Arriving at the dining table, Uchiha Fugaku saw a child of four or five years old in addition to Uchiha Mikoto.
The child had black hair and black eyes, as delicate as a sculpted jade figurine.
Although he was only a few years old, his facial features already showed his future potential.
He would undoubtedly become a handsome man, causing many girls to vie for his attention.
This child was Uchiha Sasuke.
Uchiha Itachi, whom he disliked, was not present; he had left the Village with Uchiha Shisui to carry out a mission.
"Father."
Upon seeing Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Sasuke quickly called out in a clear, crisp voice.
"Hmm."
Uchiha Fugaku stroked Uchiha Sasuke's head and sat down cross-legged.
And Uchiha Sasuke, whose head had been stroked, beamed with joy as if he had received a reward.
Uchiha Sasuke, who had not experienced the Night of the Clan Annihilation, had a normal personality and lacked the aloofness that kept people at a distance, as seen in the original work.
At most, he had a touch of the Tsundere attitude common to a genius of the Uchiha Clan, influenced by their environment.
But this hint of Tsundere naturally didn't exist in the face of his current body's identity.
"This is a potential asset; I must thoroughly brainwash him and keep him in my grasp!" he thought to himself when he saw Uchiha Sasuke brighten up with just a simple head pat.
Compared to Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi, those two White-eyed Wolves, Uchiha Sasuke was undoubtedly much more normal, at least before the tragic clan annihilation.
As long as he was properly guided, he would certainly become a great help to him in the future.
Moreover, he was a highly promising asset, being the reincarnation of Indra.
Of course, before that, he had to lead the Uchiha Clan through the Night of the Clan Annihilation; otherwise, everything would be empty talk.
After dinner, he went to the training ground in the courtyard.
Although he had acquired Uchiha Fugaku's memories, he was not the original person. He had to confirm whether he had inherited Uchiha Fugaku's combat experience.
If he hadn't inherited it, having strength without combat experience would undoubtedly greatly diminish his abilities, which would be very unfavorable to his goal of "surviving the Night of the Clan Annihilation."
He took eight shuriken from his ninja tool pouch, holding them between the fingers of both hands—this was the shuriken grip from his predecessor's memory.
Immediately, a sense of familiarity arose.
With a thought, he exerted force with both hands, quickly throwing out the eight shuriken.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The eight shuriken flew out quickly, but their speeds were not uniform.
The front ones were slightly slower, and the back ones were slightly faster.
Clink, clink, clink!
The shuriken at the back struck the shuriken in front, creating a series of impacts.
The direction of all the shuriken changed, scattering in various directions across the training ground.
All eight shuriken landed on a target, and all of them hit the red bullseye.
"Phoenix Sage Fire Technique."
Not stopping there, Uchiha Fugaku quickly formed hand signs with both hands, then cupped his right hand like a megaphone to his mouth.
Ball after ball of flames spewed forth, striking each of the eight targets.
Under these balls of flame, the eight targets exploded, scattering sparks.
"It seems the original combat experience is still there!"
He stopped, nodding with satisfaction.
Being able to land all eight shuriken on the bullseye and accurately hit the targets with Ninjutsu indicated that his predecessor's combat experience was still intact.
If his guess was correct, his predecessor's combat experience had already become muscle memory, and he wouldn't need to start practicing from scratch.
"Kage-level combat power!"
With his predecessor's combat experience, combined with this body's physical prowess and the Mangekyo Sharingan, having Kage-level combat power was certain.
"But Kage-level combat power alone isn't enough; I must improve further!"
He knew that with only Kage-level combat power, it would be very difficult to prevent the clan annihilation.
After all, the enemies were not only Uchiha Itachi but also Uchiha Obito. Facing two enemies with Mangekyo Sharingan, his current strength would definitely not be enough to contend with them.
Although there was the option of killing Uchiha Itachi before he awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan, he didn't intend to do so unless absolutely necessary.
It wasn't because of his superficial father-son relationship with Uchiha Itachi, but because he needed a pair of Mangekyo Sharingan with close blood ties to evolve his eyes into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
Killing Uchiha Itachi before he awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan would be very disadvantageous.
"Uchiha Itachi's Sharingan hasn't evolved into the Mangekyo Sharingan yet, so I can't upgrade my eyes to the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan by transplanting his Mangekyo Sharingan."
"At this stage, the best way to increase my strength is to transplant hashirama cells. This is a risky method, but for me, such a risk doesn't exist!"
He thought to himself.
With the Eye Technique Corpse Fusion, the risk of transplanting hashirama cells didn't exist for him.
He only needed to use Corpse Fusion to merge the corpse of someone who perfectly integrated hashirama cells into his own body, and he would gain hashirama cells without any risk.
After all, he would be fusing the corpse of someone who could perfectly integrate hashirama cells, so he would naturally acquire that person's perfect compatibility with hashirama cells.
"Currently in the Ninja World, only Yamato and the White Zetsu clones have perfectly integrated hashirama cells."
He recalled his memories from his previous life.
Yamato, as the sole survivor of Orochimaru's Hashirama cell integration experiment, was very fortunate to perfectly integrate hashirama cells and even gained Wood Release without any side effects.
As for the White Zetsu clones, they were created by Uchiha Madara using the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, through hashirama cells and White Zetsu. They also perfectly integrated hashirama cells without any side effects.
Whether he chose to fuse with the corpse of Yamato or a White Zetsu clone, it should be able to eliminate the side effects of using the Mangekyo Sharingan and enhance his strength.
"Yamato should currently be in the Anbu directly under the Hokage. If I make a move against him, it will inevitably attract an investigation from the Hokage's faction, and a single mistake could even expose me."
"However, the White Zetsu clones are numerous, and even if one dies, it probably won't be given much importance."
Uchiha Fugaku made his decision.
Compared to Yamato, who could cause trouble if acted upon, the numerous White Zetsu clones, whose deaths wouldn't be given much importance, were a more suitable target.
After cultivating for a while in the courtyard, night had fallen.
He left the training ground, took a bath, and entered the bedroom.
In the bedroom, Uchiha Mikoto, dressed in a nightgown, sat cross-legged on the tatami mat.
The thin nightgown could hardly conceal her graceful figure, and her fair skin peeked out from beneath it.
Her long, dark hair was spread out, emitting a faint, fragrant scent.
Seeing this alluring sight, and realizing that this beautiful woman was his wife, his gaze couldn't help but burn slightly.