Utatane Koharu and Homura Mitokado exchanged a glance, both seeing the relief in each other's eyes. Fortunately, Shisui is Kagami's descendant and a member of the Uchiha's dove faction.
Otherwise, if Shisui's Kotoamatsukami were to be seized by the Uchiha hawk faction, they would definitely use it for evil.
For instance, they could control the Third Hokage to make one of their own the Fourth Hokage of the Village.
What a stroke of luck!
Danzo was deeply annoyed and regretful. Had he known earlier that Shisui possessed such powerful eyes, he would have snatched them to brainwash his own subordinates.
But now Shisui has destroyed them; such powerful eyes were destroyed by Shisui just like that.
What a waste!
Danzo said to Shisui with some heartache, "Shisui, why didn't you say so earlier?"
Shisui scratched his head somewhat awkwardly. In his chakra perception, Danzo was the one among the four high-level officials whose chakra fluctuated most violently after hearing about his Kotoamatsukami.
It felt as if Shisui, who had lost his eyes, wasn't as heartbroken as Danzo, who was already struggling to breathe from the pain of the loss.
Shisui then explained the reason why he hadn't revealed it.
He feared intensifying the conflict between the Village and the clan, and feared that because the eyes were too powerful, people with ulterior motives would covet them...
Danzo looked into Shisui's empty eyes and said, "Those with ulterior motives are only the people from your Uchiha hawk faction. If they had obtained them, it would truly bolster their arrogance."
The Third Hokage tapped his pipe and said, "Alright, Danzo. Shisui's approach was correct. Such powerful eyes should not be exposed lightly."
"..."
Danzo fell silent.
Shisui then said somewhat awkwardly, "Originally, I planned to use my Kotoamatsukami to change Uchiha Madara's will, but this mission was too critical."
"I had to use the Kotoamatsukami in my right eye to control the Seven-Tails beforehand. Later, when Ryou-senpai erupted with absolutely overwhelming power, I wanted to use my left eye to modify his will and make him turn over a new leaf."
"But it failed. Ryou-senpai had learned of my Kotoamatsukami long ago. To prevent him from snatching it, I destroyed my own eyes."
Utatane Koharu was somewhat puzzled: "How could Uchiha Ryou know about your Kotoamatsukami?"
Shisui said, "In the past, whenever I used the Mangekyo, my eyes would suffer from varying degrees of vision decline."
"Ryou-senpai is also the only Medical Shinobi in the clan, so I could only go to him to treat the pain in my eyes."
"I think Ryou-senpai must have caught a glimpse of my Mangekyo at that time."
Danzo then began to sling mud: "Hiruzen, the Uchiha Clan hides things too deeply. Uchiha Ryou hides a Forbidden Jutsu that can consume human lives."
"Now Shisui has quietly awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan. With so many Uchiha Shinobi and so many Jonin in the Police Force..."
"Who knows if there are others among them who have awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan?"
"Hiruzen, we must be on our guard!"
Outside the hospital room, Itachi was taking Izumi back to the Shinobi Academy, aiming to get his graduation application approved today and graduate early to become a Shinobi.
Izumi advised Itachi, "Itachi, I know you're in a hurry, but don't be so anxious. You're still so young. If you go to the battlefield and an undiscriminating Kunai pierces through you, what will happen?"
Without looking back, Itachi said, "Izumi, I'm no longer a three-year-old child. I must go to the battlefield as soon as possible to stop my uncle from going on a killing spree!"
Izumi was helpless: "Didn't you already shave your head to curse Ryou-senpai?"
Itachi was about to respond when he suddenly saw his father and mother, along with the elites of the Police Force, entering Konoha Hospital in unison.
Itachi was stunned for a moment and went to meet them.
"Father, Mother!"
Fugaku and Mikoto were startled by Itachi's new look because Itachi was now bald.
The Uchiha were people who valued elegance; no one had ever shaved their head.
Fugaku had originally brought the Uchiha members aggressively to ask about Shisui's situation, but the whole group was thrown off by Itachi's bald look.
Fugaku pointed at Itachi's bald head in confusion: "Itachi, what is this?"
Before Itachi could speak, Izumi helplessly answered for him: "Lord Fugaku, when Itachi heard that Ryou-senpai caused Lord Shisui to lose his eyes, he wanted to seek revenge against Ryou-senpai."
"Lord Jiraiya personally shaved Itachi's head. They thought they could use this method to curse Ryou-senpai."
The elites of the Police Force were between laughter and tears upon hearing this.
"Haha... Itachi, you really are humorous! How can cutting your hair curse your uncle? Your hair isn't your uncle's main body!"
"Sigh... Speaking of which, it's quite pathetic. Is the Village's greatest threat to Ryou right now just shaving his nephew's head?"
"Probably. I heard that both the One Tail and the Seven-Tails were captured by that traitor Ryou this time. Even if Jiraiya and Minato teamed up, they couldn't stop him."
"What did that guy eat? How did he suddenly become so strong?"
The Police Force then ignored Itachi's matter and walked together toward Shisui's hospital room.
Mikoto helplessly stroked Itachi's smooth head. To her surprise, it felt quite nice, so she just left her hand there.
"Itachi, don't do such childish things in the future."
Itachi looked at the people from the Police Force and asked Mikoto curiously, "Mom, what are they doing?"
Mikoto said, "Oh, that! I heard Shisui's eyes were destroyed, and everyone wants to find out what happened."
Shisui was no ordinary Uchiha Shinobi; he was the Uchiha's top Genjutsu master.
Not just in the Uchiha, but in all of Konoha, Shisui's Genjutsu was among the best.
Kurenai being called Konoha's number one Genjutsu master was mainly a result of political hype by the Konoha high-level officials.
Now that Shisui was also the person the Uchiha had placed in the Anbu, the Uchiha members were extremely worried that something might have happened to him.
Could it be a setup by the high-level officials because they didn't want the Uchiha to infiltrate the Anbu?
The Police Force wanted to go in to see Shisui, but the Anbu wouldn't allow it. The high-level officials had ordered that no one be allowed to approach Uchiha Shisui.
Especially members of the Uchiha Clan.
The Police Force immediately began to clash with the Anbu on the spot.
"What are you doing? What is the meaning of this, Anbu? Shisui is our clansman. Are we not allowed to see our own clansman?"
The Anbu members simply responded that these were instructions from the high-level officials.
"Bah! Do the high-level officials still not trust us Uchiha? Do they think we are in league with Uchiha Madara?"
The Anbu members nodded in their hearts.
It wasn't just the high-level officials who thought so; these Anbu members thought the same.
With so many Uchiha people, there were all sorts of extraordinary individuals. They absolutely didn't believe that everyone was wholeheartedly following the Village's leadership.
The noisy commotion outside didn't affect the interior. Because of the importance of Shisui's intel, Jiraiya had directly set up a barrier in Shisui's hospital room.
This was to prevent any eavesdropping.
The main point Jiraiya spoke of was Ryou's Thousand-Armed Kannon. That kind of Ninjutsu had transcended the scope of the Five Elements Ninjutsu; it wasn't just Ninjutsu, but a Senju divine power.
The four Konoha high-level officials were shocked.
Danzo said with some shock, "Thousand-Armed Kannon... That brat Uchiha Ryou actually performed the First Hokage's strongest Ninjutsu!"
He then clenched his palm ruthlessly: "This boy must not be allowed to live!"
Utatane Koharu sighed, "Danzo, say something useful! That brat has even summoned the Thousand-Armed Kannon. Who can be his match now?"
"..."
Everyone fell silent.