"Why do you have free time to come here?"
At the first sight of the Third Hokage, Danzo gave him a half-mocking jab.
The Third Hokage also got straight to the point, "Give me one Sharingan."
Danzo's face turned dark the moment he heard this, "No!"
The Third Hokage slowly took a puff of his pipe, "In the past two years, you've created so many 'accidents.' I have a rough idea how many Sharingan you have."
"I only want one."
Danzo was quite speechless, "The Sharingan have all been stolen. I really don't have any."
"Stolen?", To be honest, the Third Hokage was stunned.
He looked at Danzo with a suspicious gaze, as if trying to find a flaw in Danzo's expression.
But what Danzo said was all true. It could be said he'd never been this honest in his life.
The Third Hokage, having worked with Danzo for so many years, realized that this time Danzo was actually telling the truth.
"Someone came here and stole the Sharingan, but didn't do anything else?"
Danzo was so angry he was about to ascend to heaven, "Hiruzen, what do you mean?"
This sentence clearly implied: if someone had the ability to sneak in, why didn't they just kill him?
The Third Hokage paused before speaking, "Any suspects?"
Danzo's gaze flickered, "It might be the same person who manipulated the Nine-Tails rampage back then."
"Other than using space-time ninjutsu, there's no way to get in here."
Upon hearing this, the Third Hokage also felt troubled. With space-time ninjutsu, one could treat Konoha like their backyard, come and go as they please.
"You still haven't returned the Uchiha's eyes. You better be careful these days," The Third Hokage seemed to be giving a reminder, but Danzo could tell, this was a warning not to stir up trouble.
Danzo snorted and changed the subject, "What do you plan to do with the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?"
The Third Hokage glanced at Danzo, "You don't need to worry about that."
Danzo said discontentedly, "I've said before, having me take control is the most appropriate."
The Third Hokage put away his pipe, "You can't control him."
Danzo probed, "We can restart the Wood Release experiment. There'll eventually be a suitable candidate."
The Third Hokage stood up, "Tenzo hasn't achieved the expected results."
Danzo's eyes flickered, "I already have an alternative plan..."
The Third Hokage shook his head and walked outside.
Danzo's expression instantly darkened. The Third Hokage knew him too well, there was no fooling him.
He returned to the previous room. The Root members and Fujiwara were still waiting for him.
"Speed up the Gyuttenko experiment. I'll handle the Hashirama cells."
"Yes," Fujiwara responded and stepped back.
"Agree to Orochimaru's offer. We'll take all one hundred units," Danzo said coldly, "I want him to come in person for the transaction."
"Yes, understood."
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[Konoha Village]
In the ninja school office, Rengoku opened his eyes.
Today, he had again brought Sasuke and Karin to class, and as usual, he had patrolled the school a few times.
Then he returned to the office to rest with his eyes closed.
Occasionally, he would shift his consciousness to the clone beside Itachi or check in on what was happening on the Mizukage's side.
Most students in the school were already aware that there was a principal in the school.
And this principal was also Uchiha Sasuke's master.
Although some little girls disliked that Sasuke often hung out with Karin and held a grudge against her, whether it was Sasuke or Rengoku, they were often around Karin, so these girls didn't dare try to bully her.
Karin was cute-looking. Although her hair color was rare, she quickly got familiar with other classmates.
During break, Rengoku once again came to the playground and saw many classes resting.
After Sasuke returned, he ranked first in all subjects, but he himself found it a bit boring.
Maybe… it was also because that boy wasn't here.
Seeing Rengoku appear again near the playground, Sasuke quickly ran over.
"Shishou, why hasn't Naruto come yet?"
Rengoku couldn't help but chuckle, "What, do you miss him?"
Sasuke looked a bit unnatural, "Who misses him? It's just… we didn't finish our duel from last time."
Rengoku didn't expose him, "He'll come in a few days."
"Really?", Sasuke instantly perked up.
Rengoku just nodded, then gave Sasuke a half-smiling look.
Sasuke got goosebumps from Rengoku's gaze and quickly changed the topic, "Shishou, Karin has strong learning ability. She'll soon finish learning the commonly used characters."
Rengoku patted Sasuke's head, "Looks like you're a very competent senior disciple."
A proud look appeared on Sasuke's face. He had always looked up to his older brother, and now he was an elder brother himself.
He was incredibly fond of Karin. Even though he was just helping her learn characters, the sense of accomplishment he got was no less.
After chatting with Sasuke for a while, the bell rang.
All the students started heading back to their classrooms.
But a gaze had already been resting on Rengoku for a long time.
Rengoku turned his head, and found it was Hyuga Neji.
Neji hadn't expected Rengoku to be so sharp, and he hurriedly avoided Rengoku's line of sight.
'Interesting. Neji seems to want to approach me?'
Rengoku didn't know what Neji was thinking, and returned to the office to rest his eyes.
In fact, he was activating his eye technique, Illusion Realm.
Then, within it, he practiced the Four Symbols Sealing Technique.
With the foundation of the Five Elements Sealing Technique and the Fire Release: Heavenly Prison Sealing Technique, he could actually test them out within the illusion realm.
Rengoku's progress could be described as advancing thousands of miles in a single day.
In the eyes of the other teachers, Rengoku was just resting with his eyes closed there, or rather, sleeping.
———
Time passed quickly, and it was already dismissal time in the afternoon.
Rengoku heard the bell and opened his eyes.
He had stayed in the illusion realm a bit too long and took a few seconds to recover.
He quickly left the office.
Sure enough, both Sasuke and Karin were slowly walking forward.
Looking around, clearly waiting for someone.
Rengoku quickened his pace and arrived beside Sasuke and Karin.
"Shishou."
"Shishou."
Rengoku reached out and held the hands of the two children, walking toward the outside.
Karin loved being held by Rengoku. After all, her blood relative was gone, and no one had been there to take care of her.
Being held by Rengoku made her feel warm.
Sasuke was a little less used to it. Rengoku treated him like a child, but Sasuke liked to think of himself as a grown-up.
He let go of Rengoku's hand and ran toward the gate, "Shishou, I'm going ahead."
Rengoku looked at the lively Sasuke and didn't mind, smiling and nodding.
Although Sasuke liked to act cool, when classmates greeted him, he would respond politely.
Some classmates still didn't know about the relationship between Sasuke and Rengoku, and they chirped curiously, "Sasuke, the principal is also an Uchiha. He's your clan member, right?"
"Sasuke, lately you haven't been coming out much."
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