"You decrepit old man, clinging to life-you dared to take away my ninjutsu!"
Orochimaru snarled.
But Hiruzen Sarutobi could no longer hear him clearly. He had summoned the Death God to seal away the two former Hokage and Orochimaru's hands, and the Death God had taken his life as well.
"Wherever leaves dance, fire will burn. The fire's shadow will illuminate the village, and Konoha will take root and sprout anew..."
These were Hiruzen Sarutobi's final thoughts...
"Teacher!"
Both Jiraiya and Lin Guang shed tears.
"Aaaah!"
Lin Guang squeezed his eyes shut, his eye sockets filling with cold, sinister chakra.
The chakra battered his eyeballs again and again, making the pain especially sharp.
If Lin Guang opened his eyes, someone would discover that they had become Sharingan, spinning constantly as they formed one tomoe, then two, then three!
"Mangekyō Sharingan!"
Lin Guang could already feel the power gestating within his eyes, but he was not happy at all.
Was this the pain the Uchiha Clan felt when they gained power...?
Lin Guang desperately wanted to open his eyes and look at the Third one last time, but he did not dare!
If he opened his eyes now, the Sharingan's power would leak out, and Orochimaru and Shimura Danzō would definitely notice him.
And he was not ready yet.
Unlike Obito Uchiha, who was a lone wolf, Lin Guang had many friends.
If he revealed the Sharingan's power, he would have more than enough strength to protect himself, but if someone resorted to dirty tricks and kidnapped his friends to threaten him, he could not protect them yet.
It was just like Shisui and Itachi back then, held back by one constraint or another.
Even those two had been no match for Shimura Danzō, and Lin Guang did not think he