Stealing the Eye

Meanwhile.

Danzo led more than seventy Root members to the outskirts of the Uchiha Clan.

However, the various traps Kiyohiko had set up inflicted tremendous losses on the Root members.

Spike traps, Explosive Tag traps, arrow traps...

All manner of traps emerged one after another. This was a battle to exterminate a clan, and the Uchiha had spared no expense.

The Explosive Tags used were premium goods, each worth tens of thousands of ryo.

People might survive the other traps, but anyone caught in an Explosive Tag trap was usually blown to pieces.

Amid the continuous booms and screams, Danzo and the others' advance was severely slowed.

Danzo's face had turned livid as well. The men he had brought were all elites, and every loss pained him deeply.

They were the foundation of his plans going forward.

Left with no choice, Danzo slowed down and began methodically checking for traps.

At that moment, a subordinate suddenly reported:

"Lord Danzo, Uchiha Itachi requests an audience. He says he has brought the latest intelligence from within the clan."

Danzo was somewhat suspicious. He had previously thought that Itachi had betrayed him.

But Itachi had now returned alone with intelligence, which clearly meant otherwise.

"Let him come over!"

Danzo waved his hand. More than ten elite guards surrounded him, and he had Kotoamatsukami in his possession.

One Uchiha Itachi could not possibly stir up any trouble.

Itachi soon appeared and, just as before, respectfully reported to Danzo.

"Lord Danzo, because of Senyo's sudden return, the Uchiha Clan has become vigilant."

"Fugaku and the Great Elder have clashed within the clan."

"The clan is now fighting over power. Internal conflict has already begun!"

Danzo's eyes gleamed. "Internal conflict! Excellent!"

"Itachi, you..."

Danzo had just been about to assign Itachi a task when their eyes met.

Itachi's Three-Tomoe Sharingan instantly shifted into its Mangekyo state.

Tsukuyomi!

In that instant, Itachi pulled Danzo's consciousness into the world of Tsukuyomi.

In reality, Itachi opened with Tsukuyomi. Before Danzo could scream, his hands moved.

One hand tore away Danzo's bandages, while the other directly gouged out Shisui's eye!

Itachi spun and kicked Danzo away, immediately shooting outward.

If Senyo had not instructed him not to kill Danzo at this time, Itachi would have casually finished Danzo off just now.

"Ah...!"

Only then did Danzo let out a scream and collapse to the ground.

"Bastard!"

"Lord Danzo!"

"You dare harm Lord Danzo!"

"Kill him!"

Danzo was not without guards at his side, but no one had expected Itachi to openly attack Danzo while surrounded by more than ten people.

Itachi's Tsukuyomi severely wounded Danzo in a single instant!

Naturally, Danzo could not activate Kotoamatsukami under such circumstances.

Still, reclaiming Shisui's eye had cost Itachi two seconds.

As he flew backward, four nearby Root members slashed at Itachi with their blades.

Those farther away also hurled their kunai.

Though Itachi was still young and not as powerful as he would be at his peak years later, his ocular power had hardly been used at all.

For the first time, the godly power of the Uchiha revealed its might before others!

Susanoo!

Enormous ocular power and Chakra burst forth in an instant.

An orange-red skeleton manifested, knocking away every attack.

With a single sweep of its massive arm, it smashed two Root members in half and sent them flying.

Itachi had no intention of dragging out the fight. As he blocked the first wave of attacks, he hurled a smoke bomb at the ground.

Cawing erupted all around...

Caw... caw... caw...

A huge flock of crows flew wildly out of the smoke, completely throwing Root's vision into disarray.

The next moment, Itachi's figure reappeared far away.

Root was a highly centralized department, with all authority held solely in Danzo's hands. Once Danzo fell, no one was left to command them.

Naturally, even fewer people went after Itachi.

Itachi easily escaped the encirclement.

The Third Hokage and Danzo had a tacit understanding between them, so both had planted spies among the other's people.

After Itachi gouged out Danzo's eye and escaped, the spy within the crowd also took advantage of the chaos to leave the scene and seek out the Third Hokage.

Land of Water.

The Mizukage's Secret Room.

Although Karatachi Yagura had been controlled all these years, he could still see and hear everything.

Watching his beloved Kirigakure be ravaged into this state by his own hands, watching countless Kekkei Genkai clans be wiped out because of him, Karatachi Yagura's heart twisted like a knife.

As he watched Kirigakure gradually descend into chaos, dragging the Land of Water down with it, Karatachi Yagura's guilt reached its peak.

But there was nothing he could do. Under Obito's control, he had no way to act freely.

Moreover, he had always kept a low profile and avoided encountering Ao, who possessed the Byakugan.

Even if someone suspected there was something wrong with Karatachi Yagura, there was nothing they could do.

Because... no one could defeat Karatachi Yagura.

As for how Obito had been able to enslave him, it was because he had brought along Deva Path Pain and the others.

Only after severely wounding Karatachi Yagura had they managed to control him.

The Mangekyō Sharingan's ability to control tailed beasts was beyond question.

Obito had even controlled the Nine-Tails, let alone Karatachi Yagura and the Three-Tails together.

But tonight, Obito had used Izanagi and had already died once.

Naturally, his control over Karatachi Yagura had been interrupted as well.

Sensing the disappearance of the ocular power, Karatachi Yagura instantly smashed through the Secret Room where he had been hiding all along and let out a grief-stricken roar.

"Damn Uchiha...!"

The Three-Tails Isobu had likewise been controlled by the Sharingan for all that time.

Following Karatachi Yagura's roar, a massive amount of tailed beast Chakra surged into the sky!

The entire Kirigakure could feel that terrifying pressure!

Mei Terumī and many other shinobi of Kirigakure immediately leaped toward Karatachi Yagura's location to investigate.

"Could Isobu have gone berserk!?"

Everyone was terrified. Kirigakure had already suffered enough turmoil.

If the tailed beast went berserk inside the village, they did not dare imagine how great the losses would be!

But when everyone arrived, they saw only Karatachi Yagura, his expression calm.

The tailed beast Chakra erupting from his body was also drawn back into him.

Although Karatachi Yagura's expression was calm, his eyes were filled with emptiness and pain.

The village he loved most had been destroyed by his own hands. That pain was enough to make Karatachi Yagura wish he were dead.

Karatachi Yagura had finally appeared in public, and Mei Terumī gave Ao beside her a meaningful look.

Ao used his lone Byakugan to investigate.

But the result greatly surprised Ao, and he shook his head at Mei Terumī.

Mei Terumī frowned. How could that be?

The Fourth Mizukage should have been under someone's control.

Seeing Mei Terumī and the others arrive, Karatachi Yagura slowly let out a breath.

"All jonin, come to my office for a meeting. I have something important to announce!"