CH 540

On Shinichi’s side.

After getting rid of the pursuit of Uchiha Fugaku as well as the three elites Uchiha, Shinichi travelled through the forest with a bitter expression as the pattern within his eyes returned back the three tomoe Sharingan state which soon turned to black.

‘Mangekyou Sharingan is a pair of cursed Dojutsu that will eventually lead to blindness because of their power being sealed away with each use.’ – was what Kuroto said to him a few years ago.

Ever since Shinichi learned of this fact from Kuroto, he has always been prudent in his use of the Mangekyou Sharingan and has been protecting his Visual Prowess as much as possible, so that he can cope with any sort of emergency should the need arise where he will have to use everything he has.

In short, Shinichi generally doesn’t rely on the Mangekyou Sharingan Dojutsu until he is pushed into the very corner and has been left with no other option.

Precisely why the fact that he had to resort to using his Mangekyou Sharingan to intimidate Fugaku in order to get rid of the pursuit really makes Shinichi feel a little bitter in his heart.

But no way, he had no other option.

After all, Shinichi really didn’t expect Fugaku to be hidden so deeply…

‘It’s really Patriarch… the fact that Fugaku-Sama has awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan shouldn’t be known to anyone within the clan… At least, the elites following him were completely unaware…

I don’t know if Kuroto is aware of this information or not…?’ thought Shinichi with a deep frown, then shook his head without much care… because Shinichi has a feeling that Kuroto should be aware of this information through Shisui.

“Maa, it doesn’t really matter… this information doesn’t have much to do with my mission… anyway, I was able to pass on the information that I wanted to, the rest is up to him…” muttered Shinichi with a smile…

‘But to be honest, it’s really unbelievable… if I count, myself, Patriarch, Shisui, the fake ‘Madara’ and Tsukihi who most likely is the one playing the role of Amatsukami’s Homusubi… currently the number of Uchiha who have awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan amounts to five… This is perhaps the most glorious period of the Uchiha Clan in its millennium-long history…

After all, he doesn’t really care much about the position of the Hokage… and if you ask him, there is perhaps only one candidate suitable for the position of Konoha’s Hokage… but then again, it doesn’t have anything to do with him… so he would neither comment on it nor would he express his opinion…

But one thing to note is that Shinichi is aware of the fact that Uchiha Tsukihi also possesses the Mangekyou Sharingan… despite the fact that he was never told about this information…

As for how Shinichi knows that Uchiha Tsukihi also possesses the Mangekyou Sharingan?

The answer is relatively simple, he doesn’t know… it’s just his guess…

Shinichi guessed that Uchiha Tsukihi also has Mangekyou Sharingan due to several simple reasons.

It happened only a few months ago, the fake ‘Madara’ who returned from Kirigakure with new recruits relayed the information about Homusubi’s abilities and also the fact that she is a woman. At that time, Shinichi guessed that the Uchiha ‘woman’ who plays Homusubi is most likely Uchiha Tsukihi.

After all, Homusubi and Uchiha Tsukihi are related to Amatsukami and Hyuga Kuroto respectively, and Hyuga Kuroto happens to be the secret leader of the Amatsukami Organization… At the same time, both Homusubi and Uchiha Tsukihi are women, so the two of them have to be one and the same person, and that is Uchiha Tsukihi.

Of course, not everyone can guess this information as easily as Shinichi did, because Uchiha Tsukihi is officially dead… as she was killed by Shinno.

Shinichi knows that Tsukihi did not die back then, but Shinno died later… so, it’s simple for him to guess Homusubi’s true identity.

Of course, Shinichi is also not yet aware of the fact that Uchiha Itachi has also awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan and also plays the role of the Homusubi of the Amatsukami Organization… But even if he knew this information, it wouldn’t change his guess, because he is more than certain of his guess.

“Anyway, all that aside… among all the current known abilities of all the Mangekyou Sharingan users… my Mangekyou Sharingan abilities are really the best, trickiest, and the most practical ones… heh…” muttered Shinichi with a smirk… as he thought about Hachiman and Nakisawame…

Shinichi feels that his thought isn’t wrong; because he has found that his Mangekyou abilities Hachiman and Nakisawame are really the most wonderful pair of abilities among all the known abilities.

One allows him to fight at his peak state irrespective of any damage or injury that he takes on, while the other one allows him to retract back in time.

