Chapter 453: Chapter – 447 Fate’s Mockery
Listening to Kuroto's words, Guy, Itachi, and Shisui nodded.
They too can see the struggle in Kakashi's heart, and since the current Kakashi's spirit is extremely sluggish and tired, so they too understood that it's not the right time to delve into the true identity of the attacker.
So, after some more casual talk with Kakashi, the four of them left the ward.
And after bidding farewell to Guy at the Hospital Gate, Kuroto Shisui and Itachi too proceeded towards their home, and on the way home, Kuroto can't help but think about the reason why Obito went as far as to take back his left Sharingan.
'Why did Obito do this?' This question is quite reasonable because Kuroto thinks that unless something extreme happens, Obito wouldn't bother taking back his left eye from Kakashi, no one knows of this fact better than him, therefore, he feels a bit overwhelmed, and to be honest caught off guard.
He had expected everything and made a lot of calculations, but he did not even take into account the possibility that Obito would take back his left Sharingan.
'Was it because of his defeat against Tsukihi at the Mizukage Building?' was a momentary thought, and it seemed reasonable enough.
In the Canon, the reason why Obito never bothered to take back his left eye from Kakashi was that after the death of Yondaime Hokage in the aftermath of the Kyuubi's Chaos, there was no one who could actually threaten him in the entire Shinobi World.
At least not until the fourth great Shinobi War Started when he was slightly coerced by Kabuto who had somehow found the remains of Uchiha Madara and used the Forbidden Jutsu: Edo Tensei to reanimate Madara into the Shinobi World, therefore, Obito was left with no choice but to agree to Kabuto proposal.
Not to mention, by the time the fourth great Shinobi War started; Akatsuki had already captured seven of the nine Bijuu, so even then Obito did not bother taking back his left eye.
In addition to taking into account his past fetters with Kakashi, it was also because there was not much need. After all, with just the Kamui of his right Mangekyou Sharingan; Obito was capable of controlling the entire Shinobi world in the palm of his hand, well except for a few deviations that mostly involved the existence of Uzumaki Naruto.
But this is not the case in this time and space, the existence of Amatsukami is a very big variable to which Obito has yet to find even the slightest of hints that might lead to a possible solution.
When Obito realized that 'Yama' the leader of Amatsukami actually possessed terrifying power that could rival the Rinnegan, he was obviously shocked and uneasy. The calmness he had when dealing with the first iteration of Akatsuki, and even at the time of conspiring against Yondaime Hokage and Konoha naturally disappeared.
And what really drove Obito to make up his mind should have been the battle against Homusubi in the Mizukage Building, at least Kuroto thinks so.
If he had lost to the leader of Amatsukami, Obito might have been able to grudgingly accept it. But at the Mizukage Building, he was fooled by Homusubi and lost to her who is probably not even the second strongest member in Amatsukami, so Obito obviously couldn't accept this fact.
Without the necessary strength, collecting all the nine Bijuu will be close to impossible, and Project Tsuki no Me will obviously never be completed if he can't even collect the nine Bijuu.
And compared to Project Tsuki no Me, the bond with Kakashi is not so important, okay maybe it is important, but that is probably the only reason why he did not finish off Kakashi, but still, the fact that Obito took back his left eye, really caught Kuroto off guard.
'Damn it, the plot has changed so much that I cannot judge anything, even the characters and thinking process of others cannot be judged by using my knowledge of the Canon. I should have known that this would happen eventually, and I should have taken the Sharingan in Kakashi's eye, or even if not taken it, I should have at least made Shisui seal Kotoamatsukami in Kakashi's Sharingan, or maybe made Itachi seal Amaterasu in Kakashi's Sharingan, this way the threat of Obito would have been neutralized.' Kuroto sighed.
Obito with just the right eye is still within the scope that can be dealt with, even if killing him is extremely difficult, he could still be fought against. After all, in order for him to attack someone, he must first manifest himself in close proximity to the target; to be able to touch him, and once he manifests closer to the target, it is possible for him to reveal flaws that can be utilized, and even if he doesn't reveal flaws, the target himself can act as bait in order to lead Obito into a trap.
Just like Tsukihi did at the Mizukage Building.
But after Obito has gained both the left and the right eye, not to mention being able to use Susano'o, that too can use Kamui, Kamui Shuriken, and who knows what other powers, just the long-range version of Kamui of the left eye alone is a one-hit kill attack dodging which is almost close to impossible because his attacks cannot be predicted, and even if they can be predicted, specifically what he is targeting cannot be predicted.
