Naruto: Konoha’s Kanpu

'To blatantly disregard my Uchiha Clan's strongest Kekkei Genkai, Mangekyo Sharingan, what an arrogant and disrespectful person!'

Fugaku was infuriated by Kanpū's words, his chest heaving and veins throbbing on his forehead.

But he quickly realized that Kanpū said this to provoke Obito into revealing the identity of that person!

'Yes, that must be it!'

Fugaku turned his head slightly and squinted, closely observing Obito's face.

Sure enough, when he heard Kanpū's words, Obito's lips curled into a sneer. Showing a very disdainful expression, he coldly said with a snort: "Gekko Kanpū, I admit your strength is indeed formidable, but compared to that person, you're still far behind!"

"Obito, could it be that the person who saved you was Uchiha Madara?" Minato asked solemnly.

'Uchiha Madara?'

Guy, Asuma, Kurenai and the other younger people look at each other. Although they grew up in the 'new era', they had heard plenty of stories from the older generation about Madara's legendary deeds.

However…

"Impossible! Uchiha Madara died decades ago at the Valley of the End. That is beyond doubt!" Hiruzen said firmly.

"That's what puzzles me."

Minato said with a frown, "With Shodaime-sama's ability, if Madara had faked his death, he would have been found out. But if he truly died …"

'Wait!'

'I seem to have forgotten something.'

Minato suddenly had a flash of insight and quickly turned to Fugaku and asked, "Advisor Fugaku, what was the Dojutsu of Uchiha Madara's Mangekyo?"

"Yondaime, are you suspecting that Uchiha Madara's ability involves resurrection?" Hiruzen's expression changed, and he also looked at Fugaku tensely.

"There are no records of such an ability in the clan."

Fugaku shook his head, but then he seemed to remember something, and his face lit up, "Wait, I remember… "

"What do you remember?" Hiruzen asked urgently.

"The ancestors of the Uchiha Clan once created an ultimate Dojutsu called Izanagi. This Dojutsu can be used even with three-tomoe. It allows the user to convert all damage, including death, into an illusion for a short period…"

Fugaku swallowed with difficulty, as if revealing an earth-shattering secret, and his voice couldn't help but tremble with excitement, "If Uchiha Madara sealed this technique in his Sharingan before his battle to the death with the Shodaime Hokage, then…"

"Then what? Hurry up and say it!" Asuma, who was sitting opposite, was clearly anxious and urged loudly.

"Then after his death, the Izanagi sealed in his eye would be activated!"

Fugaku's forehead overflowed with cold sweat, "Uchiha Madara can be resurrected!"

After Fugaku's words fall, the huge conference room fell completely silent.

Everyone was shocked by Fugaku's words.

'Aren't we supposed to be judging Obito here?'

'How did it turn into a brainstorming session?'

'And the effect seems to be very good.'

Kanpū thought sarcastically in his heart, but his face maintained a shocked expression like everyone else.

Hiruzen's tree-bark-like face began to twitch uncontrollably. He glared fiercely at Fugaku and angrily said: "Such important information, why didn't you say it until now?!"

Fugaku replied solemnly: "Because the price of using this Dojutsu is permanent blindness, so it was listed as Forbidden Technique shortly after its discovery and was lost before the Warring States Period. I only stumbled upon its existence while reviewing clan records in recent years."

This explanation was irrefutable, and besides, Fugaku hadn't even been born when Madara supposedly died, so he couldn't be blamed.

Hiruzen was depressed and stopped asking, but soon, he thought of an important point: lifespan.

'When Uchiha Madara and Shodaime-sama established Konoha together, both were already middle-aged, and the battle of Kannabi Bridge took place in Konoha's Year 47. If Uchiha Madara really saved Uchiha Obito and lived until now, his lifespan would be extraordinarily long, wouldn't it?'

Hiruzen instinctively wanted to question it, but then thought of Kakuzu, the immortal bastard.

While methods to extend life in the Shinobi World were rare, they certainly existed. If Madara had survived the Battle of the Valley of the End, it wouldn't be difficult for someone of his caliber to find a way to extend his life.

Hiruzen frowned, sighing in frustration.

The rest, including Kushina, Asuma, Guy, Fugaku and the others, also showed uneasy expressions.

If Orochimaru was considered a legendary Shinobi, then Madara was undoubtedly a mythical Shinobi. The two are not of the same level at all. The pressure Madara exerted was incomparably greater!n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Everyone spent ten minutes digesting this important information before looking up towards Obito again.

Obito hung his head low, his right eye covered with a bloodstained bandage, and his left eye socket empty and dark, giving him a sinister and terrifying appearance.

"Obito, was it really Uchiha Madara?" Minato asked.

"Who knows?" Obito chuckled softly.

'He didn't deny it…' Everyone exchanged glances, and it became clear in their heart.

"Where is Uchiha Madara now?" Hiruzen asked sternly.

"Who knows?" Uchiha Obito replied lightly.

"Do you think we can't deal with you if you don't speak? Don't underestimate Konoha!" Hiruzen slammed the table and shouted.

"Try if you can." Obito smirked disdainfully.

"Yondaime, let's hand him over to Torture and Interrogation Force." Hiruzen said angrily.

Since this matter involved Madara, even he can't calm down.

Minato closed his eyes, then nodded slightly after a while.

"Kanpū."

Kanpū silently nodded, stood up, and grabbed Obito, taking him directly to the interrogation room on the basement floor.

Ibiki personally led the interrogation team, starting a severe interrogation that soon elicited agonizing screams from Obito.

Back in the conference room on the third-floor, Minato looked at everyone and said solemnly: "We'll end here for today. Everyone, information regarding Uchiha Madara is classified as S-Rank Secret Information. No one is to disclose it!"

"Yes!"

Everyone nodded in agreement and left with varied expressions.

Soon, only Minato and Kushina remained in the conference room.

"Minato, about Uchiha Madara…" Kushina said hesitantly.

"Don't worry. If he's still alive, he'd be around a hundred years old by now. He can't possibly single-handedly suppress the Shinobi World like he did sixty years ago. Besides…"

Minato said with a slight smile, "I suspect the reason why he wanted to save Obito was because his body is already failing, so he wanted Obito to be his proxy."

"Proxy?" Kushina was puzzled.

"Uchiha Madara must be plotting something…" Minato's eyes flickered as he thought of the Abyss.

'Could the Abyss have been founded by Uchiha Madara?'

'The Abyss's purpose is to research Kekkei Genkai…'

'That's right, Kanpū once said that the Uchiha Clan and Senju Clan are the descendants of the Sage of Six Paths, one inheriting the Sage Body and the other his eyes…'

'Yes, it must be this. Uchiha Madara must be trying to fuse the Sage Body and Sage Eyes to gain the power of the Sage of Six Paths and thereby dominate the Shinobi World!'

'No wonder the Abyss knew so much about the Sage of Six Paths, even knowing about the Earth-Moon pathway, the Otsutsuki Clan on the moon, and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. If it's Uchiha Madara, it all makes sense!'