The Fifth Leaf Village

"Teacher, do you want me to always stand on the side of the family?" Sasuke asked tentatively.

"If you were an ordinary member of the Uchiha clan, then this would be my goal." Uchiha Douhuan said with a smile, "But, since you are my disciple, it naturally cannot be that simple."

"So, what should I do?" Sasuke asked.

"Sasuke, do you know how to play chess?" Uchiha Douhuan asked with a smile.

"Play chess?" Sasuke was stunned, but quickly recovered and nodded, "Shikamaru taught me a little shogi."

"So, what do you think is the position of the chess pieces on the board?" asked Uchiha Douhuan.

"The chess piece's position?" Sasuke pondered. "To capture the opponent's chess piece? To win the game?"

"That's right. In any game of chess, the moment each piece is placed on the board, they have a single position and purpose. In shogi terms, that's to trap the opponent's king."

"Then, what about the players outside the chessboard?" Uchiha Douhuan asked with a smile.

Chapter 105 Black Zetsu: I knew it!

"Players outside the chessboard?" Sasuke repeated Uchiha Douhuan's words, thought carefully for a while, and then said uncertainly, "Their position should also be to win this game."

"Yes, from the moment a normal chess player sits across the chessboard, their stance is to defeat the other. So, Sasuke, what do you think is the difference between the two?"

"The chess piece is controlled by the chess player. The chess piece itself cannot decide where to go on the chessboard..." After Sasuke finished speaking, he suddenly fell silent. He seemed to understand why his brother ended up like this.

"Of course, this is a normal situation, but what if one of the players did not intend to win the game from the beginning? In this case, will the position of the chess piece remain the same as before?" Uchiha Douhuan asked.

After hearing what Uchiha Douhuan said, Sasuke was also stunned, and then he seemed to be thinking about something.

"So, teacher, you want me to step out of the position itself and become a chess player, the one who decides the position of the chess piece, right?" Sasuke said.

Uchiha Douhuan nodded in satisfaction, then said, "You are a teachable boy, but Sasuke, you are still a long way from becoming a chess player. To put it simply, Sasuke, do you have any chess pieces?"

"Please teach me, teacher." Sasuke said.

"Didn't I teach you this a long time ago?" Uchiha Douhuan said, staring into Sasuke's eyes.

Sasuke froze in place upon hearing that.

After a while, Uchiha Douhuan patted Sasuke on the head and said to him: "Let's stop here for today's class. When you are qualified to sit at the chessboard, I will teach you the skills of playing chess."

When Sasuke left, his head was still buzzing. What Uchiha Dohuan told him today was still too shocking for him. The child might need some time to digest it.

After Sasuke left, Uchiha Dohuan also began his daily Sage Mode practice.

After this period of practice, Uchiha Douhuan's perception ability in Sage Mode can already completely cover the entire Uchiha clan's territory.

After a rough scan of the clan territory, Uchiha Douhuan suddenly sensed something interesting in the family cemetery area.

Uchiha Douhuan smiled meaningfully, changed his clothes, and went out to the clan's cemetery.

Uchiha Itachi was buried in the farthest corner of the cemetery, and at this moment there were bouquets of flowers placed in front of his grave.

Although Uchiha Itachi did not cause any substantial losses to the family, not standing on the family's side in major events was in itself a betrayal of the family. Considering that most of the family members worked diligently for the family, the Uchiha clan did not hold a decent funeral for him, and even the location of his grave was chosen at the very edge of the family cemetery.

However, there would still be some of Fugaku's peers who would sneak over and give him a bouquet of flowers. After all, they had watched Itachi grow up.

As for the young people in the family, very few of them came here. Even in the Uchiha clan, which was full of geniuses, he, who had been a genius among geniuses since childhood, did not have a good relationship with his peers. Apart from Shisui who had been guarding here for two days, it seemed that no one else came here.

No, there are still some.

