Rikuto: Madara Uchiha Is Still Alive!

Looking straight at Rikuto, she asked in a deep voice.

"Two years ago, when I was catching fish by the Naka River to practice Medical Ninjutsu, I stumbled upon Shisui Uchiha's body, but I found that both his eyes had been gouged out. Then I used Wood Release to absorb a little of his Chakra, and accidentally absorbed a little of his flesh and blood..."

Rikuto held nothing back. "After I came back, my eyes suddenly felt hot in the middle of the night, and then I discovered I had the Sharingan. That was also when I realized my Wood Release was special!"

"Then, after Nao died, the shock made you awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan, Rikuto?"

Tsunade raised an eyebrow and asked directly.

She had once heard her second granduncle mention it.

The Uchiha's Sharingan could evolve in response to a powerful emotional shock.

But because of that, many members of the Uchiha Clan underwent drastic changes in personality, becoming more and more extreme.

"Not exactly..."

Rikuto said helplessly, "Here's what happened. On the night of the Uchiha Clan Massacre, I couldn't contain my curiosity, so I secretly sent out Wood Clones to gather information. I had them use their ability to lie hidden without being easily detected to infiltrate the Uchiha Clan..."

"You little..."

The corner of Tsunade's mouth twitched.

She had already warned him to stay out of it.

She hadn't expected him to be so bold as to send clones directly into the Uchiha Clan.

If the higher-ups found out, he would be in serious trouble.

"So you actually know everything that happened to the Uchiha Clan, Rikuto?"

Tsunade folded her arms and asked calmly.

"Then, Rikuto, what really happened that night?"

Looking at Rikuto's blood-red Sharingan, Shizune couldn't help asking curiously, "Did Uchiha Itachi really slaughter his entire clan?"

Shizune was young.

But she had traveled far and wide with Tsunade and experienced plenty.

As for the truth given by the village's higher-ups,

she naturally had her doubts.

"When my Wood Clones broke in, they happened to see Uchiha Itachi slaughtering his own clan. They also discovered that Shimura Danzō's subordinates were quietly following behind, collecting the Sharingan of those Uchiha..."

Rikuto shrugged and wove together a story that was half truth and half lie. "But Itachi was acting on Danzo's orders. As long as he was willing to kill the other Uchiha, his younger brother Sasuke Uchiha would be spared!"

"So I didn't stand on ceremony. I beat Root to the punch and collected some Sharingan!"

"And I took the opportunity to bring away some of the Ninjutsu scrolls from the Uchiha Clan's library!"

Chapter 51: Rikuto: Madara Uchiha Is Still Alive!

"I see..."

After hearing Rikuto's explanation,

both Tsunade and Shizune felt a little enlightened.

But at the same time, they were even more amazed.

They no longer knew what to say about Rikuto.

For a member of a branch family of the Senju Clan to awaken Wood Release was already astonishing enough.

They hadn't expected his Wood Release to be even more astonishing than the First Hokage's.

It could actually plunder other people's Kekkei Genkai directly.

"Well, well, you really are daring, kid..."

Tsunade looked at Rikuto with some admiration. "I don't know exactly what Danzo wants the Sharingan for, but you managed to take some Sharingan from right under Root's nose, and you even brought away the Uchiha Clan's Ninjutsu and Secret Techniques scrolls. That's pretty incredible!"

"Then, Rikuto, did you awaken the Mangekyō by devouring those Sharingan?"

Shizune studied Rikuto's Sharingan and couldn't help asking, full of curiosity.

"I originally wanted to try devouring them to see whether I could awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan, but I didn't expect the ocular power and Chakra inside those Sharingan to resonate with mine..."

Rikuto shrugged, concealing nothing. "My emotions were affected by the information left in those Sharingan. The intense shock awakened my Mangekyo Sharingan, and after fusing with the ocular power in those Sharingan, they became even stronger!"

"If I remember correctly, overusing the Mangekyo Sharingan causes blindness..."

As for what Rikuto had said,

Tsunade had no doubts.

Her face was solemn as she warned him in a deep voice, "You need to be careful, kid. Your Wood Release is no weaker than the Sharingan, so don't rely too much on that power!"

She was not so shallow, nor did she hold any stubborn views.

Though she disliked the Uchiha Clan, who had always been arrogant and thought highly of themselves,

power itself was neither good nor bad.

The difference lay in the person who wielded it.

She bore no grudge against Rikuto for hiding it.

She still regarded him as her disciple and worried that he would become too immersed in the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan and lose himself.

"You don't need to worry about that, Sister Tsunade. I've never intended to rely too heavily on the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan..."

Tsunade's concern

warmed Rikuto's heart.

