Itachi had to stand on the side of the Third Hokage, thinking he was justice, but in reality, no matter who was in charge of the village, wouldn't it be the same?
Yet Uchiha Itachi disdained responding.
Uchiha Ryosuke was merely a simple clan nationalist, incapable of understanding his own great ambition. Leading the Uchiha clan to a stronger path was merely making the Uchiha clan stronger, not making Konoha stronger.
On the contrary, the village would decline invisibly.
The villagers would lose their freedom of thought, becoming puppets of the Uchiha clan—this was not what he truly wanted.
Today, even if he had to die, he must keep the opponent here. Even if these eyes were ruined, it would not matter at all.
Immediately, he once again squeezed out his last bit of ocular power and fired black flames at Uchiha Ryosuke.
And Uchiha Ryosuke, of course, chose to dodge, feeling extremely speechless inside.
This guy Itachi really didn't care about his life. But it didn't matter—this guy wouldn't be able to fire many more shots.
In the end, Uchiha Itachi saw that even after unleashing Amaterasu, he still couldn't kill Uchiha Ryosuke.
His heart turned cold—he had already done his best.
His right eye was already somewhat blurry in vision.
Uchiha Ryosuke saw that Itachi could no longer fire Amaterasu and cautiously approached him, delivering a spinning kick directly to his head.
This sent Uchiha Itachi sliding across the ground, leaving a long trail before finally passing out.
Only then did he feel relieved—after firing so many Amaterasu shots, even if his eyes weren't blind, his ocular power had to be exhausted.
But these eyes were still of great use—he immediately approached Itachi and directly gouged out both of his eyes.
Such a person was beyond saving—his thoughts were too extreme.
These eyes could also be saved for Sasuke in the future—maybe they could even create a pair of Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
It was just that Uchiha Sasuke was still young, and it was uncertain whether he could smoothly awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Since Sasuke had not yet awakened his Sharingan at all, and in the original story, he only awakened his Mangekyō after Itachi's death.
For now, he did not directly eliminate Itachi.
At this moment, Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Hachiyo, and even the Great Elder had all arrived.
After all, such a major incident had occurred—Uchiha Itachi had actually attacked Uchiha Ryosuke.
After receiving the report, they came directly. On their way, they had already observed the black flames burning on the trees.
This was not normal fire—just looking at it gave off an evil feeling. It seemed the clan members' report that Uchiha Itachi had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan was true.
After all, their Uchiha clan did not have this kind of flame, though there were past clan members in history who could emit black flames.
When they arrived at the scene, they saw Uchiha Itachi lying on the ground, his eyes bleeding, his pupils hollow. It seemed his eyes had already been gouged out.
Fugaku looked toward Uchiha Ryosuke. "Ryosuke, what exactly happened here? Did he attack you?"
He already had a bad feeling inside.
Ryosuke would not harm a fellow clansman for no reason, so it could only have been Itachi. And if Itachi had done this, could it have been on the Third Hokage's orders?
Ryosuke slowly said, "That's right, Itachi, in collaboration with the Third Hokage, tried to use Shisui's eye and Kotoamatsukami to control me, but naturally, it failed. Instead, I knocked him unconscious."
He then pointed to the Third Hokage, who was lying unconscious nearby.
This guy, Uchiha Itachi, of course, had not used Amaterasu on the Third Hokage. And he himself would not use the Third Hokage's body to block Itachi's Amaterasu attacks. Because if the Third Hokage died at Uchiha Itachi's hands…
Since Itachi was also a member of the Uchiha clan, it would solidify the accusation that the Uchiha clan had betrayed the village.
Even if they could suppress the village's ninjas through force, it would still leave a stain on their reputation and cause trouble in the future.
After all, the Third Hokage still had a group of supporters. He naturally wouldn't allow such a thing to happen.
Upon hearing this, the three of them all had drastic changes in expression, looking at the unconscious Third Hokage on the other side—he had actually tried to control Uchiha Ryosuke?
If he had succeeded, wouldn't that mean controlling the entire Uchiha clan? With Ryosuke's current prestige within the Uchiha clan, the entire Uchiha clan might have ended up as the Third Hokage's puppets.
The Great Elder was furious inside, but since Ryosuke was unharmed, he also felt relieved.
Fugaku, however, felt both pain and anger. He never expected that the child he had raised would actually collude with the Third Hokage.
How could he have given birth to such a child?
Although he had long known that this son had different ideals and wasn't very dedicated to the clan, he never expected that he would truly commit such a betrayal.
As a father, he had truly failed.
And given Ryosuke's strength, even though this unfilial son had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, he was probably still no match for Ryosuke.
But since Ryosuke had not killed Itachi, it was probably out of respect for him.
He sighed deeply and curiously asked, "Ryosuke, how could Shisui's eye control you?"
Because while Shisui's eyes had strong ocular power and were adept at genjutsu…
Uchiha Ryosuke had already awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, and even when he had only the Three Tomoe Sharingan, his ocular power had been extremely strong. After evolving into the Mangekyō Sharingan, his ocular power had grown even stronger.
Moreover, Shisui's eyes were merely Three Tomoe Sharingan—how could they possibly control Ryosuke?
Thinking of this, he was even more confused.
Itachi had also awakened the Mangekyō, so why would he say he needed to use Shisui's eyes to control Uchiha Ryosuke?
Then he asked, "Didn't Itachi also awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan? Why would he use Shisui's eye? And where is Shisui now?"
The other two were also very puzzled.
How could Shisui's eye control Uchiha Ryosuke? And Shisui wasn't even present—had he escaped? But given Ryosuke's strength, if Shisui had been involved in this operation, how could he have escaped?
Uchiha Ryosuke sighed and said, "Uchiha Itachi, although he awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, still couldn't control me."
"In truth, it was Shisui who had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and possessed Kotoamatsukami, a unique ocular technique that could alter a person's thoughts and will without anyone noticing. Only then was there a chance to control me."
"As for Shisui… he is probably already dead. After all, his eyes were transplanted into Uchiha Itachi, and I just gouged them out, along with Itachi's original eyes."
The three of them all had shocked expressions.
Shisui had also awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan? And even awakened such a terrifying ocular technique? But what a pity—he had likely met with misfortune.
If Shisui were still alive, there would have been no need for the Third Hokage to transplant his eyes into Itachi.
They then looked at the two pairs of eyes in Ryosuke's hands—one belonged to Shisui, and the other should be Uchiha Itachi's.
At that moment, Ryosuke smiled and said, "Although Shisui is dead, if we find his body, we can use this as an opportunity to overthrow the Third Hokage—this is also a great chance for our Uchiha clan to rise to power."
The Great Elder and Hachiyo were both shaken inside.
Although it was regrettable that a talented young man like Shisui had died, the prospect of the clan reaching the peak of Konoha was thrilling.
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