Obito Takes the Blame

Uchiha Shisui died in the end.

It was to prevent the Uchiha coup and the outbreak of civil war, and also to help Uchiha Itachi awaken his Mangekyo Sharingan.

He spread his arms to both sides, falling toward the bottom of the cliff with a smile on his face, meeting his death in peace.

It was at the very moment Shisui died.

Two trails of blood-red tears slid down the corners of Uchiha Itachi's eyes, his three-tomoe Sharingan spinning rapidly until they transformed into a pinwheel shape.

He had successfully awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Meanwhile, Fujiwara Chiya, who had been waiting below for a long time, immediately stored his corpse into the system warehouse.

[Ding! A special bloodline organism has been detected in the system warehouse. Would you like to extract it?]

"Extract?" Chiya paused, "Are you sure it isn't fusion?"

[Ding! The host may choose to fuse instead.]

"Then extract it."

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining a portion of the Uchiha clan bloodline. It has been automatically stored in the system warehouse. Would you like to consume it?]

"Consume it."

[Ding! Consumption successful. Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Uchiha bloodline!]

[Ding! A Sharingan has been detected in the system warehouse. Would you like to consume it?]

"Consume." With the Uchiha bloodline, he no longer had to worry about being unable to deactivate the Sharingan.

[Ding! Consumption successful. Congratulations to the host for awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan in the right eye.]

Chiya walked to the riverbank and looked at his reflection in the water, unable to help but complain aloud, "A single eye. How ugly."

Without transplanting Hashirama cells, using the Mangekyo too much would carry the risk of blindness.

However, the Eternal Mangekyo would not. As long as he found another Mangekyo user and consumed their Sharingan and bloodline, he would break the shackles that only blood relatives could fuse, awakening the Eternal Mangekyo.

But before that, Chiya did not intend to use this ability.

He did not want to turn into a one-eyed dragon.

Immediately, he hurried to deactivate it. "System, open my personal panel."

[Ding! Loli-con panel opening.]

Host: Fujiwara Chiya
Gender: Male
Age: 11
Kekkei Genkai: Sharingan
Chakra Natures: Fire, Lightning, Earth, Yin, Yang
Chakra Reserves: 30 K
Secret Arts: Heavenly Steel Art (Reached the fourth level, comes with protective aura and flash skill)
Ninjutsu: Fire Style: Great Fireball, Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique, Shadow Clone Technique, Three Body Technique, Body Flicker Technique, Summoning Technique
Summoning Beast: Crow
Genjutsu: Zanpakuto Kyoka Suigetsu (The enemy only needs to see the Shikai once; no need to interfere with chakra, it can directly act on the soul, control the five senses, spiritual perception, etc. It can also control chakra perception in the Naruto world), Kotoamatsukami, Genjutsu: Sharingan
Taijutsu: Konoha Basic Taijutsu, Heavenly Steel Art techniques, Uchiha Style Shurikenjutsu, Kunai Throwing
Chakra Nature Transformations: Fire, Lightning, Earth
Warehouse: Zanpakuto Kyoka Suigetsu, Uchiha Shisui (Deceased), Kunai x15, Shuriken x11, various clothing, Space Storage Scroll, Substitution Log x9

"The genjutsu and summoning beast were both inherited, and the corpse remains intact." Chiya murmured, turning his head to look downstream at the Naka River. A figure was rapidly approaching from that direction. Chiya muttered, "Is that Uchiha Itachi? If so, then I will leave this Kotoamatsukami Sharingan with you for the time being."

After speaking, Chiya took Shisui's corpse out of the system warehouse, placed it back in its original position, carefully wiped away all traces, and flashed away, disappearing from the area.

Chiya planned to recover this eye during the Fourth Shinobi World War.

By then, Obito's Mangekyo and bloodline would be his third target.

As for his second target, it would naturally be Uchiha Fugaku's.

Meanwhile.

At the Root organization base.

After returning to the base, Danzo could no longer endure the pain of his severed arm and torn soul. He immediately summoned a medical ninja, wanting to repair his left arm.

