Why Someone So Strong Was Excessively Cautious

Although Kakashi had been ordered to settle Xu Fan in, he was hardly going to pay out of pocket to buy him a property.

Besides, it was not something that could be decided on a whim.

After thinking it over, Kakashi simply brought Xu Fan back to his own home.

He lived alone anyway, and there were plenty of empty rooms.

Naturally, Xu Fan had no reason to refuse Kakashi's decision.

Kakashi's home was not in the center of Konoha, but in a relatively remote area.

"Looks like Kakashi's family wasn't very well-off."

Xu Fan spotted Kakashi's house from a distance. It looked like a single-story house built mainly of wood. Though it was fairly spacious, considering the setting of Naruto, where land was plentiful and the population sparse, it was hardly unusual for every household to have a large house.

"This is it."

Kakashi had not said much along the way. Only after bringing Xu Fan to their destination did he say that much.

"Mm."

Xu Fan responded and followed behind Kakashi. Since it was an ordinary single-story house, wooden fencing surrounded it, forming a distinctive courtyard.

The interior of the house was plain, but Kakashi had kept it clean and tidy.

"Stay here for now until you find a new place."

Kakashi first showed Xu Fan around the house before assigning him an empty room.

However, the innermost room was tightly sealed, as though Kakashi could not see it.

Maybe that room belonged to his father.

Xu Fan thought to himself.

"If there are no problems, I'll head over to see the Third Hokage."

Kakashi deliberately waited for a while, wanting to see if Xu Fan had any further requests.

Only after receiving his answer did Kakashi leave without looking back.

Although he would be living with Xu Fan for a while, he did not want to have much to do with him.

After all, it would only be for a while.

"Alright." Xu Fan smiled and nodded. He watched Kakashi's retreating figure until it vanished from sight before his smile faded.

"Whew..."

Xu Fan took a deep breath, then pulled out Shisui's eyes from his pocket. They were the greatest spoils from his battle with Danzo.

However...

Xu Fan had no intention of immediately implanting and using the eye.

First, it hurt.

Second, there was no need.

The Sharingan was indeed a powerful Dojutsu in the world of Naruto.

Kakashi had become the Copy Ninja and earned his reputation with just a Three Tomoe Sharingan, not to mention the Mangekyo's Kotoamatsukami, known as the strongest genjutsu.

The temptation of this eyeball was enormous for any ninja.

But Xu Fan was not included among them.

The Sign-in Assistant had already proven that its rewards included not only Wood Release, but also Dojutsu like the Byakugan.

If it could provide the Byakugan, why would the Sharingan be impossible?

He only needed to wait for the next sign-in and awaken the Sharingan.

Most importantly, if someone who was not from the Uchiha Clan transplanted a Sharingan, it could not be deactivated and would constantly consume Chakra for nothing.

Although his Chakra amount was a little greater than most people's...

On top of that, he would need to keep the eye hidden in darkness, like Kakashi or Danzo.

He could do it, but there was no need.

As for when he wanted to use Kotoamatsukami, he could imitate Itachi Uchiha and implant it into an animal, then take it out for use at a critical moment.

"But for now, I need to store this eye properly."

As Xu Fan spoke, he searched through Kakashi's house for a suitable container.

Thanks to the Byakugan, Xu Fan did not need to search carefully. He only had to confirm its location and take it out.

Xu Fan tossed Shisui's eyes into a glass bottle, then spent half a day preparing nutrient solution and poured it into the bottle.

"This should do it."

Xu Fan shook the Sharingan in the bottle. "Come to think of it, although Shisui's Kotoamatsukami was called the strongest genjutsu, it needed at least several years before it could be used again, right?"

"Wait, I remember the original story saying it took more than ten years..."

Xu Fan could not help frowning. He was not sure whether he remembered incorrectly, but he felt that Itachi had said something like that.

But the problem was that when Shisui was alive, he had said he could use Kotoamatsukami to stop the coup, only to be killed by Danzo afterward.

Even if he had used Kotoamatsukami once before dying and then handed it over to Itachi Uchiha, the latter had only been thirteen that year.

By the time of the Shinobi World War, Itachi Uchiha would only have been twenty-one. No matter how he calculated it, it did not add up to more than ten years.

"Forget it. I won't think about this anymore."

Xu Fan shook his head and stopped dwelling on the issue. Instead, he considered the matter of Hashirama's Cells.

Although he could use Wood Release, he was actually only enhancing its power through his vast Chakra amount. He did not possess the Yang Release nature Hashirama had, nor could he use senjutsu.

Therefore, Xu Fan was not sure whether his cells could reduce Kotoamatsukami's cooldown.

"Besides, I have no intention of transplanting Sharingan onto other parts of my body like Danzo did. That's disgusting."

Xu Fan sighed. He decided to first transplant Shisui's eyes into another animal, then slowly research ways to shorten the cooldown.

With that thought, Xu Fan carefully put away Shisui's eyes and sat down on the tatami mat.

"Come to think of it, wasn't the Third Hokage's timing a little too suspicious?"

Xu Fan suddenly frowned. Earlier, he had only been thinking about how to seize Shisui's eyes and kill Danzo.

When the Third Hokage arrived, he had not considered this angle.

Now that he had some free time, he could not help thinking it through.

After all, the Third Hokage possessed a secret technique that no one else had ever used.

The Telescope Technique!

As long as he knew someone's Chakra, he could observe them through this ninjutsu.

Since the Third Hokage could constantly observe Naruto with this secret technique, it was also possible that he had been observing Xu Fan.

"If I remember correctly, the Sharingan on Danzo's arm were collected only after the Uchiha Clan massacre."

"But what about before that?"

During the Third Shinobi World War, Konoha could be said to have fought against all sides.

There was no way members of the Uchiha Clan had not participated in such a full-scale war.

In fact, Obito had died in that conflict.

Not only that, Ao of Kirigakure had also collected a Byakugan from the battlefield.

If Ao could do it, then perhaps Danzo had also collected some Sharingan during the Third Shinobi World War.

"Izanagi..."

Xu Fan's gaze narrowed. He seemed to understand why some people were clearly very strong, yet excessively cautious.