Danzo! Give me back my Ge's eyes!!!

Half an hour later.

The forest.

"Uchiha Shisui! Give up!" the Root squad leader said, feeling the presence of over a dozen elite Root members around him, brimming with the confidence of absolute control.

Uchiha Shisui had no escape left.

Across from them, Uchiha Shisui gasped for breath.

He had thought he could shake them off with the Body Flicker Technique, but he never expected to be cornered like this.

He couldn't help but let out a sigh.

That look, as if he were resigned to his fate, only made the Root members more confident.

"Looks like you know the situation. Come back with us quietly now!"

The Root members grinned.

But then, Uchiha Shisui's Three-Tomoe Sharingan spun rapidly, unleashing a surge of powerful Eye Power.

The Root members couldn't sense it, but they could see his eyes shift into a shape resembling a Windmill Shuriken, and Shisui's entire presence radiated an extremely dangerous aura.

Every cell in their bodies screamed frantically: "Run! Run!"

But death meant nothing to the brainwashed Root members.

"Go!" the Root squad leader ordered fiercely, despite the hairs on the back of his neck standing on end.

The Root members charged in unison.

As Shisui was surrounded, a green glow emerged from him, like a giant awakening.

Uchiha Clan Land, Back Mountain forest.

Two little boys stood a hundred meters apart.

One was practicing with shuriken, imagining his brother's surprise and praise at his improvement, a hint of smug delight creeping onto his young face.

The other was doing crunches, thinking about when his brother would have his eyes gouged out.

It wasn't that Jinghuo Uchiha wanted to boost the quest rewards; it was that Uchiha Shisui wouldn't wake up until his eyes were taken.

Suddenly, he sensed a special connection through bloodline, and his eyes involuntarily shifted and changed.

One-Tomoe;

Two-Tomoe;

Three-Tomoe;

Mangekyo!

The overwhelming Eye Power stunned the little boy practicing shuriken nearby.

He saw Jinghuo Uchiha lift his head and gaze quietly toward the village.

The Mangekyo, a Demon's Window unlike the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, was filled with a calm bloodlust, like a crimson abyss, as if its very existence heralded a storm of blood and violence.

For the young Uchiha Sasuke, it was his first encounter with true power.

The shock left his mind blank, his heart pounding wildly in his chest, peng peng ringing in his ears.

In that moment, his eyes were fixed solely on Jinghuo Uchiha.

Jinghuo Uchiha paid no attention to Uchiha Sasuke.

His mind was churning with a frenzy rivaling the Nine-Tailed Night, quests refreshing endlessly.

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[Quest Name: So You Want to Gouge Out My Brother's Eyes?][Quest Content: Kill Shimura Danzō!][Quest Reward: Lava Style Chakra Mode]

[Quest Name: So You Call Yourself Root?][Quest Content: Destroy the Root Base!][Quest Reward: Fire Style Chakra Mode · Emperor Flame Form]

[Quest Name: So You Think You Can Be Hokage?][Quest Content: Kill Sarutobi Hiruzen!][Quest Reward: Rinnegan]

[Quest Name: So You Think You Can Be Clan Head?][...]

[Quest Name: So You're the Double Agent?][...]

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"Did Ge get his eyes gouged out?" Jinghuo Uchiha felt the tremor in his own eyes and closed them.

The Clan Head's incompetence, the Clan Members' discontent, Shimura Danzō's deception, Sarutobi Hiruzen's tacit approval, the casualties of war, the covetousness of other villages, the Villagers' hatred...

Two years.

Now that this moment had come, he wasn't as calm as he had imagined.

A blazing Rage Flame surged within him, hot blood crashing against his chest.

In his mind, he kept recalling Uchiha Shisui's apologetic smile.

In daily life, no matter how busy Uchiha Shisui was, he always put Jinghuo first.

Now, all of this seemed stained with filth.

He felt a hint of regret.

Even if Uchiha Shisui's eyes hadn't been gouged out, he'd still go kill Shimura Danzō right now!

Jinghuo Uchiha opened his eyes. No Mangekyo remained in his gaze—only the Three-Tomoe Sharingan gleamed, radiating a blood-chilling menace.

He walked through the forest, step by step, heading toward the village.

Soon, Jinghuo Uchiha appeared on the streets.

The Villagers saw a Little Boy wearing the Uchiha clan crest. Their gazes were filled with disgust, but they said nothing.

But when they looked closer, they saw the crimson in the boy's eyes.

That was... the Sharingan!

A Three-Tomoe Sharingan!

Those eyes brimmed with an overwhelming Killing Intent.

Firm and ferocious!

The Villagers seemed frozen, standing there dumbstruck as if terrified.

Only after Jinghuo Uchiha had passed did they snap back to their senses.

That was when they realized their clothes were soaked through.

"W-What was that..."

"The Sharingan... and Three-Tomoe at that..."

"Awakening the Sharingan at such a young age..."

"He actually dared to leave the Uchiha Clan Land..."

"He's heading toward the Village Center—what's he planning?"

Countless hearts trembled, sensing that something big was about to happen.

Forest in front of the Naka Shrine.

Uchiha Itachi, wearing a cat mask, leaned against a massive boulder with his arms crossed, waiting for Uchiha Shisui to arrive.

At the same time, he couldn't help recalling last night, when his father, Fugaku Uchiha, had demanded he attend the gathering.

His expression was calm but tinged with gloom.

Suddenly, the leaves above rustled.

Itachi said, "Shisui?"

"Come here." Uchiha Shisui's voice came, calm but off.

Itachi sensed something was wrong.

Quickly, he followed.

Naka River.

Uchiha Itachi once again saw Uchiha Shisui, his back turned to him.

But this time, it was clearly different from before.

Uchiha Shisui's voice carried a hint of reluctant resignation as it reached him.

"The Uchiha coup can no longer be stopped. If Konoha descends into civil war, other nations will surely take advantage, and war will be inevitable. I wanted to use Kotoamatsukami to stop the coup, but Danzō took my right eye..."

As he spoke, Shisui turned around, revealing his exhausted face with only his left eye remaining.

Uchiha Itachi's pupils contracted slightly.

Uchiha Shisui, his left eye open, looked at Itachi and continued, "He doesn't trust me. He's set on protecting the village his own way. I doubt he'll spare my left eye either. Before that happens, I entrust this eye to you."

Calmly, Shisui gouged out his own left eye.

Watching this, Uchiha Itachi's face was expressionless, but anyone could see the endless grief within him.

Shisui...

"I can only rely on you, my Best Friend." Shisui smiled, extending his left hand, revealing the eye in his palm.

Just as Itachi closed his eyes, ready to have a crow take it, the ground erupted.

That unique Chakra...

Shisui's expression shifted drastically.

"Itachi!"

Itachi quickly leaped to the treetops, looking toward the Village Center.

There, a massive Rage Flame-like figure blazed, radiating terrifying violence.

"Danzō! Give my Ge's eye back!!!"