Mangekyo Ability

[Bitter Fruit Entry System]

Target detected: Orochimaru (S-rank missing-nin)

Bitter Fruit type triggered: Betrayal Bitter Fruit

Behavioral assessment: Active defection from the ninja village, leaking classified information, malicious escape, and continuation of forbidden experiments.

Harvesting in progress...

[Harvest successful!]

[Orochimaru Betrayal Bitter Fruit]

[Extractable entries: Root Concealment Detection (passive), Uchiha Guardian Aura (intermediate), Uchiha Clan Grounds Alert Buff (permanent)]

As the Bitter Fruit was generated by an S-rank missing-nin, all entries may be extracted.

"They're actually all passives?" Hayato muttered to himself.

Looking at the three options above, it was clear at a glance that they were all passive abilities. However, even if Orochimaru's defection generated passive entries, shouldn't they belong to Konoha?

Why were they all passives related to the Uchiha and the Root?

Hayato rubbed his brow, feeling it necessary to carefully consider the reasoning behind this reward.

After deep thought, Hayato arrived at a few guesses.

Orochimaru's defection likely caused a break in Danzo's experimental chain regarding the Sharingan, which would lead him to capture Uchiha clansmen even more frantically to complete his data.

"Is the causality triggered because of Orochimaru?"

Among the four categories of Bitter Fruit, causality was the one Hayato understood the least. If he considered it from this angle, the system's entry rewards suddenly made perfect sense.

"Extract all."

Hayato extracted all the entry rewards, and the two new entries appeared in his passive column.

"The Uchiha Clan Grounds Alert Buff can provide early warning of any enemy infiltrating the clan grounds, while Root Concealment Detection can directly counter the infiltration and assassination techniques the Root excels at."

Sitting down by the window, Hayato looked at the shadowy Hokage Rock. "If any bugs try to crawl in from now on, I'll be the first to know."

The Uchiha Clan Grounds Alert might seem trivial, but Hayato knew that even Obito's Kamui and the White Zetsu's Mayfly Technique were difficult to detect.

With this, it meant he could identify enemies in the shadows immediately and launch a counterattack.

It was like having a wallhack in a battle royale game—simply delightful.

"I actually hope you come right now, Obito. Then I can show you whether your Kamui can still dodge my ocular jutsu."

Hayato turned and walked back into his room; his Mangekyo was both interesting and powerful.

His left eye's ability, Chibiki Stone, could swap the relationship between the attacker and the target, forcing the enemy to suffer their own attack.

His right eye's ability, Yomotsu Hirasaka, could invert or nullify all ninjutsu properties and even Kekkei Genkai abilities.

As for the combination of both eyes, Hayato couldn't help but smile. If it weren't for the massive chakra consumption, he would really want to test it out.

These ocular jutsus granted him the ability to strike back after the enemy had already committed, baiting them into a full-force strike only to return it to them.

As long as he didn't charge in mindlessly and trap himself in a desperate situation during future battles, he would be virtually invincible.

It was just that the consumption felt like it would be quite high.

"Knock, knock—"

Hayato, having just finished washing up, heard a knock at his door.

He walked over and pulled the door open to see Shisui standing outside. "Hayato, are you ready?"

"Yeah, just finished packing up. Give me a second." Hayato nodded and then picked up his pace.

The two walked together toward the depths of the clan grounds, and upon arriving, they saw Fugaku already waiting there.

There was no one else around.

Fugaku turned his head at the sound of their footsteps, nodded at the two, and said, "From now on, your training will be separated from the others."

"Understood!"

Hayato and Shisui responded in unison.

"Good, then let's begin." Fugaku didn't say much else, instead beginning to provide guidance based on their previous training.

Under the moonlight, the two youths poured out their sweat, all for the sake of the ideals held within their hearts.

It wasn't until the training ended that Shisui approached Fugaku and spoke up: "Clan Leader, I have a request."

Fugaku, who was about to leave, turned back and looked at Shisui with a puzzled expression.

"I want to rejoin the Police Force."

Shisui said softly, his expression very serious.

After awakening his Sharingan, Shisui had previously accepted missions to participate in village squads, aiming to gradually improve and eventually enter the Anbu.

This had been the clan's requirement at the time, and Shisui had no objections, as he himself was striving to uphold his grandfather's legacy.

However, his interactions with Hayato had made him realize a few things; at the very least, he wanted to join the Uchiha Police Force now to strive for a greater voice within the clan.

"Very well, you shall be on a team with Hayato."

Fugaku watched Shisui quietly for a long moment before responding.

"Thank you, Clan Head." Shisui bowed toward Fugaku.

Fugaku nodded and turned to leave, while Shisui looked toward Hayato at his side and said, "Hayato, I look forward to working with you."

"Right."

Hayato had a rough idea of what Shisui was thinking; it was much the same as his own.

"Hmph!"

Inside the Root base, Danzo's face was twisted with rage as he slammed his cane hard against the floor.

"Jiraiya, Fugaku—they are all threats to Konoha!"

Several Root members knelt silently on one knee. They were the squad Danzo had sent to bring Uchiha Hayato and Shisui back to Root, only to fail because of Jiraiya and Fugaku.

Danzo glanced at the men kneeling below and said coldly, "Go accept your punishment."

"Yes, Lord Danzo!"

The Root ninja answered in unison, showing no resentment whatsoever.

Not until everyone had left did Danzo sit back on the stone chair behind him, his eyes narrowing.

Although he had known about Orochimaru's defection—he had even leaked some of the information himself—he had not expected this.

Orochimaru had actually destroyed all the data!

He had only discovered it after Orochimaru left the village, when he went to take over the facilities Orochimaru had left behind, only to find them in ruins.

"Orochimaru..."

Danzo muttered the name, the anger in his eyes refusing to subside.

"The Uchiha clan is a clan born of evil! The power of the Sharingan can only be put to its greatest use in my hands to protect Konoha!"

As he said this, Danzo was deeply convinced that keeping such dangerous power under his own control and using iron-fisted methods to eliminate all unstable factors was the true 'Way of the Hokage.'

"Someone come!"

A figure wearing a Root mask appeared below, waiting quietly for Danzo's orders.

Danzo stood up, walked over to the person, and whispered a few instructions. The figure vanished instantly.

Danzo's gaze flickered, as if he could see the Uchiha clan's compound through the walls of the Root base. "Uchiha, for the sake of Konoha's stability, you roots of disaster must be eradicated."