Just imagine, a guy hiding somewhere in a dark corner, hundreds of meters away from you, he just stares at you, and you are done for. Who will not be fearful of him?
And unlike Kakashi who is limited by his Chakra, Obito the original owner of the eye can spam Kamui without any worry of Chakra or exhaustion, after all, he has Hashirama Cells transplanted into him!
Even thinking of this possibility, Kuroto can't help but feel stressed, ever since the War of Summit at Amegakure, things have started to get out of his control. One by one everything is changing drastically and Kuroto has been unable to keep up with the changes.
'This is probably fate's mockery, and I am still too weak to be able to completely resist it!' thought Kuroto while clenching his hands.
At this time, Itachi asked telepathically, "Kuroto-san, if this person of Akatsuki really has both the eyes of Uchiha Obito, won't he be able to use Susano'o too?"
Shisui continued with a solemn expression, "And he can even use Wood Style, probably because he has the cells of Shodaime-sama transplanted into him."
Kuroto rubbed his temple in stress, even though he fears when he thinks about it, after all, Obito's Susano'o is something that can not only interfere in the battle against Otsutsuki Kaguya but even injure her.
Itachi then asked, "How should we respond to this?"
For Itachi, Sharingan, or Mangekyou Sharingan are not very important, different from other Uchiha, Itachi does not care too much if the Kekkei Genkai of the Uchiha Clan falls in the hands of others, as long as someone can use it, they can obviously have it, and if they use formal means to get their hands on the Sharingan then all the better. But what Itachi can't accept is the fact that someone using the Kekkei Genkai of the Uchiha Clan to cause harm to the Village, Shinobi World, and the Uchiha Clan.
For Itachi, the existence of Shinichi is still acceptable, because Itachi has made a lot of guesses about why Shinichi is in Akatsuki, but the existence of this Tobi fellow is unacceptable even for him. This is why Itachi is quite eager and really wants to get rid of Tobi.
Shisui also looked at Kuroto with an expectant look, these days, whenever he encounters trouble that cannot be solved no matter how he thinks about it, he would subconsciously look at Kuroto, hoping for some kind of solution, and this is why Shisui really feels that he has grown dependant on Kuroto.
After pondering a little, Kuroto said, "I do have an idea that MIGHT prove effective on Tobi, but to find that solution I need more information, and the most likely source of obtaining that information is the ancient scrolls of the Uchiha Clan."
Itachi replied, "Most of the scrolls that record the secrets of the Uchiha Clan are probably in the hands of Otou-sama, so obtaining them will be an extremely difficult task without alerting him, however, the Stone Tablet at the Naka Shrine is accessible if it is of any use in finding the information."
Shisui then nodded, and said, "If I remember correctly, there are a few ancient scrolls hidden at the Naka Shrine too, they might prove to be useful."
Itachi nodded "Yes, although those scrolls at the Naka Shrine mostly record the millennium-year history of the Uchiha Clan, not anything related to Secret Jutsu, or Kinjutsu, we can go through them, and maybe we will find what you are looking for in them."
Kuroto nodded, "Alright, we will go to Naka Shrine tonight."
While Kuroto, Shisui, and Itachi discussed their further actions, a group of people walked in their direction from the opposite side. This is naturally the Otogakure team, being guided by Anko as per the mission assigned to her.
As soon as Anko saw Kuroto, she quickly waved her hand and greeted him, "Kuroto what are you doing at Konoha Hospital at this hour?"
Kuroto stopped his discussion with Shisui and Itachi, then nodded towards Anko and said with a smile, "Something came up so I had to visit Konoha Hospital, it's nothing too big, what about you Anko-chan, still guiding the Otogakure team?"
As soon as she heard Kuroto's question, Anko nodded with an annoyed expression then walked a little closer and whispered, "I am telling you Kuroto, this Otogakure team is such a pain in the ass that I would much rather dump them in pits, and feed'em all to my snakes, rather than having them escort them all over Konoha. If it wasn't a mission, I would definitely kick them away right this instant. It's obviously getting so late, yet they don't want to stay at the assigned guest house and have to visit Konoha's night market. They have been annoying the hell out of me."
Although the volume of Anko's whisper was low, her words were still heard by everyone.
Shisui and Itachi felt awkward upon listening to Anko.
Kuroto chuckled and didn't care too much about what Anko said, obviously, he understands Anko's character and knows full well that she has deliberately said this to make the Otogakure team embarrassed. Since this girl has walked out of Orochimaru's shadow, she has become more and more unruly, doesn't care about what others think and speak, nor does she shy away from embarrassing others.
