Chapter 344: Finally Proven Our United Front Value
Seeing Uchiha Xun killed, Yoru said: “Now there are no hidden dangers, I can report…”
Danzo spoke first: “Fox! You must…”
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Uchiha Goka’s corpse, especially the blood-filled hollow eye sockets of the corpse, and said:
“Danzo, shut up. I want to hear the Fox’s report!”
Danzo’s eyelids twitched slightly due to anger, showing his current unrest.
Yoru said: “Hokage, Lord Mito Mon’en, Lord Kiiroinu, the cause of the incident was an Anbu Ninja who was monitoring the Uchiha Clan Compound and was gruesomely killed by steel wire skull-cracking.
I saw Uchiha Goka’s sharp Shuriken Manipulation Technique in the Land of Rain. He was particularly skilled at coordinating steel wire and shuriken, so I focused the investigation on Uchiha Goka.
Golden Eagle’s subordinate monitored Uchiha Goka, Uchiha Touka, and Uchiha Xun coming to this remote direction, so I brought people to follow.
After following, I wanted to take Uchiha Goka to Anbu for cooperating in the investigation, but Uchiha Goka desperately resisted and used Susanoo!
Uchiha Goka actually awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan!”
Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mito Mon’en exchanged a glance, both seeing surprise and fear in each other’s eyes.
Every pair of Mangekyo emerging represents bloodshed and turmoil.
Hiruzen Sarutobi said: “Fox, continue.”
Yoru said: “I fought Uchiha Goka and was controlled by Uchiha Goka’s dojutsu.
It was a dojutsu named ‘Heavenly Pillar.’
I used a Wood Clone to escape, saw Uchiha Suiju appear, and sneak-attacked Uchiha Goka.
The kunai nearly completely embedded in Uchiha Goka’s abdomen was left by Uchiha Suiju.”
Uchiha Suiju lowered his head even more. In this situation, he shouldn’t say anything.
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Uchiha Suiju.
Hiruzen Sarutobi knew that Uchiha Suiju was now a Root member. Kagami Uchiha’s son had become Danzo’s capable subordinate.
Yoru continued:
“Then Lord Danzo appeared, trying to seize Uchiha Goka from me.
The Anbu Ninja was killed by Uchiha Goka. I wanted Uchiha Goka to come with me to Anbu.
Uchiha Goka awakened Mangekyo, extremely dangerous. I wanted to kill Uchiha Goka, but discovered the Danzo Advisor protecting Uchiha Goka.
I was very confused, and only later did I understand…”
Yoru leaned close to Kiiroinu and said in a voice only they two could hear: “The Danzo Advisor wants to seize Uchiha Goka’s Mangekyo Sharingan!”
Kiiroinu walked in front of the Third Hokage and quietly reported what the Fox said.
Hiruzen Sarutobi’s pupils trembled as he looked at Uchiha Goka’s bloody eye sockets and asked: “What about the eyes?”
“The eyes?” Danzo spoke:
“The Fox disobeyed my order and was bent on killing Uchiha Goka.
He even dared to attack me. In the end, Uchiha Touka reaped the benefits, taking the Mangekyo.”
“The Fox attacked you?” Mito Mon’en turned to look at the Fox: “Does Anbu no longer obey high-ranking officials’ orders?”
By convention, although Anbu is the Hokage’s direct troops, when the Hokage is absent, Anbu cannot refuse orders from high-ranking officials.
Mito Mon’en thought to himself, if the Fox dares not to listen to Danzo, will he not listen to me in the future either?
He glanced extra at Kiiroinu; Kiiroinu’s power was expanding too fast.
“Lord Mito Mon’en, it wasn’t that I didn’t listen to Lord Danzo; it was that I couldn’t.” Yoru said:
“Uchiha Goka awakened Mangekyo; that was an extremely dangerous pair of eyes.
Hokage, Lord Mito Mon’en, Uchiha Goka is dead, so now we can casually chat around his corpse.
But the pressure he gave me was too great.
His dojutsu were all instantaneous release dojutsu. A single moment’s mistake, and I would die.
Anyone in front of Uchiha Goka would be instantly killed.
I don’t think there was any problem with my judgment. I went all out to kill Uchiha Goka to avoid my death, avoid the death of the subordinates I brought, and avoid greater losses for Konoha.
His left eye Heavenly Pillar instantly creates chakra pillars that cannot be escaped.
His right eye Island of Yūno, upon touch, collapses into mashed meat, impossible to defend against.
I had to go all out. If I didn’t kill him here, he could kill anyone in the village.”
Yoru looked at Mito Mon’en, meaning that even you would be killed in front of Uchiha Goka.
Mito Mon’en was startled inside, realizing where he was wrong.
He couldn’t assume that just because the Fox and Danzo survived, he could also survive facing Mangekyo.
The Fox survived because he specialized in defensive secret jutsu, with top-tier defensive abilities, hard to deal with.
Danzo survived… because Danzo learned Izanagi from Uchiha Kagami, which can reverse life and death with genjutsu.
Kiiroinu said: “The Fox is a frontline combat ninja. We cannot question after the fact whether the Fox’s judgment in battle was absolutely rational.
Battles change in an instant. Facing legendary dojutsu like Mangekyo, one must go all out immediately.
If any other Anbu were here, not only would they not survive, but Anbu would suffer major losses again.”
Kiiroinu believed the Fox’s actions were fine.
Hiruzen Sarutobi smoked, and finally made a decision: “This incident does not count as Anbu disobeying high-ranking officials’ orders.
Danzo’s goal was to seize powerful Mangekyo Sharingan for the village.
The Fox’s goal was to kill the dangerous Uchiha Ninja for the village.
