Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26773508-20150905054531/@comment-734582-20150907105751

Ravenlot 27 wrote: Thekillman, nice piese of deductive information you've spoken out, and I have a feeling Itachi used all this to conclude the Masked Man he met was behing Nine-Tails Attack on Konoha and possibly could be Madara. But unfourtunately all the investigation lead to is the Uchiha clan suspicion, which didn't end well as we know. It took a few hours of being bored, but once it hit it hit like a very big "oh duh!".

Chaosattractor wrote: Problem: as the leader he already knows what the Uchiha under his command are capable of, and that it can't be any of them (as far as we know, at least). I don't know the full extent of Hiruzen's knowledge of the Uchiha. However, he must've been aware of Sishui's Mangekyou Sharingan. He might have believed that an Uchiha awoke his own MS with the powers that fit the masked man. But i think this piece of information, that is which uchiha could've done this, might've led to a lot of problems for Hiruzen.

Chaosattractor wrote: Danzo in particular might have concluded that they were either harboring Madara or more likely were secretly raising someone like him, which is probably why he pushed for the entire clan to be annihilated. In fact, he's entirely unsurprised when "Madara" shows up. I don't think Danzo is such an "all-knower" that he would be unsurprised of someone like Madara. I think it's more likely that to Danzo, all of this was just confirmation of his own bias against them. uchiha hiding their true power and all.

BakumatsuWarrior wrote: That asshole might have even collaborated with "Madara" during the Uchiha clan massacre. Seems extremely unlike to me. I don't think he would allow such an Uchiha to live, even if it murdered the rest.