When the Third Hokage heard Shin Uchiha's words, the hand holding his pipe suddenly trembled violently, and his gaze turned to one of shock.
The Third Hokage was shrewd with age. How could he possibly fail to understand what Shin Uchiha meant? Besides, his student Jiraiya was always going on about searching for the Child of Destiny at the Toad Sage's behest, claiming that a great calamity would one day strike the Shinobi World and that only the Child of Destiny could save it.
The Third Hokage had never taken any of that seriously, but now, combined with what Shin Uchiha had said, he could not help reading more into it.
Seeing the Third Hokage's expression, Shin Uchiha realized he had let something slip. Still, it hardly mattered. After all, he already had the Third Hokage under his control.
The Third Hokage had already been puzzled by how Shin Uchiha seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. Although his past was fully accounted for, he had always been unremarkable. Who could have expected this sudden rise? Not only had his strength reached a suffocating level, but he also possessed a godlike ability to control others.
After all, the Third Hokage was known as the Shinobi World Professor. You could say his strength was nothing special, but you could not fault his knowledge or experience.
This was precisely what Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi could not understand. Before falling victim to it, he had never heard of a genjutsu that could permanently control someone. After Shin Uchiha took control of him, he could not do anything detrimental to Shin Uchiha, but he still retained considerable autonomy. Looking through records was well within his power.
He had gone through all of Konoha's records, including the books left behind by the Senju Clan, without