chapter 78

One can’t be too careful when it comes to problems that involve the Uchiha and Sharingan.

This is because the Sharingan has too many mysteries surrounding it, aside from the many forbidden techniques that a Sharingan is capable of; the likes of the Izanagi and the Izanami; against which you can’t even defend if you don’t know the details from beforehand, each Sharingan also has the potential to at least evolve into a Mangekyou, that in itself is completely mysterious.

Now that Danzo has transplanted Hashirama Cells and a large number of Sharingan that are embedded in that arm of his, it is very likely that he mastered some of these Forbidden Jutsu.

Kuroto has taken a lesson from Orochimaru’s example.

Even though Orochimaru has Kage-Level strength, he lost very easily against Itachi; both the times he fought, Itachi easily defeated Orochimaru.

So, Kuroto obviously takes these lessons to heart.

Therefore, at this point in time, fighting against Danzo in head-on combat is a great risk.

I will have to look for some method if I want to solve Danzo!

With this thought in his mind, Kuroto returned home.

Right now, improving his strength is the most important. All of his plans are for this purpose only. Kuroto has always distinguished what’s of primary importance and what’s of secondary.

Mastering the Four-Symbols seal is the most important currently.

Because Kuroto believes that as long as he masters the Four-Symbols seal, it will become possible for him to understand as well as master other Uzumaki Fuinjutsu techniques.

Once he becomes proficient in Uzumaki Fuinjutsu, he should be able to break the seal used by Yondaime-Sama on the Dragon Vein, thus completing the next important step in his artificial tailed beast plan.

So, condensing all his thoughts, Kuroto focused on learning the Four-Symbols seal.

………

After a while of studying, Kuroto recorded his experience in its practice one by one.

After he finished writing, Kuroto thought, “This time Team-11 did quite a good job, even slowed down the offensive of Cloud Village, it shouldn’t be a problem to change the mission points for another sealing technique.”

In Kuroto’s prediction, it would take him around a week at most to completely master the Four-Symbols seal.

After mastering the Four-Symbols Seal, if he can learn one or two more of the Uzumaki Fuinjutsu technique, then he will be able to have a deeper understanding of it through his Tenseigan.

With the credit points of Team-11, changing another Fuinjutsu technique shouldn’t be that big of a deal, right?

…

Early Next Morning, Kuroto went out.

Along the way, he picked up signs of dissatisfaction and small disputes among the villagers regarding the peace talks between the Konoha and the Cloud.

Without a doubt, many villagers are dissatisfied and angry about the sudden attack by the Cloud Village. After all, hundreds of ninjas died in this small conflict, every major clan except for the Uchiha also lost someone. So, the fact that Hokage-Sama easily accepted Cloud Village’s peace talks left many of the villager’s dissatisfied.

Even if the villagers understand the difficulties of Hokage-Sama and the lack of combat power within Konoha, but this can’t bring back their loved ones can it?

The attitude of Cloud Village this time was like ‘first slapping Konoha right in the face and then shaking hand for peaceful negotiation’, as the ninja of the greatest shinobi village people can’t easily swallow such insult.

However, Kuroto doesn’t have any opinion in this regard.

He is more than clear that the current Konoha is no longer the Konoha of Shodaime-Sama or Nidaime-sama’s era. When the Hokage was able to overpower and dominate the entire Shinobi World with their individual strength.

No matter how great the humiliation, you can only bear it if strength is insufficient.

Moreover, this is just the beginning, the troubles that Konoha will be facing in the future are no small either.

While thinking these things, Kuroto silently arrived at the agreed meeting place.

Not long after his arrival, Shisui’s figure appeared in front of Kuroto.

As soon as he arrived, he spoke in an apologetic tone, “Kuroto-San, I am sorry to have kept you waiting!”

“It’s alright, it’s only been a while.” After a short pause, Kuroto continued, “I have a very important thing to tell you this time.”

“What is it?” – Shisui asked curiously.