Uchiha Douhuan bent down and picked up a bunch of cornflowers with obvious tear marks on the petals, and an image of a girl with tear marks at the corners of her eyes emerged in his mind.

"Itachi, you have let down so many people." Uchiha Douhuan said.

"However, perhaps this outcome was already determined from the moment you were taken to the battlefield at the age of four." Uchiha Douhuan sighed softly, "What has happened to this world? Why does this tragedy repeat itself again and again? When will there be true peace in this world?"

At this moment, just a few meters under Uchiha Douhuan's feet, a figure dressed in black suddenly stopped moving.

Three days ago, when Uchiha Obito turned into a stone statue and shattered, Black Zetsu was extremely desperate.

In order to save his mother who was sealed by his two filial brothers, Black Zetsu has been working hard for thousands of years. More than ten years ago, when Uchiha Madara's Rinnegan was conceived in his eyes, this was the closest he had ever been to success in these thousands of years.

However, after Uchiha Madara planned everything and fell into eternal sleep, many variables became added.

First of all, Nagato, as the carrier of the Rinnegan, has gradually deviated from the track. He does not seem to want to carry out the Moon Eye Plan. Instead, he plans to use the power of the nine tailed beasts after collecting them to make the world feel pain and understand the value of peace. He himself will act as a god to intimidate the Great Ninja Village, which is completely contrary to his Moon Eye Plan.

Fortunately, Uchiha Obito, the backup plan left by Uchiha Madara to control Nagato, has never been out of his control.

But just three days ago, Uchiha Obito died because of an impulse!

Although Black Zetsu still doesn't know why Uchiha Obito, who possessed the Uchiha clan's most powerful life-saving eye technique - Kamui, and had Izanagi as a life-saving backup, died so easily at the hands of Uchiha Dohuan.

When Black Zetsu saw Uchiha Obito turned into a stone statue and shattered into pieces, his heart was broken as well.

After thousands of years of planning, the closest a plan has ever come to success turned out to be so stupid!

However, after Black Zetsu recovered, he got busy again. Wasn't it just a failure? Hadn't he failed enough over the years? As long as he could rescue his mother, what did the torture of failure mean? This time he was already close to success, and he would definitely succeed next time.

Thinking of this, Black Zetsu made another plan, and the first step of the plan was to hide and wait for Nagato and Uchiha Dohan who crushed his plan to reach the end of their lives.

I will recover the Samsara Eye when the time comes and make a long-term plan.

And today, the reason he came to the Uchiha clan's cemetery was to collect some of Uchiha Itachi's DNA.

Decades ago, a top genius named Senju Tobirama appeared in the ninja world. He created a technique that could connect the human world and the Pure Land, the Impure World Reincarnation.

After learning about the information about this technique, Black Zetsu immediately set his eyes on it. It can be said that Black Zetsu spent almost all that time underground in Senju Tobirama's laboratory. He also learned that this technique requires the DNA information of the summoned person to be successful. Although this technique was written into the Book of Seals after it was created, Black Zetsu has no chance to see it for the time being, but there will always be a chance in the future. The thing he lacks the least is time.

So, in order to become a future Mangekyō Sharingan-level fighter, he came to the Uchiha clan's cemetery, but he had just started working when Uchiha Dohuan's appearance scared him half to death.

Over the years, Black Zetsu has seen many people who have mastered the Sage Mode, and he knows how terrifyingly strong their perception abilities are in this state.

Although Uchiha Douhuan had not activated the Sage Mode at the moment, what if Uchiha Douhuan suddenly felt like practicing the Sage Mode? Hei Zetsu didn't dare to gamble.

So, the moment Uchiha Dohuan appeared, Black Zetsu wanted to run away.

However, what Uchiha Dohuan said in front of Uchiha Itachi's grave made Black Zetsu stop in his tracks.

"When will there be true peace in this world?"

[Wait a minute, my plan seems to be salvageable? ]

Uchiha Douhuan's words were undoubtedly heavenly music to Black Zetsu.

