In a dark cave on the border of Konoha, Danzō showed a gloomy expression after listening to the report from his Root ninja subordinate. Although that face of his didn't seem to show any other expressions.
After the subordinate left, Danzō turned into a desktop cleaning master and slammed all the scrolls on the table to the ground.
Danzō was very uncomfortable. He didn't expect that taking action against Fairy Tail would lead to such serious consequences.
The base that he had been operating in Konoha for so long was directly destroyed, and most of the Root ninjas he had painstakingly cultivated were also eliminated.
The worst thing was that the subordinate had just reported that Konoha had officially held the inauguration ceremony for the new Hokage, and Tsunade had become the Fifth Hokage.
That was the Hokage! The position that Danzō had been thinking about for almost a lifetime, but because of the wrong choices he had made at critical moments, he had missed it every time.
Danzō did reflect on it, but the reflection wasn't focused on the main point.
He thought that the last time it was because he was slower than Hiruzen Sarutobi in front of the Second Hokage that he had missed the position of Hokage, but he didn't know that it was because he lacked the awareness!
And this time, he didn't think that his actions were wrong, but only that he had overestimated the strength of the target and used the wrong approach. If he hadn't had a head-on conflict, he might have already gained a group of powerful subordinates.
That was why Danzō would never understand that he thought the position of Hokage was within reach, but he couldn't sit on it no matter what.
After calming down, Danzō remembered the information that his subordinate had reported about Itachi, the Akatsuki organization, and Fairy Tail.
"Maybe this will be an opportunity. As long as I use it well...! Everything I do is for Konoha."
While Danzō was planning something, he didn't know that someone was also thinking about him.
Konoha, in the Fairy Tail guild.
Sasuke was lying on a platform painted with magic circles, seemingly asleep but frowning tightly, and his body trembled from time to time.
Although it looked like some kind of evil cult's sacrificial ritual, this was indeed a magic tool that Drake had personally created to help Sasuke fuse the memories of Indra's Chakra.
As Drake's analysis of Chakra progressed, this magic tool became more and more perfect.
The Ōtsutsuki clan had an ability called Karma, which could compress all of their data into a mark and plant it on a person.
As the Karma was continuously undone, it could transform the recipient into a member of the Ōtsutsuki clan, thereby achieving complete resurrection.
And through Drake's research, the reincarnation of Indra's Chakra was very similar to this ability. Of course, Indra wasn't a complete member of the Ōtsutsuki clan, and reincarnation wasn't an active behavior of his.
But the reincarnated Chakra did contain his and the reincarnator's memories and origins. What Drake was doing was to release it.
Whether it was Sasuke himself or this magic tool, they should have long adapted to the process of fusing Chakra and memories, so there shouldn't be such a violent reaction in theory.
The problem was that the Chakra that Sasuke was fusing now was too strong.
Since they had agreed to a decisive battle in three months, Sasuke had to ensure that he would grow to the point where he could kill Itachi Uchiha and Obito in three months.
For ninjas, there were only a few ways to become stronger: training Chakra, enhancing taijutsu, and accumulating experience. None of these didn't require the tempering of time.
The fastest way was to learn new ninjutsu and master them skillfully, but that wasn't something that could be done overnight.
Three months was simply not enough time for ordinary ninjas to make much progress, but Sasuke was different.
By fusing the Chakra and memories of other Indra Chakra reincarnators, he could completely become stronger quickly within three months.
But Sasuke still felt that it wasn't enough, and recently, in addition to combat training, he was fusing Chakra at full power.
From a thousand years ago to now, Indra's Chakra had been reincarnated continuously, but the number of reincarnators wasn't actually that many.
Although it was just by chance, Sasuke had still encountered the Chakra of the person who could be said to be the strongest among all the reincarnators.
That person had not only reached the realm closest to his bloodline source, Indra, but had also awakened the Sage Eyes by stealing the Chakra of the Asura reincarnator and going one step further.
