Uchiha Madara sat on his throne, quietly closing his eyes and resting.

In this way, he reduced his own activity, reduced the chakra and vitality drawn from the Outer Path Statue, and reduced the burden on Nagato.

Sitting in meditation is a more painful punishment than imprisonment, but Uchiha Madara can only endure it. Everything is for the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan, and he must hold on until the executor is born.

"Madara-sama."

Black Zetsu carefully awakened Uchiha Madara and handed him a piece of white paper.

Uchiha Madara opened his eyes slightly, the red light of his Sharingan was as sharp as a knife, and all the negative emotions caused by sitting in meditation turned into a sharp knife-like gaze, which fiercely pierced into Black Zetsu's eyes.

Black Zetsu immediately fell into extreme pain. His entire body turned dark as he lay on the ground, twisting and struggling. Only the hand holding the white paper maintained its original shape.

But judging from the violent shaking, it was obvious that he was just holding on with difficulty.

After venting some of his emotions, Uchiha Madara regained his sanity. He reached out to take the white paper with an expressionless face and read it carefully word by word.

After a long time, Black Zetsu got rid of his mental pain and regained his human form. He stood obediently behind Uchiha Madara, quietly waiting for Uchiha Madara to read.

Uchiha Madara finally finished reading, he exhaled and said: "You suggest adding a candidate, Uchiha You."

"Yes, Madara-sama."

"I remember you mentioned this name to me. I also remember that he did not meet the conditions for awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan, so I excluded him from the list."

"You said that his strength is beyond the normal range of the three-magatama Sharingan, so you want to add him back?"

"Yes, yes, Madara-sama."

"Black Zetsu, have you grown a brain? You are so confident that you dare to veto my decision."

"I will immediately stop monitoring Uchiha Yuu and..."

Uchiha Madara suddenly raised his hand to stop Black Zetsu from speaking. He smiled and said, "It's good to have independent judgment. And you are right. The three-magatama Sharingan is both a powerful aid and a powerful restriction. It is not so easy to break through."

"Just follow your idea and monitor Uchiha Yuu."

"Yes! Madara-sama."

“But you have to remember who the focus is.”

"It was Uchiha Obito. I remember it very clearly, Madara-sama."

"Very good, that's all."

Uchiha Madara closed his eyes again and returned to a state of meditation, slowly losing his perception of the outside world.

Black Zetsu did not show any negligence. He bowed seriously and then quietly retreated.

After he left, Uchiha Madara suddenly opened his eyes. There was only clarity in his blood-red Sharingan, without the slightest negative emotion.

He murmured, "It seems that Black Zetsu is really reliable. It seems that I can trust it a little more."

After thinking silently for a long time, Uchiha Madara finally decided: "I can't relax. Although it is a product of my soul, I can only trust myself unless I die."

"After all, even Hashirama can't be trusted, let alone a part of me."

"Hashirama, the new era of the ninja world you created is getting worse and worse. More and more people are dying. Everything is heading in the worst direction."

"Haha, now I have changed my dream. I no longer think about unifying the ninja world and completely eliminating war. I want to destroy this corrupt world and create a brand new world."

"Hashirama, if you were still alive, you would still stand in front of me and stop me, right..."

Uchiha Madara's voice gradually faded away, and this time his consciousness really fell into silence.

Black Zetsu left the underground cave and walked dozens of miles away, then he looked up to the sky and roared: "Ah——!"

"Damn Uchiha Madara, damn it!"

"How can you cause me so much pain even though you don't have the Rinnegan?"

"Asshole, a mere mortal ninja actually treated me like a dog. I will kill him. I must kill him!"

"Yes! As long as the plan goes smoothly, he will definitely become the sacrifice for my mother to escape. By then, I will make him know what despair is and what true high-level power is!"

"Uchiha Madara will definitely die in great pain, for sure!"

Black Zetsu was like a stray dog, venting his pain and helplessness with roars, encouraging his spirit with future revenge, and walking busily towards the direction of Konoha Village.

He was going to arrange surveillance on Uchiha Yuu according to the plan agreed to by Uchiha Madara.