"I knew it! When these psychopathic descendants of Indra become strong enough, they'll start thinking about world peace! Mom! I'll rescue you right away!"

Black Zetsu forced himself to suppress the urge to jump out and trick Uchiha Dohuan, and left from underground.

He knew that Uchiha Dohuan was different from those traditional Uchiha. It was not difficult to see from the fact that he deduced Uchiha Obito's identity based on a few clues. He probably couldn't make the other party believe it by making up two reasons like he did with Uchiha Madara. Everything still needed to be considered carefully.

……

Uchiha Douhuan waited for a while, and when he saw that Hei Zetsu did not jump out immediately, he sighed in his heart and wondered.

【Did I just act too much? 】

That’s right, Uchiha Dohuan came to the cemetery in the middle of the night not only to help Uchiha Itachi visit the grave, but more to catch the big fish, Black Zetsu.

However, Uchiha Dohuan had no intention of doing anything to Black Zetsu.

On the contrary, he was very interested in Black Zetsu's plan.

After all, Uchiha Dohuan knew that there would be a large number of aliens invading the ninja world in the future, and the best way to fight the aliens was to become an alien himself.

Therefore, Uchiha Douhuan absolutely agrees with releasing Kaguya.

However, Black Zetsu did not take the bait immediately, which made Uchiha Douhuan a little regretful.

……

The next day, with Kakashi's nomination and Sarutobi Hiruzen's cooperation, the election of the fifth generation Hokage of Konohagakure Village in the Land of Fire officially began.

Uchiha Dohuan lived up to everyone's expectations and won all the votes from the village's jonin, becoming the only candidate for the village's fifth Hokage.

Sarutobi Hiruzen did not delay and sent a messenger to deliver the voting results to the Fire City on the same day. At this moment, Uchiha Dohan was only one step away from officially becoming the fifth Hokage of the village, and the only thing left was the formality of becoming the Daimyo's first Hokage.

To celebrate the good news, Uchiha Douhuan held a small banquet.

After the banquet, when Uchiha Douhuan returned home, a piece of letter on the desk caught his attention.

[Want to bring true peace to the ninja world? Then come to the basement of Nanga Shrine.]

When Uchiha Douhuan saw the letter, he smiled secretly in his heart. It seemed that his previous attempt was successful.

However, in order to prevent Black Zetsu from peeping, Uchiha Douhuan forced himself not to smile and called Uchiha Keiko.

"Sister Huizi, has anyone been to this room today?"

"No, did something happen?" Uchiha Keiko asked.

"No, I must have remembered it wrong." Uchiha Douhuan said.

……

Chapter 106: Black Zetsu's Tips

Uchiha Douhuan went to Nanga Shrine alone with the letter and Ji Lei.

After entering the Nanga Shrine, the moment Uchiha Dohuan pushed the door, light purple eye shadow instantly appeared at the corners of his eyes. The moment the Sage Mode was activated, Uchiha Dohuan sensed the figure of Black Zetsu in the secret room underground.

[You came in person? You're quite brave.]

Uchiha Douhuan laughed in his heart, then quickly came to the entrance of the underground secret room and walked in.

At this time, Black Zetsu also sensed the arrival of Uchiha Dohuan. When he saw the other party holding a sharp blade and in Sage Mode, his heart tightened.

However, Black Zetsu quickly composed himself and pretended to be calm, hiding behind the stone tablet enshrined by the Uchiha clan.

After Uchiha Douhuan arrived in front of the stone tablet, Black Zetsu slowly spoke:

"You are here, my descendant."

Uchiha Douhuan didn't say much. He raised his hand and controlled the natural energy around him to set up a barrier next to the stone tablet.

Seeing Uchiha Douhuan's stance of fighting without a word, Black Zetsu didn't dare to play tricks anymore. He quickly transformed into a black shadow and floated out from behind the stone tablet, saying at the same time: "My descendants, please be patient. I have no ill intentions."

