Stupid

Kazuna looked at Shisui with emotion and sighed.

"Kid, you've grown up!"

"Get lost!"

Shisui's face remained expressionless.

"Haha!"

Kazuna and Itachi both burst out laughing.

"Thanks, Shisui, but you don't need to step in!" Kazuna waved a hand. "It's better to use forbidden power like the Mangekyo less often. Besides, your power is extremely unusual—it's one of the Uchiha's trump cards. A true trump card."

Shisui's expression instantly turned strange.

Kazuna suddenly thought of something. He turned and stared at Shisui, speaking slowly and distinctly. "You Uchiha, don't tell me you told the Hokage and the others about your eye ability?"

Shisui looked embarrassed.

That expression explained everything.

Kazuna was practically speechless.

He nearly wanted to kneel.

"Shisui, you really are the foolish son of a rich landowner!"

"Would they really attack me?" Shisui's voice was so soft it was almost inaudible. "After all, I belong to the Hokage Faction..."

"If you spoke louder, at least you'd sound like you had some confidence!"

Kazuna sighed. "I'll tell you directly: to those four, Konohagakure cannot have any power beyond their control—especially power that belongs to the evil Uchiha. Understand?"

Itachi added from the side, "Brother Shisui, they'll definitely make a move against you. Absolutely."

Shisui fell silent.

If Kazuna was dissatisfied with the Hokage and the others, perhaps he was biased against them—but what about Itachi?

Besides, Shisui himself had vaguely sensed it too.

Some of the things Kazuna had said lately, along with several things that had happened, had truly opened his eyes.

...Fortunately, he was still willing to listen to reason.

Kazuna glanced at Shisui.

According to the timeline of the Original Work, Shisui had already jumped into a river and killed himself by this point, becoming the first Kage Level ninja in shinobi history to drown to death.

It had shocked the world!

Because of Kazuna's arrival, all of that had changed.

He had deliberately worked to change Shisui and Itachi's mindsets, keeping them from becoming extreme, from carrying crushing burdens and walking forward alone.

He had succeeded.

Though most of his attention had been focused on Filial Son Itachi, he had not neglected Shisui either.

Shisui had lost his absolute trust in the Hokage and the others.

Although he had still told them about Kotoamatsukami, he had delayed it by quite a while.

Moreover, Kazuna's butterfly wings had changed far too many things.

For example, during the Third Shinobi World War, Kazuna had intervened forcefully and displayed power comparable to Minato Namikaze's, allowing Konohagakure to claim victory more than a year early.

Naruto and Sasuke had been born a year earlier as well.

This year, Naruto, Sasuke, and the others were already nearly five years old.

And so on, and so on!

But that still was not enough.

Many things needed to happen even earlier.

For example, Danzo's death and Hiruzen Sarutobi's death.

Ideally, they would die today, be buried tomorrow, and have their ashes scattered the day after.

"Shisui, be careful lately. Danzo may very well lead people to surround and attack you. Remember, he'll come personally!" Kazuna's expression was grave.

"I understand!" Shisui's voice was low. "Don't worry about me. I awakened the Mangekyo, after all. If Danzo really does come after me, I won't go easy on him. I'll make him understand that I'm not someone to be trifled with."

Not bad! He sounded full of spirit!

If he hadn't gotten one of his eyeballs taken in the Original Work, Kazuna would definitely have applauded.

Kazuna still greatly admired Shisui for activating Susanoo with only one eye.

Though he did not know whether he himself could manage it.

What he admired even more was the color of Shisui's Susanoo—so green it made people panic.

Uchiha power was born from the heart.

Power responded to its master and manifested itself, which was why they awakened all manner of abilities.

Could Shisui have some desire buried in his heart?

"According to the intelligence I obtained," Kazuna said slowly, "Danzo conducted multiple Human Experimentations."

Shisui and Itachi's expressions both changed slightly.

"Human Experimentation? Wasn't that strictly forbidden?"

"There's no need to be so surprised. This information is absolutely reliable. Many members of the Konoha High Command knew about it, including Ino-Shika-Cho." Kazuna said calmly, "The Hokage was no exception. Not only did he fail to stop it, he even provided a certain degree of assistance."

Both of their expressions turned ugly.

The more deeply they learned about it, the more disappointed they became in Konoha.

They had looked with their own eyes, only to see the rotten side of the Konoha High Command. They were not inheritors of the Will of Fire, yet they demanded that others become inheritors of the Will of Fire.

How laughable!

Still, neither of them spoke. They simply listened as Kazuna continued.

They knew that if Kazuna had brought this up now, he must have something he wanted to tell them.

"Danzo is highly ambitious. To fulfill those ambitions, he needs strength. What he desires most is the power of the Senju and Uchiha. To that end, he once used over a hundred children in a single experiment and secretly captured many members of both the Senju and Uchiha clans."

Even knowing that Kazuna would say something shocking, Shisui was still stunned.

"Has he gone mad?"

The Senju and Uchiha represented the strongest power in Konoha—and indeed, in the entire shinobi world.

Their representatives were Hashirama Senju, the God of Shinobi, and Madara Uchiha, the Asura of the Shinobi World.

People felt only reverence and fear toward those two.

Naturally, everyone coveted such power. Even while the two were still alive, countless people had secretly researched the powers of their clans.

In the end, they had all failed!

Even the Second Hokage had conducted similar experiments, and they had still ended in failure.

Yet Danzo continued experimenting under such circumstances.

He was treating lives with utter contempt!

"I have to say, Danzo was quite lucky!" Kazuna looked at the two of them and said, "His Research succeeded halfway. He acquired part of the Senju and Uchiha powers, and they are hidden within the arm he keeps concealed!"

"He succeeded?"

Shisui and Itachi were filled with disbelief. "So many people failed. How could he possibly succeed?"

Kazuna rolled his eyes. "Thanks to two people. Forget it, I won't talk about them."

Tobirama Senju and Orochimaru—those two were genuinely formidable in the field of research.

Kazuna simply had not been born in that era. Otherwise, he would have slapped Tobirama Senju to death, sparing future generations so much trouble.

At the very least, a technique like Impure World Reincarnation should never have been created.

"According to the intelligence I obtained, Danzo can use Wood Release to a certain extent, as well as the Uchiha's long-standing Forbidden Technique, Izanagi. I've told you about this technique before!"

Kazuna looked at the two and said, "Be careful he doesn't use that technique to dig out your eyes!"

Shisui looked at Kazuna suspiciously. "You make it sound like you saw it with your own eyes. Kazuna, could your Dojutsu be precognition?"

"You're overthinking it!" Kazuna said irritably. "Mine isn't. To be honest, my Dojutsu is somewhat similar to yours, though it isn't as overbearing as yours. As for precognition, Clan Leader Fugaku's might be capable of it!"

"Father?" Itachi froze.

"It's only a guess!" Kazuna shook his head. "Mangekyo abilities are top secret. What idiot would foolishly tell others about them... Shisui, I wasn't talking about you. Don't leave!"