Hokage: I Confronted the Five Kage Before the System Arrived

Chapter 141: The Gathering of Two Pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan

Ding ding ding~~

The fierce wind continued to blow, making the originally clear sound of wind chimes more intense.

Uchiha Itachi had been searching for some time now.

The shark who had been following him, Kisame, was unknowingly led astray by Itachi's genjutsu and his crow clone.

Just as Kisame had learned much about Itachi over their long time together, Itachi's understanding and observation of Kisame were even deeper.

Under the genjutsu of the Mangekyō Sharingan, no matter how vigilant Kisame was, there were always times when he would fall under its influence in their peaceful coexistence.

This was not the first time Uchiha Itachi had left Kisame's side.

Especially when it came to matters concerning Sasuke.

Although Itachi got along well with Kisame, who also respected him greatly, Itachi had long suspected that Kisame had another purpose for being assigned to him.

There were some things that were better left unknown to him.

Uchiha Itachi glanced at the crow perched on his left shoulder.

In the left eye socket of the crow was also a black-bladed Mangekyō Sharingan.

This was the other Mangekyō Sharingan of Uchiha Shisui.

Before Shisui had committed suicide by jumping off a cliff, he had specifically removed it and given it to Itachi.

There was a certain hidden connection between the two Mangekyō Sharingan from the same person.

Using this special connection, Uchiha Itachi, who also possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan, performed a secret technique to search.

Unlike at the beginning when he was indifferent to Sasuke going to Hagoromo Gengetsu.

Now, knowing that Sasuke was drifting further from Konoha and that Hagoromo Gengetsu had another Mangekyō Sharingan with the same "Kotoamatsukami" technique, Itachi could no longer remain calm.

No matter what others thought, for Sasuke and for Konoha, behind his seemingly cold exterior lay genuine emotions.

Even if this expression of emotion was hard to believe and accept for outsiders.

But Konoha and Sasuke both held significant places in Uchiha Itachi's heart.

It was one thing for Sasuke to seek power from Hagoromo Gengetsu.

Now, however, there was a significant conflict with Konoha, and this situation seemed irreconcilable, something he did not want to see.

Just like in the original story where he left the crow with Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan in Naruto's stomach, planning to use "Kotoamatsukami" to forcibly change Sasuke's mind to protect Konoha if Sasuke remained unrepentant, Uchiha Itachi began to take action.

If possible, Uchiha Itachi did not want to use "Kotoamatsukami" to change his brother's mind.

But just because he didn't want to didn't mean others wouldn't.

Knowing well the power of "Kotoamatsukami" from Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan, Uchiha Itachi had to investigate personally for Sasuke and Konoha and decide what to do next.

Time flew by.

Through the faint connection between Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan, Uchiha Itachi sped through the vast interior of the Land of Fire, about to continue pursuing into unknown territory.

Suddenly, he paused, raised his eyes, and looked at the horizon.

"I've been discovered."

Uchiha Itachi calmly stated the reality.

Just as he could track through the hidden connection of the Mangekyō Sharingan, the other party could trace back as well.

Now it seemed the other party didn't want him to reach their base and had come to meet him.

Uchiha Itachi did not make any unnecessary moves and quietly waited in place.

In less than a minute, a sound of something cutting through the air came from afar, stopping in front of Uchiha Itachi.

"Uchiha Itachi."

A man wearing a blue Uchiha kimono and a white whirlpool mask appeared before Itachi. After glancing at Itachi's black cloak with red clouds, he said indifferently,

"You are quite bold."

Uchiha Itachi looked at the newcomer.

He matched the description of the person with Sasuke.

Additionally, Itachi glanced at the crow on his shoulder. The Mangekyō Sharingan in the crow's left eye was staring straight at the man's mask.

As expected, the Mangekyō Sharingan on this man belonged to Shisui.

It was just as he had suspected.

Uchiha Itachi asked expressionlessly, "So, are you Hagoromo Gengetsu? Or are you one of the survivors who fled the village back then?"

"Survivors?"

Hagoromo Gengetsu did not answer Itachi's question but instead said in surprise,

"It seems you know quite a bit."

The so-called "survivors" clearly referred to Uchiha Izumi and her group.

Hagoromo Gengetsu had thought Itachi was unaware of this.

It turned out that Itachi had known for a long time.

Indeed.

Back then, Uchiha Itachi had suspected that some Uchiha clansmen had been secretly taken out of Konoha.

After all, the number of death certificates issued in the clan during those years was slightly higher than usual, especially one belonging to someone he knew well, Uchiha Izumi.

It was not out of kindness that Itachi hadn't killed everyone back then, but because those people had essentially left Konoha.

Since they were no longer part of Konoha, and the high-ups had no objections, there was no need to raise his blade.

Ignoring those people was his way of preserving a bit of Uchiha bloodline, not Konoha's Uchiha, but his own.

Looking back now, that bit of goodwill had brought him considerable trouble.

Uchiha Itachi looked at the man again.

Because the mask blocked his view and the voice was altered, he could not discern the man's expression.

If the man was one of the survivors, it meant those survivors had all joined Hagoromo Gengetsu.

Sasuke was also there now.

No wonder.

No wonder his attitude towards Konoha had changed so drastically.

Uchiha Itachi's eyes drooped slightly.

The development of events was heading in the direction he least wanted.

"Regretting not killing all the survivors back then?" Hagoromo Gengetsu asked curiously, noticing Itachi's change in expression.

"Just a bunch of deserters, they no longer matter to me," Itachi said indifferently, removing his hat.

"But you, at this moment, have the qualifications."

Itachi raised his eyes, his three-tomoe Sharingan spinning and instantly evolving into the Mangekyō Sharingan, coldly looking at Hagoromo Gengetsu,

"I will take that Mangekyō Sharingan of yours!"

Whether to change Sasuke's mind or for Konoha.

The "Kotoamatsukami" technique must not fall into Hagoromo Gengetsu's hands.

Uchiha Itachi was ready to take back Shisui's other eye and extract some information.

Coincidentally.

Seeing Itachi voluntarily come to him, Hagoromo Gengetsu also planned to collect Shisui's complete Mangekyō Sharingan.

"Uchiha clan's sinner, it's time to atone for your crimes."