This Uchiha Refuses to Be a Caged Bird
Chapter 15

Sign-in Reward

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No wonder that over the years, neither Konoha's intelligence personnel nor he himself had ever discovered the Uchiha Clan's underground secret chamber. It turned out that only by awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan could the true entrance to the secret chamber be revealed.

"They really hid it deep."

Uchiha Rei stepped onto the stairs, slowly descending step by step. Darkness surged from all directions like a tide, as if to swallow everything. But in his left eye, the red light of the Mangekyo Sharingan quietly appeared, and even in this pitch-black underground, his vision remained as clear as day.

The stone steps stretched on, seemingly without end. The damp air was filled with the scent of mold and rust, as if time itself had frozen.

Finally, at the lowest level, a circular stone chamber quietly materialized.

In the center of the chamber stood a stone tablet, as black as ink jade, its surface emitting a faint, almost imperceptible glow. Uchiha Rei slowly approached, his heartbeat involuntarily quickening for a moment. The stone tablet emanated a strange Chakra fluctuation, as if warning intruders.

DO NOT APPROACH.

"Is this the legendary stone tablet?" Uchiha Rei murmured softly, his gaze fixed on the surface of the tablet.

The surface of the tablet was blank, as if it were just an ordinary black stone.

But he knew that within it lay the secrets passed down through generations of the Uchiha Clan—and even the hidden history of the entire Ninja World.

Rei closed his eyes, then opened them again. The Mangekyo Sharingan in the depths of his pupils spun violently, as if trying to see through all illusions.

Indeed, on the surface of the tablet, characters began to appear, slowly manifesting before his eyes.

"...Infinite Tsukuyomi is true peace."

"Hmph." Uchiha Rei sneered, his voice low. "These absurd words, tampered with by Black Zetsu, dare to be called truth?"

He continued to activate his Mangekyo, and the characters on the tablet became more complex, information erupting forth explosively.

"Izanagi..." he whispered.

It was a legendary forbidden jutsu that could, for a short time, blur the lines between reality and illusion, reshape destiny, and even bring one back from the dead.

"If I had enough Sharingan... perhaps I too could possess many revival coins, like Danzo or Obito." Uchiha Rei said in a low voice, a hint of regret flashing in his eyes.

"Unfortunately, Izanagi only lasts for a few minutes, it can't solve the poison in my body..."

"However, the memories Uchiha Itachi revealed in his subconscious... those two divine artifacts, the Eight Shaku Mirror and the Totsuka Blade, both came from this secret chamber." He scanned his surroundings, his gaze sharp as a knife. "The third one should also be here."

He began to search meticulously. Around the stone tablet, every inch of the floor, every crack in the walls, even the grooves of the crevices, were not spared.

Unfortunately, he found nothing.

"If it were this easy to find, Uchiha Itachi would have already taken it into his possession." He muttered to himself, no disappointment showing in his eyes, but rather a hint of excitement.

"The harder it is to find, the more it proves its importance."

Where was the third divine artifact?

Uchiha Rei stood before the cold stone tablet, his Mangekyo Sharingan slowly rotating, a cold glint flashing in his eyes. He took a deep breath, formed hand seals, and a flame surged from his palm, illuminating the entire underground secret chamber.

The flame cast every inch of the stone chamber into sharp relief—the stone tablet, the stone walls, the floor tiles, even the dust and moss in the cracks of the walls, everything was crystal clear.

However, there was nothing.

"Nothing?" Uchiha Rei frowned, scanning his surroundings. "Not even a shadow..."

Suddenly, he seemed to sense something, his gaze freezing.

"No," he murmured, "the shadow... something's wrong."

He spun around abruptly, surveying the entire chamber again.

"This stone tablet... it actually has no shadow?"

Under the faint blue light, the stone tablet should have cast a deep shadow behind it, but now.

It was empty. As if it didn't exist in this world at all.

"The disappearance of the shadow must have a reason." Uchiha Rei's eyes sharpened, his Mangekyo flaring open!

In that instant, the world seemed to be sliced open, revealing another layer. He saw it, behind the stone tablet, where the solid stone wall should have been, a blurry, water-like ripple formed a door.

"It's here."

He walked step by step behind the stone tablet, slowly stroking the back of the shadowless stone tablet. As expected, at the intersection of light and dark, the door was quietly operating, as if waiting for his arrival.

The shadow of the stone tablet was completely swallowed by this door.

He stepped through without hesitation.

The surroundings plunged into absolute darkness. An endless, boundless darkness. Only in the center of the secret chamber, a faint blue light flickered gently, like a spark appearing in the night sky.

It was a magatama, predominantly blue and white, slowly rotating, suspended quietly in the air.

"Yasakani no Magatama," Uchiha Rei murmured, his pupils contracting violently.

The legendary third divine artifact.

Finally revealed.

He reached out, carefully touching the suspended magatama. The moment his fingertip touched the light, the magatama suddenly transformed into a stream of light and merged into his brow.

"Is this directly entering the spiritual world?" He closed his eyes, and immediately felt a new power emerge from the depths of his mind. As long as he willed it, the magatama would appear from the void.

Rei chuckled softly, a meaningful light flashing in his eyes.

"Since I'm here, I'll do today's sign-in right here. Perhaps this secret chamber can grant me even more interesting abilities."

A familiar system prompt sounded in his ears.

[Ding!]

[Sign-in activated!]

[Current sign-in location: Uchiha Clan - Underground Secret Chamber]

[Sign-in reward: Daofanshi!]

"Daofanshi?"

Meanwhile, outside Konohagakure.

The bright moonlight poured down like water, casting black shadows of the forest branches on the ground. A figure as dark as ink slowly rose from the shadows, as if condensing from nothingness.

It was a pair of eyes flashing with cold light.

"You're late, Obito."

A deep voice came from the black shadow, filled with dissatisfaction and questioning.

"The plan hit a snag," Obito's voice came from behind his mask.

"Hmph, was it that indecisive genius brat, Uchiha Itachi, who had a change of heart?"

"No, he was discovered," Obito said coldly, taking a scroll from his Kamui dimension and gently unfolding it.

Under the moonlight, the text and photo on the scroll were clearly revealed: Uchiha Itachi - S-rank wanted order.

"This fool," the black shadow cursed in a low voice, though with a hint of underlying unease, "He actually made a move ahead of time and is already being hunted by Konoha?"

"He might have his own ideas," Obito's voice was deep. "I must ensure our correct pieces are on the correct path."

"You've already seen the stone tablet, you know what the real plan is," the black shadow said slowly. "The Moon Eye is the only path... Only in that dream world can our clan, our loved ones, your Rin, everything that was lost, reappear."

"Don't mention 'Rin' in front of me," Obito's voice suddenly turned cold, as if frosted over. "In the real world, don't mention her name again. Dreams are where we will reunite."

The air froze. After a moment of silence, Black Zetsu's voice echoed softly, "We must prepare for the worst. The Moon Eye plan requires both the Sharingan and the participation of that brat, Uchiha Itachi."

"I will find him," Obito's tone was like steel. "He will not escape our control."

As soon as he finished speaking, the space suddenly vibrated, and vortex-like ripples rapidly expanded around Obito. His figure then disappeared, as if he had never existed.

Black Zetsu was left alone, his form blurring, turning into a mass of shadow and slowly sinking into the soil.

"Poor Uchiha, believing so devoutly in the stone tablet, never knowing who the hand behind the scenes truly was."

His voice slithered into the night like a venomous snake.

"Mother, watch. Your resurrection is not far off."

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