To Subdue or to Eliminate, That is the Question

Toki took out the spiritual scroll from his waist, after biting his finger, he pressed the blood onto the scroll.

With a bang, a white mist dispersed, and a round shield appeared in Toki's hand.

The shield was as tall as a person, and when held upright, it could cover Toki entirely, resembling more of a table than a shield.

He grinned at Shisui and gestured with the shield,

"This is the secret weapon of our Uchiha clan."

Shisui was stunned, staring in astonishment at the strange shield.

Secret weapon? Is this it?

Shisui's eyes were filled with a mix of confusion and disbelief, thinking,

"Are you kidding me? Did I come all the way from Kirigakure just to see this joke?

Toki clan leader, don't joke around. I'm serious," Shisui said.

Toki smiled mysteriously,

"Who's joking with you? You'll see what a secret weapon is when we're on the battlefield."

Toki originally intended to use scientific ninja tools to compensate for the numerical disadvantage. In order to produce more "bullets" faster, he invested his prestige points in upgrading the ninja tool research and development center for another month.

Then, a new item appeared in the ninja tool database - a one-time-use legendary gold-tier item!

B+++ Rank Six Paths Ninja Tool!

Ideal Village, Still a Distant Dream!

Based on the Noble Phantasm "Round Table of the Worthy" wielded by Galahad in the Fate universe, the shield forms the ultimate defense of the First Hokage's village, with Konoha at its center.

Using the shield as a catalyst, it can unfold to create a shield that protects the entire First Hokage's village in front of the user, while also reflecting ninjutsu back at the enemy and even launching attacks using the entire village.

Its strength is directly proportional to the user's mental strength. It's said that as long as one's spirit remains unyielding, the walls of the village will never collapse, but in reality, it depends on the amount of mental strength.

The only thing to note is that the protected target of this Noble Phantasm does not include the user of the ninja tool.

Toki was a bit confused when he saw this thing. Was this how wild Level 2 ninja tool research centers were?

He initially thought that the unlockable was an evolved version of a scientific ninja tool, like weapons installed on artificial humans.

Who could have imagined that it would directly produce a Noble Phantasm from the Fate universe, although it underwent localization by the system.

But the function... Toki immediately thought of the shield used by Mash Kyrielight in the Fate/Grand Order game.

Although this thing didn't have strong attack power, its group defense was off the charts.

Toki had conducted release tests on the clan's land and found that this thing was basically like Konoha's Susano'o, with defense that could be described as explosive. The most important thing was that it could reflect ninjutsu.

With such a powerful Noble Phantasm, he sneered, a Rinnegan-class ninja tool was enough to offset the numerical disadvantage of the Uchiha clan against the low-level ninja from Kumogakure.

So Toki decided to leave most of the main force to guard Konoha, while he led a part of the elite to the front lines.

Although the shield could be handed over to others for use, the Uchiha clan's members with the strongest mental strength were only Fugaku, who had unlocked the Mangekyo Sharingan, and Toki himself.

And Toki naturally didn't want to entrust this thing to Fugaku, that two-faced brat. Who knows if he'll use it to deal with his own clan members under the guise of fighting enemies like Hiruzen Sarutobi.

So Toki had to lead the team himself to the front lines.

The reason he called Shisui over was also because Toki found that he had too few talents available.

Although Shisui belongs to the Uchiha Kagami family of the pro-Konoha faction, his essence was rooted in the village's peace, and his dream was to protect the honor of the Uchiha clan.

There was a fundamental difference between him and the loyal Uchiha Itachi.

At least if Toki released goodwill and clearly indicated that he would not carry out a coup, and also actively defended against external enemies.

Then if Konoha's F4 still wanted to target the Uchiha, Shisui's Kotoamatsukami target would shift to Konoha's F4.

However, Toki valued Shisui's talent. He wasn't very interested in this low-level version of Kotoamatsukami, with its long cooldown and unstable effects.

In the anime, there are only two confirmed people who have been hit by Kotoamatsukami: Uchiha Itachi and Mifune.

Among them, Uchiha Itachi's Edo Tensei (literally: 穢土転生, Impure World Reincarnation) jutsu was directly overwritten, with a cooldown of over ten years.The other case was Mifune during the Five Kage Summit, who unknowingly advocated for Danzo to become the leader of the Allied Shinobi Forces.

 But Toki speculated that there was a third person who had been hit by the Kotoamatsukami, and that was Uzumaki Naruto, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

In the parallel world, after the deaths of Minato and Kushina, Naruto, filled with negative emotions, began to retaliate against Konoha.

And in Naruto Shippuden, despite receiving various unfair treatment, ostracism, and discrimination, he still maintained such an optimistic attitude, which obviously couldn't be achieved by just having a cheerful personality.

In addition, after Jiraiya's death, Naruto's double standards, as well as the huge negative emotions of Black Naruto after the true waterfall, were enough to show that Naruto was just an ordinary person. The reason he was optimistic from a young age was likely because he was hit by Danzo's benevolent deity.

Coupled with Danzo's use of a low-grade version of the Kotoamatsukami with a cooldown of several hours, which was easily dismantled by ordinary Byakugan users.

It was likely because Danzo had already used his true benevolent deity more than ten years ago and was easily dismantled due to not recovering his chakra.

But now that Toki was involved, he certainly wouldn't let Danzo have the opportunity to get the Mangekyo.

So Toki had only two attitudes toward Shisui:

 - Recruit him.

 - If recruitment fails, eliminate him before he awakens his Mangekyo Sharingan.