Chapter 414: Another One, No, It's Two
Sōkai also saw the change in Shisui Uchiha's eyes. He didn't know what it meant and was somewhat dazed.
Seeing this, a thought stirred in Ishiro's mind. He said with great speed, "Sōkai, that is the Mangekyō Sharingan, the ultimate Sharingan that is superior to the three-tomoe."
"Back then, your ancestor, Madara Uchiha, earned the title of 'Shura of the Ninja World' with these eyes."
"Right now, in your entire Uchiha clan, the only one confirmed to possess the Mangekyō Sharingan is that traitor who unleashed the Nine-Tails' rampage and is colluding with the Konoha high command."
"I didn't expect that Shisui Uchiha has also awakened it now. With his Mangekyō Sharingan, your Uchiha clan's hopes of resisting Danzō and that mysterious person and surviving this crisis of extermination are much greater."
Sōkai's eyes lit up, like a person who had been in darkness for a long time seeing a future full of light.
His previous resentment towards Shisui for speaking for the Konoha high command had completely dissipated. If Shisui can find a way out for the clan, then it's no problem for me to apologize to him.
Sōkai's thoughts were also the thoughts of all the Uchiha present.
The Uchiha truly were extremely emotional creatures.
Just as the anger of the many Uchiha was dissipating and they were about to cheer out loud, Shisui spoke again.
He had not immediately noticed the change in his own eyes. Although he didn't know why everyone had quieted down, this was his best chance to persuade them.
"Everyone, I will not let you make any more mistakes! Turn back! Trust the village's high command! No matter what happens, they will handle it well!"
Silence. A dead silence.
Even without using his just-calmed Mind's Eye, Ishiro could sense this silence around him.
It was not just a silence of sound, but also of thought. Everyone's mind was a blank slate.
The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Shisui had given all the Uchiha hope, but with a single sentence, he had pushed everyone back into the abyss.
Shisui still had the same thoughts. He clearly possessed the strength of their ancestor, Madara Uchiha, but he still chose to stand on the side of the village's high command.
It was just like how Itachi Uchiha could resolutely annihilate his entire clan.
These Uchiha were also extreme. They felt that having a Mangekyō Sharingan user stand on the opposite side of his own clansmen was the most infuriating thing.
At this moment, even Ishiro's heart panicked a little.
He was not deterred by the re-ignited anger of the Uchiha, but by the fact that the chakra fluctuations of the vast majority of them were exactly like Shisui's just before he had awakened his Mangekyō.
Including Sōkai beside him.
Swallowing, Ishiro constantly reminded himself in his heart: "Don't overdo it."
In this atmosphere, if a dozen or two dozen pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan were to suddenly awaken, then he would have to grab Sōkai and run. It wasn't that he was overthinking it, but that the current scene was truly too terrifying.
Fortunately, his worst fears did not come to pass.
The next moment, in Sōkai's eye sockets, the Sharingan that was three-tomoe on one side and two-tomoe on the other completed its advancement.
Ishiro looked down and glanced at the shape of Sōkai's Mangekyō.
It was a bit like Shisui's, but his only had three blades, and there was a black dot at the side of each.
"Phew~" Ishiro let out a long breath. The most important matter of this trip to Konoha was complete.
The instant Sōkai awakened, his Mind's Eye changed again, but he didn't pay it any mind. However, after a while, the changes in his Mind's Eye did not stop but became even more intense.
Ishiro suddenly turned his head and, following the direction of the chakra fluctuation, looked towards a certain Uchiha in the crowd outside.
The angle was just right. He saw the person's face, and her Sharingan.
"A female Uchiha. Is that... Izumi Uchiha?" he muttered to himself.
He had seen this person in the intelligence reports and had an impression of her. She was the other of the two Uchiha that he had originally planned to kidnap when he had infiltrated Konoha. At that time, he had not seen Izumi but had run into Sōkai. If he had met her, then Sōkai's and her lives would probably have been switched.
From a distance, he saw that her Sharingan had also turned into a Mangekyō. An outer ring and a central dot were black, with three thin black lines connecting the inside and outside. The other areas were a crimson red.
After a while, her Mangekyō Sharingan also calmed down, while the other Uchiha showed no signs of advancing.
Phew. Ishiro took a deep breath. Time to go.
Sōkai's violent chakra fluctuation had already attracted the attention of the Uchiha group outside. He did not want to clash with this group of madmen right now. And Sōkai, although his Sharingan had upgraded, was actually in a very bad state. For the eleven-year-old to awaken the Mangekyō so early was too great a burden on his body.
Ishiro grabbed his arm and started to run. As he ran, he placed a seal on the eyes of the nearly unconscious boy.
At this time, the members of the Uchiha clan were still in a daze. The legendary Mangekyō Sharingan had appeared three times in just a dozen seconds.
Setting aside the traitor Shisui, who was a genius, what was the deal with the other two?
"Who is that boy? The one beside him seems to be the Tsuchikage?"
"Could it be..."
"It must be! It's Sōkai! I remember what he looks like! Although it's been six years and he has changed a lot, I won't be mistaken!"
"Sōkai awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan? That's incredible! I remember his talent was very poor."
"I hear this Tsuchikage's greatest skill is teaching students."
"Heavens, the Tsuchikage can teach our Uchiha to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan?"
The many Uchiha did not pursue the two.