While Kuroto and Anko were talking to each other, Kimimaro looked at Kuroto and his indifferent expression changed slightly, his expression was clearly hostile towards Kuroto, in Kimimaro's opinion, Hyuga Kuroto has betrayed Orochimaru-sama, so he is a traitor, and traitors must be eliminated.
Haku who was standing at the end of the team also glanced at Kuroto, then immediately lowered his head, he felt guilt for leaving with Kabuto without even informing Kuroto.
The disguised Orochimaru's gaze crossed Kuroto and then fell on Shisui and Itachi standing behind Kuroto, both of them are the Uchiha whose bodies have been coveted by him for a very long time but he has never been able to obtain their bodies.
Thinking something, Orochimaru gave Tenzo signal, who was standing next to him.
Tenzo obviously understood Orochimaru's instruction, and after coughing slightly, he said to Anko, "Ano, Mitarashi-san, is there a restroom nearby?"
Anko frowned upon hearing Tenzo's question, "Didn't you go to the restroom a few minutes ago?"
"Ugh…" Tenzo was embarrassed, then said with a panicked tone, "I… I have to go again, or something bad will happen."
"Okay-okay, don't cry, I will take you." Said Anko with a sigh, then she turned towards Kuroto, and said, "Kuroto keep them accompanied for a while until I come back."
To which Kuroto nodded, then Anko led Tenzo to the nearby restroom all while muttering, "So young, and your kidney is already failing? It's a real pity."
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Chapter 454: Chapter – 448 The Stone Tablet
In the strange gaze of everyone, the flushed Tenzo hurriedly left behind Anko, seemingly wanting to get out of here as soon as possible for some reason.
Kuroto naturally saw that Tenzo had deliberately led Anko away, so he also said to both Shisui and Itachi who were standing behind him, "Both of you can go, if there is anything new, I find, I will let the two of you know."
"Alright Kuroto-san, we will wait!" both Shisui and Itachi nodded, and soon left in the direction of the Uchiha Clan grounds.
Orochimaru's quirked his eyebrow for a moment, and a hint of suspicion flashed on his disguised handsome face.
Because of his keenness, Orochimaru caught a small inconspicuous detail in Shisui and Itachi's attitude towards Kuroto. The way Shisui and Itachi followed Kuroto's instructions surprised Orochimaru. He felt that the relationship between Kuroto and the two Uchiha was slightly different from friends and colleagues. It seemed a bit like that of a Superior and Subordinate, and Shisui and Itachi seemed unusually respectful towards Kuroto, which surprised Orochimaru because this is very strange in his eyes.
According to the information provided to him by the few spies still lurking in Konoha, Orochimaru can be quite sure that Kuroto and Shisui do not have a superior and subordinate relationship in the Anbu. As for Itachi, although, Orochimaru is not aware of what position Itachi holds in the Anbu, given the fact that Itachi is next in line to the position of the patriarch of the Uchiha Clan, he has no reason to be so respectful to a Hyuga of the Branch Family, in fact, it should be quite the opposite.
Moreover, Shisui has the Mangekyou Sharingan, and since the news of Itachi's Mangekyou Sharingan has yet to be revealed to anyone, Orochimaru is quite sure that he is one of the very few alive who actually knows of the fact that even Uchiha Itachi has the Mangekyou Sharingan, which is why he is more surprised upon noticing the respectful attitude of both Shisui and Itachi towards Kuroto.
Orochimaru knows that the current Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi are undoubtedly the highest fighting power in Konoha, this is also the reason why he did not try to mess around in the village this time, after all, he wouldn't want to be tortured for more than 72 hours while tied to stakes in less than a second and then again be burned to death by those black flames like the last time, right? Nor would he want to be pummelled by the giant green humanoid made of Chakra or be brainwashed by Uchiha Shisui.
That's why he is quite curious and as he noticed Shisui and Itachi leave, Orochimaru can't help but ask inquisitively, "Kuroto-kun, I am very curious about the means you used to win over Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi, you wouldn't mind sharing them with your Sensei, right?"
Kuroto originally planned to say a few words to Orochimaru, after all, no matter how vicious the other party may be, he is still the one who taught Kuroto most of the things, and Kuroto seriously respects him, but upon noticing the hostile look of Kimimaro, an imaginary light bulb lit on the side of Kuroto's head, and after thinking a little, he suddenly changed his mind and said in an arrogant tone, "Humph, if I am stronger than both of them, they will naturally follow."
