Although Madara did not defeat Hashirama back then, it does not mean that he was weak. If there was no Hashirama, Madara would be the strongest in the Ninja World.
Ryoma had personally witnessed that kind of world-destroying power. Those who had not witnessed their strength thought that it was just boasting and imagination, and that Madara and Hashirama were not that strong at all. But Ryoma knew that this was a fact, and Kazuki had also shown corresponding power before.
However, in Ryoma's heart, Madara's power was above Kazuki's.
And Fugaku, as long as he fused his eyes, would possess the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. There was no reason why the eyes of blood brothers could be fused, but the Mangekyo Sharingan between father and son could not.
Ryoma couldn't help but sigh with emotion, who would have thought that after so many years, the Uchiha clan would still produce a successor to Madara across generations?
As long as Fugaku fully comprehends Madara's legacy, his strength should be able to surpass Kazuki's.
However, Kazuki did not care about these things. Let alone Fugaku progressing towards Madara, even if Madara himself came, he would not be worried or afraid. What he was wary of now was not Madara, but those Ōtsutsuki in the dark.
And the reason why Ryoma could find Madara's "legacy" was naturally controlled by Madara and Black Zetsu. There was no other way, dealing with Kazuki was not easy. Nurturing Fugaku to contend with Kazuki was a good choice.
If Fugaku was disobedient, then in the future, Black Zetsu and Madara would have ways to deal with him, and a pair of Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan was a good combat force.
And if Fugaku cooperated well, he would also be their right-hand man against Kazuki in the future. Therefore, there were many good things in the legacy that Madara brought out. The level of care put into it was no less than that for Obito.
Moreover, Ryoma believed that he had hidden his Mangekyo Sharingan very well, but how could his ocular power changes be hidden from Black Zetsu's eyes?
In fact, if he wasn't worried that Madara would be suspicious, Black Zetsu even wanted to bring out some good things, especially the training method of Yin-Yang Release.
There was no other way, who made Kazuki have too many uncertain factors?
In the entire Ninja World, there were probably few people who could rival Kazuki. It was necessary to eliminate him before he had completely grown up.
Fugaku alone was not enough. Black Zetsu planned to find a few more people to help. If the people of the Ninja World were not strong enough, then he would look for people who were not from the Ninja World.
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"Kazuki!"
That day, after Kazuki finished work and was about to go to Mito's cottage to freeload dinner, he was mysteriously stopped by Minato.
"What's wrong?" Kazuki looked at Minato with a hint of suspicion.
Recently, Minato and Nawaki had been carrying out Anbu missions. Of course, most of these missions were relatively simple, and with Nawaki and Minato's strength, solving these problems was effortless.
If it was a mission that could be completed within the same day, even Mikoto and Rinka would occasionally follow them to execute it. For some potentially difficult missions, Kazuki would arrange for his Wood Clone to follow them. Anyway, he was idle, and he didn't lack that little Chakra. He couldn't let anything happen to them.
"Kazuki, I went to Mount Myōboku earlier." Minato rubbed the back of his head and said with a bit of embarrassment.
"What's wrong with going to Mount Myōboku?" Kazuki raised his eyebrows.
He didn't have a particularly good or bad impression of Mount Myōboku.
Although Gamamaru was eccentric, he had to admit that the reason the Ninja World could still exist today was largely due to his great contribution.
If Gamamaru hadn't tricked Hagoromo and taught him Sage Mode, the Ninja World would probably have perished by now.
"Gamamaru seems to have dreamt of something and wants to meet you." Minato looked at Kazuki with a bit of embarrassment.
After all, Kazuki was not a successor of Mount Myōboku, but a successor of Shikkotsu Forest. If he didn't want to go, he couldn't say much.
After all, Minato's respect for Gamamaru was not that deep. At least, he usually practiced under Kazuki's guidance.
This was different from Jiraiya. Minato felt that Jiraiya was good in every aspect, except that he believed in Gamamaru too much. When he was in Konoha, he always told him how great Gamamaru was.
However, Minato was not as devout towards Gamamaru as Jiraiya was.
Instead of believing in Gamamaru, why not believe in the Hokage?
He felt that as a ninja of Konoha, Jiraiya was unqualified. When the village needed high-level combat power, he ran off to the Land of Rain to teach children there. Besides his overflowing saintly compassion, a greater reason was that he wanted to train the so-called child of prophecy.
Of course, Minato, who had experienced war, knew the suffering that war brought to humanity. It was just that he couldn't understand Jiraiya's thoughts.
If he wanted to end the war and have peace, then he should create it himself. Why place hope on some illusory child of prophecy?
If there was no Kazuki, then under Jiraiya's subtle influence, Minato would also believe in that so-called child of prophecy.
This could be seen from how Minato and Naruto interacted. He placed his hope on Naruto, believing that Naruto was the so-called child of prophecy, believing that he could solve all problems, and then he could disregard everything and commit suicide with Kushina.
Although verbally, Minato did it for Konoha, everyone knew that he didn't actually have to die. The child was truly an accident.
And now, because of Kazuki, Minato believed even more in the principle that human effort can conquer nature.
If everything was destined, then what was the meaning of their existence?