"Uchiha Fugaku, I'm giving you one last chance to fulfill your duties as clan head."
"Now that the Uchiha's strength has been greatly reduced, and I have also dealt with a considerable amount of Konoha's fighting power, coupled with my invisible deterrence, they will not dare to act against the Uchiha again for a short time."
"During this period, whether the Uchiha can achieve a satisfactory position depends on you, the clan head."
In the Uchiha Clan Compound, Zhao Zheng, transformed into Uchiha Madara, stood with his arms crossed. After deterring Konoha, he came to the Uchiha Clan Compound to personally instruct Uchiha Fugaku.
Behind Zhao Zheng were the remaining Uchiha clan members who had gathered. All of them looked at Uchiha Madara with fervent expressions.
"Ancestor, what do you mean? Are you leaving us again?"
"If you leave, take us with you! We are willing to follow you!"
"Ancestor, with you, we Uchiha are truly Uchiha. Without you, we Uchiha can only be bullied by others and must endure it, completely lacking the Uchiha's pride."
Uchiha Fugaku hadn't spoken yet, but the surrounding Uchiha clan members grew anxious. They spoke one after another, trying to persuade Uchiha Madara to stay.
Even if they couldn't persuade him to stay, they wanted to follow Uchiha Madara.
Although their words didn't explicitly say Uchiha Fugaku was incompetent, the implied meaning made Uchiha Fugaku feel very displeased.
Even if he had been a slacker as clan head in the later stages, they shouldn't say it so directly.
"When I left Konoha, no one followed me. Now that I have acted, it is only because I once originated from the Uchiha."
"Now, my grievances with the Uchiha are settled, and there is no longer any connection between us. You must strive for your own lives."
Zhao Zheng shook his head. He was not from this world. The reason he impersonated Uchiha Madara was to distance himself from young Naruto.
This was to prevent young Naruto from being feared by Konoha, leading to them taking action against him.
By helping young Naruto and the Uchiha simultaneously, he also made Konoha wary of Uchiha Madara, ensuring they would not destroy the Uchiha and implicate young Naruto, thus providing young Naruto with a period of peaceful growth.
Zhao Zheng was too lazy to care about other matters.
As for why he had to choose Uchiha Fugaku, a clan head who did not take action?
It was simply because, apart from Uchiha Fugaku, there were no other high-level combatants among the Uchiha.
"Ancestor, at that time, most of our clan decided to leave with you. We were all waiting for you at the back gate, but who knew you would leave through the front gate."
"Which rogue ninja leaves through the front gate?"
An Uchiha elder said, and the atmosphere fell silent.
Zhao Zheng: "..."
The meme from his previous life actually came true, but unfortunately, he wasn't the real Uchiha Madara.
He wondered how the real Uchiha Madara would feel if he knew about this.
"No matter what the reason was back then, it's too late now. I am also tired and have no intention of leading the Uchiha to charge forward again."
"It can only be left to you, Uchiha Fugaku. Can you truly fulfill the duties of the Uchiha clan head?"
Zhao Zheng shook his head, a sigh on his face, and questioned Uchiha Fugaku once more.
"Thank you for your help, Ancestor. Fugaku has realized his mistake and will lead the Uchiha to charge forward again, reclaiming the Uchiha's rightful position!"
"We Uchiha and the Senju were among Konoha's two original great clans; we should not have fallen to such a state."
Uchiha Fugaku perked up, his eyes transforming into a Sharingan—not a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, but a uniquely shaped Mangekyo Sharingan.
His hidden trump card was finally revealed, and it was the trump card that allowed him to stand up to his eldest son for Sasuke!
"The clan head actually possesses a Mangekyo Sharingan?"
"This is great! We Uchiha have another strong fighter!"
The Uchiha clan members were shocked, and some who had harbored resentment no longer felt it.
Strength was everything. Uchiha Fugaku displayed his Mangekyo Sharingan and swore an oath in front of the ancestor, Uchiha Madara.
