Reborn into Naruto World with Tenseigan

by Little Merger

The trembling Hyuga Kuroto finally got the treasure that he dreamed of! How exactly will the world of Naruto be perceived with his glowing Royal Blue Tenseigan

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While everyone was silent, Jiraiya spoke to Kuroto, "Renarrate the details of your and Uchiha Shisui's battle situation when you two were ambushed by Amatsukami shinobi."

As per the instructions, Kuroto described the fabricated details of the battle from the time of being ambushed by the three Amatsukami shinobi without any hesitation.

After he heard the details Jiraiya nodded and didn't speak anything more.

The details have been made up by him and Shisui after quite a lot of consideration, and both of them have made sure to not leave any loopholes that can be exploited by others.

Therefore, Kuroto and Shisui's explanation would almost be the same.

As for why not perfectly same?

It's obvious, there is nothing perfect or absolute in the world, therefore, if both of their details match perfectly then it would be easier for others to find flaws.

For this reason, both of them kept some level of difference which can be logically explained by the difference in perspective.

Also, Kuroto made sure to push all the inexplicable parts of the explanation on Amatsukami's head, their members are just too strong with weird and unusual abilities. Since Sandaime himself couldn't catch Suijin and Musubi so he won't be able to accuse others.

By the time, Kuroto was finished with recounting all the events, Sandaime asked tentatively, "Was there any abnormal sign from Uchiha Shisui on that night?"

Kuroto did not answer Sandaime's question directly, but said naturally, "Hokage-sama, the rumors permeating in the village have also come to my attention, although I have no right to be the judge of the matter, I do believe that these rumors are pure nonsense, not even worth consideration!"

Shimura Danzo snorted coldly at Kuroto's blatant words, "Presumptuous, what is the reason for making such an assertion?"

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Kuroto was unperturbed and said indifferently, "First and foremost, I don't believe Uchiha Shisui can betray the village, and even if we assume, he did so; and joined Amatsukami, then why would he attack the shinobi of the Uchiha Clan?"

"This is probably a pre-directed script that the Uchiha Shinobi are acting upon, they are just causing this chaos to take advantage as we let down our guards!" – Danzo said as if it was natural.

"If this is all a self-directed performance by the Uchiha Clan, then it means that Amatsukami is in colluding with the Uchiha Clan, or Amatsukami is established by the Uchiha Clan, isn't that right?" – with a mocking smile, Kuroto continued, "And if that's the case, why did Amatsukami took the risk of transporting Watanabe's body to the Black-market branch just for some bounty? Does the Uchiha Clan lack money that they would stoop to such a level?"

Danzo opened his mouth to retort Kuroto's words but couldn't think anything to counter it and just snorted.

What Kuroto pointed out is actually a question that has been puzzling everyone present here.

Judging from the actions Amatsukami has taken, they really seem to be a bounty-nin organization, and if that's the case, then the suspicions on the Uchiha Clan are naturally invalid because everyone knows that the Uchiha Clan does not lack money as they have an inheritance of over a millennium in their hands!

Even Shimura Danzo can't help but think that the Uchiha Clan will really not do such absurd things.

At this time, Sandaime waved his hands and signaled Kuroto, "Alright, you can step back."

Kuroto nodded and quietly left the Hokage Office.

After Kuroto left, Sandaime asked everyone, "What do you think of his words?"

Hyuga Hiashi was the first to stand up for Kuroto and Shisui, "I believe both Kuroto-Kun and Shisui-Kun are reliable and it is unwise to suspect them based on some rumors."

Toad Sage Fukasaku said, "I have sensed that this child name Hyuga Kuroto did not have any mood swings, nor was there any change in his heartbeat during the entire conversation, which means he wasn't lying."

Danzo said, "Hyuga Kuroto may have said the truth, but there is no telling that he isn't under Uchiha Shisui's control. Hiruzen, you should be aware of what is Uchiha Shisui's Mangekyou Sharingan Dojutsu, can anyone even guarantee that what Hyuga Kuroto believes is even his belief, or is it something planted by Uchiha Shisui?"

Danzo's words silenced Sandaime and the two elders.

Although Fukasaku did not understand what Danzo was referring to, he still shook his head and said, "His chakra was very peaceful, or rather extraordinarily peaceful… in other words, there are no disruptions in his chakra so I don't think he is being controlled by some kind of Genjutsu."

Hiashi also voiced out, "Yes, if Kuroto-Kun was being controlled by some kind of Genjutsu, there would have been a response from the Caged Bird curse seal, but all the feedback is normal."

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Sandaime breathed a sigh of relief, "If that's the case then it's good!" of course, he did not want to give out information about Uchiha Shisui's Kotoamatsukami either.

Sandaime did not want to intensify the conflict with the Uchiha Clan. The sudden emergence of Amatsukami and Akatsuki that has a lot of missing-nin of Konoha is more threatening, and there are chances that the Uchiha Clan might really collude with these organizations if they are pushed too much.

And from what intelligence Konoha has collected about Akatsuki, the total level of combat power that Akatsuki hides is not something Konoha can deal against on its own. Therefore, it would be better to deal with the suspicions of Shisui with cautiousness as he is one of the few top-level forces currently in the village.

Thinking a little Sandaime turned towards Utatane Koharu and asked, "What is the news from Sunagakure?"

Konoha and Sunagakure and allies, so when investigating information about Amatsukami, Konoha also sent requests to Sunagakure to form a cooperative search and investigation teams.

Upon Sandaime's question, Koharu took out a document file and passed it to Sandaime while speaking, "The situation on Sunagakure's side is very bad!"

Hiruzen raised an eye at Elder Koharu's words and his expression turned into a frown as he started reading the file.

After Sasori fought with Sandaime Hokage and escaped, Konoha notified the situation about him to Sunagakure.

Many people in Sunagakure have suspected that the disappearance of Sandaime Kazekage is related to Sasori but because he is the grandson of Elder Chiyo, so without any evidence, they remained quiet and did not voice out their opinions.

But now that the news of Sasori joining Akatsuki has been confirmed and the fact that he killed Sandiame Kazekage has been brought to light, so the lack of evidence can no longer be used. Moreover, Amatsukami has confirmed that Sasori is indeed the one responsible for the death of Sandaime Kazekage.

For this reason, Sunagakure also organized a hunting force to hunt down Sasori and avenge their Kazekage.

And by coincidence or not, at around the same time the Sunagakure hunting force was organized, Sasori also received intel from one of his spies that Orochimaru was hiding in the Land of Wind.

Sasori and Kakuzu team along with Hiruko and Shinno team rushed towards the Land of Wind to deal with the traitor Orochimaru.

But what they met up with was way beyond their expectations. The Sunagakure hunting force unexpectedly encountered Akatsuki, as a result, a fierce battle broke out between the two parties. Eventually, the Akatsuki members were forced to retreat while the Sunagakure forces suffered heavy losses and couldn't keep up the pursuit.

As he completed reading the file, Sandaime's face turned gloomy.

After Konoha, Suna was also embarrassed by a bounty-nin organization, one by one, the majesty of the five great shinobi villages is being trampled on by these mercenary organizations…

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Kuroto was unaware of what discussion was taking place at the Hokage office after he left, and coming back to his house, Kuroto found a black crow standing at the windowsill of his room.

Letting the crow in by opening the window, Kuroto removed the small scroll box tied to his limb and took out the scroll that the scroll box contained.

The secret letter was sent by none other than Shisui, it briefly mentioned the situation of the past week. The secret letter also had the information that the Uchiha Clansmen have also started to consider the authenticity of these rumors and started to doubt the possibility of Shisui being a member of Amatsukami.

After reading the letter, Kuroto destroyed it and sighed, "It seems that the powers of the rumor mill really can't be underestimated!"

It's not hard to understand that the real reason these rumors are really being effective is that the Village has still not found any information about Amatsukami, so they can't help but speculate whether Uchiha Shisui really is a member of Amatsukami.

Solving this problem is not much difficult, as long both Homusubi and Uchiha Shisui make a public appearance then the rumors will obviously be proved to be false.

It's just that creating an all-new Homusubi is not so easy and that's the thing he has been busy with for all this while.

Putting away these unnecessary thoughts, Kuroto wrote a reply in the scroll box and tied it to the crow's feet.

The content of the letter has two words, "Be Patient!"

After that, Kuroto reopened the windowsill and let the crow fly out of the window.

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Uchiha Clan

Two Anbu of the Root subdivision were hiding in bushes and monitoring the Uchiha Clan.

At this time, one of the Root Anbu pointed towards the sky and said, "Look, it's the same crow that flew out a while ago!"

The other Root Anbu observed for a while and said, "That's not a simple crow, knock it down!"

Whiiish…

A few Shuriken were shot and immediately hit the crow in the sky.

When the two Root Anbu rushed to the place that the crow fell, all they saw was the corpse of the crow exploding into a cloud of white smoke.

Poof…

And by the time smoke disappeared, only one black feather remained on the ground, there was no sign of the crow whatsoever.

Picking up the black feather, the two Root Anbu looked at each other in confusion…

At this time, Uchiha Shisui's home.

After removing the letter tied to the crow's feet, Shisui unfolded it and read, "It says, 'Be patient!' Does that mean Kuroto-san has some way to prove that the rumors are false?"

Itachi asked, "What is the possibility?"

Shisui shook his head, "I don't know!"

…

9 days later.

These past 9 days, Kuroto did not let Ryota discover his presence and silently observed Ryota's progress in cracking the Four-Symbols seal.

And Uchiha Ryota did not disappoint him either, in just 9 days Ryota has almost cracked the seal.

"With this pace, Ryota should be able to get himself free from all the Fuinjutsu restraints as he completely unlocks his chakra after cracking the Four-Symbols Seal." – Taking a short pause, Kuroto continued, "Therefore, today will be the day of the Despair Test!"

Soon the sun sank in the western Horizon, and it was already past twilight.

…

Prison Dungeon, Uchiha Ryota's Prison Cell.

Currently, Uchiha Ryota had his eyelids shut tightly and he was completely focusing on precisely controlling the minimum amount of chakra he could extract to destroy the Four-Symbols Seal that was sealing his chakra.

After these days and nights of hard work, Ryota found that unexpectedly his Chakra control has increased tremendously, and he couldn't help but wonder, "It seems that not everything is going downhill for me!"

At this moment the sound of wood wheels moving along the stone floor reached his ears.

As soon as he heard this sound, Ryota immediately paused, subsided all his chakra movements, and pretended to be in a semi-unconscious state.

He knew that this sound was made by the wooden puppet who is responsible for replacing the nutrient solution and water every day.

Initially, Ryota thought that there was a puppeteer hiding somewhere and controlling that wooden puppet, but after careful observation for a couple of days, he found out that there were no Chakra threads connected to the puppet's body and even the color of the chakra on the puppet is not avaiable.

And this discovery again surprised him!

As an elite Jonin, Ryota is no stranger to the puppet masters of Sunagakure.

And he can easily recognize that this puppet is the work of a chunin level puppeteer, a lot of such puppets were seized during the time of the third shinobi great shinobi war.

Precisely because he knows the origin of this puppet that he is more shocked that the puppet is autonomous, that is, it is functioning without any operator!

Looking at the wooden puppet that left the prison cell after changing the water injector, Ryota thought, 'Is this some kind of new technique developed by the village?'

This was a doubt, but Ryota soon suppressed his thoughts and concentrated on continuing his plan to escape here.

He should be able to break free of the Seal within a few hours.

'Apart from those wooden puppets, I don't know if there are other guards present here!'

Although he believed that the people who attacked him were high-level combat powers of the village, he stills think that not many would be aware of this kind of torture and dirty work of the village, because if this kind of information about the village's plan to steal the Sharingan becomes public knowledge, then the risk is too great, so the less staff involve the safer everything will proceed!

The reason he was worried about the guards is that Ryota knows that his body is not in a proper physical condition to partake in battles, so if the strength of the guards is too strong then it will be difficult for him to escape from here!

Time continued to pass and the sealing technique was being cracked step-by-step, with the rising hope of finally regaining his freedom, Ryota's heart started beating more and more furiously in excitement.

But at this moment, a familiar sound of footsteps sounded.

'He is back!? Damn it, it is still the ninth day!"

A series of emotions flooded in Ryota's heart, surprise, resentment, and annoyance flashed in his heart but he couldn't do anything and had to stop midway!

After a while, a person walked into the prison cell and said to him, "Well, the decision has been made from above, tonight is your execution!"

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'Just some more… just a little bit more!' – Ryota roared in his heart like a beast.

The beatings, torture, pain, and humiliation he has endured these days, coupled with witnessing the death of his dearest brother right before his very eyes has made Ryota develop all kind of resentment, unwillingness, and frustration in his heart which has given birth to a savage beast, one who feeds on hatred and has been keeping himself alive just for the sake of revenge.

And now that he is very close to accomplishing it, Ryota has been getting excited by the second!

The person who walked in is none other than Yama, he doesn't seem to notice Ryota's emotions and said, "After you die, I wouldn't have to be worried about anything anymore!"

However, Ryota is unwilling to be killed, but he still needs some time to successfully crack the seals, so while secretly speeding up the process of breaking the seal, he tried to bring up a conversation between the two so as to buy some time, "Can I ask you something?"

Yama was surprised by Ryota's sudden question and chuckled lightly, "Ask something? Speak, is it your last wish before the death?"

Ryota forced himself to ignore that mock tone and spoke after an intentional long silence, "I… I wish to be buried with my brother!"

Yama shook his head in pity, "I am afraid this wish can't be fulfilled, Uchiha Hideki's corpse has long been disposed of, not even the ashes remain, so I have no way to comply with that wish!"

Hearing that his brother's bones are also not left, Ryota can't help but feel rage welling up inside, the whole person was shaking in uncontrollable anger!

When Yama saw Ryota's shaking body, he muttered in confusion, "Huh, are you trembling in fear? And here I thought you were not afraid of death? It appears that everyone is ultimately the same in the face of their end!"

Ryota bent down his head, his long messy hair that has not been cut or washed for some time covered his eyes and he spoke in a chilling and gloomy tone, "Someone must die tonight!"

Yama raised an eyebrow at Ryota's words and then spoke with a slight smile, "You are right, but you didn't complete the sentence, indeed, some must die tonight, and that someone is none other than you. You must understand that this is inevitable, and no matter what, this fact will remain unchanged, UCHIHA-RYOTA, YOU-WILL-DIE-TONIGHT!

So you should be happy, you will no longer have to bear the agony that you have been through in the past two months, and you can finally meet your dead brother!"

After leaving this sentence Yama turned around and walked towards a table that contained all sorts of medical equipment as well as torture devices.

While disinfecting one particular tool, Yama questioned, "By the way, how about you tell me how should I proceed with your Sharingan? Should I gouge out your eyes before your death and then kill you or maybe first kill you and then dig out those eyes from your corpse?"

Uchiha Ryota questioned in the same gloomy tone, "Is there any difference in either approach?"

Yama exclaimed, "Of course there are differences idiot, while you are still alive, you will feel the pain and humiliation of getting your eyes gouged out, you will get to spend your last moments as a blind, your pride will be trampled as the Sharingan you Uchiha have been so proud of will no longer belong to you, you will never be relieved from this pain, knowing full well that your Sharingan will be used to destroy the entire Uchiha Clan, but that won't happen in the other case, that's why it's import-…!"

"SHUT UP YOU PSYCHOPATHIC BASTARD!" – Shouted Ryota at the top of his lungs!

Yama stopped midway and spoke with a pout, "Mou, you are no fun! I thought that I should have some chatting with you about our memorable days of torture but you seem uninterested, see if I care, humph!" – snorting in a fit of cute anger, Yama turned around and continued cleaning the equipment completely ignoring Ryota!

'Only the last part is left, calm yourself Ryota! I can get my revenge! I will get my revenge! As soon as I break free, I will kill him! I will rip him! I will tear him to pieces! Kill him! RIP Him! KILL-HIM-KILL-HIM-KILL-HIM!' – Ryota gritted his teeth while muttering in thought to control himself and focus on cracking the last part of the seal.

By now, he could no longer suppress the killing intentions in his heart, amidst this anger and excitement his body started to tremble more violently as if he fell into an inexplicable madness!

However, Yama was facing the opposite side completely ignored Ryota.

Not Long after, Yama turned around holding a scalpel in one hand, a holder in the other, and walked towards Ryota who seems to have calmed himself down.

"Since you didn't answer my question, then I will go with the ROCK-PAPER-SCISSOR option!

If my left-hand wins then option one, if my right-hand wins then option two, how does that sound!?"

"..." – No reply from Ryota.

"Playing angry, are we? It doesn't matter, this Rock Paper Scissor is final!" – Speaking this sentence, Yama put both of his fists forward facing each other.

"Rock Paper Scissor!"

Left Hand: Rock, Right Hand: Rock

"Ara, it's a tie, let's go again!"

"Rock Paper Scissor!"

Left Hand: Scissor, Right Hand: Scissor

"Ara? Tie again? Let's try again!"

"Rock Paper Scissor!"

"Again…"

"Rock Paper Scissor!"

"Again…"

"Rock Paper Scissor!"

"Again…"

"Rock Paper Scissor!"

"Again…"

"Rock Paper Scissor!"

"Rock Paper Scissor!"

"..."

"Rock Paper Scissor!"

"Again…"

"Rock Paper Scissor!"

"Rock Paper Scissor!"

"Again… Again… Again…!"

"Rock Paper Scissor!"

"JUST-HURRY-UP-WOULD-YOU!?" – Ryota shouted in annoyance, by now his eyes were already twitching!

"Okay-okay, jeez, You scared me there for a second!"

"Let's start, Rock Paper Scissor!"

Left Hand: Rock, Right Hand: Scissor!

"Again…!"

"Rock Paper Sci-…!"

"Oh no wait, this time left-hand won, that means we will roll with the first option! Congratulation Uchiha Ryota, you will get to experience exactly what I described earlier, aren't you a lucky one? I know you are grateful, no need to thanks me, even if I blush you won't be able to notice because of this mask, and besides this wasn't my doing, this result came out of your own good luck, be thankful to yourself! Now then, I will be gouging out your eyes, be prepared!"

'Kill Him, Kill him, KILL HIM, JUST FUCKING KILL HIM ALREADY!'

Ryota's expression seems to be indifferent, and he just lightly muttered, "Suit yourself!"

Yama nodded and walking forward he took out the scalpel and from his pocket and slowly brought it near Ryota's eyes.

Just as the cold metallic blade of the scalpel was about to touch Ryota's eyes, suddenly, Ryota's eyes changed into the three tomoe Sharingan.

"W-W-What…?" – Looking at those scarlet eyes, Yama was taken aback by the sudden change and his hand stopped midway.

At this time, the three tomoe in the scarlet copy wheel were spinning rapidly, and at the same time, a loud crack of iron chains breaking sounded.

All the chains that bound Uchiha Ryota, one-by-one slipped and fell on the hard stone floor in broken fragments with a loud clanking sound.

At this time, Yama seemed to have come out of his dazed state, without any more delay, he jumped and retreated backward.

Uchiha Ryota who just got free didn't waste even a single milli-second and instantaneously printed hand seals and shouted, "Fire Release: Fire Ball Technique!"

Boom…

In an instant, uncontrollable flames gushed out of Ryota's mouth and flooded the entire prison cell with scorching heat.

The use of Fire Style Techniques especially the ones like the 'Fire Ball Technique' in closed and confined places is akin to suicide, Uchiha Ryota is obviously experienced enough to understand this, and yet he chose to use such a technique implies just how overwhelming his disire to kill Yama are!

And after using the 'Fire Ball Technique,' not only Ryota did not retreat to take a breather but jumped into the burning flames regardless of the injuries he will be suffering with and ignoring the fact that his body was burning he directly rushed towards Yama who was also trapped in the flames from all sides.

Punch…

"Die you bastard!"

Kick…

"Just die already!"

Knock…

"Just fucking die already!"

Covered in the flames, Uchiha Ryota kept attacking Yama, he didn't care about what was happening to him, as a result, the two figures could be seen fighting in the sea of fire.

"Die! DIE! DIE! WHY THE HELL DON'T YOU JUST-DIE-ALREADY!!!"

Even Yama seemed to be burnt by the fire, he seemed to barely be able to keep up with Ryota who was fighting like a maniac, without any restraint, and without any care, as a result, he soon fell into a disadvantage!

Ryota who has gained the upper hand not only did not slow down but became more violent, he was fighting like a beast and soon pierced Yama's chest with his bare hands, as if he was going to rip the bastard with his hands.

Yama shouted, "Get away from me, you damn LUNATIC!"

Whiiish, immediately the sound of breaking through wind sounded.

Yama drew out the short sword and waved it instantly.

Uchiha Ryota's arm that was piercing through Yama's chest was cut by the sword from the shoulder part.

Even with his arm cut off, Ryota didn't care.

Crazily he rushed towards the enemy and bit his throat with all the strength he could muster.

Puff…

Instantly blood splattered in the surroundings as Yama's throat was ripped off by Ryota.

It kept flowing out and no matter what Yama tried, there was nothing he could do!

Soon, losing his breath, Yama fell straight to the ground in a bloody lifeless mess.

Seeing that the masked freak was finally killed by him, Ryota finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Huff-huff… finally… nii-san… I… I killed him!"

At this time, Ryota was too distracted to notice that the three tomoe in his Sharingan were spinning rapidly and they seem to be just a step away from merging together.

"Cough-cough… cough…huff… hahhahaha I… I killed him, ahahahaha huff huff…!" – As the adrenalin rush subsided, Ryota was soon taken over by boundless fatigue, all the pain that he was feeling rushed up and he had no choice but to sit on the blazing ground and gasp for the charcoal breath.

Soon his killing intent subsided and the three tomoe that were just a step away from merging slowed down and returned to their original form.

Ryota couldn't care about the changes that his eyes were going through, all his focus was now on the corpse of Yama, and he has to know just who the hell was this guy!

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After catching up with his breath, Ryota finally tried standing up.

Currently not only was he missing an arm but there were also hundreds of injuries because of the torture he endured, then there were so many burns. The injuries are so severe that he could hardly be considered alive anymore.

Even if he was an elite Jonin, he couldn't have endured such a treatment, but even if he couldn't bear it, he chose to, in fact, he forced himself to bear it!

Forcing himself to squat halfway in front of Yama's corpse, Ryota reached out his hand to remove that black mask that covered the face of the other person.

As soon as the mask was removed and the face under it was revealed, Ryota's expression shrank, "Huh, it… it turns out to be Shisui's colleague from the Anbu… what was his name… Kuroto? Hyuga Kuroto?... Hahahahaha… Hyuga Kuroto, you may have died but don't think that it's over yet, I will make sure to repay this hatred with hundred percent interest!"

Ryota's gaze now fell on the unusually sharp sword that laid in Kuroto's hand, "This is a good sword, not something a corpse would ever need!"

After having killed Yama and confirming his true identity, there is only one objective in Ryota's mind, which is to find his brother's Sharingan as soon as possible and leave here, before anyone else finds him.

With that thought, Ryota stood up and dragged his exhausted body, staggering out of the prison cell where he was held captured, he came outside the cell.

From beginning to end, Ryota didn't even glance at his arm that was burning along with Hyuga Kuroto's corpse.

Following the dark stone passage, Ryota finally arrived at a room that was lit with candlelight.

There were some tables, chairs along with few benches, several books including other study materials. From the furnishings alone, it wasn't hard to judge that this room was a study room.

When he arrived at the central desk, Ryota's gaze landed on the two notebooks that had familiar characters on their cover page.

[Uchiha Hideki]

[Uchiha Ryota]

With a gloomy mood, Ryota opened the notebook titled with his name.

The notebook recorded every detail of the hell he experienced here, all the stimulus tests, torture performed by Hyuga Kuroto on him and his brother along with some personal comments, speculations, and results were all explained in great detail.

Looking at the notebook that described the Uchiha as nothing more than lab rats, being tested and played, Ryota felt boundless rage within him.

Whiiish… Whiiish… Whiiish…

Driven by his uncontrollable rage, Ryota drew the short sword with his only hand and shredded both the notebooks into thousands of small pieces, and that wasn't the end as he smashed the desks, chairs and destroyed the entire study!

Panting heavily, Ryota muttered, "These bastards were really after the Mangekyou Sharingan as I thought, no wonder they did not kill me and made me go through such torture, it turns out that what they were after was not the Sharingan, but the Mangekyou Sharingan!"

Ryota's guess was finally proven correct, although he faintly guessed their objective, there were still some doubts; even as an Uchiha, Ryota does not have much knowledge of the Mangekyou Sharingan, so he wasn't sure if that was really the case, but now that he read everything about this so-called, [Project Mangekyou Sharingan, he was sure.

'Hideki-nii-san, I swear to you, I will find out each and every person involved with such tests and kill them with my own hand, I will avenge your death and make sure that you are brought to justice!' – taking this oath in his heart, Ryota left the room.

Ryota was already aware that with the condition he has, it is a miracle that he is alive, so he has to leave here as soon as possible and search for a shelter to recover his wounds, but Ryota couldn't convince himself to leave unless he finds his brother's Sharingan.

As such, Ryota continued staggering along the dark stone passages, his steps were heavy yet firm.

After walking for a few minutes, Ryota finally arrived at the end of the passage and noticed the door engraved with the 'gunbai-uchiwa,' that is Uchiha Clan's crest.

'Why is 'gunbai-uchiwa' engraved on the door?' – Ryota was confused, and thought, 'Could this be a secret house where these bastards store the Sharingan stolen from the Uchiha shinobi?'

Understanding this, Ryota's speed subconsciously increased, his heart was beating furiously and he soon arrived at the front of the gate from which a beam of candlelight was leaking through a small crack illuminating the Uchiha Clan's crest.

Just as he was about to push the door open, Ryota suddenly took a step backward and drew out the short sword.

Ryota may have been only a few steps away from death, but he has to be cautious, who knows what kind of sickening thing was awaiting inside the room.

After mentally preparing himself, Ryota approached the door open and put his ear against the wall, he was able to hear the sound of mellow breathing and calm heartbeat on the other side of the room.

This undoubtedly means that someone is inside the room, and for some reason, Ryota seems to be getting a familiar feeling from that person, however, this familiarity was also mixed with some indifference and coldness which made him feel a little strange.

After a bit of hesitation, Ryota calmed himself, kicked open the door, and rushed inside.

As soon as he entered; the lights in the room were suddenly lit, which was contrasting to the gloomy dark passage he saw in up to now. And even with his Sharingan that has not seen the daylight for the past 2 months, he was overwhelmed and uncomfortable, he was forced to lift his only hand and put it before his eyes to cover them.

At this time, a cold and indifferent voice sounded in the room, "My dear Ryota, you were able to make it here, as expected of my brother, you didn't disappoint me!"

Ryota couldn't see the source of the voice, but he didn't need to, he is too familiar with this voice, for this reason, he can't help but be extremely shocked, and stuttered, "Nii… Nii… Nii-san?!"

In the sudden shock and surprise, Ryota removed his hands regardless of much his eyes will be damaged, he didn't care, all he has to see now is his brother. Looking around, Ryota could vaguely make out a throne-like stone chair, with its high back facing towards him. The voice he heard just now seems to have come from the chair.

While Ryota tried to adapt to the strong light, the high-back chair turned around.

Looking at the person sitting on the high-back chair, Ryota's pupils suddenly shrank, and the sword held in his hand was also dropped on the ground because of shock.

Ryota simply can't believe it!

It's because the person sitting on the throne-like chair is none other than his elder brother, Uchiha Hideki.

Ryota saw that Hideki was wearing the eye-catching Homusubi black cloak of Amatsukami, with the Homusubi mask resting at the hand-rest on the chair he sat on, and he had a sly look on his face as if everything was happening just as he planned.

Realizing what this means, Ryots barely choked out the words, "Why!?"

His voice was so low, it seemed as if he wasn't asking this question from Hideki, but his own soul!

Hideki chuckled, "My stupid otouto, don't you understand it already!?"

Ryota's face was down, his messy hair hanging over his head, covering his eyes, he spoke, "I am asking you, why!?"

This time, his voice was louder, but the unwillingness and hesitation were clearly apparent to the listeners in the room.

Hideki smiled slightly and patiently explained, "The secret of activating the Mangekyou Sharingan is related to love and hate, I know you love me, although I am kind of disappointed that witnessing my death was not enough for you to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan, I know you can actually do it, so I am willing to ignore that matter. You will fulfill the wish of your dearest nii-san, won't you? You will give me your Mangekyou Sharingan, right?"

Ryota suddenly shook his head and said with a cold tone, "No! You are not Hideki-nii-san, he would not do such a thing to me!"

As if in response to Ryota's question, Hideki closed his eyes and suddenly re-opened, however, this time the pupils were no longer black, but scarlet red, with three black tomoe slowly revolving in the copy-wheel…

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Looking at the three tomoe spinning in the Hideki's Sharingan, and feeling the chakra fluctuations he is too familiar with, Ryota could no longer deny that the person sitting on the high-back chair and looking at him with a mocking look is not his elder brother.

Even if Ryota is seriously injured right now, he won't make this mistake.

And precisely because he is so sure, Ryota's face was in disbelief and lost.

"How, I… I saw you die with my own eyes; I am sure that was no Genjutsu! Th… Then how come you are still alive!?" – Ryota asked in confusion.

"Hahaha… true you did see me die, but unfortunately, what we see is not always true, just because you witnessed my death does not mean that I am truly dead!"

"How can that be! D-don't tell me you used Izanagi!?" – Ryota asked with a horrified look.

"*chuckles* No, it wasn't Izanagi either, and whatever Jutsu I used is of no importance, all you need to know is the fact that I was never dead!" – Hideki said with a faint smile.

Ryota didn't know what to speak anymore, the only reason he was able to survive this hell hole was because of the support of his belief and desire to avenge his brother, and now he sees that his brother was never really captured, in fact, his brother was colluding with the enemy and put him under such torture, knowing this, the belief that has been supporting him to survive collapsed!

Hideki questioned in a playful tone, "Hooh, look at that face, you seem to be in disbelief, why, is it really that hard to accept?"

Ryota muttered, "Why, why did you do this!?"

Hideki stared at Ryota with a deep look and said, "Didn't I already tell you? I want your Mangekyou Sharingan!"

"You tortured me daily, made me go through such a hell, all for Mangekyou Sharingan?" – with a saddened smile Ryota continued, "I am afraid I will disappoint you, I have to come to realize that I am not really talented enough to awaken what you desire of me. If you want the Mangekyou Sharingan so much, you will have to rely on your own ability and talent!"

Hideki chuckled, "Awakening Mangekyou Sharingan is not really a difficult task for me, otouto…"

As soon as he heard this, Ryota shouted, "THEN WHY THE FUCK DID YOU MAKE ME GO THROUGH SUCH TORTURE!?"

Hideki's eyes narrowed, and he spoke with a solemn expression, "Because Mangekyou Sharingan is not the end of it, what I really want is the power above the level of Mangekyou Sharingan!"

"The power above the level of Mangekyou Sharingan!?" – Ryota muttered with a frown, is there any dojutsu above the level of Mangekyou Sharingan? This news was new to Ryota!

After a while of brainstorming to avail no possible result, Ryota roared hysterically, "What is the power above the level of Mangekyou Sharingan? The Mangekyou Sharingan itself is the ultimate power!"

Hideki gave Ryota a *you really are an idiot* look and said while shaking his head, "My stupid otouto, your narrow vision is what limits your life, similar to the most Uchiha. And perhaps you are right too, for useless people like you, Mangekyou Sharingan may as well be the ultimate power. But for me, Mangekyou Sharingan is just the beginning of everything!"

Ryota yelled, "I don't understand what you are saying, you are being crazy!"

"Ever heard of the statement, 'there is only a fine line between a genius and insane, and that is defined by his success and failure'"

"And WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH EVERYTHING?!" – Shouted Ryota in anger.

"It does, otouto, it does! Now that I think about it, this does remind me of another statement that someone I admire once said, 'People live their lives bound by what they believe to be 'reality' and you are no different!" – Hideki said.

"Stop playing around and answer my question, DAMN IT!" – Ryota yelled

Hideki pondered for a moment, and said, "You know anything about the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan?"

Ryota heard about this for the first time and was at a loss, "Eternal… Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan!?"

Hideki nodded and continued, "You must have heard about the rumors that Uchiha Madara gouged out his younger brother's eyes, right? Well, those are not just rumors, he really did so! The light of Mangekyou Sharingan weakens after each use and ultimately leads to total blindness!"

Ryota was surprised, "You mean to say…?"

"Yes, the more frequent you use Mangekyou Sharingan, the faster you will lose your light." – After a pause, Hideki continued, "And there is only one known way to counter that curse of blindness… just as Uchiha Madara did… by obtaining eternal light, that is by awakening the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan!"

Ryota understood what Hideki was referring to and was angrier, "So you want to take my eyes just like Uchiha Madara stole his brother's!?"

Listening to Ryota's question, Hideki's face changed to a fanatic look, "YES! As long as, one's eyes are changed with his blood relative, preferably brothers if possible, then the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan can be awakened, and once I obtain the same level of power as Uchiha Madara, then what Hokage, what Danzo, Uchiha Clan will not only rule over Konoha but over the entire Shinobi World!"

"I see!" – Ryota muttered with a dazed look, and fell on the ground, he can't think of anything anymore.

If previously he thought that his brother has gone crazy, or someone was manipulating him to do such a thing, but now that he learned the secret of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, Ryota finally understood that his brother had been playing such a game!

Hideki didn't care about Ryota and continued, "Ryota, you are my otouto, the only brother I love so dearly, and you are also the only person who can help me awaken the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, you will help me achieve my dream, won't you?"

Ryota didn't look up or answered Hideki, but he asked a question with an indifferent tone, "Before I answer anything, I have another thing I want to know, how did you convince Shisui to work in your plan!?"

Hearing Ryota's question, Hideki laughed loudly, "Hahahaha, you are worried about that? Why wouldn't Shisui help? This was all done under the knowledge and instructions of Fugaku-sama, so Shisui will obviously following Patriarch's instructions!"

"Is that so? I guess I should have expected that!" – Ryota spoke sadly, the last bit of belief he had was also shattered now. "I have a few other questions; will you answer them!?"

"Hmm, I might, it depends on what you want to ask!" – Hideki said after a bit of mulling.

