Sasaki

The higher the level of a Sharingan's evolution, the more abilities the eyes possessed. Among anime works, the Sharingan probably had the greatest variety of eye-based abilities. Of course, that was only in terms of having the most numerous and comprehensive abilities, not whether it was the strongest.

There was Midou Ban's one-minute Evil Eye from GetBackers, as well as the major Mystic Eyes from The Legend of the Legendary Heroes: Alpha Stigma, Elimination Eye, Future Eye, Dream Eye, and Eye of Lament.

There was the Eye of Calamity from 11eyes: Tsumi to Batsu to Aganai no Shōjo, the Mystic Eyes of Distortion and Mystic Eyes of Death Perception from Kara no Kyoukai, Geass from Lelouch, and the Scarlet Eyes from Hunter x Hunter.

There was the Eye of the Contract from Kaze no Stigma, the Cursed Eye from D.Gray-man, and a whole host of others, such as the Illusion Breaking Eye that dispelled certain genjutsu, the Eye of Destruction that supposedly destroyed everything, and so on.

Were there Mystic Eyes more powerful than the Sharingan? The answer was yes, definitely. But when it came to comprehensive abilities, a complete evolution system, and the potential to evolve into the most perfect state, none could compare to the Sharingan.

It was precisely because the Sharingan's abilities were so comprehensive and its evolutionary stages so well developed that once a member of the Uchiha Clan awakened the Sharingan, their strength underwent an earthshaking transformation.

That was why the Sharingan was jokingly called the Uchiha Clan's greatest cheat.

The three tomoe in Suzuki's eyes began spinning madly, continuing for roughly a minute.

"I understand. I've already mastered the Sharingan's current abilities. But the original owner of this body was truly useless. Even after exhausting his potential and developing it to its limit, he only reached Three Tomoe.

His aptitude is atrocious. Without a Mangekyo, trying to do anything to the Uchiha Clan is nothing but a pipe dream. Even if I used this body to face so many elites, I could at most protect myself. Not to mention that the opponents include the elite of an entire village and Itachi, an Uchiha Clan traitor at the Kage level. Leaving aside whether I would have enough stamina to kill that many experts, Itachi alone would be difficult enough with this body. Even if I could take Itachi down with me, I probably wouldn't have the strength left to do anything else. Wouldn't that just benefit Konoha for nothing? This deal isn't worth it."

Suzuki rubbed his chin, where a faint layer of stubble had already grown, and muttered to himself.

"This body has no Nen. Forget about using the 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva, Hundred Demons Parade, or even Hyakki Jyuon. At most, I can use a few martial arts techniques. But the Uchiha Clan seems to have a saying: to deal with a Sharingan, only a Sharingan of a higher level can do it.

In other words, higher-level eyes suppress lower-level eyes, right? And when it comes to genjutsu, I wasn't good at it to begin with. I don't even know whether this body can withstand Itachi's Tsukuyomi. No, I didn't do all this just to produce one or two survivors. That would be too boring. Heh heh, how about this? Konoha, Madara, tell me, wouldn't it be more interesting if I split off an Uchiha Clan in this world?"

"There should only be a few days left before the Uchiha Clan's rebellion and the clan massacre. It looks like I need a new puppet. There isn't enough time to look for some minor character. If I want to split the Uchiha Clan apart on the Night of Clan Massacre, this puppet's status and strength cannot be too low, or he won't have any influence. His aptitude cannot be too poor either. Getting another Three Tomoe would be useless. Let's see whether this body's memories contain any suitable candidates who meet those two requirements."

Suzuki slowly closed his eyes. Meruem was now searching through his memories.

"The son of an Uchiha elder, Uchiha Sasaki. An elite Three Tomoe Uchiha ninja, third only to Shisui and Itachi in strength among the younger generation. His influence and ability to rally others even surpasses Itachi's."

Always third place? Not bad. He'll do.

As someone whose strength among the younger generation was second only to Shisui and Itachi, Sasaki's aptitude and potential should have been Meruem's best choice in the Uchiha Clan. His strength had already reached Three Tomoe; if his potential were exhausted, he could probably reach the Mangekyo. As for the Eternal Mangekyo, forget it. That thing had too many requirements. Meruem couldn't just conjure up a younger brother for him out of thin air. Therefore, Uchiha Sasaki was Meruem's best choice. Though Sasaki seemed to be a surname, didn't it? His father's taste in names was awful.

