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Chapter 57 - CHAPTER 57

The Great Secret Treasure of the Sage of Six Paths

Hello.

My name is Itachi Uchiha.

A missing-nin of Konohagakure.

Today, I will reveal a truth that concerns the fate of the entire shinobi world.

Please read carefully.

Because once you understand this information

You will never see the world the same way again.

According to ancient shinobi records passed down through forbidden archives…

A thousand years ago, when the legendary Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths, approached the end of his life

He left behind a will.

A will that was never meant for the world.

Only for his heirs.

It is said he once asked his sons:

"If you seek my power… then seek what I have left behind."

"My inheritance exists within this world."

"Find it… and you will grasp the truth of chakra itself."

"Whoever inherits my will… may shape the fate of the world."

That inheritance.

That forbidden legacy.

Would later become known in secret circles as

The Great Secret Treasure of the Sage of Six Paths.

A myth whispered among ancient clans.

A truth buried by history.

After fragments of this knowledge leaked during the Warring States Era

The shinobi world descended into endless war.

Clans slaughtered clans.

Bloodlines hunted bloodlines.

Everyone searched.

Everyone killed.

All for one thing.

The inheritance of the Sage.

Until two boys found it.

By fate.

By coincidence.

Or perhaps

By inevitability.

One from the Senju clan.

One from the Uchiha clan.

Those boys later became legends.

Hashirama Senju.

And Madara Uchiha.

Why were they so strong?

Why did they stand above all shinobi in history?

Why could they end an era of endless war with their own hands?

Because they inherited something no one else did.

The Sage's will.

The Sage's power.

The Sage's truth.

With that power

They crushed the Warring States chaos.

Unified enemies.

And founded the shinobi village system.

Beginning with Konoha.

The first hidden village.

The origin of the modern ninja world.

But time devours all things.

Today, the Senju are gone.

Their bloodline scattered into obscurity.

And the Uchiha…

Have already been erased from history.

Slaughtered.

Extinguished.

Forgotten.

So here is the question.

If both inheritors are gone

Where did the Sage's inheritance go?

Did it disappear?

Was it destroyed?

Or…

Was it taken?

The answers lie in two questions:

Why did the Uchiha perish?

And why did the Senju fade into nothing?

If you can answer those

You already understand the truth.

After both lineages collapsed…

The greatest beneficiary was not a clan.

But a regime.

The leadership of Konoha.

Centered around one man.

Hiruzen Sarutobi.

As the last Uchiha who uncovered fragments of this truth

I became a threat.

After leaving the village, I was relentlessly hunted by Konoha's covert forces.

Not for betrayal.

But for knowledge.

Because once this secret spreads

Their monopoly on the Sage's legacy collapses.

Why reveal this now?

Because silence protects tyranny.

And truth destroys it.

Let the world judge.

Let the shinobi decide.

If these words are lies

Then let lightning strike me down.

Let my name be cursed for eternity.

But if they are true

Then history will expose everything.

Information Source:

Itachi Uchiha.

And then

The world exploded.

Within three days, the message spread like wildfire across nations.

Faster than any war declaration.

More destructive than any forbidden jutsu.

Because the elements within it were too explosive.

The Sage of Six Paths.

Hashirama and Madara.

Lost inheritance.

Konoha's dominance.

Each one alone could shake the world.

Together?

They ignited it.

A simple conclusion formed in countless minds:

Whoever obtains the Sage's inheritance

Rules the world.

Becomes the next god of shinobi.

Just like Hashirama.

Just like Madara.

At first, many dismissed it as propaganda.

Akatsuki manipulation.

Missing-nin theatrics.

But then

Analysis began spreading.

Whispers turned into theories.

And theories turned into belief.

People began questioning history.

Why did Tobirama Senju, master of Flying Thunder God, die so abruptly?

Why did the Uzumaki clan, close relatives of the Senju, vanish without Konoha's full intervention?

Why did the Senju dissolve into obscurity?

And why

Did the Uchiha fall last?

Three pillars of Konoha's founding era.

Gone.

All of them.

One by one.

Coincidence?

Or consolidation?

If the Sage's inheritance truly existed…

Wouldn't eliminating rival bloodlines be the simplest way to monopolize it?

The logic was terrifying.

But seductive.

Because it explained everything.

Too well.

Soon, the narrative solidified.

A dark theory spreading through taverns, black markets, and hidden villages alike:

That Konoha's leadership sacrificed its own pillars…

To become the sole inheritor of godhood.

Once that seed was planted

It grew uncontrollably.

Because greed watered it.

Ambition fed it.

And fear protected it.

People began looking toward Konoha differently.

Not as the strongest village.

But as the gatekeeper of divinity.

And then came the desire.

Raw.

Unfiltered.

Universal.

If I obtain it

I become the next Hashirama.

The next Madara.

The one who rewrites history.

Risk no longer mattered.

Danger became opportunity.

Madness became courage.

From every nation

Rogue shinobi.

Treasure hunters.

Missing-nin.

War profiteers.

All began moving.

Toward one destination.

If one could look down from the heavens

The world itself seemed to shift.

Countless figures moving like migrating shadows.

All heading toward a single point.

Konohagakure.

The eye of the storm.

The center of the world.

And somewhere in the dark

Uchiha Yi smiled.

A slow.

Satisfied.

Dangerous smile.

The stage had been set.

The actors were arriving.

All that remained

Was to watch the world burn.

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