"How did you rope in Shisui's Anbu team member, Hyuga Kuroto, into your plan!?" – asked Ryota, it was just a bit of curiosity and nothing more.

"Heh, that was very easy my dear otouto, Hyuga Kuroto is Orochimaru's former disciple, so it was easy to convince him to work with us, after all, he would be able to research Sharingan, coupled with some threat to him and his fiancé's life and some temptation in helping him break the 'Caged Bird' Curse Seal, and bam, he was literally wagging his tail to work for me, of course, he would have been disposed-off anyway, so letting him have some fun was nothing to be worried about. And now that I think about it, he didn't really do a good job, but meh, you killed him so that's the end of it!"

"I see…!" – Ryota nodded.

Now there was no need to take revenge from Hyuga Kuroto, this wasn't even his doing, after all, he was working as per Hideki's instruction, that is to say, he was just a pawn playing in the hands of his brother!

Hideki asked, "So do you have any more questions, you would like me to answer!?"

"Nii-san, will you really be gouging out my eyes?" – Ryota spoke with a surprisingly calm tone.

Hideki heard Ryota's question but he chose to not reply to this question.

At this time, Ryota's face changed from despair to a realization, and his expression was in a stupor, but Ryota immediately recovered, and noticing that there was no reply from his brother, Ryota continued, "I see, my question is so ridiculous that it is not even worth answering… of course you will dig out my eyes, after all, that was your goal from the very beginning…! Hahahaha… I see; I was an idiot my whole life!"

At this moment, if Ryota lifted his head to look at his brother sitting on the high-back chair, he would have noticed that Hideki was stopping his right hand with his left hand, and his body was shaking, trying to resist something; and trying to suppress something but was having a hard time doing it!

But sadly, Ryota did not lift his head, while still hanging his head, he suddenly started laughing wildly.

"Hahahahaha… ahahahahaha... ahahahahahahahahahaha…. Ahahahahahahaha."

Followed by the laugh, Ryota's chakra also became terribly gloomy, even a blind person can see that Ryota's chakra has undergone severe changes.

Looking at the saddened and maddening appearance of Ryota, Hideki suddenly shed tears of blood, and three tomoe in his Sharingan started spinning rapidly, 'Ryota!'

"Hahahahaha… ahahahahahahahaha... hahahahahaahahahah...ahahaha….Fuck it!"

The very next moment, Ryota's laughter came to an abrupt end, he suddenly raised his head, and it could be seen that his Sharingan was no longer the same as a few moments ago, but changed into a strange five-pointed star pattern.

And strangely enough, at the same moment, whether by a coincidence or some kind of resonance, the pattern of Uchiha Hideki's Sharingan also changed from three tomoe states to an equally strange pattern.

RRROOOOOOOAAARRRRrrr...…

RRROOOOOOOAAARRRRrrr...…

Accompanied by two heart-shaking roars, two humungous ethereal figures appeared at the same time.

The gloomy and narrow mountain dungeon could not withstand the sudden emergence of massive figures, as a result, amidst the shaking of the mountain, the secret prison dungeon built by Hyuga Kuroto completely collapsed…!

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Boom…

Huala… Huala… Huala…

Instantly, a violent whirlwind swept all around, with loud noise echoing, the mountain that was housing the prison dungeon collapsed.

The collapse of the mountain caused a large amount of dust and smoke clouds to rise in the sky.

Amidst, this chaotic scenery, Hyuga Kuroto was standing calmly with a protective gravity ball surrounding him from all sides, protecting him from all the falling stones and boulders.

Currently, he was not wearing any disguise, dressed in his usual simple white kimono, he was observing everything with his Byakugan.

The two Susanoo who were facing each other, both very similar in appearance with only a slight color difference, Uchiha Ryota's Susanoo being golden while Uchiha Hideki's Susanoo also being golden but with a touch of orange.

"Hmm, I did not expect Uchiha Hideki to be able to awaken Mangekyou Sharingan." – muttered Kuroto with a thoughtful look, he was really surprised and it was indeed a bit unexpected.

Uchiha Hideki had already collapsed and entered a vegetative state because of being unable to bear the psychological pressure, as such Kuroto judged him to be useless with no aptitude to survive the emotional stress needed to awaken Mangekyou Sharingan, but it turns out that Hideki managed to surpass Kuroto's expectations.

Hideki even managed to give Kuroto a bit of a hard time, while Kuroto used the 'Tenseigan Soul Descend' to take over Uchiha Hideki's body.

Before this, Uchiha Hideki entered a vegetative state, therefore, Kuroto took over Hideki's body with the Tenseigan Soul Descend for the final 'Despair Test' for Uchiha Ryota that would allow him to experience true despair in order to stimulate him emotionally so that he can awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan.

But Uchiha Hideki also somehow managed to recover from his vegetative state, and he awoke stronger than before, as such he was able to fight, albeit only to a certain extent but that was enough to give Kuroto a hard time.

The activation of Uchiha Hideki's Sharingan was also Hideki's doing, it just so happened that the instant was perfect so Kuroto didn't suppress that action and allowed Ryota to verify that he was really in the presence of his elder brother.

Although this did allow Uchiha Ryota to confirm that the person sitting on the high-back chair was indeed his brother, plunging him into grief, disbelief, and despair but the activation of Sharingan helped Hideki struggle against Kuroto more strongly and slowly regain his control over his body.

And this is the reason why Uchiha Hideki who was sitting on the high-back chair was acting strangely, with a distorted expression, pressing his one hand over the other, as if suppressing something within.

That was because Kuroto and Hideki's souls were engaged in an extremely fierce conflict to take over complete control of the body, but Kuroto wasn't much worried as he knew that he was the dominant one.

In the end, Hideki's love for his younger brother allowed him, a dead man who was on the verge of collapsing and fading away burnt out all of his potentials and somehow awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan.

As soon as Kuroto discovered that Hideki has also awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, Kuroto no longer suppressed Hideki's soul and deactivated the Tenseigan Soul Descend and came back to his main body.

And now we have two titanic, humanoid Chakra avatars facing off one another!

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On the Uchiha brother's side.

Uchiha Ryota held his forehead with the only arm he has, his breathing ragged and distorted, voice weak and unsteady, yet indifference apparent in his lifeless eyes. Looking at his brother who also awakened the Susanoo just as he did, Ryota said, "Nii-san, no… we are not brothers anymore, I refuse to acknowledge someone like you as my brother, it turns out that you have always kept me in dark! Your talent and qualification have always been better than me! You also awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan far before me, in fact, with the character you have displayed, I wouldn't even deny if you are the person responsible for controlling the Kyuubi and destroying Konoha!

But what does it matter? After all, everything's going to end today anyway, I will make sure that I kill you today than kill every single traitor who made me go through this!"

Uchiha Hideki, who just seized control over his body after such a tiring battle of the soul against Hyuga Kuroto, opened his mouth, trying to explain to Ryota, but no sound came out, and he could only flap his mouth like a fish.

Undoubtedly, Hideki is too weak to be able to control all his body.

Ryota looked at Hideki with an indifferent look and spoke, "Do you have any last wish to speak to me because this will be the last time, as either one of us will die today!"

Hideki stood up and put all his effort to sspeak, but all that came out was incoherent stammering, "Ryo… Ryota… b-b-b… be care… c-careful…!"

"Be careful!?" – Ryota snorted coldly, and said, "Well, of course, I will be careful against you, now I have realized just what kind of a sickening person you are, so I will make sure to be careful of you! Come on, Uchiha Hideki, one of us must die, and whoever wins will get eternal light, if I die, then you can have my Mangekyou Sharingan as you planned, but if you die, then I will gain the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and then I will do what I have to do, with the Uchiha and Konoha!"

Uchiha Ryota knew full well that compared to Hideki who is in the top state, his possibility of winning are very slim given the physical and mental state he is in, but Ryota will not make it easy for this bastard brother to get what he wanted so easily, and if there is even a slight possibility, then Ryota will give everything he has to kill Uchiha Hideki and then have his revenge against Fugaku and Shisui!

This is his last stubbornness!

With that decision, Ryota controlled his golden Susanoo to bring out chakra swords in one arm while and punched Hideki's golden-orange Susanoo with the other arm, followed by the attacks from the Chakra Sword.

Boom… Boom…

Each punch is enough to shatter the mountain, and as Hideki's Susanoo collided with the collapsed mountain, rubble was flying everywhere, smoke and dust kept rising in the sky.

With just two punches and two sword attacks, Hideki's Susanoo was severely knocked to the ground and its appearance started becoming illusionary, as if it was close to fading away, clearly indicating that it is really hard for Hideki to keep it maintained for very long, because of his weak spirit.

Ryota noticed that something was strange and frowned, "Why is your chakra so weak?"

With just one combination of attacks, Ryota discovered that currently Hideki's chakra was even weaker than him, which shouldn't be the case and this made him suspicious!

'Could it be possible that he is intentionally acting weak so that I let down my guard!? Yes, this has to be the case!' – with that thought, Ryota again started the onslaught of attacks.

Each attack caused devastating damage to the already damaged surrounding, and Ryota's mind was also in a mess, the more he attacked, the more he discovered that Hideki was not acting and his chakra was slowly getting weaker.

Moreover, Hideki made many attempts, but he was not able to resist.

'Just what the hell is he doing!?'

He couldn't understand Hideki's intentions so stopping midway he asked, "Just what the hell is wrong with you!? Stop pretending already! If you think that you can take advantage of me again, then you are dead wrong!"

Hideki panted weakly as he finally had the opportunity to catch his breath, now he was also able to regain complete control over his body and explained, "I… I am not p-pretending otouto, you hav-have to listen to me… we… we are being played… played in the hands of that bastard who has been controlling everything from the start!"

"SHUT UP! You are lying again! You just want me to drop my guard so that you can strike at that opportunity!" – Ryota retorted.

Hideki shook his head, "That's not true otouto… the other party is capable of using a weird type of Jutsu that allows him to take control over other's body, I am no different from you, I also experienced the similar hell that you did, and finally when I couldn't awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan, he deemed me unqualified and took control over my body to enact all that you witnessed… please trust me, it was only when I saw you and your suffering did I manage to put up resistance and break free of his control, but unfortunately it was already too late!"

Although Ryota was highly skeptical of Hideki's explanation, he still decided to listen, something was telling him that Hideki was not lying, or maybe, this was just his hope.

At this time, Hideki looked around vigilantly and explained, "He has to be hiding here somewhere, in order to observe us, be careful Ryota, he might try to take advantage of our weakness and kill us to dig out our eyes!"

Ryota who heard this immediately became alert.

"Just who is he…?" – asked Ryota in doubt.

"He is…!" - Hideki was about to answer the true identity of the person who was responsible for their misery suddenly paused midway because while he was looking around, he finally found the traces of that person. "I found him! There he is… Why don't you come out already, you BASTARD!"

As soon as Hideki pointed, Ryota turned his face in that direction to look over.

Beckoned by Hideki's shout a person waltz out leisurely from the cluster of rubble and spoke with a disappointed tone, "Sigh, found me already? That's a bit of a letdown, and here I thought that the two of you will continue to duke it out like the idiots you are, one will kill the other saving me a lot of trouble as I wouldn't have to kill both of you, but it appears that won't be happening anymore. But I guess I should have expected as such, the feeling between a pair of brothers will always maintain a certain level of trust even when the two are after each other's lives, this has been the case before and will certainly not change!"

Uchiha Ryota and Uchiha Hideki immediately urged all their strength to strengthen their Susanoo as that person walked over.

Before the small figure of Hyuga Kuroto, the two massive skeletal figures of Susanoo were like two Gods of Death ready to cleave the head of a sinful mortal!

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Looking at the familiar figure walking towards him, Ryota was suddenly alarmed, "You!? How are you still alive! I am sure I killed you before… or could it be that it was someone else?"

Hyuga Kuroto chuckled and spoke while tilting his head to the side, "Maybe? Or maybe not? Which one is it? But wait… You already forgot the lesson your beloved nii-san taught you a while ago? 'Just because you witness me die does not mean that I am truly dead!' I have to say, you are making me sad, and here nii-san thought that he imparted some knowledge to his soon-to-be-dead otouto…!"

"YOU BASTARD! That really was you! So, nii-san was speaking the truth, you were really controlling him!" – Ryota roared.

Kuroto chuckled condescendingly.

The 'Hyuga Kuroto' that Ryota killed in his prison cell while trying to escape was obviously the low-quality clone Kuroto cultivated using his own DNA.

At that time, he was controlling the Clone body using the Tenseigan Soul Descend technique.

When Kuroto came to the prison cell, Ryota was forced into desperate circumstances, and he didn't even try to conceal the fact that he was breaking the seal.

At that time, Kuroto was so embarrassed that he had no choice but had to turn his back to pretend that he was busy cleaning the surgical and torture devices and therefore couldn't notice what Ryota was doing.

Because Ryota's act of breaking the Four-Symbols was so obvious, that even with his acting skills, Kuroto found it difficult to act 'he did not notice Ryota's actions.'

In the subsequent battle too, Kuroto did not use full strength. Even if Kuroto was controlling a low-quality clone, he wouldn't be so helpless in the face of weakened Ryota, therefore, Kuroto let Ryota kill that clone and see if Ryota could awaken Mangekyou Sharingan after avenging his brother.

However, for the sake of safety, Kuroto made sure to cut off one of Ryota's arms, that way he would no longer be able to use ninjutsu, thus greatly limiting his strength in battle.

The Uchiha Clan is indeed famous for their Sharingan, but they are also known for their Fire Style mastery, so the loss of one arm would again limit Ryota's combat effectiveness.

This was pre-invested insurance to ensure that after Ryota awakens the Mangekyou Sharingan, Kuroto would always have an upper hand in the battle that will occur in the future.

And the next part is already understandable. Kuroto wanted Ryota to believe that he finally killed Yama, a.k.a Hyuga Kuroto, and avenged his brother so that when he discovers that his brother is still alive and learns 'the truth' from his brother's mouth, the emotional stimulus would be extraordinary; thus, pushing Ryota into the depths of despair and successfully awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Uchiha Hideki said, "Yes, it is him, Hyuga Kuroto, the person responsible for making us go through all this, and Homusubi is Uchiha Shisui, the traitor."

Kuroto did not care about what Hideki said both of them are going to die regardless, so it does not matter.

Hideki continued, "I have to agree that you are a terrifying person indeed, but this time you miscalculated something."

Kuroto muttered with an innocent and confused look, "Miscalculated? Whatever could that be?"

The more innocent Kuroto acted, the angrier Hideki got, he roared, "You never expected that both of us would awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan at the same time."

Kuroto gave an 'Ohh!' type surprised look and nodded, "Indeed, this is beyond what I expected, after all, you were supposed to be worthless, and yes it's a bit surprising that you managed to come out of your vegetative state, but what does that matter?" – the last part was spoken with a confused look.

Hideki's eyebrows twitched upon Kuroto's blatant use of 'worthless.'

At this time, Ryota spoke with a cold smile, "Now look carefully here, what you see before yourself is Susanoo the strongest technique of the ultimate dojutsu, this is the exact same power that you covet, but this is the power that only the Gods of Shinobi can have, a humble ant like you is not qualified to wield the supreme power of the Uchiha Clan."

Hideki also added, "You asked what does that matter, right? It matters a lot, you are going to pay severely for your greed."

Almost at the same time, Hideki spoke, both Ryota and Hideki controlled the arms of their respective Susanoo and hit towards the spot where Kuroto stood, one coming from the left and the other from the right.

Boom…

Boom…

Amidst the sound of breaking wind, the two gigantic fists caused a lot of rubble to fly as a deep pit was smashed the power of two Susanoo, but Hyuga Kuroto was nowhere to be seen.

He has long since disappeared from his position and landed on top of a nearby rock boulder.

Looking at Hideki and Ryota brothers fighting him, Kuroto thought, 'Why do I feel to be in the same situation as Kabuto?'

This scene reminded Kuroto of the battle of Itachi and Sasuke against Yakushi Kabuto, where both Itachi and Sasuke also fought the battle using their Susanoo.

However, the situation before Kuroto is obviously not on the same level as what Kabuto faced.

When facing Kabuto, Itachi was in the Edo Tensei state, so his stamina wasn't restricted because of his illness, and Sasuke also had the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.

So the level of danger that Kabuto faced was several times compared to what Kuroto is facing.

Uchiha Ryota lacks an arm, is severely injured, along with many burns and the same is the case with Uchiha Hideki, his body may not have many injuries because of the treatment that Kuroto gave him, but his spirit is gravely injured, thus his chakra is extremely weak.

As a result, both Hideki and Ryota have reached their limit, Kuroto can even see that if he deliberately stalls them for a while, both Hideki and Ryota will not be able to hold on for too long and soon collapse.

However, considering that each pair of Mangekyou Sharingan comes with its unique ability, so Kuroto doesn't want to take any risk, if either of them manages to awaken something like Kamui by some chance then that would be extremely troubling as both of them are now aware of his identity, therefore, Kuroto does not plan to underestimate the enemy which may give them a chance to escape here.

At this time, Ryota laughed arrogantly, "Your greatest mistake was to covet the powers of Uchiha Clan, a mere Hyuga slave like you is unworthy of wielding such power, now it's your turn to experience the despair that you put us through."

Hideki added, "Do not worry, we will not be killing you right away, we will let you experience the taste of everything that you put us through, and your Hyuga Clan will not be any different, they too will bear your sin."

Kuroto spoke, "You think so? But let me tell you something again, you seem to be making a mistake here."

Ryota saw that even in the face of him and his brother, Kuroto was still calm and collected and he spoke with a cruel grin, "Hooh, you seem to be doing fine even if you understand what's coming next, and you are still capable of barking out? I would love to see how you wail when I rip you apart, I can't help but really look forward to torturing you more and more."

However, unlike his brother, Hideki frowned, "You said that we are making a mistake here, correct? What mistake are you referring to!?"

Kuroto chuckled, "Mangekyou Sharingan is indeed a rare treasure in the shinobi world, and you Uchiha have every bit of right to be proud of it." – Kuroto paused here and then continued, "But if it does not have that particular power or something similar, then it is just a dispensable eye that only has some research value, and for your information, there are a lot of Uchiha in Konoha, how many Mangekyou Sharingan can they give me? Just think about it."

The last part was obviously a bluff, Kuroto does not plan to do such a thing to the Uchiha Clan, however, the first part was indeed correct, if the pair of Mangekyou Sharingan does not have Kamui or a somewhat similar ability, then they are just valuable for research and nothing else!

"Cough-cough…!" – After coughing out a mouthful of blood, while he keeps himself steady, Hideki asked, "That particular power? W-what do you mean?"

Hideki was very concerned about what Kuroto said, from his words it can be easily understood that Hyuga Kuroto is incredibly knowledgeable about the Mangekyou Sharingan, and something was telling Hideki that it wasn't Shisui who gave such information to Kuroto, because Hideki can be sure that even he and his brother are unaware of something like Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan', so Shisui should be unaware of it too, but Hyuga Kuroto is, how is that possible?

The fact that the Uchiha are unaware of their powers but non-Uchiha is, has to be taken incredibly seriously.

Ryota spoke, "Nii-san, don't waste your time talking nonsense with him, he won't answer it directly anyway, so it would be prudent to torture out all the information that we wish to know, so let's catch him and be done with it."

Ryota knows that similar to his brother he too is very close to his limit, so if Hyuga Kuroto is not captured in a short time, then the consequences are worse.

But Ryota is not that worried, because he knows that a battle between the Gods of Shinobi against a mere Tokubetsu Jonin will result in only one outcome.

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Looking at the two Uchiha brothers who are severely injured and exhausted and still believe that they can easily defeat him, Kuroto chuckled lightly and raised his hand to print the hand seals.

Sensing the chakra fluctuations, both Ryota and Hideki had a sudden bad feeling.

Both of them did not understand the specific reason why they were having such a premonition, because in their belief no matter what Hyuga Kuroto may try to do, he wouldn't be able to change the inevitable. As, according to Ryota and Hideki, no one in the entire shinobi world would be able to resist two Mangekyou Sharingan awakeners at the same time, not even the former God of Shinobi, Senju Hashirama.

So, why was there uneasiness? Why a sense of dread plaguing their hearts?

Was it just because of the shadow left by Hyuga Kuroto or was there something more to it?

Ryota gritted his teeth and suppressing the apprehension in his heart he shouted, "Don't waste your effort you damn ant! You have incurred the wrath of Uchiha, even if you beg us, you are going to face the consequences of offending the Gods of Sh-…!"

Huala… Huala…!

Ryota suddenly stopped midway as the Cyan-Blue Chakra flames gushed out of Kuroto's body and covering his arms up to the elbow joint and legs up to the calves.

(p.s. the appearance of this type of cloak is similar to the Thunder Cloak that Luck Voltia of the Black Bulls from Black Clover uses.)

"I already said that you seem to have made a mistake." – slowly rising in the air, Kuroto muttered in an indifferent tone, "Even if both of you have awakened Mangekyou Sharingan, it makes no difference, in the face of the level of strength that I have, your so-called Susanoo of the absolute defense is not even worth mentioning."

In an instant, the cyan glow of Tenseigan Chakra further illuminated the night sky.

"This…?" – Ryota and Hideki looked at Kuroto's state with a surprised expression. They have never seen or heard about a technique like this, and both of them could tell that this technique was extremely dangerous based on the chakra fluctuations emitting from those Cyan Flames!

And precisely why both of them realized this, they also understood that contrary to what they expected, Hyuga Kuroto is really not an ordinary shinobi!

Facing such a change, Hideki shouted, "You… how can you have such strength!? It's just not possible! And if you have such strength then why the hell are you after Mangekyou Sharingan! You can't even use our dojutsu! Just what the hell do you want from all of t-…?"

Hideki did not get to finish his words, and Kuroto who was indifferently hovering in the air disappeared from his position. Even with the Mangekyou Sharingan, Hideki was not even able to notice any trace of the position Kuroto went to.

And suddenly feeling the same chakra fluctuations coming from above his head, Hideki was taken aback, 'He… he appeared above me?'

But by the time, Hideki realized, it was already too late.

Boom…

As soon as realized Kuroto'sposition, he tried to look up and move away from his spot, but suddenly a fist collided with the skeletal frame of his golden Susanoo, and the so-called absolute defense instantly shattered and disappeared into multiple ethereal fragments.

Susanoo, the most powerful technique that a Mangekyou Sharingan awakener has in his arsenal of techniques, collapsed as if it was just a termite-ridden wooden figure in the face of Kuroto's attack.

And this scene was indeed shocking.

With the Susanoo armor broken, Hideki collapsed on the ground and muttered in disbelief, "Why… how… how could this be possible!?"

At the moment he awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, Hideki felt that there was nothing he has to fear anymore, and he could make storms in the shinobi world but the moment his Susanoo broke as if it was nothing, and that was not just Susanoo breaking but his world view collapsing! Hideki again felt that he has returned to that very same torture cell, with his status being the prisoner suffering at the hands of Hyuga Kuroto, like a test subject and he no longer has any control over his own life or death.

Whoosh…

Another sound of breaking past the wind speed resounded in Hideki's ear.

This sound brought out Hideki from his trance, he found that Hygua Kuroto was just a few meters away from him.

Hideki was suddenly panicked and tried to retreat, "You… you get away from me…!"

But regardless of what he said or how hard he tried to resist, Hideki was controlled by some kind of traction force and flew towards Kuroto.

Kuroto caught Hideki by the neck and without any hesitation, he gouged out Hideki's eyes with his other hand.

"Ahhhh...!" – Hideki's cries of pain resounded in the surroundings, but Kuroto didn't care.

And after digging out both of Hideki's eyes, Kuroto threw him to the side and put the pair of freshly stolen Mangekyou Sharingan in a small nutrition tank he prepared beforehand.

Boom…!

A sudden collision sound of a giant Chakra blade with an intangible barrier rang out while Kuroto was busy with this process.

Uchiha Ryota who suddenly attacked Kuroto seeing that his brother was in danger couldn't deal any damage as the chakra blade from his Susanoo collided with an intangible gravity barrier that sent him flying back.

Ryota was flabbergasted now.

From the moment of Kuroto's activation of that unusual technique to now; only a few seconds have passed, but the battle situation has flipped by a one-eighty degree turn. Hyuga Kuroto was too fast, Ryota couldn't even react to what happened, and when he tried to defend his brother the attack did no damage.

How are you supposed to beat someone whom you can't even touch?

If not for being sent flying back by that gravitational push that broke another few of his bones, Ryota might have even wondered if all of this is some Genjutsu!

Kuroto did not care about Ryota's attack or Hideki's painful cries, he calmly sealed the small nutrition tank containing Hideki's Mangekyou Sharingan inside a storage scroll.

After he was done with this, Kuroto put the scroll inside his ninja bag and then turned to look at the bewildered Ryota.

"One done, another one to go." – Muttered Kuroto with an indifferent expression.

His expression had no signs of happiness even though he easily defeated Hideki and acquired a pair of Mangekyou Sharingan.

The reason is pretty simple, Hideki may have awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, but given the terrible state he was in, Kuroto is sure that Hideki did not even use ten percent of the true power of the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Therefore, Kuroto's win is only natural even if he did not use the Tenseigan Chakra Mode and only chose to cloak his arms and legs with the flames of Tenseigan Chakra.

At this time, Ryota got up and spoke in horror, "What… what in the hell are you!? Are you even a human!?"

" *Chuckles* Are you so surprised? Were you not the one referring to yourself and your brother as 'Gods of Shinobi' or what not? And now you are scared of a mere Tokubetsu Jonin one such as me? You really crack me up Uchiha Ryota! But all things aside does it really matter whether I am a Human, a Demon, or a God!?" – taking a pause, Kuroto continued with a mocking tone, "I mean it's not as if that's going to change anything for you."

Ryota drew out the short sword (which is actually Kuroto's Kusanagi Sword) he was carrying with him and roared, "Give me back my brother's eyes!"

Following the shout, Bloody tears spill out of Ryota's eyes.

Kuroto was able to see Chakra gathering in Ryota's left eye and understood that Ryota planned to use his Mangekyou Specific Dojutsu, Kuroto would obviously not be careless in the face of Mangekyou Specific Dojutsu, so pulling Ryota towards himself with Rein Wheel pull, Kuroto also flew towards the incoming Ryota by increasing his flight speed with a gravitational boost.

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Under the effect of Rein Wheel Pull, Kuroto rapidly approached the incoming Ryota.

As he was flying forward, Kuroto was able to clearly observe the chakra fluctuations in Ryota's left eye.

Without a doubt, Ryota planned to use his Mangekyou Specific Technique, understanding this, Kuroto muttered, "His lack of physical energy is restricting him to be able to use the his Dojutsu, this is the best opportunity to deal a heavy blow!" – In just a short moment Kuroto noticed that although Ryota's chakra fluctuations were aggressive, because of his several injuries, the chakra was also quite chaotic, therefore his speed of molding and controlling chakra slowed down.

Whoosh…

Kuroto further accelerated his speed to such an extent that it left a whistling sound and while reaching close to Ryota, he brought his hand backward and punched the Susanoo with the same amount of strength as he did for Hideki's Susanoo.

Boom…!

Crack… Cracks…!

Kuroto's fist collided with the Susanoo producing a loud sound, a large amount of dust and soot rose into the sky and the bone-cracking sound resounded.

Crack… Cracks…!

When the dust cleared, Kuroto noticed that even though there were many cracks in the skeletal body of Susanoo, it still managed to resist Kuroto's attack without being one-shotted!

This was contrary to Kuroto's expectations as he can be sure that his strength and speed in this state far surpass Yondaime Raikage and yet he couldn't smash Ryota's Susanoo as he did with Hideki's!?

"That's Strage? Well, no matter, I guess I'll have to put some effort into this one." muttered Kuroto. "If Ryota's Susanoo can't be shattered in one blow then he has got more of them coming, let's see how many can he bear!?"

"Hahahahaha…!" – But before Kuroto continued, Ryota's maniacal laughter sounded from within the cracked ribcage of Susanoo, and his chakra fluctuations started to get more intense.

Kuroto's eyes narrowed at this moment, and instead of initiating another barrage of attacks, he withdrew his fist and retreated backward, observing the changes with a doubtful expression.

Ryota's laughter did not stop and soon, bloody tears flowed down from his eyes, giving him a devil-like look.

Almost at the same instant, the Skeletal body Susanoo covering over his body started to change.

The skeletal figure that only has the upper body part down to the waist grew tall in the blink of an eye with legs coming out from its lower frame, followed by the appearance of four arms, the muscles and skin grew over the skeletal frame simultaneously, but it didn't stop there as armor formed over the humanoid figure for further protection, and that still wasn't the end, soon it turned into a complete body Susanoo that even had wings for flight, tengu-like nose coupled with the robes and ornate armor.

Just when Kuroto was stunned and thought that this was the end, another coating of golden flames shrouded over the entire Complete Susanoo body, making it more dangerous!

These golden flames were not ordinary, they were conjured by the second Mangekyou Technique that Uchiha Ryota awakened, and like another layer of armor, they enveloped the giant turning; the golden-orange giant as hot as the core of the Sun!

Immediately afterward, Uchiha Ryota's body entered the diamond-shaped cavity in the forehead section of the Susanoo!

"Are… Are you kidding me? That's the Complete Body Susanoo!!!?" – Kuroto exclaimed in surprise.

If it was someone else, they might be left stunned when they see such a majestic and omniscient figure, but Kuroto was just a little surprised and soon recovered. But one thing is very true, he really did not expect that Ryota could display such a thing here, at least not with the condition he is in currently.

After a bit of thinking, Kuroto muttered in surety, "No, he really should not be able to use the Complete Body Susanoo."

Although Susanoo is a technique common to all Mangekyou Sharingan users, even geniuses like Shisui and Itachi have not been able to use something like Full Body Susanoo when they awakened Mangekyou Sharingan.

Moreover, Complete Body Susanoo should only be accessible at the level of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, or by Six Paths Chakra, as in the case of Madara, Sasuke and Obito respectively.

And Ryota does not have Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, and definitely not the Six-Path Chakra.

Not to mention, Ryota's condition limits the amount of Chakra that he is able to use.

Therefore, common sense states that Uchiha Ryota should not be able to use Full-Body Susanoo!

And yet he is able to use the Full Body Susanoo; which can only mean one thing.

'This is the effect of his other Mangekyou Dojutsu!' – Because of all the aforementioned reasons, Kuroto could only think of this possibility. 'One of Uchiha Ryota's Mangekyou Sharingan techniques somehow allows him to strengthen the Susanoo to an unusually strong level that he is able to use the Full Body Susanoo! '

And it is indeed a possibility as there are many debates about Madara's Mangekyou ability being very similar to this one if not the same.

So, Kuroto can't deny this possibility.

Mangekyou Sharingan can have all sorts of bizarre and dangerous techniques derived from the users' emotions at the time of awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Based on his knowledge, Kuroto has divided these techniques into four different categories, based on their effects.

The first category lists the Genjutsu-type techniques, such as Shisui's Kotoamatsukami, Itachi's Tsukuyomi, and Fugaku's Taikyokuzu.

The second category lists the Ninjutsu-type techniques, such as Itachi and Sasuke's Amaterasu.

The third category lists augmentation type or transformation type techniques, such as Sasuke's Kagutsuchi, and Shinichi's Hachiman.

The fourth type lists the strangest and most unpredictable space-time techniques, such as Obito and Kakashi's Kamui, and Shinichi'sNakisawame.

Ryota's Mangekyou Sharingan technique, which allows him to transform the Susanoo can probably be listed in the third type, as it is most likely an augmentation type technique.

And the other technique which is somehow related to those golden flames can be listed in the second category as it is a ninjutsu-type technique.

Well, putting that aside and coming back to the battle.

Since the Full-Body Susanoo is capable of flight, so, at this time, Ryota controlled his majestic Susanoo and flew into the air, looking at Kuroto in the distance, he shouted with a burst of fiendish laughter, "Hahaha… how? You have no way of beating me now, hand over my brother's eyes, and I will be kind enough to give you a painless death!"

Kuroto did not care about Ryota's words and muttered with an observant tone, "It appears that both of you brothers are going to surpass my expectations, again and again. I did not expect that you would be able to use something like the Full Body Susanoo, now I have to reconsider some things, your Mangekyou Sharingan pair turns out to be quite valuable actually."

Full body Susanoo allows the user to step into the realm of Super Kage level, therefore, Ryota's Mangekyou Sharingan is indeed very valuable.

Ryota heard Kuroto's words and was reminded of the time he was tied to that pillar being tortured repeatedly while that masked freak muttered various analogies and theories, he was filled with rage and shouted angrily, "I am going to show you what the hell is truly like."

Speaking so Ryota used all his power to urge the Susanoo to fight Kuroto, at this point he didn't even care about the consequences, all he wanted was to rip apart Hyuga Kuroto.

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At a small unimportant village about eight miles away from the mountain where Kuroto and Ryota were fighting.

Inside an Izakaya, a four-man team of shinobi passing through this village was taking a short break, while having some rest, one of the ninjas of the team looking at the night sky through the glass window sill suddenly frowned, to confirm what he saw, he leaped out of the window and jumped on top of the roof, and gazed towards the distance mountain intently.

Noticing his actions, even the other members of the team also jumped on top of the roof one by one.

And soon everyone found one golden light and one cyan light flickering across the distant horizon.

The team of shinobi was unable to judge what exactly caused the flickering of lights because of the large distance and the cover of mountains so no one could figure out the exact cause of the glow to appear too.

One of the shinobi muttered, "Could it be possible that those lights are generated by fireworks?"

Another one said, "Could be possible. But if I remember correctly that mountain is pretty isolated so I don't think there was any settlement nearby that mountain."

The third shinobi who was looking at the map said solemnly, "You are right, there is not a single commercial road passing nearby that mountain, let alone a village or town even small settlements are not there."

In the shinobi world, Land of Fire is believed to be the richest and most stable of all nations, and this is true even when it comes to the economics of the nation and for this reason most of the villages, towns, and settlements that don't try to particularly isolate or hide for whatever reasons are settled nearby the commercial roads.

Since no commercial road passes by that mountainous region, so the possibility of a settlement being built there is less likely.

And the possibility of a grand fireworks display in places where there are no settlements built is obviously very less, therefore, everyone immediately reacted at those solemn words and understood that those lights are probably a result of powerful shinobi confronting each other.