With the combination of these two abilities, killing him is one of the most difficult tasks…

This is also one of the reasons why Shinichi has always been carefree in the Akatsuki Organization even if Akatsuki consists of several monstrous class Shinobi, after all, nobody in the Akatsuki Organization is capable of killing him.

For the same reason, the fake Madara also doesn’t take Shinichi lightly and has been using the White Zetsu Clones to monitor his actions all the time.

In the face of Shinichi’s Nakisawame, which allows him to track back in time, even the fake Madara’s Space-Time Jutsu is not much effective. So, even if Shinichi is pulled inside the Kamui Space, Shinichi can just use Nakisawame to track back in time and return to the Shinobi World.

Of course, this doesn’t imply that Shinichi is capable of killing the fake Madara…

The current Shinichi’s Visual Prowess is limited, and he will be blinded if he overuses his eyes, which is not the case for the fake Madara who has Hashirama Cells transplanted into his body.

He is aware of this disadvantage of his, therefore, he has not turned his face from the fake Madara and has not declared open hostility against him. Shinichi knows that if a life and death battle were to break out between the two of them, Shinichi would be at a little disadvantage and might end up losing the battle… which is not something he would want.

Anyway, putting all that aside, Shinichi retracted his many diverging thoughts and increased his speed.

Before long, he arrived at one of the many predetermined retreat points.

At the retreat point, Shinichi was surprised to find that only a single member of the Akatsuki Organization was present there… and it was none other than Kakuzu…

Kakuzu silently sat on a piece of a large rock, and seem to be waiting for the arrival of the other members. Beside him were two tied up, unconscious children… ‘Huh…? These two kids are…?!’

Looking at the two unconscious children, and more specifically, at the clan crest on their clothes, Shinichi frowned, then asked in a ridiculing tone, “Well now… are these two kids the Jinchuriki of Kyuubi…? And are they both Jinchuriki of Kyuubi?

As far as I knew, it was a blonde kid with blue eyes and whiskers on his face named Uzumaki Naruto… But clearly, none of them resembles any physical feature mentioned by ‘Tobi’… You sure have done a perfect job Kakuzu…”

Kakuzu didn’t take Shinichi’s ridicule to heart and replied lightly, “The Jinchuriki of Kyuubi was accidentally taken away by Orochimaru… If I have to guess, Orochimaru’s original target was this kid from the Uchiha Clan who is now in our hands…

After this matter is over, we can simply exchange our respective targets and the Jinchuriki of Kyuubi will be in our hands…”

While retreating from Konoha, Kakuzu deeply thought about Orochimaru’s intentions and concluded that Orochimaru’s original target was probably the kid from the Uchiha Clan that was now in his hands, so he didn’t bother anymore, and simply brought over the kid with him.

Kakuzu doesn’t believe that Orochimaru can control the power of the Kyuubi…

So, he should agree to the exchange…

Anyway, the other party is only an Orochimaru, can that snake still refuse a deal from the Akatsuki Organization?

After listening to Kakuzu’s reasoning, Shinichi found it plausible and didn’t say anything more, instead, he focused his gaze on the two unconscious children, more specifically, on the pair of white eyes of the other kid, ‘A kid from the Hyuga Clan, huh?’

…

Back to the main battlefield.

Shisui had an extremely solemn face as he looked at Konan, Tobi, and Nagato standing on the other side.

The defeat of Five-Kage has really shocked Shisui to his core. He doesn’t know what happened to Sandaime-sama, and where he is currently, but Shisui knows that he can not abandon those on this battlefield and prepared himself to fight to the death.

No matter what happens, Shisui can not allow Nagato to strip out the Sanbi and Hachibi out of their Jinchuriki.

Whoosh Whoosh

As Shisui was racking his brain to find a possible solution that he can use to at least ensure the safety of Yagura and Killer Bee, suddenly, two figures appeared on the battlefield.

The vigilant Shisui turned his head to look at the two figures who have just arrived on the battlefield, and his hanging heart finally couldn’t help but be relieved.

But contrary to Shisui’s relief, as soon as the three members of the Akatsuki Organization saw the arrival of these two figures, their faces changed…

The indifferent Nagato’s eyes shrank, expressionless Konan’s face was filled with traces of fear… and as for Tobi…?

Uh… Although Tobi’s expression was hard to deduce, one thing was certain… His head was filled with countless question marks as he really wanted to ask one very important question from the three people opposite to him… “What does it feel like to poop?”