Chapter 205: Telescope Technique x Hiruzen Sarutobi's Peeping
A five-year-old child, still ignorant, his innocent eyes with a hint of clear foolishness gradually replaced by a piercing scarlet...
"It's the Sharingan!"
"It really is the Sharingan!"
"The Young Master... he can really help everyone awaken their eyes!"
Someone in the hall shouted!
The quiet shrine erupted into a wave of noise. Excitement... shock... thrill bordering on trembling emotions intertwined and grew, forming a storm that engulfed everyone in the hall.
Setsuna Uchiha's raised cane froze in mid-air. This time, he didn't need to stop anything.
Behind the old man, Fugaku Uchiha's eyes widened. He silently watched the boy concentrate on pouring negative emotions into Shisui's heart... Memories of Roy's childhood flashed in his mind. The child had grown up suddenly, and there were some things he didn't seem willing to share with his father.
Buzz...
The blood color spread and solidified, gradually outlining the shape of a tomoe. Invisible ripples spread...
Everyone in the main hall, such as Yashiro Uchiha, Inabi Uchiha, and Tekka Uchiha, held their breath, watching unblinkingly... At the edge of the door, Obito looked dazed, mouth open, drool running down the corner of his mouth unnoticed. Waves rose in his heart, looking at Shisui as if looking at himself... If only it were me...
No one wants to be the dead last, no one wants to stay at the bottom... Every time Obito trained with Rin and Kakashi under Minato Namikaze, only to be beaten by Kakashi every time, he fantasized more than once... If one day he could awaken the Sharingan, dominate Kakashi, and make Rin look at him differently, what a beautiful thing that would be.
Even winning against Kakashi just once would be enough.
And now... this opportunity seemed to have finally appeared...
Obito stared straight at the distinct tomoe symbol slowly solidifying in Shisui's scarlet eyes... then a second one appeared...
He shifted his butt, moving his crossed legs closer to the front of the hall.
[Notification... Detected one "Potential Believer"...]
[Driven by the desire for power, Obito Uchiha is racking his brain trying to get on good terms with the Host... Loyalty +10...]
"Negative Emotions" were slowly and steadily injected like transparent glue...
Roy used [Sun Characteristics] to stabilize Shisui's mind. Hearing the notification in his ear, he glanced at the door. Just then...
Obito Uchiha grinned, flashing his buck teeth at him...
[Notification... Detected one "Potential Believer"...]
[Driven by the desire for power, Inabi Uchiha is racking his brain trying to get on good terms with the Host... Loyalty +10...]
[Notification... Detected one "Potential Believer"...]
[Driven by the desire for power, Tekka Uchiha is racking his brain trying to get on good terms with the Host... Loyalty +10...]
[Notification... Notification... Notification...]
In the corner of the shrine eaves, wind chimes tinkled...
Simultaneously, continuous notifications rang in his ears, harmonizing with them...
When Roy wasn't satisfied with helping Shisui open just one tomoe and poured in more "Negative Emotions" to help him open the second and third...
Sounds of shattering cognition echoed one after another in the main hall...
Setsuna Uchiha dropped his cane, his white beard trembling. He wanted to ask the boy... You can help people open more tomoe?
Yet he feared disturbing Roy, standing aside adjusting his emotions constantly. Behind him, Fugaku Uchiha's furrowed brows relaxed, then smoothed out, outlining a smile. No need to say more, just sweeping his gaze over the crowd of Uchiha... Looking at Roy again, his mind relaxed and suddenly became clear...
"That's right... Whether he hides it or holds back, he is ultimately my son."
"Just this point alone is enough!"
[Negative Emotion Injection: 50%... Remaining: 220%...]
The moment the third tomoe appeared in Shisui's pupils... Roy released his right hand, lightly tapping the boy's shoulders...
[Notification: Ordination Ceremony complete...]
[Faith Power +1]
Shisui's believer panel immediately appeared in Roy's vision.
[Believer: Shisui Uchiha]
[Physique: 78 (Note: Aura nodes not opened)]
[Aura Output: C-: 10000/100,000 (Note: Based on Full Power Kakashi as benchmark, approx. 0.1 Kakashi)]
[Potential Aura: B+: 78/1,000,000 (Note: Based on Full Power Kakashi as benchmark, approx. 7.8 Kakashi)]
[Evaluation: C (Quasi-Ant King level powerhouse awaiting opening of aura nodes to compensate for chakra deficiency. Can rival Ant King in adulthood)]
Eyes moved slightly, exhaling gently...