Although no one can understand why a fight between shinobi would generate such strong light that its traces are even visible miles away, what's more concerning is the identity of the shinobi in that confrontation.

Konoha may have put their hunting operation on a halt because of obtaining no result for the past two months but this does not mean that the shinobi have lost their vigilance against Amatsukami, now everyone is more than ever clear that Amatsukami is not a simple bounty-nin organization and has to be dealt with extreme caution.

Therefore, all shinobi have been ordered that they must pay close attention to any signs leading to Amatsukami during all their missions, secure that intelligence, and submit it carefully.

The Captain of the team thought for a while and finally ordered, "Fire the signal flares!"

Bang… whiiissstttlleeeee... Boom…

Bang… whiiissstttlleeeee... Boom…

Bang… whiiissstttlleeeee... Boom…

Bang… whiiissstttlleeeee... Boom…

Four signal flares were fired simultaneously, this will surely allow other ninjas to discover their positions.

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Kuroto's side.

Seeing that Uchiha Ryota was using the Full Body Susanoo, Kuroto immediately printed the hand seals, and this time his entire body was covered with the Tenseigan Chakra Cloak, and the very next instant seven truth-seeking orbs appeared behind him.

Kuroto transformed two of the black balls and formed a protective wall that defended against the attacks of the Full-Body Susanoo's Chakra Blades.

Boom… Boom… Boom… Boom…

Attacks after attacks kept on coming but not even a single one of them could get past the defense of the Black Wall.

Although the Golden-Orange Chakra Sword was extremely strong and as hot as the Sun itself, it was still nothing in the face of Truth-Seeking Orb's defense.

Each attack that landed on the defense wall broke that chakra sword, splashing flames all over the mountain, immediately igniting the whole mountain in a sea of golden flames.

One more attack failed, and Ryota crouched in the diamond cavity of the Full-Body Susanoo, all while he was spurting out large amounts of blood, his coughing was even harder than previously, but he didn't care, he must kill that bastard.

At this time, Kuroto waved his hand, remove the black wall from the front, and calmly observed Ryota's state.

The unrestrained use of all the Mangekyou techniques at the same time is obviously not easy for Ryota, and this could clearly be seen, Kuroto could perceive that Ryota was sacrificing his vitality to continue maintaining the Susanoo, so he was dying faster than ever.

The situation has developed to such a point and given the fact that Ryota is pushing himself to such an extent despite understanding that he will die, so such a result is inevitable.

Kuroto can be sure that he doesn't even need to attack anymore, just dodge, defend and parry against the attacks, and within just a few seconds Ryota's vitality will burn out completely as a result he will die.

But Kuroto isn't going to go with that option, this is because he also noticed that Signal Flare fired just a second ago, which means that the battle here has been detected by some passing shinobi and this news will soon reach the ears of Konoha authorities and within a few minutes hordes of shinobi will be coming here, so if the battle site is not cleared as early as possible then Kuroto will have too many troubles.

Secondly, the fusion of the two Mangekyou Sharingan pairs into eternal Mangekyou Sharingan might also require Ryota's input, therefore, Ryota's use has not been finished yet, so Kuroto does not want him to die so early.

For these many reasons, Kuroto did not delay any longer and without any more wait, he directed the nine truth-seeking orbs in his right hand, three of the nine-truth seeking orbs merged together to form a much larger orb, then the remaining six orbs too merged into pairs of two orbs each as a result forming three large orbs. Under Kuroto's control, the resultant four were circling upon his hand following the pattern of a planetary system.

Next, Kuroto transferred all the Tenseigan chakra surrounding him towards his right hand, as a result, each of these truth-seeking orbs changed their color to Azure color and they further inflated to the size of a small tailed beast bomb, making them extremely deadly.

"Azure Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"

(Translator's Note: The appearance is similar to Naruto's Planetary Rasengan, each ball being around the same size as a small tailed beast bomb, and the color is Azure Blue.)

With a soft murmur, Kuroto threw the entire planetary system type attack towards the Full Body Susanoo.

On the other side, Ryota also got up and shouted, "I… I am going to show you the consequences of offending an Uchiha!"

With the last battle cry, Ryota directed all his chakra towards the four swords held by the four arms of his Susanoo, each sword was at least two hundred meters and the golden flames were also transferred creating a high-temperature coating over the four swords.

Finally, the Susanoo armor also started spinning in a drilling motion and rushed towards the incoming Planetary Azure Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.

The Planetary Balls were continuously inflating as they went closer to the incoming Susanoo.

Looking at Ryota coming towards the Planetary balls, Kuroto had a look of pity for him, this is because Kuroto is sure that no matter how much Ryota tries he wouldn't be able to resist this attack.

And just as Kuroto expected, the final collision between the two attacks took place, as soon as the two attacks collided, a battle for the hegemony started, but this battle was very short and was soon concluded as Planetary Orbs easily overpowered that four swords drills and soon engulfed the Susanoo body in it.

"This would be the end of it." –With Kuroto's murmur, the Planetary Balls that have engulfed the entire Susanoo body making a wave-like motion around the Susanoo body as well as the entire mountain.

Inside that massive and turbulent wave-like vortex, the Susanoo did not pose any resistance and was completely shredded without leaving any fragment behind.

But that wasn't the end of it, followed by the Susanoo, the entire mountain was engulfed by the turbulent vortex, and soon enough due to an extremely large amount of energy and no one controlling it, the vortex grew too unstable and soon caused an extremely large explosion.

BOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!

The explosion was so large that the altitude it covered stretched up to several kilometers in the sky and quite deep into the ground as well. But strangely enough, the radius of the explosion was not too large and only stretched up to the radius of several hundred meters.

However, due to the high altitude it covered, the explosion was clearly visible from several miles away.

The light and sound produced by the explosion were also quite lethal, as all the people blown away by the resulting terrible wind pressure generated due to the explosion and could only hear their ears buzzing for the next few minutes.

After who knows how long, the dust finally cleared and Kuroto could clearly observe the situation.

At this time, a pit; hundreds of meters deep was left in place of the mountain and Uchiha Ryota lied in the center of that pit, battered and bruised, blood flowing out of all his wounds, his appearance was also aged.

Ryota's eyes were lifelessly gaping at the sky, and seeing Hyuga Kuroto arrive next to him, he can't help but ask, "Why did I lose?"

Kuroto did not bother to answer, because he understood that this question Ryota did not ask him, but asked from himself.

Receiving no answer, Ryota did not bother to speak anything more and soon lost his consciousness.

With this over, Kuroto immediately removed Ryota's Mangekyou Sharingan, put them into another small nutrition tank, and stored the small nutrition tank inside a storage scroll.

After putting the storage scroll inside his ninja bag; Kuroto lifted the fainted Ryota using Rein Wheel Pull and then walked towards Hideki who was also lying unconscious not far away.

Next Kuroto observed the entire battle site to see if anything that would point to him through the grape wine was left, although he has already removed all the traces from the mountain beforehand, you can never be too careful, so after checking that nothing was left, Kuroto finally breathed a sigh of relief as his objective of this entire ordeal was finally completed.

With nothing more left to do, Kuroto printed the hand seals, and the very next moment both he and the unconscious brothers disappeared from the battlefield leaving nothing more than a cloud of white smoke.

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Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh…

One-after-another a large number of shinobi leaped from one tree to another in the night forest.

Although these figures were coming from all directions, their converging point was the same, that is, the place where that loud large explosion occurred a few minutes ago.

As soon as they reached the place, the first thing that they were greeted with was the sea of golden fire that was burning uncontrollably, the next thing they discovered was the deep pit which lied at the center of the sea of golden flames, then there were several hundreds of meters long trenches all over the battlefield, overall, it appeared as if a devastating war just took place here, which was actually true in a sense.

Before proceeding to take steps on the battlefield, the burning fire must be extinguished as the temperature of the flames was unusually high, which would cause burns if anyone carelessly treads at the battlefield.

As such, the ninjas that arrived at the battlefield endured the charring smoke that choked their throats and high temperature that caused heat burns even from a distance and began using all sorts of Water Style Jutsu to extinguish the flames.

However, some soon discovered that this unique type of golden fire was too violent and couldn't be extinguished by Water.

Fortunately, the fire was not spreading to the surroundings and was only burning this area so that was a bit relieving but they will have to put down the fire if the site analysis has to be done.

Not long after, Shimura Danzo, the commander of the hunting operation soon led a team of shinobi and arrived at this burning site.

Coming with Danzo were not only a large number of Anbu of the Root subdivision, many elites shinobi as well as the Toad Sannin Jiraiya.

Looking at the mess that this 'once upon a time calm mountain' is now, Danzo had a gloomy look, nobody could understand what Elder Danzo was thinking at this moment.

By now, the flames have started to gradually fade away for some unknown reason so it saved everyone a lot of trouble.

Carefully walking through the battlefield, Jiraiya squatted before a long trench and looked at it thoughtfully.

Hyuga Hizashi, who has recovered from his injuries walked to the side of the Toad Sannin and muttered in disbelief, "What kind of ninjutsu can cause such trenches all over the battlefield? Are they caused by some kind of Wind Style Ninjutsu?"

Jiraiya knew that Hizashi wasn't asking this question from him but from himself, he still decided to speak, so shaking his head, Jiraiya spoke, "These trenches are not made by the use of Wind Style Ninjutsu but because of Sword Energies!"

Unlike other shinobi from Konoha, Jiraiya's Summon Toad, Gamabunta uses a 'Tonto', of course, this tonto is small only relative to Gamabunta's humungous size but that's another topic of discussion.

So, anyway, Gamabunta's Tonto is a huge 'short sword.'

And Jiraiya is used to seeing many such trenches left on the ground every time he summons Gamabunta to participate in battles, therefore, he could easily tell that these trenches were not formed by some kind of Wind Style Ninjutsu but by some kind of giant sword slashes.

"Sword Energies!?" – Hizashi was stunned, "What kind of sword can create such long trenches?"

This was beyond Hizashi's understanding if the trenches were tens of meters long then that could still be found acceptable, but hundreds of meters long?

Were the people fighting here were humans or towering titans?

While everyone was busy making their own analysis, the sensor ninjas also got busy in search of any remains of chakra they can use to identify the people who fought here.

The leader of the sensor ninjas spoke, "There are three types of chakra traces present here, two of which are very similar and should belong to the closely related people, and their chakra is very cold and evil, while the third type of chakra is kind of strange, I have never sensed something like this, but this chakra is unusually gentle and soothing completely opposite to that of the previous two."

Uchiha Kaminari asked eagerly, "Can you identify who they are?"

"Let me try and see if that is possible!" – The leader of the Sensor-nin again closed his eyes and tried to sense and after a few seconds, he shook his head, "Reading the characteristics of Chakra is indeed possible, but their traces do not match with any type of Chakra I have sensed before. But there's something strange, all the three chakras…"- he couldn't seem to be entangled in words on how to describe it.

Jiraiya walked over at this time and questioned, "What happened to these chakra traces?"

As soon as he noticed Jiraiya, he seemed to have found his point of reference and immediately spoke, "Jiraiya-sama, the intensity of those two cold chakras is not any lower than yours, but what's troubling is that the chakra of the last one is much-much higher than you… I have sensed the Chakra of many people, even that of the Sandaime Raikage, but it wouldn't be wrong to say that the chakra of this third person was even higher than him.

And from this, I can conclude that the people who fought here are only three, not even a single more, moreover, that two evil and cold chakras were confronting that gentle and peaceful one!"

Jiraiya was also stunned if the chakra of those people reaches such an unusually high level and one of them even surpasses someone like the Sandaime Raikage, then that is a very concerning issue.

Not just Jiraiya but even the other shinobi around were stunned by the sensor-nin's words.

It must not be forgotten that Jiraiya is one of the strongest shinobi of the current Konoha, so the fact that it can be confirmed that all the three people who fought here were either on the same level as him or probably higher is indeed very concerning!

One of the shinobi said, "Could it possible that they are the last members of the Uzumaki Clan?"

Sensor-nin said, "It's hard to judge, so I am not sure!"

Hizashi muttered anxiously, "Since when did so many powerhouses appear in the shinobi world?"

Akimichi Choza muttered with some sadness in his tone, "If Yondaime-sama was still alive then these rogue-ninjas would have never dared to venture into the land of fire and cause so much trouble… sigh, but alas…"

An Uchiha spoke when he heard Akimichi Choza's, "Do not worry Akimichi-dono, as long as the Uchiha Clan is in Konoha, no one will be allowed to humiliate Konoha get by after doing it!"

As he spoke, another Uchiha added, "Yes, the Uchiha Clan will never let these bastards get away after causing so much trouble for Konoha!"

Another Uchiha questioned from the sensor-nin, "Can these chakra remains be tracked to find out where they went after the battle here?"

The sensor-nin tried for a while and soon shook his head, "I am afraid but it's not possible!"

"Is there really no way to track these three bastards!?" – questioned Uchiha Kaminari.

The sensor-nin said, "There are traces remaining here, however, these three shinobi suddenly disappeared, as if they were never even here, so the most likely possibility is that they used some kind of space-time ninjutsu to leave this place as such tracking them is most likely impossible!"

"Damn it!" – Uchiha Kaminari cursed, "If only they can be tracked, then with the strength of Patriarch and Shisui it might have been possible to catch them!"

From the beginning to the end, Shimura Danzo did not interject in the conversation, but he did pay close attention to it.

And one doubt was lingering in his mind, He was wondering who the three of people who fought here are?

If it is assumed that one side is related to Amatsukami then who is the other party?

And why was that part confronting Amatsukami?

Is it possible that they are Akatsuki, just like the last time?

It does seem possible considering that the hostile relationship between the two sides is quite apparent!

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Kuroto Secret Laboratory.

Looking at the two small nutrition tanks before him, each containing a pair of Mangekyou Sharingan, Kuroto again breathed a sigh of relief.

Although that 'Stimulus Test' took too much of his time, and was filled with many accidents and variables, the final result he obtained was worth all the hassle Kuroto had to go through!

Then Kuroto's gaze specifically turned towards the small nutrition tank containing Uchiha Hideki's Mangekyou Sharingan, "What could be Hideki's Mangekyou Sharingan Specific Techniques?"

Since Hideki did not use any of the techniques in the battle other than the Susanoo, so it was a little hard to guess.

Kuroto's thirst for knowledge is very similar to his sensei Orochimaru and is something he really can't restrain, for this reason, he has been so obsessed with all sorts of experiments. Discovering secrets and exploring the unknown gives Kuroto a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction which is one of his main driving forces pushing him forward towards his goal step-by-step.

Therefore, Kuroto did not wait any longer and quickly used the remaining of the two low-quality clones, putting the clone body on the test bench, Kuroto quickly used the chakra scalpel to remove the semi-completed Byakugan from the eye sockets.

Putting them in a solution jar at the side to keep them fresh, Kuroto transplanted Uchiha Hideki's Mangekyou Sharingan in those empty eye sockets of the clone body.

After having finished all of this, Kuroto sat on the chair at the side and made the hand seals, "Tenseigan Soul Descend!"

As soon as the seals were finished, Kuroto's main body suddenly became lethargic and lowered its head, and at the same instant, the clone body lying on the test bench opened its eyes.

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After transferring his soul to the clone body, Kuroto suddenly opened his eyes but a sudden sense of dizziness attacked, Kuroto had to grit his teeth and immediately close his eyes and then open again after a bit of adapting.

At this time, Kuroto's brain was able to perceive a strange red and black pattern from his eyes.

Kuroto's state was in sort of a trance due to the dizziness and he had to spend a few seconds getting used to the feeling and then try getting up.

"It's really not an easy task to use someone else's dojutsu!" – Kuroto muttered helplessly.

Now Kuroto can somewhat understand that people like Nagato and Kakashi; who could adapt to the transplanted dojutsu albeit only to a limited extent really have a tough time.

Shaking his head to let go of these thoughts, Kuroto focused on adapting to these eyes, and when the sense of dizziness subsided, he was finally able to concentrate to some extent; as such he carefully got up from the test bench and walked towards the mirror.

He really wanted to observe these transplanted eyes, and Kuroto was a bit surprised as he saw those unique black eyes with a scarlet pattern but at the same time, there was a bit of letdown because the pattern was not that of the Mangekyou Sharingan, but of the three-tomoe Sharingan.

Understanding this, Kuroto muttered, "No wonder the dizziness suddenly subsided!"

Initially, Kuroto was a bit happy and felt that the adaptability of the Mangekyou Sharingan was much easier than he expected as it only took a few minutes to adapt to the transplanted pair of Mangekyou Sharingan, but it appears that wasn't the case, as the Mangekyou Sharingan automatically retracted to the three tomoe state.

But after pondering for a while, Kuroto felt that this is natural.

After all, even Kakashi; who's Mangekyou Sharingan was awakened by his own chakra also couldn't fully adapt to the Mangekyou Sharingan, and had to spend a whole lot of time to train and get used to the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Even Nagato's case was the same and so was Danzo's.

This clearly shows that transplanting other's dojutsu is never going to be easy.

Of course, Kuroto has a lot of advantages over these people.

Firstly, Kuroto himself is a shinobi who has access to two dojutsu being the Byakugan and the Tenseigan.

Secondly, because of his experience in adapting to the Tenseigan at the time of awakening it, Kuroto will obviously not face as many problems as Kakashi and others went through.

Thirdly, his soul is used to the feeling of Tenseigan Chakra, which is a superior dojutsu compared to Sharingan and Mangekyou Sharingan so that's another plus point for Kuroto.

And finally, compared to Kakashi who had no personal knowledge, resource material, or guidance on how to use Sharingan and Mangekyou Sharingan, Kuroto is in a much better case, there is a lot of information he tortured out of the Uchiha Brothers, then there is Shisui and Shinichi who would not mind giving him all the information he needs, thus Kuroto wouldn't have to spend a lot of time and effort in getting used to the basics, unlike Kakashi.

With that clear, Kuroto used the same approach to activate the Mangekyou Sharingan as he used with the Tenseigan.

And soon enough, as the Chakra was directed towards the eyes, the three black tomoe spinning in the scarlet copy wheel started converging together.

Followed by the merging, the same sense of dizziness again struck Kuroto, the sudden trance caused by the dizziness interrupted the eye-opening process as the first attempt resulted in a failure.

"Huff… huff…!" – Stabilizing himself to prevent the fall, Kuroto heavily gasped for breath, although this attempt resulted in a failure there was no sign of disappointment on Kuroto's face. This is because Kuroto understood that his approach was indeed correct as he expected, it's just that it would take some time to get used to the pressure of Mangekyou Sharingan.

However, time is a currency that Kuroto lacks the most.

Slow adaption is also undesirable, although the current clone he is using does not have genes belonging to the Uchiha Clan, no matter how much effort is required to adapt in the least amount of time possible, Kuroto must do it.

Having made up his mind, regardless of whether he could bear the immediate burden or not, Kuroto forcible directed Charka to the Sharingan to activate the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Under Kuroto's control, the chakra in his body violently gathered around the veins moving towards the eyes and flowed into the Sharingan, as a result activating the Mangekyou Sharingan, but the sense of dizziness interrupted midway.

"Tch… now even a pair of Mangekyou Sharingan wants to stump me?" – as he cursed, Kuroto's expression hardened and he put more effort.

Kuroto didn't know how long it passed but the dizziness finally started to diminish and no longer prevented Kuroto from concentrating and thinking.

At the same time, his blurry vision also gradually started clearing up.

On his image inside the mirror, Kuroto also saw that the pattern of the eyes has finally changed from the three tomoe to that of Hideki's Mangekyou Sharingan.

Soon, information started coming to his mind about the name of some techniques and their mechanism.

"So, it's called 'Daikokuten'?" – Kuroto muttered with a thoughtful expression.

The techniques of both the eyes are the same, it is called 'Daikokuten' and it guards the user against darkness and guides the user towards the light, the darkness can be anything; that is spiritual, Genjutsu attacks, Soul attacks, or Fuinjutsu attacks that effects the soul of the user can be counted in the range of Daikokuten's coverage.

In other words, Daikokuten is a type of defensive Jutsu that guards the user's soul.

It's just that it does not have any active use but a passive one that would help the user stay guarded against any type of soul-damaging attacks.

Jutsu like Kotoamatsukami, Tsukuyomi, Taikyokuzu, Shiki Fujin (Dead Demon Consuming Seal) would no longer have any effect on a person who has Daikokuten in his arsenal!

Understanding this, Kuroto thought, 'Although this Dojutsu wouldn't be useful most of the time when needed in the face of people like Shisui, Itachi, Fugaku, and Uzumaki Fuinjutsu users, Daikokuten will be a real lifesaver!'

As such this technique was really valuable.

Who knows what is the true extent of this ability, there might even be a possibility that this Dojutsu can even resist Jutsu like, 'Mugen Tsukuyomi' and 'Karma Seal' to a certain extent, and if that's really the case, then Daikokuten is incredibly valuable, and Kuroto can't help but feel greedy for this technique.

Since he has already found out the technique of Hideki's Mangekyou Sharingan, next he replaced those eyes with Ryota's Mangekyou Sharingan to better understand what are the techniques Ryota awakened.

As soon as, the information was received by his brain, Kuroto learned that the two Techniques Ryota awakened are called, 'Yaoyorozu' and 'Amatsuhikone' for the left and the right eye respectively.

'Yaoyorozu' the technique of the left eye is an augmentation type technique and allows the user to increase the physical stats of all the things that he wants to, sort of like a buff or strengthening for the physical aspects of thins.

While 'Amatsuhikone' the technique of the right eye is also an augmentation type technique, but it is different from its antipode, Amatsuhikone that allows the user to increase the energy stats of all the things that he wants to, sort of like a buff or increase the energy aspects.

After getting this information, Kuroto was able to understand how Ryota was able to maintain such a large Susanoo with the condition he was in and was still alive even after suffering damage from Azure Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.

Ryota used 'Yaoyorozu' to increase his own and Susanoo's physical aspects, then used 'Amatsuhikone' to increase the chakra in his body to supply the necessary amount of chakra needed to maintain such a large Full-Body Susanoo.

But there was still one thing confusing Kuroto, 'If the two techniques are these then what was that golden fire?'

I mean his Susanoo's color is indeed golden but those golden flames were a bit different so they couldn't have been the same or is it possible that he created that golden fire using these two techniques?

This might be the case, or is it possible that those Golden Flames are abilities of Ryota's Susanoo itself? Each Susanoo grants its user some kind of weapon, perhaps Ryota's Susanoo allowed him to wield those Golden Flames.

"I will have to look into that later on!" – muttered Kuroto.

With that out of the way, Kuroto was now in another dilemma. He has to choose two techniques out of the three that he is going to keep at the time of fusing the two Mangekyou Sharingan pairs into the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan pair.

It is inevitable that when the two pairs fuse to give the Eternal Mangekyou, the abilities of one of the pair will be lost, and since all the three techniques are incredibly useful, so there is a tough decision before him, and Kuroto will have no choice but to make it sooner or later.

"Which one to abandon, 'Daikokuten,' 'Yaoyorozu,' or 'Amatsuhikone'? A tough decision indeed!"

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About the method of fusion of two pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan into a pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and key points related to it, Kuroto isn't really sure how it's achieved, because there is not much information available in regards to this that Kuroto can use for reference.

After all, there were only two people shown to have ever awakened Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, and they were obviously Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Sasuke.

In Uchiha Madara's case, close to nothing but speculations are known about Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Izuna's Mangekyou Sharingan abilities.

Senju Tobirama may have stated that he has seen Amaterasu before, and even if we assume that Amaterasu was related to Uchiha Izuna, but there is no hard evidence to prove whether that speculation is indeed correct or not.

Even the techniques Uchiha Madara had after awakening the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan are unknown.

Therefore, the only one Kuroto can refer to is the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan of Uchiha Sasuke.

Itachi's Mangekyou techniques were Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi and before his death, Itachi used Transcription Seal to seal Amaterasu in Sasuke's Sharingan for it to be activated the moment Sasuke sees the so-called 'Madara's Mangekyou Sharingan.'

And coincidentally enough, Sasuke awakened Amaterasu as one of his Mangekyou Techniques.

Although Sasuke's awakening was also related to his hatred and intent to destroy Konoha, the fact that he specifically awakened Amaterasu couldn't have been just because of his hatred!

Of course, Kuroto isn't sure whether this conjecture of his is correct or not but it could be true as there is no evidence to deny this possibility!

So, there is a possibility that Itachi's sealing of Amaterasu in Sasuke's Sharingan played some role in Sasuke's awakening of Amaterasu.

Therefore, we can consider that the Transcription Seal might have some degree of influence on the Mangekyou Technique of an awakener.

And if this conjecture is true only then can Kuroto make the choice.

Kuroto has decided that he would choose Daikokuten of Hideki's Mangekyou Sharingan and Yaoyorozu of Ryota's Mangekyou Sharingan.

The idea is to seal Hideki's Daikokuten into Ryota's right eye using the Transcription Seal.

In this way, it may be possible for Ryota's right eye to gain the technique Daikokuten of Hideki's eye at the time of awakening Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.

As for the original ability of Ryota's right Mangekyou which is Amatsuhikone?

Kuroto feels that although this technique is also incredibly useful, it is would be relatively unnecessary for him, after all, he already has Ryuumyaku with him so Kuroto wouldn't be facing problems of chakra shortage as far as he could think and Kuroto still finds Daikokuten to be more useful with more potential compared to Amatsuhikone!

"Therefore, Daikokuten and Yaoyorozu are the most optimum choices!" – muttered Kuroto while walking towards the other room of his secret laboratory.

This room was only recently created and was equipped with all sorts of medical devices, additionally reinforced walls and surroundings with complicated sealing combinations capable of completely destroying the room instantly if Kuroto desires so.

Although it is said that the room is equipped with all sorts of medical devices but in actuality, not much is present here of significant importance.

There are only two large nutrition tanks equipped with a complete life support system.

The people inside the large nutrition tanks are none other than the Uchiha brothers who were being tortured by Kuroto until not long ago.

After the previous battle, Kuroto gouged the Mangekyou Sharingan of both the brothers coupled with irrecoverable injuries they suffered during their time in prison cells, and in the following battle, both of them are in a deep coma and would have died within minutes if not for Kuroto to keep them alive using the life support system.

But even Kuroto knows that although they are alive, their bodies and spirits are beyond exhaustion and will never experience true recovery as such they won't ever be able to get back to their peak state.

Therefore, ideally, both of them are useless more so given the fact that Kuroto has stolen the eyes of both of them so they should be disposed of as early as possible to avoid any risks but Kuroto wants to keep them alive a little longer.

And to not be careless, he has made sure to put seals all over their body including their blood, therefore, Kuroto can be sure that let alone breaking the seal? They wouldn't even be able to blink their eyes unless Kuroto orders so!

They are also being continuously injected with Anesthesia so would always be staying in a coma unless Kuroto feels the need to wake them up.

There are many reasons Kuroto kept them alive, first is obviously to show that he will always remain grateful for both of them that they 'volunteered' to be tortured and 'willingly offered' their Mangekyou Sharingan to Kuroto as such they must suffer less pain from here on until their eventual death.

After all, Kuroto is not a 'lunatic' or a 'madman' who has a special interest or takes pleasure from torturing his captives, right? So, there is obviously not much reason left for him to torture these two anymore.

The second reason is obviously that their use has not ended yet.

Until he finally obtains the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, it would be best to keep both of them alive for convenience's sake as Kuroto could need their further 'assistance' in the fusion process.

Nodding to himself, Kuroto left the room where the two Uchiha would be living their last days and returned to the main lab while thinking, 'It would be best to learn Transcription Seal before the fusing the two pairs of Mangekyou into Eternal Mangekyou!'

Based on the two known instances of Transcription seal being used, it was used by the people of the Uchiha Clan being Madara and Itachi indicating that the Transcription Seal was undoubtedly developed by the Uchiha Clan, so if Kuroto wants to learn Transcription Seal he can only obtain information about it from the Uchiha clan!

But that aside, what Kuroto must do at the earliest are not the Mangekyou Fusion or learning Transcription Seal.

Kuroto's current top priority is something else.

The top priority right now is to clear up the suspicions on Shisui being Homusubi, the matter of learning the Transcription Seal, Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, cultivating the Fire Clone body with Uchiha Clan DNA and all can be done at a later date, but suspicions on Shisui must be resolved first so the restrictions imposed on him will be cleared up.

With this thought, Kuroto sat on a chair and devised the outline of the next plan he is going to be using to achieve this purpose.

While thinking he can't help but let out several yawns one-after-another…

Honestly, Kuroto is a little tired after tonight's ordeal. It was only due to the Adrenaline rush because of the excitement of obtaining two pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan that he did not notice it until now but now that this excitement has subsided, the exhaustion has taken over so Kuroto closed his eyes and took a temporary rest to recover his spirits and counted all the gains from the Uchiha Brother Torture arc.

After a short rest of an hour, Kuroto took a deep breath and unfolded the latest outlined map to plan out the next course of action.

Being an Anbu has many perks and this task where Team-11 was responsible for monitoring the entire hunting operation of Amatsukami allowed Kuroto to be aware of all the routes that were being used, are being used, or will be used in the future.

Therefore, it is very easy for him to find the safest and most effective location to bring Homusubi into public sight.

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Next Morning,

Uchiha Clan Grounds, Shisui's House.

Similar to the past few days, Shisui was doing some practice in the training range in the backyard training range of his house.

Although he is under House Arrest under Patriarch's order, Shisui is allowed to carry out his training in the backyard to keep his skills rust-free.

Tuk… Tuk… Tuk… Tuk… Tuk… Tuk… Tuk… Tuk… Tuk…

Amidst the sound of shuriken piercing the wooden targets, Shisui who was flipping in the air slowly landed on the ground with his back facing the targets.

Turning around, Shisui glanced at the several targets placed at different angles and distances from his position and was happy to find that all the shuriken he threw were piercing the center point of the targets, and the corners of his lips curved in a proud smirk!

Even in the Uchiha Clan, not everyone can use such meticulous and precise Shurikenjutsu therefore Shisui's mastery and skills in Shurikenjutsu are undoubtedly recognized as the best within the clan.

Of course, Shisui will feel some pride about this.

Clap-clap-clap-clap…

At this time, the sound of clapping was heard from the other side of the training field.

Turning his head towards the direction from where the sound of clapping came, Shisui said with a smile, "Itachi, you are here!"

"Yes, Shisui-san…" – Itachi nodded.

"Oh-oh, Shisui-san, I… I am also here!" – a small figure that sprang out from behind Itachi said.

Shisui quirked his eyebrow and spoke with a sly grin, "Ara, Sasuke you are here too? I am really sorry Sasuke; you are just too small that I was unable to notice you a moment ago…"

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Sasuke pouted and looked a little upset after hearing Shisui's words.

Although Sasuke was abused by Yama, he didn't suffer much damage aside from some traumatic experience. And that trauma was also relieved because of the psychological care Itachi provided Sasuke after that experience, after all, Uchiha Itachi wouldn't want his brother to suffer, right?

And unlike the cold and indifferent Uchiha Sasuke who fell into loneliness and hatred after the annihilation of the Uchiha Clan at the hands of Itachi, he is still a cheerful and sweet kid who seeks his brother's and father's attention and acknowledgment more than anything.

So Shisui's words made him a bit sad and annoyed.

Itachi noticed Sasuke's change and flicked his forehead, "Shisui-san is just teasing you Sasuke."

Sasuke blushed and after nodding at his brothers' words, Sasuke turned around as his gaze turned towards the Shuriken Target's spread all over the training field, and his expression turned to an eager one, it seemed as if he was itching to try.

Understanding Sasuke's eagerness, Shisui handed him a Shuriken and said, "Wanna give it a try? When Itachi was around your age he was already very good at it, he was even able to hit multiple targets easily!"

Sasuke's eyes gleamed with excitement, taking the shuriken from Shisui's hand, Sasuke turned his head and looked at his brother, "Nii-san, is that true? Were you really able to hit the bull's eye of multiple targets when you were of my age?"

Itachi smiled awkwardly and finally nodded in acquiescence.

In fact, when Itachi was four years old, he had even been to the battlefield; killed enemy ninjas, and had to burn the sight of mountains of dead bodies to understand what WAR truly is! Something that is much traumatizing from what Sasuke went through a few months ago.

"If nii-san can do it, then I can do it too!" – After saying that, Sasuke who was full of confidence aimed at the target directly in front of him and threw the shuriken with all his strength!

Whiiish…

With the sound of cutting through the air, the shuriken thrown by Sasuke flew out of Shisui's courtyard and disappeared.

Aho… Aho… Aho…

An awkward silence… And the cawing of Aho Crow…

Immediately afterward, a shout came from outside the courtyard, "Who is throwing shuriken around!"

Sasuke immediately shrank, his face full of frustration and disappointment.

Even Shisui didn't know what to say, in the past two years, he has been so busy with the missions of Team-11 and the matters between the clan and the village that he had no time to pay attention to Sasuke, only now did he realize that compared to Itachi whose talent is simply otherworldly, Sasuke's talent may not be same.

While three remained in silence, a crow flew down from the sky and sat down on his shoulder.

Shisui received the secret message scroll from the crow and unfolded the scroll without minding Itachi and Sasuke's presence.

As soon as Shisui saw the content of the scroll he frowned slightly; the reason was that the scroll only recorded a time and the name of a location.

Seeing Shisui's expression, Itachi asked, "What's wrong Shisui-san?"

Asked by Itachi, Shisui just shook his head in response without giving any detail and burned the scroll immediately.

Shisui may have confessed to Itachi that he is Homusubi, but he still doesn't want Itachi to get involved in the matters of Amatsukami, for the time being at least.

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Somewhere in the hinterland of the Land of Fire.

Uchiha Hiiragi with whom Kuroto once had a duel and Uchiha Yuto a Tokubetsu Jonin were patrolling the territory.

This route is a shortcut connecting the Land of Fire with the Land of Hot Water and is often used by bounty hunters, missing-nin, and other mercenary ninjas because of its remoteness and complex terrain.

Uchiha Yuto said, "Did you hear the news that a mountain not far from the village suddenly collapsed last night?"

Uchiha Hiiragi nodded, "Hmm, there are even speculations that someone of Amatsukami was fighting there, and the result was an explosion that left a great amount of damage to the nearby territory!"

