Chapter 81: You’ll Regret This! Hidan!【fifth Update, Seeking Subscriptions】
The Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi left.
Before leaving, he instructed Shisui to rest well and recuperate, and gave Uchiha Fugaku a deep, profound glance.
This meaningful look made Fugaku feel extremely uncomfortable inside.
Ever since he became the Clan Head of the Uchiha Clan, he had always been trying to find ways to make the Uchiha more integrated into the Village.
During the Third Great Ninja War, he personally led a team to fight on the front lines and established a deep friendship with Minato Namikaze.
His wife Mikoto was even closer friends with Minato Namikaze’s wife Kushina Uzumaki.
When Minato Namikaze became the Fourth Hokage, Uchiha Fugaku seemed to see the dawn of the Uchiha fully integrating into the Village.
However, the Nine-Tails Attack changed everything.
The rampaging Nine-Tails not only destroyed many buildings in the Village, but also took the lives of many villagers and ninjas, and the Sharingan in the Nine-Tails’ eyes directly pointed the finger at the Uchiha Clan!
The deaths of the Fourth Hokage couple left the Uchiha Clan without any political support.
The Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, who regained power, continued the repressive policies against the Uchiha from the Second Hokage era, and even because of the Nine-Tails Attack, relocated the Uchiha Clan Territory to an area even farther from the Village.
Now another Mangekyo Sharingan had appeared outside…
Uchiha Fugaku was truly exhausted both mentally and physically; he could already imagine how the High-Level Officials of Konoha would criticize the Uchiha Clan.
“Clan Head.” Shisui’s call brought Fugaku back from his thoughts.
He looked at this youngest three-tomoe Uchiha in the clan and comforted him: “You rest well.”
But Shisui grabbed Fugaku’s hand.
Their gazes met, and Shisui said in a low voice: “She has Susanoo… Perfect Susanoo…”
Hearing “Perfect Susanoo,” Fugaku’s heart jolted fiercely.
This was the third power that only the Mangekyo Sharingan could unleash!
Even Fugaku had only just mastered some basic forms of Susanoo, still far from Perfect.
“As expected, it was that Lord who took away the Clan Member.” Fugaku was even more certain of this Uchiha’s origins.
Only that could explain why a Uchiha bloodline wandering outside, without family training, could awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan at such a young age and even evolve Susanoo to Perfect!
Uchiha Madara!
Only this strongest Clan Head in the history of the Uchiha Clan could cultivate such a strong practitioner!
Although when this Clan Head defected back then, the clan records showed no Clan Members followed him.
But Uchiha Madara did take away quite a few clan scriptures.
If Uchiha Madara had secretly taken away a few Clan Members, then everything made sense.
It had to be Uchiha Madara!
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Hokage Building.
“Hiruzen! We must hold the Uchiha Clan accountable!” Danzō stormed aggressively into the Hokage’s Office, his single eye flashing with sinister light.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had just returned from visiting Shisui’s team at the Hospital, hadn’t even warmed his seat.
Facing his old friend’s questioning, he immediately darkened his face and said: “This matter has nothing to do with the Uchiha Clan in the Village.”
“The Uchiha bloodline wandering outside is their clan’s negligence!” Danzō pressed relentlessly.
Hiruzen Sarutobi picked up his pipe, took a deep puff of smoke, and slowly exhaled smoke rings: “It should be a few Clan Members taken away by Uchiha Madara.”
Uchiha Madara!
Hearing this name, even the cunning Danzō was stunned for a moment.
Shimura Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s generation were all born before Konoha was established; they could be said to have grown up listening to stories of the First Hokage Hashirama Senju, and had even seen Hashirama Senju in person.
And as the other protagonist of those stories, Uchiha Madara, who was on par with Hashirama Senju, also left a deep impression in their hearts.
Uchiha Madara left the Village in Konoha Year 2, trying to take Clan Members with him, but reportedly no one was willing to go.
After disappearing for several years, Uchiha Madara returned and caused a huge commotion!
In the end, he was killed by the First Hokage Hashirama Senju at the Valley of the End.
When Uchiha Madara was killed by Hashirama Senju, Shimura Danzō and the others were already genin or chunin.
Even after decades, recalling Uchiha Madara again still filled them with lingering fear.
“Don’t pin everything on Uchiha Madara! He’s been dead for many years!” But Danzō didn’t believe such claims, or rather, pretended not to believe them.
Just to put pressure on the Uchiha Clan.
“I will send people to continue investigating intelligence on Hoshigakure later.” Hiruzen Sarutobi did not inform Danzō about the Uzumaki Clan intelligence.
Even after learning the secret of Shisui’s Mangekyo Sharingan dojutsu ‘Kotoamatsukami,’ he hesitated whether to tell Danzō.
At this moment, Danzō also recalled Nagato, who had been jointly schemed against by him and Hanzo in the Rain Village back then.
‘Could this Uchiha be related to Akatsuki?’ Danzō was somewhat uncertain and planned to send people to investigate.
The Land of Bears was too far from the Land of Fire, separated by several countries, and the Land of Bears was sandwiched between the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind; Konoha could not deploy large-scale ninja troops.
“No matter what, this is the Uchiha Clan’s bloodline; either capture her back, or…” Danzō hated the Uchiha to the bone, but having a Uchiha wandering outside the Village was something he couldn’t accept!
“So, who do you plan to send to capture her?” Hiruzen Sarutobi set down his pipe and countered: “Even an elite jonin like Shisui is no match, and the opponent definitely has more than just this one high-end combatant.”
They all knew that in the current Uchiha Clan, Shisui’s strength could rank in the top three, and in a few more years, he might even surpass Clan Head Fugaku.
The other two in this team were a jonin from the Hyuga Clan and a war veteran who was approaching jonin level in taijutsu.
Such an elite jonin-led team was beaten so badly by a single enemy.
“Hmph, I have my own plans!” Danzō snorted lightly, his single eye fixed on the Third Hokage, seizing the chance to propose: “If you return ‘Kabuto’ to me…”
Before Danzō could finish, Hiruzen Sarutobi interrupted: “Don’t even think about it!”
“‘Tenzo’s’ Wood Release is Konoha’s Wood Release, not your personal property, Danzō!” Hiruzen Sarutobi sat in his chair, his gaze meeting that of the standing Danzō.
Being loudly rebuked by Hiruzen Sarutobi, though he had mental preparation, still made Danzō seethe inside.
He had luckily picked up this Wood Release ninja from Orochimaru’s experimental materials, painstakingly trained for so many years, only to have it snatched away by Hiruzen Sarutobi!
After that mission pursuing Orochimaru, Kabuto seemed like a different person, and his loyalty wavered.
He even argued with Danzō.
Sensing this pawn slipping from control, Danzō tried to control Yamato with Sharingan illusion technique and curse mark, but was interrupted by Kakashi who suddenly burst into the Root Base, and Yamato was rescued.
Of course, Danzō didn’t want to let such a pawn go and immediately sent Root Ninjas to pursue.
But he was stopped by the timely arrival of Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, as the Third Hokage, transferred ‘Kabuto’ away from Root and into the Hokage’s Personal Anbu, leaving Danzō fuming!
Hiruzen Sarutobi issued a warning: “Danzō, I am the Hokage!”
“You will regret this! Hiruzen!” Danzō angrily left a sentence and slammed the door as he went.
Bang!
Looking at the slammed door, Hiruzen Sarutobi, surrounded by curling smoke, had his furrowed brow deepen even more.
Uchiha Clan bloodline wandering outside and Uzumaki Clan bloodline… What exactly happened in Hoshigakure?
