"This eye really did belong to Kagami." As he spoke, Danzo reached up to touch his eye socket, and for once, lost himself in thought.
"Not just that eye. The one on the back of my hand belonged to Kagami too." In other words, two of the six Sharingan on Danzo's body had come from Kagami Uchiha.
"Give me Kagami's two eyes. And what was the cause of his death?" Now that Shisui had confirmed the eyes belonged to Kagami Uchiha, there was no reason to leave them in Danzo's hands.
"The rumors in the village weren't wrong. Kagami really did die while carrying out a classified mission. Only, I was the one who was supposed to die that day. Kagami saved me from the enemy, and paid for it with his life."
Danzo still remembered the scene vividly. At the time, he had truly been grateful to Kagami Uchiha. Then he gouged out both of Kagami's eyes.
"Before he died, Kagami told me to take good care of the Uchiha Clan." Danzo recounted this without expression. Though he had once felt grateful, decades had long since worn away that feeling.
As it happened, if not for Shisui's unexpected intervention in this life, Danzo might really have "honored" Kagami Uchiha's dying wish a few years from now.
"These are Kagami's eyes."
Shisui took the two Three-Tomoe Sharingan Danzo handed him and placed them in the test tubes he had prepared beforehand. The nutrient solution inside would preserve the eyeballs' biological activity for a time.
[Your closest blood relative has been detected. Using Yamata to devour them can increase your ocular power.]
The moment Shisui got Kagami Uchiha's eyes, the system gave him a notification, confirming the source of the Sharingan.
"So as long as they're a close blood relative, I can take their power even if they're weaker than me?"
Shisui noticed that using up these Sharingan would only increase his ocular power. They wouldn't improve his Indra Bloodline's development.
That might be the downside of taking power from someone weaker than himself.
"Take these two things." Shisui handed Danzo the White Spiral Mask Uchiha Madara had given him, along with the Uchiha Gunbai he had asked Madara for. Shisui, who preferred using a sword, had no desire to wield this ancestral weapon of the Uchiha Clan.
"Replace both your eyes with Sharingan from the same source. Starting today, you'll be an advisor to the Fourth Mizukage. You can tell people you're Uchiha Madara."
Although Shisui had agreed to join the Eye of the Moon plan, he didn't want to become too closely tied to it. Shimura Danzō, now an S-rank missing-nin from Konoha, was the perfect candidate to serve as his spokesperson.
"Yes, master." At the order, Danzo dug out his only remaining eye without hesitation. Then he gouged two Three-Tomoe Sharingan out of his pale right arm and inserted them into his eye sockets.
When he opened his eyes again, Hashirama Cells had helped the pair of Sharingan adapt perfectly to Danzo.
With his unyielding will and top-tier strategic mind, combined with his extremely self-centered values and the powerful position he occupied, Shimura Danzō was, in some ways, the perfect ninja in the Naruto world.
Shisui also took the two remaining Three-Tomoe Sharingan for himself.
Danzo was in a peculiar state. He could still think independently and retain his memories, yet he followed Shisui's orders without question. This seemingly unbelievable effect was the overwhelming power of Kotoamatsukami.
It had to be said: with the mask on and the Uchiha Gunbai on his back, Danzo looked a lot like Obito's appearance in Shisui's previous life.
Shisui realized that having Danzo, who had once hated the Uchiha Clan with a passion, act as Uchiha Madara's spokesperson was rather amusing.
The official spokesperson for Uchiha Madara. No question about it.
"Get in touch with Orochimaru. I have something to discuss with him."
That was the first order Shisui gave after Danzo became "Uchiha Madara."
Since the White Zetsu provided by Uchiha Madara couldn't be used directly, and Shisui needed Hashirama Cells to keep the Mangekyō Sharingan's techniques from taking too great a toll, the best solution was to find another S-rank missing-nin from Konoha: Orochimaru.
Danzo's right arm, with its Sharingan and Hashirama Cells, was Orochimaru's handiwork. Even after Orochimaru defected, Danzo had continued working with him. So Shisui trusted Danzo not to disappoint him.
"Master, after leaving the village, Orochimaru fled to the Land of Fields and established Otogakure. He also built a secret laboratory around the village. If you wish, I can arrange for Orochimaru to meet you in Kirigakure."
Danzo and Orochimaru had a relationship built on both cooperation and mutual suspicion. Danzo's spies had kept close tabs on Orochimaru's movements in the Land of Sound for years.
"No need. Give me the location. I'll go there myself."
At present, Uchiha Madara controlled Kirigakure. Shisui didn't want all his secrets exposed to Madara. Who knew what other countermeasures that old fox might have?
"For now, lie low in Kirigakure and find out how many bloodline clans are in the village, and what abilities they have." This task was closely tied to Shisui's own growth in power, and Danzo, with his talent for intelligence work, was the perfect person to handle it.
[A major change to Shimura Danzō's fate has been detected. Reward: Wind Release proficiency +100%.]
[System quest issued: Help Shimura Danzō attain the position of Kage and fulfill his lifelong ambition. Quest reward: Wind Release proficiency +100%, one Baku clan summoning contract.]
Shisui had seen Baku's strength for himself. It would be a valuable asset to any ninja skilled in Wind Release and Fire Release.
The Baku clan also possessed a special ability called "Dream Devouring." It could recreate the most terrifying images in a person's mind, then inflict them through genjutsu. This paired exceptionally well with the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan genjutsu.
In Shisui's previous battle with Danzo, Baku's ability hadn't come into play because the Mangekyō Sharingan's ocular power had been too overwhelming.
[Name: Shisui Uchiha]
[Age: 8]
[Bloodline: Indra Bloodline (65% developed)—Mangekyō Sharingan (Susanoo, Third Form), Shikotsumyaku (10% developed)]
[Eye Techniques: Kotoamatsukami (cooldown), Yamata]
[Chakra: S (Kage Level)]
[Chakra Nature: Fire · Proficient (5%), Wind · Skilled (0%), Earth · Basic (10%), Lightning · Basic (0%)]
[Skills: Phantom Body Flicker Technique, Multi Shadow Clone, Will of Root 2/3...]
[Items: Divine Artifact · Yata Mirror, Obito's Dark Heart (one-use item)]
After receiving the system's reward, Shisui's Wind Release proficiency had reached the skilled level.
He could feel that even the breeze around him was under his control.
Perhaps it wouldn't be long before Shisui created his own combined Fire and Wind Release technique.
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