Start with a Zanpakuto and build the strongest Mist Village.

Even so, Fugaku still had high hopes for Shisui, believing that he could awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan and was the hope for the future rise of the Uchiha clan.

However, a mission a few months ago caused this genius boy to disappear without a trace. Unexpectedly, he has reappeared now. Not only is Shisui wearing a strange organization uniform, but his temperament has also undergone a huge change!

Danzo... what exactly did you assign Shisui?!

Fugaku roared inwardly, his eyes fixed on Shisui, as if trying to see through the pale mask and see what had become of the Uchiha clan's genius boy over the past few months.

"Why is that?!"

There's no particular reason why.

Faced with the former clan leader's questioning, Shisui shook his head: "I just have a few questions for you, Clan Leader Fugaku."

"……you say."

"First, do you know about the dirty things that happened in the village, including the research on the First Hokage's cells, the attempts to consolidate power against the Uchiha clan, and the forced death of White Fang, etc."

"I know!"

Fugaku frowned slightly, but after hearing Shisui's words, a look of joy appeared in his eyes. He then nodded solemnly, "I know about those things."

"This village has become weaker and weaker under the control of corrupt rulers like Hiruzen Sarutobi. As the founders of Konoha, we can only watch as this happens. Even if I wanted to change it, I couldn't, and I would even be feared and restricted."

"This is why the clan has always wanted the Hokage to step down and for our Uchiha clan to take over. Only we Uchiha can lead Konoha to true glory!"

Fugaku was somewhat agitated and growled at Shisui, "I can feel the power within you, a power even stronger than mine."

"Shisui, with your power and my eyes, our Uchiha clan can definitely take that position!"

"it is good."

Shisui nodded, showing little emotional reaction to Fugaku's words.

He continued, "So, as you've said, the Uchiha clan successfully seized the Hokage position through a political power struggle. What would you do after that?"

"Wha, what?"

Fugaku was taken aback, his bewildered eyes filled with a hint of confusion.

“You seem completely unprepared, Clan Chief Fugaku.”

"Besides your distorted thirst for power, you seem to be completely unprepared for the future development of the village, and for what policies and changes the Uchiha will want to make after seizing power."

"For you, for the Uchiha clan right now, all you want is to seize power, to take Konoha, the village founded by your ancestor and the First Hokage, into your own hands, right!"

"..."

Fugaku opened his mouth.

Shisui is right. They really haven't thought about their future plans and development. All they can think about right now is how to seize the Hokage position.

but.

"But Shisui, seizing the Hokage position was just the beginning of everything, wasn't it!"

"Only by seizing the Hokage position can we change all of this, change the environment of the Uchiha clan, replace the current dark, corrupt, and incompetent leaders, and make this village a better place, right?"

"You can't do it."

"what?"

“I said, you can’t do it.”

Shisui shook his head: "The Land of Fire is the most prosperous country in the entire ninja world, and Konoha is the most powerful ninja village in the entire ninja world. But because of this, the system and doctrines of this country and village have long been deeply rooted in people's hearts and cannot be changed."

"The son of a daimyo is still a daimyo, and the child of a nobleman is still a nobleman."

"The empty and grandiose spirit of the Will of Fire will only allow the powerful to become more entrenched and the韭菜 (a derogatory term for ordinary people) to grow even more."

“You can’t change any of this, because you yourselves are beneficiaries of this system.”

"Those who slay dragons will eventually become dragons themselves. You who succeed to the position of Hokage will not do any better than Hiruzen Sarutobi. You will also consolidate your power and rule, suppress the original Hokage lineage of ninja clans, and repeat everything that Tobirama Senju and Hiruzen Sarutobi did."

"But, but..."

Fugaku stared blankly at Shisui. He knew what Shisui was talking about, but his heart was filled with doubt and confusion.

He wanted to ask Shisui in return, "Isn't that good enough?"

The Uchiha clan can develop, and they can also try to change the darkness and filth of the village.

Wouldn't that kind of future be wonderful?

Looking at Fugaku, who seemed somewhat confused, Shisui shook his head: "I know what you're thinking, Clan Head Fugaku, but that's not what I want."

Although Uchiha Shisui came from a wealthy family, his thoughts were never limited to one clan.

In this respect, the weasel later on was actually somewhat similar to him, but compared to the weasel's stupidity and blindness, Shisui, who had now been thoroughly developed by Minazuki Yoru, was obviously different.

What he originally loved was his clan, and even more so, Konoha Village.

But when Minazuki Yoru tore away the village's fig leaf, revealing its unsightly filth and depravity, Shisui suddenly realized that what he loved was not the village, but the smiling, adorable people.

But in this kingdom shrouded in the prison of the Will of Fire, these lovely people can only ever be at the lowest level, forever exploited and oppressed!

Shisui looked at Fugaku and shook his head, saying, "Konoha can't give me what I want, Clan Chief Fugaku, but I won't stop you either, because my surname is Uchiha."

Fugaku clenched his fists tightly, and only slowly relaxed them after a long while.

"Is this what you brought me all this way to say?"

"This is just one of them."

Shisui's hand rested on the hilt of the sword at his waist: "Another matter... is to prepare you, and the Uchiha, to face the impact of the new era."

"A new era..."

"boom!!!"

Before Fugaku could finish his questioning words, a sudden, terrifying pressure, like facing mountains and seas or raging waves, suddenly erupted, causing Fugaku to stagger involuntarily.

