Looking at these two optional tasks, Shinji couldn't analyze which reward was better.
Therefore, he could only choose based on the trigger conditions.
"Kill or not kill?"
Shinji looked at the sleeping Sasuke and decided to let him off the hook.
The main reason was that killing Sasuke would lead to a lot of trouble later, making it not worth the gain.
So he chose the second optional task.
"So why isn't this guy talking? Is he forcing me to choose one?"
Shinji waited for a moment and found it strange.
Then he thought about it and felt it was unlikely. He probably needed to do something to trigger the dialogue.
"This feels a bit like playing a game..."
Shinji muttered as he walked in circles around the Uchiha spirit, observing it.
Immediately, his footsteps stopped abruptly!
Game?
Assuming this ghost was an NPC and he was the player, how would he trigger a dialogue?
Shinji felt like he understood and no longer hesitated. He reached out and touched the guy.
The next moment, the Uchiha spirit suddenly turned its head to look at him, its Mangekyō Sharingan infinitely magnifying in his vision.
When he came to his senses, he found himself still in the room, but there was no ghost in front of him, and even Sasuke had disappeared.
"What's going on?"
Shinji was a bit unclear about the situation.
"Could it be that too much time has passed, and Sasuke woke up and ran away?"
"If that's the case, I need to go back as soon as possible."
Having made up his mind, Shinji no longer hesitated and immediately walked out.
The entire Uchiha compound was still quiet, but it seemed very different. Shinji hadn't noticed it at first.
It wasn't until the smell of blood around him triggered his instincts that he suddenly stopped.
It was indeed the smell of human blood, and it was coming from all directions!
As Blood Manipulation Technique was the first curse technique Shinji mastered, he was naturally extremely sensitive to blood.
And with this stop, many details that he hadn't noticed before all appeared in his eyes.
For example, the originally dilapidated courtyard was now completely renovated, and the unmanaged weeds and vines had all disappeared.
More importantly, he saw many traces of combat: kunai and shuriken stuck in the walls, broken house signs and lanterns…
Something's wrong!
Shinji immediately jumped down from the roof and broke into the nearest house. Upon entering, he found a man and a woman dead in their sleep, the cause of death being a slit throat.
Seeing this, he couldn't help but frown.
Could it be that there were still people who weren't afraid of death and dared to sneak into the Uchiha clan compound of the deceased?
He couldn't quite understand it, and judging by the blood flowing from the wounds, these two had clearly died not long ago.
He went out and headed straight for another house where the smell of blood was coming from.
It was the same upon entering, but this time it was a family of three.
After entering 5-6 houses consecutively, no one inside survived; all were killed.
At this point, Shinji seemed to have a guess.
If it were possible for a few individuals to sneak in, it might be understandable, but so many people, and even bringing their families…
Unless they were already living here!
Shinji noticed the Uchiha clan symbol on the back of the clothes of the person in front of him.
He then began to boldly speculate that he might have appeared in a world similar to a dungeon.
"These people who died are members of the Uchiha clan."
"And tonight, if nothing unexpected happens, it should be the night the Uchiha clan was wiped out!"
"As for why I appeared here… I assume what I'm seeing and hearing now is the story that the spirit wants me to 'listen' to."
"So, what should I do next? Should I quietly wait for this 'plot' to end? Or do I need to do something? Did that spirit let me enter this memory just to witness the destruction of the Uchiha clan?"
Shinji thought carefully and decided to use a method to personally verify it.
If he didn't exist in this memory, if everyone couldn't see him, and he couldn't influence anyone, then it meant he just needed to wait quietly for the plot to end.
But if he could have an impact, did it mean that the spirit wanted him to do something, even if it was just to make up for regrets in a memory?
Everyone must have had regrets. If only I had done this or that back then, perhaps the outcome would have been completely different.
For example, if you were bullied at school, you might dream at night of knocking out all the bullies with one punch.
The current situation was very similar.
Except the protagonist had changed.
"I hope it's not too late..."
Looking in a certain direction, Shinji immediately rushed towards it at his fastest speed.
He was going to find the only two survivors of this night.
Itachi, who foolishly chose to bear everything, and his foolish younger brother.
Whether it was a coincidence or intentional arrangement, by the time Shinji arrived, Itachi was reciting the classic scripture to Sasuke, who was chasing after him.
"Run, run, seize this sliver of hope."
"Then, one day, when you have eyes like mine, come before me!"
Sasuke was once again mentally struck, his vision went black, and he almost fainted.
But at this moment, a figure instantly caught him with one arm and said something incomprehensible.
"It's actually possible to intervene. It seems that guy wants me to change something..."
Now that all the living people in the Uchiha compound were here, the only thing he could change was this scene.
So, what should he do?
Expose Itachi's true intentions with his words?
Or simply avenge everyone and kill Itachi right here?
Although it was just a 'dungeon,' his choice would definitely affect the final reward.
"Who are you?"
Itachi's eyes once again showed a terrifying killing intent.
Keep in mind that the Uchiha compound had been sealed off tonight. Outsiders couldn't get in, and those inside couldn't get out.
But at this critical juncture, a stranger suddenly appeared, which could only surprise him.
The first thought that came to Itachi's mind was that Danzō or the Third Hokage wanted to threaten him by controlling Sasuke.
But in reality, this was meaningless.
Because he had already reached an agreement to leave Sasuke in Konoha.
The Konoha higher-ups needed a bargaining chip to ensure he wouldn't truly turn to the enemy and sell Konoha's intelligence.
And he also needed Konoha's promise to take good care of Sasuke.
Therefore, such actions were completely unnecessary.
Besides provoking him, it would yield no benefits.
This didn't seem like the actions of Danzō or the Third Hokage.
So, who was this person?
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