Yuto sighed with frustration, "Just what in the hell is this Amatsukami? Why is there no information about this organization?"

Hiiragi glanced at Yuto and snorted, "Hmm? Are you scared?"

Yuto chuckled condescendingly, "Aren't you scared at all? The village has been searching for their traces for the past two months and yet there is no success! Ryota-sama and Hideki-sama were captured so easily by them, Shisui was defeated by them… even Sandaime couldn't…"

Yuto suddenly stopped and his gaze narrowed at something…

Hiiragi turned towards him and asked, "What happened?"

Yuto raised his hand and pointed into the distance with his finger trembling, "You… do you also see those two… they… they… they wouldn't happen to members of Amatsukami, right?"

Hiiragi followed the direction of Yuto's gaze and his expression shrank immediately.

The sight he saw was not at all horrifying or anything, just two people wearing that unique type of Black-Cloak with a golden threading pattern all over it, a unique symbol around the chest part of the cloak, and finally a mask over their face.

The symbol on one of their chests was that of the Fire Chakra Nature while the other one had the symbol of Wind Chakra Nature.

Similarly, the masks they wore were also different, one wore a Fire patterned mask while the other one had a wind patterned mask.

"You are right, they… they have to be members of Amatsukami!" – Hiiragi was surprised and thought silently, 'Damn it! They have come after us this time, what… what should we do now?'

The achievements of Amatsukami can really make anyone panic when they suddenly encounter members of that fearsome organization.

Successfully infiltrating Konoha assassinating the leader of Kumogakure's peace delegation and finally managing to escape with his body, even under the combined siege of Sandaime Hokage, a large number of Anbu, and Konoha Military Police Force.

Successfully defeating Uchiha Shisui, as well as kidnapping Uchiha Hideki and Uchiha Ryota one after another without leaving any trail behind makes everyone subconsciously have a fear of Amatsukami.

And now that Hiiragi and Yuto have suddenly noticed two members of Amatsukami coming from the opposite end; they are clearly frozen and can't think of anything.

Based on the intelligence, the two members who are coming from the opposite end are already known, the one wearing the fire patterned mask is Homusubi, the person said to have the Mangekyou Sharingan.

While not much is known about the second person walking on the side, but he did participate in ambushing two members of Anbu Team-11 and based on the intelligence those two have given, he seems to be stronger than Suijin and Homusubi!

Yuto took a deep breath and spoke with a stammering voice, "What… what should we do… what should we do now!"

Immediately Hiiragi also took a deep breath and shouted, "Fire the signal flare!"

"What…!?" – Yuto was taken aback, and immediately spoke, "Then what about us? We will definitely have the same fate as Ryota-sama and Hideki-sama if… if we stay here…! Do you want us to just die? How about… why-why don't we run away now!?"

Hiiragi took out the signal flare from the ninja bag on his waist and spoke with a bitter tone, "Don't be stupid! Do you seriously think that we can escape now, at least this way… it will be known!" – Saying that Hiiragi immediately fired the signal Flare.

Bang… whiiiiiistleeeee… BOOM…

As soon as the signal flare was fired successfully, Hiiragi breathed a sigh of relief.

Although it is still daytime, the signal flare will be easily noticed, therefore, Hiiragi was not worried that others wouldn't be able to spot the signal flare.

The two members of Amatsukami noticed that Hiiragi was firing the signal flare, but they did not take any action to interrupt him and were calmly walking towards them.

Seeing that the two members of Amatsukami did not have any intentions of retreating, both Hiiragi and Yuto looked at each other and gulped in nervousness, following which they both nodded to each other with a hardened gaze, 'If our death is unavoidable then it is better to die fighting rather than running!' – were the silent words that their gaze said to each other.

Both of them immediately took out their weapons and got ready for the fight, Hiiragi had his favorite and trusty sword, while the other one had a Kunai in both his hands.

As the two members of Amatsukami came closer and closer, Hiiragi let out a battle cry, "Although the odds are not in our favor, as Uchiha, we must not cower or run away in the face of the enemy of the clan and village!"

Yuto also gritted his teeth and finally nodded, "… YES! Fight to the death!"

At the moment Hiiragi and Yuto finished, the two members of Amatsukami were just seven steps away from them.

Step…

Traces of sweat flowed down the temples of both the Uchiha…

Step…

Gaze hardened and locked at the enemy…

Step…

Chakra Started to flow down to muscles amplifying strength…

Step…

Muscles started expanding, ready to take action any moment…

Step…

Weapons were drawn backward to give them momentum…

Step…

Lungs Expanded to fill in the necessary air…

Step…

Both Hiiragi and Yuto ready for the battle…

Step…

Step…

Step…

Step… Step… Step… Step…

Both Hiiragi and Yuto were ready to die, but the two members of Amatsukami did not give the two Uchiha even a single glance from beginning to end and passed by them as if both Hiiragi and Yuto were just ordinary rabbits in the forest.

A strange silence…

"Uh..." – Uchiha Yuto let out an awkward groan at what just happened.

Hiiragi also had an awkward expression but indescribable humiliation suddenly flooded his mind.

"Damn it! You dare ignore us!" – With a roar, Hiiragi turned around and rushed towards the two members of Amatsukami.

At this time, Homusubi turned his head to look back causing Hiiragi to suddenly stop his attack, no word was spoken between them and Hiiragi suddenly dropped his sword.

The other member of Amatsukami did not even turn around from beginning to end as if he did not care about what Hiiragi intended to do.

With Hiiragi frozen midway, Homusubi retracted his head and walked away.

As the two members of Amatsukami walked away, Uchiha Yuto carefully came next to Hiiragi and spoke while shaking him, "Hiiragi-san… Hiiragi-san, what's wrong with you? Are you alright?"

Urged by Yuto, Hiiragi finally took a breath and immediately collapsed to the ground, the pressure and bloodlust a few moments before were too much for him to bear, his expression was in a daze and he murmured, "Mangekyou Sharingan! That… that person really has Mangekyou Sharingan, moreover, the pressure he released was too terrible!"

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Inside a hidden cave in the territory of the.

"Cough… Cough-cough… Cough-cough-cough… Cough-cough-cough-cough… Cough-cough-cough-cough-cough… Cou-…" – As soon as Kuroto removed the Homusubi mask that he wore earlier, he started coughing uncontrollably, and the coughs did not show any signs of subsiding but became more and more intense to the point that blood started to come out of the throat, it felt as if someone was choking his throat a few moments ago.

After a long time passed, the coughing finally calmed down and Kuroto could finally breathe in relief.

While wiping away the blood from the corner of his mouth Kuroto sighed and took in the nutrition drug especially created by him to prevent this low-quality clone body from degrading before getting the job done.

At this time his face was dull and showed clear signs of weakness, undoubtedly the burden of Mangekyou Sharingan on this body is very severe, Kuroto only activated the Mangekyou Sharingan for few seconds to scare Uchiha Hiiragi but those few seconds also seems unbearable.

"It's no wonder that even keeping the Sharingan in the three tomoe state is very difficult and exceedingly exhausting for Kakashi, makes me wonder if he isn't secretly half-Uzumaki or possibly half-Senju that he even managed to master the use of his Mangekyou Sharingan albeit through some training but that's a big achievement compared to Danzo who had to rely upon the Hashirama Cells to achieve Yin-Yang balance so as not to not lose himself or be overwhelmed." – muttered Kuroto while still panting for breath.

Judging from the current condition of this low-quality clone, using the full potential of the Mangekyou Sharingan will be next to impossible.

While playing with the Homusubi mask in his hand, Kuroto thought, 'If I want to truly be able to use the power of Mangekyou Sharingan or the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan then it can only be done by cultivating a clone body with the Uchiha Clan DNA.'

Otherwise, being able to fully display the power of Mangekyou Sharingan is only a dream, neither Shimura Danzo nor Hatake Kakashi was ever able to display the full power of Sharingan.

Understanding this, Kuroto muttered, "Other than Sharingan; the Uchiha Clan is also known for their mastery over the Fire Style so using Uchiha DNA for cultivating the Fire Nature Clone to be used for the Chimera Technique will not deviate from my main plan and I will also be able to use Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, but the question is, whose cells should I use for the cultivation of the clone?"

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Konoha Village.

The news about the sudden appearance of members of Amatsukami soon spread towards the Land of Fire and was relayed to Konohagakure with the fastest posts.

Sandaime who received the news immediately ordered an emergency Jonin Council summon. The shinobi participating in the meeting included Sandaime along with the three elders of the advisory board, Sannin Jiraiya, Patriarchs of all the major clans, including the Uchiha Clan of course, as well as several elite Jonin.

A series of discussions took place in the meeting and the details were only known to the people participating in the meetings.

After the Jonin Council meeting was over a private Uchiha assembly was organized upon Uchiha Fugaku's orders.

In the assembly hall, Uchiha Fugaku sat with a serious expression.

The elites participating in the assembly also sat quietly with serious expressions on their faces, although nobody spoke anything, all the members had a strong will to fight and avenge the two missing Uchiha while there were also some traces of an unspeakable dread and nervousness in everyone's heart that they chose to keep hidden in there!

Fugaku could see the psychological state of all the people present at the meeting but he did not point that out, these are the trials that everyone must overcome on their own, as the Patriarch, he will of course be their support and guide if necessary but this does not mean that he will spoon-feed them.

Death is something that a shinobi must always be prepared to face, and Fugaku trusts that these Uchiha shinobi loyal to him will not disappoint him.

Finally, his gaze turned towards Shisui, and a trace of doubt appeared in Fugaku's mind.

After having tested Shisui with his Dojutsu, Fugaku was convinced that Uchiha Shisui is Homusubi therefore Fugaku did not have any more interest in the hunting operation organized by the village to hunt down Amatsukami, on the contrary, he was more concerned about what Amatsukami really wanted or to be specific, what was their goal that Shisui was convinced to not only betray the clan but also the village!

But now that the news of the sudden appearance of Homusubi was passed back from the front lines, especially by Hiiragi and Yuto so Fugaku isn't sure anymore whether Shisui is really Homusubi?

'Is it possible that I misunderstood Shisui?'

The reason for Fugaku's doubt is not wrong, even if someone else is changed into his position, then they will also reach the same conclusion.

After all, there are only two people officially known to have the Mangekyou Sharingan, one of them has already betrayed the village and joined the mercenary organization Akatsuki, so it's not impossible that the only other shinobi who has the Mangekyou Sharingan also chose to betray the village and join the other mercenary organization, therefore the possibility of Uchiha Shisui being Homusubi cannot be denied.

After thinking for a while, Fugaku said, "Homusubi of Amatsukami has appeared, and we of the Uchiha cannot allow a traitor to continue to harm the clan and the village, this time once again a hunting operation is being organized, I will also be participating this time, and our main objective is to either kill Homusubi or capture him or seize his Mangekyou Sharingan, is that understood!?"

"Yes!" – all the Uchiha present in the meeting responded in unison.

Fugaku again looked towards Shisui and said, "Uchiha Shisui, you will stay with me!"

"Yes, Fugaku-sama!" – Although Shisui wasn't sure exactly what Kuroto-san planned; the fact that he received that message must mean that there is something he has planned which will clear away the suspicions on him, therefore, Shisui wasn't much worried about this hunting operation and nodded without any hesitation.

In fact, he also understands that just because Homusubi appeared in public sights does not mean that the suspicions on him will be cleared, only if he and Homusubi fight and that fight is witnessed by many people then the suspicions will be resolved!

While Shisui thought this, the meeting proceeded further and after some more discussions, the meeting was concluded.

Shisui returned to his home, and recalled the information sent by Kuroto through the secret message, 'The location sent by Kuroto-san is at a distance of about six days, so do I have to enact a scene there? But if I play Homusubi there, then who will play Uchiha Shisui?'

Although he was a bit doubtful, this did not stop him to make all the preparations.

Looking at the map spread before him, Shisui analyzed the terrain of the Tojinbo mountain range, which is close to the border of the Land of Hot Water, the terrain is quite complicated and also has many deep lakes.

And precisely because of this, the Tojinbo mountain range is pretty much inaccessible to most and has therefore become a paradise for birds of all kinds.

Putting away the map, Shisui thought, 'Regardless of what's going to transpire there, I will have to trust in Kuroto-san's plan and hope that it works!'

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Somewhere in the Land of Hot Water.

At the temporary Kumogakure Military Camp.

A Kumo ninja walked into the tent with a document in his hand, "Raikage-sama, we have just received the news that the members of Amatsukami were sighted!"

Yondaime Raikage Ay took the document and after reading through it, he immediately ordered, "Assemble 8th unit!"

At this time one of the elite Jonin in the tent spoke, "Raikage-sama, please forgive me but I must remind you of the peace treaty signed with Konoha, at this time, rashly entering the hinterlands of the Land of Fire will brew another conflict with Konoha and various diplomatic problems will occur, and considering the recent feuds we are having with Iwagakure, if Konoha too chooses to cause trouble then I am afraid that we will fall into a very disadvantageous situation!"

Urged by the elite Jonin's words, Raikage did not scold him but took out a confidential document and passed it to the Jonin, "You needn't worry, this is a request for cooperation from Konoha, signed by Sandaime Hokage himself, therefore, there wouldn't be any diplomatic issues, and possibly Tsuchikage will also back off and giving in to our demand upon hearing the news of this cooperation!"

The elite Jonin read the document and nodded in understanding, with no more opposing opinions, Ay's order was conveyed and the 8th unit was assembled at the earliest.

Before the departure, Raikage did not give any long speech just shouted, "Those bastards of Amatsukami not only assassinated Watanabe but also sent his body to the Black-Market in exchange for the bounty on his head, will Kumogakure sit back and bear such humiliation?"

"NOOOOOOOOOooooo!" – everyone responded in unison.

"THEN WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO!?" – Raikage question.

"AVENGE OUR COMRADE!"

"Then let's GO!" – Raikage said while raising his right fist in the air!

"YES!" – all the shinobi responded!

With the momentum boosted to the limit, the Raikage personally led the 8th unit and marched towards the hinterlands of the Land of Fire with great momentum

Title: Approaching Raikage!

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Konohagakure's reaction this time was not only very swift but also very decisive, from the notice of mobilization to the final departure, it only took a few hours.

Almost all the elites of the Uchiha Clan, including Shisui and the Patriarch Fugaku, as well as other clans, were also participating in the encirclement and hunting operation, as such the overall momentum was very great and eye-catching.

After the departure, it only took a few days of trekking, and the entire unit finally arrived at the area where Uchiha Hiiragi and Uchiha Yuto encountered the two members of Amatsukami.

While gathered in a temporary tent, a war council was organized, at the time, the commander-in-chief of the hunting operation, Shimura Danzo, pointed at the detailed map spread on the table with his cane, and explained all the information, while also announced the deployment and encirclement teams, that will be responsible for different sub-areas!

"Jiraiya, you will lead the second and seventh unit and will be in charge of searching in the west…!"

"Nara Shikaku, you will lead the third and eighth unit and will be in charge of searching in the south…!"

"Hyuga Hizashi, you will lead the fourth and ninth unit and will be in charge of searching in the north…!"

"Uchiha Patriarch will lead the Konoha Military Police Force along with the fifth unit and will be in charge of searching in the east…!"

Everyone responded to Danzo's orders in unison.

The areas of deployment were pre-determined at the Jonin Council meeting behind the closed doors of the Hokage Building, so nobody had any objections.

After everything was said and done, Shimura Danzo finally glanced at Uchiha Shisui who hasn't made any public appearance for quite some time on the account of a leave of absence because of *facing some health issues* but immediately retracted his gaze back to the map and continued with a cold tone, "We are not yet sure for what purpose has the Amatsukami appeared this time, and the possibility of all this appearance being a trap or diversion is certainly a possibility, as such everyone must pay special attention during the search process and keep a regulated communication between the various teams!"

At this time, Jiraiya said with a serious expression, "Although we do not have much intelligence about the ability of this new member with the green wind-type mask, based on what we know about Amatsukami, he must be a shinobi specializing in Wind Release or a Kekkei Genkai user derived from Wind Release Chakra Nature, his strength is estimated to be on the same class as Suijin and Homusubi or probably even higher, therefore, it would be prudent to strategize counter strategies when we encounter him!"

Everyone nodded after hearing Jiraiya's words.

When facing a strong enemy, the results of a battle with a predetermined counter-strategy and no predetermined counter-strategy will often have very different results, as such, collecting information and devising an effective counter-strategy is always one of the crucial things that makes a shinobi strong.

Of course, on-site analysis skill is also extremely important as most of the time what you plan ends up useless but that does not mean that predetermined strategies do not succeed, therefore both are necessary skills that a true shinobi must have!

Jiraiya's words concluded the meeting and as per Shimura Danzo's orders, everyone went to their respective camps to make preparation for following the deployment and leading the units they were in charge of.

Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Shisui also returned to the temporary Uchiha Camp.

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Uchiha Camp, all the elites of the Uchiha Clan gathered in the tent waiting for the Patriarch's order.

Uchiha Fugaku stood by the table and drew a circle on the map while stating, "This is the area that the Uchiha Clan is in charge of!"

One of the Uchiha elite frowned, "The terrain of this area is too difficult to trek in, especially the Tojinbo Mountain Range! The search will be extremely difficult!"

Fugaku stated indifferently, "This was assigned by Shimura Danzo but It matters not, the people of Amatsukami are undoubtedly going to come after the Uchiha Clan, so the more complicated the terrain the better advantage we can have if we play it wisely!"

Shisui was glad that the Uchiha Clan was responsible for the area around the Tojinbo Mountain Range, which is obviously a good thing for him, and decided to volunteer, "Patriarch, by your order, I would like to be responsible for searching the Tojinbo Mountain Range!"

Fugaku thought for a while and finally nodded.

For extremely complex terrains like the Tojinbo Mountain range, he had already decided that either he or Shisui both of whom have the Mangekyou Sharingan will be responsible, as the possibility of encountering the enemy here is the greatest, and if Shisui does encounter Homusubi, then that would be the best chance to verify whether Uchiha Shisui is Homusubi or not.

After everything was planned and decided, the sub-commanders took quick actions, and a large number of Konoha shinobi spread out in all directions in an orderly manner.

At this time, if someone were to look at the ground from a high altitude in the sky they would find countless heads spreading from one center point akin to a large net.

Shisui and the team he led were also an unremarkable part of this large net.

A total of eight people, including him were part of the team and traveling according to the route Shisui determined, and soon arrived at the Tojinbo Mountain Range!

The team consists of Uchiha Shisui as the captain of the team, with three other Uchiha shinobi part of the main combat force, additionally, there are two shinobi of the Root subunit of the Anbu department and finally two other ninjas, one from the Inuzuka Clan and the other from the Aburame Clan.

Before long, the eight people who entered the Tojinbo Mountain Range started a carpet search of the entire mountain range.

Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh…

With the sound of breaking past the wind, Shisui, and the others landed on the huge rock boulder one-after-another.

Standing on top of the rock, Shisui looked around with a little anticipation.

Counting the time, today is the day that Kuroto-san informed him, therefore, Shisui knew that Kuroto must have arrived at the Tojinbo Mountain Range, and therefore, Shisui was both nervous and anticipation because he didn't know what Kuroto had actually planned.

At this time, the Aburame shinobi said, "The insects I have distributed through the eastern peak of Tojinbo Mountain Range have all disappeared but they did manage to send back a message, the members of Amatsukami are there...!"

Shisui nodded and after taking a deep breath, he ordered, "I and Hiiragi-san will go from the front, Fuji-san and Kane-san will circle around from the left, while you two will trap them in a pincer attack from the right, and also pass on this message to the head-quarters stating that the enemy is confirmed to be present at the eastern peak of the Tojinbo Mountain Range!"

"Yes!" – Everyone nodded in unison and proceeded further with caution.

While traveling as soon as they passed three large swamps, the team was forced to come to an abrupt halt, as the two members of Amatsukami were present before them, one calmy sitting on a high cliff while the other one indifferently standing behind him.

Uchiha Hiiragi was the first one to shout, "It's them!"

Uchiha Hiiragi couldn't have been more familiar with those two figures. In the past few days ever since he encountered those two and was treated like dirt by that bastard Homusubi, he has been having nightmares, he is still frightened to directly look at those cold and indifferent eyes, but he is unwilling to endure that humiliation!

Shisui also looked at the two figures on the high cliff, especially the one sitting and dangling his legs playfully, and thought in confusion, 'Who is that person wearing 'Homusubi' disguise!?'

Bang…. Whiiiistle... BOOM!

While Shisui was wondering about this, the shinobi of the Root as per Shisui's order has already fired the Signal Flare.

As soon as the Signal Flare was fired, the two members of Amatsukami disappeared from their positions and appeared before Shisui and Hiiragi in an instant.

(Translator's note: I will be referring to Hyuga Kuroto as 'Homusubi' while he is playing Homusubi.)

"Heh, I didn't expect that Uchiha Shisui will personally come to us so that we can gouge out his Mangekyou Sharingan!" – Hyuga Kuroto controlling the low-quality clone and wearing the Homusubi disguise said with a chuckle as his gaze was fixed on Shisui, "You know, you got lucky on our last encounter, I was on a tight schedule and didn't have enough time to steal your eyes, but now that you have personally come here, I wouldn't have to go through the trouble of specifically looking for you at Konoha!"

Shisui was taken aback by the sudden initiation of the conversation, then immediately realize what was happening and responded accordingly, "Last time you manage to ambush us using the element of surprise, this time, won't be the same! I will definitely catch you this time and you won't be escaping!"

"Escape!?" – Homusubi quirked his eyebrow with a chuckle as his chakra started flaring up and golden-orange chakra phantom started to appear around him, "Why would I want to escape?"

Followed by his words, the chakra phantom projected outwards of Homusubi's body grew inner bones then the upper body rib cage, soon musculature and skin formed over it.

"Susanoo!?" – Shisui was startled and subconsciously asked, "W-who are you!?"

Although he was surprised this did not stop Shisui to react instinctively and a green Chakra Phantom started appearing over him.

The showdown of Susanoo vs Susanoo between Shisui and Homusubi is the best way to prove Shisui's innocence.

Although he does not who the person wearing that Homusubi disguise is, it is obviously not the best time to delve into that issue.

As such, Shisui did not hesitate at all and urged his Susanoo, instantly Shisui's green Susanoo also appeared opposite to Homusubi.

Looking at the two-titanic figures of Susanoo facing each other, the root shinobi who was observing the battle from a distance to strike Homusubi at the right opportunity was again taken aback and muttered in shock and disbelief, "Is this… is this the true power of the Mangekyou Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan!?"

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Boom… Boom… Boom…

The huge roars and explosion sounds made everyone's ears numb, the earth was trembling due to large impacts, lightning was crackling in the black clouds gather in the sky, and the whole scene looked extremely frightening.

No one could have thought that the battle in front of them would escalate to such a level right from the start.

The shinobi cautiously looked at the two humongous figures that stood like gods and their every move changed the terrain of the battlefield, they couldn't help but develop a sense of fear and retreat backward to not be swept away by the stray attacks.

Giant Chakra Blades, countless Chakra Senbon, Chakra Shuriken, occasional Yasaka Magatama, and what not was continuously being used in the battle as a result of which many of the huge rock cliffs of the eastern peak of the Tojinbo Mountain Range were continuously smashed and broken to pieces and small boulders and gravel.

The falling gravel accompanied by the smoke and dust further caused much damage to the surroundings.

Flocks of birds and animals of various varieties also ran away from the forest in mayhem as the scene here looked nothing short of an impending doomsday to them.

Amidst all this chaos, the shinobi that were part of Uchiha Shisui's team were safely hidden in the cover and continued observing the battle.

Uchiha Hiiragi had a very excited expression on his face as he watched the battle between the two almighty Susanoo at the far end, he can't help but want to be part of such a battle and also want to have such godly powers.

"This is it…! This is the true power that the Uchiha Clan represents. If only I too can have such power, then I would no longer be looked down upon by him, and no longer be treated like dirt by him!" – Hiiragi muttered with an expecting expression.

Hiiragi may fear Homusubi and he may resent Homusubi, but that doesn't stop him from admiring the power Homusubi has, and even though he doesn't have any ability to interfere in such high-level battles, Hiiragi still feels very proud, after all, both of them are people of the Uchiha clan.

Their mere presence shows just how terrifying the people of the Uchiha Clan can be.

The mood of the other Uchiha present at the scene was no different from Hiiragi, and a sense of honor and superiority over the other clans was constantly growing in their hearts.

Contrary to the excitement and ecstasy of the Uchiha shinobi, the other members of the team were both shocked and panicked, the Mangekyou Sharingan Technique seems to be beyond the scope of their comprehension and understanding of ninjutsu.

Seeing the two gigantic figures, they can't help but think, 'Is that even a power that a shinobi should have?'

Taking a deep breath to calm himself, the Root shinobi questioned, "How long will it take for the reinforcements to arrive?"

The other Root Anbu responsible for the communication spoke, "The news has been received by Danzo-sama and Uchiha Patriarch, they will soon be arriving here."

The Kunoichi of the Aburame Clan questioned the other Uchiha shinobi, "Can Uchiha Shisui win?"

Hiiragi thought for a while and answered with a confused expression, "I can't judge for the time being."

If the enemy was someone else, Uchiha Hiiragi might have been able to confidently say that Shisui will win unconditionally, but now that the enemy is Homusubi who is an Uchiha and also has Mangekyou Sharingan, it is difficult to judge whether Shisui would be able to win or not.

Another Uchiha shinobi said, "Don't worry, even if Shisui can't win, he will be sure to hold off the enemy until Patriarch arrives."

Hiiragi nodded and moved his gaze towards the other member of Amatsukami who stood on a distant cliff, indifferently watching the battle between the Homusubi and Uchiha Shisui, "That guy doesn't seem to have any intention to take any action, but we can't be careless, his strength is probably on the same level as Homusubi, therefore, we have to stay alert."

Hearing Hiiragi's words, everyone immediately turned their eyes towards the other member of Amatsukami.

At this time, the other member of Amatsukami wearing his outfit quietly stood on a distant cliff, there was no chakra fluctuation around him and he seems to exude a coldness as if he wasn't even alive, this greatly puzzled everyone.

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On Uchiha Fugaku's side.

As soon as he received the message from the Tojinbo Mountain Range, Fugaku was shocked and confused, and immediately rushed in the direction of the Tojinbo Mountain Range, while jumping from one tree to another, Fugaku can't help but wonder, 'Although I knew that Amatsukami will target the Uchiha, they really appeared at the Tojinbo Mountain Range? Is it just a coincidence that Shisui is also there or am I being overly dubious and misunderstanding Shisui? And if Shisui is not the one behind that mask, then who is that person? Was he really the one controlling Kyuubi on the night of Kyuubi's attack?'

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While Uchiha Fugaku led the Konoha Military Police Force and the fifth unit to the Tojinbo Mountain Range, Shimura Danzo who was at the command headquarters also frowned after receiving the message.

"Tojinbo Mountain Range?" – Danzo's face had a confused expression, "What is Amatsukami doing in such an isolated place? Is it possible that their hideout is located there or is it a trap?"

The Root ninja who passed the message asked, "Danzo-sama, which other teams have to be notified?"

Asked by the Root ninja, Danzo groaned for a few seconds and said, "Notify all the other teams and surround the Tojinbo Mountain in an unbreakable formation!"

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Tojinbo Mountain Range, on the battlefield at the Eastern Peak.

Continuing the battle, Homusubi and Uchiha Shisui went deeper and deeper in the mountainous forest, and the distance from the other shinobi who were watching the battle increased.

Throughout the battle, the scene may have appeared that both Homusubi and Uchiha Shisui are fighting unrestrained and aiming to kill or mutilate each other, but in fact, both of them have been incredibly restrained all the while and the power of Susanoo was majorly displayed in the stray attacks that left deep scars in the surrounding mountain range.

Homusubi instructed the other member dressed in the Amatsukami outfit to intercept the other Konoha shinobi led by Shisui, while he led Shisui deeper into the Mountain Range such that their battle was temporarily obscured by a giant rock.

Shisui continued the make-believe battle and questioned with some vigilance, "So, just who are you?"

"Do not worry Shisui, it is I." – Homusubi took off half of the mask he was wearing to show Shisui that it was him, Hyuga Kuroto, and then put it back on immediately!

As soon as he saw that it was none other than Kuroto-San who wore thee Homusubi disguise, Shisui's was extremely shocked and remembering that unique pattern spinning in Kuroto-san eye sockets, Shisui asked with an expression that stated, 'I don't really wanna hear the truth of this but I don't have any other choice!' and asked in a whisper that was only heard by Homusubi, "Kuroto-san…?"

"Shhhhh… Homusubi, I am Homusubi right now!!!" – Homusubi interrupted midway.

"Right, Homusubi! So, Homusubi, why do you have the Mangekyou Sharingan?" – Shisui asked with a sluggish tone... Things have gotten way beyond what he expected.

"I will answer that question once this matter resolved, first we should conclude our make-believe battle." – speaking up to here, Homusubi added, "Remember Shisui, after I retreat, you have to inform the others that you managed to extract some information out of me, and according to the intelligence that you have gained, Amatsukami will soon start targeting the Bijuu's kept by the different shinobi villages."

Shisui was startled by the sudden reveal and asked, "Why?"

Homusubi explained, "We made a critical mistake before, how can a secret organization like Amatsukami who has amassed such great power not have a goal, right?"

"Hmm, you are right I suppose." – Shisui nodded and then asked with a confused expression, "But why target Bijuus? Bijuu's are the war weapons of the other villages and are highly guarded, wouldn't putting them as the target be a bit too much? Amatsukami will be considered too arrogant and a very big threat by the entire shinobi world."

Homusubi chuckled, "The more threatening everyone considers us, the better for us. There's also the fact that currently, I can only think of collecting Bijuu as a suitable fake goal that would make other villages also feel the crises and subside the conflicts with Konoha. Besides, from the information I have gained, the goal of the Akatsuki Organization is to collect the nine Bijuus, so our early warning will make the other villages vigilant, which will be beneficial for us in the bigger picture."

This is the original goal of Kuroto, besides making Amatsukami seem more real and threatening, there is also the consideration of preventing Obito's plan from succeeding if possible.

Once the news that Amatsukami is targeting the nine Bijuus kept by the different shinobi villages spreads in the entire shinobi world, all the villages who have Bijus will obviously strengthen the protection of their Jinchuriki.

By that time, Akatsuki's Bijuu collection plan will obviously not progress as easily as it did in the original series!

Shisui was surprised by this new information and nodded, if that is the case then it works for Konoha's benefit, so not delving too long in this matter, Shisui's attention turned towards the other member of Amatsukami and asked in confusion, "So, Homusubi, is that the other member of the organization you mentioned to earlier? But who is he?"

Homusubi smiled lightly and stated, "Oh, you have already seen him before, why don't you try to guess?"

Hearing Homusubi's words, Shisui thought of all the possible identities that could fit that person and can also be convinced to be a part of Amatsukami, and soon an identity appeared in his mind, as soon as Shisui thought of that possibility Shisui's eyes widened in surprise, "He… he wouldn't happen to be the Sandaime Kazekage puppet, right?"

Homusubi nodded, "Yes, that's him alright, and his disguise name will be 'Fujin'!"

"Fujin!?" – Shisui muttered.

"Yup, 'Fujin' of the Wind Chakra Nature!" – Homusubi said.

"B-but then how will his strength be even higher than 'Suijin' and 'Homusubi'?" – Shisui can't help but ask, "Sandaime Kazekage may have been the strongest Kazekage ever, but that puppet is 'NOT' Sandaime Kazekage himself, it's just a shell of the previous Kazekage and that autonomous puppet wouldn't ever reach the level of a Kage much less that exaggerated strength."

Homusubi nodded, "True, but nobody other than the two of us knows about this, and that's something we can use to our advantage, other than that I will also try some methods to increase the strength of that puppet so we have nothing to worry about for now."

Shisui was speechless and did not know what to say anymore.

With all said and done, there are only two alive people in the Amatsukami organization but the Amatsukami has already shown off four of its members being, 'Yama,' 'Suijin,' 'Homusubi,' and now this 'Fujin,' Shisui can't help but feel that they are going in the wrong direction!

Taking a deep breath, Shisui calmed his emotions and quickly said, "Anyway, you should retreat as soon as possible, this time, the encirclement is very systematically prepared, the sensor-nin and sealing squads have also been assigned a special duty to keep track of the enemy and trap them in barrier formations, I am afraid that if you don't leave now you won't be able to leave at all."

Homusubi smirked, "Is there anyone who can fly at a high altitude?"

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"Uh…" – Shisui was again speechless by Homusubi's words.

Konoha has every kind of talent, the Taijutsu experts, the Ninjutsu expert, the Genjutsu expert, Fuinjutsu, Juinjutsu, Bokijutsu, Shurikenjutsu, Kenjutsu, Iryo Ninjutsu experts, carcinogenic shinobi that decay the village internally, loyal shinobi who are ready to lay down their life for the village, many types of talented researchers, sensors, trackers, brainwashed shinobi, brainwashers shinobi, torture class, tortured class and many more, but the kind of talent that has always been rare in Konoha are the shinobi who have the ability to fly.

And as far as Shisui can remember currently there is no shinobi in Konoha who has the ability to fly, except for Kuroto-san nor does Konoha have any extensive measures to deal with the shinobi who can fly and are masters of air-to-air combat.

And it is for this reason that even in the Canon, the Land of Sky was able to cause extensive damage to Konoha during their air raid, causing Konoha too much loss.

At that time, the Godaime Hokage, Tsunade-hime could only watch the actions of the Land of Sky from the Hokage Building with rage and anger but was actually helpless and did not have any good way to fight back.

Later, they may have dealt with the Land of Sky thanks to Konoha 11, Hatake Kakashi, Sai, and Uchiha Sasuke but that's another thing that we aren't going to delve into as that mainly involves the presence of Sai and Nara Shikamaru.

Coming back to this story, the encirclement troops deployed this time may not lack anything and the extremely strong shinobi are sent for the hunting purpose, but what they still lack is a shinobi apt with air combat, as such there is no reason to worry.

Homusubi said, "That's why I was saying, do not worry, I will be perfectly fine."

One of his purposes of bringing Fuijin here is to have a secure retreat, otherwise, Kuroto may be able to stay alive, but he will have to give up a pair of Mangekyou Sharingan which is a loss Kuroto can't afford, after all, it took a great amount of hard work to torture Uchiha Ryota and Uchiha Hideki and finally got they yield in the form of Mangekyou Sharingan and if Kuroto were to give it away so easily then wouldn't that work all be meaningless?

