One month after constructing the mini-Ten Tails, Uchiha Yuan would often appear at Minato Namikaze's house to check on Naruto and the tailed beast inside him.
According to Uchiha Yuan's observation, there were no issues with the tailed beast in Naruto's body—overall, the situation was stabilizing.
Seeing this, Uchiha Yuan didn't hesitate anymore. He went with Hyuga Asana to a deserted area in the Land of Wind.
The location was chosen partly because it was isolated and rarely visited, eliminating the need for elaborate barrier arrangements and reducing the chance of being disturbed. Additionally, the appearance of the Ten Tails might cause changes in nature and the heavens, and hiding here meant not worrying about drawing attention.
"Asana, I'm starting. Please help me keep watch."
Hyuga Asana nodded in response.
Then Uchiha Yuan took out the Gedo Statue's arm and a scroll containing sealed tailed beast chakra from a sealing scroll.
Uchiha Yuan then tried to slowly inject the One Tail's chakra into the Gedo Statue's arm.
The arm reacted to the One Tail's chakra by suddenly generating suction, absorbing it completely in an instant.
Uchiha Yuan then opened the other seals and sent the chakra from the Two to the Eight Tails into the Gedo arm's seal.
Finally, it was time for the Nine Tails' chakra. As Uchiha Yuan released the seal on the Nine Tails' chakra, the Gedo arm instantly absorbed it as well.
After absorbing the Nine Tails' chakra, the appearance of the Gedo Statue's arm changed. Originally several meters long, it suddenly began to compress and shrink continuously, eventually turning into a red and black sphere about the same size as Uchiha Yuan.
Its form and color resembled the Tailed Beast Ball of the original Ten Tails.
Crack—crack crack! About ten minutes later, a crisp cracking sound came from the red and black sphere, and fractures appeared on its surface.
Crash! With a loud noise, the sphere shattered, and a mini-version of the Ten Tails appeared in front of Uchiha Yuan.
However, it looked lifeless—its eye was closed, and it didn't move at all.
Seeing this, Uchiha Yuan immediately threw the Rat Talisman over.
As the talisman merged into the mini-Ten Tails' body, its eye instantly opened.
Staring into his crimson eye adorned with a nine tomoe Rinnegan, Uchiha Yuan felt a slight pressure.
The next moment, the mini-Ten Tails changed form again, reverting into a red and black sphere.
This time, the sphere remained unchanged for an entire day and night before any transformation occurred.
Last time, the mini-Ten Tails emerged by breaking the sphere; this time, the sphere compressed little by little, eventually turning into the canonical Ten Tails form but this time much more lifelike and vivid.
As the mini-Ten Tails completed its metamorphosis, dark clouds rapidly covered the sky. In the desert, where it hadn't rained for years, thunderclouds gathered. Then a howling wind roared, and thunder exploded across the sky.
This scene closely resembled the natural disasters caused when the Ten Tails entered its second form in the original work, out of control due to the absence of Obito and Madara's suppression.
At the same time, Black Zetsu, who was hiding outside the Akatsuki base in the Land of Rain, suddenly sensed a massive chakra disturbance, which to him, felt just like the Ten Tails' revival.
However, as the will of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, Black Zetsu was extremely familiar with the Ten Tails and immediately rejected the idea—it was far too small in scale to compare to the real Ten Tails.
But chakra fluctuations don't lie.
After hesitating for a moment, Black Zetsu went underground and found Obito.
At that time, Obito was sitting on the stone chair that once belonged to Uchiha Madara, his mind replaying the content he saw on the Uchiha clan's Naka Shrine stone tablet and the words Madara once told him.
Back then, Madara was already near death. He recounted the stories with emotionless detachment, as if the protagonist wasn't himself.
Even so, Obito couldn't help but visualize that war-torn era.
Two boys who didn't know each other's identities became fast friends by skipping stones. They spent their days together, growing up side by side, dreaming of a village where every child could thrive—a dream that once seemed out of reach.
But fate is cruel. Eventually, the boys had to stand on opposing sides because of their clans.
Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara rose to prominence in the flames of war, surpassing their peers and even the older generation.
After the deaths of Uchiha Tajima and Butsuma Senju, the two boys and their younger brothers became the new clan leaders.
Later, they each gained new powers—the Mangekyō Sharingan and Wood Style.
The conflict between the Senju and Uchiha raged on for decades. The Uchiha gradually fell behind, and even Uchiha Izuna, Madara's younger brother, was killed by Tobirama Senju.
Madara then combined his brother's Mangekyō and awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, leading to another battle with Hashirama.
Obito was amazed just hearing Madara speak of Susanoo—he couldn't imagine such power. Just the description made his blood boil.
In the end, the Uchiha lost. When Hashirama Senju offered his life in exchange for peace, even Madara and the Uchiha were won over by him.
Thus, the Senju and Uchiha united. The two strongest clans and two strongest shinobi joined forces.
Their combined strength was enough to eliminate all resistance to peace. Especially since Hashirama and Madara's power exceeded everyone's imagination—except for each other, they had no rivals.
With their strength, they established Konoha in the fertile Land of Fire.
Everything was beautiful. The village flourished, and in pursuit of peace, Hashirama and Madara even subdued the nine Tailed Beasts and planned to distribute them among the villages.
But then, Madara discovered the flaws in the village system and happened to decode the Uchiha clan's secret tablet in the Naka Shrine left by the Sage of Six Paths. There, he saw the true path to peace, which led him to leave Konoha.
"The true path to peace? What is it?" Obito remembered asking Madara curiously.
Madara answered, "When you too awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, go to the hidden room in the Naka Shrine and seek the answer yourself."
On the Night of the Nine Tails, Obito saw what Madara had referred to.
"Obito, I sensed an unusual chakra disturbance in the Land of Wind—this chakra feels like the Ten Tails…" Black Zetsu hadn't finished speaking before Obito stood up from the stone chair.
"Where exactly?" Obito asked.
Black Zetsu gave him the coordinates, and Obito activated Kamui.
If the Ten Tails was involved, it could affect the Eye of the Moon Plan. Obito will not allow anyone or anything to interfere with the execution of that plan.
(To Be Continued...)