Slander Me? Then Show Me the Evidence!

Kakashi also opened the eye he had received from Uchiha Obito.

But it was only a three-tomoe Sharingan now, yet under Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan, it showed signs of breaking through.

The Anbu ninja beside him, Hinata Ten, had veins bulging around his eyes as he activated his Byakugan and observed Shimura Danzo's every move.

Danzo's body tensed. The pinwheel pattern in his eye began to spin as he cast a genjutsu on the prisoner Kakashi had brought in.

The instant the Mangekyo Sharingan began to turn, Shimura Danzo's chakra was heavily depleted, and the pupil power within that eye was exhausted. Sweat beaded on his forehead, and even his breathing became slightly labored.

"Phew, phew... It's done!"

Shimura Danzo hurriedly closed his eye, pulled down the bandages and the seal-covered eyepatch, then began resting with his eyes shut.

The expenditure just now had been no less draining than a major battle.

"Raise your head!" The Third Hokage first looked at the prisoner who had been brought in.

The prisoner ninja jolted and opened his eyes.

"Lord Hokage, what happened? Wasn't I carrying out a mission?" the prisoner ninja asked, completely bewildered.

The Third Hokage smiled and asked several questions in succession.

The prisoner remained firmly convinced that he was a Konoha ninja and that he served the Hokage wholeheartedly, even willing to sacrifice his life.

So long as the Hokage asked a question, he answered without reservation.

He even revealed some classified intelligence from other countries without holding anything back.

Kakashi exchanged a look with the Third Hokage, then knocked the prisoner ninja unconscious.

Both of them were deeply shaken. This ninja was clearly a spy from another village whom they had captured, and after repeated interrogations, they had failed to obtain any valuable intelligence.

Yet now, not only did he believe himself to be a Konoha ninja, he also blurted out all that secret intelligence.

Was this the power of Kotoamatsukami?

"What happened with Elder Danzo just now? Did you notice anything unusual?" Only then did the Third Hokage ask about what had happened, looking at the Anbu ninja Hinata Ten, who had kept his eyes activated the entire time.

Hinata Ten had already deactivated his Byakugan. A light sheen of sweat covered his forehead, and when the Third Hokage questioned him, he did not even react at first. Shimura Danzo's chakra just now had completely overturned his understanding.

"Ahem..." The Third Hokage held a fist to his mouth, pretending to cough, but his sharp gaze remained fixed on Hinata Ten.

"Ah, Lord Hokage, my apologies. What I saw just now was simply too shocking, so my reaction was slow," Hinata Ten hurriedly explained. At a time like this, anything could arouse the Third Hokage's suspicions.

The Third Hokage did not continue looking at him. Instead, he looked toward Kakashi. Only after seeing Kakashi nod did some of his suspicion fade, and he continued with his order. "Tell me what you saw. Do not leave out anything."

"Yes... The chakra emitted by Elder Danzo's right eye does not belong to him. The chakra in his right arm and right wrist carries the same aura as that Sharingan. His own chakra cannot be converted into the chakra required by the Sharingan in a short period of time, which is why he suffers such weakness afterward.

"Elder Danzo still finds it difficult to control that eye...

"And now, his chakra is no longer sufficient to continue using its ocular techniques..."

Hinata Ten began reporting on the flow of chakra within Shimura Danzo's body.

"You may leave. Have everyone nearby withdraw as well." After a moment of silence, the Third Hokage looked at Kakashi. Kakashi nodded at the same time, and only then did he issue the order.

After Hinata Ten and everyone else had left, he continued, "Kakashi, do you agree with Hinata Ten's conclusion?"

"Lord Hokage, when I activated my eye earlier, I felt a powerful pressure. It was the pressure of a Mangekyo Sharingan upon a three-tomoe Sharingan. That pressure is gone now.

"Even the pupil power within that eye has been exhausted. It can only recover slowly, and that is only thanks to Elder Danzo's arm made from the First Hokage's cells.

"Based on the intelligence just now, controlling a jonin is already the limit of a single eye. But even that is terrifying enough!"

Kakashi did not directly answer the Third Hokage's question. Instead, he gathered the intelligence he had observed and allowed the Third Hokage to make his own judgment.

"Phew..." The Third Hokage frowned, took a hard drag from his pipe, and exhaled a cloud of smoke.

"Danzo, hand over Shisui's eye. I will restore Root's establishment." The Third Hokage looked at Shimura Danzo as he spoke.

"Hiruzen, this poses no threat to you at all. You—"

Danzo wearily opened his left eye, intending to continue arguing.

Bang. The pipe struck the office desk.

"Danzo, I am the Hokage! You need only carry out the Hokage's orders." The Third Hokage knocked the still-burning tobacco out of his pipe.

It left a scorched mark on the surface of the desk.

"Fine!" Danzo's face turned ashen.

That excuse again. He had heard it countless times, yet he still had to obey.

"Kakashi, you have experience. Remove the eye. You will carry it out." The Third Hokage looked toward Kakashi, who was still awaiting orders. Kakashi truly was a useful tool now.

"Now?!" Shimura Danzo raised his voice. He had originally made plans to return to Root and preserve some of the pupil power.

But Hiruzen Sarutobi had directly cut off that path.

Looking at Kakashi, who was already preparing to act, he came to a realization.

From the very beginning, Hiruzen Sarutobi had intended to take this eye from him.

Everything before this had merely been to verify whether the eye was real.

"Mirror's eye should be in your possession. Do not go too far!" The Third Hokage glared fiercely at Shimura Danzo, his eyes radiating danger.

He was the one who called the shots in this village now!

Shimura Danzo avoided the Third Hokage's gaze, summoned a nutrient solution bottle containing Sharingan, and handed it to Kakashi.

An eye transplant operation was carried out right in the Hokage's office.

After the operation, Shimura Danzo left the Hokage's office like an abandoned young wife, brimming with resentment.

Only the Third Hokage and Hatake Kakashi remained in the Hokage's office.

"Kakashi, do you have any analysis regarding the intelligence you brought back?" The Third Hokage sat down and carefully put away the nutrient solution bottle containing Shisui's eye before asking.

This intelligence from the bounty house had been obtained by Hatake Kakashi, and he had personally verified part of it.

"Lord Hokage, the Uchiha Clan battlefield has already been surveyed.

"That black flame is being sealed by the sealing unit. It cannot be extinguished by any means and deserves the title of 'ultimate' flame.

"And the genjutsu Tsukuyomi has also been confirmed by Uchiha Sasuke.

"Dry kindling has also verified the ocular technique of Kotoamatsukami. Everything that can currently be verified has proven true. Does that mean this intelligence is all real?

"The only remaining doubt is this!

"Can two eyes really control the Kage of every village?

"That requires you to verify."

Kakashi lowered his head, speaking in a tone that did not fit his age.

He, too, had yet to recover from what he had witnessed. The shock Kotoamatsukami had brought him was simply too great.