Konoha: Offer your heart to the Hokage!

My great-grandfather said that the Uchiha clan members are full of love, value loyalty and righteousness, and are trustworthy partners; but my second grandfather always said that the Uchiha are inherently evil, and while they can work together, they cannot be close friends.

Tsunade couldn't tell who was right and who was wrong, and she had never actually come into contact with any Uchiha clan members before.

Only today, with Shen Er by her side, did she have the opportunity to get close to the Uchiha clan. After spending time with Uchiha Chiri, she discovered that this purple-haired older sister was nothing like the evil and extreme person her second grandfather had described.

Especially after Uchiha Chiri bought her her favorite deluxe dice toy.

People who like dice are never bad people.

The answer is obvious...

My great-grandfather was right, and my second great-grandfather was wrong.

While Shen Er led the two on a leisurely stroll, his eyes swept across the unfamiliar faces on the street, secretly searching for the remaining Silver Generation ninjas of Konoha.

Sure enough, we gained something.

He recognized Kato Dan, Hatake Sakumo, Might Guy, and Jiraiya at a glance.

These previously unseen new generation powerhouses finally appeared together in Konoha this year. Their ages varied, with the oldest, Kato Dan, being about three years old, Hatake Sakumo two years old, and Might Guy and Jiraiya being close in age to Tsunade.

Of the three legendary Sannin, Shen had already made contact with Tsunade and Orochimaru.

Only Jiraiya remains, and he has no intention of contacting him for the time being.

Without understanding the logic behind the prophecy, rashly contacting Jiraiya might lead to being entangled in his karma, ultimately appearing in the Great Toad Sage's prophecy.

Furthermore, in terms of status and position, he cannot compare to Tsunade, and in terms of scientific research talent, he cannot compare to Orochimaru. Jiraiya's only characteristic is his characteristic; apart from that, his performance is mediocre, and there is nothing about him that is particularly useful.

But it can’t hurt to get to know them.

Shen Er casually bought a few skewers of tricolor dumplings from a street vendor. As he passed by the children and their parents, he pretended to find them adorable and offered them the dumplings, thus establishing a friendly connection with the Silver Little Strongmen.

...

Two years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Konoha 16th year.

A lot has happened in the ninja world in the past two years.

The First Tsuchikage, Ishigawa, died in Konoha after suffering from a prolonged illness for 15 years.

He never used the gospel medical card until his death.

Wu became the second Tsuchikage.

After briefly benefiting from the tailed beasts, Kirigakure and Sunagakure soon found themselves in deep trouble.

As Shen had predicted, once the novelty of their new environment wore off, Shukaku and Isobu began to resist the civilian tasks assigned by the ninja village. The stark contrast between the desert's lack of water and the sea's lack of sand caused the two tailed beasts to stop cooperating, frequently triggering riots.

The first Kazekage, Retsuto, was in a relatively better situation.

Isobu was relatively docile. After being severely beaten to deter him and having his mission load reduced, he settled down. However, at the end of Konoha 15, Retsuto died mysteriously, leaving behind his widow Chiyo. Sunagakure then entered the era of the Second Kazekage, Shamon.

The situation with Shuiying Bailian is much worse.

Shukaku is a sand-tailed beast. Its fighting power is greatly weakened when it is in the sea, but its temperament is violent and untamed. Under its continuous mental erosion, the jinchūriki often cannot hold on for long and frequently fall into a berserk state.

Every riot means the need to replace the Jinchūriki.

Over the years, Kirigakure sacrificed countless Jonin to serve as vessels, and Byakuren also exhausted his life force in the long years of suppressing Shukaku, dying in agony.

Hozuki Gengetsu then succeeded as the second Mizukage.

From then on, all five great ninja villages except Konoha completed the transition between the old and new Kage, entering the era of the Second Hokage's rule.

An invisible storm is brewing in the shadows.

Unlike the turmoil in the major ninja villages, the minor ninja villages that obtained the tailed beasts remained stable.

None of the four major ninja villages—Yu, Taki, Kusanagi, and Akatsuki—suffered additional losses due to the tailed beasts.

The Two-Tails of Grass Village and the Seven-Tails of Waterfall Village are gentle in nature. Although they do not provide power to Jinchuriki because they do not want to be driven by humans, they do not actively affect the Jinchuriki's mind. The two sides can be considered to coexist peacefully.

The four-tailed ninja of Akatsuki and the six-tailed ninja of Yugakure were sealed by the Land of Whirlpools, and their power was far less than that of the nine-tailed ninja, so the state of their jinchūriki was relatively stable.

For large countries, the tailed beasts are a slow poison; but for small countries, they are a real blessing.

After reaping a harvest throughout the ninja world, the Grim Reaper's scythe finally swung towards Konoha, located in the center of the continent.

Chapter 94 Izanami Set a Trap (5K)

Konoha 16th year.

Shen Er still looks young, but some people's lives have come to an end.

The first to pass away was Uchiha Bin, who was imprisoned in the underground of the Zen temple.

He even observed that he had reached the point of exhaustion.

