Chapter 61: Shisui's Crisis [Part 1]

At dusk, the Root Base was quiet, and the entire base was shrouded in a dead silence. Shisui stood outside the Root Base, looking puzzled.

"Uchiha Shisui, I don't think I need to say much about the Uchiha clan's plan to launch a coup!" Danzo stood in front of Shisui, his eyes full of gloom. Shisui, who was bowing his head, did not see the greedy look that flashed across Danzo's face.

"Danzo-sama, please give me some time. I will find a way to stop them!" Shisui was full of bitterness. On one hand, there was his family that raised him, and on the other hand, there was the entire Konoha. This feeling of being caught in the middle made him very uncomfortable.

"Uchiha Shisui, do you think you can persuade them to stop?" Danzo sneered. "The Uchiha clan's intention to launch a rebellion has long been brewing. Even the death of the Fourth Hokage years ago is directly related to the Uchiha clan. Do you think that with just a few words of persuasion, you can make them give up this idea?!"

"I...I will use my Mangekyo Sharingan to control the elders and make them abandon the idea of rebellion!" Shisui raised his head, and the three tomoe in his eyes fluctuated, turning into the shape of a windmill.

"Oh? You are confident in your Mangekyo Sharingan's ability?" Danzo asked meaningfully, his expression changing.

"My Mangekyo Sharingan has a technique called Kotoamatsukami, which can forcibly rewrite a person's will. As long as I use Kotoamatsukami to change the will of the elders, the Uchiha clan will not launch a coup!" Shisui's idea was simple. As long as he controlled the leading elders, the rest of the Uchiha clan would naturally not be able to launch a coup. However, what Shisui did not know was that Danzo's goal was never to let Konoha and the Uchiha clan coexist peacefully.

"Is that so?!" Danzo laughed coldly. "But how can I believe that you will really control them and not collude with them?!"

"Danzo-sama, I..." Shisui was about to explain, but was interrupted by Danzo. "I think the best way is for me to carry out this plan myself, to ensure that nothing goes wrong!"

"But only my Kotoamatsukami can control others' wills. In other words, only I can use this method!" Shisui frowned, suddenly feeling a sense of unease.

"Then just hand over your Sharingan!" Danzo's eyes were full of killing intent. Mangekyo Sharingan, the power he had been dreaming of, the legendary power that could rival the First Hokage Senju Hashirama's, was finally going to be his.

"What...?" Shisui was stunned. He did not expect Danzo to have his eyes on his Mangekyo Sharingan. As a member of the Uchiha clan, even if he loved peace, he could not hand over the Sharingan to others casually, let alone his Mangekyo Sharingan, which had the terrifying technique of Kotoamatsukami. If someone with ulterior motives took away his Sharingan, they would definitely cause a big mess by using the power of Kotoamatsukami.

"Your Sharingan should be handed over obediently!" Danzo's face was full of greed. Just thinking that he would soon obtain the power of Kotoamatsukami made him uncontrollably excited. As long as he put Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan on himself, he could use Kotoamatsukami to control the Third Hokage and make him voluntarily give up his position as Hokage, allowing him to achieve his dream smoothly.

"Danzo-sama, please restrain yourself. The Sharingan will not be given to others!" Shisui said angrily. Even if some members of the Uchiha clan wanted to rebel, he would not allow the Sharingan, which belonged exclusively to the Uchiha clan, to spread outside.

"Is that so?!" Danzo suddenly laughed coldly, and then his left hand shot out like lightning, straight towards Shisui's right eye.

"I don't believe the people of your Uchiha clan. I'll take care of the Uchiha's plan myself!" Danzo said as he grabbed Shisui's right eye.

"Sorry, Danzo-sama..." Shisui grabbed Danzo's left hand and released the power of his Sharingan, putting Danzo into a genjutsu.

"I will use Kotoamatsukami to solve this problem tonight. Danzo-sama just needs to wait for the news!" Shisui said, letting go of Danzo, who was under the genjutsu, and turning to leave. However, as soon as he turned around, Shisui felt a gust of wind behind him and quickly dodged to the side.

"Ah..." After dodging the attack from behind, Shisui felt unbearable pain in his right eye. Blood flowed down from his right eye.

"How could you break free from my genjutsu so quickly?" Shisui covered his right eye, and his remaining left eye was full of shock. Even if someone else helped, it would take some time to release the genjutsu he had placed on Danzo. How could it be broken so quickly?!

"Speaking of which, I have to thank my old classmate, Uchiha Kagami!" Danzo unwrapped the bandage covering his right eye, revealing a Sharingan that was gradually losing its luster.

"Grandpa? Could it be...?!" Shisui was first puzzled, but when he saw Danzo's right eye, he was left with only anger. Danzo's words, combined with this Sharingan, made it clear that Danzo had taken his grandfather's Sharingan and put it on himself. As a grandson of Uchiha Kagami, he would not let the Sharingan, which was unique to the Uchiha clan, be passed on to outsiders.

"Although Kagami is no longer here, his power can still be used by me. Keep helping me protect Konoha. As Kagami's grandson, you should obediently hand over your Sharingan!" Danzo calmly put the Sharingan in a glass bottle he carried with him. The bottle was filled with a special solution that could keep the Sharingan intact, waiting for transplantation in the future.

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