Mangekyō Sharingan

Hiashi Hyuga's face was dark as he held a scroll in his hands. His palms trembled slightly as he pushed open the door to the Hokage Office.

Inside the scroll was the corpse of his younger brother, Hizashi Hyuga!

This had not been the Hyuga Clan's fault at all. Cloud Hidden's ninja had tried to kidnap his daughter, Hinata Hyuga!

But in the end, because Leaf lacked the strength to resist, his Hyuga Clan had been made to pay the price!

Ultimately, his younger brother from the branch family, Hizashi Hyuga, had willingly killed himself so that he could live!

Hizashi was an Elite Jonin and a crucial asset to the Hyuga Clan. He was also Hiashi's trusted subordinate. In fact, the only top fighters the Hyuga Clan had now were Hiashi and Hizashi.

Without Hizashi, the Hyuga Clan's top combat strength would be cut in half in an instant!

This was not only Cloud Hidden's doing. Sarutobi Hiruzen also feared the Hyuga Clan and was deliberately weakening it!

"Lord Hokage, I'm coming in!"

Hiashi held back his anger, keeping his expression calm.

"Ah, Hiashi." The Third calmly looked at the Cloud Hidden ninja leading the delegation. "Leaf will give you an answer. The person who killed your Cloud Hidden ninja at the Hyuga Clan that day was Hizashi Hyuga of the Hyuga Clan."

Hiashi looked ashamed, as though he felt embarrassed by his younger brother's actions, but inside he was filled with resentment!

The Hyuga Clan was not to blame for this at all!

"Yes, Lord Third. It was my younger brother, Hizashi Hyuga, who happened to pass by and killed two Cloud Hidden ninja by accident. He felt deeply ashamed of what he'd done, and has already killed himself to atone for it!"

As he finished speaking, Hiashi unrolled the scroll.

"Poof!"

Amid a cloud of smoke, a corpse appeared in the Hokage Office!

It was Hizashi Hyuga, who looked almost exactly like Hiashi!

"Hmph!" The Cloud Hidden ninja glanced disdainfully at Hizashi's corpse and sneered, "You think you can brush this off with just a corpse? Two of our men died!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression darkened. He took a deep breath, his face full of anger!

"Of course not."

"Next, the Land of Leaf, which borders the Land of Lightning, will be handed over entirely to the Land of Lightning. This is the agreement for the transfer of the land. From now on, the Land of Leaf will be your territory!"

A cold look crossed Sarutobi Hiruzen's face.

Even if Leaf couldn't afford to fight right now, he was still its Hokage. Since when had he ever had to put up with this kind of treatment!?

The lead ninja's expression remained unconcerned, full of arrogance.

So what if he was the Hokage? Weak nations had no diplomacy. Leaf couldn't afford to fight right now, so the ninja could bully them. What would be the point of waiting until Leaf grew stronger to do it?

"Very well. Then thank you, Lord Hokage. I'll report everything that happened in Leaf to Lord Raikage exactly as it occurred. I hope you'll keep your subordinates in line from now on and make sure this doesn't happen again."

"After all, whenever something like this happens, it costs real money!"

With that, the Cloud Hidden delegation leader left arrogantly!

The moment the Cloud Hidden ninja were gone, Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression darkened. He abruptly flung the teacup in front of him.

"Crash!"

The cup struck the wall and shattered into pieces!

"Outrageous! Absolutely outrageous! Cloud Hidden came prepared this time. They'd planned from the very beginning to extort Leaf for all it was worth!"

Just then, two figures slipped away from outside the window.

They didn't stay to hear another word.

[ Ding! Check-in successful! ]

[ Congratulations, Host! You have obtained 7% of Kizaru's Glint-Glint Fruit ability template (total progress: 14%) and the Three-Tomoe Sharingan! ]

Uchiha Gray was thoroughly pleased. This was great!

The trip hadn't been in vain. He'd not only witnessed quite a spectacle, but had also obtained the Three-Tomoe Sharingan and made progress on Kizaru's Glint-Glint Fruit ability template.

Now that he had the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, how far away could the Mangekyō Sharingan be?

Uchiha Gray turned away, not bothering to look at the expression on Uchiha Shisui's face, which was so shocked he seemed to be questioning reality.

In an instant, Gray's Two-Tomoe Sharingan spun rapidly, then abruptly transformed into the Three-Tomoe Sharingan!

Boom!

A vast mental force appeared out of nowhere in his mind. The entire world seemed clearer, and the amount of chakra in his body surged the instant he awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan!

"So that's why Sasuke Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi became so terrifying after awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan. It's not just an increase in ocular power; it also improves chakra control, and even increases the amount of chakra in their bodies."

Feeling the chakra within him, Uchiha Gray was very satisfied.

"Without the Blue Buff boost, the amount of chakra in my body is already equivalent to that of a Special Jonin."

His strength had increased too quickly. Even though the Three-Tomoe Sharingan gave him the power to match an ordinary Jonin, his chakra reserves had yet to catch up. But that wasn't a big deal.

"With the Blue Buff boost, my chakra reserves are now equal to those of a Kage Level fighter!"

Such vast reserves ensured that Gray could fully use his strength.

Now, even against a Jonin, his powerful jutsu and Sharingan gave him a decent chance of winning!

However, Gray was a little disappointed that the 5% increase to Kizaru's ability template hadn't granted him any new Glint-Glint Fruit abilities. Still, he could now partially elementalize his body, bringing his progress to 14%!

"How is this possible!" Uchiha Shisui stared wide-eyed, unable to believe it.

His earlier gentle demeanor was nowhere to be seen.

"Lord Hokage would never do such a thing! He must have had his reasons. I'm going to ask him what happened!" He abruptly raised his head, and the Four-Point Shuriken Mangekyō Sharingan in his eyes spun wildly.

Uchiha Gray remained calm. He understood exactly what Uchiha Shisui was thinking. If Sarutobi Hiruzen really had been willing to sacrifice Leaf's ninja for his own selfish interests—

Wouldn't that mean all of Shisui's earlier devotion and love for Leaf had been a joke!?

It would be no different from invalidating everything Uchiha Shisui had ever believed in!

"Heh." Uchiha Gray sneered, his face as cold as ice. "I told you I didn't want to get involved in the Uchiha Clan's affairs. I told you not to come with me, but you insisted."

"Uchiha Shisui, who do you think you are?"

"Did you think that having the Mangekyō Sharingan meant you could see through everything? Or that having the Mangekyō Sharingan meant you could save the entire Uchiha Clan?"

Uchiha Gray's voice was cold, without the slightest hint of mercy. "You're a complete and utter fool!"

"What did you say!?" The Four-Point Shuriken Sharingan in Uchiha Shisui's eyes spun wildly!

This was the sign that he was using a Sharingan jutsu!