So, not getting sidetracked, it must be known that Sandaime Kazekage who has mastered Magnet Release can easily fly through the air and is very apt in air-to-air as well as airborne combat, and his method of flying is also very different from the low altitude flying that Kuroto used while controlling Suijin Clone body.

Being an Anbu, he is naturally aware of most of the deployment, so he is confident that he can make an easy escape with the help of Fuijin, and nobody would be able to stop him!

Shisui thought about it a little, then as if he suddenly remembered something, he stated, "Homusubi, Kumo forces are also participating in the hunting operation thin time!"

"WHAT!?" – Homusubi exclaimed in shock, and then asked, "Why am I not aware of this information?"

Shisui explained quickly, "High-level suspects that there are spies planted by Amatsukami, so only people who are aware of this intel are the people who participated in the war council, and the Root shinobi, and I am sure that none of the Anbu, including captain Kakashi and Guy-san, also don't know about this intelligence, I know because I attended the war council meeting!"

"What the… *cough*…? What hell is my Shadow Clone doing?!" – After coughing heavily because of the burden from maintaining Susanoo for so long, Homusubi controlled his rugged breathing and asked, "Kumogakure does not have anyone apt in air-to-air combat, right?"

Shisui thought for a while and said, "I am not much aware in this regard, as far as I can think, there shouldn't be anyone, but even if there is, I am not sure if they are participating in the hunting operation, the Kumogakure unit participating in this operation is only known by Hokage-sama, and Danzo-sama in the village, not even the leaders of various teams are aware of their members. But considering what Amatsukami did with Watanabe, it can be presumed that whoever the Yondaime Raikage send to avenge the death of one of their Head ninjas wouldn't be weak."

"Is it… is it possible that the Yondaime Raikage will come himself?" – Homusubi thought, in his heart, he really wants to fight with the Yondaime Raikage, the shinobi bearing the title of the fastest ninja alive.

It's just that the clone he is controlling at the moment wouldn't be able to bear the burden of competing with the Yondaime Raikage with the pressure that the Mangekyou Sharingan pair put on the clone, even if he strengthens the physique with Yaoyorozu, it still wouldn't be able to last for much time.

"Sigh, I guess I will have more opportunities to fight the Yondaime Raikage in the future, there is no need to take unnecessary risks at this time…" – shaking his head in disappointment, Homusubi said to Shisui, "Don't worry, I will be careful."

At this moment, Fuijin suddenly appeared in front of the two and spoke in a not-so-cold yet indifferent tone, "Homusubi, the reinforcements from Konoha are here."

Shisui was dumbfounded, "Homusubi… Homusubi… am I the one hearing things or did it… did it just speak!?"

Ignoring Shisui's expression full of surprise, Homusubi turned over and jumped on the top of a huge rock and looked into the distance, he was able to see that a large number of shinobi of the Konoha Military Police Force as well as members of the fifth unit were coming here under the leadership of none other than Uchiha Fugaku, the Patriarch of the Uchiha Clan.

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Uchiha Fugaku's side.

While rushing towards the eastern peak of the Tojinbo Mountain Range, Fugaku was able to notice the two giant phantom figures, one of golden-orange chakra color while the other of the green color, and as soon as he saw this, the last bit of suspicions he had regarding Shisui also disappeared instantly.

Previously he received the transmission and was still a bit doubtful as Homusubi appeared exactly where Uchiha Shisui volunteered to be, this can, of course, be a pure coincidence but in the same way, it could also be a planned out strategy to clear the way suspicions on Uchiha Shisui, because there are countless ways to disguise into someone else, through Transformation, Shadow Clone, Shadow Clone Transformation, Genjutsu, Sharingan Genjutsu Transformation, etc, but Fugaku knows that there is no one can disguise two completely different Susanoo, this is because the color of Susanoo is the representation of the color of a shinobi's chakra, and just like no two shinobi have exact same chakra signature, similarly no two Susanoo can be of the exact same color, there will be minor differences, and the color of Susanoo is not something one can ever change that's because one can never change the color of his chakra.

Therefore, disguising or faking a Susanoo is impossible.

With this confirmed, Fugaku can confirm that the Mangekyou Sharingan user posing as Homusubi of Amatsukami is not Uchiha Shisui.

While increasing his pace to hurry towards the battlefield as soon as possible, Fugaku made up his mind, 'Damn you Homusubi, no matter the price I must pay today, I will eliminate you this time.'

It did not take much longer for Uchiha Fugaku and the shinobi led by him to arrive at the battlefield and spread out everywhere surrounding Homusubi and Fuijin at the center of the battlefield.

After taking a brief look at Homusubi's golden-orange Susanoo, Fugaku shouted towards Shisui, "Shisui it's the best opportunity!"

For a single moment that Shisui turned to look towards Fugaku, Homusubi sharpened all the four chakra blades of his Susanoo with the help of Yaoyorozu and slashed them towards Shisui's Susanoo.

Shisui's Susanoo was heavily damaged by this sudden attack as many of its parts were cut open by the four chakra blades.

Fugaku's eyes narrowed at this moment, and he started running towards the battlefield, 'I guess I will have to use Susanoo to fight him, but if I do so, my Mangekyou Sharingan will no longer be a secret but I guess I do not have any other option either, everything be damned, once Homusubi is taken down and his Mangekyou Sharingan is obtained, Uchiha Clan will no longer have to bear suppression from Hokage-faction, such a small sacrifice is nothing if it's for the survival of the Clan!'

While a certain unique chakra fluctuation started to emit from Fugaku's body who was running towards Homusubi, Homusubi who damaged Uchiha Shisui Susanoo with his previous attack did not turn towards the incoming Fugaku but released his golden-orange Susanoo.

At the same time, Fujin disguised started printing hand seals and shouted,

"Iron Sand: Black iron Wings!"

Instantly, black iron sand emerged from inside of the black Fuijin cloak that the puppet Kazekage wore and the iron sand gathered at his back giving form to a pair of iron sand wings, Fuijin with the iron sand wings immediately flew in the air.

Fugaku's expression changed drastically, he was instantly surprised and came to a sudden halt, even the chakra fluctuations subsided and he muttered in disbelief, "Magnet Release!?"

Not only Fugaku but even all the members of the Konoha Military Police Force were also shocked.

No one could have expected that the other member of Amatsukami who has been watching the entire battle so indifferently could be the possessor of Magnet Release, the unique Kekkei Genkai of the Kazekage Clan!

Taking advantage of everyone's momentary shock, Homusubi leaped high into the sky and gently landed on the back of Fuijin, and without even glancing backward or any word of greeting, he flew away from the battlefield, leaving the shocked shinobi in a daze and awkwardness.

"Not only do they have Mangekyou Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan, Ice Release of the Yuki Clan but even the Magnet Release of Kazekage Clan...? Damn, just where in the hell are these people emerging from one-after-another!?" – seeing that Homusubi disappeared into the sky, Uchiha Fugaku who is accustomed to suppressing his emotions also showed anger and depravity.

While standing on the back of Fuijin, Homusubi looked at the ground leisurely.

From his current point of view, he was able to see countless Konoha Shinobi coming towards Tojinbo Mountain Range from all directions, he could even spot Jiraiya among them.

Of course, Jiraiya who was running towards the eastern peak of the Tojinbo Mountain Range also noticed Homusubi and the other Amatsukami member flying high in the sky. It's because the outfit they were wearing is really too conspicuous to go unnoticed.

Staring at the sky with a helpless expression Jiraiya sighed, "Now there is a shinobi in Amatsukami who is able to use Magnet Release? Is the next question I am going to be asking will be about Wood Release?" – When speaking till here Jiraiya suddenly shook his head and laughed at himself for overthinking, as that is something that's not going to happen, "There is no way a Wood Release user will suddenly appear in the Shinobi World…right?"

"..." Everyone.

"Right…?" Jiraiya asked again, only with more pressure.

By traveling at a high altitude in the sky, it did not take long for Homusubi and Fuijin to get past the encirclement deployed by Shimura Danzo.

Seeing that there was no presence of any more Konoha Shinobi left on the ground, it was at this time while Homusubi started to consider whether to land on the ground or continue traveling as they are.

Boom… whiiiistttlllleeeeee...

Suddenly a sharp sound of something cutting through the air at an extremely fast speed came from behind him.

Homusubi instantly looked backward and without delaying for even a second he used all his chakra that he could control to activate the Susanoo, the reason?

The reason is that he saw a freaking BIJUUDAMA coming towards him!!!!!!

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With an ear-piercing sound, a huge explosion took place in the sky!

Homusubi did not have enough time to react, just as the skeletal body of the Susanoo armor covered over him, the Bijuudama that was coming towards him at an incredibly fast speed collided with the Susanoo causing a massive explosion, it not only produced a huge rumbling sound there was also terrible air pressure that knocked him and Fujin away.

Huala… Huala… Whoosh…

During the fall, Homusubi still had Tinnitus and could barely hear the screaming wind in the ear.

At this moment he was both dizzy and, in a stupor, and lost control over his body as if his nervous system was a bit unresponsive, being unable to even control his thought process, Homusubi wasn't able to confirm what happened to the Kazekage puppet who was disguised as Fujin.

Slowly and steadily, he was able to get some air in his lungs and finally regain his thought process, after taking in a few deep breaths during the continued fall, Homusubi managed to get rid of the dizziness, although his ears were still buzzing, he started to hear some of the things around him and trust me it's really not of the best experience to fall be falling from such a high altitude.

Gulping down the surging blood down his throat, Homusubi tried to adjust his falling posture, if he was going to be injured then it was better to be injured in a way that would at least not affect his mobility.

After some twists here and turns there, he was finally able to adjust his falling posture, soon his eyes widened as he spotted Fujin that was not far away from him and was similarly falling down to the ground.

Now there was some hope to be able to land safely but the problem is that most of the Iron Sand around the puppet that is used to fend off against the incoming Bijuudama was blown away by the explosion caused by it, as a result, the puppet's control over the blown away iron sand was lost, so, at this time, only a small amount of iron sand was left around.

"Perfect… just perfect!" – Homusubi cursed in annoyance and unstoppable anger started taking over him, but I guess there is no use in complaining, the fact that the Kazekage puppet managed to help in bear a Bijuudama alone is worth the praise, having too many expectations is only going to lead to disappointments.

Taking ad deep breath Homusubi calmed his emotions and thought, 'What was that just now, I rarely lose control over my emotions, so how could I have gotten angry? Is it possible that the Sharingan is affecting my emotions?'

After just a momentary thought, Homusubi put it at the back of his mind to consider it again in the future, currently, he did not have enough time to be entangled with this issue.

Closing his eyes, Homusubi focused on sensing his connection with the puppet and was soon able to reestablish the telepathic link between the two and confirmed that there were no serious damages on the puppet as the explosion was majorly tanked by the Yaoyorozu hardened Susano'o.

The only problem was temporary chakra system disordering making the puppet non-responsive for a short while but now that the telepathic link was reestablished the puppet was working to stabilize as soon as it can and will shortly be back to a functioning state.

After confirming that the puppet will soon recover, Homusubi who was midway down the fall looked in the direction that the Bijuudama came from.

The attack was all too sudden and with how fast a Bijuudama travels, Homusubi was unable to notice the exact direction it was fired from, fortunately, he was able to use Yaoyorozu hardened Susanoo to shield against most of the damage, causing both him and the puppet to only suffer some extent of damage and violent shock, otherwise, if both of them were directly hit by Bijuudama, then let alone an arm or leg, not even bones would have been left by the time dust of the explosion would have cleared away.

While he was searching for the exact direction that the Bijuudama came from, Homusubi's expression turned into a solemn one, this is because he was able to notice a row of dust clouds that was continuously rising and was moving in the same direction that he was falling in. Aside from that, there was also a faint sound of lightning flickering and someone running towards this side while plowing the ground.

Seeing that faint glow of lightning amidst the dust and smoke, Homusubi's expression condensed, "That has to be Yondaime Raikage!"

No one other than Yondaime Raikage can have such violent Lightning Chakra Nature, at this point in the timeline, therefore, Homusubi did not need to think about it too deeply, as only Yondaime Raikage who bears the title of the current fastest Shinobi can have Lightning Chakra that could even rival that of a Bijuu!

As soon as he realized this, he can't help but feel a bit depressed, if only he was in his main body right now, not only would he have sensed the incoming Bijuudama before it was even fired but would have also absorbed it pretty easily. And he could have also thrashed the Yondaime Raikage who would have lost his title as the fastest shinobi alive.

Alas, that's just wishful thinking, the Mangekyou Sharingan might also grant high-level insight and all but it does not give you three-sixty-degree vision, unlike the Byakugan and the Tenseigan.

While Homusubi was mulling over this, the Kazekage puppet regained complete control over its body as such he was able to use Magnet Release, controlled the remaining Iron Sand to form a smaller pair of Iron Sand wings, and immediately flew towards Homusubi, caught him mid-flight and controlled the falling speed such that the two of them somehow managed to offset most of the impact and safely landed on the ground.

As soon as he landed, Homusubi noticed the tremors on the ground coming closer and closer as such he understood that Yondaime Raikage would soon arrive, so regardless of the burden that this clone body would bear, he again urged his Chakra and used Susanoo to defend against the incoming attack.

In an instant, the Mangekyou wheel spinning in his eyes shed bloody tears, and the golden-orange chakra phantom emerged with a roar.

From bones to musculature, then the golden flame armor and the two swords on the two hands appeared, while the other two hands were kept free and in just a few breaths the half-body Susanoo was ready for the warfare!

Thump… Thump…

'He is here!' – Just as Homusubi thought this, suddenly something flew out of the smoke cover with a whistling sound that carried buzzing of lightning along with it and directly pounced on the Golden Chakra Phantom.

Whoosh… Zzzz…

At the moment that something appeared out of the cover of smoke, Homusubi was able to easily notice that it was just an ordinarily massive boulder, therefore, instead of taking any rash action, he controlled Susanoo to shatter that giant boulder to pieces with a…

UNITED STATE OF SMMmmmmmaaaashhHHHH...…

BOOOoooomM…

The giant boulder, which was thrown by Raikage as a feint was shattered to hundreds of pieces with just one punch.

The splattered gravel and rock chips flew everywhere like tiny raindrops, while Homusubi also blinked subconsciously.

Whoosh…

And just as he opened his eyelids past the blink, another shadow jumped out of the cover of smoke, but the difference this time was that this shadow had a blue aura around it, to be more specific, this shadow was clad in a blue Lightning Chakra Armor.

"Raikage!" – as soon as Homusubi's words fell, the Yondaime Raikage who was already clad in the violent Lightning Chakra Armor jumped out of the smoke cover and pounced on the Susanoo with all his might, overturned it in the process.

The overturned Susanoo knocked down several trees on the way, Homusubi who was finally able to stabilize his figure spoke in wonder, "Was Yondaime Raikage always so fast and strong!?"

Although he knows that Yondaime Raikage is incredibly fast while using the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, he was still very surprised when actually facing the real deal.

Thinking of Raikage's incredible speed, he can't help but wonder, 'Will Shisui be able to reach such speed? And if he will, by when?'

While Homusubi was thinking that another person appeared on the battlefield.

Looking at the shinobi who was wearing oval-shaped sunglasses and carrying seven swords on his back, Homusubi instantly realized who this person is, and his face sank because it is none other than Killer Bee, the Jinchuriki of Hachibi!

'Kumogakure's A-B combo!?' – Homusubi muttered in surprise.

After turning over the Susanoo, Raikage landed on top of a tree and shouted at Homusubi, "You two are the members of this so-called Amatsukami? Come on! It's time for you to pay the debt you owed to Kumogakure for killing Watanabe!"

Although A-B Combo was standing in front of him, Homusubi was not panicked and replied calmly, "Although I am a little surprised that Yondaime Raikage would personally come here, and it's hilarious that the so-called great shinobi villages have fallen so low that they are colluding together to deal with a mere mercenary organization, but regardless of all that, whether you can make me pay the debt I owe to your village or not depends on whether you have the ability or not."

"You Bastard!" – the already fuming Raikage was further angered by Homusubi's words, "You think that just because you have gained the Mangekyou Sharingan you will be able to escape? Today is the day that I will extract out all of the debts you of Amatsukami has ever owed in your whole life!"

Finishing the sentence, he suddenly disappeared and the next instant flashed directly next to Homusubi.

But this time, Homusubi was prepared, he has already activated Yaoyorozu and strengthened this clone body and Susano'o, coupled with the Mangekyou Sharingan, even if Raikage's movements were extremely fast, they didn't go unnoticed by him, just based on the trajectory he was taking, Homusubi was able to judge the direction he would be taking and controlled the Susanoo to wave a chakra sword!

Slash…!

The chakra sword swept across the ground, evenly cutting off everything in its path!

However, just at the moment, it was about to chop the Raikage in half, several octopus' legs came out of Killer Bee; clutched the Susanoo's arm that was waving the sword!

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While Homusubi started battling Killer Bee and his eight octopus' tails, the Yondaime Raikage again turned into a blue flash of light that traveled from one position to another rapidly, and taking advantage of the fact that Homusubi was busy in battle, he again pounced at the Susanoo's chest and punched with all his strength.

Crack…

Followed by a crisp sound, the upper armor and some of the bones of Susanoo cracked inch-by-inch, and soon the cracks spread to some parts of Susanoo…

But Raikage wasn't finished there…

Elbow Bolt, Lightning Oppression Horizontal, Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop, Lightning Straight, were some of the attacks used by him one-after-another, without even giving Homusubi any time to take a breath who was busy fighting Killer Bee.

Boom…

Once again, a heavy fist slammed…

Boom…

Again!

Boom…

Again!

Boom… the Raikage's fist that was especially heavy this time again slammed at the cracked chest of the Susanoo, finally, the Susanoo couldn't bear the damage anymore and with a loud noise, it was completely shattered from the front.

Seeing that there was an opening, his figure again flashed and broke inside the Susanoo, leaping high, he rushed towards Homusubi while shouting, "Go to hell!"

Homusubi's face inside the mask was a bit panicked, this A-B combo turned out to be completely unreasonable that he didn't even know what to say anymore.

Firstly, Homusubi didn't expect that in just a few years Raikage has become so reckless that he dared to use pure brute force with Lightning Release Chakra Armor to battle with Susanoo.

And what's more surprising is that he actually managed to get past the so-called unbreakable defense of Susanoo.

While Homusubi was a bit panicked as Raikage was approaching him and was just about to hit him, suddenly a black barrier made of iron sand appeared between the two while another arm of iron sand dragged Homusubi backward.

Raikage's attacks obviously pierced through the Iron Sand barrier but it also created a short time window for Homusubi before Raikage gains enough momentum again to start another round of attacks and that small opportunity was enough for the other hand to pull Homusubi back.

At the same instant Homusubi retreated backward and got some distance between himself and the Raikage who was now covered with Iron Sand all over, he urged his chakra through the Mangekyou Sharingan and again used Susanoo.

Other than Susanoo he doesn't really have any better way to fight both Raikage and Killer Bee at this moment, as a result, he used Susanoo, so Susanoo again appeared on the battlefield.

"ROAR!"

However, this time, the Susanoo was different from the previous as it was more massive and let out a heart quivering roar, immediately afterward, golden flames covered the entire Susanoo body, these flames seemed to have a soul of their own, they seemed alive. The Chakra Swords that protruded out of his hands were now covered with these golden flames that burned as hot as the sun itself!

Without the slightest hesitation, Homusubi who was inside the armor of Susanoo waved two swords at once slashing towards the Raikage who was currently entangled in Prison Iron Sand Burial.

Slash… Slash…

The two upper to lower slashes cut apart a large cavity in the ground and stirred up a lot of dust and smoke, anything that came in the way was also cut into fragments and turned into ash with ease.

"Did it work?" – Homusubi muttered while trying to observe the area of attack.

The rising smoke and dust were also having an effect on his vision as even Sharingan's vision is hindered by smoke, therefore, he was unable to see the entire battlefield clearly.

When the smoke was cleared up by the Wind Style Jutsu used by Fujin, all Homusubi saw was two large ravines in front of him that stretched far away but there was no corpse of Raikage who had actually retreated far away thanks to his brother Bee.

Seeing that the planned attack failed, Homusubi frowned, just when he was confused why the attack field, the Kazekage puppet's telepathic message arrived, "The Lightning Release Chakra Armor of Raikage has very strong Lightning Chakra reaction on his body and it is interfering with the electromagnetic field induced by my Magnet Release Chakra!"

Hearing this, Homusubi realized the problem and nodded in understanding.

Magnet Release may be a Kekkei Genkai, which is the result of the fusion of Wind Chakra nature and Earth Chakra Nature, however, its principle and mechanism are quite complicated.

Generally, Wind nature has an advantage over Lightning because of its cutting properties, but Iron Sand is controlled using an electromagnetic field. Therefore, lightning is a weakness of Magnet Release.

In the presence of a strong electric current; the magnetic field would either disrupt or another magnetic field will be induced in the system depending on the direction of the flow of current, ultimately causing the Iron sand attacks to fail.

And Yondaime Raikage's Lightning Release Chakra Armor is doing just that Sandaime Kazekage's Iron Sand.

Of course, the stronger your Magnet Release chakra the stronger Electric attacks would be needed to disrupt the electromagnetic field, but Yondaime Raikage happens to possesses the strongest Lightning Chakra among the people currently alive, and his lightning Chakra is more than enough to disrupt Sandaime Kazekage puppet's Chakra.

'What to do?' thought Homusubi as he observed Ay.

At this moment, Ay dusted off the iron sand on his body and looked around the battlefield, there were many spots ignited with that raging golden flames and the temperature of the battlefield was continuously rising, seeing this his expression became a bit dignified.

Just a moment ago, he was about to be cut by that Chakra sword which is covered in those golden flames, and if that attack really hit him, then it would either mean death or he would be forced to cut off the affected part of the body, and both options are unacceptable for him.

'It appears that I have to be a bit more cautious, the enemy is by no means weak, and seeing that his actions are calm all along, he hasn't been cornered enough.' Thought Raikage as he seriously tried to evaluate the enemy's strength.

While Raikage was evaluating Homusubi and the other guy's strength, Homusubi was also evaluating Raikage's strength.

In terms of speed alone, although the Yondaime Raikage is clearly inferior to 'Yama' when 'Yama' uses the Tenseigan Chakra Mode, however, against the current Homusubi, Raikage has an absolute advantage when it comes to speed, and considering how high his defense and brute strength is, it is really impossible for Homusubi to win this battle against Yondaime Raikage with Killer Bee by his side.

'Sigh… And here I thought that I might be able to give A-B brother's some tough time with this weak clone body too, but it appears that I was getting too ahead of myself.' Sighed Homusubi.

Based on the strength and speed Yondaime Raikage has displayed up to now, Homusubi can judge that the current Yondaime Raikage is clearly stronger than the current Sandaime Hokage. The reason why he is so sure is that he has already experienced Sandaime Hokage's strength as Suijin.

Although at that time, Sandaime Hokage was very restrained and did not use his complete strength, Homusubi still feels that Sandaime Hokage who has been getting older has already been surpassed by Yondaime Raikage.

As far as Homusubi can think, other than Yama, only the toad Sannin Jiraiya; when using the Sennin Mode can match up to the Yondaime Raikage.

Aside from the two of them, no matter who they are, it would be almost impossible to defeat Raikage, and because Yama's presence in Tenseigan Chakra Mode is unknown to most so Yondaime Raikage feels that no one matches him in terms of speed. This is the most likely reason why Raikage has started to flare up so much and become unruly to such a degree.

'Fortunately, there was Namikaze Minato during the third great shinobi war who kept A-B Combo in check, otherwise, Kumogakure would have continued the war in the same unrestrained manner.' – such a thought suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Cough-cough…!" – the blood that he has been suppressing down his throat was no longer restrained and was coughed out violently, 'Shit, this clone is about to reach the limit and will no longer be able to bear it anymore!'

Realizing that if he didn't hurry, he will be in a pickle very soon, Homusubi controlled the Susanoo who brandished four Golden Flame Swords and started to continuously slash towards both Killer Bee who was clad with Hachibi's chakra and Ay who was clad with Lightning release Chakra Armor.

Slash… Slash… Slash… Slash… Slash… Slash… Slash… Slash… Slash… Slash… Slash… Slash…

The continuous onslaught of slashes started, each slash caused massive damage to the surrounding forest, and curtesy to the golden flames, each slash carried an extreme amount of heat that would melt you alive if not burn you into charcoal with the slightest of contact.

The forest was already engulfed in golden flames, countless trees that were cut in half by the sword winds were now charcoaled in those golden flames, tens of meter deep ravines were left in the surroundings, the sky was also full of black smoke and cloud of eroded dust.

Clearly telling the tale of the apocalypse.

As soon as they were covered in smoke and dust, Homusubi who was coughing turned over and jumped on the Iron Sand platform created by Fujin and said, "Go."

Fujin immediately sprouted iron sand wings at his back and flew away from the battlefield using additional Wind Chakra to increase their flight speed.

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While they were leaving, Homusubi still didn't let down his guard and continued firing Susanoo Senbon from the chest part, Shuriken from two arms of Susanoo while also adding Yasakani Magatama amidst those shurikens and Senbons made out of Golden Flames, and that wasn't all, the other two hands kept waving the twin golden flame swords continuously which again caused devastating damage to the surroundings, these series of attacks when combined were no less catastrophic than the explosions caused by Bijuudama.

After making sure to leave horrifying scenery to be burned in the memory of all witnesses, Homusubi did not wait here to confirm the result of the battle but chose to tacitly escape.

As Fujin and Homusubi kept moving away from the battlefield, Homusubi turned back to look at the large mushroom-shaped cloud which rose to hundreds of meters in the sky and the endless sea of raging golden flames continuously spreading throughout the forest like an unstoppable forest fire and nodded in appreciation towards his artwork.

Although he wants to fight Raikage in a toe-to-toe battle, but not in the situation Homusubi is currently in.

Kuroto's face under the Homusubi mask was extremely pale as if all the blood was drained from the body, like a corpse, but that very face still had an unusual calmness on it, as if whatever he had done just now did not bother him, he knew that there are very small chances that Yondaime Raikage will be injured or burned by these attack, most likely Raikage would have managed to retreat considering how fast his speed is but that did not matter anymore.

This is just the start, with this series of events, Amatsukami has taken a solid footstep into the Shinobi world and will soon become so fearful that no Kage would ever think or dare to face any of its members head-on!

"Cough-cough!" – as another violent fit of coughing started, he had to withdraw his gaze.

At this time, the speed at which the Susanoo armor was dispersing also hastened, and the outer armor started becoming blurry, transparent and soon disappeared.

Following which the turbulent golden flames that were ignited around the Susanoo armor also went out, then came the next layer which was the skin and musculature, and then the final one, the golden-orange skeletal body of the Susanoo was left.

However, the skeletal body projection of the Susanoo also did not last for very long. And soon disappeared without a trace

As soon as the Susanoo armor dispersed; the Mangekyou wheel in the eyes also stopped spinning and deactivated soon enough, first retracting back to the three-tomoe state then to the onyx-black color.

But his coughs still did not subside, rather escalated and the blood that has been continuously coming out of his throat could no longer be held back, removing the mask, Kuroto did not hold it back anymore and let it flow out, as a result, he vomited out a large amount of blood from his mouth and nasal cavity, his hand, and chest were already soaked, and he suddenly started to feel dizzy and soon collapsed.

Although not unconscious he didn't have any more strength or energy to get up anymore.

Kuroto tried to take some deep breaths to calm and restore, the Ryuumyaku also helped in treating the body to some extent, and soon enough he was in a state where he could at least think if anything.

Being able to think and process allowed Kuroto to analyze the current state of this clone body and damn… he could only sigh helplessly.

The clone body was in a terrible condition such that there was not even a single body part that might have remained unaffected, but that is also natural.

To be honest, Kuroto isn't really surprised by the terrible state that the clone body is in, using Susanoo is highly burdensome even for the Uchiha and here Kuroto not only used Susanoo but also the other two techniques of the Mangekyou Sharingan simultaneously with the Susanoo, and that too when this clone body wasn't even cultivated with the intentions of being able to use Mangekyou Sharingan as such the burden he was put under was really too much and highly unbearable, he even estimates that he would have already collapsed while fighting Raikage if not for continuously using Yaoyorozu.

If any other shinobi who has just transplanted Mangekyou Sharingan pair is switched in his place and is asked to do what he was doing, that is using all three of Mangekyou Sharingan abilities at the same time, they might just fall in eternal sleep just by attempting to do so, in fact, only using the Susanoo would also be too much for them.

'Using Mangekyou Sharingan without Uchiha Clan genetics will always be a drag; I'll have to see that the next thing I focus upon is making a clone body with the Uchiha Clan DNA.' – thought Kuroto.

He can now judge that no matter the Kekkei Genkai, those without the true DNA for that ability will always have a hard time mastering it, and even if they do master it somehow by whatever method for instance by stealing it as he did with this pair of Mangekyou Sharingan, they will still never be able to showcase its full potential unless they are genetically apt with it!

And this is true even in Kuroto's case.

The body he is using now is cultivated from his genetics purely, and the quality of the clone is also not much high in comparison to Suijin clone body or his main body, but considering that this clone body is his, that alone makes it have good basic stats.

In terms of strength alone, this clone body reaches the level of a Jonin without counting the Mangekyou Sharingan of course, so it does surpass the majority of the shinobis, and yet it collapsed so easily because of the burden imposed by a pair of Mangekyou Sharingan!

And this has been proven again and again by the likes of Kakashi, Nagato, and Danzo from the original Naruto series. All three of them were able to use the transplanted eyes, but neither of them was ever able to bring out their true potential.

The reason for this?

There are many, but one of the major reasons is the lack of proper genes.

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On the Battlefield.

At this time, the massive eight tails of Hachibi retracted revealing two figures they were guarding, these two people are obviously none other than the Raikage and the Hachibi's Jinchuriki, Killer Bee.

Homusubi's frantic attacks just now also posed a huge threat even for Kumogakure's A-B Combo.

Especially the last Sword attacks and the fact that Homusubi actually even threw off those two swords from the air using Susanoo! Those two swords flew at an extremely fast speed and were directly aimed at the heads of A-B Combo, if not for Killer Bee's instant approach to shield them inside the Bijuu's defense, then it is hard to say whether Raikage would have survived that attack even after taking the sturdy defense of his body into account!

Coming out unscathed, Raikage looked around the battlefield with a gloomy expression.

Right now, he can see many things on the battlefield, the devasted forest, sea of golden fire that was spreading everywhere and burning anything and everything to cinders that it came into contact with, massive ravines caused by sword slashed, cracked up ground, and pits because of giant Chakra Senbon and Susanoo punches, and much more, but the only thing he couldn't see the presence of the two members of Amatsukami.

That is to say, both of their presence has long since disappeared, apparently, they managed to escape using the chaos to their advantage!.

When he thought of the fact that both members of Amatsukami managed to slip away from his hands, Ay couldn't help but feel anger surging inside him, gritting his teeth in frustration, Ay slammed the ground with his fist and roared, "DAMN IT!"

And not far away, Killer Bee crouched on the ground and curiously looked at the burning golden flames in front of him, he outstretched his finger and tried touching the golden flames in front of him, and soon cried out in pain, "Ouch… ouch-ouch-ouch… burns-burns… it burns!"

Raikage who was already very frustrated gave Killer Bee a punch in the head {which soon turned into a bump} while also added, "Idiot, don't touch that fire, these are obviously not your regular flames!"

"Fear not brother, I am stronger, bakayaro-konoyaro!"

(p.s. Uh… that's the only rhyme I could come up with)

Whoosh… whoosh… whoosh…

Before Raikage could continue chiding Bee, one-after-another; silhouettes of shinobi started to appear on the battlefield, and these shinobi had three different styles of clothing they wore, few were dressed in Kumogakure shinobi uniform while some were in Konoha Anbu gear (Subunit- Root) and the rest were dressed in Konohagakure shinobi vests.

These shinobi are obviously members of the Kumo unit led by Raikage as well as Konoha shinobi who were chasing after the two members of Amatsukami.

Raikage was long since aware of them and was not surprised by their arrival, instead as soon as that particular person appeared on the battlefield, Raikage turned towards him and shouted, "You of Konoha are really incompetent, what good was the entire encirclement when both of the members of Amatsukami managed to escape so easily!?"

Shimura Danzo who was observing the battlefield and some of the signs that very much reminded him of that mountain collapse a few days ago tapped his cane on the ground upon hearing Raikage's words and snorted coldly, "Raikage-dono's method of single-handed approach also didn't work, or did it?"

Ay did not have any words to refute Danzo's taunt and could only say, "I really don't understand why there are so many defected-nin from Konohagakure? Hokage should be ashamed of himself that so many of his shinobi are betraying the village one-after-another!"

Shimura Danzo obviously wanted to refute those words but when he opened his mouth to speak something, Danzo was at a loss, nothing came to him that could counter Raikage's words.

In the eyes of the public, a shinobi who has Mangekyou Sharingan is obviously a member of the Uchiha Clan of Konoha, it does not matter whether he has betrayed the village or not but this fact remains unchanged, so it is very reasonable to classify Homusubi as a former member of the Uchiha clan.

And counting, Homusubi together with Orochimaru, Hiruko, Uchiha Shinichi, etc., it wouldn't be wrong to say that half of the missing-nin regardless of whether they belong to Amatsukami or Akatsuki have belonged to Konohagakure at some point in time and have now defected.

Because most of these shinobi have defected during the reigning period of Sandaime Hokage, then obviously he must be ashamed of himself, someone who can't even keep the subordinates under him in check is totally unworthy to be a Kage of a shinobi village.

Therefore, even if he tries to think of something to counter Raikage's words Shimura Danzo couldn't think of anything that would pose a sound argument.

While both parties stood in silence and all the other shinobi that were present around did not dare to interrupt anything, Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Shisui arrived at the battlefield and they were also followed by many other shinobi who were part of the units led by Fugaku.

Fugaku had a grim expression as he looked at the battered-up and the burning battlefield, just seeing the scene before him, Fugaku can roughly judge how the fight between Amatsukami and Kumogakure's A-B Combo turned out.

