"But since they're so fond of it, let's leave them a little surprise this time."
After talking with Uchiha Fugaku for a while, Uchiha Yuzuru left.
The current Uchiha clan was completely different from the one that had been wiped out in the original story. They had not endured years of suppression by the Hokage faction, brainwashing by the Will of Fire, or Uchiha Fugaku's indulgence of the dovish faction...
So merely spreading the content of the clan assembly among the clan members once was enough for most of them to agree with Uchiha Yuzuru's plan. Rather than being watched every day, it was better to leave outright. Without Konoha Village, the Uchiha clan would still be a great house of the shinobi world. And now that the Senju had already perished, what would Konoha Village even amount to without the Uchiha?
As for the few remaining doves... After Uchiha Yuzuru killed Uchiha Yashiro, they were like a swarm of headless flies, able only to drift with the current.
As Uchiha Yuzuru pondered silently, a childish voice rang out ahead.
"Grandma Riko, let me help you cross the street."
"Obito, thank you so much, but I don't want to cross the street."
"Eh? Really? What a shame..."
The boy called Obito showed a regretful expression on his face, making Uchiha Riko unable to resist tapping him on the head.
"You child, even if you want to do good deeds, you should confirm other people's intentions first."
Uchiha Obito covered his head and muttered, "I got it, Grandma Riko."
Looking at those iconic goggles, Uchiha Yuzuru felt a complicated mix of emotions. Who could have imagined that this endearing boy before him would commit so many heinous acts in the future?
Shaking his head, Uchiha Yuzuru walked over on his own initiative and said to Uchiha Riko, "Grandma Riko, I've told you to bring a cane when you go out."
"Yuzuru?"
The Uchiha Obito beside her suddenly brightened. "You're Uchiha Yuzuru?"
Uchiha Yuzuru reached out and ruffled Uchiha Obito's hair into a mess. "You should call me Lord Yuzuru."
"Ah, I got it, Lord Yuzuru."
Uchiha Obito retreated a few steps in dejection, then shouted loudly, "My name is Uchiha Obito, and in the future I'm going to become a genius who surpasses you!"
Seeing Uchiha Obito's chuunibyou attitude, Uchiha Yuzuru said flatly, "Those words coming from the mouth of a brat like you have zero credibility."
Uchiha Obito pointed his thumb at himself confidently. "Tomorrow's the day to report to the ninja academy. I'm definitely going to become an excellent ninja."
Uchiha Yuzuru paused for a moment. Tomorrow was the academy enrollment day? During this time, the Uchiha clan had been in turmoil internally, yet the village remained calm.
"Lord Yuzuru, are you listening to me?"
Uchiha Yuzuru glanced at Uchiha Obito. "Don't be late tomorrow."
"I won't be!"
"This is bad, this is bad, this is bad!"
"I'm late!"
Uchiha Obito ran frantically down the road, but when he arrived at the ninja academy, all he saw was the banner being taken down. The entrance ceremony was already over.
"If you can be late even for something like this, I'd advise you to give up on the idea of becoming a ninja."
A mocking voice came from ahead. Uchiha Obito shouted angrily, "What did you say, dead-fish-eyes masked stuffed shirt!"
"Idiot."
Hatake Kakashi clenched his fist in anger, rolled his eyes, and continued walking back.
"It's no good being so lax—youth should be full of passion!"
The voice came from below. A boy in a green bodysuit with a bowl cut walked past Uchiha Obito on his hands.
The remaining people passed by Uchiha Obito with mocking, curious, or schadenfreude expressions. Soon only Uchiha Obito was left alone on the playground.
"I messed up again."
Uchiha Obito pulled down the goggles on his forehead to hide the tears welling up in his eyes. He thought that missing the entrance ceremony meant he could only wait another year.
Just then, a pair of large hands pressed down on his head. "Crying won't solve anything."
"This is yours. Hold onto it."
Looking at the acceptance letter Uchiha Yuzuru handed him, Uchiha Obito's face broke into a delighted expression.
"L-Lord Yuzuru, why do you have this?"
"Because when I saw you yesterday, I could tell at a glance that you're the type of brat who'd be late, so I came ahead of time to pick it up for you."
Uchiha Obito stared blankly at Uchiha Yuzuru for a while, then his nose tingled with emotion. Even though yesterday was their first meeting, Lord Yuzuru had gone out of his way to pick up his enrollment notice for him. He's crying—he's just too kind!
