The next morning, Kageyama Kogetsu wanted to have a tender moment with Kurenai Yuhi, but Yuhi Shinku, who hadn't slept well all night, arrived.
Yuhi Shinku actually didn't arrive that early, not until after ten, which was quite open-minded of him. But he couldn't have known how late they had been up last night.
Around ten o'clock, the two had just woken up and were getting handsy when Yuhi Shinku arrived.
"What's wrong?"
Kurenai Yuhi, her face crimson, looked at her boyfriend who had rolled away. What happened to his earlier urgency?
Kageyama Kogetsu said as he got dressed, "Your dad is here."
"Ah!..."
Kurenai Yuhi exclaimed, quickly getting up to dress. For a moment, her beauty was revealed, but she had no outer clothes to wear.
"My dress is torn, what do I do, what do I do?" Kurenai Yuhi said, her face anxious.
"Calm down, watch me."
Kageyama Kogetsu took the fiery red dress and used Yin-Yang Release to instantly repair the torn parts.
"Wow, you're amazing!" Kurenai Yuhi's eyes lit up as she took the dress, her face full of admiration.
"I know, you said that many times last night," Kageyama Kogetsu, now fully dressed, said with a teasing wink.
"You... you bad guy!" Kurenai Yuhi said with a shy pout.
"Haha, you get ready. I'll go deal with your dad."
"Okay."
At the entrance of the Kageyama house, Yuhi Shinku was waiting when Kageyama Kogetsu suddenly appeared beside him.
"Let's go, Uncle."
"Where to?" Yuhi Shinku was a bit confused.
Kageyama Kogetsu spouted a lie, "Last night, Kurenai, Anko, Kakashi, and I played mahjong until four in the morning."
"Since it was so late and we were so tired, I didn't let Kurenai go home."
"We woke up too late and haven't had breakfast yet. Kurenai wants Ichiraku Ramen, so I was about to go out and buy some."
"Would you like a bowl, Uncle?"
Hmph, do you think I became a ninja for nothing?
You still have my daughter's perfume scent from yesterday on you, and it's so strong!
However... it was better not to expose the lie. It wouldn't help anything and would just make things awkward.
"It's been a while since I've had it. Although I'm not hungry, I'll have a small portion," Yuhi Shinku said with a faint smile.
The father-in-law and son-in-law turned and walked towards Ichiraku Ramen...
"Uncle, I haven't tested Kurenai's strength recently. When do you think she can apply for the Jonin exam?"
At the mention of this, a broad smile appeared on Yuhi Shinku's face. "Thanks to your and Shisui's guidance, Kurenai has improved very quickly. Her genjutsu proficiency is already no less than mine."
"She's also made significant progress in taijutsu and ninjutsu. In my opinion, she can apply in half a year."
Kageyama Kogetsu nodded slightly. "That's good."
"By the way, you can also learn the genjutsu I taught Kurenai. I especially recommend focusing on sound-based genjutsu."
In the ninja world, visual genjutsu was the most common, while sound-based genjutsu was relatively rare.
"Mm," Yuhi Shinku did not refuse; they were family.
No matter how much he and his daughter learned, it would all be passed down to his grandson or granddaughter in the future.
"Regarding the future direction of genjutsu research, I suggest focusing on the five senses, not just being limited to sight and hearing."
"If she can master genjutsu of the five senses, supplemented with decent taijutsu and ninjutsu, Kurenai has the potential to surpass the Jonin level and reach the Kage level."
Yuhi Shinku chuckled. "I'll research it with Kurenai. You should also guide her more when you have time."
"Speaking of which, five-senses genjutsu has deep roots in the Kekkei Genkai of the Kurama clan."
"Yes. Since you specialize in genjutsu and are an instructor for Genin and Chunin, you should have a good relationship with the Kurama clan, right?"
"That's right."
"Then you can take Kurenai to ask for their guidance when you have time. Tell the Kurama clan that if they have any trouble in the future, they can come to me."
"Then they will surely be more than happy to guide her."
The father-in-law and son-in-law chatted as they walked, and soon they brought the take-out ramen home. By this time, Kurenai had already returned to normal.
Kageyama Kogetsu had already used medical ninjutsu to eliminate her physical discomfort the night before.
"Dad, I didn't come home last night. I made you worry," Kurenai Yuhi said, holding her father's arm with some embarrassment.
"It's alright. I'm not worried when you're with Kogetsu. Let's eat," Yuhi Shinku said with a kind smile.
The three of them went to the dining room, opened the containers, and began to eat their noodles in a warm atmosphere.
From then on, Kageyama Kogetsu began to enjoy a life of bliss with his two girlfriends, occasionally going out to meet with Pakura. His career was also going smoothly, and life was good.
...
In terms of pure ninja talent, Uchiha Itachi was indeed outstanding. He quickly passed the Chunin exams and entered the Anbu, led by Kakashi.
However, the situation of the Uchiha clan was getting worse and worse, because Obito had White Zetsu stir up trouble and fan the flames from the shadows.
Kageyama Kogetsu, as a mediator, was not idle either. He was indeed helping to ease the relationship between the Uchiha and Konoha, but he wasn't trying his best.
It could be said that it was effective, but not by much.
As the conflict deepened, the radical faction within the Uchiha clan, which wanted to stage a coup to change the status quo, grew stronger and stronger.
Uchiha Fugaku, a clan leader who lacked sufficient prestige, strength, and ability, was overwhelmed and gradually losing control, showing a tendency to be swept along by the tide.
