Inside a hidden room somewhere.
A man wearing a black cloak embroidered with several blood-red clouds stood by the wall.
"We have a new member."
A blond man in the middle said calmly.
Just then, Uchiha Itachi walked in slowly, a sword strapped to his back.
"I'm here."
Uchiha Itachi opened his scarlet Mangekyō Sharingan and looked at all the members of the Akatsuki Organization present.
Obito nodded and said:
"Good. Uchiha Itachi, today you officially become a member of our Akatsuki."
While everyone was talking,
a lightning bird formed from chakra suddenly flew into the room.
Crack!!
A Kunai pierced the lightning bird, and a cloth pouch fell out of it.
Uchiha Itachi reached out and caught the pouch, quietly looking at everyone present.
"Is this another test from the Akatsuki?" he asked.
"You've already passed our test, haven't you?" Obito said.
The blond Deva Path Pain beside him nodded as well.
"There was only one test: slaughtering the Uchiha Clan. And you've already completed it."
Itachi was about to say something when he suddenly felt a terrible premonition rise in his heart.
He opened the pouch in his hand and found a mangled, crushed child's finger inside.
There was also a note beside it. It read:
"Uchiha Itachi, this is part of your Sasuke."
For a moment, Uchiha Itachi froze.
He gripped the broken finger tightly, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes.
Lynn Uchiha...
"What's wrong, Itachi?" Seeing his expressionless face, Obito couldn't help asking.
Itachi looked at everyone around him, a cold smile appearing on his sinister face.
"That Lynn Uchiha is still out there. Now that I've joined the Akatsuki, shouldn't we kill the last remaining Uchiha?"
Seeing the smile on Uchiha Itachi's face, Orochimaru, among the crowd, was slightly taken aback.
Then the corners of his mouth lifted into a smile.
"There's still another pair of Uchiha eyes out there. In that case, let's go find him.
Then... gouge out his eyes!"
In the Land of Lightning, in a remote little town.
Uchiha Sasuke's face was pale as he followed behind Lynn.
His right hand was missing an index finger.
Only traces of blood remained, and a stinging pain came from his palm now and then.
Looking at the man's back, Uchiha Sasuke gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with resentment.
"Lynn Uchiha, don't think that just because you captured me, you can make Konoha—or that bastard Itachi—do whatever you want!"
"Tsk. Why can none of you see the situation clearly?"
Lynn said without turning around.
"Ultimately, this isn't about Konoha or Uchiha Itachi.
There's something seriously wrong with the entire Ninja World."
"So you came to the Land of Lightning to seek refuge with Kumogakure?" Uchiha Sasuke asked coldly.
"Don't forget, you're a rogue ninja from Konoha now. Konoha will keep sending people to hunt you down. Kumogakure might not even dare take you in!"
"Heh..." Lynn chuckled. "Who said I came here to seek refuge with Kumogakure?"
"Then..." Uchiha Sasuke was stunned.
If the other man hadn't come to the Land of Lightning to seek refuge with Kumogakure, what had he come for?
Could it be to escape Konoha's pursuit?
But the way this guy strolled down the street so openly, he didn't look like he was hiding from anyone.
For a moment, Uchiha Sasuke couldn't figure out what Lynn Uchiha was thinking.
But he understood one thing: he had to escape from this man.
Then he would grow stronger—stronger than anyone.
After that, he would kill Lynn Uchiha, and that... Uchiha Itachi!
The sky gradually darkened.
Thunder rumbled in the distance, and rain kept falling, soaking the ground.
The passersby hurried toward home.
Lynn brought Uchiha Sasuke to an inn by the road and went inside to rest for the night, planning to head to Kumogakure the next day.
Inside the room, Uchiha Sasuke lay on the tatami while Lynn sat on the bed.
Lynn planned to use the evening to further expand the perception he had developed through Electric Current Drive, Observation Haki, and Perfect Realm.
His perception range was only a few dozen meters now. It was far too short.
Of course, perception was related to mental strength.
To train it, he had to make his mind more resilient.
But how exactly was he supposed to train his mind?
Lynn began to think. At the same time, his cells rubbed violently against one another, refining chakra.
The chakra combined with the current from Electric Current Drive, then merged with the Haki energy between his cells, gathering into the Purest Power of Hunyuan Qiankun.
From Marvel Lynn's memories, he knew that the mind of that psychic Mutant was actually a kind of magnetic field.
If he wanted to strengthen his mind, did that mean he needed to strengthen the magnetic field of his brain?
How exactly could he strengthen this magnetic field that represented the mind?
Lynn's brain, with its development already at 90%, began to turn.
But he still felt he hadn't figured out how to strengthen his mental magnetic field.
He slowly opened his eyes and slapped himself on the head.
Smack!!
"Damn Astonishing Wisdom, I order you to come out!"
"Come out!"
Uchiha Sasuke had already been half asleep.
Then a loud slap woke him up.
He opened his eyes and looked at Lynn Uchiha, lying on the bed.
He saw Lynn repeatedly slapping himself on the head.
Each blow was stronger than the last.
"Damn it, turn! Damn Astonishing Wisdom, turn!!"
Lynn Uchiha still didn't stop, leaving Uchiha Sasuke completely stunned.
For a moment, he couldn't tell if Lynn Uchiha had gone crazy, if he had gone crazy, or if the whole world had gone crazy.
First his brother Uchiha Itachi had wiped out the Uchiha Clan, then Lynn Uchiha had captured him and defected from Konoha.
And now the guy was going on about some Astonishing Wisdom.
Was there even such a thing in the world?
Lynn Uchiha kept smacking himself on the head with such force that Uchiha Sasuke watched in alarm.
He swallowed repeatedly, feeling sure that if that big hand hit him, it would kill him.
"Damn it! Damn Astonishing Wisdom, I'm telling you to turn, damn it!"
He's lost it! Lynn Uchiha has definitely lost it!
Did yelling louder and hitting himself harder really make his brain work better?
"It worked! I did it!!"
Did what?
Looking at the delighted expression on Lynn Uchiha's face, Uchiha Sasuke was sure of it once again.
This guy was definitely a lunatic!
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