Legacy

You could always trust the invincible Sharingan. These were eyes that could break all the rules.

And that was only the beginning. A few days later, another report reached Konoha, leaving Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others stunned once again.

According to a spy planted inside Iwagakure, Ōnoki had returned to the village that day missing an arm.

Although prompt treatment had allowed him to receive a replacement arm shortly afterward, he had indeed returned to Iwagakure with an arm severed.

This meant that Uchiha Mai might actually have gained a slight upper hand in his clash with Ōnoki.

Whether it was luck, trickery, or a sneak attack didn't matter. Ōnoki had lost an arm.

Faced with this rumor, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo's first thought was: Impossible. Absolutely impossible.

My sworn younger brother... Ōnoki was practically invincible. How could Uchiha Mai possibly have severed his arm?

Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately snapped at Kakashi, who had delivered the report. "Don't ever bring this sort of fake news up in front of me again.

"If you spread these completely fabricated reports again, that makes you responsible too, doesn't it?"

Once their shock subsided, the two quickly remembered that intelligence reports had mentioned a mutation in Uchiha Mai's Sharingan.

If they tentatively treated those mutated Sharingan as equivalent to the Mangekyo Sharingan, then recalled how powerful Uchiha Madara had been... perhaps Ōnoki getting injured wasn't so surprising.

Konoha's people remained half-convinced.

Then another piece of news arrived, essentially confirming the rumor.

Not long after returning to Iwagakure, Ōnoki issued an order to every ninja in the village: whether on the battlefield or carrying out a mission, anyone who encountered Uchiha Mai could immediately abandon their mission without facing any punishment.

The entire Ninja World was shaken!

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