Neither was wrong; there were just some communication problems.
What about Uchiha Touka? He took Uchiha Goka’s Mangekyo; where did he go?”
Yoru quickly said: “Hokage, a powerful White Zetsu appeared beside Uchiha Touka.
I saw that White Zetsu in the Land of Rain. He called himself Tobi, Uchiha Madara’s subordinate.
After Uchiha Touka took Uchiha Goka’s eyes, he seems to have become a traitor ninja, defecting to Uchiha Madara.
Hokage, Uchiha Goka was killed, and under stimulation, Uchiha Touka also awakened Mangekyo!
It was a brand new pair of Mangekyo, dojutsu unknown!”
Hiruzen Sarutobi’s expression grew grave.
The Uchiha Clan had consecutively awakened two Mangekyo, one dead and one escaped.
Was this another pair of brothers like Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Izuna?
The First Hokage could deal with Uchiha Madara; could he, Hiruzen Sarutobi, deal with such enemies?
Hiruzen Sarutobi thought for a moment and immediately made a decision:
“Publicly announce that Uchiha Touka, ambitious for power, killed his brother Uchiha Goka to obtain strength and took Uchiha Goka’s Mangekyo Sharingan.
Designate Uchiha Touka as Konoha Village’s S-rank traitor ninja, danger level second only to Uchiha Madara, higher than Heinosuke Sarutobi.
Notify all ninjas in Konoha Village: upon encountering Uchiha Touka, report immediately!”
Yoru thought this move was pretty good; the Uchiha had a tradition of brothers killing each other—it was perfectly reasonable.
“Mito Mon’en, you handle the Uchiha Clan. Kiiroinu, you command the scene cleanup.
Fox, take people immediately to chase Uchiha Touka! Don’t let Uchiha Touka reach Uchiha Madara’s side!
Danzo, come with me.”
Hiruzen Sarutobi had already turned, but discovered no one executing his orders.
He abruptly turned back, eyes fierce.
When had his orders gone unheeded?
The Fox didn’t move because Danzo was staring at him with cold eyes, as if the next instant Danzo would erupt and kill.
Danzo didn’t move because he had lost a precious three-tomoe and gained nothing.
Hiruzen Sarutobi said: “Danzo! What are you doing! Aren’t the losses to Anbu and Root big enough? What do you plan to do to the Fox?”
Danzo had to withdraw his gaze from the Fox.
He sneered inwardly: before, he did the dirty work, and the other high-ranking officials had to placate him.
Now with an added Fox, he was enjoying the treatment he once had.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was too lenient toward the Fox.
Danzo turned and followed Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Yoru breathed a sigh of relief. After doing so much dirty work, he had finally earned united front value.
He couldn’t let Danzo obtain Mangekyo, or he wouldn’t have defied Danzo so much.
He quickly looked at a lightly injured Anbu: “Have Aries lead a squad to catch up to me as soon as possible!”
He body flickered away, chasing toward outside the village.
Kiiroinu watched the Fox’s back and thought, luckily he had repaired the relationship with the Fox; otherwise, who would dare take such a mission.
That was the legendary Mangekyo Sharingan.
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Uchiha Kane and others were stopped by several Anbu Ninjas, feeling full of humiliation.
In the distant woods, dojutsu chakra emitted terrifying fluctuations, yet he had no qualification to enter the scene.
Behind him were over a dozen Uchiha Ninjas.
Uchiha Touka and others were okay, but the martial faction representatives like Uchiha Rikaga were already on the edge of rage.
Mito Mon’en body flickered and appeared behind Aries and Golden Eagle.
“Clan Head Zhong, hurry; two Uchiha Ninja corpses were found ahead!”
Uchiha Kane’s face twitched as he said: “Good, please lead me there, Lord Mito Mon’en.”
Fugaku Uchiha felt unusually pained inside. Clearly Anbu had stopped the Uchiha Clan, and now Mito Mon’en hypocritically invited the Uchiha Clan to enter the scene.
The village and Anbu had plenty of time to handle the scene.
When the Uchiha group entered the scene, they first saw various battle traces.
Everyone activated three-tomoe Sharingan, frantically scanning the scene, recreating the battle process.
Over a dozen pairs of three-tomoe Sharingan—this scene was still quite pressuring.
The important information at the scene had long been handled; there weren’t many clues left for the Uchiha.
Uchiha Kane walked to the two corpses.
One corpse had a kunai embedded in the forehead: Uchiha Xun.
The other corpse’s eyes had been gouged out, leaving two blood holes: Uchiha Goka.
Seeing Goka’s corpse, seeing Goka’s sunken bloody eye sockets, Uchiha Kane’s vision went black, and he staggered back half a step.
Uchiha Touka came up and supported Uchiha Kane.
Uchiha Kane blinked several times and caught his breath.
The Uchiha Clan had just produced a pair of Mangekyo Sharingan, and unexpectedly within less than a month, they had been dug out.
His expression returned to calm.
He had seen this scene before.
Back when his father Uchiha Hino was clan head, he had found a corpse.
Uchiha Kagami, eyes turned into blood holes, a pair of Mangekyo dug away.
Mangekyo… haha, Mangekyo…
Uchiha Kane turned to ask the highest-status person here.
“Lord Mito Mon’en, what exactly happened here?”
Mito Mon’en said: “Clan Head Zhong, when we arrived, we found your two Uchiha Ninjas killing each other.
Uchiha Touka, for power, killed his brother Uchiha Goka and gouged out Uchiha Goka’s eyes.
Clan Head Zhong, someone in the Uchiha Clan awakened Mangekyo; why didn’t you report it to the village?”
Uchiha Kane was stunned; Mito Mon’en’s few sentences contained too much information.
