Rebuilding Uchiha By Removing Fugaku

Toki felt a twinge of regret as he watched Yahiko, whom he had summoned, tirelessly comforting Konan.

Though Toki deeply despised Sarutobi Hiruzen, he didn't harbor much animosity toward the Akatsuki organization.

After all, if the Akatsuki organization hadn't emerged, the Uchiha clan would have been entirely wiped out.

No matter how much destruction they caused to Konoha, Toki would only applaud them wholeheartedly, with no trace of sympathy.

After all, the Konoha Village in the original story was built on the corpses of its own people.

Many claimed that Hiruzen Sarutobi was innocent and that Danzo was solely to blame.

But when considering that Hiruzen collaborated with Danzo in experimenting on Wood Release, led ANBU to exterminate the Prajna Group in the Forest Country, and punished the Uchiha clan indiscriminately even in his youth, it was evident that he was no saint.

Some argued that Hiruzen didn't know about the Uchiha massacre orchestrated by Itachi. But as a Hokage who had ANBU monitoring the Uchiha 24/7, claiming he was unaware of the clan's tragedy was absurd.

Toki, having been reborn, had witnessed too many of Hiruzen's indecisive policies that resulted in great losses to his comrades.

His shallow political tactics seemed too naive for Toki, who had been accustomed to the intricate machinations and schemes seen in the information-driven world of his past life.

To Toki, someone like Frank Underwood from the American show House of Cards could effortlessly outmaneuver Hiruzen, let alone someone with real political skill.

On the other hand, the Akatsuki organization, led by Nagato, was consistently striving for world peace.

The "nuclear peace" proposed by Nagato, which relied on creating a powerful deterrent, mirrored the balance maintained among the world's great powers in Toki's previous life.

The concept of nuclear deterrence—if it could truly be implemented with a forbidden jutsu—might indeed usher in a period of relative peace.

While war could never be entirely eradicated, human history proved that such measures were effective.

Toki had originally planned to recruit Nagato and Konan into his ranks and help them develop a form of "nuclear deterrence."

As for Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu's schemes?

Toki, as a proud member of the Uchiha clan, believed in returning evil with justice and kindness with kindness.

Black Zetsu and Obito's power levels weren't anything extraordinary. Without Nagato's support, Toki wasn't concerned about Obito's revenge at all.

He was confident that as time passed, his clan would unlock Mangekyō Sharingan en masse.

If Obito dared to set foot in the Uchiha district, Toki would ensure that Obito would be beaten so severely even his grandmother wouldn't recognize him.

"Destroying your entire clan over a girl? That's just madness. He needs therapy."

However, Toki hadn't anticipated Black Zetsu acting so decisively. The crafty old manipulator, who had schemed for millennia, was indeed cautious.

If Black Zetsu could manipulate Madara, then it wasn't surprising that he would eventually exploit Nagato, who was crippled and had vulnerabilities.

Toki felt a pang of guilt as he glanced at Konan, who was weeping silently. He suspected this whole incident might have been his fault.

By exposing Obito's identity, he might have forced Black Zetsu to make an early move to retrieve Nagato's Rinnegan.

After pondering for a while, Toki cleared his throat and said:

"Why don't you come back to Konoha with me for now? We can figure out the next steps. If you ever miss Nagato, I can... help you see him again."

Konan froze mid-sob, her expression twisting with discomfort.

Even though Yahiko stood alive before her, she couldn't reconcile him with the cheerful boy she once knew.

What did Toki mean by "seeing Nagato again"? Could a summoned corpse ever replace the real Nagato?

When the Fourth Shinobi War took place, everyone was too preoccupied with the looming life-and-death crisis to reflect much on the resurrected dead.

But in a more peaceful moment, expecting the living and the undead to coexist was nothing short of a nightmare.

Toki had once watched an anime called Tokyo Ghoul, which explored the conflict between humans and ghouls as well as the darkness of human nature.

At first, he thought: "Ghouls are terrifying monsters!"

But by the end, he found himself thinking: "Damn, humans are crueler than ghouls!"

Similarly, while a resurrected individual might retain their sanity at first, their immortality and infinite chakra would inevitably distort their humanity. This imbalance would lead to irreconcilable conflict.

In Toki's view, there were only two outcomes: either a world filled entirely with the dead or one with only the living.

This was precisely why Toki had refrained from reincarnating Nawaki to reunite with Tsunade.

Konan now faced the same dilemma.

After calming down from the shock of seeing Yahiko alive again, she found herself uncomfortable with the idea. And the notion of summoning Nagato back as a tool horrified her even further.

Toki, however, felt it was a pity. Nagato had wielded the Rinnegan, after all.

If Toki weren't bound by morality, he might have considered raising an army of undead equipped with infinite chakra and sharing the power of the Rinnegan.

Perhaps he could kill them, transplant the Rinnegan, and resurrect them for repeated use.

Toki stroked his chin, wondering whether he should explore this possibility once his clan's Bloodline Development Center perfected Rinnegan transplantation...

...

But unbeknownst to Toki, while he entertained such audacious thoughts, an old man with white hair and a staff shaped like a moon watched him from another dimension.