At the last moment, before turning Uchiha Madara into a sacrifice, Black Zetsu had to faithfully carry out his every order.

Everything is for mother!

…

June 9th, 44th year of Konoha, five days after the destruction of the Root.

Uchiha Fugaku held a banquet at home to celebrate the first birthday of his eldest son, Uchiha Itachi, and invited all the leading figures in the family, including of course all the jonin.

Compared to attending Uchiha Itachi's full moon banquet in July last year, Uchiha You's position can be said to have changed greatly.

The last time he was still an unknown person in the Uchiha family and could only sit in the corner of the yard. Fortunately, he had strong interpersonal relationships and enjoyed the delicious food of the clan leader's house through his younger brother Uchiha Shigenobu.

That time, he ate it to his heart's content.

But today Uchiha You's status is very different. He is a senior ninja, the founder and commander of the Tiger Unit, and a monster who wiped out 3,000 Mist Ninjas in one battle.

Even if Uchiha Fugaku was extremely wary of him, the proper etiquette and treatment could not be compromised in the slightest.

Uchiha You sat steadily in the main hall. No one knew what Uchiha Fugaku was thinking. He actually let Uchiha You sit in the first position under the six elders, in the most conspicuous position, and became the focus of the whole family.

Maybe he wanted to use the aristocratic rules of the upper-class family to make Uchiha You feel ashamed of himself and never dare to compete with him again?

Uchiha You didn't care about Uchiha Fugaku's thoughts at all. Although he was still afraid of Uchiha Fugaku's possible Mangekyō Sharingan, he had now completely seen through Uchiha Fugaku's extremely contradictory character. He was extremely sure that as long as his bottom line was not crossed, Fugaku would not be able to make any substantive decision.

I don’t know if it’s the influence of the Mangekyō Sharingan, but Uchiha Fugaku’s decision-making difficulty can be said to be terminal and can never be cured.

Since he ascended the throne of the head of the Uchiha family, every decision he made was pushed by others. The Third Hokage, Uchiha Setsuna, and Uchiha Shigao have all pushed Fugaku to make decisions that were beneficial to them.

Of course, Uchiha You also did similar things through Uchiha Shinin.

The most influential ninjutsu and tactics study group of the Uchiha family today was forcibly implemented by Uchiha Shinin without prior approval.

However, the person in Konoha Village who had the greatest influence on Uchiha Fugaku was Danzo Shimura, the person Fugaku hated the most.

I don’t know how many times Danzo has taken tough actions and then used the name of the Third Hokage to force Uchiha Fugaku to accept and acknowledge it.

Danzo Shimura died, and the happiest person was Uchiha Fugaku. At the banquet, he raised his glass frequently and toasted everyone, drinking very happily.

The members of the Uchiha family were also very happy. The family leaders drank heartily, including Uchiha Setsuna, who always had a stern face, and also drank with a smile on his face.

In this cheerful atmosphere, Uchiha You was the only one who did not drink. He would raise his glass every time, but would not drink a sip after putting it down.

It’s not that Uchiha You doesn’t drink, but he doesn’t like the taste of sake. Plus, the atmosphere of the banquet was the neon-style hysteria that he hated the most, so naturally he couldn’t muster up the desire to drink and simply didn’t drink at all.

The thing that Uchiha You hated most about banquets was that he couldn't enjoy his meal. Each dish was just a small plate and the table could be cleared in no time.

The maid who served could only repeat the dishes again and again. She was annoyed, and Uchiha You was even more annoyed.

As Uchiha Mikoto took Uchiha Itachi away, the elders and jonin of the Uchiha family let loose, and soon got drunk, dancing with their wine glasses in hand.

Uchiha You was even more unhappy. If leaving on the spot was not one of Uchiha Fugaku's bottom line, he would have slipped away long ago.

It’s strange to say, Uchiha Fugaku’s bottom line is complicated and changeable. The family’s ninja being killed is not his bottom line, but leaving without saying goodbye at his banquet is his bottom line!