"Ah! Hurry up! It's gone!" Danzo urged incessantly, roaring in agony.

At this moment, he did not yet know that the soul of his left arm had been severed; he only felt excruciating pain at the wound, a piercing agony that nearly caused him to faint.

"Lord Danzo, it is finished." The medical ninja wiped away cold sweat. Reattaching a severed arm was a technical feat.

Only those with extremely profound medical ninjutsu could accomplish such a thing.

Fortunately, the one who wielded the blade was a master of the craft, leaving a perfectly clean cut; otherwise, even with his medical ninjutsu, reattaching it would have been nearly impossible.

However, before he could even heave a sigh of relief, his left arm—which had just been perfectly intact—began to necrotize at a speed visible to the naked eye, losing all vitality until it resembled nothing more than a withered corpse.

It was identical to the state of Orochimaru's hands after being sealed by the Third Hokage during the original Konoha Crush Plan.

"What on earth is going on here?" Danzo roared in fury.

The medical ninja, having never encountered such a phenomenon, was so terrified he began to stammer, "Lord Danzo, the muscles, bones, blood vessels, nerves... I reconnected every single tissue. This is the first time I have ever seen such a situation."

"Then stop standing there and go investigate!" Danzo said, his patience wearing thin.

"Yes, Lord Danzo." Hearing this, the medical ninja felt as if he had been granted a reprieve and scrambled out of the medical room.

Feeling the excruciating pain in his left arm, Danzo gritted his teeth, his eyes flickering with uncertainty.

He did not doubt the veracity of the medical ninja's words; within the Root, every ninja had been branded with the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal, completely eliminating any possibility of betrayal.

Therefore, the problem could only lie with the person who had severed his arm.

But who exactly was that person?

Not only did they possess a Body Flicker technique that surpassed Uchiha Shisui, but they were also capable of inflicting such irreversible damage upon him.

Could it be that fellow who controlled the Nine-Tails six years ago?

It was not impossible.

The more Danzo thought about it, the more alarmed he became.

If that were the case, it would be truly terrifying.

Once Shisui's eyes fell into the hands of such a person, it would be a disaster for Konoha no less severe than the Nine-Tails Incident.

"No, this old man is the root of Konoha; I cannot sit idly by and wait for death." Thinking of this, Danzo spoke to a Root ninja nearby: "Where is Orochimaru now?"

"Reporting to Lord Danzo, ever since Orochimaru defected, he has rarely been in contact with us. It is said that he has joined a mysterious organization, and his specific whereabouts are currently unknown," the Root ninja replied.

"Useless. All of you are useless!" Danzo gnashed his teeth in anger, his face turning ashen. "Go, find Orochimaru at any cost. Also, send men to keep a close watch on the Uchiha clan. If there is any movement, report it to me immediately."

Ever since he lost the position of Hokage, Danzo had never suffered a defeat as crushing as today's.

Not only had he lost the Mangekyo he had already secured, but he had also lost his left arm.

He blamed all of this on the Uchiha.

Orochimaru was an all-around genius, and it was he who had helped transplant the arm containing the First Hokage's cells onto Danzo.

With him around, there might be a way to find a solution.

"Yes." The Root ninja responded respectfully and vanished from the room.

On the other side, in the Hokage's office.

Deep into the night, Sarutobi Hiruzen sat puffing on his pipe, exhaling clouds of smoke as he awaited the results of the Uchiha's gathering.

When it came to the hearts of men, Sarutobi Hiruzen held a firm grasp on them.

Whether it was the Uchiha or Danzo, he understood them all.

In reality, he was not worried that the Uchiha would stir up any trouble.

He knew exactly what kind of man Uchiha Fugaku was.

He was always hesitant and indecisive, and when it came to external affairs, he was even softer than Hiruzen himself.

Regarding this gathering, even if Shisui did not use Kotoamatsukami on Fugaku, as long as they lost Uchiha Shisui as a key combat force, the matter of a coup would simply fizzle out.

What he truly wanted to hear was the news of Shisui's death.