A crow flapped its wings and stood on Naruto's shoulder, looking somewhat restless.
Hatake Kakashi stared dumbfounded at the suddenly appearing crow and the Mangekyō Sharingan in its left eye.
"So this is... the eye... to think it would be in this way..."
Renya ignored Kakashi's shock, walked up to Uzumaki Naruto, grabbed the crow directly, and without hesitation plucked out the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Such a powerful eye was truly wasted on a crow.
Better to take it back and use it to upgrade Uchiha Kagami's eyes to the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
At the same time, Renya planted the right eye's dōjutsu inside Naruto, with the trigger being an encounter with Uchiha Itachi, briefly stripping away the Mangekyō's ability.
Uzumaki Naruto widened his azure-blue eyes, his mouth slightly open, his face filled with disbelief and enormous confusion.
He subconsciously touched his chest, never knowing there had been a crow inside him all along.
He looked at the crow, then at Renya who possessed the Mangekyō, and finally cast his bewildered gaze at Kakashi.
Hoping to get an explanation from his teacher.
Hatake Kakashi's gaze returned to the crow, and he analyzed calmly.
"If I'm not mistaken, this should be Uchiha Itachi's handiwork..."
"Uchiha Itachi?"
That name made Naruto shudder all over—wasn't that Sasuke's older brother?
Why would he do this?!
"Mm." Kakashi nodded, his brows slightly furrowed as he continued to speculate. "With Itachi's strength and his control over the Sharingan, he was fully capable of setting up such a seal without you noticing."
"As for the purpose..."
He paused slightly, as if organizing his thoughts, or weighing how to tell Naruto.
"Considering the eye of Uchiha Shisui on that crow, and everything Uchiha Itachi did while he was alive... he may have regarded this as the final safeguard."
"A possible means to... deal with Sasuke at a critical moment."
As Sasuke's teacher, he knew his student's personality, and Uchiha Itachi, as Sasuke's elder brother, must also have understood his younger brother's nature.
To prevent such a thing from happening, he set up this safeguard inside Naruto in advance.
It was Itachi's method to stop Sasuke at a critical moment!
"Deal with Sasuke?!" Uzumaki Naruto said in shock. "Why would Itachi..."
"To stop Sasuke, or... to save Sasuke." Kakashi interrupted him, saying gravely. "Uchiha Itachi knew all too well the power and the curse of the Mangekyō Sharingan. He may have foreseen that after obtaining that power, Sasuke could walk an extreme path."
"This crow possesses Uchiha Shisui's eye and can cast the strongest genjutsu, Kotoamatsukami. That is probably the final option he prepared for Sasuke. An ultimate genjutsu that, when necessary, can forcibly change Sasuke's will and pull him back onto the right path!"
It had to be said that Kakashi was a high-IQ genius. From Renya's actions and a few hints, he had already guessed the truth.
"That's right. The truth is exactly as you said." Renya placed the eye into a container he had prepared beforehand and said in agreement. "This eye is the backup Uchiha Itachi used to alter his younger brother's will."
Kakashi's expression was grave as he said in a deep voice,
"But now that you've taken the eye, what about Sasuke?"
Since this eye was Itachi's backup for altering Sasuke's will, that meant it was extremely important to Sasuke!
He couldn't just let it be taken away!
"Yeah, you can't take that eye!" Uzumaki Naruto reacted belatedly and shouted at Renya.
Without Uchiha Shisui's eye, if Uchiha Sasuke fell into extremes, it would be very troublesome.
He couldn't guarantee he would definitely be able to persuade Sasuke to return to the right path.
So, absolutely, he couldn't let the two people in front of him take away that Mangekyō Sharingan!
"That's right, you can't take the eye!"
Haruno Sakura hurriedly echoed him. When it concerned Sasuke, she would definitely take it very seriously.
"Oh, you want to stop me?" Renya looked at the three with a playful expression. "With just the three of you, that might not be enough!"
Although Hatake Kakashi had the nickname "fifty-fifty" and could trade a few moves with anyone, Renya was confident he could defeat him.
It just wasn't necessary. Beating the three of them wouldn't do him any good.
It would be better to divert their attention—then he could win without fighting.
As for how to divert their attention, of course, by using Uchiha Sasuke!
"I advise you to think it through. Even at the previous Five Kage Summit, the Five Kage didn't dare to act against me rashly."
A powerful pressure emanated from Renya, making the three of them freeze in place for a moment.
"So strong..." Hatake Kakashi showed a look of alarm.
Uzumaki Naruto and Haruno Sakura were even more shocked, unable to say a word.
At this moment, they truly felt Renya's overwhelming strength.
If they really fought, the three of them definitely wouldn't be a match!
Not to mention there was also a companion beside Renya who hadn't said a word the entire time.
"Instead of getting tangled up over Uchiha Sasuke going astray, you might as well find him first."
Renya withdrew the pressure and said to the three.
"Uchiha Sasuke has already been taken away by someone impersonating Uchiha Madara. You came here for nothing this time."
In the original story, after Uchiha Sasuke defeated Shimura Danzo, he encountered Uzumaki Naruto's group who had rushed over.
But because of Renya's interference, Uchiha Sasuke had long been taken away by Obito.
Naturally, there was no chance to meet them.
"What? Sasuke was taken away!"
Uzumaki Naruto exclaimed. Compared to the Renya in front of him, he actually cared more about whether Sasuke had encountered danger.
"May I ask, was Sasuke injured, and where was he taken?"
Just as Renya had expected, as long as Uchiha Sasuke was mentioned, a fight could be avoided.
"He didn't suffer any fatal injuries. As for where he was taken, I don't know."
Worried that Naruto would bring up Shisui's eye again, Renya spoke earnestly.
"Uchiha Sasuke is your friend. As a friend, you have the duty to guide him back onto the right path, rather than relying on a Kotoamatsukami cast by a crow. Do you understand?"
——This is merely advice from an elder.
In the world of the Hokage, you just have to believe in the protagonist's talk-no-jutsu.
Even if talk-no-jutsu doesn't work, there are still those massive fists.
Anyway, Uchiha Sasuke returning to the right path is only a matter of time...
"Yeah, I understand!" Uzumaki Naruto regained his fighting spirit. "I'll definitely be able to persuade Sasuke to return to the right path!"
Hatake Kakashi wanted to take back Shisui's eye, but seeing the situation, he ultimately gave up that thought.
What this guy said was right—you can't rely on a genjutsu cast by a crow.
In reality, it was just that Kakashi wasn't confident he could defeat Renya.
In the end, the three of them could only watch as Renya and Shimura Danzo left.