Naruto's Strongest Force - Chapter 57
Fugaku looked at Natsuki, his gaze intense.
“Natsuki, when do you plan to accept the position of clan leader?”
This wasn’t the first time Fugaku had asked this question, but Natsuki had always managed to dodge it before. Now, he had other plans.
“The clan has stabilized now, but I need to go away for a while.”
“For how long?” Fugaku didn’t ask where Natsuki was going. Natsuki always had his plans and never needed others to worry about him.
Natsuki shook his head. “I don’t know yet. If things go smoothly, it might take a year or so; if not, it could be two or three years.”
“Do you have to go?” Fugaku was very satisfied with the clan members’ current lives.
Seeing Fugaku like this, Natsuki knew he needed to knock some sense into him.
Natsuki put on a severe face and pointed to the sky.
“Clan Leader, don’t be blinded by this temporary prosperity. Some dangers are always present, just not yet arrived.”
“If you don’t have the ability to confront them, the Uchiha will still end up shattered!”
“Hmm…” Fugaku nodded. Recently, Danzo disappeared, and Konoha lived peacefully with the Uchiha.
The Hyuga clan and the Uchiha were practically like family now. Hiashi often invited Fugaku over, and the two clans worked together on missions.
Natsuki also provided many resources to the clan, distributing shuriken and kunai to all Uchiha students in the academy.
These items would require commoner families to save money to buy, but the Uchiha distributed them for free!
Many clan members had even opened “Chinese Cuisine” shops.
The quality of life for the clan members had improved gradually, so Fugaku temporarily indulged in this beautiful life.
He had forgotten the apocalyptic scene Natsuki had shown them before.
Fugaku sighed. Developing was easy; maintaining was hard.
“Just be safe and come back soon.”
Natsuki nodded and touched his head with both hands. A surge of ocular power gathered into a seal on his finger.
“Transcription Seal!?” Fugaku was surprised by Natsuki’s proficiency with sealing techniques.
Natsuki pressed the seal onto Fugaku’s eye, and it gradually disappeared into his eye.
“Hiss…” A familiar ocular power filled his eye sockets, allowing Fugaku to see again, even temporarily.
“Natsuki, you gave me so much ocular power. What will you do if you encounter danger?”
Natsuki’s ocular power was extreme. Even though the Transcription Seal contained only one-third of it, it was still the full power of a Mangekyo Sharingan.
He waved his hand and advised Fugaku:
“Clan Leader, our current prosperity is like a bubble, beautiful but fragile. With Itachi and Shisui not around, you are the only Kage-level combat power left in the clan.”
“Those who covet the Uchiha will never give up. I don’t know when they might come. Our changes also mean changes in the future.”
“We must always be prepared for an attack. Although I stored some ocular power with you, my own is still sufficient.”
“And, there’s something I haven’t told you.”
Natsuki touched his forehead, instantly activating his Mangekyo Sharingan. The overwhelming ocular power astonished Fugaku.
Considering Natsuki had already used some of his ocular power in the Transcription Seal, his remaining power was still overwhelming.
The critical issue was…
“Natsuki, your Sharingan’s shape?” Fugaku’s heart raced. Could it be…?
Natsuki nodded. “I have already awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.”
Fugaku stood up abruptly. “How is that possible!? Didn’t you say it could only be achieved through blood fusion?”
And during Natsuki’s birth era, it was wartime. Not only brothers and parents but even uncles and aunts were all dead.
He was truly alone.
Natsuki shook his head. He couldn’t explain how the system works. “Maybe because my ocular technique is special, my ocular power kept growing and naturally became the Eternal Mangekyo this year.”
“Good! Good!” Fugaku slapped Natsuki’s shoulder hard.
Although Natsuki’s situation couldn’t be replicated, at least the Uchiha now had another super-strong member. Natsuki would undoubtedly become a cornerstone of the Uchiha.
Seeing Fugaku calm down, Natsuki continued, “I don’t know when I’ll return, so let’s keep our wealth hidden as much as possible for now.”