While Fugaku was busy thinking some things, Shisui sighed in relief.

He was really worried about what would happen when he learned that Yondaime Raikage and the Jinchuriki of Hachibi had managed to knockdown the escaping Amatsukami members, although he understands that Kuroto-san's strength is very high, Shisui wasn't sure whether Kuroto-san would be able to resist the combined might of A-B Combo, after all, both of them working together undoubtedly makes the strongest tag-team.

The reason for worry was more reasonable because Kuroto-san didn't have Byakugan in his eye sockets, rather it was a pair of Mangekyou Sharingan, so he would obviously not be able to use that chakra mode, right?

Fugaku obviously wasn't aware of Shisui's worry and after signaling him to follow behind, Fugaku once again glanced at the battlefield and walking towards Danzo and Raikage, he said, "Shisui managed to extract some information out of Homusubi while the two were fighting, and according to what he has obtained, soon Amatsukami will be targeting the Bijuu of the different shinobi villages."

"What!?" – Both Raikage and Danzo were shocked by this news and exclaimed in unison!

Danzo was surprised because he couldn't quite understand Amatsukami's purpose for eyeing the Bijuu, after all, someone like Konohagakure, who is the strongest of all the shinobi villages can't properly control the Bijuu, so why would Amatsukami want Bijuu?

Was it just so that they can gain war weapons?

This cannot be the only reason!

Because they would be extremely stupid if that is true.

After all, controlling Bijuu is obviously extremely difficult, and if Amatsukami is eyeing Bijuu understanding this, then does that mean they have some means to control Bijuu?

But if they start eyeing Bijuu, Amatsukami will make itself an enemy of the five great shinobi villages at the same time, would they be foolish enough to take such risks?

Because offending one or two shinobi villages at the same time in itself is extremely foolish not to mention offending all five great villages at the same time!

Or do they have the confidence to take on the combined might of the five great shinobi nations and still come out unscathed?

So, many questions, but not a single answer…

Contrary to Danzo who was confused and trying to figure out Amatsukami's purpose for going after Bijuu, Ay was extremely angry as soon as he heard this information, he didn't expect that Amatsukami would have enough courage to eye the Bijuus'.

Today, Kumogakure has three shinobi who reach the level of a Kage, and two of them are obviously Jinchuriki of their respective Bijuu, and if Amatsukami manages to take steal both the Bijuu then that would put Kumogakure in an extremely passive position!

Not to mention, one of the Jinchuriki, the Jinchuriki of Hachibi is Killer Bee, who is his sworn brother, so upon learning the news that Amatsukami is eyeing Bijuu, Raikage clutched his fist in anger, whether for his village or for his brother, he would not let those bastards have their way anymore, now things just got personal between him and Amatsukami!

Danzo noticed Raikage's reaction to the news and spoke after thinking a little bit, "Amatsukami's threat is greater than we initially expected, not to mention their intentions are more harmful to the entire shinobi world, the other shinobi villages must also be informed of the news that Amatsukami is eyeing the nine Bijuu, as such I suggest that we must convene a Gokage Summit as soon as possible to discuss a suitable method to deal with the rising threat posed by these upstart bounty-nin organizations!"

Raikage thought for a while and he also understood the threat posed by these bounty-nin organizations and nodded in agreement, "As Yondaime Raikage, I agree to the proposal to convoke the second Gokage Summit!"

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Inside Kuroto's secret laboratory.

"Phew…" – When his soul returned to his main body, Kuroto finally breathed a long sigh of relief, he felt very relaxed and energetic as if his soul was very lively.

Looking at the clone body lying on the test bench, Kuroto had a contemplative look on his face.

For the past few days that he has been Sharingan and Mangekyou Sharingan, he has deeply experienced the difference between Sharingan and Byakugan, at the same time, Kuroto has also developed a personal understanding of Mangekyou Sharingan.

And from his personal experience, the first conclusion that Kuroto has reached is that Kakashi is really worth respecting, to be able to bear continuous Chakra drain and an additional burden imposed by Sharingan for almost two decades is really not an easy feat.

Not to mention he isn't an Uzumaki or Senju, neither does he has Hashirama Cells transplanted into his body nor does he have any Bijuu to support him, and yet he managed to keep that Sharingan for almost two decades! That's something really worth respecting!

"Kakashi might really have the potential to reach Super Kage level in strength if not for the restraint that Sharingan put on him." – Kuroto muttered with emotion, but soon he calmed himself down and focused on the matter at hand.

Kuroto knows that it is impossible for him to convince Kakashi to give up that Sharingan and doing so forcefully would only have a negative impact, therefore, he decided to not think about this matter for now and focused on the clone lying on the test bench.

Taking out the experimental records log, Kuroto began recording the data of this clone which is way past the stage where it could be recovered or healed.

He then analyzed and compared the recorded data with the data he recorded at the time of taking out this clone from the nutrition tank and found that the most severely injured part of the clone was its nervous system.

And even in the nervous system, the damage was most severe to the cranial nerves, whether it was the optical nerves or the oculomotor nerves both of them were way beyond recovery even with the best Iryo Ninjutsu.

"Why are Cranial Nerves most damaged?" – Kuroto muttered to himself, "I guess it's because the ocular nerves of this clone couldn't bear the burden of Mangekyou Sharingan for too long and were damaged beyond recovery."

This does sound reasonable.

After recording some more of his analysis about Mangekyou Sharingan in the experimental log, Kuroto removed the Mangekyou Sharingan pair from the eye sockets of the clone body and then processed the clone to be destroyed.

At this point, the Mangekyou Sharingan Project has finally come to an end.

In the whole project, including the two clones that Kuroto destroyed to make the Uchiha Brother's witness the death of their brothers, the clone that Ryota destroyed at the time of escaping from his prison cell, and this final clone that Kuroto himself destroyed, he has destroyed a total of four clones.

Combining the total cost of all the raw materials that were used up to cultivate these four clones, then the cost of these four clones is worth more than 70 million Ryo.

And if he adds up the loss of equipment, cost of construction of the prison dungeon, as well as the various props and pieces of equipment that were required to carry out this whole Mangekyou Sharingan Project definitely exceeds 100 million Ryo.

And this is just the start, any high-end experiment project involving any field requires a lot of economic funding, something that only a Daimyo, a shinobi village, or some extremely rich such clans and families can afford.

Individual shinobi such as him or Orochimaru without a suitable background funding will always be constrained by their budget unless they have a source of solid funding.

But there is nothing he can do about this issue for now.

After destroying the clone, Kuroto thought of his short fight with Kumogakure's A-B Combo.

In the original Naruto story, Yondaime Raikage did not have many records, but the few records or battles that he had were very meaningful and clearly dictated his strength.

Especially the fight he had with Uchiha Sasuke at the Gokage Summit in the Land of Iron. The speed and strength he showcased at that time were extreme, Raikage was even able to dodge Amaterasu while in his Lightning Release Chakra Mode, that alone is an accomplishment worth mentioning.

After all, the appearance of Amaterasu is at the same instant that Sasuke would use the ability of his left Mangekyou, and being able to dodge something so dangerous in such a short instant is incredible indeed.

If Yondaime Raikage had shown some degree of restrain in that battle, did not recklessly attack the Amaterasu encased Susanoo with the intent of sacrificing his arm if necessary, then he might have truly killed Uchiha Sasuke in that battle.

After all, at that time, Sasuke not only had to maintain Susanoo Armor but had to also use Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi to cover the Susanoo armor with the black flames using the shape transformation.

Simultaneously using all the three Mangekyou Sharingan Dojutsu is obviously not easy even for the shinobi of Uchiha Clan, therefore Sasuke had to bear a great amount of burden at that time and he wouldn't have lasted much longer if Raikage had opted to have a battle of endurance while also simultaneously putting enough pressure on Sasuke to keep him on edge.

And then there is Killer Bee, the Jinchuriki of Hachibi, who singled out the entire team Taka and almost killed Uchiha Sasuke, if not for Jugo to save Sasuke at that time by merging some of his cells with Sasuke then Sasuke might have been done for at that time.

And even then, Killer Bee might have killed the complete Team Taka if he didn't use that opportunity to sneak out of the village to take a holiday.

From both of these battles, it wouldn't be wrong to judge that whether it is Yondaime Raikage or the Jinchuriki of Hachibi, both of them had strength higher than Uchiha Sasuke when he awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Although, we have to also take into account that Sasuke had just awakened Mangekyou Sharingan and did not master that completely at that time while both Ay and Killer Bee were already through countless battles and were more than familiar with their powers, still, it wouldn't be wrong to say that both of their strength reaches a high-tier Kage Level.

And when these two works together as the A-B Combo, they really make the strongest duo, therefore, the fact that Kuroto managed to escape from them is also not a small achievement.

The next thing Kuroto thought was about the suspicions on Shisui, 'I made such big disturbances this time as Homusubi, so the suspicions on Shisui should be completely cleared up.'

Now that the suspicions on Shisui are cleared up, Kuroto can calmly carry out the fusion of the two Mangekyou Sharingan pairs into the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and the Fire Nature Clone with Uchiha genetics.

But as said before, to fuse the two pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan into Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, he has to first learn the Transcription Seal, and for that purpose, Kuroto will have to seek Shisui's help.

Because Kuroto thinks that only Uchiha Clan will have the knowledge of this seal, and there will be no scroll in Konoha's ninjutsu library about it.

It is because all the time Transcription came into play in the Canon, all the time it was used by the Uchiha, and nobody else, therefore, Kuroto thinks that this technique must be in the hands of the Uchiha Patriarch.

So, only Shisui can help Kuroto with this.

Then next comes the matter of Fire nature Clone with Uchiha clan genetics.

When thinking about this matter, Kuroto is in a bit of a bind.

The issue that is entangling him is the choice of genetics, whose genetics should he choose from? There are too many options that he has.

To be honest, if it is up to Kuroto, then Uchiha Madara is undoubtedly his first choice, but Kuroto did not consider this option more than a few seconds, this is because of two reasons, first is that Uchiha Madara's body age is really old so even if he was a beast in his prime and the first and the only person after the Sage of Six Paths to have awakened the Rinnegan, his body would have undoubtedly deteriorated to the point that Kuroto doubts whether the cultivated clone will be good enough.

The second and more important reason is that the place where Uchiha Madara's body is located/buried should only be known to Obito and Zetsu, therefore, Kuroto has no way of finding where that body is located and he certainly does not have enough time to specifically search for that location.

So, the option of using Madara's genetics is directly ruled out by Kuroto.

Then the next few choices that Kuroto has are, Hideki, Ryota, Fugaku, Shinichi, Shisui, Itachi, and even Sasuke is available for Kuroto to choose from.

Rubbing his hand over his chin, Kuroto muttered, "Which one to choose from, Fugaku? Hideki? Ryota? Shinichi? Shisui? Itachi? Or Sasuke?"

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While rubbing his chin, Kuroto muttered with a thoughtful expression, "I suppose I should not count Uchiha Fugaku as an option, it's because obtaining his cells would be very troublesome, so it's best that I don't take him as an option!

And the next is Sasuke, aside from Madara, Sasuke is technically the best option, but I am not sure if I should use his cells and DNA for the clone, after all, he is the current reincarnation of Otsutsuki Indra, therefore, it is hard to judge how will Rikudo Sennin respond if I create a clone with the chakra of the current reincarnation of Indra.

It is obviously hard to infer Rikudo Sennin's thinking in regards to his two sons, whether he is keeping a watch over Sasuke and Naruto and what are his plans for them is not something Kuroto can understand, after all, Rikudo Sennin has existed for centuries already, even if he is in his soul form after death, Rikudo Sennin is undoubtedly the current strongest being on the planet, therefore, I think that it is the best choice to not do anything that might offend him or leave a negative opinion towards me!"

What's more, Sasuke's Yin Chakra is probably the strongest so that would probably unbalance the intensity of seven chakra natures at the time of fusion through Chimera Technique, as such its best to avoid using his cells for creating the clone.

After excluding Fugaku and Sasuke, the remaining choices that he is left with are Hideki, Ryota, Shinichi, Shisui, and Itachi.

Among these five Shisui and Itachi are obviously the most talented, and it is very difficult for even Kuroto to judge whose talent is higher among the two of them.

If the age at which they awakened Mangekyou Sharingan is taken into account then that obviously Shisui seems to be more talented, but then we have to also consider that Shisui was born before Itachi and experienced more stimulations during the third great shinobi war so he was able to awaken Mangekyou Sharingan at a younger age compared to Itachi.

Other than the age of activating Mangekyou Sharingan, both of them are impeccable in all other shinobi arts so it wouldn't be wrong to say that both of them are equally talented, so both of them seem to be the best options.

Thinking up to here, Kuroto suddenly remembered, "But Itachi's illness…?"

The illness Itachi suffered from was a bit mysterious, there were many speculations and theories about it, some stated that Itachi suffered from some sort of lung disease while others pointed to the illness being the result of the overburden because of being too strong for his own good.

It could be possible that Itachi suffered from his Mangekyou power being too strong and his body was unable to bear the burden it caused as a result he lacked the necessary stamina to partake in drawn-out battles.

The illness could also be the result of his desire to die because of guilt, after all, depression, despair, and desire to seek death can stem from various causes that would ultimately kill you, its similar to how the Solomon Islands Cursing works.

Then again, his illness could also be a result of a Bloodline illness.

So it is very difficult for Kuroto to judge what kind of illness Itachi suffered from, but one thing that is very clear is the fact that this illness took away Itachi's life.

So without having a proper understanding of the true cause it is best not to use Itachi's cells, after all, if Itachi is suffering from Bloodline disease then his cells are obviously not suitable for making the Fire Chakra Clone.

Therefore, Shisui's cells seem to be a better option of the two.

Although both Itachi and Sasuke are also very good choices, there are still some hidden dangers in choosing them, but no such danger is associated with Shisui, so it is obviously better for Kuroto to not take unnecessary risks.

And Shisui's talent is unquestionably superior to Hideki and Ryota so there is no need for consideration.

"Finally, there is also an option of choosing Shinichi but I guess I will start with Shisui. If my and Shisui's cells do not have compatibility then I guess I will try using Shinichi's or Itachi's cells, till then using Shisui's cells is fine." – with that decided, Kuroto packed up everything and left the secret laboratory.

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One week later.

In this one week, the various units' part of the hunting operation carries out some intensive search to locate Homusubi and the other member of Amatsukami but since there was no result so the troops returned back to the village.

The shinobi who participated in the encirclement operation brought back all sorts of news with them and aside from the classified news that was not to be released in public, most of this news was now the talk of the village.

Konoha's repeated failure to capture or kill Amatsukami only flared up Amatsukami's reputation and people even started to wonder whether Amatsukami was truly an organization with Gods part of it as its name suggests.

Of course, such devoted religious people were very few and were mostly ignored by others.

Although the intelligence about Amatsukami's next target being the nine Bijuu was not made public, the threat that Amatsukami poses to Konoha and the other four great shinobi villages was now more than ever clear to the high level of all the villages.

Aside from all this, what was important was that rumors about Shisui being Homusubi were completely cleared up as Shisui's and Homusubi's fight was now public knowledge, with suspicions on him cleared, Shisui was no longer subjected to house arrest and was now again free.

After regaining his freedom, the first thing that Shisui did was obvious, he hurriedly rushed towards Kuroto's home as he was in desperate need of so many answers, and only Kuroto had those answers that he needed.

Arriving at Kuroto's home, he knocked on the door.

Knock… Knock… Knock…

A few seconds later the door was opened, "Oh, it turns out to be Shisui-Kun, please come in!"

Shisui is both a member of the same Anbu squad as Kuroto and also a regular visitor to Kuroto's home, therefore Yui is very familiar with Shisui and welcomed him inside very enthusiastically. Sometimes when she sees Kuroto and Shisui working together or discussing some things, she even feels that both of them are like siblings.

Shisui nodded politely, "Thank you Yui-san!" and followed her to Kuroto's study.

Kuroto who was busy doing some work was not surprised by Shisui's arrival and nodded for him to take a seat.

Yui also sat on the other side of the Kotatsu, and seeing that Kuroto was still busy she decided to ask Shisui a few things that she was somewhat curious about, "So, Shisui-Kun, I heard that you fought against Homusubi of Amatsukami again, is he… is he really that powerful, you know as powerful as the rumors describe him to be?"

Shisui was a little embarrassed by Yui's question and glanced towards the so-called 'Homusubi' sitting on the side, seeing that 'the Homusubi' that he fought against a few days ago had no intentions of speaking anything, Shisui scratched his hair awkwardly and nodded, "Uh… he… he is really strong, he was… even able to hold his own against Kumogakure's A-B Combo, which in itself dictates just how strong Homusubi is."

Hearing the word Kumo A-B Combo, Yui was a bit worried and turned towards Kuroto she wanted to speak something but it was better to not be spoken in Shisui's presence.

Kuroto seemed to have noticed Yui's worry, so he put down the scroll in his hand and said, "Don't mind Shisui's presence, you can speak freely there is no need to be worried."

Yui looked at Kuroto then turned towards Shisui and then again towards Kuroto, and spoke "Will you really be alright Kuroto-Kun? All the members of Amatsukami seem to be extremely strong one can fight against Yondaime Raikage and Jinchuriki of Hachibi at the same time while the other can fight against Sandaime-sama and still manage to escape, Amatsukami is too dangerous, even Shisui-Kun says so! Right… Shisui-Kun? See! He is agreeing, should we… should we mention this matter to Hiashi-sama… so that... he can… you know… make arrangements with Sandaime-sama?" – as the last words came, Yui's voice kept going light and light, if not for the fact that both Kuroto and Shisui being extremely perceptive they might not have been able to hear the last part.

And hearing Yui's words, Kuroto snorted in contempt towards Amatsukami, "Huh, what dangerous? Just some small-time mercenary organization, they even have the gall to name themselves 'Amatsukami'? All they do is hide and don't even dare to come forward! From beginning to end, all they do is run away, in fact, I am telling you whether it was against Sandaime-sama or A-B Combo, both the time what Amatsukami did was run away. The last time I and Shisui encountered them, we were unprepared and were ambushed by three of them at once, if not for that we would have obviously defeated them! When I meet them next time… you will see the result."

As soon as she heard Kuroto's words, Yui complained, "You always do this Kuroto-Kun and I hate this…" - speaking up to here, she turned towards Shisui and requested sincerely, "Shisui-Kun, I want to ask you something, will you please consider it?"

Shisui who was suddenly brought to attention hurriedly nodded, "Yui-san… just speak what is your request… If… if I can do it, or it is within my power to be able to do it I will definitely do my best to help out!"

Yui glanced towards Kuroto with the corner of her eye then turned back towards Shisui and spoke, "Kuroto-Kun always does this, in order for me to not worry he always lighten up the threat posed by anyone when speaking about anything… he would look down on all the enemies and all when describing them to me, in fact, he even omits out most of the details where his life was in danger, although I understand why he does this, it still does not relieve me…

Moreover, I don't even understand where Kuroto-Kun's confidence comes from? To be able to look down on people such as Homusubi and Suijin… sigh… even Hizashi-sama said that Amatsukami is very dangerous and here he is treating them as NOTHING!

I can't speak about this to Kakashi-Kun because of his… well I can't speak about this to Kakashi-Kun due to certain reasons, and Guy-Kun is just too weird and I am not too sure how to talk to him about this… so you are the only person I can ask of.

Everyone knows that after awakening Mangekyou Sharingan, you are no longer a normal shinobi, your strength obviously surpasses all four of your squad, so will you please do me this favor and look after Kuroto-Kun and make sure that he doesn't get careless and… when performing missions?"

"But… Kuroto-San… he… I…" – Shisui opened his mouth to speak but he didn't know what to say anymore.

Protect him?

Protect him what?

Amatsukami?

What a joke!

He is the leader of Amatsukami! And he is sitting right here!

Aside from Amatsukami, even if a threat of such a level that could endanger Kuroto really existed, and if Kuroto-San couldn't deal with it with his strength, then Shisui can be sure that there are very fewer chances that he would be able to deal with it.

Seeing that Shisui seemed to have some reservations, Yui said with a worried tone, "Shisui-Kun, is my request really so troublesome?"

Hearing Yui's request Shisui was more embarrassed and turned looked at Kuroto as if asking 'what should I do?'.

Kuroto also didn't know what to say and could only give him a look that said, 'Don't ask me.'

Shisui's look changed from 'What should I do?' to 'Then who should I ask if not from you?'

"You don't need to ask Kuroto-Kun's opinion on this, this is a request I am making and Kuroto-Kun would obviously not deny my request, right Kuroto-Kun?" – Yui asked Kuroto with a very sweet look that sent chills down Kuroto's spine, he knew that if he said anything other than a nod… he wouldn't be getting any food for the next whole month!

Kuroto hurriedly nodded. Never anger or offend your woman… the consequences would be too terrible, and Kuroto has no desire to face those consequences.

With Kuroto's nod, Yui again turned towards Shisui and spoke, "You see? Kuroto-Kun doesn't have any problem with it, now will you consider my request?"

Shisui sighed helplessly and nodded, "A… Alright… you don't need to worry Yui-san… I will take good care of Kuroto-San!"

Finally, Kuroto said to Yui with a smile, "Okay… no matter how strong Amatsukami may be, it won't be stronger than Konoha. You don't need to worry about these issues, for now, what you need to focus on is your training Yui, I hope you remember my words and understand what I said back then. That aside, I have some important matters to discuss with Shisui so you can leave us be and finish the things that you have to do."

Yui nodded, "Well, I understand… I have some matters to take care of, I will leave you both to your devices, by the way, Shisui-san would you like to have dinner with us today?"

"Uh, no I wouldn't want to intrude!" – Shisui said.

"It's not troublesome at all, after all, I will obviously be cooking dinner for both Kuroto-Kun and myself so adding for you would require the same amount of work therefore there is no trouble. Besides, there are very few opportunities when Kuroto-Kun stays at home because of all the missions and all, and we would really love it if you would have dinner with us, right Kuroto-Kun?"

Kuroto nodded, "Hmm, right. Have dinner with us." – This is actually a good thing, Shisui is also an orphan just like Kuroto, so he obviously stays alone, therefore, it would be better for Shisui if he gets to experience some familial environment.

Seeing that both Kuroto and Yui insisted, Shisui finally relented and nodded, "Alright, I will be troubling you then!"

"In that case, I will be going shopping, I have to make sure that something good is cooked tonight that Shisui-San will love!" – Yui said with a cheerful look.

"Please don't push yourself too hard Yui-san!" – Shisui said.

"Don't worry!" – Yui said to Shisui, nodded towards Kuroto, she got up left the room, a few minutes later she came back with a tray carrying two tea-cups, hot water, tea powder, matcha tea leaves, and some rice crackers for snacks.

Without interrupting the light discussion that Kuroto and Shisui were having, she brewed the tea for two, placed the cup before them, placed the rice crackers, and then left.

As soon as Yui left, Shisui couldn't hold himself anymore and hurriedly asked, "Kuroto-san, what was up with that Mangekyou Sharingan pair that you had in your eye sockets at that time?"

Kuroto didn't directly answer the question, but took out a storage scroll, printed the required hand seals, and tapped on it with his right hand.

Poof… Poof…

With a soft sound white smoke appeared over the scroll.

As soon as the shite smoke cleared away, two small glass capsules appeared before the two.

Looking through the glass cover of the capsule, Shisui noticed some light green solution that filled the capsule and two spherical objects floating within the light green solution in each capsule.

As soon as he saw the two objects floating inside the nutrition capsule, Shisui's eyes narrowed, because those two objects make up a pair of eyes and not just any pair of eyes, they are Sharingan!

But Shisui was doubtful about something, "These are Sharingan?"

Kuroto nodded casually, "Right, these two pairs of Sharingan belonged to Uchiha Hideki and Uchiha Ryota."

Although Shisui expected this result when his doubt was confirmed Shisui had a complicated and saddened look, he understands that Hideki's and Ryota's death was inevitable but seeing their eyes floating in the capsule, Shisui only feels guilty that he didn't choose any other method.

Kuroto saw that although a little saddened, Shisui was still calm so he decided to drop the bigger bombs, "Both of these pairs of Sharingan are Mangekyou Sharingan."

And boy did it work.

"What!?" – Shisui suddenly exclaimed and stood up at his position when he heard Kuroto's words, looking at him with an incredible expression, seeing that Kuroto-San doesn't seem to be joking he looked at the two pairs of Sharingan that are actually Mangekyou Sharingan pair with inexplicable expression, "How is this even possible?"

Kuroto didn't answer this question as Shisui should already know how a pair of Mangekyou Sharingan is born, instead, he pointed at one of the capsules and said, "This pair of Mangekyou Sharingan belongs to Uchiha Ryota, and it is this pair that I was using when I enacted as Homusubi."

Shisui looked at the two pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan then turned towards Kuroto and asked seriously, "Kuroto-san, what did Ryota and Hideki go through so that both of them awakened Mangekyou Sharingan!?"

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Since Kuroto showed both of the Mangekyou Sharingan pairs to Shisui, naturally he does not intend to conceal what he put Ryota and Hideki through, as such he briefly mentioned the 'Mangekyou Sharingan Project' to Shisui.

Of course, Kuroto did not disclose everything and only roughly mentioned some of the details of the experiment with just a few words that would give Shisui a general idea of what exactly he did.

After listening to Kuroto's words, Shisui's conscience was screaming to him, "Kuroto-san, you really are a cruel person!"

From a rational point of view, Kuroto's 'Mangekyou Sharingan Project' is not only a test on living humans but is actually mind-breaking gruesome torture. Of course, that's not a problem as Shinobi have to constantly torture out all sorts of intelligence out of their enemies so torture is not that big of a deal, and even human experimentation is also not wrong after all if you don't study all sorts of things then how will new things be researched?

What's important is that the subjects used for torture and human experimentation generally are enemies and criminals, but here the subjects of the experimentation were neither enemies nor criminals, putting them through such a 'Stimulation Test' is really inhuman.

But considering the fact that both Hideki and Ryota would have been killed anyway so whether the 'Stimulation Tests' were carried out or not does not change their inevitable death.

In the first case, they would have met a simple death, but because of the 'Mangekyou Sharingan Project', that was no longer the case.

And the result of this project also cleared up the suspicions on Shisui, at the same time created another 'Homusubi' of Amatsukami who poses a great threat towards the Uchiha Clan and the village.

So, to a certain extent, this whole 'Mangekyou Sharingan Project' helped in saving the Uchiha Clan from heading towards destruction in one way or the other.

But with human beings' hypocritical nature; no matter how rational and correct something is, they would feel some sort of aversion and rejection towards certain things, what's more, the test subjects Kuroto used were still living and breathing Uchiha clan members who were not even charged with any crimes, as such, Shisui can't help but feel a bit of disgust after hearing such a thing, it is basic human nature and there is nothing wrong with it. Unless you are too familiar with such things you would naturally be repelled.

Therefore, Kuroto did not mind Shisui's words, he knows that he was cruel towards them. Kuroto is not a saint-like Uzumaki Naruto, nor does he plan to become one, he would do what's necessary, irrespective of whether that is morally a good thing or bad thing… it does not matter to him.

Even though Kuroto did not say anything, Shisui realized that his tone was not correct and apologized, "I am sorry Kuroto-san, I was a little rude just now, I know you did this to clear up suspicions on me and for the sake of Uchiha Clan, and yet I spoke as such, please forgive my conduct!"

Shisui is obviously not stupid, he obviously understands that this is not the only reason Kuroto-san did so; but does it really matter?

In the end, it did clear up the suspicions on him as well as paved a way for the Uchiha Clan to integrate back to Konoha, throughout the incident of Uchiha Hideki and Uchiha Ryota, the tension between Uchiha Clan and Hokage faction has calmed down a little, even people of Konoha have some sympathy for the Uchiha that their shinobi had to go through such attacks by Amatsukami.

Overall, the emergence of Amatsukami has not only disrupted the Uchiha Clan's plans for the coup by shifting their attention from rebelling against the Hokage faction to destroying the Amatsukami but also forced them to unite with the Hokage faction if they want to be able to do so.

If Uchiha Clan alone plans to destroy Amatsukami or if the Hokage faction alone intends to annihilate Amatsukami then that's just a pipe dream, as such both the factions have no choice but to work together to deal with Amatsukami, and when people work together, they form emotional bonds which are hard to break so the relationship between two sides will obviously be mended and the distrust will also disappear, of course, all this will take time and continuous pressure.

Kuroto did not say anything in regards to Shisui's words, clearing up Shisui's name or preventing the annihilation of the Uchiha Clan is not the only reason he conducted these tests, he obviously has his own reasons and selfishness involved, which he is obviously not going to mention to Shisui for now, therefore, instead of discussing this, he changed the topic and said, "I am going to fuse these two pairs into a pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan."

Shisui was confused, "Into an Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan?"

From Shisui's reaction, Kuroto can judge that he isn't yet aware of the secret of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.

In today's shinobi world apart from Kuroto, Uchiha Shinichi, Uchiha Hideki, and Ryota brothers, and perhaps the Uchiha Patriarch, only Obito, and Zetsu should be aware of what an Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan is.

And Kuroto thinks that Uchiha Fugaku would not be idiot enough to give out such critical and important secrets if not necessary for many reasons that aren't even needed to be explained.

So, Kuroto thought a little and said, "If I didn't guess wrong, your vision should have started to decline, right?"

Not to mention Shisui's Mangekyou Sharingan pair, even the vision of Ryota's Mangekyou Sharingan pair that Kuroto used has started to decline because of such heavy use both the time.

Even in the original series, Sasuke who awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan was nearly blind after using his Mangekyou Sharingan in only a few battles, therefore it is not strange that Shisui has had his Mangekyou for so many years and even used several times will start to have his vision declined.

Shisui did not hide this and nodded, "Yes, my eyesight has declined somewhat."

Hearing Shisui's words, Kuroto spoke, "The reason why your patriarch chooses to keep his Mangekyou Sharingan hidden and would rarely use its power is also somewhat related to this issue, a Mangekyou Sharingan will always lose its vision after each use." – Explaining up to here, Kuroto added, "And that vision will keep declining until you become blind eventually, but Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan is one of the ways to not only gain eternal eyesight but also increase the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan."

Shisui nodded, but there was something really puzzling him, "I guess I understand that but Kuroto-san I have a question, why do you know of so many secrets of the Uchiha Clan that even I, as an Uchiha is not aware of?"

Kuroto said, "I learned these secrets from some hidden scrolls that I permanently borrowed from Shimura Danzo's Root base, without taking his permission of course, and from what I can tell, Nidaime-sama seems to have conducted quite a lot of research on Sharingan and all that research was inherited by Danzo, and since I have 'borrowed' some of that research, I managed to learn some secrets!"

Of course, that's a lie, Nidaime-sama may have some research on Sharingan as Kuroto stated but Kuroto neither needed to 'borrow' it nor did he try to, but Shisui does not need to know that, as long as the blame is put on Shimura Danzo or Nidaime-sama, then everything is well and good for Kuroto, after all, these dead people and soon to be dead people must have some uses right?

'Permanently borrowed without permission? Isn't that literally stealing? Forget it! Just think that you didn't hear any such information.' – Shisui thought with an awkward smile.

Kuroto said, "Well from there I learned about Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and the method to gain it." – after a short pause, Kuroto continued, "And I plan to fuse these two pairs into a pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, but before doing so, I still need something from the Uchiha Clan that only you can bring me, it's called a Transcription Seal."

"Transcription Seal, I seem to have heard that term before, where have I heard it?" – Shisui thought about this for a few seconds and then replied, "Right, I remember, I heard Patriarch mention this technique once, it is a technique that can seal a Mangekyou Sharingan dojutsu power into the targeted subject which could be many things, like sealer's own Sharingan, other's Sharingan, and into some other objects. This seal can activate when a certain requirement set by the sealer is fulfilled!"

Kuroto nodded, "Yes, that's exactly the one I am talking about!"

Shisui hesitated a little, then said, "I will try to ask Patriarch if he can teach it to me, as long as this technique is not too dangerous, I think he should agree to it!"

Now that the suspicions on him have been cleared up, so Shisui is once again the second figure of the Uchiha Clan, therefore, Uchiha Fugaku should not deny his request.

What's more, 'Transcription Seal' is not some Kinjutsu like that of Izanami or Izanagi, so Uchiha Fugaku should agree to teach it to Shisui.

Kuroto nodded and said, "After these two pairs are fused into a pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan they will be kept with me for some time, when your eyes go completely blind in the future, make sure to inform me, I will replace your eyes with this pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan."

Shisui shook his head, "I don't think I will ever transplant that pair, it's better that I stay away from them." – Deep down inside, Shisui was still resisting the two pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan in front of him.

In regards to Shisui's words, Kuroto did not say much, he also understands Shisui's character, therefore, there was no need.

Moreover, it will be a while before Shisui's eyes go completely blind because Shisui has always had an awe of Mangekyou Sharingan and has been very restrained in using it, even the few times he has used Mangekyou Sharingan, he has mainly used Susanoo, did not once use Kotoamatsukami, so the speed with which his vision is dwindling is a bit slow, as long as he keeps this up, he should be fine for a few more years.

With that out of the way, Kuroto resealed the two glass capsules in the sealing scroll and put the scroll away.

At this time Shisui suddenly asked, "Kuroto-san, you mentioned before that our method will delay the conflict between the clan and village, but it won't solve the conflict for good, and you also said that the situation in the village will change for the better in the future, what will be happening in the future? What is the way out for the Uchiha Clan from all of this?"

Kuroto raised an eyebrow, he didn't expect Shisui to suddenly ask this question out of the blue and fell into a bit of contemplation.

Shisui didn't interrupt Kuroto, while he was thinking, he sat in silence as he sipped the tea which was already cold, and ate the rice crackers.

After a long silence, Kuroto recovered to his senses and said, "Shisui, do you believe in 'fate'?"

"Fate?" – Shisui muttered to himself, he was puzzled why Kuroto-san would suddenly ask something that has no definitive answer, so after a bit of thinking, he shook his head, "No, I don't believe in the so-called 'Fate'."

Kuroto smiled bitterly as he said, "Yes, I don't believe in 'Fate' either, but what I want you to tell you, and what I want you to know is that this damn fate really exists…!"