He smiled and said, "With a normal Mangekyo Sharingan, overuse does cause eyesight to deteriorate, and can ultimately lead to blindness!"

"But I'm different. I have the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai, and I've devoured a large number of Sharingan and gained stronger ocular power, so I won't be affected... Like Madara Uchiha back then, I possess the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan!"

"Madara Uchiha?"

"The Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan!"

At that,

both Tsunade's and Shizune's pupils contracted sharply.

They were utterly shocked.

"That's good, then!"

Tsunade nodded, relieved.

She wasn't surprised that Rikuto knew about Madara Uchiha.

After all, he had made off with the Uchiha Clan's collection.

It was hardly strange that he had learned something about Uchiha history from the relevant records.

"One person possessing both the power of the Senju and the Uchiha..." She looked at the eight-year-old Rikuto and couldn't help marveling, "You're the first person in history to do that!"

"Mm, that's true..."

Shizune nodded repeatedly.

She couldn't imagine just how powerful Rikuto was now.

Once he grew up, he might truly surpass the First Hokage, who had been hailed as the "God of Shinobi."

"No, Sister Tsunade. From some of the Uchiha Clan's Secret Techniques and related records..."

Rikuto shook his head.

Looking straight at Tsunade, he said in a deep voice, "I suspect Madara Uchiha may not be dead!"

To get Tsunade to cooperate with his training,

he had no choice but to reveal some rather shocking information ahead of time.

In any case, he really had gone to take a look at the stone tablet at the Uchiha Clan's Naka Shrine.

He knew the contents Black Zetsu had altered inside and out.

"What!?"

For a moment,

Tsunade and Shizune both stared wide-eyed.

Their expressions changed drastically as they looked at Rikuto in disbelief.

"Rikuto, you're saying Madara Uchiha, the man who stood alongside the First Hokage in fame, is still alive? That can't be possible..." Shizune swallowed, her scalp tingling.

"Don't joke around, Rikuto..." Tsunade said loudly. "I remember that after he fought Grandpa to the death, even his body was brought back. There's no way he could still be alive!"

Even her grandfather, the First Hokage, had tragically died from his severe injuries shortly after defeating Madara Uchiha!

How could Madara Uchiha, whom her grandfather had killed long ago, still be alive?

"Sister Tsunade, don't get worked up. Hear me out..."

Rikuto tried to calm the agitated Tsunade. "You see, I discovered that among the Uchiha Clan's Secret Techniques, there's a technique called the 'Transcription Seal'..."

"Transcription Seal?"

Tsunade frowned.

What kind of technique was that?

"A Sharingan user can make eye contact with a target and use the Sharingan to seal a technique in their own eye or the target's. When the conditions are met, the seal automatically releases and the technique activates..."

"But what does that have to do with Madara Uchiha possibly being alive?"

Shizune was utterly baffled.

Tsunade, who stood beside her, also looked at Rikuto questioningly.

"That brings us to the Uchiha Clan's Forbidden Techniques, Izanagi!"

"Izanagi?"

"An Uchiha Forbidden Technique?"

Tsunade and Shizune were both taken aback.

"It's a Forbidden Technique that sacrifices one Sharingan to turn events unfavorable to the user during a period of time into a dream, making it as though they never happened, while turning only favorable events into reality..."

Rikuto said bluntly, "It can even reverse death itself!"

"What!?"

"It can even reverse death?"

Tsunade and Shizune were utterly shocked.

Even Tsunade, who came from the Senju Clan, felt her scalp tingle.

She had never known that the Uchiha Clan possessed such a Forbidden Technique.

It was enough to strike fear into anyone's heart.

"According to my investigation, Root's leader, Shimura Danzō, most likely took Shisui Uchiha's Mangekyo Sharingan. And there's a very strange Chakra reaction in his right arm, so he's probably directly transplanted Hashirama Cells and other Sharingan..."

"I think there's a very good chance he's mastered this Forbidden Technique. That's why he plotted so carefully to eliminate the Uchiha Clan!"

"It was so he could obtain a large number of Sharingan to use as spare eyes!"

"That bastard Danzo..."

Hearing Rikuto say this, Tsunade's expression changed.

She couldn't help becoming deeply wary of Shimura Danzō and even Root itself.

"Wait, Rikuto, you mean..."

Shizune raised a hand and asked, finding it hard to believe, "Madara Uchiha may have used that Transcription Seal to seal the Forbidden Technique called Izanagi in his own eye beforehand?"

"But that's only your speculation, isn't it, Rikuto?"

Tsunade knitted her brows and pondered for a moment before saying in a deep voice, "Besides, to prevent ambitious people from coveting Madara Uchiha's power, the First Hokage ordered the Second Hokage to destroy his body!"

Even as she said that.