"Who did this?!!"
Koharu Utatane shouted at the corpse of Danzō Shimura.
Though she asked "who," the implication that it was the Uchiha was unmistakable.
Gathered there were the young, hot-blooded warriors of the Uchiha clan. Already intent on launching a coup, they could no longer contain their rage. One by one, they stood up, flashing their Sharingan eyes at the Third Hokage and the counselors!
Pairs of eyes glowing blood-red in the darkness were terrifying!!
Within the Uchiha clan, revealing the Sharingan was the ultimate proof of one's status. It could be seen as a form of understanding or greeting. But to outsiders, the Uchiha flashing their Sharingan was tantamount to sounding the trumpet of war.
This left Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado stunned. Though furious, their fear of the Uchiha was not without reason. These two old men, long removed from the battlefield, faced a group of Uchiha with fully awakened Sharingan—three tomoe—and could only order the ANBU and Konoha ninja to charge first. Especially since a youth here possessed power rivaling Madara Uchiha.
And they didn't even know who this young Uchiha truly was!
"Minato-sensei! And Rin and Obito?!"
Seeing these figures again left the ANBU Kakashi of this era, utterly dazed. All traces of his usual composure vanished as he leapt before Minato's and Kakashi's teams.
"You're still alive?!" Overwhelmed with emotion, he completely ignored the child and young adult versions of himself, staring blankly at the two Minato Namikazes, the teenage Obito, and the young Rin... His expression was so pitiful that Obito feared he might cry.
Adult Kakashi, aware of his own state during his ANBU days, reached out to stop him.
"We come from the past and future. We'll be leaving soon. Control yourself. There are more pressing matters to handle now."
Past and future?!
The present-day ANBU Kakashi, the Third Hokage, and the others present glanced at twelve-year-old Naruto and young Sasuke. They then looked at the still-ungrown trio from Minato's Team—Kakashi, Rin, and Obito—before finally turning their gaze to the Adult Kakashi who had spoken. They likely figured out the situation...
"Time travel?! That's utterly unbelievable!"
The Konoha ninja remained on high alert, while the Uchiha's Sharingan eyes stayed open.
Fugaku Uchiha was also conflicted. Since things had come to this, should he seize the moment now?!
Young Sasuke Uchiha glanced at Konoha's Third Hokage, then at his father in this era. Having time traveled multiple times, he likely guessed the conflict between the Uchiha and Konoha back then, leaving him utterly bewildered.
He didn't know how his older brother, who had been the same age as him back then, had made his choice. But now, witnessing this scene firsthand, anger surged within him—yet he didn't know whom to direct that fury at!
At Konoha?
But it was because of Konoha that Naruto, Sakura, Kakashi, and the others existed.
At the Uchiha?
These were his parents, the clan relatives from his memories who would always tell him to be careful on his journey.
Someone from the Uchiha side stepped forward. "What about Shisui's eyes?!" They saw the eyeball in the hands of the young Itachi Uchiha. Making Shisui watch over Itachi had indeed been the right decision. "Itachi Uchiha! You've actually defected to Konoha's side!!"
Before the Root ninja could react, Konoha ninja leapt forward first: "Uchiha! Did you kill Elder Danzō?! Are you really trying to stage a coup?!!"
"Out of nowhere! How dare you accuse the Uchiha of something like this?!"
"It was you all along! We saw the rebellion in your hearts from the start! Wasn't it the Uchiha who controlled the Nine-Tails with the Sharingan during the Nine-Tails Incident? How else do you explain Biwako-sama's death?!"
The two sides argued fiercely.
Sasuke from the Fourth Shinobi World War gripped his Kusangi Sword tightly, feeling an overwhelming sense of irony. Whether it was Konoha or the Uchiha, they all seemed unbearable to him.
As the two sides bickered, the young Sasuke found himself torn between condemning Konoha or the Uchiha, his anger bubbling with no outlet for release. He muttered under his breath, "Shut up… stop…" but his words went unnoticed.
Finally, the Fourth Shinobi War Sasuke could no longer contain himself. His purple Susanoo unsheathed its sword and struck!
BOOM—!!
The sword's energy swept across the land! Trees and grass were nearly flattened to the ground!
Even though Minato Namikaze quickly warned everyone to anchor their chakra to the earth, some people were too slow or lacked the strength to avoid being sent flying by the sword's blast!
In that moment, the Fourth Shinobi War's Naruto, who could have stopped Sasuke from unleashing his revolution on the entire ninja world, was absent. Fueled by rage at the attitudes of both the Uchiha and Konoha, Fourth Shinobi War Sasuke felt an intense urge to just destroy everything!
However, it was exactly his intervention that silenced both Konoha and the Uchiha.
Faced with such overwhelming power, they truly had no voice left.
The Sasuke Uchiha of the Fourth Shinobi World War had fought Naruto again at the Valley of the End, lost an arm, and, despite everything, chose to trust Naruto once more, betting everything on that trust.
But the Naruto he sought no longer existed in this world.
Having obtained Hashirama's cells and White Zetsu's components to restore the arm he had lost in battle with Naruto, Sasuke now even entertained the thought of destroying this world!
