"Big Brother Shinji, give me another chance."
After leaving the hospital, Sasuke immediately found Shinji, and the two went to their usual meeting spot.
After confirming that Kakashi was not following them and hiding nearby to eavesdrop, Shinji said, "The Chūnin Exam has nothing to do with you. Since it's been canceled, the assessment is over."
Upon hearing this, Sasuke became anxious, thinking he had lost his chance.
But when he saw Shinji hand him a piece of paper, he was stunned.
"What is this..."
"Organization Contract Scroll. Sign it, and you'll be one of us."
Sasuke was instantly excited, his emotions shifting from despair to immense joy. Happiness came so suddenly.
Without hesitation, he signed his name, and the [Organization Contract Scroll] shattered into light and entered his body.
A special mark, symbolizing membership in the Jashinism cult, appeared on his back.
After Shinji explained the function of the Jashinism cult mark to Sasuke, Sasuke immediately activated the mark on his back.
In the next moment, a mysterious and eerie Jashinism cult uniform appeared on Sasuke.
"This is it!"
Sasuke immediately recalled the scene from his 'dream.'
"Try not to reveal this uniform and your mark as much as possible. When you meet other members later, you can show each other your marks to confirm each other's identities."
"Okay!"
After admiring himself for a while, Sasuke canceled the cult uniform and returned to his original appearance.
"Have you thought it through? In a few more days, you'll be leaving Konoha completely. When you return next time, things might have changed beyond recognition."
"I've been ready for a long time."
Shinji nodded and took out another item. "Activate your Sharingan and look at this."
Sasuke immediately did as he was told and looked at Shinji's palm, where a strange, illusory eyeball was held.
The eyeball kept changing, from one tomoe to two, then to three, and even to Mangekyō Sharingan.
Sasuke was greatly shocked, not knowing what this thing was.
Then, when the eyeball met Sasuke's Sharingan, Shinji decisively activated the first ability of the [Sharingan Specter].
The [Sharingan Specter] suddenly froze at the same two-tomoe Sharingan as Sasuke's, then slowly and firmly began to change towards a three-tomoe Sharingan.
At the same time, as if looking in a mirror, Sasuke's two-tomoe Sharingan also changed along with the [Sharingan Specter].
Not long after, three-tomoe Sharingan appeared simultaneously in both the [Sharingan Specter] and Sasuke's eyes!
"Ah!"
Sasuke didn't know what he had experienced. He suddenly let out a cry of pain and then fainted.
But before he fainted, his Sharingan had indeed evolved to three tomoe!
Shinji looked at the [Sharingan Specter], whose ability 1 had entered a 90-day cooldown, and then at Sasuke, who had fainted on the ground, feeling speechless.
"This is the third time..."
It seemed that every time Sasuke saw him, the outcome was him fainting and being sent to the hospital.
It was as if he had done something terrifying.
However, the ability of the [Sharingan Specter] was indeed overpowered. It easily helped Sasuke evolve to a three-tomoe Sharingan, and it could be used again after 90 days, directly breaking through to Mangekyō Sharingan.
This was no longer like pulling up sprouts to help them grow; it was like cheating!
Even the Sasuke in the original story took 3 years, and that was under Itachi's stimulation, to successfully activate the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Looking at it this way, Sasuke's biggest gain from following Orochimaru seemed to be signing the contract with Ryūchi Cave and learning the Snake-Style Body Replacement Jutsu. Everything else was self-taught.
Later on, the curse mark was truly useless.
Shinji was not worried about misleading him. Anyway, Sasuke was an 'eye ninja,' and the sooner he evolved to Mangekyō Sharingan, the more important it was than anything else.
Thus, Sasuke was once again sent to the hospital.
...
After negotiations lasting half a month and two small-scale skirmishes.
Discovering that Konoha was truly unwilling to budge this time, Sand Hidden finally compromised.
After all, if they were to fight to the death, the fish would certainly die, but the net might not break.
Furthermore, Mist Hidden now firmly stood with Konoha, while Cloud Hidden and Stone Hidden had ambiguous attitudes, and it was unknown what they would do.
Under these circumstances, Sand Hidden, which was already lacking in confidence, finally couldn't hold on.
Not only did they deplete their reserves to complete the reparations list, but they also failed to redeem the Jinchūriki.
In Konoha's words, they were worried that if the Jinchūriki returned to Sand Hidden, he would become a bargaining chip for Sand Hidden to provoke war again.
Originally, seeing that Konoha was determined not to return the Jinchūriki, Sand Hidden had truly considered a desperate fight and a gamble with Konoha.
Having lost their Kage and Jinchūriki consecutively, there was no hope left anyway.
Perhaps Konoha would annex them soon.
But at this moment, the Mizukage, representing Mist Hidden, stepped forward and stated that they could return half of the war reparations to Sand Hidden as payment for renting the Jinchūriki!
What was the meaning of this?
Konoha didn't want to return the Jinchūriki, arguing that if Sand Hidden could send the Jinchūriki to Konoha once, they could do it a second time.
At the same time, Sand Hidden did not want to see Konoha continue to grow stronger, and they still held a bargaining chip.
So, why not send the One-Tails Jinchūriki to Mist Hidden Village?
It was euphemistically called renting, but to put it bluntly, it was being held as a hostage temporarily.
And the One-Tails Jinchūriki going to Mist Hidden posed no threat to either Konoha or Sand Hidden, and it was a marginally acceptable outcome compared to the previous situation.
Therefore, after the three parties negotiated, Mist Hidden gave up half of its war reparations claim and leased the One-Tails Jinchūriki from Sand Hidden (actually from Konoha) for ten years.
During these ten years, Sand Hidden could not forcibly reclaim the Jinchūriki for any reason.
However, they could capture the wild Three-Tails, which had somehow revived, or the defected Six-Tails Jinchūriki for an exchange.
This clause undoubtedly gave Sand Hidden a great deal of hope.
Although it was still very difficult.
Furthermore, Mist Hidden promised not to mistreat the Jinchūriki during the lease period.
The prerequisite was that the Jinchūriki actively cooperated and did not try to escape.
For this reason, when Sand Hidden took back the surviving examinees such as Kankuro and Temari, they even sent people to persuade Gaara.
Although he was almost crushed to death by sand, the message was finally conveyed.
Gaara was instantly disheartened!
He had shown no emotional fluctuation even when his father, who raised him like a monster, died. Instead, after being 'abandoned' by the village, his spirit visibly sagged.
Don't talk to him about the bigger picture. The bigger picture was that he attacked Konoha for Sand Hidden, and after being captured, the village 'sold' him off to someone else.
That was the reality!
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