Snatching Eyes

Squelch!

The eyes were gouged out.

The Great Elder stared at the eyes in his hands with greedy eyes; this was the supreme pursuit of the Uchiha clan, the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Although he was tempted, the Great Elder was not yet senile. At his age, keeping this pair of Mangekyo Sharingan for himself would be a complete waste. If it were peacetime, he might have experimented with them, but now, he had to make the best use of everything.

Therefore, in the end, he handed the eyes to Fuyue Uchiha.

Fuyue took the eyes, hesitating for a moment—should he use them himself, or give them to someone else?

However, the others lacked such patience. They stared at the eyes in their clan leader's hands, their greed barely concealed.

"Merging into an Eternal Mangekyo takes time, and what the Uchiha lack right now is time. I have no choice but to let that guy have them."

Fuyue hesitated internally, but ultimately chose not to merge them into an Eternal Mangekyo, instead handing the eyes to Daohuo.

"Take them. I hope you can unleash the true power of these eyes."

"Thank you, Clan Leader and Great Elder, for your trust. I will never disgrace the Uchiha name."

Daohuo took them with an excited expression.

Neither side wasted time once the decision was made.

They performed the eye transplant right there on the spot.

Shui Uchiha was capable of performing the procedure.

At the same time, considering that Itachi Uchiha was his son, Fuyue thought for a moment and produced a pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

Even within the Uchiha clan, Three-Tomoe Sharingan were rare.

The eyes of fallen clansmen were meant to be recovered; most were cremated along with the bodies, and only the eyes of certain special individuals were preserved.

In the Ninja World, with the miraculous ability of chakra, changing eyes was not difficult for them. A minor surgery was completed quickly.

It was unknown how much time had passed when Itachi Uchiha groggily regained consciousness.

He opened his eyes instantly and felt a wave of pain.

At the same time, he noticed the abnormality in his eyes.

Every pair of eyes possessed its own ocular power, and Itachi Uchiha knew immediately that these were not his own eyes.

"Father..."

His lips moved, but Itachi Uchiha did not know what to say for a moment, his expression complex.

He looked around his room; there was no one there. Itachi Uchiha got up and left.

He had to inform the Third Hokage about this situation as soon as possible.

Soon, Itachi Uchiha adapted to his new eyes.

He arrived at the Hokage Building.

"Itachi, is something the matter?"

The Third Hokage frowned when he saw Itachi Uchiha's expression.

"Lord Hokage, my eyes have been replaced."

Itachi Uchiha lowered his head.

The Third Hokage was stunned, unable to react for a moment.

But soon, his expression darkened.

"What happened?"

Itachi Uchiha then recounted the events of yesterday.

However, the Third Hokage remained expressionless after hearing the story.

His first thought was to wonder if Itachi Uchiha, this double agent, had defected.

After all, the motives of such a double agent were the hardest to guess.

Seeing the Hokage fall silent, Itachi Uchiha did not dare to speak.

Suppressing the urge to interrogate him, the Hokage's face turned terrifyingly gloomy.

Unlike those who were ignorant, Hiruzen Sarutobi knew the terror of the Mangekyo Sharingan.

He had even witnessed the battle between the First Hokage and the Asura of the Ninja World with his own eyes when he was a child.

Originally, he had not taken the Uchiha clan seriously—they were just a bunch of brutes without power or brains.

With Itachi Uchiha as his mole, wiping out the Uchiha clan was only a matter of time.

He had not expected trouble to arise one after another.

First, Fuyue Uchiha had suddenly grown a backbone, and now, Itachi Uchiha had lost his own Mangekyo.

"You may go now. You no longer need to participate in matters concerning the Uchiha clan."

The Third Hokage's expression was calm.

Without the Mangekyo Sharingan, Itachi Uchiha had lost all utility.

Coupled with his history as a double agent, even the Third Hokage dared not trust this man anymore.

Itachi Uchiha was a novice in politics, but that did not make him an idiot.

The words of the Third Hokage had been made perfectly clear.

He opened his mouth, but nothing came out.

He desperately wanted to say that he still possessed one Mangekyo Sharingan.

But in the end, he said nothing at all.

He silently took his leave and departed.

Watching the spot where Itachi Uchiha had vanished, the Third Hokage furrowed his brows deeply.

"Could it be that Fuyue Uchiha also possesses the Mangekyo Sharingan?"

Otherwise, why would the other party's temperament have changed so drastically?

Adding in this pair of eyes from Itachi Uchiha.

The Uchiha clan now possessed two pairs of Mangekyo Sharingan.

For a moment, even the Third Hokage began to feel a sense of dread.

Two pairs of Mangekyo Sharingan could not possibly destroy Konoha, but killing him, the Hokage, was certainly within their reach.

Naruto knew nothing of the matters concerning the Third Hokage.

At this moment, Naruto was living a completely normal life.

He attended school during the day and trained at night.

His current training consisted of plundering the chakra of the Nine-Tails.

He converted it into his own chakra and stored it within his body.

In terms of chakra volume alone, Naruto had already surpassed a jonin.

But an ordinary jonin was hardly a point of comparison.

Name: Uzumaki Naruto
Bloodline: Uzumaki Bloodline
Technique: Triple Inversion
Skills: Fire Style, Twin Palms, Adamantine Sealing Chains, Mind's Eye of the Kagura.
Chakra Volume: 130 Kaka
Restriction: Cinnabar Mark
Draws: 1

Looking at his status panel, Naruto was quite satisfied.

Every ability he was capable of developing had already been developed.

Except for the Nine-Tails.

Regarding the Nine-Tails, Naruto planned to wait a while longer. Once his strength grew a bit more, he would use Twin Palms to wipe the Nine-Tails' memories and implant his own, just as he had done with Ma Xianhong.

As for the draw count, Naruto decided to save them up. He was in no immediate danger, and the power of Twin Palms was already heaven-defying enough.

He just needed to wait for time to foster his growth.

Time flowed like water, compressing emotions.

The conflict between the Hokage faction and the Uchiha clan was not resolved; instead, it intensified.

Even the other villages could sense this situation.

They stood by, gloating and waiting to watch the show.

After all, such a spectacle was truly fascinating.

The struggle between the two sides gave Naruto an opportunity, and he took advantage of it to control more ninjas.

At the same time, Naruto's database collected more ninjutsu.

He had also researched some interesting things regarding sealing techniques.

A year passed in the blink of an eye.

No matter how strong the gale in the sky, it could not affect the lives of the ants on the ground.

To Naruto, the struggles of the upper echelons were merely a grand play that would never affect him.

But what Naruto did not expect was that while the Third Hokage and the others failed to notice him, another group of people had set their sights on him.

Having obtained two pairs of Mangekyo Sharingan, the Uchiha clan gradually became arrogant.

At the same time, the first thing they thought of upon gaining the Mangekyo was not rebellion, but their ancestor, Madara Uchiha.

Therefore, the Great Elder proposed that if they could control the Nine-Tails, they might be able to orchestrate another Nine-Tails Incident.

The last Nine-Tails Incident had claimed the life of the Fourth Hokage, so what would happen this time?

Upon hearing this suggestion, Fuyue Uchiha felt his heart skip a beat.

However, Fuyue was well aware of his own limitations; he had witnessed the previous Nine-Tails Incident and, after making a silent comparison, realized that his current ocular power would likely be insufficient to control the Nine-Tails.

The only reason Obito was able to control the Nine-Tails was due to the contingency plans left behind by Madara Uchiha.