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The Shinobi Sect was founded by Rikudo Sennin, his intentions of spreading the Ninshu among all was because he believed that power must not be concentrated within one individual and must be distributed among everyone so that people could understand each other on equal grounds; only then can people develop love and understanding for each other. The teachings of Ninshu were meant to give people a better understanding of themselves as well as others, and eventually lead the world towards peace.

It was all because he believed that the Chakra is meant to 'connect' people's spiritual energies with one another.

However, Rikudo Sennin's elder Son, Otsutsuki Indra did not follow his teachings, not being chosen as the successor of Ninshu and because of being manipulated by Black Zetsu, Indra weaponized Ninshu into Ninjutsu, others followed his footsteps, and soon the two sons of Rikudo Sennin became the source of disputes in the shinobi world. From that first fight to this day, even if they have actually died, both brothers have been continuously fighting against each other.

They reincarnate over and over and continue fighting each other, their perpetual battle is like a curse that the shinobi world has been enduring for the past millennia.

Even the main cause of grievances between the Uchiha Clan and the Senju Clan is none other than the reincarnations of Indra and Asura.

The previous generation of Indra, Uchiha Madara had his final battle with Asura of the previous generation, and that battle was also called the Battle of the Valley of the End. Although Uchiha Madara 'died' in that battle he greatly wounded Senju Hashirama in that battle, which made the already paranoid Senju Tobirama more vigilant of the Uchiha Clan, fearing that another Uchiha Madara may again rise from this clan.

The succeeding Hokage, Senju Tobirama excluded the Uchiha Clan from the central politics by making Uchiha Clan responsible for the security of the village and thus Konoha Military Police Force became a second name for the Uchiha Clan, although Konoha Military Police Force seems to be a very glorified thing with honor and all, that is actually not true. By making Uchiha Clan solely to be responsible for the security of the Village and by establishing the Konoha Military Police Force next to the Konoha Prison, Uchiha Clan's movements were greatly restricted, they lost their power in the central Politics and were now guards of the village with superficial authority and complete restrictions on their movements.

Moreover, the police duties come with an added disadvantage, as such, all the clans started to distance themselves from the Uchiha Clan.

And the same policy was continued by Sandaime Hokage, if Yondaime-sama did not die then maybe things would have turned for a better future, but unfortunately, he died on the night of the Kyuubi's attack.

And Uchiha Clan was silently deemed as the culprit responsible for the death of Yondaime Hokage.

The Uchiha Clan obviously can't continue bearing such unfair treatment, therefore the idea of Coup germinated within their minds, which has led us to the current circumstances.

Uchiha Clan has fallen into such a precarious situation, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is fate, right?

What exactly is fate?

What exactly is a person's fate?

Events that we don't have control over are what Kuroto defines as Fate.

And Kuroto is very disgusted with such things as 'Fate' or 'Destiny,' because 'fate' also implies that everything has been prearranged and no amount of effort can change what's prearranged.

No amount of effort will allow you to resist what has already been decided for you, you will never be able to change anything, it is as if personal effort and hard work one put in everything all amount to naught and meaningless in the face of the so-called 'Fate' and 'Destiny.'

'Can fate really not be changed?' – Kuroto who has been trying to resist the so-called 'Fate' has always wanted many things to change, but even he is not sure whether the 'Fate' that has been inter-vining this shinobi world can be changed or not?

Shisui looked at Kuroto's face that had an uncertain look.

Shisui was also a bit worried, "Kuroto-san, are you alright?"

Kuroto sighed and did not think about all this extremely complicated stuff anymore, smiling bitterly he said to Shisui, "It's nothing, I am no longer able to figure out the direction that this shinobi world will progress in."

"Why did you suddenly mention the topic of 'fate'?" – Shisui asked in confusion, then as if he suddenly realized he something, Shisui exclaimed, "Could it be… does it mean that the Uchiha Clan is fated to doom, is there no way?"

Kuroto shook his head, "Don't worry! Whether it is 'fated' or not no longer matters, I have given you my words, and I certainly intend to keep them. I will not let Uchiha Clan be destroyed and I will not get back on my words, the Uchiha Clan will not only not be destroyed but also gain everything it truly deserves as the co-founding clan, regardless of how much time and whatever means it takes, I will make it happen, this is my promise to you Shisui, both as a friend and as the leader of Amatsukami!"

Kuroto firmly believes that as long as someone is powerful enough, they can have complete control over how things around him will progress, although Kuroto can't control everything now he can make it so that many of the major things change.

As long as one works hard enough, everything is possible.

Fate or Destiny may as well be a shackle that restricts you, but it is not indestructible that you won't ever be able to break free of it!

Shisui was really emotional by what Kuroto said, he couldn't describe how glad he felt when Kuroto said those words, all he could speak was, "Thank you so much Kuroto-San, your assurance means a lot to me. No matter how much effort I have to put in or how much trouble I have to go through I will continue to follow your lead, here and now, I swear that I, Uchiha Shisui will always be loyal to you, be that as Shisui of the Uchiha Clan, Homusubi of Amatsukami or Cat of Anbu Team-11!!"

Kuroto was surprised by Shisui's words, swearing eternal loyalty is a very big decision, and the fact that Shisui chooses to do so, really surprised Kuroto.

Kuroto did not deny it, Shisui is a truly loyal person, the most trustworthy person Kuroto could have ever asked for, therefore, he did not deny Shisui's decision. Because this decision represents Shisui's conviction, and if Kuroto were to deny it, then he would be disrespecting Shisui's determination, which he does not intend to do.

So, all he did was smiling slightly and ruffled Shisui's hair slightly.

With that, the serious talks came to an end, Kuroto and Shisui also discussed many things about various techniques, Genjutsu in particular.

Kuroto has never really touched the field of Genjutsu, but now that he has Sharingan in his hand, Kuroto obviously plans to not let this opportunity go to waste. So, Shisui, who is undoubtedly one of the best Genjutsu users in not only Konoha but the entire Shinobi world gave Kuroto a lot of insight into this new field.

The discussions continued, soon the sun dipped in the northwest horizon and it was already past the twilight.

Both of them didn't know that Yui had returned home some time ago and the dinner was already prepared.

By the time Kuroto and Shisui's discussion came to an end, the dinner was already set up on the dining table.

Looking at so many dishes set up before him, Shisui couldn't help but salivate slightly, it has been so long since he has had such an incredible feast.

Yui giggled at Shisui's childish antics, the three of them soon got busy with the food, talking, laughing, discussing many light topics during the meal.

The atmosphere was very cheerful, giving an illusion as if they were no longer living in this war-ridden shinobi world, no burden was placed on any of their shoulders.

Between the talks, the food was already finished, and Shisui undoubtedly ate the most.

Yui was happy that Shisui liked her cooking.

After the meal, Shisui expressed his gratefulness to Yui for letting him have such delicious food and promised that he would take extra care of Kuroto-san during the mission, especially when they encounter 'Amatsukami,' and then left.

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While Kuroto and Shisui were having a peaceful evening, the Hokage Building was brightly lit and not having peaceful evening.

Sandaime, the three elder advisors of Konoha, and Jiraiya sat together to discuss the matter of the upcoming 2nd Gokage Summit.

Although Sarutobi Hiruzen was not very happy about Shimura Danzo's personal request with the Raikage to hold the 2nd Gokage Summit, he did not criticize Danzo for this.

Because Danzo's reason is very good. Amatsukami has declared that they will be going after the nine Bijuu, this declaration directly implies that Amatsukami intends to make the enemy of all the shinobi villages who hold Bijuu with them, and based on what little information about Amatsukami they have, only three of its members aside from the leader are known, as for how many other members have yet to make an appearance is completely a mystery, therefore, it wouldn't be wrong to say that the organization is strong enough to be able to accomplish what they have declared unless the shinobi villages unite to resist Amatsukami.

Otherwise, whether it is Konoha or Kumogakure, or any other shinobi village for that matter, it seems unlikely that any shinobi will be able to resist the combined might of Amatsukami alone!

Therefore, it is very logical to hold the Gokage Summit to discuss the plans on how to deal with Amatsukami!

After he carefully read the report of the entire hunting operation submitted by Danzo, Sandaime frowned, "So this member with the wind Nature as his disguise has also appeared?"

Jiraiya nodded, "I have seen him with my own eyes, it can't be wrong!"

Sandaime said with a sigh, "It seems that Eagle and Cat of the team – 11 did really encounter an ambush from three members of Amatsukami at once."

Danzo said, "If not for him to be able to escape with Homusubi by flying, we would have already captured him and Homusubi!"

"Magnet Release huh?" – Sandaime had a thoughtful look.

Different from Ice Release, Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai has an extraordinary significance in Sunagakure. The research of Magnet Release was started by Nidaime Kazekage then passed on to Sandaime Kazekage who went missing mysteriously and is also the Kekkei Genkai that the Yondaime Kazekage uses, the Kazekage of the past three generations have mastered Magnet Release.

Therefore, it wouldn't be wrong to say that once someone masters Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai, he will naturally gain the qualification to be a Kazekage candidate.

So, it is difficult to imagine that someone who can be a Kazekage candidate would choose to betray the village and join an organization such as Amatsukami.

'Now that I think about it, Hyuga Kuroto once encountered a mysterious shinobi with Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai which resulted in the death of the Root shinobi who was following him, is it possible that that shinobi with the Magnet Release is the same one from Amatsukami?

If they are the same then how did Hyuga Kuroto managed to escape from him?

Is it possible that Hyuga Kuroto's strength has increased to such a level? No, that seems unlikely for now.

So, the other explanation could be that Hyuga Kuroto was not his target and the target was that Root Anbu, members of Amatsukami do not kill any shinobi who is not their target, this has been confirmed from their actions over and over, so it is possible. Hmm, I guess we will have to look into that Root Anbu's history to have a better understanding of why he was the target, and see if we can find anything about this shinobi with Magnet Release from there.' – thought Sandaime.

At this time, the elder consultant Utatane Koharu said, "First, a mysterious shinobi with the Kekkei Genkai of Kirigakure, then another mysterious shinobi with the Mangekyou Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan from Konoha, now a Shinobi with Magnet Release, if this continues then will a next member pop out of nowhere with Shodaime-Sama's Wood Release!? Moreover, how in the world is Amatsukami able to recruit shinobi with such sensitive identities, are they really not afraid to make an enemy out of the five great shinobi villages?"

Mitokado Homura said, "It's difficult to say, after all, other than Shodaime-sama, nobody else has inherited the Wood Release, not even Senju Tsunade or her expired brother Senju Nawaki, who are descendants of Shodaime-sama, so I think that is unlikely to happen. Rather than caring about whether they are afraid or not, what she should be worried about is this fellow 'Yama.' Just how strong is he to be considered a leader by such strong individuals?"

Jiraiya thought of the more important issue and said, "Since Amatsukami has declared that their targets are the Bijuu, then Uzumaki Naruto's protection must be strengthened."

As soon as Jiraiya's words fell, a glint in Danzo's eyes and he immediately said, "I propose that Root should be responsible for Uzumaki Naruto's protection!"

Jiraiya was immediately angry, "Are you kidding me?!"

Sandaime chided Jiraiya a little then said to Danzo, "I have made arrangements for the protection of Uzumaki Naruto, so you do not have to worry about it. Danzo, for now, your task is to continue gathering intelligence about Amatsukami and keep a watch of all their movements, very little is known about this organization with its secretive behavior and unique methods of working through things, now we have come to understand that Amatsukami is not something we can deal with by using the conventional approach by using numbers or deterrence, so we have to change our methods and I trust that you will be able to figure out the perfect method."

Danzo was not frustrated by Sandaime's early words and nodded seriously after he heard the later part, "I will make sure that Amatsukami is rooted out if it's the last thing I do! By the way, what plans do you have for the 2nd Gokage Summit!?"

Sandaime pondered over Danzo's question.

It stands to reason that he, as the current Hokage should go from Konoha's side for the Gokage Summit, but it highly likely that Amatsukami will take this opportunity to take advantage of his absence and cause all sorts of troubles, possibly even attempt to kidnap Uzumaki Naruto, who is the Jinchuriki of Kyuubi. To make sure that such a thing does not happen, he has to stay in Konoha.

After thinking a little, Sandaime ordered, "Shimura Danzo, since you are the commander of suppression and encirclement operation to hunt down Amatsukami, as such you will represent Konohagakure at the Gokage Summit as my representative!"

Danzo seems to have expected such a thing and nodded as if it was only a natural thing, "Do not worry, I will live up to your TRUST!"

With that, the meeting was concluded, and the three elder consultants left one-after-another.

Now only Jiraiya and Sandaime were left in the Hokage office, Jiraiya has obviously stayed behind because he has something to discuss with Sandaime, "Sensei, I am still a little worried about Naruto, with what happened to Minato it is difficult for me to forget it so easily if something were to happen to Naruto…"

Sandaime was not surprised by Jiraiya's words and said, "Do not worry, I am going to assign Anbu Team-11 with the mission of protecting Uzumaki Naruto, they are currently the strongest Anbu Team in Konoha, as such he will be safe!"

Jiraiya was frozen, "Team-11!? Isn't this the same Anbu team that Uchiha Shisui is part of?"

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Hearing Jiraiya's worry, Sandaime said, "Uchiha Shisui also has Mangekyou Sharingan, therefore he is the best candidate from the Anbu to contend with Homusubi, what's more, Hyuga Kuroto, Might Guy and the captain of the team Hatake Kakashi will also be there. So, this team-11 is the most suitable Anbu team to protect Uzumaki Naruto, as such, there should be no problem in regards to Naruto's safety."

"There is Mangekyou Sharingan, Byakugan with sensory purpose, Minato's disciple is also there and finally Might Dai's son is also in the team, you are right sensei, Team-11 indeed seems to be the most stable choice to ensure Naruto's safety." – Jiraiya nodded with a smile and continued, "So I can leave with confidence."

Sandaime frowned, "Leave!?" Where are you going to leave? First and foremost, Gokage Summit is going to be held soon, as such no shinobi other than the team that will go to the predetermined location will be allowed to leave the village for any reason, secondly, this is an order from me, you are no longer allowed to continue your travels in this period of emergency."

Jiraiya put away his smile and said with a serious expression, "I want to bring back Tsunade, the threat that Amatsukami poses is too great. They are not doing massive damages to the manpower for now, but we don't know if that will remain the case in the future, so the village would definitely need her strength whether as a Medical-nin or as a combatant."

"Tsunade…?" – Hearing Tsunade's name being mentioned, Sandaime couldn't help but remember the days when he instructed the three children who later came to be known as the legendary Sannin, "Sigh… I wonder if she will choose to come back? Moreover, you should also be aware of her…"

Jiraiya did not let Sandaime finish that sentence and said, "I will definitely bring her back!"

Sandaime sighed he did not say anything more about it, if Jiraiya can really bring back Tsunade then a lot of things will be solved. So, after nodding slightly, he closed up this matter and questioned another matter, "You have personally observed the battlefield where Yondaime Raikage and the Jinchuriki of Hachibi fought with the two members of Amatsukami, what is your personal opinion on this?"

Jiraiya thought for a while and then said, "If not for the fact that I personally saw that battlefield with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that only four shinobi caused so much destruction, and from what Raikage has stated, most of the damage to the battlefield was caused by Homusubi, Raikage, Killer Bee or the other member of Amatsukami played less part in that damage."

Sandaime asked again, "And what about the report about that unique golden fire? Is it the same golden fire that appeared at the mountain a few days ago?"

Jiraiya nodded, "Yes, all the characteristics match. From what Uchiha Shisui can think of, those golden flames are probably a special ability of Homusubi's Susanoo, therefore we can assume that it was Homusubi who was responsible for the destruction of that mountain. The flames are extremely hot and very difficult to put down, the last time I had to use Senjutsu infused Water Release, and only then the golden fire was extinguished, this time Killer Bee used Water Release infused with Hachibi's dense chakra and that managed to extinguish the fire, therefore we can assume that normal Water Release will not work on that Golden Fire."

Sandaime was shocked because that Golden Fire is now a bigger issue, if Homusubi just lit Konoha with that golden fire then the whole village will burn down to ashes unless Jiraiya is-… 'Wait! Fuinjutsu should also work in dealing with that golden fire.'

While Sandaime was thinking, Jiraiya continued, "What I am more concerned about is the identity of the person Homusubi was fighting against at that Mountain, after all, the opponent would definitely not be so simple for Homusubi to resort to using such power that literally destroyed entire mountain and so much area around it."

One after another more and more unidentified individuals with Kage or a higher level of strength are appearing in the shinobi world and this has only made Sandaime's feel more pressured, "Go and get Tsunade back to Konohagakure!" – Ordered Sandaime.

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Two days later.

Kuroto received the Sandaime-Sama's order for the summon of Anbu Team-11.

After the four members of team-11 were gathered at the Hokage office, Sandaime ordered that their previous mission was officially put to a stop and then assigned a new mission.

Taking the scroll from Sandaime, all four of them read the content, after the team was finished reading all the details, Sandaime ordered, "From now on until ordered otherwise, Team-11 will only perform one mission, and that mission is to ensure the safety of Uzumaki Naruto!"

Captain of Team-11, Hatake Kakashi who wearing his Dog Anbu uniform nodded seriously after realizing the seriousness of the matter based on the information written in the scroll.

Kakashi obviously knows that Uzumaki Naruto is his teacher's, Yondaime Hokage Namikaze Minato's son, therefore, Kakashi is really very concerned about Naruto's safety after reading the details that Amatsukami will start targeting 9 Bijuu.

The other three members of the team did not have any issues so they naturally did not object.

With the mission assigned, the four of them left the Hokage Building.

While the team was leaving the Hokage Building Uchiha Shisui and Hyuga Kuroto, who were in their, Cat Anbu and Eagle Anbu disguise looked at each other.

From the fact that Sandaime-sama has assigned the mission to ensure Uzumaki Naruto's safety, it can be understood that the village authorities have believed that Amatsukami's next targets are 9 Bijuu, and therefore, Hokage-sama has made corresponding deployments.

The four came to their usual meet-up point, and at this time Kakashi said, "We will follow the same approach as always, team-11 will be divided into two sub-teams and will keep a watch over Uzumaki Naruto alternately."

None of the three members of the team had any objection, obviously, all four of them can not keep a watch over Uzumaki Naruto twenty-four hours every day, therefore, making sub-teams is only natural.

Before Kakashi could sub-group them into two teams, Shisui raised his hand, "In that case, it should be fine if I and Kuroto-san are a team, right?"

Kakashi was not so surprised by Shisui's question, over the years, he has come to understand that Kuroto and Shisui's understanding is very good and generally both of them forms a group if a sub-grouping has to be done, so he just looked towards Kuroto, and seeing that Kuroto nodded, so he also did not object and said, "Alright, you two will be a sub-team, and I and Guy will be sub-team, we will work in shifts, of 8 hours each, and after every eight hours we will switch, for the first eight hours I and guy will keep a watch and then both of you will switch!"

The four of them agreed and with that, Kakashi and Guy did not waste any more time and immediately went to start the mission of protecting Uzumaki Naruto from Amatsukami.

After Kakashi and Guy were gone, Shisui asked, "So, Kuroto-san, how should we work on keeping a watch over Uzumaki Naruto?"

Kuroto said casually, "Just send a Shadow Clone for now, are you really going to go, guard, that kid all day?"

Shisui sighed, "Alright if you say so. By the way, Patriarch agreed to my request and passed me the scroll of the Transcription Seal!"

As soon as Kuroto heard this he was really happy, "Great!"

Shisui said, "The Transcription Seal is not that difficult, even I managed to learn it in just these two days, it does not even require hand seals to use it and is purely activated using visual prowess, according to the patriarch, only members of the Uchiha Clan can use Transcription Seal." – Speaking up to here, Shisui handed the scroll to Kuroto and continued, "So I am not sure if you will be able to learn this technique."

Kuroto thought a little and said, "I will think of something, if nothing else works, then I could just transplant a pair of Mangekyou Sharingan to learn it."

Shisui nodded.

Kuroto put away the scroll and said, "I also need some of your blood as well as other cell tissues."

Shisui did not think too much about this request nor did he deny it and allowed Kuroto to extract blood samples as well as cell tissues from nails, hair, skin peelings, etc.

After collecting the cells, Kuroto bid farewell to Shisui and came to his secret laboratory.

The first thing he did was to properly store all the cells he extracted from Shisui, the next thing he did was to spread the scroll he received from Shisui and started studying it seriously.

The visual prowess is not unique to the Uchiha Clan; if the requirement to be able to use the Transcription Seal is to have strong enough visual prowess, then Kuroto should also be able to learn and use the Transcription Seal because he has the Tenseigan.

With that understood, Kuroto earnestly focused on learning the Transcription Seal based on the information written in the scroll.

It was only a few hours later that he finally nodded to himself, "Shisui was right, it truly is not as difficult as I initially thought it would be."

After these few hours of studying, Kuroto has roughly understood the functioning and mechanism of the Transcription Seal, now all he has to do is use it practically.

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From the seal, Kuroto has learned that there are two different approaches to using the Transcription Seal, and each approach has a certain difference in the result.

The first approach is the same as when Itachi sealed Amaterasu in Sasuke's Sharingan or when he programmed Shisui's Mangekyou to activate Kotoamatsukami when it encounters Itachi's Mangekyou Sharingan, in this method the seal would only work once, and then the programming will disappear.

The other approach is to transfer a part of your visual prowess, but here's the catch, when you transfer a part of your visual prowess, then part of your visual prowess will be separated from you and will be sealed at the target, and when that part of visual prowess is separated from you, your visual prowess will decrease by that exact same amount, although it can be recovered at a later date; until it's recovered the user's visual prowess will remain decreased. One of the advantages of this approach is that it works the same but there wouldn't be just one use, so long as the chakra supply is there the programming will keep working.

But there is another limitation with the second approach, for this approach to work the user has to be alive, if the user dies then the programming will also disappear, which is not a limitation for the first approach in which the Transcription Seal will work exactly as it was programmed even if the programmer dies.

Both approaches have their advantages and limitations and it depends upon the user's needs which one suits his needs.

For Kuroto, the second approach is more suitable as such he is going to try the second approach.

(p.s. for convenience's sake we are going to call them Transcription Seal-1 and Transcription Seal-2 respectively.)

To do so, Kuroto took out the Suijin clone from the Nutrition Tank and placed it on the Test Bench.

After making sure that the clone was in perfect condition, Kuroto was ready to use the Transcription Seal-2.

Closing his eyes, Kuroto urged the visual prowess of his Tenseigan and then suddenly opened his eyes, the next thing he did was to gently touch the forehead of Suijin Clone with his index finger.

Instantly the seal was activated and Kuroto was able to feel a part of his Tenseigan Visual prowess separating from him and being sealed in the semi-finished Byakugan of the Suijin Clone.

After the seal was completed, Kuroto could feel that his insight has dropped a little compared to before.

And that was not all, since he did not use Ryuumyaku Chakra while using the seal, Kuroto also felt that a fourth of his chakra was also emptied instantly, which led to a momentary sluggishness and Kuroto had to take the support of the test bench to stabilize his figure in order to not fall because his legs were a bit softened.

'It turns out that the burden of using 'Transcription Seal' is so heavy! No wonder only a few individuals of the Uchiha Clan are known to have used this technique, and it instantly resulted in Itachi's death as soon as he sealed Amaterasu in Sasuke's Sharingan!'

Even without the use of Ryuumyaku, Kuroto can certainly say that his chakra reserves have grown very high over the years, although not to the exaggerated level of Senju Hashirama, or Uchiha Madara, it wouldn't be wrong to say that his chakra has far surpassed the chakra reserves of the legendary Sannin, which in itself says that his Chakra reserves are also huge.

And even then, a quarter of his chakra was consumed in using this just goes to show just how taxing Transcription Seal is!

Kuroto soon stabilized his situation and after putting away his thoughts he walked towards the Test bench to see what changes have occurred in it.

After a while of observation, Kuroto frowned, as he found that there seems to be no significant change in the Suijin Clone on the first observation.

"Did it not work?"

Kuroto was a bit confused, to confirm his doubt, he activated the Tenseigan and again carefully observed the Suijin Clone.

"Ah, that's a bit… interesting I guess?" – Kuroto muttered with an intriguing look.

This is because, in his Tenseigan vision, Kuroto was able to notice an imperceptible Chakra reaction inside the right eye of the Suijin Clone lying on the Test Bench, but this chakra reaction was too subtle and if it wasn't for his Tenseigan, Kuroto is sure that he would have been unable to notice it.

And this is the exact reason why Kuroto found this turn of events to be a bit interesting.

Almost a quarter of Kuroto's chakra was transferred while using the Transcription Seal and yet he only perceives a very imperceptible chakra reaction from the Suijin Clone.

Does that mean that most of the chakra was lost?

Not really, the chakra is not lost and it has perfectly taken root inside that Byakugan as per Kuroto's programming.

Then why the subtle chakra reaction?

It just means that perceiving the chakra sealed using the Transcription Seal is very difficult and needs extreme insight.

Since the seal was successful, Kuroto needs to see what is the exact difference between the previous and current state, after all, a part of Rein Wheel Interaction power which is one of the many techniques that the Tenseigan has to offer has been sealed inside the Suijin Clone so Kuroto has to also understand these changes that this transfer of some of his visual prowess leads to!

So, to be able to do so, Kuroto turned around and reached out his hand towards a large cabinet in the corner of the lab.

"Rein Wheel Pull!"

Huala…

Instantly the cabinet was pulled towards Kuroto under the effects of an attractive force.

After confirming what he wanted, Kuroto used "Rein Wheel Push!" to push back the cabinet to its initial position and thought to himself, 'Sure enough, there is some decrease in the amount of force that I am able to exert using Rein Wheel Interaction with the same amount of chakra consumption.'

After confirming this, Kuroto understood that the Transcription Seal - 2 can not be abused.

Because each time the seal is used, the caster's visual prowess will decrease which is a risky thing, therefore it is better to only use the Transcription Seal - 2 when extremely necessary.

With that confirmation and understanding, Kuroto sat on the chair and used the 'Tenseigan Soul Descend' to transfer his soul into the Suijin Clone body.

As Kuroto closed his eyes, Suijin Clone's eyes opened, and he sat up.

Suijin clone has already been used by Kuroto several times, as such, this time Kuroto did not feel even a bit of sluggishness and he was in perfect sync with the clone body.

After spending a while getting used to the different body, Suijin jumped off the test bench swiftly and tried to use the Rein Wheel Interaction which has been sealed inside this body by Kuroto using the Transcription Seal-2.

'Hmm, I feel it, the Transcription Seal-2 has indeed worked and something is sealed in the right Byakugan of this body!'

To see the effects that this sealed ability will have, Suijin stretched out his hand towards the same cabinet and urged his chakra.

"Rein Wheel Pull!"

Huala…

Just as intended, the cabinet was pulled towards Suijin under the traction force of Rein Wheel Pull.

Then he used Rein Wheel Push to push back the cabinet into its previous position.

After confirming that Transcription Seal-2 was indeed working, Suijin thought, 'Although the effect of the Rein Wheel Interaction is 20% weakened, there is no doubt that Transcription Seal is working perfectly as intended.'

With this guess confirmed he did not stay in the Suijin body any longer and used Tenseigan Soul Descend to transfer his soul back to the main body, and also withdrew back the chakra he sealed inside Suijin's Byakugan.

Although this method seems to be very useful; Kuroto does not intend to divide his strength.

"Despite all of its shortcoming, the Transcription Seal is really amazing, whether type-1 or type-2, both of them have their uses and will be very useful!"

Prior to this, Kuroto was always doubtful that how come Uchiha Madara managed to fool Shodaime-sama and Nidaime-sama, after all, if there is Izanagi pre-programmed in his Sharingan, there should have been some Chakra reaction.

And it must be known that the perception abilities of Shodaime-sama and Nidaime-sama are obviously extremely good, as long as there is even a bit of chakra reaction in Madara's body both of them would have easily discovered that something is wrong.

But they did not, and Uchiha Madara fooled them with Izanagi.

They were unable to notice because the chakra reaction of the Transcription Seal is extremely subtle.

Even Obito suffered from Itachi's Amaterasu because of this, otherwise, how come Obito did not notice that there was Itachi's Chakra present in Sasuke's Sharingan?

It is obviously because the chakra reaction of the Transcription Seal is imperceptible.

Understanding this, Kuroto can't help but think that how so many amazing techniques have been held in the Uchiha Clan, Izanami, Izanagi, and the Transcription Seal are some of the few techniques that Kuroto knows… this does imply that these are the only techniques.

The destruction of such a clan is a huge loss for the world of shinobi!

From Kuroto's perspective whether as a shinobi or as a scientific researcher, the Uchiha Clan is just too valuable to be allowed to be destroyed, therefore, even if not for the promise he made to Shisui, Kuroto would not allow the Uchiha Clan to disappear.

All that aside, now Kuroto has confirmed that he can use the Transcription Seal-2 so he can now begin the fusion process of the two Mangekyou Sharingan pairs into the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan pair.

Of course, before the process begins, he first needs to seal Uchiha Hideki's Mangekyou Sharingan technique Daikokuten into Ryota's right eye with the Transcription Seal.

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(p.s. no exact method explained as to how Eye Transplantation for Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan is done, the method below is pure bullshit, but it is what it is, so just accept it.)

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To seal Daikokuten into Uchiha Ryota's right eye with the help of the Transcription Seal, Kuroto must first transplant Uchiha Hideki's Mangekyou Sharingan.

Kuroto would obviously not risk removing the Tenseigan from his main body, and since there are no other clones aside from Suijin Clone currently so Suijin Clone is the only option, he has to use for the fusion process of the two Mangekyou Sharingan pairs.

Using the surgical instruments, Kuroto carefully removed the semi-finished Byakugan from the eye sockets of Suijin Clone.

In the future when he is going to use the Suijin clone for the ritual to achieve Kekkei Mora through the Chimera technique, there must be no defects in his main body or any of the clones, even the eyes in the eye sockets of the clone will also be the same semi-finished Byakugan, therefore, this pair of semi-finished Byakugan must not be lost or destroyed, otherwise, the whole Clone he has cultivated up to now will become useless.

Therefore, Kuroto carefully sealed the semi-finished Byakugan in the preservation solution and then transplanted Hideki's Mangekyou Sharingan in the eye sockets of Suijin Clone.

Next, Kuroto brought out Uchiha Ryota's body that was in a temporary stasis and reinstalled his Mangekyou Sharingan into his eye sockets.

With that done, the initial preparations were completed, and the next thing he has to do is to use the Transcription Seal - 2.

For this purpose, Kuroto again used the Tenseigan Soul Descend to transfer his soul into the Suijin Clone.

Coming to the test bench where Uchiha Ryota laid unconscious, Suijin activated the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Then after completing all the preparation, Suijin used his index finger and gently tapped Uchiha Ryota's forehead.

As soon as the action was performed the Transcription Seal activated and Hideki's Mangekyou Technique Daikokuten was sealed into Ryota's right Mangekyou Sharingan.

The moment the Transcription Seal was completed, Suijin felt a sudden weakness.

"Hah… Hah… Hah…

Leaning against the wall, Suijin panted for a while to ease his breathing.

"Using this clone body to cast the Transcription Seal is quite difficult!"

When Kuroto used his main body to cast the Transcription Seal from Tenseigan, he only felt a momentary weakness, but this time, he used Suijin Clone to cast the Transcription Seal from the transplanted Mangekyou Sharingan, so he had to bear more pressure.

"Fortunately, the Transcription Seal only needed to be used once otherwise this clone would have been damaged due to bearing excessive pressure!" – Suijin muttered while shaking his head slightly.

After recovering, he tried to perceive the Transcription Seal, and as he expected, there was nothing he could perceive from Ryota's right eye, so changing his approach, Suijin tried to check his eyes and found that Daikokuten was exhausted from his eyes.

The reason why it was lost was that he transferred it completely.

Confirming his guess, Suijin muttered, "I just hope that my guess is right."

The reason for going to so much trouble is to ensure that the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan that will be obtained after the fusion of two pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan can have Daikokuten in the right eye and Yaoyorozu in the left eye.

However, this will only happen if his assumption that 'Transcription Seal will have some influence' is correct, otherwise, the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan will not have Daikokuten, instead, it will have Okuninoshi, which is the original dojutsu that Ryota awakened.

After completing the second step, now only the final step is to implant both Mangekyou Sharingan so as to initiate their fusion into the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan pair.

To do this, he used the Tenseigan Soul Descend and transferred back his soul to the main body.

The next was to place the Suijin Clone on the Test Bench and remove Hideki's Mangekyou Sharingan pair from the eye sockets and replaced the semi-finished Byakugan pair back to the eye sockets it belonged to.

With that done, Kuroto took the removed Mangekyou Sharingan pair and walked to the other test bench on which Uchiha Ryota was lying.

The reason Kuroto did not kill Hideki and Ryota was that he knew that later on, he would need them to fuse the two pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan into the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.

Because the fusion process requires that either one of the owners of the Mangekyou acts as the host body to initiate and carry out the fusion process, the reason is obviously to provide a continuous and stable chakra supply.

As for who to choose as host, this decision entirely depends on Kuroto.

And since Kuroto has chosen Ryota's Mangekyou Sharingan pair as the base because of the Mangekyou Techniques, therefore, Kuroto is obviously going to choose Ryota to be the host.

Coming to the side of the Test Bench on which Ryota was kept, Kuroto reconfirmed that all the seals that he has cast on him were working, as well as all his indicators were normal, and since everything was right, exactly as it should be, Kuroto took a deep breath and started the final step to the fusion.

The fusion of two pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan into the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan happens when one pair completely swallows the visual prowess of the other pair.

Therefore, the surgery for fusion is actually transplanting (not the correct term to what is referred to here) Hideki's Mangekyou Sharingan into Ryota's eye sockets, who already has his pair of Mangekyou Sharingan in his eye sockets.

In short, Ryota's eye sockets will hold two pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan one-over-another, at the same time.

And this is also the reason why the pattern of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan is a combination of both pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan.

The space in the eye sockets is obviously limited, and the area that connects the optic nerve is extremely delicate, so it is actually very difficult to accommodate two eyeballs in one eye orbit at the same time.

Even a small mistake will not only damage the orbits, especially the nerves, it will also damage the Mangekyou Sharingan pair, which will directly lead to the failure of the fusion process, so even Kuroto who already has rich experience in transplanting eyeballs will have to be extremely careful when carrying out this overly complicated operation.