Shisui and Itachi became increasingly anxious about the deteriorating situation, but they were powerless to do anything.
Under the accumulation of negative emotions, Shisui quietly awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan early in the year of Konoha 56.
However, Shisui couldn't use this power well because he didn't even know who among the Konoha high-ranking officials were his enemies and who were his allies...
Perhaps even if he did know, with Shisui's personality, he might not have dared to use Kotoamatsukami on Danzō, the Third Hokage, and the others.
If he had dared, then there might have been a chance to improve the Uchiha clan's situation.
But Shisui wanted to use Kotoamatsukami to change the minds of the clan's high-ranking members, which was undoubtedly a futile effort.
The Uchiha clan's leadership, whether it was the clan head Fugaku or the radical elders, regardless of whether they genuinely wanted a coup, were all swept up by the public opinion within the clan.
Changing the minds of one or two people was useless unless he could change the minds of the majority of the radical ninja.
What was most unbelievable was that Shisui even told the Konoha high-ranking officials about his awakened Mangekyo Sharingan and its related abilities.
This, like Itachi, showed the limitations of the village's training of its ninja; it was simply too naive.
No, perhaps this result was exactly what the high-ranking officials of the villages and countries wanted to see. They were just tools for missions; why did they need to be so smart?
A ninja who was too smart was undoubtedly difficult to control. A ninja who was powerful but simple-minded was undoubtedly the easiest to use.
Kageyama Kogetsu was not afraid of the Dojutsu Kotoamatsukami.
First, Shisui had no motive to use it on him, as he was not the one in charge.
Second, was the ability of the Tenseigan's Truth-Seeking Orbs to control people any worse than Kotoamatsukami?
Third, it was hard to say how effective a Mangekyo-level Dojutsu would be against a higher-level, more massive Dojutsu power.
The genjutsu Kotoamatsukami was set up to be very powerful, but were there not many jutsu in the original story that were set up to be powerful?
How many were truly powerful?
The most typical example was Amaterasu. Just taking off one's armor could negate it, which trampled the setting into the mud.
No matter what jutsu, it had to be based on the quality of chakra. No matter how special, chakra was still chakra.
He refused to believe that Shisui's Kotoamatsukami could change Uchiha Madara's will.
Whether it was a contest of Dojutsu power or a contest of spiritual will, the two were worlds apart, and what Kotoamatsukami changed was will!
In the original story, Shisui entrusted his left eye to Itachi, along with his wish to protect the village and the Uchiha clan's name, and finally chose to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff.
Besides delaying the Uchiha clan's coup, the act of suicide also proved that Shisui's will had wavered, and even collapsed.
Shisui believed he couldn't do it on his own and could only place his hopes in others.
Such a will could not compare to Uchiha Madara's will, which was as strong as steel and unwavering. And in the world of chakra, will could affect strength.
Stimulated by Shisui's death, Itachi went to the extreme.
Itachi's mind had not been right ever since Uchiha Fugaku took him to the battlefield. He often pondered questions that someone his age shouldn't.
He was young, his thinking was immature, his horizons were not broad, and he lacked education, so he began to go astray.
Fugaku's expectations, the expectations of the entire clan, the dark experiences in the Anbu.
The death of his best friend, Danzō's inhuman actions, the huge mental stimulation and instability caused by the awakening of the Mangekyo Sharingan.
And yet, Itachi's upbringing had fostered a self-righteous personality. Weighed down by the incredibly heavy burden passed on by Shisui, the idea of massacring his clan was born.
And he believed that his method was the only and most correct solution.
Under the influence of various factors, Itachi concealed the difference of opinion between the Third Hokage and Danzō, leading the Uchiha clan to believe that the Konoha high-ranking officials were all cut from the same cloth.
This outrageous move left no room for reconciliation between the Uchiha and Konoha; they could only fight to the end.
To raise a child without teaching them is the father's fault. For him to turn out crooked, how could Uchiha Fugaku not bear some of the responsibility?
So Uchiha Fugaku later suffered the consequences.
It was one thing for him to suffer the consequences, but the pitiful civilians of the clan, who had no intention or power to stage a coup, were tragically implicated.
This was not to absolve Itachi. Despite the various objective and subjective reasons, Kageyama Kogetsu still disliked Uchiha Itachi, so he couldn't be bothered to change his fate, and even avoided meeting him unless necessary.
However, as for Shisui's fate, Kageyama Kogetsu decided to give it a try.
...
Although Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other two were wary of Shisui's Kotoamatsukami, they had no intention of secretly harming him or stealing it.
The three of them just agreed to watch out for each other's irrational behavior, and if they noticed anything, they would use the full power of the village to try and break the jutsu.
Danzō, feeling both wary and greedy.
If he could obtain Shisui's eyes, wouldn't the position of Hokage be within his grasp?
This line of thinking wasn't wrong, but unfortunately for Danzō, he was unlucky. He managed to get the right eye, but not the left, and Shisui even managed to escape afterwards.
The right eye could only change one's will for a short time; the left eye was the one that could theoretically change it permanently.
Danzō hesitated for two days before making up his mind, but once he did, he showed extremely high efficiency.
The next day, Danzō sent people to lure Shisui to the outskirts of Konoha. Sacrificing one Sharingan to use Izanagi, he gouged out Shisui's right eye.
After a struggle, Shisui escaped, and Danzō sent Root ninja in pursuit, while he himself silently awaited good news.
The two sides engaged in a chase. Just as Shisui inhaled the poison smoke and was about to force the activation of his Susanoo to break the stalemate, three Uchiha ninja happened to arrive...
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