"How are things in the Shinobi World?"
Hiruko asked Snake One. He was responsible for gathering and compiling all outside information.
Snake One bowed slightly and replied,
"Those ninja villages that lost their Kekkei Genkai are all tracking down Obito's whereabouts now."
"No one has noticed this place for the time being."
Hiruko needed the right time, place, and people to become the perfect immortal shinobi.
The right time referred to the Golden Ring Eclipse.
When the moon blocked the sunlight and formed a golden ring.
The sunlight would gain a special power. Only by bathing in that radiance could one successfully seize bloodlines.
The right place was the Golden Wheel Mountain Range where they were located.
Only here could the ritual be completed.
That was why Hiruko wanted those ninja villages to focus all their attention on Obito.
After all, although this place was hidden, anyone coming to cause trouble could easily disrupt the ritual.
As for the final factor, it was the right people.
Hiruko could already use the four Kekkei Genkai.
But his current use of them was merely temporary borrowing, and he could not use them many times.
Even if he did not use them, they would disappear after a while. Only after obtaining the final Sharingan—
—and completing the ritual could he permanently claim these Kekkei Genkai for himself.
Yet this final Kekkei Genkai was also the hardest to obtain.
The value of the Sharingan went without saying, and the Uchiha Clan was the strongest clan in the Shinobi World.
When Hiruko had first begun making plans years ago, he had intended to take the Sharingan in Kakashi's eye.
He had started laying the groundwork then and placed a Puppet Curse on Kakashi.
Once the Chimera Technique was complete and he had gathered the other