However, before starting, Kuroto activated his Byakugan and confirmed that no one was spying on them, then whispered: “Yesterday, I encountered Danzo-sama, and discovered a really disturbing thing about him!”

Shisui was shocked, “What, did you also meet Danzo-Sama yesterday?”

When Kuroto heard Shisui, he frowned a little. A bad premonition surged in his heart, and to confirm this he asked Shisui, “Did you also meet him yesterday?”

Shisui replied, “Well, Danzo-Sama invited me to join Root, but I refused. Did he invite you too Kuroto-San?”

Ignoring Shisui’s question Kuroto hurriedly asked, “Don’t tell me you confessed about awakening the Mangekyou to him?”

Shisui nodded, “We did talk about the contradiction and isolation of the Uchiha and the village. To reassure Danzo-Sama and the Advisors of the Konoha Council. I confessed about my Mangekyou to Sandaime-Sama and Danzo-Sama. They promised to me that if necessary, I am allowed to stop Uchiha Clan’s extreme intentions.”

However, Kuroto wasn’t too happy about this, as his face sank.

He bonked Shisui’s head in frustration, “Stupid!”

While rubbing his head, Shisui asked in confusion, “What’s wrong Kuroto-San?”

“In regards to this issue, I called you here in the first place!” After a short pause, Kuroto continued: “Yesterday, I was able to discover through the Byakugan that Shimura Danzo has transplanted Hashirama cells and a large number of Sharingan. He has already used the forbidden art of Body Transformation to beyond recognition!”

“What!?” Shisui froze as soon as he heard Kuroto.

However, Kuroto only glanced slightly at Shisui and said with a sigh, “That old coot has coveted the power of the Sharingan more than anyone in the world and you just told him about having awakened the legendary Mangekyou Sharingan, isn’t this simply delivering the sheep to the Lion’s Den?”

The best countermeasure that Kuroto thought of yesterday was to inform Shisui about Danzo’s obsessiveness for the Sharingan and then induce Shisui to use Koto Amatsukami on Danzo, to solve the problem ‘Danzo’ once and for all.

But he never thought that Danzo acted so fast, on the very same day, he not only solicited him but also enticed Shisui to join the ‘Root’.

What worries him more is that Shisui actually confessed about his Mangekyou to Danzo and Sandaime-Sama.

Of course, Kuroto doesn’t know of the stimulus Shisui received at the Uchiha Clan meeting yesterday. Some of the Uchiha completely expressed their intentions of a Coup d’état, although the Patriarch didn’t express his opinion, most of the opinions were united, therefore Shisui opted to confess to Hokage-Sama.

After worrying for a while, Shisui murmured, “Kuroto-San, I did something stupid, didn’t I?”

“Damn right you did an extremely stupid thing!” – Looking at Shisui’s depressed state, Kuroto sighed and asked again, “In addition to Susanoo, the Mangekyou should have more abilities, right?”

Without hesitation, Shisui immediately replied, “Yes, my Mangekyou grants me the ability to cast Koto Amatsukami in each eye, a unique genjutsu of the highest calibre, that allows me to cast a powerful yet subtle mind-controlling genjutsu on the target.”

“Did you talk about this to Danzo and Sandaime-Sama!?”

Shisui nodded nervously, “Well, I am planning to use this genjutsu to change the intention of the Uchiha Clan, and stop the Coup. So, to convince Hokage-Sama of my ability to be able to do this, I didn’t conceal about it either!”

“You really are naïve Shisui. True, you can stop the Uchiha from launching the Coup, but what will you do about Danzo’s intention against the Uchiha? Now, the elders of the Konoha Council will no longer trust you completely, moreover, there is a hundred percent guarantee that Danzo will do everything in and beyond his power to get his hands on your Mangekyou.”

Shisui seemed really tensed now

“Remember, if Danzo asks to meet you in private, there is only one intention, he will be after your Mangekyou. So, be careful, because if you aren’t, then who knows what sort of trouble he might cause for the Uchiha as well as for the rest of the village if he does manage to obtain your Mangekyou Sharingan…”