“The head of the Police Force is Hizashi from the Hyuga branch family. Wealth can tempt people, so be prepared for members of the Hyuga main family to override Hizashi.”
Having been the clan leader for many years, Fugaku knew there were no eternal friends, only eternal interests.
He nodded.
Natsuki continued, “If any unknown individuals target us, it will be that person.”
“Who?” Fugaku asked solemnly.
Natsuki replied, “The one who controlled the Nine-Tails during the Nine-Tails’ attack!”
Fugaku stood up abruptly. “Natsuki, do you know his identity?”
He had been waiting too long for this. Because of the Nine-Tails’ attack, the entire Uchiha clan suffered years of unjust blame, almost leading to their extinction!
Natsuki nodded. After such a long development, he could finally tell Fugaku some things.
“He is our Uchiha clan’s hero, Uchiha Obito!”
“What!?” Fugaku was shocked.
He slowly sat down. During the many ninja wars, countless Uchiha members had died.
However, Obito was relatively famous, mainly because one of his Sharingan had been given to Kakashi.
Although Obito had given his Sharingan to Kakashi of his own accord, the Sharingan was still a precious treasure of the Uchiha.
At the time, the Third Hokage had applied some pressure and offered some benefits to resolve the matter.
“But Obito is just a pawn. Behind him stands another person, Uchiha Madara!” Natsuki dropped another bombshell.
Fugaku’s brows furrowed deeply. “Madara Uchiha is still alive?”
Natsuki shook his head. “He is dead now.”
Natsuki then told Fugaku about how Madara saved Obito and became his proxy, recounting the story of Kakashi, Obito, and Rin.
“And so, Obito’s heart fell into darkness. He wants to fulfill Madara’s wish and create a perfect world with the Infinite Tsukuyomi.”
Fugaku didn’t criticise Obito’s obsessive love, as he was a Uchiha. It was not surprising that the Uchiha produced someone like that.
He was only a bit regretful and sighed, wondering why no one had recognised Obito’s talent. Going from a double-tomoe Sharingan directly to the Mangekyo Sharingan was incredible.
However, looking at Natsuki, Fugaku remembered that Natsuki had also seemed average until two years ago when he suddenly changed.
It seemed that the potential of every Uchiha clansman was immeasurable.
In the following time, Natsuki laid out everything about Obito.
He then talked about the most powerful group, the Akatsuki organisation.
Natsuki introduced all the members he remembered, focusing on the leader, Nagato.
Nagato viewed all powerful forces as threats and believed that the stronger the force, the more likely it was to cause war.
In the previous life, Konoha was the strongest of all the ninja villages and contained the Nine-Tails.
Nagato had come to deal with them, and now, with the Uchiha’s rapid development, Natsuki worried that Nagato might decide to destroy it, which would be disastrous.
Natsuki and Fugaku talked through the night, and Natsuki also explained about the Rinnegan Madara had given to Nagato and how the Uchiha civilians should evacuate if Nagato attacked Konoha.
There were too many uncertainties in the future, and Natsuki could only inform Fugaku of the dangerous individuals he remembered.
If Konoha couldn’t hold on, the Uchiha should flee. A retreat route had already been prepared in the Land of Fields.
“Creek…” The meeting room door opened.
Mikoto Uchiha walked in, carrying a tray with some food.
Natsuki nodded to Mikoto. “Sister Mikoto.”
Fugaku looked at her reproachfully. “Why are you here?”
Mikoto smiled at Natsuki and then set down the tray.
“You two have been talking without realizing the time. It’s almost dawn. Aren’t you hungry?”
Natsuki scratched his head. He had been worried about the clan’s safety during his long absence, so he had rambled on without realising it. They had talked all night.
“Sorry, Sister Mikoto. I’ll pay attention to the time next time.”
Mikoto shook her head. “You’re the Deputy Clan Leader. What you discuss with Fugaku must be important, but you should still take care of yourselves. Eat something first.”
Fugaku and Natsuki, both hungry, picked up the food Mikoto had prepared and started eating.
Natsuki sighed inwardly, thinking that if he hadn’t come, Itachi would have already killed Fugaku and Mikoto.
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