Deep night. Dark clouds covered the moon, and the entire Uchiha clan compound was silent. It looked like any other ordinary day, with no ripples visible on the surface. But hidden in the shadows, the Uchiha clan's core members were each sitting in their own rooms at this moment. Today was the day of the clan-wide transfer. They were responsible for comforting the uninformed elderly, weak, women, and children immediately after the transfer.
In a courtyard at the center of the Uchiha clan compound, beneath dim yellow lamplight, Uchiha Taro and Uchiha Fugaku sat facing each other. Their expressions were slightly tense. For the Uchiha clan, tonight's plan concerned life and death. Though they trusted Uchiha Yuzuru unconditionally, transferring all clan members in an instant was still too incredible to comprehend. Now all the preparations were complete. The arrow was nocked on the string. They could only hope that everything went smoothly on Yuzuru's end.
"Father, do you think Yuzuru can succeed?"
As time passed, Uchiha Fugaku could no longer keep his composure.
Uchiha Taro coughed a few times and said slowly, "Fugaku, we must have faith in Yuzuru."
Quiet returned to the room, with only the oil lamp's wick occasionally crackling.
Suddenly, Uchiha Fugaku felt as if a breeze had brushed past him. When he came to his senses, he was shocked to discover that he was sitting in an unfamiliar wilderness.
"F-Father..."
Uchiha Fugaku's eyes held shock that was difficult to conceal. Yuzuru had actually done it! He hadn't even sensed any abnormality—just a moment of distraction and he had arrived in a completely unfamiliar environment.
Hearing Uchiha Fugaku's shout, Uchiha Taro snapped back to attention. He too looked around at the surrounding scenery with some disbelief, then said with delight, "Fugaku, Yuzuru succeeded. This should be within the Land of Rice Fields."
"Quick! According to the plan we made earlier, gather all the clan members!"
Hearing the faint sounds of commotion in the distance, Uchiha Fugaku immediately stood up and responded, "Yes!"
Konoha Village. Uchiha clan compound.
Uchiha Yuzuru opened his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. He hadn't expected the system's reward to be so powerful. With just a thought, all the Uchiha clan members had vanished in an instant without causing any abnormalities.
Looking at the transfer scroll that had already turned to ash in his hand, Uchiha Yuzuru slowly stood up. When he appeared again, he was already in an ancient-looking room.
"Kushina."
"Yuzuru, I'm here."
From a corner of the room, a girl with long red hair ran out.
"Yuzuru, have you come to get me?"
Looking at Uzumaki Kushina's expectant gaze, Uchiha Yuzuru nodded with a smile. "That's right. After tonight, you won't have to be watched by those annoying bugs anymore."
"Yeah!"
Uzumaki Kushina nodded vigorously, then asked curiously, "Yuzuru, how are we going to escape?"
"Although Grandma Mito set up a barrier in this room for me, if we go outside, we'll definitely be detected by those ANBU."
Hearing this, Uchiha Yuzuru pointed at his own eyes. "With my eye's ability, doing something like that isn't difficult."
"Eh?"
Uzumaki Kushina couldn't help covering her mouth and exclaiming, "Yuzuru, what happened to your eyes?"
Those complex patterns were completely different from ordinary Three-Tomoe Sharingan. More powerful, more domineering, more sinister...
"This is called the Mangekyo Sharingan. It's an eye that surpasses the Three-Tomoe Sharingan."
"If you're interested, I'll explain it to you in detail after we leave Konoha."
"In a moment I'll transfer you to a place. I've prepared food for you there. After I finish what I'm doing, I'll come find you."
"Understood."
Uchiha Yuzuru placed his hand on Uzumaki Kushina's shoulder, then activated Kamui. With a ripple in space, Uzumaki Kushina disappeared. After doing all this, Uchiha Yuzuru's figure likewise vanished from the room.
Dawn. The sun gradually rose, warm sunlight spilling across the earth.
An ANBU member responsible for monitoring the Uchiha clan stretched and couldn't help saying to his companion, "This is strange. The Uchiha clan members seem to have all overslept today. It's this late and no one has gone out yet."
"Usually those breakfast shops would have started their fires and begun cooking by now, right?"
Another ANBU member froze for a moment, then quickly walked to the telescope and looked for a while.
"You wait here. I'm going to report this to Lord Sakumo."
Looking at the subordinate who came to report, Hatake Sakumo's face was as dark as water. It was already past eight o'clock, yet the ANBU scattered throughout the Uchiha clan compound still had not discovered a single Uchiha clan member appearing on the streets.