By the time Lin Chongshu reached Fugaku's residence, Fugaku was already thoroughly dead.
He was kneeling in the middle of the room, his chest stabbed several times. Every wound had pierced a vital spot. His blood had run dry, and his body had gone cold.
What a devoted son. Ordinary clan members got one clean fatal stab, while his own father had been chopped into mince to prevent him from coming back to life.
Unfortunately, Fugaku had not known where his wife was even before he died. Lin Chongshu mourned for him briefly in his heart, then looted the body through tears and dug out his eyes.
With Fugaku's Mangekyō Sharingan in hand, Lin Chongshu placed the two eyeballs into separate jars of pale green medicine he carried with him.
Fugaku had never displayed his Mangekyō Sharingan in public. He had been saving it as a trump card for the day of the coup, intending to use it to control the Nine-Tails. Lin Chongshu therefore planned to keep them for himself and find a pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan to pass off to Danzo.
He was not worried that Danzo would investigate afterward. After tonight, the Third Hokage would strip Danzo of his position and power. He would no longer have another chance to examine the Uchiha Clan's bodies.
The Third Hokage had always maintained the image of a noble and righteous Naruto before the Anbu and jonin. Publicly, he could not possibly use Uchiha Clan corpses for experiments either.
In the original story, he had led the Anbu to the scene immediately after Danzo finished delivering the killing blows and collecting the eyes and bodies. He expressed outrage at Danzo's actions, then removed him from office to make an example of him and give the other Anbu members and jonin