"Oh, thank you, Captain. You're a good person."
Naruto smiled and took the Sharingan from the man.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, standing nearby, was completely stunned.
"This… was really sent by them?"
His mind buzzed.
Sharingan…!
Even inside the Uchiha clan, not many could awaken it.
Outside the clan, only Kakashi had one!
Hiruzen looked carefully…
Three-tomoe Sharingan.
For a moment, he thought he was dreaming.
Even back when they researched Wood Style cells,
the artificial Uchiha Shin only had one pair of Sharingan.
Hiruzen spoke seriously:
"Naruto, how can you have such a dangerous idea as taking someone else's eyes?"
"Give them to me. I'll return them to the Uchiha clan… and I'll ask Tsunade to help you transplant them properly."
At this time, the night of the Uchiha massacre had not yet happened.
Even Hiruzen and Danzo only had a few Sharingan.
A three-tomoe Sharingan… was extremely valuable.
Naruto looked at him with disdain.
"Old man, are you thinking about yourself… or pretending to care about me?"
"You want to replace my eye? What about your honor?"
"I finally got Sharingan. When the time comes, I'll replace both eyes."
Naruto smiled coldly.
"Don't come to me like a thief every day. I'll move out soon."
He directly kicked Hiruzen out.
Hiruzen's face turned red with anger, but he couldn't act.
After all… the Sharingan were given by the Uchiha themselves.
If Naruto used them…
Hiruzen's plan to control him would fail completely.
He left silently, his face dark.
Naruto looked at the Sharingan in his hand.
Even he didn't expect Fugaku to decide so quickly.
From the beginning…
Fugaku never truly wanted to rebel against Konoha.
The so-called coup… was just pressure against the higher-ups.
Naruto looked around his small apartment.
"Time to change houses."
The Third Hokage had always treated him like property, coming and going freely.
This place… was arranged by him.
Naruto wasn't in a hurry to deal with the ninja tools from Kusagakure.
Konoha was in a sensitive period now.
He needed money… and independence.
In the evening
Naruto took the goods and went to Tenten's family weapon shop.
Tenten's family wasn't a strong ninja clan…
but they had a special Summoning Technique to store and transport weapons easily.
That made them perfect merchants.
Inside the shop
A man and a woman welcomed him politely.
"What do you need?"
They showed no discrimination toward Naruto.
Naruto smiled.
"Do you buy ninja equipment?"
They were surprised.
The man explained:
"We can buy it… but used items are cheaper."
"I suggest you repair and keep using them."
The woman added kindly:
"If you need money, we can lend you some."
Clearly… they thought Naruto was poor.
Naruto didn't explain.
He directly summoned the storage container.
The man's eyes narrowed.
That symbol… Land of Iron.
Inside were kunai, shuriken, and ninja blades.
High-quality weapons.
The man spoke seriously:
"We can buy all of this… but only at wholesale price."
"If you want better profit, sell them in parts."
Naruto shook his head.
"Too troublesome. Just take everything."
He needed money fast.
While they counted the items
Naruto stepped outside.
Then he took out Fugaku's Sharingan.
He touched his right eye.
"Now I can remove the bandage openly."
As for the second eye…
Naruto wasn't interested in Fugaku's abilities.
Most likely… Fugaku only had prediction and Amaterasu.
Compared to others… not impressive.
Amaterasu?
Strong in theory…
but slow and easy to dodge.
Even Gaara's sand could block it.
Suddenly—
"Naruto!!"
An angry voice shouted.
"Give back my father's eyes!!"
Naruto turned his head slowly.
Sasuke Uchiha stood there…
his eyes filled with rage.
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