"Reanimation Jutsu? Why has it surfaced again? A descendant of Indra? Why are there barely any descendants of Asura left?"

The man was none other than the legendary Sage of Six Paths, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo.

Although Hagoromo didn't play an active role in the events of the original story, he was the source of the ninja world's struggles.

Ironically, the man who once sealed away Kaguya and split the Ten-Tails' chakra into tailed beasts had now been reduced to a passive observer.

Though legends claimed he had died of old age, Hagoromo's spiritual presence in the Pure Land proved otherwise.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Kaguya were originally sent to the ninja world to plant the Divine Tree.

Kaguya, intended to serve as the sacrifice for the Divine Tree, rebelled against this fate. Unwilling to die, she betrayed Isshiki by ambushing him and feeding his body to the Ten-Tails. In doing so, she consumed the Chakra Fruit, unlocking the power of the Rinne Sharingan.

After gaining this immense power, Kaguya decided to abandon the one-time harvest plan for the ninja world and instead pursued sustainable development by cultivating her new power while ruling over humanity. Anticipating retaliation from the Ōtsutsuki clan, she used Yin-Yang Release to create her children, Ōtsutsuki Hamura and Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo. Hamura inherited the majority of her Ōtsutsuki bloodline, activating the Byakugan and evolving it into the Tenseigan. Meanwhile, Hagoromo inherited much of the Divine Tree's power, awakening the Sharingan and evolving it into the Rinnegan.

However, despite Kaguya's attempts to control the Divine Tree's activity to limit destruction, the tree, which fed on planetary energy, continued to cause devastation. This prompted the three great sacred lands of the ninja world to intervene. They sent Gamamaru (the Great Toad Sage) to incite Hamura and Hagoromo against their mother. With their encouragement, Hamura and Hagoromo combined their powers into the Six Paths strength and sealed Kaguya away.

But after sealing Kaguya, Hagoromo faced a new dilemma: How could the ninja world defend itself against the greater Ōtsutsuki clan, who were even more powerful than his mother?

To address this, the brothers split their efforts. Hamura went to the moon to monitor Kaguya's seal and attempt to reconcile with her. Meanwhile, Hagoromo stayed behind to improve upon his mother's failed creations and develop stronger, more skilled forces to protect the ninja world.

Kaguya's White Zetsu army had great chakra reserves but lacked combat experience or skill. Recognizing this flaw, Hagoromo devised a plan to strengthen his forces by collecting the souls and chakra of the deceased. Using the principles of the Divine Tree, he created the Pure Land, a realm that absorbed the chakra and souls of the dead. This allowed him to summon the most powerful ninja from history as a formidable army to counter the Ōtsutsuki threat.

Hagoromo divided the Ten-Tails into the nine tailed beasts not only to weaken the creature but also to generate chakra sources for his Pure Land. With this system in place, he began spreading chakra through the ninja world, founding Ninshū to strengthen humanity over generations.

However, the process of strengthening humanity was slow. To expedite progress, Hagoromo introduced the reincarnation cycle of his two sons, Indra and Asura. Their repeated conflicts fostered growth and war, which supplied the Pure Land with more chakra and souls. But trouble arose when Senju Tobirama later developed the Edo Tensei (Reanimation Jutsu), which disrupted Hagoromo's system by forcibly summoning Pure Land souls into the living world.

Angered by this interference, Hagoromo influenced Asura's reincarnation (Hashirama Senju) to ban the use of Edo Tensei. However, now someone had once again used Edo Tensei to summon souls from the Pure Land. Hagoromo investigated and discovered that Indra's descendants (the Uchiha clan) were responsible, while Asura's bloodline was on the brink of extinction. Only the Uzumaki clan's distant connection to Asura allowed his chakra to persist.

Frowning, Hagoromo gazed through space to assess the situation. His interference caught the attention of the three sages from the sacred lands.

At Mount Myōboku, Gamamaru muttered, "Why is that old immortal awake again?"

The Elder Sage Toad retorted, "Old fool, are you dreaming out loud again?"

Meanwhile, the White Snake Sage narrowed its eyes in Ryūchi Cave, and the Slug Sage in the Shikkotsu Forest spread its tiny slugs across the ninja world to investigate.

Hagoromo sighed, realizing the world's precarious state. He resolved to visit Hamura on the moon to discuss the issue of Edo Tensei and the weakening Asura bloodline.

Meanwhile, Toki, oblivious to being targeted by Hagoromo, was still thinking about how to deal with Madara and Black Zetsu.

On the ground, Konan, calmed by Yahiko's persuasion, finally agreed to Toki's proposal to return to Konoha. She painted Nagato's symbolic red mark on their childhood home in Amegakure, signifying her farewell.

Toki looked at the hut with a mix of nostalgia and melancholy. The ninja world was built on conflict and exploitation. Bonds and friendship were central to its story, but at its core, everything was driven by interests—land, money, power, and reputation.

Reflecting on his journey, Toki was tired of living in fear and frustration. Before awakening his system, he had been ready to die fighting Sarutobi Hiruzen and Konoha's oppression. But with the system's help, his situation turned unexpectedly in his favor.

Little did he know, the true ceiling of the ninja world, Hagoromo himself, had set his sights on him.