For a super elite whose aptitude was already this good, it would not be surprising for him to awaken the Mangekyo.

Honestly, although Itachi was the Uchiha Clan head's son and possessed top-tier strength, his ability to rally the Uchiha Clan was truly not very high.

Moreover, Uchiha Fugaku had once said that Itachi was the bridge of communication between the clan and the village.

That statement clearly revealed a fact: Itachi was obviously biased toward the Hokage's side. No one in the Uchiha Clan was stupid. From how every elite interrogated Itachi after Shisui's death, with not a single person speaking in his defense, it was clear that Itachi was not well liked within the clan. He was rather unpopular, in fact. Then again, what kind of leader kept a dead man's face on all day? Don't be fooled by the way Itachi always smiled when facing Sasuke. In truth, whenever he faced anyone else, he always wore a deadpan expression like they owed him millions.

But then again, he alone was enough to wipe out a whole group of Uchiha elites. He only cared about Sasuke and the village, so he truly could not care less what the clansmen thought of him.

After all, he had the strength, so he could do whatever he wanted.

"Then we'll act tonight." Suzuki smiled like Amefuri Kozō, but combined with his unattractive face and the stubble still on it, the image was far from pleasant. Instead, it carried a trace of lecherousness.

Sure enough, this was a world that judged by appearances. How despairing.

"Suzuki, why exactly did you call me here? You said you discovered a secret of the Uchiha Clan. What is it? Speak quickly." A young Uchiha who looked sixty or seventy percent like an adult Sasuke spoke impatiently.

This young Uchiha was the Uchiha Sasaki mentioned earlier. Meruem had easily lured Sasaki out using Suzuki's body. The two were currently in the forest on the outskirts of the Uchiha Clan's territory, where Meruem's main body was also located.

Meruem had also confirmed that there was no one else nearby.

Although Uchiha Suzuki was merely an ordinary member of the Uchiha Clan, the number of clan members who had awakened their eyes was not as large as outsiders imagined. Though they were Konoha's foremost clan, their population had dwindled to only a few hundred, far fewer than the several thousand or even tens of thousands they had during Konoha Village's founding. Of those, at least sixty percent had either not awakened their eyes or were elderly clansmen without combat strength.

All of this was thanks to the Second Hokage's suppression policies. Even now, though the Third Hokage no longer cracked down as harshly as the Second Hokage had, the Uchiha Clan still struggled greatly under his conciliatory policies.

That was precisely why the Uchiha Clan wanted to rebel. Yet Root alone, along with Kage-level expert Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Obito, whose direct involvement was uncertain, had wiped out the entire Uchiha Clan.

That was the gap in strength between one clan and one village. What a pity. If the Uchiha Clan had been led by Madara, the outcome might have been different.

Uchiha Fugaku, in the end, was merely someone with enormous ambition but no ability to match it.

Therefore, clan members who had awakened their eyes were considered important within the clan. As the son of an Uchiha elder, when Sasaki learned that Uchiha Suzuki had discovered a secret concerning the Sharingan's ultimate evolution, he followed without a second thought.

Of course, that did not mean Sasaki was a fool, or that he had blindly believed Suzuki's words. They were still on Uchiha Clan territory, not far from its heartland.

If anything went wrong, the other clansmen would quickly discover it. Sasaki was extremely confident in his own strength. He believed that no one in the world could take him down from such a close distance, not even the Third Hokage.

Furthermore, Suzuki was an Uchiha Clan member, and no traitors had ever appeared within the Uchiha Clan. Itachi and Shisui were exceptions; their sense of belonging to the clan was weaker than their sense of belonging to the village.

Most importantly, Sasaki had immense confidence in his own strength. A Suzuki who had merely awakened his eyes could not possibly harm him.

After all, when a Sharingan faced another Sharingan, only the one with the higher-level Sharingan could win.

