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[ Ding! Congratulations, Lord Hashirama, on completing the mission: Help Shisui emerge from his confusion and provide a practical solution to the Uchiha Clan's problems! ]

[ Mission Reward: Sage Body! ]

[ Ding! Congratulations, Lord Hashirama, on completing the mission: Establish a force capable of influencing the Uchiha! ]

[ Mission Reward: Gate of the Great God! ]

Two prodigies from one school—cough, cough... He had completed two missions at once.

That was reputation. That was skill!

In an instant, a warm current flowed into his limbs and bones, immense power filling his entire body.

"Now, I lack nothing!"

The Chakra within him instantly became Chakra by the ton. Powerful life energy flooded his body—this was the true value of a Sage Body.

He finally understood why Hashirama Senju possessed such enormous Chakra and could enter Sage Mode instantly.

Hashirama Senju's Sage Body possessed life energy that was simply too powerful!

If each cell had previously extracted one unit of Chakra—

Then now, it extracted a hundred!

Even more terrifyingly, Uchiha Akira discovered that the cells in his body actually came with Nature energy built in?

"What kind of Sage Body is this?"

Akira's lips twitched. "This is clearly a miniature Ten-Tails!"

Why could he enter Sage Mode instantly?

When Naruto entered Sage Mode, he had to absorb Nature energy from his surroundings, and once it ran out, he was done. Hashirama was different—he could directly extract it from his own body!

Madara.

You hadn't lost unfairly.

You hadn't lost to Hashirama. You had lost to the Sage of Six Paths' favoritism.

Suddenly, a peculiar energy surged into his eyes.

A pair of scarlet Two-Tomoe Sharingan emerged, gleaming with an eerie light.

"Holy shit! Akira, you awakened your eyes?"

Shisui looked utterly baffled. "No, Akira, what kind of stimulation did you get?"

"Nothing. They were just forcibly pushed open."

Akira rubbed his chin, deep in thought.

Obito had no side effects from his Mangekyō Sharingan because of Hashirama Cells. The Sage of Six Paths opened the Rinnegan from a Three-Tomoe Sharingan. He had made up for his genetic defects and awakened the Two-Tomoe Sharingan without any stimulation. Was there a problem with that?

It was perfectly reasonable!

Beside them, Itachi remained expressionless as he said faintly, "Shisui, we awakened our eyes because our closest friends died before us, right?"

The two looked at each other.

They suddenly felt like clowns.

"Heh, what's so special about that?"

Akira sneered and glanced at Itachi.

"One day, you'll learn that you don't even need your closest friend to die to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan. Love can awaken it too."

He wasn't joking.

The moment Sarada awakened her eyes through love, every Uchiha became a clown.

"???" ×2.

Shisui and Itachi found it utterly absurd. Was he kidding?

The Uchiha had always awakened their eyes through pain!

Akira looked at Shisui and reminded him, "Shisui, remember to watch out for that old bastard Danzo. That old thing covets your Mangekyō Sharingan greatly. If he gets the chance, he will never let you go."

What?

Shimura Danzō coveted his Mangekyō Sharingan?

Shisui looked stunned. He didn't believe it. "Probably not?"

"No matter what, Danzo is one of the village's higher-ups. Even if he has conflicts with the Uchiha, he shouldn't do anything too excessive."

At this point, Shisui didn't just trust the Third Hokage.

He trusted every one of Konoha's higher-ups.

Tch.

How else could one explain why you died so miserably?

Uchiha Akira clicked his tongue in disdain and instructed Itachi, "Shisui is basically hopeless when it comes to using his brain. Keep an eye on this matter."

As he spoke—

His palms landed on Shisui's neck and Itachi's hand respectively. Pitch-black Flying Thunder God Marks appeared like tattoos.

"Forget it. I'll give you two some insurance."

He instructed, "If you encounter danger in the future, just shout—cough, cough... Just channel Chakra into the mark. Then I'll descend from the heavens and save you from disaster."

To put it bluntly—

Shisui and Itachi had yet to experience the ugliness of society. The two of them were still kind-hearted little white flowers.

For ordinary people, it would be fine to let them suffer some setbacks.

But not the Uchiha.

Once their brains overloaded, they would fucking fall straight into darkness. There was no room to turn back at all!

"I understand."

Uchiha Shisui nodded. He knew Akira meant well. Then he asked, "Since we've established an organization, what do Itachi and I need to do now?"

"Itachi, you don't need to do anything."

Akira waved a hand. "And Shisui, there's nothing you can do either. Just do whatever you want and wait for me to make my moves!"

Itachi had a bad reputation within the clan.

He was suspected of being a spy every day. Asking him to win people over? It would be easier to have him pick fights.

Shisui had too good a reputation within the clan.

But his temperament was too soft. He might end up being persuaded by others more than he persuaded them.

In short—

Neither of them had any talent for running a pyramid scheme.

"Huh?"

Uchiha Shisui and Itachi looked at each other. So they were still the same as before, with nothing to do? Then what kind of organization had they even established?

But at that moment—

Uchiha Akira's eyes sharpened. With a faint smile, he said, "See? Someone has delivered themselves right to our door."

Shisui and Itachi's expressions changed.

Especially Uchiha Shisui. "Someone? How is that possible?! Who in the village would dare make a move?!"

He looked horrified. He had already awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and had sensed nothing unusual, yet Akira had noticed long ago. That proved Akira's sensory abilities surpassed his by far!

"Oh, right. Let's test something first."

Uchiha Akira chuckled. A pure, natural aura appeared in an instant, eyeshadow and red markings forming around his eyes and on his forehead!

Sage Mode, activated instantly!

Whoosh—!

His figure vanished in an instant.

"Holy shit?!"

Shisui cried out, "What was that thing on Akira? Why... why does it make even me feel afraid? No, that looked like Sage Mode?"

That couldn't be right.

Wasn't that Hashirama Senju's ultimate technique?

Akira, you're an Uchiha!

Elsewhere—

"Keep a close watch on Uchiha Akira. He should still be awake."

Several Root Ninja watched the Senju Clan compound from a kilometer away, all of them finding the situation absurd.

Fuck!

A member of the Uchiha Clan—

Sleeping in the Senju Clan compound every day.

Was that reasonable?

The lead Root Ninja spoke in a chilling, icy voice. "Lord Danzo's orders must not fail. Anyone approaching the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is a threat to the village. Remember, do not damage his eyes. Confirm whether he truly has not awakened the Sharingan!"

Until the very last moment—

No one could be certain whether he truly had not awakened the Sharingan.

"Oh? Is that so? Then take a look—have I awakened the Sharingan?"

A calm voice sounded beside him. The Root Ninja froze, terror surging through him as cold sweat ran down his back!

When he turned around, he saw a pair of scarlet Two-Tomoe Sharingan.

"Not good! It's Uchiha Akira! Kill him!"

"You only realized now? Too late."

Uchiha Akira's finger was already pressed against a Root Ninja's forehead. Sharp vines suddenly burst forth, piercing through the Root Ninja's forehead from his fingertip.