasts are in Konoha.

Everyone felt that it wasn't unreasonable for the Hokage, who possessed six tailed beasts, to create a moon.

For Uchiha Shingen, the reason he made such a promise was based on his vague memory that moonlight played a very important role in the growth of plants.

For the Land of Fire, whose foundation is agriculture, it would be very important if the moonlight in this world had the same effect.

In any case, it was already the end of the second year when Uchiha Shingen was able to completely conclude his joint research with the Daimyo and other countries.

The Great Forest of Konoha has once again entered winter.

Ice and snow also swept in with the cold current from the north.

That day, after finishing reviewing documents in his office, Uchiha Shingen got up and opened the window. A cold draft rushed into the room, and the world outside looked gray and lifeless. The artificial lake in the distance was covered with ice, and there were black dots moving near the lakeshore, probably ice skaters.

Uchiha Shingen looked at the condensation on the windowpane and drew a smiley face on it.

He closed the window again, put away the documents, and went home.

In the Uchiha clan's territory, the ground was covered with thick snow, and a group of children tirelessly stomped out footprints on it, running around in groups.

However, when a figure suddenly appeared on the snow in the distance, the mischievous children started shouting and trying to run away.