"Really?" Orochimaru didn't really believe in Kuroto's nonsense, especially that fake arrogant tone, others might think that Kuroto's arrogance is genuine, but as someone who knows Hyuga Kuroto quite well, he naturally saw through Kuroto's fake arrogance.
At the same time, Orochimaru didn't believe in Kuroto's reasoning either, he knows that the kid has Ryuumyaku in his hand, and might as well have gained a good level of control over it with the passage of time, so his strength is definitely not weak, and possibly one of the strongest in Konoha but to be able to subdue both Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi at the same time? That's just unreasonable.
In Orochimaru's eyes, apart from the leaders of the Akatsuki Organization and Amatsukami, no one in the Shinobi World can defeat the joint strength of Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi at the same time.
"Humph, obviously." Kuroto snorted, then continued with a frivolous attitude, "Orochimaru-sama, why are you still playing these children's games? Does it even make any sense to bring these dead weights with you to Konoha, knowing full well that your cover might get blown away? Especially when Akatsuki is after you?"
Orochimaru did not answer, the reason being that he could feel that Kuroto's words weren't actually targeting him, rather they were targeting one of the kids standing behind him, so Orochimaru was quite curious about who Kuroto was targeting, and what were his intentions.
And obviously, Kuroto's words worked, Kimimaro suddenly burst out with chilling killing intent, and the surroundings turned colder. Even the villagers in the surroundings subconsciously walked away because of feeling uncomfortable.
Kuroto smiled inwardly, 'The best way to provoke Kimimaro is by ridiculing Orochimaru-sama.'
Orochimaru reached out his hand to stop Kimimaro who wanted to lash out at Kuroto, then said with a sly smile, "Kuroto-kun, I feel quite hurt that you have forgotten a few things about your early genin days, didn't you also follow me like these kids and grew up all the way?"
Kuroto snorted, "But I was different from these kids even during my Genin days, these kids can't even figure out anything." Then he deliberately showed an impatient expression, "Well, unlike you, I have some important things that I must take care of, and I don't have much time to waste on a nuke-nin, so if there's nothing else to say, I will take my leave."
After that Kuroto didn't wait for Orochimaru to answer and directly walked away with an indifferent expression.
'Let's see if this plan of mine works.' Thought Kuroto all while walking away.
On the other hand, Orochimaru's mood remained the same, obviously, Kuroto's fake arrogance and frivolous attitude would not affect Orochimaru, but he was quite curious about Kuroto's attempt to incite the kids and paid attention to their individual reactions.
Kimimaro was angrier at Hyuga Kuroto, but because Orochimaru had stopped him before, so he temporarily suppressed his killing intent and did not immediately rush toward Kuroto, however, in his heart, Kimimaro was determined to assassinate Hyuga Kuroto before they left Konoha.
Haku still had his head down, as a result, he really did not really pay much attention to what Orochimaru and Kuroto discussed.
It wasn't until Kuroto disappeared from their gazes that Kimimaro asked Orochimaru with a puzzled look, "Orochimaru -sama, he dared to be rude to you so openly, why did you stop me from teaching him a lesson?"
Orochimaru lightly said, "Three Konoha Anbu are hidden, and keeping a watch over us, had you made a move they would have wasted not even a second to subdue you, and even attempted to take me under custody."
Kimimaro immediately apologized, "Forgive me for not noticing." Then covered his killing intent towards Hyuga Kuroto.
Orochimaru shook his head and did not say anything to Kimimaro, but inwardly, he had a smile and thought, 'So it is Kimimaro he was trying to rile up, what does this kid intend to do with Kimimaro? Sigh, his behavior is getting more and more difficult to read.'
At this time, Anko walked back with a flushed Tenzo, and noticing that there was no sign of Kuroto, she asked the disguised Orochimaru, "Where did he go, the one with the white Kimono?"
The disguised Orochimaru said, "Oh, he said that he had something very urgent to do so he left."
Anko nodded, and did not question anymore, then she escorted the four Otogakure shinobi to the night market of Konoha.
Looking at the grown-up Mitarashi Anko, Hyuga Kuroto, and the third kid he met up with not too long ago, even Orochimaru can't help but reminisce the old days when he took the three young Genin under his wing.
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Sometimes later outside Naka Shrine.
"Kenji, man did you hear about the duel that took place today?" asked the Uchiha guard responsible for guarding the Naka Shrine.
"Of course, I heard about it, Tanaka-san." The Uchiha named Tanaka nodded, then continued, "Who would have thought that Sasuke-sama would awaken the Sharingan at such a young age."