With Uchiha Madara supervising, Uchiha Fugaku should fulfill his duties as clan head and strive for the Uchiha's strength, no longer being as negligent and derelict as before.
"You really do have hidden strength!"
Zhao Zheng smiled subtly. Uchiha Fugaku did not have a Mangekyo Sharingan in the manga, but he did in the anime.
However, he didn't reveal it during The Night of the Uchiha Clan Massacre, allowing his eldest son, Uchiha Itachi, to slaughter him.
Now that Zhao Zheng had come to the Ninja World, he wondered if Uchiha Fugaku truly possessed a Mangekyo Sharingan.
It seemed he did.
Perfect. An Uchiha Fugaku with a Mangekyo Sharingan would make the weakened Konoha even more wary. Given Hiruzen Sarutobi's timid nature, he would not only return the Uchiha resources he had taken but might even pretend to reconcile, shifting the blame to Danzo Shimura, and using excuses like preventing Konoha from being attacked by other ninja villages to appease the conflict with the Uchiha.
Young Naruto's problem was completely resolved.
He, Zhao Zheng, couldn't constantly protect young Naruto.
"No, it's not resolved yet."
Zhao Zheng thought of something and glared at young Naruto with his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
Instantly, within young Naruto's abdomen, in the sealing space created by the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style, Zhao Zheng materialized, looking at the giant fox beast confined by iron bars.
This fox had crimson fur, blood-red eyes, and nine tails behind it, exuding an extremely evil and tyrannical aura.
It was the strongest of the nine Tailed Beasts, the Nine-Tails, capable of soundly beating the One-Tails to the Seven-Tails with half its strength. In its complete form, it was undoubtedly a Dragon Level powerhouse.
"Uchiha Madara!"
The Nine-Tails looked at Zhao Zheng, who appeared as Uchiha Madara, its fox face enraged. It roared at Zhao Zheng through the iron bars.
It clearly remembered when it was living wildly in the wilderness, being controlled by Uchiha Madara's Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and fighting Senju Hashirama like a dog.
Eventually, it was captured by Senju Hashirama, and after a single phrase, "You are too dangerous," it was sealed inside a Jinchuriki, beginning years of confinement.
The Nine-Tails' hatred for Uchiha Madara was so intense it was almost maddening.
"What are you barking about! How dare you! How dare you disrupt the Jinchuriki's Chakra flow!"
"I'm giving you one last chance. If you dare to disrupt the Jinchuriki's Chakra flow again, I will seal you inside my body to keep me company, acting as my power bank."
Zhao Zheng stood with his arms crossed, his voice icy, displaying Uchiha Madara's arrogance to the fullest.
As his voice faded, he disappeared from the sealing space.
Zhao Zheng's action was also for young Naruto. Young Naruto was the result of the union between Uzumaki Kushina, an Uzumaki clan member, and the Fourth Hokage.
Aside from their strong physique, Uzumaki clan members were not lacking in talent, and the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, had even better talent.
Naruto, born from their union, would only have better talent. The reason he was a dead last in class was entirely due to the Nine-Tails' interference, which made it difficult for young Naruto to learn Ninjutsu, making him the dead last in class.
"Damn Uchiha Madara! You dare to threaten me!"
The Nine-Tails roared to the sky but obediently withdrew its Chakra, no longer interfering with young Naruto.
It truly dared not be captured by Uchiha Madara. Its current strength was not as strong as before, and the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan was still its nemesis. Given Uchiha Madara's personality, he wasn't just kidding around.
If it were captured, life wouldn't be as good as it was now.
"Fugaku, take good care of the Uchiha, or I will twist off your head and use it as a ball to kick."
Outside, Zhao Zheng repeated himself once more and disappeared from his spot.
He didn't leave through the system. Instead, Uchiha Fugaku's Mangekyo Sharingan being exposed made Zhao Zheng realize there was still another Mangekyo Sharingan in Konoha that he could conveniently take.