After opening Ryota's eyelids with the help of the surgical instruments, Kuroto started the operation to transplant the left eye.

Human eye sockets are surrounded by soft tissues, and the eyeballs are also made up of soft tissues, as such, it is not impossible to squeeze it to accommodate two eyeballs within the eye socket. What's important is to ensure that neither the eye orbits nor the eyeballs are damaged during the transplantation process.

The difficulty of this operation is so high that it took Kuroto one whole hour to transplant the left eye alone.

After the left eye was transplanted, Kuroto breathed in relief and wiped away the sweat from his forehead.

The transplantation of the left eye was successful without any rejection.

After drinking some water and a five-minute break, Kuroto again started the transplantation operation, this time for the right eye.

Similar to the left eye, the right eye was also transplanted smoothly without any rejection.

With this, the transplantation operation is completed, and Kuroto wrapped Ryota's eyes with an antibacterial cloth that will also keep the eyes moist.

Kuroto does not know how long it took Uchiha Madara to fuse the two Mangekyou Sharingan into Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan pair, but he does remember it very vaguely that it took Sasuke a few days to completely merge the two Mangekyou Sharingan pair into the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.

And considering the fact that Ryota is and will stay unconscious, the time required for fusion may in fact be longer than Sasuke.

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After several days of observation, Kuroto was able to confirm that the two pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan in the eye sockets of Ryota have begun a preliminary fusion, however, the fusion speed is very slow.

Standing in front of the test bench, Kuroto help his chin with his right hand and his left hand over his chest *thinking posture* and muttered to himself, "At this speed, both the pairs will take at least three months to fully fuse into Eternal."

Ryota, the host carrying out the fusion, is in a state of Coma, so the fusion of two pairs is not being guided by his will like a voluntary process, rather it is taking place as per his subconscious.

Because of this, the fusion of both the pairs into Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan has slowed down.

And Kuroto does not seem to have any effective solution to solve this problem and has to calmly wait.

As for whether the two pairs will truly fuse successfully or whichever techniques will the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan awaken, Kuroto no longer has any say in this, it all depends on the end result.

So, putting away the matter of the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan; for now, Kuroto started to begin the plan for the cultivation of the Fire Nature Clone.

The difficulty of Cultivating the Fire Nature Clone is undoubtedly much higher than the previous Water nature Clone.

This is not only because Fire Nature is extremely violent and burning and therefore is not as stable as the Water Nature but also because the subject whose genes Kuroto has chosen for the fire Nature Clone is a member of the Uchiha Clan.

Although the Uchiha Clan is born with a natural affinity for Fire Release, it is still considered the secondary chakra nature, while Yin Nature is a more common Chakra Natures that the members of the Uchiha Clan have, and Kuroto also has extremely dense and potent Yin Chakra, which symbolizes spiritual energy and is necessary for Dojutsu-type Kekkei Genkai.

As such during the whole cloning process, Kuroto not only has to filter out his own Yin Chakra but Shisui's Yin Chakra as well to make Fire Chakra nature the main nature of the resulting clone, otherwise the clone would become a waste of effort and resources.

Kuroto already has some experience in filtering out the Yin Chakra because he filtered out his own Yin Chakra while creating Water Nature Clone, as such he understands that the process of Chakra Nature filtration causes some degree of damage to the cells.

At that time, only Kuroto's cells were required to be filtered while Yuki Haku's cells were used as is, but this time both his and Shisui's cells have to be filtered.

In other words, the damage to cells will be higher, which will reduce the probability of successful fusion of the two cell types.

Buzzing…

At this time the alarm from the Large Centrifuge filter sounded indicating that the cell samples he placed in the centrifuge filter for the Yin Chakra filtration of both his cells and Shisui's cells have been completed.

Initially, Kuroto prepared 500 samples from his cells. Since Kuroto already has a certain level of experience filtering out Yin Chakra from his cells, therefore, he had a better understanding of which potencies to use to not damage the cells too much. As such more samples survived the filtration process than the last time, the number stretched to 89!

That is correct, the total number of samples that survived the filtration process is 89.

As for the rest?

They are either too damaged or completely lost their cell activity.

Similarly, Kuroto prepared another 1000 samples from Shisui's cells. He prepared twice the number because this was the first time, he carried out Chakra filtration for Uchiha's cells, as such he had to work his way through various potencies and find which one suited the cells samples perfectly, this again was manual work and took a lot of days.

Finally, the number of samples that survived is 73.

These 89 and 73 samples were deemed suitable to be processed and used for the next step which is the cell fusion process while the rest were discarded and disposed of.

Without any further ado, Kuroto started the cell fusion process

Similar to last time, the ratio of the number of cells he used for fusion was 99:1.

In simple words, for each cell of Shisui, 99 of his cells were used.

This means, that the stem cells that will be used to create the cell bud for the cultivation of Fire Nature Clone will have 99% of Kuroto's cells and 1% of Shisui's cells.

For those wondering how is that even possible, as the number of cell samples does not match this ratio?

The answer is very simple.

Before we talked about the number of cell samples, not the number of cells, each sample contains more than one cell as such maintain the ratio is very easy.

The final number of samples that went through the fusion process is 73.

After injecting Shisui's cells into the 73 samples one-by-one, Kuroto quietly waited for the fusion process to begin.

Soon, failed result started to appear, which means that the cell fusion did not occur, and resulted in a rejection, there could be multiple causes for this, which includes, insufficient cell activity, unmatchable DNA, death of the fused cells midway through the fusion process and so on.

In less than an hour, the fusion reaction of 59 samples resulted in a failure.

In the next few minutes, the leftover 14 samples also started to lose cell activity, by the time the entire fusion process was over for all the samples, only one sample survived the fusion process, while the rest all were dead.

Kuroto who was observing the entire fusion reaction had a serious look on his face.

During the cloning of Suijin Clone, the number of samples that went through the fusion process was only 6, and even out of those 6, 3 samples successfully survived the fusion process, showing a success rate of 50%.

But this time, 73 samples went through the fusion process, and still, only 1 sample survived the fusion process, the success rate of the experiment is not even 1.37%.

"Does the DNA combination of Hyuga and Uchiha has such a high rejection rate?"

Although Kuroto expected that cultivating Fire Nature Clone would not be easy, and would require repeated trial and error even during the cloning process, he did not expect that the success rate of the fusion process would drop down to such a low percentage.

Sighing slightly, Kuroto collected the only sample that survived the fusion process, named it Sample-1A, placed it on top of the stage clip of the high precision microscope, and observed it through the Ocular Lens.

While observing the fused group of cells, Kuroto's face was full of disappointment.

This is because the only sample that successfully survived the fusion process is also very severely damaged, and the cell activity is also very low, as such it does not fit the minimum standard necessary for creating the cloning bud and was therefore classified as unsuitable.

But Kuroto thought a little and after a while of hesitation, Kuroto decided to not discard it but put it inside the incubator to start the budding.

In the following weeks, Kuroto continued this experimentation, Chakra filtration, fusion, and so on, and the results were far worse than he expected, no matter how many samples were used or how many samples went through the fusion process, none of them were deemed successful, each and every reaction for the fusion process resulted in failure!

This became a reason for Kuroto's distress, even after spending so much time, money, effort, and energy, the result he obtained were repetitive failures, finally, he couldn't help but wonder, "Is it possible my and Shisui's genes are noncompatible that the fusion process is resulting in all but failures?"

This doubt is not unreasonable, the success rate of the previous fusion experiment was as high as 50%, but the overall success rate this time is not even 0.1%, and gene incompatibility is the only reason that Kuroto can only think of for such a result.

And strangely enough, while Kuroto continued his experimentation process, the cloning bud that was made out of the Sample-1A (which Kuroto deemed to be unsuitable but did not discard) and was placed in the Large nutrition tank to undergo the cultivation process was lucky enough to develop.

However, Kuroto would always have a frown whenever he would observe this developing Clone.

Because Kuroto can't understand why this unsuitable sample underwent some kind of change as a result of which, its gender changed into that of a female as it developed from the stem cells to its current state, completely deviating from Kuroto's plan.

Naturally, Kuroto can't accept using this female clone, so he had to continue the cloning experimentations, with different cell samples including, Itachi, Shinichi, etc.

Now, Kuroto no longer feels that he has so many choices to choose from, because, the rejection between Uchiha and Hyuga genes is extremely very high!

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Land of Rain.

While Hyuga Kuroto was busy carrying out various experiments for the cultivation of Fire Nature Clone, Hiruko, a Konohagakure missing-nin, was also conducting various experiments in his laboratory in the Land of Rain.

Ahhhhhhh…

Suddenly, a loud screaming and wailing sound echoed in his laboratory.

On the test bench, a certain man's body was constantly swelling into various blobs of huge sarcomas that glowed with purple light. The number of these blobs was quite a lot, giving the man a distorted and disgusting appearance.

But, Hiruko who stood at the side did not detest this, and in fact, had a happy and ecstatic look, his eyes clearly dictated that he was very excited by observing the changes that the man went through!

At this moment, the wailing and screaming of the man on the test bench gradually subsided.

The huge blobs of sarcomas that stood out of his body also shrank back one-after-another, as if they were never even there a few moments ago.

Boom…

Then suddenly, the man's body that had just recovered suddenly burst from inside, splattering blood, gore, meat, and bones all over the laboratory.

Splashed with blood and gore all over his body, Hiruko was not only not angry, but in fact, had his lips curved into an evil grin.

"Heh, Dark Medical Ninjutsu turns out to be more useful than I thought!"

In the original story, in the same time period, Hiruko had to constantly avoid being noticed by Konoha's Anbu and therefore had to change his hiding place from time to time, and had to work in extreme secrecy, moreover, he was also busy with the matter of funding for his big project, so the development of Chimera Jutsu was very slow, almost close to a standstill.

But that's not the case here, after being forced to join Akatsuki Organization, Hiruko no longer fears being discovered by Konohagakure, and also has support from the Akatsuki Organization in terms of funds.

Moreover, he also has Shinno's assistance, who is extremely proficient in human physiology, has remarkable medical knowledge, and is also a master of various Regeneration Techniques.

There is also Yomi, who is a master of Dark Medical Ninjutsu.

So, having to not work in so secrecy, access to proper funding's curtesy to Akatsuki, coupled with the advice and assistance from Shinno and Yomi, Hiruko was able to speed up the development of the Chimera technique by many times and has now made a major breakthrough in it.

Hiruko walked out of the laboratory while wiping away the blood and gore on his body.

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In another room.

Shinno was discussing some of his ideas about artificial Bijuu with Yomi.

Similar to Hiruko, joining Akatsuki has been quite beneficial for him, as his Reibi project has also proceeded very smoothly. At present, there are only a few technical difficulties he has to solve to become a perfect Jinchuriki of Reibi.

Seeing that Hiruko walked out of his experimental laboratory, Shinno immediately stopped his discussion with Yomi, and asked eagerly from Hiruko, "How was it, did you succeed?"

Hiruko threw the blood-stained towel to the trash can and spoke, "The initial phase was a complete success, but the body of the test subjects are too fragile to be able to bear the burden of holding in the Chimera Buds!"

Shinno was a little disappointed and sat back with a dispirited look. If Hiruko's experiment had succeeded, Shinno would have also started his Reibi project because all those technical difficulties would have been solved more or less.

Hiruko did not care about Shinno's downcast look and spoke with a Cheshire grin, "But Dark Medical Ninjutsu was indeed more useful than I thought, if the core of the subject that will take in the Chimera Buds is strong enough, then the probability of success would be as high as 95%."

Yomi laughed immediately, "I am happy that Dark Medical Ninjutsu is useful."

After being saved by Hiruko and Shinno, Yomi also joined Akatsuki but in terms of rank, he is Hiruko and Shinno's subordinate so his authority is not much, as such, Yomi has to always maintain a polite and careful tone when talking to them.

"Really, 95%!" – Shinno exclaimed when he heard the words again, and said, "If that's the case, then that means we can start to implement both of our plans, right!?"

Hiruko tried to suppress the excitement in his heart but it was difficult to suppress it while he nodded to Shinno's question.

After his recent breakthrough in the study of the Chimera Technique, Hiruko is confident in the success of his plan, and therefore, he can officially commence the Kekkei Genkai stealing plan, he has been making preparation for this moment for so long, now all that he lacks are the Kekkei Genkai users that he is going to absorb inside him to become the perfect ninja.

And Hiruko knows that with the power of Akatsuki, gathering all those targets will be very easy.

Soon, Hiruko came to the tallest tower of Amegakure, the place from where the God of this land watches over the people of this nation.

Under the leadership of Angel-sama, he was allowed to meet Lord Pain, the savior of this world and the leader of the Akatsuki Organization!

For a moment Hiruko looked at the pair of Rinnegan, the eye with the purple ripple pattern then looked away immediately and said, "Leader, my experiment has reached a critical juncture, and I believe that I am extremely close to success, to finally complete the project I need help from Organization!"

Tendo Pain had an indifferent look as if he was not interested but still choose to humor himself, "What do you need from the Organization?" – he questioned in a deep voice.

Hiruko immediately said, "I… I need the organization's help to gather few ninjas with selective Kekkei Genkai so that I can finally start the preparation for the ritual!"

Angel on the side spoke, "Gathering shinobi with Kekkei Genkai wouldn't be an easy thing."

Hiruko nodded slightly, "I understand that well enough, I have already marked all of them with my Puppet Curse a few years ago, but gathering them will take a lot of time and will, therefore, attract the attention of other shinobi villages, and precisely why I need Organization's help, I believe that with the power of the organization, it should be easy to capture them in the shortest amount of time possible!"

Pain questioned, "Who are the shinobi you have selected, and what are the Kekkei Genkai they have?"

Hiruko immediately answered, "The shinobi I have selected belong to the five great nations, and the Kekkei Genkai they possess are, Swift Release, Steel Release, Dark Release, Storm Release, and Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan from Konoha, I believe that gathering the first four should be much easier but I am not so sure about Sharingan, for that reason I marked Hatake Kakashi with the Puppet Curse as he owns one Sharingan despite not being an Uchiha, but I am still not sure if that would work as there would definitely be people stopping him."

After hearing Hiruko's answer, Pain was silent for a few seconds and said, "I will consider your request, you can go back for now."

Hiruko wanted to add something but looking at those indifferent and cold eyes, he tacitly chose to shut up and obediently left as per Lord Pain's order.

After Hiruko left, a spiraling whirl appeared in the void, and out came the masked 'Uchiha Madara' from the whirl. A few seconds of silence later, he asked, "What do you think about his project?"

Pain did not give any answer, his attitude clearly depicted that he was not much interested in this ritual whatsoever!

For him, who has the Rinnegan, the eyes of Rikudo Sennin, Kekkei Genkai Stealing Plan is all but meaningless, and therefore, he doesn't have much interest in it.

'Madara' crossed his arms over his chest and while leaning on the wall and spoke, "The most recent information I have received has confirmed that Amatsukami can no longer be ignored, as they are also targeting the nine Bijuu."

Pain's gaze narrowed; a trace of coldness appeared.

'Madara' seem to have noticed this change but he continued, "It is said that Konohagakure has proposed to hold the 2nd Gokage Summit to deal with mercenary organizations like Akatsuki, Amatsukami, and Nokizaru Group, at present, the four other villages seem to have accepted their proposal and are in discussions to decide the location where the Gokage Summit will be held."

Konan asked, "Can Amatsukami really pose a threat to us?"

'Madara' said, "Suijin was able to go toe to toe with Sandaime Hokage, Homusubi was able to fight against Kumogakure's A-B Combo with some help from the third member who uses Magnet Release, rumors say that this third member is even stronger than Suijin and Homusubi, there is no information proving whether that is true or not, but what other abilities he has are unknown for now, so it could be possible, finally, there is that mysterious Yama, who we know nothing about other than his name and the disguise he wears, and we also don't have any information if there are other members in their organization.

Overall, I don't believe that they pose a threat to us but given that their goals are also the nine Bijuu, as such they will be a force we will have to deal with at some point in time, and I have a feeling that we will need more combat personal with high power to deal with the upcoming future events…"

Pain pondered over those words a while and spoke, "If that is the case then agree to Hiruko's request, and gather all the Kekkei Genkai that he needs for his ritual."

Konan nodded and walked out.

"I will solve the problem of Sharingan!" – Leaving that sentence 'Madara' disappeared in the spiraling whirl.

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A few days later, the Land of Birds.

The four shinobi wearing the traditional turtle neck cloak of Akatsuki were walking through the dense forest.

Glancing at Hiruko next to him, Sasori who was hiding in his Hiruko puppet armor complained, "I really don't understand why Pain agreed to your absurd request and assigned all the members of the organization to kidnap so many shinobi with different Kekkei Genkai!"

Hiruko was not bothered by Sasori's question and spoke, "Even the leader with the eyes of Rikudo Sennin must realize that my plan is very useful, therefore, he took my request seriously and agreed to help me with the power of the organization!"

Inferiority has always been hidden in Hiruko's heart, he has always wanted to prove himself and show that he too is no inferior to any legendary shinobi, but his mediocre talent has always gotten in his way which has caused him to be ignored time and time again.

When he was in Konoha, Hiruko did all he could to prove himself that he was not inferior to the Sannin, but the difference between the Sannin and him was too wide and that difference kept becoming bigger and bigger as time passed.

Unwilling to accept this reality, and anger at himself for not being good enough, Hiruko broke through all moral shackles and delved himself into the study of the human body, and carried out many crazy and cruel human experiments.

The Chimera Technique is the culmination of his hard work and the fact that the leader of Akatsuki chose to support his Kekkei Genkai Stealing Plan, deeply moved Hiruko's heart, and made him very happy.

Hiruko's greatest desire is not strength, but recognition, and the fact that Pain, who has Rinnegan, the eye of Rikudo Sennin supports his plan, which in itself is akin to recognition, and this also made him feel a sense of belonging with the Akatsuki.

Sasori snorted disdainfully after hearing Hiruko's words.

Hiruko did not care about Sasori's tsundere attitude and spoke with a grin, "Sasori, I have to tell you that your choice of giving up your physical body is wrong!"

Sasori stopped and stared at Hiruko with a murderous look, his eyes carrying the killing intent that he would kill Hiruko any moment and make him into a puppet, "Ignorant guy, do you think you have the qualification to challenge my art?"

In the previous battle against Sandaime Hokage, Sasori lost an arm, which motivated him to finally give up the useless human body and completely turn his body into a puppet.

Hiruko chose to ignore the term 'qualification' and said, "You don't need to get so angry over a small suggestion, facts will prove everything to you!"

Sasori said coldly, "When you have completed your so-called plan, I will teach you in person about my puppetry!"

Unlike Sasori and Hiruko who were having a constant conflict, Shinno and Kakuzu who were at the front were mostly silent with occasional few words.

At this time, Shinno smiled and spoke, "The task this time will really be troublesome for Kakuzu-san, I just hope that it will not delay Kakuzu-san's personal matters for too long."

Everyone in the Akatsuki knows Kakuzu's love of money and they all understand this full well that as long as there is some free time between the assigned tasks, Kakuzu will most definitely go to the Black-Market to take bounty tasks and earn more money, therefore, Kakuzu is generally a very busy person.

Kakuzu said with a gloomy expression, "Not only the Land of Fire, but even the other countries are persecuting and suppressing the Black-Market circle, as such no decent tasks are available in the Black-Market!"

Shinno spoke with a frowning expression, "Amatsukami's actions have caused much more damage for people like us haven't they?"

With his experience, Shinno is also quite clear with the pattern of the Shinobi world.

As far as he understands, the Akatsuki Organization that he is part of; is an extremely powerful secret organization in the world, and no matter which shinobi village, Akatsuki is fully capable of destroying them and subverting the pattern of the shinobi world.

And the fact that Amatsukami which popped out of nowhere also seems to have a similar level of strength as Akatsuki, and has already started to pose such a great threat to the five great villages, really makes Shinno feel very surprised.

After a moment of consideration, Shinno asked, "Shinichi is also from the Uchiha Clan, shouldn't he be aware of the real identity of Homusubi?"

Kakuzu shook his head, "The last time I met him, I asked Shinichi if he is aware of who Homusubi could be, all he said was 'I don't have even the slightest of the clue of who Homusubi is, and how he popped out of thin air!' And based on his expression, I can judge that he wasn't lying about it."

Shinno also muttered with a thoughtful expression, "Firstly, Ice Release user who could go toe-to-toe with Sandaime Hokage, then an unknown missing Uchiha with Mangekyou Sharingan who can fight against Kumogakure's A-B Combo, then there is Magnet Release user, and then there is mysterious leader, 'Yama' such strength is more than enough to completely destroy a small shinobi village within minutes if anything. Even I am unable to understand how they are appearing out of thin air."

Kakuzu grunted in anger, "Ever since I fought with Amatsukami, my source of fortune has been cut off, on our next battle, I have to make sure that I take their hearts to make up for my losses!"

After this, some small discussions continued, and soon, the four people arrived at a fork in the road. One path leading to the Land of Bears and the other towards the Land of Earth.

Looking at the two different paths before him, Hiruko said, "From here, let's split up, I and Shinno will go to the Land of Bear to deal with the shinobi with the Dark Release Kekkei Genkai, while your duo will bring the Steel Release user from the Land of Earth."

Sasori did not reply to Hiruko, just started to walk towards the Land of Earth together with Kakuzu to bring the Steel Release user as fast as possible and be done with it.

As Sasori and Kakuzu disappeared on the path, Hiruko and Shinno nodded towards each other and moved towards the Land of Bear.

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Somewhere near the Land of Whirlpools.

Boom…

With a loud muffled noise of colliding with wood, Uchiha Shinichi was violently knocked several trees along the path and finally stopped the fall.

But before he could calm down, a high speed after image flickered through the cover of smoke and dust and disappeared instantly, and just a moment later a fast Kunai pierced through his heart.

It was at this moment that Biwa Juzo arrived with his Kubikiribocho, and waved it fiercely, slashing across the incoming path of the after image with his trusty sword.

Ding…

The sword that the after image carried with him collided with Kubikiribocho, and for a moment several ear-piercing sounds of metal collision resounded through the forest when suddenly there was a loud explosion.

After temporarily repelling the afterimage, Biwa Juzo watched his surroundings vigilantly and retreated near Shinichi who has already recovered from the injury just a few moments ago, "Are you okay?"

"*Puke* Shinichi vomited out the blood stuck in his throat, and asked Juzo with an annoyed tone, "Answer me Juzo, just why in the hell are we fighting this guy!?"

Biwa Juzo said, "Obviously because this is the leader's order, you can't complain about it."

"But wasn't he supposed to be controlled by some sort of 'Puppet Curse'? Then why in the hell is he not? His speed is too fast, I reckon that only Yondaime Raikage would be able to match such speed!" – Shinichi paused here and wiped away the blood from the corners of his mouth and continued, "Even if I can keep track of him with my Mangekyou Sharingan, what's the point if I can't even keep up with that freakish speed!?"

Juzo also thought about what Shinichi said, based on the information they were given at the time they were issued with the task; it was stated that the target would be under the control of a puppet curse, and their job was to only safely bring him to the target destination, but that's not happening here.

"Well, for now, we can't figure out the reason why the puppet curse that was supposed to work is not working, we have to deal with him regardless of any issues, remember the detail we have, he is a shinobi with Swift Release Kekkei Genkai, and the fact that he has those light red hair must mean that he has Uzumaki Blood in his body!"

Shinichi nodded but he was more confused, "But wasn't the Uzumaki Clan annihilated by the four villages even before the Second Shinobi War began?"

Juzo sighed, "It's true that Uzumaki Clan was annihilated, but some members of this clan still exist in the shinobi world."

Shinichi muttered with a sullen look, "Swift Release coupled with Uzumaki physique and large Chakra reserve, this guy is not only extremely fast but is also very apt in taijutsu to complement his Kekkei Genkai, it's going to be a pain in the ass to capture this guy alive!"

Biwa Juzo nodded and gave Shinichi a serious glance, "Right, so it's about time you start taking this seriously. If we don't catch him, it will be difficult to explain this to the leader, you can't be lazy here unlike all the time."

Shinichi who was reprimanded by Juzo grinned slightly, "So you have been noticing my laziness all the time, huh?"

Juzo sighed, "I don't understand why you don't take anything related to Akatsuki seriously, but since you have decided to join the organization, you should at least perform the mission regardless of whatever other things you have in mind, I don't care what you do in your free time, but it's about time you start taking things a bit seriously, otherwise, I won't have anything to explain to leader!"

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Having been seen through by Juzo, Shinichi sighed, he knows that although Juzo tries to be an indifferent and cruel person from the outside, in reality, Juzo is quite the opposite, for this reason, Shinichi has always teased Juzo saying that he is nothing like a brutal or ruthless person as most of the missing-nin.

Therefore, Shinichi also understands that this time Juzo reprimanded him, it is purely out of goodwill, as such decided to put away his lazy look for a while and take this mission seriously, "Okay-okay, I will complete this mission earnestly!"

Seeing that Shinichi finally decided to be somewhat serious, Juzo stopped talking nonsense and asked directly, "So, what's the plan?"

While observing his surroundings carefully with his Mangekyou Sharingan, Shinichi said, "Let's try going with Plan-33A, we came up with it a few days ago, it should work perfectly in this situation!"

Juzo nodded in agreement.

While the two were busy planning their next move, the Swift Release user saw this as an opportunity, and immediately went for an attack, using the fastest speed he could reach, he rushed towards Biwa Juzo and stab through his throat fiercely.

Almost at the same instant, Shinichi who was already prepared completed the hand signs and shouted, 'Fire Release: Fireball Jutsu'

Prompted by his Chakra, a billowing hot stream of fire gushed out of Shinichi's mouth and rushed towards the incoming enemy.

The Swift Release user didn't expect Shinichi to suddenly use Fire Release Jutsu at such a perfect opportunity, and he knew that if he insisted on continuing the attack towards Juzo then he would be burned to crisp.

So, he immediately changed his movement trajectory to the right and dodged the incoming fire.

Suddenly, Juzo who was standing near Shinichi turned into water, and at the same time, another Juzo appeared on a tree opposite the fire and shouted, 'Water Release: Great Waterfall Jutsu!'

The huge streams of water and fire collided together, and in an instant, the entire forest was covered in mist.

Juzo continued to print the head seals, and shouted 'Ninja Art: Hiding in the Mist Jutsu!'

Instantly, the preexisting mist grew thicker blocking all the visual acuity.

But there lied the advantage, they have already confirmed that the Swift release user is not a sensor-nin, as such he will no longer be able to discern the direction he will be going, nor will he be able to locate his targets.

While Shinichi can see through the cover of mist with his Mangekyou Sharingan.

Although Juzo will have some trouble normally, he will still be able to discern the directions the enemy is moving in thanks to the chakra disruption in the mist giving feedback to Juzo.

Moreover, Juzo can also use Silent Killing, so there will be no sound from his movements.

Overall, this situation will be a complete advantage for Shinichi and Juzo's duo.

And the Swift release user seems to have realized that he was in a tough spot for now and tried to escape out of the forest.

Wherever he moved, he left behind a trail, which was easily noticed by Shinichi, and easily sensed by Juzo.

The moment Shinichi captured the enemy's movement trajectory, he suddenly flickered from his position and appeared at the spot where the enemy will be appearing in a second.

The Swift Release user had to attempt a change of direction at this instant, but the moment he tried to turn away, a silent sword cut through the cover of mist and arrived towards him.

The Swift Release user had to immediately use the sword in his hand to block that attack, but that short moment of pause was more than enough of an opportunity Shinichi needed to disrupt his chakra flow, successfully putting him in a Genjutsu with mere eye contact.

As soon as the enemy showed a momentary sluggishness, Juzo successfully knocked him out, and immediately injected the special drug inside the body of the captive, this drug would put him in an unconscious state until its antidote is injected into his body.

After confirming that the captive was in an unconscious state, Juzo sighed in relief and said to Shinichi, "Mangekyou Sharingan's Genjutsu is really useful in such battles!"

Shinichi didn't care, Mangekyou Sharingan is nothing more than a tool for him now, and he really doesn't care anymore, so long as it keeps working then that's all that matters.

"Now that he has been captured, let's return to the Land of Rain and deliver this guy to Hiruko for whatever reason he needs him for!"

Juzo nodded and after tying the captive limbs with chakra sealing tags, he passed him over to Shinichi, who held him over his shoulder and both started moving towards the Land of Rain.

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Somewhere around the border of the Land of Fire and the Land of Hot Water.

A spiraling whirl suddenly appeared in the void and out came a masked-man wearing a black cloak over his body.

After taking a casual look around him, he jumped over a tree, as if waiting for something.

At this time, Zetsu's body rose up from the tree bark and informed the masked-man, "Our spy in Kumogakure has given information and confirmed the location where the 2nd Gokage Summit is going to be held, the Kage's have agreed to assemble at the Hozuki Castle in the Land of Grass!"

The masked-man was surprised, "Hozuki Castle? Why there?"

Zetsu said, "None of the five great shinobi villages trust each other, and they have been at a stalemate with each other, so finally they decided to meet at Hozuki Castle, which is located at a fair amount of distance from all five of the villages."

The masked-man nodded and asked again after thinking a little, "Have you confirmed Kumogakure's candidates who will be attending the meeting?"

Zetsu nodded, "From Kumogakure, Raikage will obviously be attending the Summit, but because Amatsukami's targets are the nine Bijuu, so he has decided to not take either of the Jinchuriki with him, as such two Jonin will be following him, one is the shinobi who was the vice-captain of the peace delegation that went to Konoha, while the other one is a user of Storm Release Kekkei Genkai."

As soon as he heard this, the masked-man smiled, "Very good!"

One of the Kekkei Genkai that Hiruko needs for his ritual is Storm Release, although there are many users of Strom Release, most of them are concentrated in Kumogakure.

As such, if Akatsuki plans to catch a Storm Release user, then they will have to attack Kumogakure, although there is no problem with it, it is still hassling.

And now that the masked-man has the information that a Storm Release user will be going to the Hozuki Castle as the Raikage's guard, so it is obviously best to capture him, this will be much easier than sneaking into Kumogakure and fighting and whatnot…

Not letting this opportunity go away, masked-man took out two black-cloaks with some golden pattern sewn on them, wore one of them upon him, and passed over the other to Zetsu, "Put on this Cloak and cover your face with those leaves, after you are ready, you will be the bait and lead the Raikage away from his two guards."

Zetsu who received the Black-Cloak from the masked-man observed it for a while, he was able to notice that this cloak was very similar to the disguising cloak that the members of Amatsukami wear, as such Zetsu can't help but be surprised, "You want us to pretend to be members of Amatsukami, so as to put the blame of the missing ninja upon Amatsukami's head?"

The masked man nodded.

Since now he has been unable to find any useful information about Amatsukami, therefore, he has to be extremely vigilant when dealing with them.

Initially, he did not care too much about Amatsukami's goals as long as they don't interfere with his Project Tsuki no Me, but now that Amatsukami has officially declared that they will start targeting the nine Bijuu, so masked-man can no longer ignore their presence.

At this moment Akatsuki has not started to collect the Bijuu and is still in the initial phase of gathering excellent shinobi under their command who can contend with Bijuu, so the masked man is unwilling to fight Amatsukami head-on for now, but at the same time, he can no longer sit back and watch Amatsukami growing stronger!

Therefore, this 2nd Gokage Summit is another opportunity for him to indirectly target Amatsukami! When the blame of the missing shinobi from all the villages is put on Amatsukami, then Amatsukami would have made an enemy out of all the shinobi villages, and all of them will unanimously point their fingers and weapons towards Amatsukami and do all they can to eradicate this organization.

And when that happens, Amatsukami's threat will either be completely eliminated or will be lowered down so that the masked-man will no longer have to worry about them.

A such putting the blame on Amatsukami's head is extremely necessary for the Kage's to direct their fingers towards Amatsukami, and using this disguise is the best option to achieve that objective.

Zetsu understood the masked man's approach and complied.

With both of them disguised as the member of Amatsukami, Zetsu led them towards their goal and the two soon discovered Raikage and his two guards rushing towards the Land of grass for the Gokage Summit.

Looking at the Raikage and his entourage moving towards the Land of Grass, masked-man signaled Zetsu, "Go!"

Zetsu who was dressed as an unknown member of Amatsukami retracted into the ground.

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P.O.V. Change.

Yondaime Raikage and his two guards were moving towards the Land of Grass.

Then suddenly one of his subordinates stopped and whispered while pointing in a certain direction, "Raikage-sama, look there… from the type of clothes he is wearing he seems to be a member of Amatsukami going somewhere."

Ay narrowed his eyes as soon as he heard those words and looking in that direction, he was indeed surprised because from the disguise which included the black cloak printed with some strange golden pattern and that green leafy structure over his head, whether he is a person or plant? Whichever he may be, but he seems to be a member of Amatsukami!

What's more, that person doesn't seem to have noticed these three as if he was busy in some thoughts.

Rai (the Storm Release user) said, "Do you think he is a member of Amatsukami?"

Blue Lightning started to flicker around the Raikage as he said, "We will find out when I break his hands and legs!"

Whoosh…

Leaving that sentence he suddenly disappeared from his position and ran in the direction of the suspected Amatsukami member.

The suspected member of Amatsukami suddenly noticed something coming towards him and, and his expression shrank, and he fled into the distance immediately using his unique technique.

The Raikage who was coming towards the suspected member of Amatsukami narrowed his eyes, he immediately understood that the person is indeed a member of Amatsukami, as such he must not be allowed to escape, so he urged the Lightning Chakra around him more violently increasing his speed several times and shouted, "You bastard, don't think that you will manage to get away this time!"

Seeing that Raikage-sama disappearing so fast, Rai shouted hurriedly, "Raikage-sama, please wait, it could be a trap!"

However, before, Rai's voice could reach Raikage, he has already disappeared.

Now Rai and the other Jonin looked at each other.

The other Jonin asked with a frown, "What to do now?"

Rai sighed and spoke with a helpless expression, "What else can we do? Follow them of course! I am afraid that it could be a trap designed by Amatsukami to attack Raikage-sama!"

Just as he spoke, a spiraling whirl appeared behind the two of them, before the two of them could notice the sudden appearance of spiraling whirl, a hand stretched out of it, held Rai by the neck and dragged him inside the spiraling whirl!

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