Naruto: Starting as the Third Hokage with Tears in His Eyes

His body was still in mid-air, his pupils reflecting the free night.

The next second, there was another person in front of the boy.

The man stood quietly on the top of the courtyard wall, as if he had been standing there for centuries.

Her short, slightly wavy black hair swayed gently in the night breeze, and her clear, black eyes, so bright they seemed to reflect the depths of a person's soul, were calmly watching him.

Uchiha Shisui.

Uchiha Ran's heart felt as if it were being gripped by an invisible hand, and his downward momentum faltered.

He tried to forcefully turn his body and break through from another direction.

But as his gaze swept around, his heart sank little by little.

On the rooftop to the left, Uchiha Tokumitsu stood like a statue, accompanied by ten clansmen dressed in ANBU uniforms. Their Sharingan eyes, adorned with three tomoe, gleamed with a cold light in the darkness.

At the alley entrance on the right, more elite Uchiha ninjas silently blocked the way, completely surrounding the courtyard.

Just then, the sound of unhurried footsteps came from the main gate of the courtyard.

Fugaku Uchiha and Kagami Uchiha walked in slowly, one after the other.

Fugaku's face showed little expression, but when his gaze swept over the broken wooden window on the ground, his brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.

He looked at Uchiha Ran, whose body was stiff in mid-air, and spoke in a calm tone as if he were discussing the weather.

"Uchiha Ran".

Fugaku Uchiha spoke, his voice carrying a hint of cold mockery.

"Do you think your little tricks can fool the Hokage or Lord Kagami?"

He shook his head, as if looking at an ignorant child.

"You lurked in the shadows, thinking yourself the hunter. But little did you know, from the very first day you stepped into this village, you were already a fish in the net."

"You underestimate this village."

Fugaku's lips curled into a disdainful smile. "They really underestimate the Uchiha clan."

Each of these words was like a heavy hammer blow, striking Uchiha Ran's already fragile nerves, which were on the verge of collapse.

He'd been tricked.

A surge of violent emotions, a mixture of shame, anger, and betrayal, instantly overwhelmed the last bulwark of his reason.

"Since that's the case..."

Uchiha Ran landed in the center of the courtyard, his body trembling slightly from extreme anger. He roared, his voice hoarse and distorted.

"Then I'll show you what true power is!"

Before he finished speaking, the three jet-black tomoe in his eyes began to spin wildly.

The crimson light surged, and the three magatama quickly connected and transformed, eventually turning into a pair of strangely shaped, ominous four-cornered windmill patterns!

Kaleidoscope Sharingan!

A vast and chilling chakra erupted from his body like a volcanic eruption.

"Click...click click..."

The sound of bones grinding together could be heard in the air.

A jet-black skeleton, composed entirely of chakra, rose from the ground, centered on Uchiha Ran.

Immediately afterwards, energy like meridians and flesh covered it, forming a half-giant with grotesque ribs and an ominous aura.

Susanoo!

The pitch-black giant let out a silent roar, and a terrifying pressure instantly enveloped the entire courtyard. The bluestone slabs on the ground could not withstand the weight and cracked inch by inch.

However, faced with this scene that could be described as divine power, Fugaku showed no fear whatsoever.

He even revealed a...musical smile.

"Susanoo...is this your trump card?"

Fugaku curled his lip, his tone revealing undisguised disappointment. "After all that effort, this is the thing we produced?"

"What?"

Protected by Susanoo, Uchiha Ran stared at Fugaku in disbelief.

next second.

Under Uchiha Ran's horrified gaze.

Standing opposite him, surrounding him, were dozens of elite Uchiha clan members.

Their movements were perfectly synchronized, as if they had rehearsed it hundreds of times.

They all opened their eyes in unison.

One pair, two pairs, ten pairs...

At that moment, a scarlet light illuminated the entire night sky!

In every pair of eyes, the same, wildly spinning, and uniquely shaped... Mangekyou Sharingan is reflected!

The sight of more than a dozen pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan opening at the same time was like a bucket of ice water being poured over one's head.

Uchiha Ran's brain stopped working for a full three seconds.

His black Susanoo still maintained the form of a half-giant, with dark patterns like meridians wrapped around his chakra skeleton. But the aura that was just now enough to support the heavens and the earth had become utterly ridiculous.

It's like someone holding a small umbrella, standing in front of a flash flood.

"No……"

His lips moved, and a sound was squeezed out from his throat, so hoarse that even he couldn't hear it.

How could that be?

The Mangekyou Sharingan is the rarest gift among the Uchiha clan's thousand-year-old bloodline.

The awakening of each pair of kaleidoscopes signifies a profound loss, a witnessing of the death of a beloved person.

This is a curse, a price to pay, a weight that only a very few chosen by fate can bear.

The results of it?

The group of people in front of me all showed themselves off as if they were receiving year-end bonuses.

"What are you staring at?"

Fugaku Uchiha's voice came from directly in front of him, carrying a kind of relaxed tone that made one's teeth itch. He crossed his arms, the four petals of his Mangekyou Sharingan spinning evenly against a scarlet background, his expression as if he were watching an ignorant junior practice his sword.

"Susanoo is indeed a good thing."

Fugaku tilted his head, speaking as casually as if he were commenting on a newly opened ramen shop on the street corner.

"But aren't you having some kind of misunderstanding? Do you think that opening this will allow you to leave Konoha?"

The words fell.

Behind Fugaku Uchiha, Tokumitsu on the left side of the rooftop was the first to move.

His kaleidoscope spun, and a deep blue Susanoo rose from beneath his feet, its frame robust, its shoulder armor burning with eerie blue flames.

Next is the alleyway on the right.

Three, five, seven...—crimson, dark purple, and grayish-white Susanoo burst forth from the ground one after another, their heights varying. Some were already covered with muscle lines, but each one was gushing out solid chakra.

The bluestone slabs in the courtyard could not withstand the pressure, and dense cracks radiated outwards from the center.

Two sections of the courtyard wall collapsed.

The two ninja dogs patrolling outside the wall were so frightened that they tucked their tails between their legs and darted into a trash can three blocks away.

Uchiha Ran's pupils trembled violently in the light. He subconsciously took half a step back, his heel landing on the broken stone slab, and his body swayed.

wrong.

That's not right.