Chapter 62: Uchiha Shin
Sarutobi Hiruzen's words were easy to understand.
Someone else used Danzō to kill with a borrowed knife, then pinned the blame onto Danzō after killing and stealing the eye.
"Absolutely impossible."
Seeing Sarutobi Hiruzen siding with Danzō, Fugaku slammed the table and shot up, face full of anger: "Besides Itachi, only those few Root ninja were at the scene of Shisui's death! And how could someone possibly infiltrate Konoha so openly?!"
Unless it wasn't Root who killed him, could Itachi have killed Shisui and then taken the eye?
What kind of joke is this?!
Sarutobi Hiruzen ignored his anger, continuing patiently: "Fugaku, have you forgotten the Nine-Tails Rampage?"
"What does this have to do with the Nine-Tails Ramp—"
Fugaku wanted to say more, but suddenly fell speechless.
Fugaku certainly remembered the Nine-Tails Rampage vividly.
The masked man who infiltrated Konoha back then – hadn't he entered Konoha stealthily?
He even knew Kushina's delivery time precisely.
And because of that masked man's Sharingan, their Uchiha clan was pushed into the eye of the storm, forced to relocate to the village outskirts.
"Lord Hokage, are you suggesting that masked man appeared again and killed Shisui?" Fugaku asked back, his face grim.
This explanation indeed fit perfectly, but Sarutobi Hiruzen was clearly making excuses for Danzō.
However, regarding Fugaku's questioning, Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head: "This is merely Danzō's one-sided story. As for the truth of the matter, we still need the Interrogation Department to investigate the minds of those Root personnel."
"Aren't the Root personnel still in your hands? If you don't trust us, we can go to the interrogation room together and observe the entire process."
Sarutobi Hiruzen wasn't a fool either; he didn't insist it was definitely the masked man's doing.
Instead, his expression and tone were extremely sincere, hoping Fugaku would participate in the investigation together.
"This..."
Fugaku was momentarily unsure.
Those Root members are in their hands... how can Sarutobi Hiruzen be so certain?
Could it be... Shisui really wasn't killed by Danzō and Root?
No! That's not right!
"Then Danzō's attempt to kill Shisui..."
Fugaku realized this and was about to say something, but was directly interrupted by Sarutobi Hiruzen.
"Although Danzō's attempt failed, he at least took action."
Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a stern face: "I have already removed Danzō from his post and confined him to prison. Root has also been disbanded."
Fugaku was instantly rendered speechless and choked up.
Is the matter just settled like this?
If the real culprit isn't found, didn't Shisui just die in vain?
Looking at Sarutobi Hiruzen's stern face before him, Fugaku suddenly felt nauseous.
"Is this really the former Shinobi Hero? How did he become such a hypocritical figure now?"
...
Land of Rice Fields. A small country bordering Konoha, without its own ninja village.
Since it wasn't sandwiched between two great nations like the Land of Rain, its presence in the ninja world was very low, and the situation within the country was relatively peaceful.
But precisely this characteristic attracted the attention of a certain individual.
Inside a certain dark laboratory filled with sealing formulas.
"Lord Orochimaru, I am ready!"
A figure was completely bound to an operating table, yet his face was filled with feverish fanaticism.
And right beside him stood a figure with long black hair, pale skin, wearing blue-green tomoe-shaped earrings.
"Shin, this is a Sharingan I have treasured for a long time. You must cherish it well."
Orochimaru blinked his vertically slit golden pupils, picking up a glass bottle from the side.
Inside, two one-tomoe Sharingan were preserved.
Although only one-tomoe, it still took him quite some effort to obtain them.
After all, stealing Sharingan isn't difficult; the difficulty lies in how to avoid leaving any trace for the Uchiha clan to discover.
Back when he was in Konoha, he had used the war as cover to lure the owner of these eyes into a trap and kill them.
The corpse was fed directly to Manda.
Looking at the Sharingan, Shin, lying on the operating table, trembled all over, saying excitedly: "Lord Orochimaru! I will definitely make good use of these eyes!"
Long before Lord Orochimaru defected, he, wanting to learn cloning technology, had already voluntarily become one of Lord Orochimaru's experimental subjects.
After coincidentally witnessing the power of the Sharingan, he became extremely obsessed with it and even gave himself a surname.
-- Uchiha Shin.
Orochimaru said no more, moving to gouge out Shin's original eyes, then implanting this pair of one-tomoe Sharingan.
This wasn't the first time he performed transplant surgery, but it was the first time it went so smoothly, without any rejection reaction.
The entire process was unbelievably smooth.
"Shin, how does it feel?"
"Lord Orochimaru, I feel an immense power."
Uchiha Shin stared around wildly with his one-tomoe eyes, his expression incomparably fanatical.
As long as I can become part of the Uchiha clan, I can pay any price!
Orochimaru, intrigued, flicked his long slender tongue over his lips, a hint of desire flashing in his eyes.
Such an astonishing physique. Absolutely no rejection towards the Sharingan, as if these Sharingan were originally his own eyes.
"Interesting. Extremely interesting."
The right arm he created for Danzō back then used Shin's right arm as the base material, combining Hashirama cells and Sharingan.
That was also the first time he suppressed Sharingan and Hashirama cells together, which is why he let Danzō act as the first guinea pig.
However, judging from later experimental records, the Sharingan and Hashirama cells achieved some kind of bizarre equilibrium on Shin's arm.
This discovery puzzled Orochimaru even after his defection.
"Could there be some connection between the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan?"
Intuition told Orochimaru this discovery was important.
But even now, he still didn't understand why the Sharingan could achieve some kind of relationship with Hashirama cells.
Shaking his head, he cast aside the unnecessary thoughts.
Orochimaru observed Uchiha Shin for a period, then released the restraints on his body.
"So strong! Is this the Sharingan? It seems to contain some kind of power."
Shin stared wide-eyed, even as they became dry, not blinking once. He raised his hand and crushed his original two eyes.
"With the Sharingan, I no longer need this trash."
Seeing this, a cold glint flashed in Orochimaru's eyes as he chuckled lowly: "Shin, you seem to be feeling quite good."
"Lord Orochimaru!"
Shin said excitedly: "Right now these eyes are only one-tomoe, but in the future, I will definitely find a way to obtain three-tomoe!"
"Is that so? I look forward to that day."
Orochimaru said this, but inwardly thought nothing of it.
Don't be ridiculous.
Even within the Uchiha clan, awakening the three-tomoe is extremely difficult, let alone an outsider like Shin.
Besides, this kind of bungler.
Just obtained the Sharingan and already so arrogant. Even if he obtained greater power, he wouldn't be able to use it correctly.
His perspective limits his future.
Just then.
A snake slithered out from a corner to his feet, spitting out a letter from its mouth.
"Hmm?"
Orochimaru opened the letter and read it, a trace of shock appearing in his eyes.
"Danzō's arm was taken by a masked man? Along with a Mangekyō Sharingan?"
(End of Chapter)
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