Phew~ Negative emotions withdrawn...
Bloodline shackles broken...
As the three tomoe slowly rotated in Shisui's eyes, the boy looked up at Roy and whispered, "Nii-san."
Roy patted Shisui's back, smiling warmly. "Congratulations, Shisui."
In an instant... the shrine, which had fallen silent due to everyone holding their breath, instantly came alive!
Sounds of excited swallowing echoed...
Just then, a pair of withered hands grabbed him tightly. Setsuna Uchiha held Roy's shoulders with burning eyes, throwing his cane aside with a clatter. "Child, you... really did it..."
Setsuna's eyes filled with tears, a lump in his throat, too excited to speak... The other Uchiha, like Yashiro, Inabi, Tekka, and those who lost brothers... parents... beloved relatives and friends, moved their feet, surrounding them together...
Roy exchanged a glance with Fugaku Uchiha, who had been inadvertently pushed aside by the crowd, through the sea of heads. The latter nodded with a smile, indescribably gratified.
"Mission accomplished," the boy smiled.
"Jin... Young Master... You are too modest..."
A cheerful atmosphere emerged. As Shisui widened his three-tomoe Sharingan, the gloom of the clan meeting was swept away, and everyone's face beamed with genuine smiles.
At the end of the line, Obito moved forward with the crowd, standing on tiptoe to catch a glimpse of Roy.
Somehow, Obito scanned the surroundings and keenly realized... the Uchiha today seemed different... He couldn't say exactly where, but he felt that if every clan meeting were like this...
He definitely wouldn't make excuses to skip like before. Fortunately... he was here today!
"Quiet!"
"What does it look like, crowding around like this!"
THUD~ With a muffled sound, Setsuna Uchiha seemed to finally remember his cane.
The old man hooked his toe, grabbed the cane again, and slammed it heavily on the ground, pushing the crowd back to make space for Roy. Then he stepped aside, inviting Fugaku Uchiha forward, saying warmly, "Clan Leader, who opens first, who opens later, could you set a regulation?"
Fugaku Uchiha naturally agreed, but... "Before that," Fugaku signaled Inabi and Tekka with his eyes, instructing them to close the main hall doors and guard them. Only then did he step forward, narrowing his eyes at the rest of the Uchiha clan members. "I want to ask everyone to keep this secret for my son."
The higher-ups didn't want the Uchiha to have more Sharingan, let alone Three-Tomoe Sharingan... But now, because of Roy, every Uchiha had a chance to awaken their eyes... Anyone present with a brain knew what would happen to the Uchiha if this secret leaked...
Not to mention the entire Konoha gathering to exterminate the clan... At least, if Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others knew, Roy... would die!
"How to keep it secret?"
"I think it's safer to plant the 'Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal'!"
Setsuna Uchiha glanced at Yashiro Uchiha. "Yashiro, starting with you, everyone... every single one, plant the 'Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal'!"
[Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal]: A Jutsu for keeping secrets. By branding a curse seal on the tongue combined with hand seals, it prevents others from leaking secrets.
Also a common method used by Danzo to control "Root" and prevent leaks.
As long as the caster doesn't die, the curse seal will not be lifted.
Fugaku and Setsuna exchanged glances, tacitly finalizing the matter... But no matter how hard they thought, they would never have imagined that the [Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal] could guard against their own people, but far from guarding against the Third Hokage—Hiruzen Sarutobi, who loved peeping, or rather "remote monitoring" everything in Konoha!
A gaze probed down from the void... falling ethereally through the shrine gate...
Hokage Building.
Two old men, one standing and one sitting, separated by the desk symbolizing Konoha's power. Spread on the desk was a report titled... List of Uchiha Casualties.
Danzo Shimura, his right eye and entire right arm heavily bandaged, stared discontentedly with his narrow eye at Hiruzen Sarutobi sitting behind the desk. He questioned, "Why did you agree to Fugaku reducing the quota?"
"Hiruzen, have you forgotten Sensei's instructions?"
"The Uchiha are a clan born evil; we absolutely cannot let them grow strong!"
