The Avengers of the Uzumaki Family

It is like an abyss with no bottom.

A gaze that seems to see right through you.

Sasuke's expression was slightly dazed at that moment.

"The Mangekyou Sharingan?"

The moment Menma whispered those words.

Sasuke was suddenly jolted back to his senses, and a deep-seated horror was revealed in his eyes as he looked at Menma.

Sasuke was not unaware of Menma's achievements in the ninja world, but from Sasuke's perspective, although Menma was very strong, the gap between them should not be very obvious after Sasuke awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan.

It's even possible that, given the uniqueness of his eyes, if he could gain the upper hand, defeating Menma wouldn't be impossible.

The Mangekyou Sharingan possesses such abilities.

Their infamous ancestor of the ninja world—Uchiha Madara—wasn't he able to contend with that god of ninjas simply because he possessed a pair of Mangekyou Sharingan?

therefore.

After devouring everything Orochimaru had, and even after awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan, Sasuke felt that he had already stood at the pinnacle of the ninja world.

In fact, that's not wrong.

Just like the ninjas of the Uchiha clan, once they awaken the Sharingan, they will definitely be far superior to ordinary chunin and genin. Jonin with three-tomoe Sharingan are 100% elite Jonin level.

The Uchiha who were able to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan.

He will definitely be one of the best in the film-level category.

As long as their eye power is completely exhausted, they will be the top beings in the ninja world, but that is, within the ninja world as commonly understood.

In other words, the strongest person.

Only up to the level of Jiraiya and the Third Raikage.

So, the Mangekyou Sharingan is indeed capable of contending with, and whether it can win or not is another matter. It has exclusive eye techniques and can activate Susanoo at least up to the third form, with ultimate defense and ultimate attack. Even without the restraint effect on tailed beasts, these techniques can suppress the tailed beasts.

It is a truly forbidden technique.

This is also the source of Sasuke's confidence.

But today, just now, at the moment when I made eye contact with Mianma.

Sasuke realized how naive his previous thoughts were. It really was just that one look, comparable to the moment Kaguya appeared, that Sasuke, Naruto and others were intimidated, while Kakashi and Sakura couldn't even move.

This is a complete crushing defeat on a spiritual level.

After all.

In essence, the Mangekyou Sharingan is merely a manifestation of the user's spiritual energy.

It allows the caster to use the power of Yin Release more perfectly.

To use Ban's words...

These eyes are merely the key to open the door, which is why Shisui, with only one eye, could activate Susanoo, and why Madara, without eyes, could also activate Susanoo after his resurrection.

The gate is already open.

Keys are no longer a necessity.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 505 The Truth of the Past

The same principle applies to freckled noodles.

It begins from the moment when evolution is completed at all levels of life.

His spirit has already undergone an ultimate transformation.

There is a fundamental and vast difference between him and Sasuke. The spiritual power matched by his mere pair of Mangekyou Sharingan is impossible for him to compare with Menma.

For a fleeting moment.

Sasuke even thought it might be his imagination.

It felt as if I might be forever lost in Menma's eyes.

"Hehe, these eyes are indeed barely enough. However, Sasuke, what I'm about to say may exceed your imagination. I hope you can listen to it as rationally and calmly as possible. Moreover, this is ultimately just my personal perspective, the information I have. How much you believe it is up to your own judgment."

Menma looked at Sasuke meaningfully and said seriously.

"It's alright, just tell me everything you know, that's enough!"

Sasuke forcibly suppressed the turmoil in his heart, still looking directly at Menma with that cool expression.

Those were bodies that were subconsciously becoming more and more upright.

Sasuke seemed to be expressing his attitude in this way.

"Ah, then, I'll start with your ancestor, Uchiha Madara, from over 60 years ago, because that can be considered the origin of everything..."

Mianma smiled gently.

Then she shifted to a more comfortable position, leaning back in her chair, and began to speak in a gentle, soothing tone.

A history of sixty years.

A sixty-year dispute.

Even if Menma tries his best to select important people and events to tell, it still takes a long time to finish telling the whole story.

The characters involved.

Starting with Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.

The following is a list of names in order: Tobirama Senju, Setsuna Uchiha, the Konoha F4, Uchiha Kagami, and the Uchiha clan leaders of these generations. It took Menma nearly two hours to give a general overview of the background.

Sasuke, sitting to the side, gradually came to understand, through Menma's narration, the Uchiha clan's situation and status in Konoha, as well as the increasingly sharp conflicts.

"This is the origin of the deep-rooted conflict between your Uchiha clan and Konoha. This is the root, and the next direct trigger is the Nine-Tails attack 15 years ago."