"Hehe, Sasuke-sama is certainly Fugaku-sama's son, and Itachi-sama's brother, Sasuke-sama too will become a very strong Shinobi in the future." The Uchiha named Tanaka said.
"I couldn't agree more, Tanaka-san." Kenji nodded with a chuckled.
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At this moment, both Kenji and Tanaka heard the sound of footsteps and were on full alert. Tanaka even had a signal flare drawn out, after all, he doesn't want to become a victim similar to Uchiha Ryota, Uchiha Hideki, and Uchiha Hiiragi.
Soon the sound of footsteps got closer, both Kenji and Tanaka got a closer look at the identities of the persons who came to the Naka Shrine, and then took a light breath, "Itachi-sama, Shisui-san you both come to the Naka Shrine at such an hour?"
Itachi nodded and said, "Good work Kenji-San, Tanaka-San, the reason for coming to Naka Shrine at this hour is actually very important. We have something we have to check, it won't take very long, we can take a look, right?"
Tanaka hurriedly nodded, "Yes, yes, of course, take your time. If there is any way in which we can help your search, then please don't hesitate to ask us Itachi-sama."
Itachi nodded then said, "It's alright, there is no need to worry. Both of you can take a good rest, we will be here for some time, and don't worry, we know what we are looking for, so we can find it ourselves."
Kenji nodded, "Alright Itachi-sama."
And the very next moment, both Uchiha Kenji and Uchiha Tanaka fell into a deep sleep all while standing in their positions. From beginning to end, neither of them noticed the third person standing behind Shisui and Itachi, nor did the two realize that they were under Genjutsu from the moment they heard the sound of Itachi's footsteps.
Noting the two asleep, Shisui said with an impressed expression, "Voice-induced Genjutsu, huh?"
Itachi nodded, "Yes, I used the sound of my footsteps as a medium to disturb Kenji-san, and Tanka-san's chakra, then used my voice as the command to mind control the two into putting them to sleep."
Kuroto quirked his eyebrow and asked, "If I am not wrong, one of the partners of Zabuza during the Kirigakure coup d'état used such type of Voice-induced Genjutsu, right?"
Itachi nodded, "Yes, this Genjutsu is called, 'Demonic Genjutsu: Cajolery of Glamour' and it was used by a Kirigakure Shinobi named Gengo, his use of Genjutsu piqued my interest as it is quite similar to Shisui-san's Kotoamatsukami although, much weaker. After I had captured him and went through his memories, I learned quite a lot about Voice-Induced Genjutsu and its potential. The current him was not much proficient in this form of Genjutsu but its potential cannot be denied, it can take many by a surprise who are vigilant against the Sharingan."
Kuroto and Shisui nodded in understanding.
Sharingan is a fear of many, and they train specifically in order to avoid being trapped in a Genjutsu, Might Guy is one such example, in which case Sound Induced Genjutsu would work wonders against such fellows.
After all, nobody would think that an Uchiha with the Sharingan would use sound-induced Genjutsu, rather than a Visual Genjutsu.
Itachi continued, "In any case, now that the coast is clear, we can go inside the Naka Shrine, I will also spread my crows in the surroundings to keep watch for anyone else coming here, so we can search for what we are here for without any worry."
Kuroto and Shisui nodded and proceeded towards the inner hall of Naka Shrine.
There was no other guard in the main hall, so Kuroto went unimpeded all the way as if strolling through his back garden, and soon arrived at the secret underground meeting place of the Uchiha Clan; beneath the seventh tatami mat from the far right.
Looking at the Stone Tablet in front of him, Kuroto muttered lightly, "So this stone tablet is the cause of all the problems?"
This Stone Tablet was left behind by Rikudo Sennin in order to discourage the descendants of Otsutsuki Indra from attempting to recreate the Rinnegan, but because it was tempered by Black Zetsu, so it can be said to be the cause of all the problems.
After all, If Madara had not read the Stone Tablet, he wouldn't have chosen to leave Konoha and proceeded with Project Tsuki no Me, so it wouldn't be wrong to say that this Stone Tablet is truly one of the greatest causes of all the problems
At this moment, Itachi arrived after spreading his crows, then said, "The Stone Tablet Can be deciphered by the Sharingan and the Mangekyou Sharingan, but even me or Shisui-san cannot fully decipher it, as we would most likely need a higher level of Visual Prowess for it. Kuroto-san, do you need me to decipher it?"
Kuroto shook his head, "There's no need."
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