He turned his glare toward the Konoha ninja. "You call yourselves righteous? How many unforgivable, filthy deeds have you and Danzō Shimura committed?!!"
The Konoha ninja stared at him in shock.
The Uchiha clan, including Fugaku Uchiha, watched in stunned silence, realizing that this was the future Sasuke they had only guessed at.
"Danzō Shimura..." Fourth Shinobi War Sasuke spoke the name with a disgust that was palpable. "Even if no one kills him today, I, who have come from another world, will eliminate him before anything happens!"
"Cut off his arm and let you see how many tortured souls of the Uchiha clan haunt that single limb!!"
At these words, shockwaves rippled through both the Uchiha and Konoha ranks!
"I can testify to this," Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage, said calmly, ordering Root ninja to produce Danzō's severed right arm.
Although the Sharingan had already been removed, the numerous holes on the arm and the face of Hashirama Senju on the shoulder were still clearly visible!
The Third Hokage was stunned, but he still trusted Minato's judgment.
Though he once shared a life-or-death bond with Danzō Shimura in his youth, over the years, Danzō had gone to any lengths to seize the Hokage position—even to the point of plotting to kill his own comrades.
The two Hokage advisors refused to believe it. Holding Danzō's lifeless body, the ANBU and Root members took turns recounting everything that had happened.
They detailed how Shisui Uchiha had long since awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and had attempted to use Kotoamatsukami to control Fugaku Uchiha. His plan was to have Fugaku lead the Uchiha clan in taking preemptive action to change Konoha's prejudice against them.
But what was agreed upon with Konoha's leadership fell apart because Danzo didn't trust Shisui and was deeply suspicious of the Uchiha clan, consumed by his insatiable greed for the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan. In the end, Shisui never anticipated that his opponent would possess the ability to use Izanagi, which ultimately led to him losing one of his eyes...
Then, from another world, the Fourth Hokage and others arrived. Itachi Uchiha, summoned from the mission scroll world, used his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo to severely injure Danzō, forcing him to reveal a secret that had been hidden for years.
"Finally, Shisui Uchiha and him joined forces to kill Danzo," a Root member recounted, his voice calm and without emotion, simply stating the facts.
The revelation shocked both Konoha's ninja and the Uchiha clan.
Young Itachi arrived after everything had already happened. When he learned that it was his future self who had struck down Danzō Shimura, he was stunned.
Looking at Sasuke, who was the same age as him but with eyes full of anguish, Itachi felt a sudden, indescribable sense of guilt and self-reproach toward his younger brother.
Perhaps it was the image of Shisui Uchiha as a double agent that had been so convincing. The Uchiha clan had distrusted Itachi Uchiha, who had become a part of the Hokage's ANBU, and had even assigned Shisui to keep an eye on him. What they hadn't known, however, was that the greatest spy in their ranks was actually Shisui himself!
Upon hearing that Shisui had hidden the fact that he had activated the Mangekyō Sharingan and had planned to use its power to control Fugaku into leading the Uchiha to submit to Konoha, the hawkish faction of the Uchiha erupted in fury, denouncing Shisui as a traitor.
Shisui remained silent, and young Itachi stood beside him, silently signaling his unwavering solidarity with Shisui.
"Itachi..." Shisui thought, feeling deeply moved.
Fourth Shinobi War Sasuke watched this scene with rage! Only he, having experienced his brother's memories, truly understood what Itachi had gone through after Shisui's death!
Fugaku Uchiha's face was like a still lake. The clan's most promising youth and his most treasured son had both chosen Konoha's side. It was clear that Sasuke's extraordinary growth in the future would have come at the cost of unimaginable pain.
"Give me a reason, Itachi, Shisui," Fugaku demanded, his voice low and heavy.
He couldn't understand why they would oppose their own clan. Were family bonds and clan honor really worth less than what Konoha could offer?
He said, "Since the Nine-Tails attack! Konoha has marginalized the Uchiha, forcing us to the outskirts of the village, monitoring us constantly! It's made it impossible for the Uchiha Police Force to do their work! Itachi... you are my son! Why have you chosen to side with Konoha?!"
"Father..." Itachi was speechless, unsure how to respond to his father's words.
Sasuke, who had experienced the Fourth Shinobi World War, felt a deep pain in his heart.
In his brother's memories, their father had also possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan. But after Itachi made his final decision, unwilling to fight his own son, Fugaku chose to be killed by Itachi alongside their mother.
Just before his death, Fugaku had said:
"Itachi, promise me one last thing."
"Sasuke... I leave him in your hands."
Clenching his fists tightly, Fourth Shinobi War Sasuke's heart shattered. Neither his former self nor his brother had ever truly understood their parents.
And the Uchiha clan had never truly understood their family, either.
Konoha had never truly understood the Uchiha!!
In this moment, he hated Konoha. He hated the Uchiha. He hated everyone who had driven his family to their deaths. He hated Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, he hated Madara Uchiha, he hated Black Zetsu, he hated Obito Uchiha, he hated this entire ninja survival system...
Suddenly, a thought flashed through Fourth Shinobi War Sasuke's mind.
He desperately wanted to see Naruto.
The thought hit him out of nowhere.
He wanted to see Naruto Uzumaki from his world.