Chapter 81: Another Uchiha Madara
Late at night.
When Kakashi left the Konoha Ninja Cemetery and returned to his home, he was in a daze. The information about Obito revealed by Uchiha Ikeizumi echoed in his mind.
"The mastermind behind the Nine-Tails' Attack, who released the Nine-Tails and plunged Konoha into chaos, killing the Fourth Hokage and his wife, and many innocent residents, was Uchiha Obito."
These words, in particular, left Kakashi stunned on the spot.
Obito was still alive… although he didn't know why the living Obito had never returned to the village, or why he had never met with him. But as Obito's comrade, he should have been happy.
Yet, after learning everything about Obito from Uchiha Ikeizumi.
Kakashi suddenly felt that Obito would be better off dead, because this wasn't the Uchiha Obito he knew. The hot-blooded idiot in his memory was the Uchiha Obito who wanted to become Hokage.
Not the murderer, as described by Uchiha Ikeizumi, who had harmed many innocent people in Konoha and even killed Minato-sensei and his wife!
Obito…
Had already fallen into an abyss of no return!
"Why did you do it…?" Kakashi slowly exhaled a murky breath, his gaze falling upon an old photo on the table from many years ago.
In the photo were himself, Rin, the Fourth Hokage, and Obito.
Kakashi removed his forehead protector, revealing the three-tomoe Sharingan. He touched his eye, muttering with a complex expression: "What have you been through all these years, Obito? Was it Rin's death that changed your mindset?"
A hint of vigilance flashed in Kakashi's eyes.
Obito, who had already fallen into the abyss, what was his purpose for returning to the village this time?
Was it just to pay respects to Rin?
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The next day.
Morning.
Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived at the ANBU headquarters again. From his slightly darkened eye bags and the deep fatigue on his aged face, it was clear that the Third Hokage had not slept all night.
He interrupted an ANBU ninja who was about to greet him, asking directly: "How is Danzō now?"
The ANBU ninja replied: "Medical team ninja have tried many methods, but they cannot free Shimura Danzō from his pain. Captain Itachi also tried his methods, but they were equally ineffective."
At this point, the ANBU ninja added: "The medical team ninja said that this might not be physical or mental pain. It's highly likely to be pain related to the soul."
"Soul… a dōjutsu that can harm the soul…"
A deep wariness flashed in Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes. Any jutsu related to the soul was basically considered an absolute forbidden jutsu.
And Uchiha Ikeizumi's dōjutsu, which left the entire ANBU and medical team helpless and unable to find a solution.
It was probably a forbidden jutsu among forbidden jutsu!
Hiruzen Sarutobi went to Danzō's secret room. He looked at Danzō, who was trembling all over despite his eyes being tightly shut, and frowned, asking: "What's going on?!"
Next to Danzō, two exhausted medical ninja were still busy.
Hearing Hiruzen's question, one of them hastily replied: "Lord Hokage… to prevent Lord Danzō from suffering further, we injected him with large amounts of anesthetic."
"Only later did we discover that the anesthetic was of little use. Although Lord Danzō has been anesthetized and no longer screams, the endless pain he feels has never disappeared."
"In other words…"
The medical ninja's eyes were filled with sympathy and lingering fear: "Even if Lord Danzō remains in a coma, he will constantly experience unimaginable pain."
Hiruzen Sarutobi: "…"
Ikeizumi's Mangekyo Sharingan seemed a bit too dangerous.
...
"That brat's Sharingan is too dangerous! Too uncontrollable! Why didn't Hiruzen take down Uchiha Ikeizumi that very night? It was clearly the best chance to take him down, yet Hiruzen indulged Uchiha Ikeizumi in injuring Danzō?!"
Koharu Utatane's old face was filled with incomprehensible disbelief.
"If Uchiha Ikeizumi was merely apprehending murderers and deterring those with malicious intent in Konoha, then even if that brat's actions were extreme, this old woman could grit her teeth and endure him."
"But he publicly attacked Danzō in such a dark manner, even disrespecting the Hokage! Uchiha Ikeizumi… has already entered the realm of the uncontrollable!"
Koharu Utatane paced back and forth in front of Homura Mitokado, her mouth occasionally spitting out rebukes against Uchiha Ikeizumi.
And occasionally, a few words of disappointment at Hiruzen Sarutobi's weakness.
Homura Mitokado, however, held a different view. He slowly said: "Hiruzen is not weak… If Hiruzen had engaged Uchiha Ikeizumi, who clearly possesses the Mangekyo Sharingan, last night, even if he had taken him down, the ANBU would have suffered heavy casualties."
"Not to mention there were twenty to thirty Uchiha ninja present last night. Once a conflict erupted, it wouldn't just be a conflict between Uchiha Ikeizumi and Hiruzen, but a conflict between the Uchiha and Konoha."
"For the balance of the village, Hiruzen will maintain his rationality."
Koharu Utatane frowned: "There weren't just ANBU ninja present last night. So many ninja working together, plus Fugaku was on our side, couldn't they suppress those young Uchiha?"
Homura Mitokado sighed: "Danzō has offended too many people. Who would fight Uchiha Ikeizumi for his sake?"
Koharu Utatane: "…"
It seemed that was indeed the case.
Danzō's collection of Sharingan and his transplanted Wood Release cells alone were enough to instantly plunge the goodwill of the village's bloodline limit ninja clans into negative territory.
"Hiruzen will have his own considerations. He is the Third Hokage of Konoha; at most, we can only offer him some suggestions."
"However…"
Homura Mitokado's tone shifted, and he said solemnly: "Uchiha Ikeizumi's Sharingan is indeed very dangerous. Once he stands against Konoha, he will be Konoha's most dangerous enemy. It would be best to gather information on his Sharingan and then formulate a response plan."
Even if these two Konoha elders did not hold as strong a prejudice against the Uchiha clan as Danzō did.
They still subconsciously believed that the Uchiha clan was Konoha's biggest uncontrollable factor.
Especially since the Sharingan itself required strong emotional stimulation to awaken.
Would the Mangekyo Sharingan require even greater emotional stimulation?
Are Uchiha ninja who have awakened the Mangekyo still mentally stable?!
"Konoha cannot have another Uchiha Madara. Even if we don't nip the danger in the bud, we must prepare a plan to kill him. We can discuss this thoroughly with Hiruzen then."
Homura Mitokado said in a deep voice.
Koharu Utatane's expression softened slightly, primarily because Danzō's tragic fate made her feel a sense of shared woe, like a rabbit grieving for a fox.
She was constantly and inexplicably afraid that she would suffer the same fate.
After all… Danzō's hands were indeed dirty.
But were Koharu Utatane's hands clean?
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