Karatachi Yagura stood on the high ground behind, looking at the chaos on the battlefield, frowning tightly.
The wound on his forehead was still bleeding, but he didn't wipe it.
He had just fought with Mitokado Homura for a long time, and both sides suffered losses. He was worthy of being the elder of Konoha. If he were young, he might not necessarily be his opponent.
This made Karatachi Yagura more determined to become stronger.
Only by becoming stronger can he better protect Kirigakure.
Three-Tails...
His eyes were fixed on the red light in the eyes of those Uchiha tribesmen, on the One-Tomoe and two Tomoe who evolved in the battle, and on the Konoha Ninja who were getting more and more crazy as they fought.
"What a crazy family..."
His adjutant stood next to him, his voice a little urgent.
"Master Yagura, the troops are beginning to be in chaos. Do you want to organize a counterattack?"
Karatachi Yagura was silent for a moment, then shook his head.
"Retreat."
The adjutant was stunned for a moment. "Retreat? We still have an advantage -"
"The advantage is gone."
Karatachi Yagura interrupted him, his voice was very calm.
"Those Uchiha people are evolving. Every time one is killed, the remaining people will be stronger. If we continue to fight, our losses will be greater than Konoha."
He looked at the red lights that were still flashing on the battlefield and was silent for a moment.
"Retreat. Reorganize the troops and rest before fighting again."
The adjutant opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but saw Karatachi Yagura's expressionless face and swallowed his words back.
He turned and ran down the high ground to convey the order to retreat.
Konoha's people didn't chase.
It's not that I don't want to chase, it's that I can't chase anymore.
They had been fighting for a whole day and were already exhausted.
The children's hands holding Kunai were shaking and they were exhausted.
Some people can't even stand firmly and rely on the person next to them to keep from falling.
But they won.
Two thousand people versus three thousand people, 900 of them were children. They held the line of defense and did not let Kirigakure people break through.
Kirigakure retreated and may come again tomorrow, but today, they did not lose.
Uchiha Tetsushin stood at the front of the position, watching the people of Kirigakure retreat further and further away, watching those black shadows disappear into the dusk on the sea level.
His knife hung by his side, the blade covered with blood.
Turn around and walk back to where Fugaku is lying.
Fugaku was still there, lying on the sand next to Yuji Itadori's body.
His eyes were gone, and the two empty eye sockets faced the sky. The blood had stopped flowing and was dry on his face.
His chest was still rising and falling, very weakly and slowly.
He is still alive.
Tie Xin knelt beside Fugaku, looking at his eyeless face, his lips trembling.
He wanted to say something, but his throat seemed to be choked by something and he couldn't utter a single word.
Next to him, a young Uchiha tribesman squatted on the ground, holding his head in his hands and twitching his shoulders.
"Mangekyō Sharingan... The patriarch has awakened Mangekyō Sharingan..."
His voice became louder and shriller.
"The legendary Mangekyō Sharingan! And that traitor... has the same power as Uchiha Shaoyu! The patriarch has the same power as Shaoyu!"
He lowered his hand from his head and slapped it on the ground. The sand splashed up on his face and into his eyes that had just evolved into two Tomoe.
"But it was snatched away."
"Damn it!"
No one spoke.
Konoha Uchiha Clan's hope of rising was cut off.
Tie Xin's fists clenched loudly, his nails dug into the flesh of his palms, and blood seeped out from between his fingers, dripping on the sand drop by drop.
Who is the man in black? Where did he come from? Why did he want to steal the patriarch's eyes?
"Carry the patriarch back." Tie Xin's voice was hoarse, "And Yuji Itadori. Carry Yuji Itadori back too."
Several Uchiha clan members stood up and carefully lifted Fugaku.
"Now that it's over, let's go back and rest."
In a cave not far away, there was no light. The moonlight shone in from the entrance of the cave, and fell white on the ground.
Shaoyu took off his black robe and threw it on the ground.
He was wearing black tights and his face was covered with a scarf.
He pulled off the mask, revealing his entire face.
He held two small bottles in his hands. The bottles were made of glass and transparent, and the contents inside could be seen clearly.
There is an eyeball in each bottle. The preservation solution is light yellow and the eyeball is floating inside.
There is also an inverted triangle pattern on the eyeball, which is Mangekyō Sharingan.
Uchiha Fugaku's Mangekyō Sharingan. Just awakened, still with fresh bloodshot eyes.
Shaoyu Put the bottles on a stone on the ground, squat down, and look at them.
These eyes were not originally from Fugaku.
They were originally the eyes of Kagami Uchiha, the grandfather of Shaoyu.
When Shaoyu found them in Danzo's basement, they were just ordinary Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
Danzo hid them in the secret room in the basement together with several other Sharingan.
Shaoyu took them away at that time and brought them back to Kumogakure along with Kagami Uchiha's relics.
But he didn't use them.
He doesn't need Three Tomoe Sharingan. His Mangekyō Sharingan is already much stronger than Three Tomoe Sharingan.
He thought of a way. He transplanted the pair of Three Tomoe Sharingan onto Fugaku.
That's what he did when he returned to Konoha last time. He knocked Fugaku unconscious, pushed him to the ground, and replaced his eyes in less than ten minutes.
He used his own Medical Ninjutsu and sealed the wound very carefully. Fugaku would not feel anything strange after waking up.
The eyes were still his, and he still saw things clearly, but the patterns in his pupils were different.
Fugaku didn't even know that his eyes had been changed. When he looked in the mirror, he still saw Three Tomoe Sharingan, the same as before.
He didn't know that the Three Tomoe Sharingan in his eyes was no longer his own, but belonged to grandpa Shaoyu.
Shaoyu thought at that time that if these Three Tomoe Sharingan were placed on Fugaku, one day they would become Mangekyō Sharingan.
Fugaku is the patriarch of the Uchiha Clan. His emotions are strong enough, his talents are high enough, and he has experienced enough pain.
As long as you give him enough time and enough stimulation, his eyes will definitely evolve.
Today, they have evolved.
Shaoyu looked at the pair of Mangekyō Sharingan in the bottle, and the corners of his mouth moved.
"Fugaku, Fugaku, you really didn't disappoint me..."
He has been waiting for many years. He has been waiting since he got this pair of eyes from the basement of Danzo.
He transplanted them to Fugaku, and then replied to Kumogakure, telling him what to do.
He didn't urge Fugaku, he didn't remind Fugaku, he didn't do anything. He just waited.
Wait for Fugaku to experience enough pain, and wait for Sharingan of Fugaku to evolve.
Today, Sharingan of Fugaku evolved. Fugaku's best friend Yuji Itadori died in front of him and blocked the knife for him.
"Jiejiejiejiejiejie..."
Shaoyu couldn't help but laugh. After all, Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan's power was a big improvement for him.