That's right, what Sasuke was fusing was the memory of Madara Uchiha.
With the help of the magic tool, the process of Sasuke fusing memories usually only took one night. But this time it had lasted for three days.
In fact, each time he fused memories, it was equivalent to experiencing someone else's life, and this undoubtedly had huge risks.
Under the impact of massive memories, a person's self could be washed away, and they could fall into the crazy state of "Who am I?".
So the most important function of the magic tool that Drake created was to filter out complex memories and isolate the influence of memories, leaving only the abilities and profound memories.
Even that was already too much for Sasuke to handle, because those profound memories were also the most painful.
And this time, because Madara Uchiha had approached the Sage of Six Paths, the Chakra had essential differences.
So the magic tool didn't have much effect, and Sasuke could only rely on himself to withstand the impact of Madara Uchiha's memories.
Sasuke kept Drake's instructions in mind and insisted on his self, accepting all of Madara's life experiences.
Sasuke watched Madara and Hashirama meet and become friends without knowing each other's identities, and also saw them become enemies after their identities were revealed.
He watched Madara become the pillar of the Uchiha clan, and fight a bloody battle with the Senju clan led by his former friend.
Sasuke also saw the pain of Madara losing his younger brother, but that Izuna Uchiha, who looked so much like him, made him feel strange.
Madara accepted his younger brother's eyes and opened the Eternal Mangekyō, but still lost to Hashirama Senju. But in the end, he was moved by Hashirama and agreed to reconcile. Then, according to the dreams they had when they were young, Konoha was established.
Sasuke just watched the differences between Madara and Hashirama grow bigger and bigger. The information obtained from the Uchiha's stone tablet made Madara finally choose to embark on the path that he thought was right.
But even the members of the Uchiha clan were unwilling to follow such a clan head.
Finally, there was that battle in the Valley of the End. Sasuke seemed to be able to feel the pain of being pierced by the blade.
He had thought that the memory would end here, but he didn't expect that what happened next directly exceeded his imagination.
Dark underground spaces, hideous Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, Black Zetsu, Rinnegan, Obito Uchiha, and other information appeared one after another. Sasuke learned the most important secrets of the ninja world.
Until Madara pulled out the tubes connecting the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to maintain his life, the memory finally ended.
Sasuke suddenly opened his eyes and sat up excitedly.
"Yo, you're finally awake!"
Turning his head to look at Drake, who had put down his book, Sasuke said, "You knew all along what Madara Uchiha was doing, right!"
Drake nodded and said, "That's right, and I can tell you even deeper truths. Although you'll be able to know a rough idea after you fuse Indra's memories as well."
Sasuke rubbed his aching temples and said, "Then there's no need to tell me now. Anyway, I'm not interested in these things!"
Drake smiled at Sasuke's Uchiha clan's ancestral tsundere, didn't say anything, and just handed over a mirror.
"Although you suffered a lot this time, you also gained a lot. Congratulations on obtaining your own Mangekyō Sharingan!"
Sasuke's eyes widened, and the particularly patterned pupils in the mirror became clearer.
Whether it was because he had fully experienced Madara Uchiha's life or because of Madara's special Chakra, Sasuke had unexpectedly awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Sasuke took the mirror and carefully admired his new eyes.
Different from the hexagonal star pattern in the original plot, Sasuke's current eyes had a hexagonal star in the center, and six petal-like patterns spreading out from the outer ring.
This was also proof that Sasuke had broken free from his original fate and embarked on the path he had chosen.
Drake said, "It shouldn't be a problem for you, who has accepted Madara Uchiha's memories, to know how to use those eyes. After you're familiar with them, we can set off.
We've also found out where that guy Danzō is hiding. Before the decisive battle with Akatsuki, you should settle your grudges with him first!"
Sasuke's expression changed, and the room suddenly had a three-point increase in killing intent.
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