Uchiha You found it difficult to understand, but it did not prevent him from understanding Uchiha Fugaku's bottom line through testing.

In fact, there are only two, the hierarchy of Fugaku's family and the clan members.

Unexpectedly, Uchiha Fugaku is actually a supporter of the Hyuga family system.

Now is not the time for a direct conflict. For the sake of his younger brothers in the study group and the two elders who support him, Uchiha You can only patiently endure the noise, hunger and irritability.

Slowly, Uchiha You found that he seemed to be pulled away from the real world. The drunkards' crazy and shameless dancing, the old men's noisy singing, the busy waiters coming and going, everything slowly became weightless.

The feeling was strange, but not fuzzy in any way.

Uchiha You could see every detail in the main hall and hear every word of the nonsense spoken by dozens of people, but everything was like the breeze blowing over the hills and had no effect on him at all.

He felt like the moon in the night sky, watching all the changes in the ninja world calmly, and then putting it all behind him without a care in the world.

This should still be the state of a bright moonlit night sky, but the level of sophistication is even greater and can be maintained even in a noisy environment.

Under the bright moonlit night sky, Uchiha You's body changes were accelerating. The five natural energies and the five chakras were running faster, and changes were occurring that he could not perceive for the time being.

Uchiha You finally realized the next stage of the path to immortality. This new stage was brewing and even about to emerge.

But there was something wrong with my body, which blocked all the changes.

Because the new stage cannot tolerate the slightest flaw, the body is solving the problem through continuous changes. Once the problem is solved, it will naturally enter the new stage.

[Finally, there is some clue, but I don’t know if the next stage will be the Golden Elixir or something else.]

"Uchiha Yuu! You're such a killjoy!"

Suddenly Uchiha Setsuna came in front of him, broke Uchiha Yourang Yuekong's state with a loud shout, and pulled him back to the noisy human world.

The noise and the smell of alcohol that could not be ignored made Uchiha You frown. He looked at the drunken Uchiha Setsuna and said one word softly: "Get lost!"

Uchiha You's voice was so soft that even the maid next to him didn't hear it, but the sound waves were perfectly controlled by him and exploded precisely near Uchiha Setsuna's ear bones, forming a double-ear sonic explosion.

Uchiha Setsuna was like being hit by a double-peaked blow in the ears. His eyes rolled up, he lost consciousness and balance, and fell straight back.

The Uchiha family is worthy of being a ninja family. Although Uchiha You acted so secretly, someone still discovered the abnormality of Uchiha Setsuna and confirmed that he was not drunk but had an accident.

At least three Uchiha ninjas helped Uchiha Setsuna up, and from the direction he fell, they determined that this was related to Uchiha You.

The three ninjas glared at Uchiha You, and one of them even shouted loudly: "Who are you? How dare you attack Elder Setsuna?"

Uchiha You's status is not as high as Uchiha Setsuna's, so he has to cover up when he takes action.

But the Uchiha ninja who scolded him was just a Chunin. Even though he was a Chunin from a direct family, his status and position were far inferior to Uchiha You.

So, in full view of everyone, a big fist hit the Chunin in the face, knocking him high into the air and causing him to fall heavily in the middle of the main hall.

The crazy atmosphere was interrupted, the old men who were singing, dancing and drinking stopped, and Uchiha You suddenly felt much better.

For some reason, he suddenly felt like drinking, so he picked up the glass and drank it all in one gulp.

Then he commented with disdain: "Tsk, sake really doesn't taste good."

This sentence was like a signal. The atmosphere in the main hall suddenly became tense. Everyone sat back in their seats obediently, but everyone's eyes shifted from Uchiha You to Uchiha Fugaku, to see what he would say.

Only Uchiha Ryunosuke and Uchiha Yuichiro looked at Uchiha You with puzzled eyes, as if asking: It was you who said to keep a low profile and bide your time, so why did you suddenly have a conflict with Uchiha Setsuna?

Uchiha You could only use his eyes to appease the elders under his command, telling them not to stand up and just watch quietly.