But Shisui, who did not have so many inner dramas, gritted his teeth and gave chase alone.
Seeing Shisui's action, the Uchiha were startled. Then someone subconsciously shouted, "Protect Izumi!"
Sōkai has been taken away by the Tsuchikage, but Izumi is still here. We must not let the traitor Shisui harm her!
Most of the Uchiha immediately surrounded Izumi. A small portion also launched attacks at Shisui. This time, it was a real attack. All sorts of fire jutsu and the Uchiha clan's unique shurikenjutsu were thrown at him all at once.
However, he did not fight back. He dodged the kunai attacks, and a large-scale Great Fireball met the crowd's fire jutsu head-on. Then, taking advantage of this opening, he followed in Ishiro's footsteps and left.
A collective sigh of relief went through the remaining Uchiha. After all, those were Sharingan stronger than the three-tomoe, the eyes of their ancestor Madara. With the suppression of the bloodline, no Uchiha was truly willing to face a Mangekyō.
"Izumi, Izumi, how are you?"
"Izumi is still young; she probably can't handle the power of the Mangekyō. Quickly take her to rest!"
"We must protect her! We can't let the Konoha high command do anything to her!"
"Damn it, Shisui already knows that Izumi has awakened the Mangekyō! He will definitely sell out the intelligence on her!"
"If he dares, we'll fight him to the death!"
"Right, fight him to the death! No matter what, we must protect Izumi and let her grow up!"
"What about Sōkai?" Someone remembered Sōkai, who had been taken away by Ishiro, another Mangekyō Uchiha.
"Yeah, Sōkai awakened it at the same time as Izumi. He must also be dissatisfied with what Shisui just said."
"He is one of us. We must not let Shisui harm him."
"It should be fine. He has the Tsuchikage protecting him. Just now, I saw that the Tsuchikage was very concerned about him."
"I hear Lord Clan Head has contact with the Tsuchikage. Sōkai was actually intentionally let go by him."
A few of the Uchiha whose children had been swapped had a thought, and all sorts of ideas flashed through their minds.
"By the way, where is the Clan Head?" This group of Uchiha finally remembered they still had one.
And at this time, what was our Clan Head Fugaku doing? He was holding the Izanagi scroll, caught in a dilemma. To be honest, the moment he saw it, his heart was moved. With Izanagi, if the clan really rebelled, the chances of success would increase exponentially. But at the same time, he was worried about failure bringing disaster upon the entire clan, and also worried about starting a war and causing the deaths of many innocent people.
Actually, Fugaku's struggle did not last long. But in that short period of time, the Uchiha had gained three new pairs of Mangekyō.
When Fugaku received the news, he was completely dumbfounded.
If he hadn't heard that one of them was Sōkai, who had been taken away by Ishiro, and that Shisui had firmly stood on the side of the high command after awakening his Mangekyō, Fugaku might have given the order to rebel right then and there.
He wanted to go and check on Izumi's condition, but just as he left his room, the large-scale chaos in Konoha began.
First, Ishiro had not expected Shisui to pursue him. After leaving the Uchiha compound, he had not left the village but had gone deeper into Konoha. Subsequently, carrying the mentally exhausted Sōkai, he began to play a game of hide-and-seek with Shisui within the village.
Then, on the outskirts of Konoha, after the fire jutsu of those few Uchiha members and Shisui had risen into the sky, the ambitious people hiding in the shadows simultaneously attacked Konoha.
These people had all been waiting for Ishiro's move. Now, seeing that he had actually instigated a riot among the Uchiha, everyone said in their hearts: Tsuchikage, you are not bad. You have not disappointed us.
The first to break through the defensive line was Rasa. His target was the village wall near the Root base. Both his Gold Sand and Ryosuke's Iron Sand from the Third Kazekage puppet were integrated offense and defense. The two of them, working together, easily broke through Konoha's wall.
With even greater momentum than Rasa's side was Kakuzu. He had been invited by Ishiro from the Akatsuki, and this time Ishiro was offering double the pay. Adding the income he would originally get for killing Konoha ninja, Kakuzu was enjoying a triple happiness this time. Of course, this was on the premise that he could take away the bodies of the Konoha ninja he killed.
Kakuzu was very satisfied with Ishiro's generosity during the Land of Rain incident. Ishiro had counted all the heads in that great battle, except for those he had killed himself, on Kakuzu's tab. So, this time, as soon as Ishiro mentioned the price, Kakuzu had agreed. In his eyes, this was another big order, a rare opportunity. He used his large-scale five-element ninjutsu to open a path, only seeking to kill, not to penetrate too deep into Konoha.
Finally, there was Orochimaru. He was capable of sneaking into Konoha. But this time, his demand was different. He needed Konoha to fall into chaos. Only in chaos could he achieve his goal. So, his entrance was the most magnificent. Manda opened the way, as if afraid someone wouldn't see him. The giant snake directly smashed through the city wall and rushed into the heartland of Konoha.
And at this time, on the rooftop of the Hokage's building, the faces of Tsunade and Hiruzen Sarutobi were extremely grim.
All the ninja they had placed on the periphery had been rendered useless.
Konoha's deployment was to deal with a large-scale ninja battle, like an invasion from the Kumo army. But the people who had come for a tour of Konoha this time were all Kage-level. And six of them had come at once.
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