Metamorphosis! Two-Tomoe Sharingan

In the shadows.

Hannya took a scroll from his pocket.

Then, he gouged out his own paralyzed right eye and his intact left eye, installing a pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan into his sockets. In just an instant—

Hum!!!!

Uchiha Chiba's scalp suddenly went numb. This cold, sinister chakra... was it the Sharingan?!

Then, Uchiha Chiba snapped his gaze toward a spot in the mist.

Those were the scarlet eyes Uchiha Chiba was most familiar with, but unlike a normal person's, the owner of these eyes was filled with malice. At this moment, he had been driven delirious by the toxins.

"Uncle Hanzo's Right Hand, to the right! I don't know where he got a pair of Sharingan, don't let him lock eyes with you!" Uchiha Chiba's single-tomoe Sharingan spun slowly as he shouted.

"Sharingan? I've got it. You be careful too, and—you brat! I'm only 28 this year! Stop calling me uncle!" Hanzo's Right Hand kept his eyes closed and threw several kunai in all directions!

Bang bang bang bang bang bang!!!!

Explosions rang out one after another from every direction.

"Explosive Tag Kunai, essential for defense," Hanzo's Right Hand chuckled, then began to sense the chakra in the surroundings.

That brat's chakra...

And...

The next second, Hanzo's Right Hand was sent flying by a brutal strike. Mid-air, he opened his eyes and slammed his right-hand kunai into a tree trunk, sliding for a full ten meters before coming to a stop.

"Brat! Get out of the way!" Hanzo's Right Hand's pupils constricted.

He saw Hannya laughing maniacally.

He yanked the short blade out of Chiba's abdomen.

Blood sprayed out, and the terrifying crimson left Uchiha Chiba stunned in place for a moment.

The next second, "Brat, go to hell." Hannya's Three-Tomoe Sharingan spun wildly. He was too affected by the toxins to think clearly, and he poured the genjutsu he had intended for Hanzo's Right Hand all into Uchiha Chiba instead.

Boom!!!!!!

"Darkness Technique."

Hannya's crazed voice gradually drowned out everything for Uchiha Chiba. Finally, a pitch-black void engulfed the boy's entire world.

The Darkness Technique was a forbidden jutsu developed by the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama. Once cast, the enemy would completely lose their sense of sight, and the entire world would fall into darkness, leaving them at the mercy of the caster. It was a terrifying ninjutsu that sealed all perception, blotting out everything for the opponent, stealing away all light, and leaving them to drown in the fear of darkness and death.

In fact, this move was specifically designed to counter the Sharingan, because the best way to suppress the Sharingan was to make the opponent unable to see anything. It was easy to imagine that the Darkness Technique played an indispensable role in the Senju clan's ability to defeat the Uchiha clan back then. (It is worth mentioning that in the manga, this jutsu was created by the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, while in the anime, it was the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama.)

In an instant, Uchiha Chiba plummeted into the darkness. Surrounded by deathly blackness, he felt as if he were in an endless abyss. He tried to take a step forward, but felt as if his feet were weighed down by lead, unable to move. Chiba reached out his hands, wanting to touch the surrounding walls, but could only grasp at nothingness.

His heartbeat began to accelerate, and his breathing became ragged. Chiba felt an unprecedented fear, as if a pair of invisible hands were slowly strangling his throat. He wanted to scream for help, but found that his voice sounded so weak in this darkness that even he could not hear it.

I can't be held back. This is a Three-Tomoe Sharingan; there's no way Uncle Hanzo's Right Hand can deal with a Kage-level powerhouse on the verge of insanity who possesses the Sharingan. Uchiha Chiba bit his lip, attempting to break the jutsu using genjutsu.

"Sharingan!"

His single tomoe spun frantically.

Hum!!!!

A violent wave of dizziness signaled his failure.

Again!

"Sharingan."

The single tomoe spun at high speed.

Hum!!!!!

A mouthful of blood sprayed out.

It seemed that his body outside the illusion was affecting his power.

Again! You old dog Danzo, don't let me, Uchiha Chiba, catch you, or I'll show you exactly what a nightmare feels like!!!

"Sharingan."

Hum!!!!!

"Sharingan!!!"

Finally, that flash of scarlet eyes became even more terrifying.

A line of bloody tears trickled down.

Under the stimulation of the genjutsu, the single-tomoe Sharingan evolved into a double-tomoe Sharingan!

In an instant, the Darkness Technique, which Chiba had already resisted several times, shattered like a broken mirror, scattering black fragments that drifted slowly to the ground.

Following that, Chiba felt his body grow light as he fell heavily backward.

"No way... why... every single time... do I end up... fainting... I'm speechless..."

THUD!!!!!

Within Uchiha Chiba's mental space.

"This cute little fellow always ends up in such a near-death state, doesn't he..." a gentle voice echoed.

Then, a white-haired girl landed on the surface of a lake that rippled like a mirror.

Her hands shimmered with a starry green light.

"That should be just about enough now," the girl said softly as she slowly stood up, the green glow in her palms fading away.

"Hm? Is little Tsunade... also injured over there?" The girl's figure gradually faded away.

As time passed, the eastern sky gradually turned a pale, fish-belly white, signaling the arrival of the sun. The morning light pierced through the clouds, casting a soft glow that awakened the earth from its slumber.

Inside the Amegakure ninja hospital.

"Huh? Strange, the abdomen that was torn to shreds by the short blade is already! Completely healed? What kind of terrifying recovery is this!" A medical ninja from Amegakure twitched his mouth. He slowly stitched up Chiba's abdomen, applied a bit of medicine to strengthen chakra connectivity, and then tossed his blood-stained clothes and gloves into the trash bin.

Inside the trash bin, the pile of discarded clothes and gloves, reaching about half a person's height, was pitch black. They had all been infected by the poison of Hanzo the Salamander found in Uchiha Chiba's blood. In this world, aside from Hanzo the Salamander, who could touch Chiba's blood at will, everyone else was destined to be infected by the salamander toxin.

After a long while.

"Mm-hmm... continue attacking the Konoha stronghold. At the necessary moment, I will have the salamander hide and launch a surprise attack," the voice of Hanzo the Salamander approached from afar.

"Yes, Lord Hanzo. By the way, are you really going to gouge out the Sharingan from that Root ninja that Youzo killed and gift it to... Master Chiba?" The voice belonged to Hanzo's Left Hand.

"That pair of eyes didn't belong to him in the first place anyway. Giving them to that brat will serve as a gift to congratulate him on awakening his double-tomoe Sharingan and reaching the chakra levels of a Jonin simultaneously. That thing... if left with us, would be a different matter entirely," Hanzo the Salamander said as he pushed open the door.

On the hospital bed, Uchiha Chiba lay with his eyes closed, his breathing steady.

"How is Youzo?" Hanzo the Salamander asked, his gaze fixed on Chiba.

"Young Master Sheng Yue is by Youzo's side. Youzo... he took a blade to his right arm, but he will be able to return to the battlefield soon," Hanzo's Left Hand replied.

"Sheng Yue? Why is that brat over there?" Hanzo the Salamander asked, sounding puzzled.