Danzo's Plan!

At night, a full moon hung in the pitch-black sky, its bright moonlight casting a silver veil over the earth, making the world appear exceptionally mysterious.

"Ah..."

At this moment, a painful scream echoed from a dimly lit secret chamber in Konoha.

Danzo, leaning on his cane, clutched his bandaged eye with his left hand, his expression twisted in extreme agony.

"Lord Danzo!"

Seeing Danzo in such a state, two masked members of Root immediately stepped forward.

"Leave me be! The Mangekyo Sharingan in my right eye has reached its limit!"

After gasping violently for a long while, Danzo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, looked up, and bared his teeth in a grimace.

The Mangekyo Sharingan is an upgraded form of the standard Sharingan, which can only be awakened by members of the Uchiha Clan who have endured immense negative emotions—such as witnessing the death of a loved one—causing the brain to produce a special type of chakra.

The Mangekyo Sharingan not only greatly enhances the abilities of the original Sharingan but also grants the user powerful, unique techniques.

It could be said that the Mangekyo Sharingan is a super-powerful ocular jutsu, yet its immense power comes with great risks. Not only do these ocular techniques carry varying degrees of side effects, but each use also leads to vision loss. The more it is used, the faster the day of total blindness arrives.

"How is the intelligence I ordered you to gather?"

Slowly finding a stone chair to sit on while leaning on his cane, Danzo asked one of the members in a low voice.

"According to reports from the spies we have planted within the Uchiha Clan, the Mangekyo Sharingan of Shisui Uchiha can indeed use a super-powerful genjutsu—Kotoamatsukami. This genjutsu can directly invade the opponent's brain and rewrite their will without them ever noticing."

Hearing Danzo's question, the masked member immediately responded.

"Kotoamatsukami!"

Upon hearing this, the pupil of Danzo's left eye brightened, and a flash of irrepressible excitement crossed his face. He chuckled darkly, "Heh... such powerful strength is exactly what I need."

"Is Shisui Uchiha's Mangekyo Sharingan really that formidable?" the other masked member asked in a low voice.

"Heh heh, the Mangekyo Sharingan could be called the strongest ocular jutsu; it hides too many mysteries!"

Having experienced the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan, Danzo laughed greedily.

"Tomorrow, I will arrange to meet Shisui. You are to notify the members of Root to prepare for battle; we must not let Shisui escape."

Perhaps too desperate to obtain Shisui's eyes, Danzo issued his orders immediately.

"Yes."

The two members nodded.

"Hmm."

Nodding slightly, Danzo tapped his cane with his withered fingers and suddenly added, "Keep a close watch on the Uchiha Clan as well. Report any information immediately."

"Yes."

They dared not be careless regarding Danzo's words and responded respectfully at once.

"Very well, go back and prepare. There must be no deviations tomorrow," Danzo commanded in a deep voice.

Nodding, the two members rose and slowly retreated from the room.

"Once I obtain Shisui's eyes, who in this Konoha will dare to contend with me? When that time comes, even Sarutobi will have no way to stop me."

In the dim room, Danzo's twisted features revealed a faint, sinister air.

The next day, when the morning light broke through the shackles of the clouds and cast itself upon the earth, Konoha instantly became boisterous, and a lively atmosphere spread rapidly.

"I have good news for everyone: next month, we can start executing C-Rank Missions!"

"Also, there are no other missions today, so you can relax!"

On the training ground, Kakashi glanced at Sasuke and the others and smiled.

"That's great! Finally, no more doing those boring tasks!"

Upon hearing this, Naruto was the first to shout excitedly.

Ever since the incident with the mission involving the man named Qianwei, they had been doing D-Rank Missions for nearly a month. If it weren't for the fact that Naruto could practice the Rasengan in his spare time, he would have long since gone to find Sarutobi Hiruzen to argue.

"Alright, I still have some matters to report to the Hokage, so you can arrange your own time!"

Watching the excited Naruto, Kakashi chuckled and then quickly departed.

"Sasuke, Naruto, I'm heading to the Ninja Hospital. If you need anything, you can come find me there!"

After Kakashi left, Haruno Sakura gave Sasuke and Naruto a sweet smile and prepared to leave as well.

Naruto was practicing the Rasengan, Sasuke was training with the Gale Sword, and Haruno Sakura, unwilling to fall behind, chose to study medical ninjutsu in her spare time.

In Haruno Sakura's view, medical ninjutsu was extremely important; at times, it could even save a comrade's life. So, although she really wanted to stay with Sasuke today, she still decided to go to the hospital to continue her practice.

Knowing that Haruno Sakura was going to study medical ninjutsu, Sasuke and Naruto both nodded.

After Haruno Sakura left, Naruto used the Shadow Clone Technique to summon a shadow clone, and then, smiling, he said, "Sasuke, look at the results of my training!"

Having said that, Naruto opened his right palm, and then his shadow clone quickly scratched at Naruto's right palm with its hand. A moment later, a beautiful sphere of chakra condensed.

"Watch my Rasengan!"

After a sphere of chakra resembling a miniature typhoon appeared, Naruto let out a shout, immediately thrusting the orb forward and slamming it into a nearby tree.

"Hiss!"

Under the erosion of the chakra sphere, a swirling crater instantly appeared on the trunk of the tree.

"Incredible!"

Seeing the terrifying destructive power of the Rasengan, Sasuke, standing to the side, exclaimed in admiration. If Naruto's Rasengan had struck a person just now, they would have been killed or at the very least severely wounded.

"Hehe!"

Hearing Sasuke's exclamation, Naruto chuckled smugly.

"Congratulations, Naruto. You've finally mastered the Rasengan!"

Feeling genuinely happy for Naruto in his heart, Sasuke patted him on the shoulder and smiled.

"Haha, Kakashi-sensei, I've already mastered ninety percent of the Rasengan. If I master it completely, the power will be even greater."

Having trained so hard for so long, Naruto was overjoyed to see his efforts pay off, and he laughed heartily.

Hearing Naruto mention its power, Sasuke thought of another form of the Rasengan, the Big Ball Rasengan, and suggested, "Naruto, your Rasengan is a bit small. You could consider injecting more chakra into it. By then, the new Rasengan will have even greater destructive power and a wider range of lethality."

"That's right! I can inject more chakra..."

A flash of inspiration struck Naruto, and he fully agreed with Sasuke's suggestion.

"But the Rasengan I'm condensing now is already quite difficult to control. If it gets any bigger, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold it together!"

Furrowing his brows, Naruto suddenly thought of a new problem and expressed his concern.

"Hehe, if you can master a ninjutsu as difficult as the Rasengan, you'll surely be able to solve any other problems as well."

Hearing this, Sasuke chuckled softly.

"Haha, that's true. As long as I train hard, I can overcome any difficulty!"

Listening to Sasuke's words, Naruto's unyielding nature immediately surfaced, and he spoke with full confidence.

"Keep it up! You'll definitely succeed in developing a new technique of your own!"

Hoping that Naruto would stay this way, Sasuke smiled and offered his final encouragement.

(Thanks to AK Mo for the tip, and to the Pengge brothers for the six recommendation tickets!

To clarify, as for how Danzo got his right eye and whether it is a Mangekyo Sharingan, the official story doesn't specify. As everyone knows, in the Naruto plot, Danzo used Izanagi to break Shisui's genjutsu, and that Sharingan went blind, so there is no need to dwell on this point!)