"..."
Looking at the eerie atmosphere, especially at the kneeling Uchiha clan head, Danzō didn't know what to say. As soon as he entered, he was shocked by the scene inside the Uchiha compound—
The ground was littered with corpses of the Uchiha clan!!
At first, he suspected it was the work of that elusive Mangekyō user, the one who had stolen from Kumogakure and Iwagakure, and had now finally set his sights on Konoha.
But he never expected...
Danzō glanced at the bloodstained long sword and sighed inwardly...
So it was you who did this!
"It seems the Uchiha clan had already guessed Konoha would move against them!" Danzō thought helplessly. "As for taking matters into their own hands..."
It was probably to ensure some of the Uchiha bloodline survived.
So...
"Yes..." Danzō paused for a moment before speaking. "I'm here."
"You shouldn't have come," the Uchiha clan head sighed.
Though he didn't know Danzō's purpose, no matter what, he had helped the Uchiha clan before...
"..."
Danzō was momentarily stunned before replying helplessly, "But... I'm already here!"
Did he even want to come? His heart was bitter!!
His dream was to be the kind and gentle village elder of Konoha, not...
To prop up Konoha's massive roots!!
But for Konoha's sake, he had no choice but to act now.
This was all the fault of... Hiruzen!!
So...
"The Uchiha clan has engaged in treason. By order of the Hokage, I am here to arrest them," Danzō said coldly, glancing at the confused ANBU. "Why aren't you moving?"
Sorry, Hiruzen. You'll have to figure out how to salvage your reputation.
...
Zetsu felt that ever since he met that red-haired brat, he hadn't had a single moment of peace. No matter when or where, whenever he saw that kid, he always came up with something new for Zetsu to do.
Like this time...
He was being sent to steal Hashirama's cells!!
Of course, Zetsu knew the uses of the First Hokage's cells. Hadn't Madara's Rinnegan been the result of biting a piece of Hashirama's flesh and fusing it with his own?
And then there was that idiot Tobi...
Though he didn't know what that brat wanted Hashirama's cells for, Zetsu wasn't keen on letting him get his hands on them.
No matter how much the kid preached about peace...
Zetsu didn't believe a word of it.
He had figured it out—that brat probably knew something, but...
He couldn't beat him!!
What else could he do?
Right now, Zetsu could only hope the kid didn't know his true goal.
Otherwise, he'd really have to wait for the brat to die before making his move.
But...
"I miss Mother," Zetsu thought tearfully.
He just wanted Mother to love him one more time.
Why was it so hard?
But...
For now, he had to complete the brat's mission.
Otherwise, who knew what else that kid would do to torment him?
...
Uzumaki Jun didn't stay in Konoha waiting for Zetsu. After assigning the task, he left immediately, because...
Zetsu would come find him once he succeeded.
"I wonder how Zetsu will sneak in to steal Hashirama's cells?" Uzumaki Jun smirked mysteriously. He wasn't sure if Konoha's biotechnology had already reached the bizarre levels seen after the Third War, where they were already working on creating the Wood Style user Yamato.
But he did know that if Zetsu tried impersonating Danzō again to sneak in...
Uzumaki Jun felt he might as well prepare to collect Zetsu's corpse. His mother might never return!!
Because...
Danzō wasn't stupid. After being tricked once, he wouldn't neglect security measures.
So now, all he could do was pray that Zetsu's determination to save his mother was strong enough to avoid falling into Danzō's trap!!
...
Land of Whirlpools.
The Uzumaki clan head hadn't left, still waiting for Uzumaki Jun to return. He hadn't even started processing the Uchiha clan's citizenship yet, because he didn't know if they needed to change their surname like the Kamizuru clan had.
And...
The Uzumaki clan head glanced at the Uchiha survivors. Given their stubbornness, they probably wouldn't agree to abandon the Uchiha name.
So it all depended on Uzumaki Jun's arrangements.
At that moment...
"You're back?" The Uzumaki clan head smiled as he noticed the spatial fluctuations.
"Thanks for your hard work," Uzumaki Jun appeared and handed over three pairs of Sharingan eyes. "The Uchiha clan head gave these to you."
"To me?" The clan head took the eyes, confused. What was he supposed to do with them?
"What's wrong?" Uzumaki Jun noticed his expression. "Wasn't this part of your deal with the Uchiha clan head?"
Deal?!
The Uzumaki clan head suddenly remembered and said with a strange expression, "Right, right. I remember now. That was part of the deal."
So this was how the Uchiha's bloodline worked!!
A trace of regret flashed in the Uzumaki clan head's eyes. He had thought...
Glancing at a ten-year-old girl among the Uchiha, he sighed inwardly.
He had hoped the Uzumaki clan might gain the Uchiha bloodline through marriage.
Apart from the Uzumaki and Senju clans, other clans with bloodlines strictly prohibited intermarriage to maintain purity, at most allowing outsiders to marry into the clan.
Just as the Uzumaki clan head was lamenting...
"Long time no see," Uzumaki Jun walked up to an Uchiha girl and smiled. "Uchiha Mikoto."
"Yeah," Mikoto nodded quietly, then fell silent. She still couldn't accept how the Uchiha clan, once a proud clan of Konoha, had been wiped out in an instant.
Uzumaki Jun sighed and said, "Don't be sad. If you ever..."
"Need help, you can come to me."
For example, the ideological education of her two sons...
Uzumaki Jun was confident he could correct the twisted worldviews of those two boys and mold them into outstanding revolutionary warriors of the Land of Whirlpools.
Meanwhile, Uchiha Fugaku remained silent before asking, "Father... is he..."
When he saw the three pairs of eyes, he realized the Uchiha clan was truly...
Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through his eyes!
Uchiha Fugaku clutched his face and screamed in agony.
Uzumaki Jun quickly supported him, alarmed. It seemed the shock had triggered an evolution. Given that Fugaku already had the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, this was...
Mangekyō Sharingan!!
"I'm fine now."
After a moment, Fugaku's hoarse voice spoke up. "Thank you."
He didn't know why his eyes had hurt so badly, but...
He felt his ocular power had increased significantly!
Now...
What should he do?
Uzumaki Jun hesitated but decided to inform Fugaku. After all, he would find out eventually, and Jun wasn't afraid of a single Mangekyō. So...
"You've awakened the Mangekyō!"
Uzumaki Jun looked at Fugaku with a tone of heartfelt approval and sighed.