Saratobi Clan Compound.
"Hokage-sama." Itachi knelt on one knee.
"What's the situation?" Hiruzen puffed on his pipe.
The Hokage Building was also in the center of the village and had been affected by Hiromi. Although it hadn't collapsed, the building was so riddled with cracks that it might as well have. Workers were currently working overtime to tear it down and rebuild it.
Therefore, Itachi could only come to the Sarutobi Clan Compound to report the situation to him.
"Hiromi is unconscious. Fugaku only asked about Hiromi out of concern, but didn't pay much attention to him after that."
"Mm."
When Hiromi was clamoring to lead the Uchiha clan in a Coup détat and returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound, the monitoring Anbu had reported such news more than once— "Hiromi's eyes are becoming increasingly clouded."
'It seems that was the price paid by his eyes.'
Hiruzen felt it was normal for such an extraordinary ability to have a price. It also put his mind at ease. At least, he wouldn't see another Susanoo running to the center of the village to cause a scene again.
Moreover, Shisui's eyes were also of this kind. Did that mean Shisui could do the same?
This caused him to smile with even greater relief.
However, he still couldn't forget the scene where he asked Shisui to use Kotoamatsukami to control Hiromi, only to be rejected.
'Shisui's will of fire...' Hiruzen thought to himself, 'I must find an opportunity to test Shisui.'
At that moment, Itachi raised his head and looked toward the Uchiha Clan Compound with a look of utter disbelief.
Hiruzen was puzzled but in the next second, he also looked toward the Uchiha Clan Compound in shock. Although he wasn't an Uchiha, he could still more or less feel the sudden surge of Chakra changes over at the Uchiha Clan Compound.
"What's going on?" Hiruzen asked.
Is the Coup détat starting? Or is it too late?
Itachi could see Hiruzen's tension and immediately replied, "This is a fluctuation caused by Sharingan evolution."
"Sharingan evolution?! Did something happen to the Uchiha?"
Wasn't it said that the Uchiha clan's Sharingan can only be awakened and continuously evolved through intense emotional stimulation?
'Could it be that Fugaku died?' After thinking for a long time, Hiruzen could only come up with this guess.
Because only that could explain the large-scale ocular power fluctuations over at the Uchiha Clan Compound.
Itachi shook his head, he didn't know either. But in his mind, he couldn't help but recall the image of Shisui carrying Hiromi.
'Is it related to Shisui? Or is it related to Hiromi?'
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[Mission Name: And You Call Yourself an Uchiha?]
[Mission Content: Kill Uchiha Itachi!]
[Mission Reward: Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan]
Hiromi, who had fainted, was woken up by the system late at night. Having had the system for five years, he was already used to it.
He wanted to look out the window, but it was a hazy darkness. Even though his eyes were blind, he could still sense light.
'It should be late at night, right?'
After this thought occurred to him, Hiromi was somewhat speechless about Itachi not being asleep yet.
'So Itachi is currently acting as a double agent for Hiruzen, reporting on my situation?' Hiromi thought to himself and went back to sleep.
He guessed that in Itachi's heart, there should be a very clear ranking.
Shisui, Sasuke > Village > Uchiha clan > Relatives > Clan members...
Hiromi didn't have much of an opinion. Anyway, Shisui was still alive. If Shisui couldn't bring Itachi back, then he would just have to accept the reward of the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
...
A night passed.
Even though such a big event had happened, life went on as usual.
Wake up, brush teeth, wash face, eat...
Hiromi was the same.
However, he didn't plan to go to the back mountain to train today.
He still couldn't control his Chakra well, and had already bumped into the wall three times at home.
Most importantly, Danzo might send people to capture him. He didn't plan to go out before learning Fire Release Chakra Mode.
After Shisui learned of Hiromi's thoughts, he fully agreed. He was also at ease with him being at home.
Afterward, he planned to go talk to Fugaku.
At that moment, he walked to the door with a puzzled look and opened it, seeing a group of clan members as expected.
"What is this, everyone?" Shisui was somewhat confused.
"That..."
The clan members' expressions were somewhat uneasy and very worried.
After hesitating several times, they finally asked the question they wanted to ask.
"Is Hiromi okay?"
Their expressions and tone gave Shisui a very familiar feeling—guilt.
Thinking back to the explosive large-scale Sharingan evolution last night, he was so shocked by the truth that his mouth hung open slightly, and he was momentarily dazed in disbelief.
When the clan members saw Shisui dazed for a moment, they immediately became anxious.
Could it be that something serious happened to Hiromi?
Fortunately, Shisui was only dazed for a second or two. He quickly came to his senses and immediately said, "Hiromi's condition is quite good, please don't worry."
Hearing this, everyone felt relieved.
"If there's a problem, come find us."
"Yes, even if we can't help much, we can still think of a way."
"Mm, definitely don't carry it all on your own."
The clan members said their goodbyes while giving their instructions.
After they had walked away, Shisui wanted to go back into the house, but the clan members returned again, looking quite embarrassed.
"Shisui, are you okay?"
"Sorry, we didn't notice you."
"We heard your eye was gouged out? Who did it?"
"How dare they gouge out our Uchiha eyes!"
"We must teach them a lesson!"