Konoha: Offer your heart to the Hokage!

She took a step forward, and her figure vanished from the spot in an instant.

When it reappeared, it was already not far in front of the group.

Just then, the full moon emerged from the clouds, casting its gentle light upon the ground, allowing all the Uchiha to see even more clearly.

The masked ninja before them had bloodshot eyes, with three tomoe slowly rotating within them.

Uchiha Bin's heart clenched.

He recognized those eyes.

That was his younger sister.

“Uchiha Yan…” he murmured the name, his tone filled with disbelief.

"It's been a long time, Nii-san." Uchiha Yan stepped forward slowly, his voice coming through the mask, "You've been looking for me for the past few years, and now I'm here."

"Why are you here? The village's Anbu and the Kumogakure's Hidden Brigade are both after you. Get out of here!" Uchiha Bin said in a deep voice. "Tonight, we can pretend we never saw you."

He once wanted to bring Uchiha Yan back to the village.

But things are different now. The Hokage and Raikage have both declared that they will execute the perpetrators of the Cloud Thunder Gorge attack. If she were to return to the village now, she would only face certain death. It would be better for her to stay outside and never return.

His advice failed to awaken Uchiha Yan; she continued forward, her aura growing increasingly dangerous.

"I used to think a lot about how an ordinary ninja like me could become stronger..."

"And now, I have found the answer."

"Susanoo!"

The silver-white Susanoo once again stood on the earth.

...

The next day.

An explosive piece of news was transmitted back to Konoha via the Uchiha clan's exclusive summoning beast, the Ninja Cat.

Elite Jonin Uchiha Bin was attacked and kidnapped; his fate remains unknown.

The rest of the team members were all seriously injured and unconscious.

Upon hearing the news, Hashirama immediately dispatched his ANBU to provide assistance.

Inside the Gospel Hospital, Uchiha Kagami, his face bruised and swollen from being beaten, lay on the hospital bed and slowly opened his eyes.

Looking at the familiar ceiling, he looked somewhat disappointed.

This was the first time he had suffered such a crushing defeat.

The Mangekyou Sharingan completely overwhelmed the opponent's three-tomoe Sharingan, creating a dimensional suppression. After the opponent activated Susanoo, he and Uchiha Bin were almost unable to put up any decent resistance and were instantly defeated.

He was seen to have woken up.

Shen Er and Zhu Jian immediately rushed over to find out what was going on.

Uchiha Kagami recounted how the attackers single-handedly defeated seven of them, forcing them to their knees.

Upon hearing this news, the most emotional person among them was Kenji Uchiha.

When he learned that his father's fate was unknown and that the perpetrator was his own aunt, he was so grief-stricken that he activated his three-tomoe Sharingan.

"If someone else had truly stolen Uchiha Yan's Mangekyou Sharingan, there would be no reason for them to let Uchiha Kagami and his group go. Deliberately keeping them alive only confirms their identities. It can be basically concluded that the person who attacked Illaoi and Uchiha Bin was Uchiha Yan."

In the meeting room, Shen Er set the tone for the matter: "Maybe we could have done something back then, but it's too late now."

"This is the most vicious criminal in Konoha's history. Issue a bounty, Hokage-sama. Officially designate Uchiha Yan as an S-rank rogue ninja..."

"That's the only way." Hashirama nodded.

He naturally didn't take the Mangekyou Sharingan seriously.

But the tricky part wasn't the Mangekyou Sharingan, but rather Uchiha Yan's elusive location. Despite deploying so many people in the Land of Rice Fields, they couldn't find any trace of Uchiha Yan. Instead, she suddenly appeared in the Land of Lightning and kidnapped Konoha ninjas.

A year ago, Hashirama would have had the courage to personally leave the village to search for traces of Uchiha Yan.

But things are different now.

After his granddaughter was born, his ambitions waned, and he only wanted to stay in Konoha to spend more time with his family.

Kenji Uchiha knelt on one knee and pleaded, "Hokage-sama, please allow me to investigate my father's whereabouts."

"No."

The one who spoke was Shen Er.

He rejected Kenji's idea on behalf of Hashirama.

“We don’t know her purpose in kidnapping Uchiha Bin yet, so you can’t leave the village. Kenji, I know you’re worried about your father. But Uchiha Yan has the strength to take on seven people at once. If we act rashly without concrete information, you’ll only become her next target.”

He even admonished, "A ninja is one who can endure everything."

"The task of encircling and suppressing Uchiha Yan requires the combined efforts of everyone and careful planning. We must not act rashly on our own."

"Yes……"

Xian Er lowered his head, looking dejected, and chose to obey.

Shen Er chuckled inwardly.