Menma paused slightly, as if to allow Sasuke a moment to process the information, before continuing with the most important and direct event concerning the Uchiha clan's changing circumstances, which was also related to Menma's own fate.

"The Nine-Tailed Fox's rampage?"

Sasuke murmured something to himself, a strange and complex look appearing in his eyes as he looked at Menma.

Sasuke is no longer the naive newbie he was three years ago. He now fully understands Menma's true identity from Orochimaru's perspective.

If we were to say who was most affected by the Nine-Tails' rampage, it would undoubtedly be the Fourth Hokage's family.

Mianma suffered greatly because of that turmoil.

"Yes, it was the Nine-Tails' attack. That was the direct trigger that further escalated the conflict between your Uchiha clan and Konoha. And the death of my father, the Fourth Hokage, directly blocked any hope of reconciliation between your clan and Konoha."

Mianma's statement is not an exaggeration at all.

It's important to know that before Minato Namikaze succeeded as the Fourth Hokage, the wife of the next head of the Uchiha clan was his girlfriend's best friend, and there was also a boy from the Uchiha clan who had joined his team. Apart from the master-disciple relationship, they were the closest relationship in the ninja village.

From this perspective...

If Minato had taken over and successfully seized all power in the ninja village, the Uchiha clan would definitely have accepted his appeasement. Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs" in this world.

Obito's death was just the beginning.

The death of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, was the end of everything.

"From that moment on, there was no possibility of reconciliation between the Uchiha clan and Konoha. Then came the most talented person in your clan, Uchiha Shisui, and your brother, Uchiha Itachi, who appeared one after another..."

Then, the root of the Nine-Tails' chaos.

Menma then went on to describe the problems between the Uchiha clan and Konoha in the following years, including but not limited to the mysterious Uchiha who controlled the Nine-Tails, as well as the roles played by Shisui and Itachi between the clan and Konoha.

It can be said.

There's a lot of information here.

Even Sasuke's expression changed countless times during this process.

Sometimes angry, sometimes silent, sometimes ferocious, sometimes depressed, and sometimes with an endless look of bewilderment.

Sasuke truly hadn't expected the annihilation of his clan to be such a complicated affair. But this seemed to be the most normal and reasonable outcome; otherwise, how could the mighty Uchiha clan be wiped out so easily?

Isn't that child's play?!

"Finally, it was Shisui's death that completely ignited the conflict between your clan and Konoha, leaving no room for compromise. In order to prevent your Uchiha clan from rebelling first, the Konoha leadership, led by Hiruzen Sarutobi, agreed to your brother Itachi Uchiha's request to spare your life and ensure your safe growth. He would then personally take action to annihilate your Uchiha clan, completely eliminating the danger of internal strife. This is the truth behind the annihilation of your Uchiha clan."

"Of course, it wasn't just your brother who made the move. There were countless Konoha Anbu members surrounding your Uchiha clan, and then there was that mysterious Uchiha who controlled the Nine-Tails. He also made his move that night. Your brother's defection was both to create a relatively reasonable excuse for the destruction of the clan and to become a spy for Konoha to investigate the identity of that mysterious Uchiha."

With a slightly raised eyelid, he softly uttered these last words.

Then.

The room fell into an extremely oppressive silence.

After a long time.

"So that's how it is? So that's how it is!? He did this because of some damn village peace!?"

Sasuke then raised his head again, and a hint of madness and ferocity was clearly revealed in his pair of scarlet and jet-black Sharingan eyes.

It's so bright you can sense it.

Sasuke's aura had become extremely unstable and manic.

It seemed like it could erupt at any moment.

The shadow guards hidden all around tensed up instantly, their auras locking onto Sasuke at that moment.

It's not that they think this young man will harm their great Lord Tianying.

Their duty is simply to stop any enemy from getting close to Lord Tenkage; not even a fly can affect Lord Tenkage's mood!

However, this energy lock comes quickly and goes quickly.

The pockmark was caused by a mere flick of the right hand.

These shadow guards then all concealed their presence once again.

Just like in the original work when Obito told Sasuke the truth about the destruction of his clan, Menma almost instinctively unleashed his 'brother complex' attribute. Even though Menma was relatively objective in explaining the relationship between the Uchiha clan and Konoha, and clarified Itachi's actions, he did not deliberately entice Sasuke to shift all the blame onto Konoha like Obito did. He subtly concealed the problems of the Uchiha clan and, most importantly, Itachi's problems.

This led Sasuke to believe that all of Itachi's actions were forced upon him by the village, and that the destruction of his clan was entirely Konoha's responsibility.