"Lord Sasaki, do you know? The Three Tomoe Sharingan of our clan is not its final form. Above it, there is an even higher level." Suzuki lowered his head and spoke respectfully. Yet the gleam in his eyes, hidden from Sasaki's view, showed that he was not saying this out of sincerity.

"Oh? You never attended the clan's secret meetings, yet you actually learned of this." Sasaki wore an expression that said he had expected as much. Regarding the secret of the Sharingan that Suzuki mentioned, he had already roughly guessed that Suzuki had discovered the fact that Three Tomoe could evolve further.

The clan's secret meetings were gatherings attended by elite Uchiha Clan ninjas who possessed Three Tomoe Sharingan.

"Then, my lord, you already knew that Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi possessed Mangekyo Sharingan?" Suzuki dropped a bombshell.

That single sentence plunged Sasaki into boundless shock.

Mangekyo Sharingan? Shisui? Itachi? How could that be? Why would Itachi conceal this? Why hadn't Shisui mentioned it either? Itachi? Shisui's eyes were gouged out? Mangekyo? Itachi? The clan rebellion? This is bad!

I have to report this to the clan head! There is something wrong with Uchiha Itachi!

Sasaki was no fool. On the contrary, having become someone with exceptional influence among the Uchiha Clan's younger generation, with strength second only to Itachi and Shisui, he was extremely intelligent. In an instant, he connected the recent strange events within the clan. Though he still did not know the exact circumstances, he had roughly figured things out.

"Suzuki. You..." Unfortunately, the moment he figured it all out was also the day he died.

In the final instant of his life, Sasaki saw Suzuki looking at him with a sinister smile, his Three Tomoe Sharingan activated. Beside Suzuki stood a boy of seven or eight, who had appeared at some unknown point.

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G: Jiang Yanqing G: Song Qingyuan GENDER: Jiang Yanqing: female GENDER: Song Qingyuan: male

Jiang Yanqing quickly took out a medicinal pill and forced it into Song Qingyuan's mouth, then channeled her spiritual energy to help him digest the medicine.

The injury to his dantian was extremely severe, and his meridians were shattered in multiple places. If it had been anyone else, they would have been crippled on the spot, or even died from the backlash of spiritual energy. Fortunately, Song Qingyuan's foundation was rock-solid, and his will was astonishingly tenacious. He gritted his teeth and endured the bone-gnawing pain without uttering a single cry.

After three full hours, Jiang Yanqing finally withdrew her palm, her face pale with exhaustion.

Song Qingyuan opened his eyes. The terrifying aura around him had completely vanished, and he looked no different from an ordinary mortal right now. However, the light in his eyes was exceptionally bright, piercing like the stars in the night sky.

"Junior Sister Jiang, thank you," Song Qingyuan said hoarsely.

"Senior Brother Song, how do you feel?" Jiang Yanqing asked anxiously.

"The dantian is broken, and the meridians are severed." Song Qingyuan smiled faintly, his tone calm and untainted by despair. "But I am still alive. As long as I am alive, there is still hope."

Jiang Yanqing looked at him, feeling a mixed surge of admiration and heartache.

When the demonic sect had besieged them, Song Qingyuan had burned his cultivation base to break through the enemy's encirclement, buying time for the rest of the sect to escape. Everyone thought he was completely finished, but he had actually managed to hold onto a single breath of life.

"Senior Brother, rest well first. I will find a way to heal your injuries, even if I have to scour the ends of the earth," Jiang Yanqing said firmly.

Song Qingyuan shook his head gently. "Don't waste resources on me. My condition, I know best. Instead of worrying about me, you should guard the sect's remaining disciples. Those people will not give up easily."

As soon as his voice fell, a violent tremor suddenly shook the entire cave dwelling.

Boom!

Dust rained down from the ceiling as a cold, oppressive voice echoed from outside the barrier. "Song Qingyuan, I know you are hiding in here. Come out and accept your death, and perhaps we can spare the others!"

Jiang Yanqing's expression drastically changed as she stood up and gripped her sword. "They found us."

Song Qingyuan slowly rose to his feet. Although he had no spiritual energy left to use, his back remained as straight as a pine tree, unyielding against the wind.

"Don't panic," Song Qingyuan said, patting Jiang Yanqing's shoulder. "Even without my cultivation, they still cannot take my life so easily."