Konoha: Offer Your Heart to the Hokage!
Chapter 118

The Demigod's Fear: The Sky Ninja Appears

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Uchiha Yan had mixed feelings after losing contact with Toji.

Because of Chief Sawaki and the others, Uchiha Yan had not truly wanted to make a move against Tomoaki. If Diablo insisted on killing him, she did not particularly care, but she had to consider the feelings of her old subordinates.

She had gathered plenty of intelligence on other ninja villages and knew that once a Tailed Beast was extracted from a Jinchuriki, the Jinchuriki would die.

After her brother's death, her obsession with power had faded considerably.

Without realizing it, she had begun seeing things from the perspective of the hidden master behind Akatsuki Ninja Village.

After that, she had only two wishes: to bring some tangible benefits to Akatsuki Ninja Village and grant the Land of Rice Fields true peace. At the same time, as the "guidepost" of the Uchiha Clan, she wanted to bear sin during her lifetime and atone for her crimes.

Simply put, she wanted to become a good person.

Diablo's reappearance shattered that fantasy.

The ninja world was cruel, and power came at a price.

Back then, in the laboratory, Diablo had proposed an equal exchange and asked her, "Do you desire power? Do you desire to truly live?" She had made her choice without the slightest hesitation.

She had not understood the price hidden behind it at all.

Years later, she had obtained the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan as she wished, and the demon had begun demanding payment from her.

Could she refuse?

Uchiha Yan knew she could not.

Leaving aside that demon Diablo, if he had dared let her obtain the Mangekyō Sharingan without placing restrictions on her, he surely had a way to control her. Besides, choosing to refuse would mean betraying her past self.

A ninja should uphold their

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