That invisible pressure spread as Shisui slowly drew the long sword from his waist, even making Fugaku feel that his breathing was becoming somewhat difficult.

The surrounding air seemed to be compressed, the immense pressure was indescribable, and even Fugaku heard some popping sounds!

That wasn't the pressure of chakra, but something far more terrifying!

"Initial release".

The white haori on Shisui's body was stirred by a force and danced, its sound like the scream of a soul!

"The sun shines brightly, disturbing the spirits; the clear moon shines brightly, bringing calamity to the heart."

At this moment, the whole world seemed to ripple like a drop of water falling into a lake.

In an instant, an invisible force spread out, and Fugaku felt everything in front of him become blurry, with only the soft, seductive music echoing in his ears.

When the seductive music faded and he regained consciousness, Fugaku found himself inside a tent in the Konoha camp, sitting blankly at his desk.

"This! How is this possible!"

Fugaku, as if waking from a dream, stared wide-eyed and stood up in disbelief.

Just a moment ago, he was with Shisui in a forest clearing a dozen miles from Konoha's position. How could he have returned to his own tent in the blink of an eye?

This!

Space-time ninjutsu?

Illusion?

Or was everything that just happened just my imagination?

No, the stinging pain in his left eye hadn't completely subsided; it was a trace of the backlash from his pupil technique. In other words, everything that had just happened was real, and he had indeed encountered Shisui.

Fugaku, his expression somber, strode out of the tent and gazed at the horizon.

The dim sun hung in the west, as if it wouldn't be long before it completely disappeared behind the mountains.

Gazing at the orange-red sunset, Fugaku clenched his fists. Although his expression remained unchanged, his heart was churning with turbulent emotions!

If I remember correctly, when he and Itachi hunted down that Iwagakure genin, they had just had lunch, not long after noon.

During this period, ever since Shisui uttered the so-called 'Shikai', he had no memory of what had happened or how he returned to his tent.

During that period, was he completely unconscious like a puppet, or did he actually have a fierce battle with Shisui but was defeated, and had his memories of that time erased?

The Uchiha clan's genjutsu can not only control people's minds, but also erase memories. For Shisui, a master of genjutsu, this was an easy task.

However, Fugaku never expected that he, who possessed the kaleidoscope, would one day encounter such a situation.

Fugaku didn't know what had happened, but one thing was certain.

That is, he was completely powerless to resist when facing Shisui!

"Shisui... what exactly is that power..."

Fugaku silently returned to his tent, his mind filled with information about Shisui.

His eye power was even stronger than his own, his methods were terrifying and impossible to resist, and his haori clothing was completely different from that of ordinary ninjas.

Undoubtedly, during these past few months, Shisui underwent a tremendous transformation while carrying out Danzo's mission. This transformation was so profound that Shisui not only experienced a complete physical and mental upheaval, but also underwent a metamorphosis of power, like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon. He even abandoned his clan and village.

And the core and key point of all this...

Danzo!

"Danzo, what kind of mission orders did you give Shisui?!"

In the end, however, Fugaku did not leave his tent.

He knew that Shisui's dramatic transformation had little to do with Danzo; such a terrifying change in power and mind was something Danzo could never have accomplished.

and……

He also refused to inform the higher-ups of Konoha about Shisui.

"A clan and a village, Konoha and the Uchiha... Shisui, what exactly did you see? Why do I, who possess the Mangekyou Sharingan, feel as if I'm in a fog?"

"And what exactly is this so-called new era..."

……

"That's a suffocating spiritual pressure, Captain."

Kushimaru Kurishari smiled and removed his face covering, half-squatting on a tree trunk as he watched Shisui slowly appear, draped in a captain's haori: "I'm a little curious, what kind of being could force a monster like you to release your Zanpakuto? Could it be that you encountered Orochimaru?"

The others also watched Shisui with great interest. Although the immense spiritual pressure from just now was far from the battlefield, it was something that these Shinigami (death gods) could not ignore.

Yagura, who was also a team captain, looked at Shisui.

"It's Uchiha Fugaku."

Shisui spoke calmly, without much pretense: "He awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, so I was forced to release it."

"The Mangekyou Sharingan, huh?"

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes showed a cautious expression.

With Shisui as the perfect experimental subject, Yoru obtained a large number of research reports on the Sharingan, and the most extensive of them were on the Mangekyou Sharingan.

The various analyses and conclusions regarding these forbidden eyes of the Uchiha, the strange eye techniques, and the research on the third power, Susanoo, have already been studied by everyone present.

"If it's the Mangekyou Sharingan, it does require a certain level of power."

"'The Fierce Eye' has actually activated the Kaleidoscope? I've never heard of that before."

"This is truly shocking news. To possess such power without ever revealing it, Fugaku Uchiha's ambitions are probably quite grand."

"By the way, Captain, what kind of eye technique does that guy have?"

The crowd buzzed with discussion, speculating curiously.

Shisui did not answer their questions, leaning against the big tree with an indifferent expression, his mask obscuring his face.

Having made a fool of themselves, the others had no choice but to shut up. Yagura, however, spoke in a low voice: "Now that you've released your Zanpakuto, Fugaku should know about you to some extent, right?"

"Ah."

Shisui opened her eyes: "That guy never cares about preventing information leaks, and besides, your next mission will definitely expose your whereabouts and information, won't it?"

"Tch, whatever."

Yagura gave a soft snort, too lazy to say anything more.

The group began to rest on the spot.

What they have to do is not just to set up those soul-absorbing devices.