Be My Son, Deidara!

As a large number of Root Ninja charged menacingly toward Houka's mansion, Houka had already returned home ahead of them.

The night was dark. In the silent mansion, only Deidara's sleeping breaths could faintly be heard.

But as soon as Houka entered, Deidara was quickly startled awake.

"Who?!"

Though Houka had sealed his Chakra, Deidara remained highly vigilant.

"It's me."

Houka had already reverted to his original appearance. "Come with me!"

"Wait, what are you doing? I'm not dressed yet, damn it!!" Deidara clamped his legs together and covered his chest with a look of grief and indignation as Houka dragged him into the secret room in the study.

Deidara's face turned green. "What are you trying to do? I'm telling you, even for the sake of art, I will never make such a sacrifice!!!"

"Shut up!"

Houka was furious. He tossed Deidara inside, then shut the secret room.

Deidara darted into a corner and stared fixedly at Houka.

Houka then took a bloodied eyeball from a Sealing Scroll!

Deidara's pupils contracted as his vigilance grew even stronger.

Ignoring Deidara, Houka removed the Ninja Headband covering his left eye and transplanted the eyeball into it.

Houka closed his left eye and slowly used Chakra to clear the eye's meridians. In the next instant, he sensed the powerful ocular power contained within it, as well as the dojutsu, Kotoamatsukami!

Of course, there was also a faint trace of rejection.

Houka inwardly sighed in regret. He had been thinking that if transplanting this Mangekyou could awaken the Eternal Mangekyou, then no matter what, he would snatch back the eye in Uchiha Itachi's possession.

But clearly, he had been dreaming too beautifully.

Still, compared to Danzo, his situation was far better.

After Danzo transplanted this eye, he had been unable to control it,