Of course he didn't want to stand out so early, but drinking would cause trouble. Even if it was his enemy who drank, it would still cause trouble.

Uchiha Setsuna was drunk and out of control. In front of the whole clan, he attacked Uchiha You directly, which forced both of them into a state of no retreat.

Uchiha Setsuna may not have thought it through, but Uchiha You figured it out in an instant that he absolutely could not retreat.

His goal is to overthrow Uchiha Fugaku and become the next head of the Uchiha clan.

The first step to achieve the goal is to set up a new base in the Uchiha family. Uchiha You knows very well that if he wants to establish his base firmly, he must not be timid in certain situations.

For example, Uchiha Setsuna personally took action and fought in front of Uchiha You in front of the family ninjas. This was a moment when he absolutely could not be cowardly.

Even if it means offending Uchiha Fugaku, Setsuna must be beaten back severely.

Why does Uchiha Fugaku have little power and prestige? Isn't it because he is too timid in front of outsiders, which leads to the general dissatisfaction of the ninjas of the Uchiha family.

Uchiha Fugaku sat in his seat, looked at the situation in the field, and habitually picked on the weak, pointing his target at Uchiha You, and questioned: "You, you are too unruly. How can you, a junior ninja, attack Elder Setsuna?"

"Are there still rules for respecting superiors and subordinates?"

Uchiha You smiled slightly and pouted back without any courtesy: "The clan leader talks about hierarchy, but does he talk about reason?"

"According to your rules of hierarchy, if Elder Shana gets drunk and bullies me, do I have to just put up with it?"

Uchiha Fugaku was a little embarrassed, and felt a little dissatisfied with Uchiha Setsuna, but he was even more dissatisfied with Uchiha You for daring to refute him in public.

So Fugaku said unhappily: "Elder Setsuna is indeed drunk, you should have been more tolerant of him. When he sobers up, he will naturally apologize to you. How can you just hit him?"

Uchiha You sneered and said, "Chief, you lied so casually. No wonder you can't be the chief of the Uchiha clan."

Uchiha Fugaku was furious. He slammed the table and shouted angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Nonsense? Chief, don't you know what kind of person Elder Setsuna is? Will he apologize? He's just taking advantage of others!"

Uchiha You pointed at Uchiha Fugaku and said loudly: "No matter what happens to you, clan leader, you always just want to get away with it. If you can't get away with it, you will follow the strong and suppress the weak."

"Outside the family, you followed Danzo for three generations to oppress the clan members. Inside the family, you led the elders to bully us young people, and helped the direct line bully the collateral line."

"You've never been fair, and even more so, you're unreasonable. I've been annoyed with you for a long time!"

Uchiha Fugaku's face was crooked and his nose was crooked, but he found that he had no way to refute the other party's words. He was so angry that he slammed the table and shouted: "You bastard!"

Uchiha You did not back down, and also slammed the table and yelled: "You fool! What can you do to me?"

Fugaku was furious. He stood up, pointed at Uchiha Yu, and yelled, "I want..."

He suddenly got stuck.

Yeah, what can he do to Uchiha Yu?

Send Uchiha Yu to the battlefield?

It's impossible. Uchiha Fugaku and the Third Hokage agreed to keep Uchiha Yu in cold storage. It's impossible for him to disobey the Hokage's order.

Deduct Uchiha Yu’s family benefits?

Come on, Uchiha Yu is a collateral branch, so there will be no benefits to be deducted after he becomes a ninja.

Send Uchiha Yu to prison?

Anyone who talks back at the clan leader will be thrown into prison. All clan members who have a say will oppose this, even if Uchiha Setsuna wakes up, he will oppose this.

After all, the one who contradicted the clan leader the most was Uchiha Setsuna.

Dismissal?

Uchiha Yuu only has the title of Jonin and has no position to relinquish.

Reflect behind closed doors?

It sounds insignificant, but that's all I can say.

Uchiha You accepted the punishment. He walked out of the main hall with a big laugh, and after saying "nothing more than that", he left.

Uchiha Fugaku was furious in the main hall, but he could only rage helplessly.