"Descendants?" Uchiha Douhuan sneered, "What? Are these rats now starting to like taking advantage of their seniority? Last time, you pretended to be Madara-sama, and this time you want to say which ancestor of our clan you are?"

"I am your descendant, but I am your ancestor. I am the original bloodline of the Uchiha clan, one of the two descendants of the Sage of Six Paths who founded the Ninja Sect, and the will left by Indra before his death."

[Goodness me, this old guy is really adding a lot of generations just to trick me, right?]

Uchiha Douhuan suppressed the twitching of his mouth and pulled out the Thunder from his waist.

"My descendant, since you have already mastered Sage Mode in the three holy places, you must have heard of my name. Why draw swords against me? My strength is only one-hundredth of what it was, and I pose no threat to you. The purpose of my will remaining to this day is simply to guide my lost descendants and help them find the true meaning of peace."

"Really?" Uchiha Douhuan narrowed his eyes as he sheathed his Thunderbolt. "The one who taught me Sage Mode did indeed reveal the origin of our Uchiha clan's bloodline. Since you claim you are the will left by our ancestors, why not provide evidence?"

Black Zetsu was relieved when he saw Uchiha Douhuan put away the knife, but when he heard Uchiha Douhuan asking him for evidence, he couldn't help feeling emotional.

[This guy is much harder to fool than Uchiha Madara.]

However, since Black Zetsu dared to lure Uchiha Douhuan here, he was naturally mentally prepared. He slowly spoke:

"If you want evidence, why not take a good look at the contents of this stone tablet with your own eyes?"

"Stone tablet?" Uchiha Douhuan closed and opened his eyes, opened his Mangekyō Sharingan, and looked at the stone tablet in front of him.

"It only records the solution to blindness caused by excessive use of the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan, but it does not contain the evidence you mentioned. These things are also recorded in the family shrine, which can only be viewed by the clan leader of each generation." Uchiha Douhuan was a little disappointed after reading the stone tablet. He had checked in at this stone tablet after awakening the Mangekyō. He thought Black Zetsu would come up with something new, but he didn't expect that there would be no change at all.

"Of course your eyes cannot see the truth above, because only the eternal Mangekyō Sharingan can penetrate the fog above." Black Zetsu said.

"Are you kidding me?" Uchiha Douhuan's expression turned cold, and he placed his hand on Ji Lei. "I don't have any relatives who have awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. How can I upgrade my Sharingan to the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan?"

"My descendants, please be patient," Black Zetsu said. "Since my original body went to the Pure Land, I have witnessed the growth of many talented young men of the Uchiha clan. Some of them have used other methods to evolve their Mangekyō Sharingan to the next level."

"Really?" Uchiha Douhuan narrowed his eyes, "For example?"

"For example, 1700 years ago, there was a genius from the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Asado. Like you, he opened the Mangekyō Sharingan and was lucky enough to inherit the immortal arts from the three holy places. His eyes also evolved in the process of practicing immortal arts and reached the level of the Eternal Eyes." Black Zetsu said.

"How come I don't know about this? Although the family doesn't have the habit of recording history in detail, this way of improving strength should be passed down by the family." Uchiha Douhuan frowned.

"Because he failed when trying to reach a higher level, before he died, he realized that this abnormal method of Sharingan advancement was too dangerous. In order to prevent future generations from being put in danger, he completely destroyed the records he left behind."

"Then how do you know?" Uchiha Douhuan frowned.

"My descendants, as I said, I have always been here watching over the Uchiha clan." Black Zetsu said.

After Black Zetsu finished speaking, an ancient scroll appeared in front of Uchiha Douhuan.

"This scroll is the backup I left behind. Consider it a gift from me, your peaceful descendant, to you. Whether or not you wish to learn it is up to you."

Uchiha Douhuan's eyes moved slightly. He picked up the scroll on the ground, opened it and found that it was indeed as Black Zetsu said. It was a record of the method of practicing by combining pupil power with natural energy.