Before he knew it, he had become a standard Konoha elder, and his first words were to define ninja PUA subordinates.

After the incident escalated, the Hokage officially listed Uchiha Yan as an S-rank rogue ninja, notified the ninja world, and set a bounty of 40 million ryo, which was higher than Asuma's bounty later on.

evening.

Shen Er returned to the underground laboratory of the Zen Temple clan.

Uchiha Bin, the focus of the whole incident, is currently bound to the experimental table.

He was badly injured in the battle two days ago. But he did not activate Izanagi until he lost consciousness.

The first thing they did was bring them back to the lab.

Then they placed a seal on his heart and eyes, rendering him incapable of any resistance.

Uchiha Bin did not panic after waking up.

A single eye coldly stared at Shen Er, and his condition seemed much more stable than that of Uchiha Yan back then.

Upon seeing Shen'er, he began to analyze the situation: "With my sister's talent, she simply couldn't open those eyes. Also, she doesn't have the ability to perfectly evade all investigations for so many years. Even when the secret service was mobilized last year, they couldn't find a trace of her."

"I've always thought that she must have a master guiding her, and that person must be you."

He remained silent.

"Heh, if you don't say anything, I'll take that as a yes." Uchiha Bin said calmly. "Actually, I sensed it the night before last. Her sudden appearance was for my eye, wasn't it?"

"Lord Madara once told me that only by obtaining the Mangekyou Sharingan of a close relative can one cultivate the strongest ocular power."

"I didn't understand what that meant until the night before last."

“Uchiha Yan has become stronger, so strong that I am no match for her. But she is not strong enough yet, and I still have a chance to use Izanagi in the battle. As long as I use that technique, she will never be able to get my eyes.”

"But she didn't kill the other members of her clan, which means she still identifies as a member of the Uchiha clan, so I didn't activate Izanagi. This eye was deliberately left for her."

"A person's dreams never end, since she is still pursuing her dreams..."

"As her older brother, the last thing I can do to help her is with this eye. So, whatever you want to do to me, as long as it helps Uchiha Yan, then go ahead."

After hearing these words, Shen Er suddenly laughed.

This Uchiha Bin is quite a character. He clearly sees himself as Uchiha Yan's assistant, which is why he so openly reveals his feelings and inner thoughts.

But the truth is quite the opposite.

There was no explanation, nor was there any need for one.

The fact that the test subject cooperated so readily was the best thing for him.

Shen Er broke the Yin Seal and slowly injected the original chakra that had been stored inside into Uchiha Bin's body through the Earth Grudge.

"Ugh!!!"

Outside, the Uchiha clan members and Konoha's high-ranking officials were anxious; on the experimental table, Uchiha Bin, being used as research material, was screaming in agony.

A piercing scream rang out, echoing repeatedly and lingering in the sealed underground laboratory.

Chapter 90: Tsunade's First Birthday Celebration - The First Person to Pick Up the Dice

It failed...

It failed...

It failed...

Over the course of a year, Shen conducted several repeated experiments on Uchiha Bin, all of which ended in failure.

People's physical constitutions cannot be generalized.

Perhaps influenced by Izanami, from the moment he stepped out of Izanagi and accepted his fate, Uchiha Bin lost the potential to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Even though he actively cooperated with the experiments and endured one experiment after another with astonishing willpower, the excruciating pain caused by the infusion of Primal Chakra into his body was unbearable for ordinary people and was an objective reality.

After a year, he was emaciated and haggard from the experiments, and his energy and spirit were almost completely depleted.

Seeing his condition, Shen Er chose to suspend the experiment.

It wasn't that he was moved by the brotherly love of sacrificing himself for his sister, nor was it that he felt pity for Uchiha Kenji because of his constant melancholy.

However, Uchiha Bin's actual physical condition was just as bad as his outward appearance; his life force was rapidly draining away. If the experiment continued, even without Shinji's intervention, he would be drained of his life force by the backlash from the forced activation of the Mangekyou Sharingan, and die from exhaustion.

To avoid exhausting the resources, Shen Er decided to temporarily halt the experiments and allow Uchiha Bin to rest and recover for a period of time.

Konoha 14th year.

Hashirama Senju announced that he would be holding a first birthday party for Tsunade, and the scene was as lively and extraordinary as ever.

All the prominent figures in the village were invited to the banquet.

Even when they arrived at Hashirama's house, they met Hashirama and Tsunade, who had just turned one year old.

With only two years left until his death, he still appeared healthy and energetic, showing no signs of his impending demise. Upon entering, she immediately saw the chubby little Tsunade surrounded by everyone, undergoing a traditional first birthday ceremony.

Mysterious and ancient customs.