Third Hokage had been extremely overworked lately. The bickering within the Merit Appraisal Council, lifting the wartime restrictions, postwar reconstruction, and all sorts of other matters had kept him impossibly busy.
At lunchtime that day, Third Hokage had finally managed to squeeze in a brief rest, but unexpectedly, Kushina Uzumaki came looking for him.
"Kushina, the work over at the council is still very important. You should take it more seriously." After seeing Kushina, Third Hokage opened with this reminder, subtly warning her that she should not skip work too often.
Just look at those clan heads from the various shinobi clans—how serious they were about their work. Then look at Kushina... People really could not be judged by the same standards.
Kushina nodded quickly in agreement. She certainly understood that much. However, she had not come to Third Hokage because of the Merit Appraisal Council.
"Hokage-sama, do you know any particularly secret information about the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan?" Kushina asked Third Hokage bluntly.
Third Hokage froze for a moment. This question was too complicated; he did not know exactly what Kushina was asking.
"What is it you want to know?"
"Is there another form of Sharingan above the Three-Tomoe Sharingan? Or should I say, is the Three-Tomoe Sharingan merely the stage before the Sharingan can display its true power?"
Kushina had clearly noticed the new changes in Kakashi's Sharingan, which was why she had come to ask Third Hokage about it.
For ordinary shinobi, and even ordinary Uchiha shinobi, this information counted as classified intelligence. But to Third Hokage, it was merely superficial knowledge. Even he might not know the most secret details, but as Hokage, he at least knew of a Sharingan called the "Mangekyō Sharingan."
After a brief silence, Third Hokage finally answered, "There is indeed a