The village can have strong ninjas, can have Jonin, but cannot have a Kage, cannot threaten the Hokage's position... Tobirama Senju's teachings were still vivid in his mind...
Hiruzen Sarutobi, wearing the white haori over red ninja gear, with the Hokage hat quietly resting on the corner of the desk, read the list quietly without looking up. "Too much is as bad as too little. Hyuga, Inuzuka, Aburame can die, Uchiha naturally can too... But, 'cannot die too many, too excessively, affecting the village's unity.'"
Not in his position, not seeking his governance... Hiruzen looked up and glanced sideways at Danzo. "Do I need to teach you the principle of boiling a frog in warm water?"
Danzo understood the principle; he just hated that he wasn't the one sitting behind the desk... Thinking of the plan he made with Orochimaru beforehand, counting on more Uchiha deaths this time to collect more Sharingan, unexpectedly... Hiruzen cut his grand Sharingan implantation plan in half with just a few words.
Danzo argued stubbornly, "Don't fool me with that unity nonsense."
"Do you think Fugaku doesn't know?"
"This is an open secret. Even if you refused him, what could he do?"
"Precisely because everyone knows, we must show restraint!" Hiruzen closed the list, stood up, walked to the window, took out his pipe from the drawer, lit it with a match, took a puff, and then gazed leisurely at the three giant Hokage faces on the Hokage Rock. He said deeply, "One cannot go to extremes in conduct. The Uchiha are also part of the village. We see each other often; ultimately, we should leave some leeway."
"Leaving none is best." Danzo leaned on his cane, stroking the desk... This should have been his, and it will definitely be his in the future. His narrow eye opened and closed, looking at the Hokage Rock with Hiruzen. Besides the First and Second, Hiruzen's face was the most eye-catching. The hand gripping the cane itched slightly... He really wanted to use [Wind Style: Vacuum Bullets] to scrape it off and clean up the Hokage Rock!
"Is that so?"
"Isn't it?"
Danzo: "The village doesn't need small cliques. Guess what they are doing? They are holding a clan meeting!"
Danzo rubbed his cane, snorting coldly. "A family that doesn't think for Konoha, thinking every day about preserving family strength... Sensei was right back then; every single Uchiha deserves to die!"
Hiruzen raised an eyebrow. "When did Sensei say that?"
"Do you think I'd tell you?"
"True,"
Hiruzen took the pipe out of his mouth, exhaling a puff of smoke. His face was hidden in the smoke, indistinct. "Since Sensei valued you so much, yet made me Hokage, Danzo... the door is behind you, please."
"You!"
"You will regret this!"
Bang!
The Hokage office door slammed shut heavily!
Danzo Shimura left in anger.
Tap... tap... The cane tapping the ground was angry and hurried...
Hiruzen sneered disdainfully. Leaning against the clean window frame, enjoying the sunlight shining on the Hokage Rock, adding a halo to his own face...
He puffed on his pipe until it was finished...
Sitting back in the Hokage seat, staring at the closed list in a daze... No surprise, as he expected, dozens more Uchiha died this time. Remaining were Fugaku, Yashiro, Inabi, Tekka... and Setsuna, who had wasted over a decade of his youth...
Just a few big cats and kittens plus an old cat, nothing to worry about... Pondering again...
Thinking of what Danzo said, today was the day the Uchiha clan held their meeting...
Hiruzen frowned slightly. He reached out and grabbed the crystal ball decorating his desk. His eyes focused, constructing the image of the Uchiha ancestral land—Naka Shrine—in his mind. Chakra glowed from his hands, pouring into the crystal ball, immediately activating the [Telescope Technique].
Using the crystal ball as a medium and Chakra as a support, he projected his gaze...
The misty fog dispersed... The surface of the crystal ball showed an image reflecting the shrine's main hall. In the center were over a dozen coffins, presumably the deceased Uchiha recorded on the list. Hiruzen focused... Standing in front of the coffins were unsurprisingly... Fugaku, Setsuna, Yashiro... and the younger generation of Uchiha like Inabi and Tekka... forming a circle, seemingly saying something...
Hiruzen's gaze moved, shifting to the center of the circle. Suddenly...
He saw a pair of eyes looking straight at him!
Those eyes fwoosh~ ignited two suns!
Instantly... his eyes stung with pain!
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