At this moment, Fugaku didn't know that he had been targeted by Madara, nor did he know that because of his existence, his father, Ryoma, had also been targeted by Madara.
Originally preparing to head to the Land of Wind battlefield, he now led 200 ninjas of the Uchiha clan to the Land of Fire border due to Kirigakure's sudden declaration of war.
Recently, Kazuki's defeat of Hanzō had put considerable pressure on Fugaku. According to his father's private speculation, Kazuki had very likely awakened the Uchiha clan's legendary eyes—the Mangekyo Sharingan.
Once these eyes were exposed, many people would probably follow Kazuki.
Originally, Ryoma wanted to arrange a marriage between himself and Mikoto to gain the support of Tatsuya's faction. Then, Fugaku, having consolidated nearly two-thirds of the Uchiha clan's power, could naturally become the clan head.
And after losing Tatsuya's support, Kazuki would become isolated within the Uchiha, to the point where even Kagami's old subordinates might not follow him.
At that time, he would not only snatch Kazuki's backing but also his childhood sweetheart.
He just hadn't expected that Tatsuya would directly refuse this suggestion. Clearly, he had full confidence in Kazuki.
Soon after, Kazuki made Hanzō his battle achievement, and many began to suspect that Kazuki was already the Uchiha clan's strongest fighter.
This left Fugaku so suppressed he couldn't speak. He was considered a genius of the Uchiha clan, having awakened his Three-Tomoe Sharingan at a young age. He believed himself to be no weaker than anyone, but Kazuki was simply inhuman.
Why didn't he contract a Kekkei Genkai illness? To develop the Sharingan to such an extent at such a young age, if you don't die, who will?
However, Fugaku still felt as if he had lived his entire life under Kazuki's shadow.
This time, leading 200 Uchiha to the battlefield, many of whom were his father's old subordinates, was specifically to boost his achievements. For Fugaku, this was already the best opportunity.
If he seized the opportunity, he might still become the clan head in the future, but if he failed, it would probably be very difficult to stop Kazuki.
Kazuki had no idea of Fugaku's complex thoughts, nor did he know that Madara was cultivating Fugaku to contend with him in order to keep him in check.
He was simply wandering through the Land of Water with Mikoto, Minato, Rinka, and Nawaki. If they encountered Kirigakure squads, he would take action to resolve them, which greatly increased the four's combat experience.
Once injured, Kazuki would use his Medical Ninjutsu to treat them, preventing them from suffering hidden injuries at a young age that might hinder their future growth. All four had excellent talent.
Becoming an elite jonin in the future was almost a certainty. If they were even better, reaching Kage level wasn't impossible.
For example, if Kazuki suddenly passed away, Mikoto could awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan and reach that level.
Minato, with his enhanced taijutsu, and future mastery of numerous Sealing Jutsu and the Flying Thunder God Technique, would also possess Kage-level strength once he mastered his future combat system.
Rinka also had such potential. The Hyuga clan wasn't entirely useless. It was just that the branch house, no matter how talented, could never truly become strong.
They were merely slaves, house servants. To better control the branch house, even with the Caged Bird Curse Seal, the main family didn't want them to be too strong.
As for the main family, their talents were often not bad, and their training resources were far superior to the branch house's. Unfortunately, they were more like fragile glasses.
During the Sengoku era, the main family would go to the battlefield, and many strong individuals emerged.
But in today's Ninja Village era, those main family members have clearly become a bunch of parasites.
Rinka was currently the Hyuga clan's only hope. Fortunately, Rinka proved herself worthy. Kazuki didn't know how far she could grow in the future, but he would certainly protect her.
He then thought of the moon. The Ōtsutsuki clan still existed there, and he wondered if the war between the main family and the branch family had broken out yet.
If he had the chance in the future, Kazuki wouldn't mind going up for a look. The Ōtsutsuki clan's heritage was clearly not bad, and it was something the Hyuga clan lacked.
If Rinka could master the Ōtsutsuki clan's heritage, reaching the Kage level in the future would definitely not be a problem.
He just didn't know if there was a way to make Rinka awaken the Tenseigan.
As for Nawaki, his talent was good. His Water Release and Earth Release talents were both quite excellent, and his taijutsu was also decent.
With effort, if he could learn Orochimaru's Earth Release, Tobirama's Water Release, and also learn Tsunade's Chakra Enhanced strength, his power wouldn't be far off.
The strength of the few had significantly improved.
What Kazuki didn't know was that while he marveled at their growth, Minato and the others were shocked by his strength.
This guy, isn't he a bit too strong?
Many times, they didn't know how Kazuki attacked or how he killed those Kirigakure ninjas.
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Of course, Kazuki hadn't been idle during this time. He collected a large amount of intelligence on Kirigakure and sent it to the village, which wasn't a difficult task for him.
With his sensory ability, covering the entire Land of Water wasn't a problem. Perhaps monitoring everyone wasn't feasible, but merely monitoring large Chakra signatures was more than enough.
For instance, the Three-Tails and Six-Tails had always been within his sensory range, and he would occasionally send their locations to Hiruzen via Katsuyu.
For Hiruzen, this was sufficient.
They weren't afraid of Kirigakure sending large numbers of ninjas and strong individuals to the front lines. Even the Mizukage going to battle was within their acceptable limits. However, if it were Tailed Beasts, Konoha would likely feel immense pressure.
Currently, Konoha didn't have the Uzumaki clan as an ally who could dispatch numerous Sealing Jutsu masters to help seal Tailed Beasts.
Mito couldn't be deployed either, and as for the Uchiha, Hiruzen couldn't rely on them at all.