To demonstrate his "magnanimity," he gave Uchiha Bin and Uchiha Yan a chance to meet and "talk privately."

Destiny only has meaning when it is in your own hands.

At first, Uchiha Yan arrogantly said, "I don't care what that man is like, I just want the Mangekyou Sharingan," but after Shinji said, "This is the last chance," she still came.

After handing the room over to the two, she left, but in reality, she used the Earth Grudge Fear residing in Uchiha Yan's body to eavesdrop on the conversation. The conversation contained nothing inappropriate; it was simply a touching scene of brotherly and sisterly affection.

Finally, at Uchiha Bin's insistence, the experiment proceeded as scheduled.

He ultimately couldn't withstand the repeated experiments with the artificial kaleidoscope.

On his deathbed.

He raised his hand with trembling hands, his index and middle fingers touching Uchiha Yan's brow, and whispered regretfully, "I still couldn't awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan... I'm sorry, Yan, this is the last time."

Just in the last moments of his life.

As if in a final burst of energy before death, the three tomoe in his pupils began to dissolve and recombine, gradually outlining the patterns of a kaleidoscope.

But just as it was about to take shape, his life force was exhausted, and the patterns on his pupils were forever frozen at the moment before the transformation.

The laboratory was completely silent.

Even he didn't know what to say.

Q: What form of Sharingan is it that failed to evolve halfway through?

Even he couldn't be sure.

Uchiha Yan stared at her brother's body without uttering a word.

During their private meeting just now, she already felt remorse and wanted to stop the experiment. She had an almost obsessive obsession with power, but after seeing her brother on his deathbed, the last bit of warmth in her heart was awakened.

She didn't want to continue.

I'd rather unleash the eternal kaleidoscope than continue like this.

This is the Uchiha...

Having experienced the most extreme emotional shock, he has unlocked a kaleidoscope of emotions. By nature, he is loyal and righteous, and would never kill his own blood relatives just to gain enlightenment.

Ultimately, it was Uchiha Bin's almost martyred words that led him to his death.

“My dream died long ago in Izanami, but your path has not yet come to an end. My power has reached its limit, and I only have one eye left because of my mistake.”

"To my family and clan, I am already a stagnant, useless person. Even if I don't die today, my body will start to decline, and I will eventually become an old, frail person and die quietly at home."

"Instead of that, let me help you evolve into the Eternal Eye. From now on, you will carry my dream, and the dream of the Uchiha clan, and continue on your journey..."

"There's no need for guilt. Compared to me, who is dead, you, who are alive, are suffering far more. For the rest of your life, you will bear this hatred of the Uchiha clan until the very end."

Ninjas don't just die when they get old.

For extreme ninjas like Uchiha Bin, the moment their strength stagnates and they begin to decline, their spirit has already died.

In the end, Uchiha Bin fell on the path of sacrifice to pave the way for Uchiha Yan's Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. For him, this choice was one he had no regrets about.

Even as he gazed at Uchiha Bin's body, a touch of emotion stirred within him.

People can't help but feel admiration when faced with such a choice—to sacrifice oneself for one's ideals and burn oneself out. The Uchiha clan was indeed insane enough to give up their lives for an uncertain eye.

"He is a pretty good ninja."

Shen Er agreed.

But despite his respect, he wouldn't skip any of the rules and procedures that needed to be followed.

Shen Er stepped forward, removed Uchiha Bin's incompletely evolved three-tomoe Sharingan, and put his corpse into a sealing scroll. Uchiha Yan finally spoke.

"I want to send his body back to Konoha and bury him in the Uchiha cemetery."

The ninja world also values ​​burial and returning to one's roots, so Shen Er wasn't surprised by this. He simply asked, "Send it back to Konoha? How do you plan to do that?"

Uchiha Yan's voice was dry: "I will have the Akatsuki ANBU come forward and claim that his body was found somewhere in the Land of Rice Fields, and then have the Konoha ANBU escort him back to Konoha."

The coffin was placed directly at the edge of the Death Forest.

Once the Konoha ninja on patrol notice, someone will come to collect the body.

This is the safest and most rational approach...

But humans are emotional beings.

On this issue, Uchiha Yan did not want to remain rational; she was unwilling to let Uchiha Bin's coffin be exposed in the wilderness for even a moment longer.

In her heart, her brother should be escorted back to Konoha with dignity, just like a hero.

"Have you thought this through?" Shen asked calmly. "Konoha's ANBU has spies all over the Land of Rice Fields. If we announce the discovery of Uchiha Bin's body without warning, the Akatsuki ninja will be targeted by Konoha and become suspicious."

"I do not care."

"Hehe, not bad eye."

Even in her eyes, I saw the awareness of a "demigod".

This is exactly what he wanted to see.

She's right; even if there are doubts about this matter, it doesn't matter.

When Hashirama was alive, Konoha would never attack Akatsuki based on just a few clues; but after Hashirama's death, Konoha no longer had the power to turn against Akatsuki over a single point of doubt.

It is blocked at both ends.

He even felt that it wouldn't matter if he revealed himself as the mastermind behind Akatsuki after Uchiha Yan died.