Setsuna had pondered for a long time over teaching Izanagi to Kazue.
This forbidden ocular technique possessed the power to rewrite a predetermined fate. Though the price was the loss of an eye, such a sacrifice was worthwhile when one had been driven into a corner.
"Shiranui Genitsu... What a pity. I never found a chance to brainwash him. Before, Minato and Shibi had always been taking him on missions, and now there's Shimura Danzō..."
Elder Setsuna sighed as he watched Kazue's retreating figure.
Even so, Setsuna knew that even if he had been given ample opportunities to brainwash him, the chances of success would have been minuscule. Genitsu himself was a master theorist; he would never blindly buy into that sort of thing.
Over the past two years, Shiranui Genitsu had grown quite close to Obito. Apparently, he had even gone to great lengths, insisting on sending Shadow Clones to care for Obito's sick grandmother.
"Such a fellow who bears goodwill toward the Uchiha, yet the Third Hokage handed him over to Danzo..."
Setsuna sighed regretfully.
He had originally intended to gradually draw Genitsu into the Uchiha clan's camp through peaceful means. Given Obito and Kazue's relationship with Genitsu, it should not have been difficult.
What a pity. What a pity.
Now, it all depended on Kazue's fate. If Kazue died... then there would be no need for him to endure any longer. He would find some way to strike at Genitsu and seize his bloodline.
Time passed.
News of Genitsu becoming Danzo's disciple gradually died down after the initial uproar.
With the return of many new-generation genin, as well as a certain eternal genin, the village, which had grown rather desolate, became lively again for once.
The Chūnin Exams had arrived.
"Come on, can't we be promoted straight