Uchiha's road to the top started from Konoha

Chapter 16: Cloud Shadow Village Split Into Two

Going north from the border of the Fire Nation, near the sea, there is a huge unowned basin - the Mountain Cemetery.

The mountain cemetery, which was originally taboo for mountain villagers and they dared not approach, and where large animals were often active, has suddenly been regarded as a sacred sacrificial site by mountain villagers in recent years. Carefully prepared clothing and food are offered here every day.

At the entrance basin of the mountain cemetery, there are huge beast skeletons.

There are cave entrances of various sizes on the surrounding cliffs. If someone goes down the cave, they will find that there is an astonishingly large underground cave below the basin.

In the extremely spacious cave, some living facilities have been artificially built.

At this moment, on a stone bed covered with a soft mat, a man with thick hair, wearing a black robe and red armor, looking heroic and unruly, burst into a hearty laugh.

"Hehehe. Hahaha. Hahahahahaha!"

"Senju Tobirama, you have come to this day!"

"What a pity I didn't see you die!"

The man wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and walked towards the side room where weapons were stored with a happy mood. In the center of the dazzling array of weapons and implements, was placed the weapon passed down from generation to generation among the clan leaders of the Uchiha clan - a gourd-shaped fan with two pairs of three magatama patterns. It was hard and elastic in texture, and had the terrifying power to rebound the tailed beast ball.

"Flame Fan..."

The man's identity is self-evident. He is none other than Uchiha Madara, who was said to have died at the hands of the first generation Senju Hashirama in the battle at the Valley of the End and was known as the "Shura of the Ninja World" and the previous head of the Uchiha clan!

"If I were still in Konoha, your successor would be that boy."

Gently stroking the flame fan that accompanied him throughout his military life, memories of the past flashed in Uchiha Madara's eyes.

There is passion, there is grief, there is the determination to fight for life and death, and there is the determination to be reborn from the ashes.

"The past is all in the past."

"There is only one goal now!"

When Uchiha Madara opened his eyes again, his dark pupils were clear. He tore open the collar of his robe, and there was a knife wound piercing his heart.

"Hashirama, you are really as hard-hearted as iron for naming Konoha after me."

Uchiha Madara still feels a dull pain from the knife wound. If he had not successfully resurrected by performing the Sharingan forbidden technique [Izanami] at the cost of blinding one eye, he would have returned to heaven long ago.

In that final battle that lasted day and night, not long after Senju Hashirama's victory, he died in Konoha Village due to excessive consumption and incurable injuries.

As expected by Uchiha Madara, the next Hokage would be Tobirama Senju. The Uchiha clan members who were unwilling to follow him and leave Konoha lived an increasingly miserable life.

Uchiha Madara, who had once promised his younger brother Uchiha Izuna to take good care of the Uchiha clan, felt both happy and sad.

"At least I didn't gain nothing." Uchiha Madara picked up the flame fan and a sealed container beside it. In the container filled with liquid was a bright red mass, as if it had just been peeled off from a creature, a piece of meat full of vigorous vitality. His eyes were burning, as if he had seen the other half of his life.

Under the Nanga Shrine in the Uchiha ancestral land, there is a stone tablet that can only be fully seen with the Eternal Mangekyo. On the stone tablet is recorded [Two mutually repelling forces, combined into one, gave birth to the power of all things in the universe], which is the legendary Eye of the Six Paths Sage - the Rinnegan!

"It's time to start fusing the power of the Senju and Uchiha."

In order to change the Uchiha clan, for this war-torn ninja world, and for the arrival of true peace, the Rinnegan is what Uchiha Madara is determined to obtain.

After simply packing his luggage, Uchiha Madara embarked on a long journey. His first stop was the Land of Lightning. He was quite interested in the fact that Kinkaku and Ginkaku killed Senju Tobirama.

Another important reason was that he wanted to find a laboratory to fuse the flesh and blood obtained from Hashirama Senju with his body to give birth to the supreme Rinnegan.

If the Land of Lightning doesn't work, then go to the Land of Wind, the Land of Water, even the Land of Fire doesn't matter. Without Hashirama Senju, Uchiha Madara is the invincible Shura of the ninja world.

As for stuffing meat directly into the body...

It's not that there are no other ways to deal with this kind of brainless thing, but Uchiha Madara would never do it.

Just as Uchiha Madara was about to set off, a piece of news came from the Hidden Cloud Village in the Land of Lightning that shocked the entire ninja world - a ninja rebellion broke out in the Hidden Cloud Village, one of the five major ninja villages, and it was directly split into two!
The country of thunder, Yunlei Gorge, is divided into north and south. In the south, Nanyun Village was established by Kinkaku and Ginkaku, while in the north, Kitaku Village was established by the original legitimate successor, the third generation Ai. For a time, the entire ninja world was in an uproar.

The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning was extremely furious. He broke countless exquisite porcelains shipped from the Land of Fire. Many singing girls and beauties also died under the tyranny of the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning.

At the same time, a piece of news came from the Daimyo's Mansion in the Land of Lightning - until the North and South Cloud Villages were integrated, they would refuse to provide any financial assistance, and severely reprimanded the leaders of the two villages to negotiate and reconcile as soon as possible so as not to let foreigners laugh at them.

The envoys' merciless words and domineering attitude made them lose their temper. No matter who they were, all the envoys from the Gold Horn and Silver Horn sides were beheaded. Even the envoys from the Third Generation Ai in Beiyun Village were beaten out.

For a time, the entire ninja world was watching the joke of the Land of Lightning.

The Daimyoji of the Land of Thunder was furious and resolutely stopped providing any financial assistance. The Jinjiao and Yinjiao of Nanyun Village even said, "You do it on the first day, and I'll do it on the fifteenth, and we'll do it all together." The extremely single people started a zero-yuan shopping campaign.

With the ninja's speed, they made a lot of money in a short period of time. The envious Kitamo Village was drooling. Before the Third Hokage Ai could imitate Kinkaku and Ginkaku, this action, which was like cutting flesh, caused great panic and palpitations among the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning - what if Kinkaku and Ginkaku directly robbed the Daimyo's mansion?
For the sake of their own lives, supplies were sent to Beiyun Village free of charge.

Seeing the mountains of supplies, the Sandaime Ai sent out ninjas while falling into deep thought - did he seem to have found the daimyo's weak spot?
If the Gold Horn and Silver Horn of Nanyun Village continue to exist, will Beiyun Village no longer be short of supplies?
The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning, who was unaware that the will of the Third Hokumune Village's Ai was beginning to waver, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw the two villages in the north and south beginning to restrain each other.

But the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning also began to feel dissatisfied, and prepared to contact the Daimyo of major countries to discuss how to control the ninja village. These lowly tools cannot be allowed to jump over the heads of their masters!

However, in just five days, the Land of Lightning had been thrown into chaos. The Iwagakure Village in the Land of Earth, the Mist Village in the Land of Water, and the Sand Village in the Land of Wind all sent people to gather information in an attempt to get a piece of the pie.

The Konoha ninja army stationed on the edge of the forest of the Land of Hot Springs, Nara Shikamei saw that the Land of Lightning was already unable to take care of itself and had no ability to invade Konoha again. After communicating with the Konoha high-level officials, he decided to leave some ninja troops to continue stationed on the border of the Land of Fire, and the rest of the ninja troops returned to the village.

In the affairs of the Land of Lightning, Uchiha Wuan, who has hidden his merits and fame, once again set foot on the territory of the Land of Fire.

The First Ninja World War came to an end.

(End of this chapter)