Konoha: I, Uchiha, just want to die.

Chapter 447 Uchiha’s second choice!

if we assume,
Did the Uchiha clan actually help Uchiha Ci in the few short months of his growth?
In fact, there are.

Whether it was before the Battle of Jigokudani, when a large number of people from the clan went out to avenge the assassination of the young clan leader and bloodbathed the exchange offices of various countries in the ninja world, or after the Battle of Jigokudani, when the whole clan worked together to implement the plan,
Its core initiators are all the great elders, Uchiha Setsuna, who gave a lot of help to Uchiha Ci and was the first to discover Uchiha Ci and lived and died with him.

now,

Facing Uchiha Fugaku's questioning, the members of the Uchiha clan urgently need Uchiha Setsuna to step forward and acknowledge the legitimacy of their actions, to confirm that they were not doing nothing, and to prove that they were not acting for the visible benefits that would be brought about by Uchiha Ci becoming the clan leader!
In fact, everyone in the clan had a lot of disagreements when Uchiha Ci became the junior clan leader and Uchiha Fugaku was removed from the position of heir by Uchiha Setsuna. However, later, Uchiha Ci's actions conquered them.
The Hollow Dog bombarded the Senju clan's territory, faced and suppressed the Nine-Tails, defeated the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, and confronted the strongest man in the ninja world, the Third Raikage Ai.
He accomplished in one go what countless previous clan leaders had found difficult to accomplish!
On the battlefield of the Third Ninja World War, where the situation was unclear and the Ninja World was in chaos, they were all willing to risk their lives to carry out important missions deep behind enemy lines.
That was from the bottom of his heart, he hoped that his actions could help Uchiha Ci who was about to set foot in Yunming City again!
At that time they were not afraid,
But at this moment, facing Fugaku's questioning, facing the final moment of dividing the cake,
They were speechless, and even felt a little embarrassed.

Just like the betrayal of Uchiha Madara, it was a thorn in Uchiha Madara's heart, and at the same time, it was also a thorn in the hearts of everyone in the Uchiha clan that could never be let go.

At this time, everyone in the Uchiha clan was actually a little uneasy facing Uchiha Ci, who was about to become the new clan leader according to the procedure.

On the one hand, they did have high hopes for the growing Uchiha Ci, hoping that he would lead the clan to become more powerful.

on the other hand,

They were also doubting that, as Uchiha Fugaku said, they had done too little in the process, mainly because they were too late to do anything. After all, who would have thought that in less than four months, Uchiha Ci, that kid, had become almost invincible.
Now facing the grown-up Uchiha Ci, everyone felt like they had found a pie in the sky.
This is too unreal!
After spending just over ten billion, he became invincible!
But, but we still have so much money left to spend! ?

The private property donation, selling of ancestral property, the whole family's death and other scenes have not yet been arranged!
Therefore, Uchiha Fugaku's words, which directly exposed everyone's guilty conscience, were so deafening at this moment that they made everyone present silent and had to look at Uchiha Setsuna with some shame.

And at this moment,
Even from the rooftops, watching the scenes happening in Nanga Shrine,

As the old fellow who was betrayed by his clan as mentioned by Fugaku,
Even the old man Uchiha Madara, who was already old and frail, fell silent.

For Uchiha Madara, although he seemed not to care about the betrayal that happened back then, only he himself knew what he actually thought.

That incident was full of helplessness.
Not only him, but also the people in the clan were suffering.

After surviving the entire Warring States Period, even the Uchiha clan, which had been a thousand-year-old clan, had lost some of its talents and lacked fresh blood.
Faced with the hard-won peace, the clan was obviously unable to convince themselves by relying on the contents of the ancestral stone tablet under the Nanga Shrine that could only be interpreted by Uchiha Madara's Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. In addition, with the establishment of major ninja villages in the outside world, the pattern of the ninja world has changed. It is no longer the separatist situation of the clan occupying one side in the Warring States Period.
There were actually voices in the clan who wanted to follow Uchiha Madara and leave.
Uchiha Setsuna, the blind old man sitting at the side of the main hall of Nanga Shrine, was a loyal fan of Uchiha Madara forty years ago. He also wanted to leave with Uchiha Madara. To be more precise, it was a compromise plan thought out by the clan. After all, as long as there was someone by Madara's side, they could always contact him, and it would be easier to discuss when Uchiha Madara needed the Uchiha clan in the future.

However, Uchiha Madara, who was proud by nature, refused this gesture that seemed like charity.

At the same time, he also realized that Uchiha Setsuna did not have the talent to open the Mangekyō Sharingan. The stupid boy who asked such idiotic questions but was extremely eager for power was just a waste of time following him. But he did not expect that

Forty years later,

Although I have not yet seen the true power of these eyes,
Uchiha Setsuna finally obtained this heavy power beyond human power in a tragic way!
He proved himself in front of himself who had denied him back then!
And now,
Looking at the decision that the Uchiha clan is making at this moment, and the reflection and regret of the betrayal that happened that year,
Even though he still firmly believed that the "Moon Eye Project" was the final way to end the desperate cycle of the ninja world,
This scene still deeply touched the heartstrings of this lonely old man!
The past is like a mirror,
Not only was he thinking about the future of his clan, his village, his country, all of humanity, and even the entire world, but the Uchiha clan, who had gone through so much, was also thinking about it.
The only difference is,
Uchiha Madara set his sights on the entire ninja world and all of humanity and conducted an arrogant thinking.
The Uchiha clan has always been thinking from the perspective of the clan, how to make better choices for its members and even the clan leader.

They, the Uchiha, never want to owe anyone!

Then,

Was I too harsh on the Uchiha clan?

At this moment, thinking about the butcher's act that he was about to do in order to make Uchiha leave his eyes,
Uchiha Madara's face darkened slightly. He lowered his eyebrows and glanced at the Grim Reaper's scythe in his hand, thinking so.

"That's all."

The old man sighed imperceptibly and turned his gaze to the little old man who had been sitting silently at the side of the main hall in the Nanhe Shrine.

The old man with long white hair stood up, leaning on the scythe of death, his messy hair dancing wildly without wind.

His eyes gradually became stern and cold.
"Then let me hear it—"

"After forty years, the Uchiha clan's second choice!"

"Uchiha Madara, or, Uchiha Ci!"

"What will be your answer?"

(End of this chapter)