Starting with rogue ninjas, building the insect kingdom.

Chapter 440 The Twin Gods Danzo

When Uchiha Shisui came out of the Naka Shrine, it was already close to dusk.

He walked back along the path at the edge of the clan's territory, still pondering how to persuade the clan elders to postpone their actions.

He walked slowly, without being particularly wary. This was Konoha, the territory of the Uchiha clan; he never imagined he would be attacked here.

Until the ground beneath their feet suddenly collapsed.

Uchiha Shisui's reaction was incredibly fast. At the critical moment, he formed hand seals, and his body transformed into a flock of crows that scattered and flew away.

But before the crows had flown far, they were enveloped by a huge barrier array.

The array of runes closed in from all directions, forcing all the crows back to their original forms.

"Who goes there!" Shisui landed back on the ground, his Mangekyou Sharingan already activated.

Dozens of Root assassins emerged from the darkness, all wearing identical animal masks, and silently surrounded them. Leading them was an old man with half his face wrapped in bandages.

"Lord Danzo..." Uchiha Shisui's pupils suddenly contracted.

Danzo's figure was far away, with someone blocking his way: "Uchiha Shisui, hand over those eyes. The Uchiha Mangekyou Sharingan is too dangerous; I must keep it safe."

"Does the Hokage know about this?"

"Hiruzen?"

Danzo scoffed, "That weakling just sits in his office smoking and sighing; he can't make any decisions."

Uchiha Shisui took a deep breath, and the Mangekyou Sharingan in his eyes spun rapidly.

"I'm sorry, I can't give them to you. These eyes are the power that allows me to protect Konoha and the Uchiha clan."

Even now, Uchiha Shisui still hadn't used Kotoamatsukami, not even a one-time use one, because he wanted to reserve all his ocular power for the Uchiha clan. If he used it prematurely, his entire plan would be ruined.

"Then don't blame me for being impolite." Danzo waved his hand, and dozens of Root assassins attacked simultaneously.

Kunai, shuriken, ninjutsu, and secret techniques flooded towards Shisui.

Uchiha Shisui flashed forward, activating the Body Flicker Technique, and moved freely through the crowd.

He kicked one of the Root members away, and at the same time threw three kunai with his backhand, which accurately pierced the wrists of the other two.

"Don't let him form the hand seals!"

Danzo took action himself, and an Izanagi amulet was activated beneath his right arm to save his life.

The transplant of this arm was originally unlikely to be successful, since Orochimaru only left behind some data before he left.

But since the widespread availability of the Segmented Insect Medicine, everything has become possible, and he has even awakened another ability.

As for why he didn't choose to use deception this time, the reason is that Shisui no longer trusts him, and he doesn't trust Shisui either; they are both wary of each other.

A direct confrontation was the best method he could think of, so there was an element of gambling in it; he was betting that the other party wouldn't easily resort to using their eyes.

As expected, Shisui dodged the attack, quickly jumped onto the rock, and rapidly formed hand seals.

"Phoenix Fire—"

Before he could finish speaking, the ground beneath his feet collapsed again.

This time it wasn't earth magic, but a binding array that had been buried beforehand, rising from the rock and tightly binding his feet.

But this was easy for him and didn't stop him; he just missed the extent of Danzo's shamelessness.

Smoke bombs exploded in the air, billowing thick smoke rushed toward him. Even though he had already covered his nose and mouth, he still felt dizzy after a moment.

"What, what is this...?" His vision began to blur, and he asked in a daze.

He then collapsed to the ground, his eyes glazed over, and saw Danzo slowly walking up to him.

"The insect medicine from Takigakure Village—just as I suspected, you didn't take the Body Tempering Pill at all. You want to distance yourself from the hawks, but that's no reason to reject new things."

Shisui forced himself to stay upright, opening one eye halfway. He wanted to reach out and destroy his eye. "I told you, it's not that I can't..."

But Danzo stepped on his outstretched hand, saying, "Hand over your eyes."

Danzo moved swiftly, inserting two fingers into his eyes and forcefully pulling out two lines of blood.

Shisui's eyes were gouged out, and the intense pain caused him to let out a muffled groan. Blood gushed from the empty eye sockets and slid down his cheeks.

Danzo held the two kaleidoscopes in his palms and looked down at them as they emitted an eerie glow.

"As expected of the Mangekyou Sharingan, the strongest genjutsu of the Uchiha clan, it is indeed beautiful."

Shisui struggled to stand up, but due to the combined effects of blood loss and the toxins, she fell heavily to the ground.

"Kill him." Danzo turned around, his tone indifferent, and the Root assassins swarmed forward.

At the moment the kunai pierced his heart, Shisui murmured a sentence, his voice so soft that no one could hear him.

Judging from the shape of his mouth, he probably means "I'm sorry."

He felt sorry for Itachi, sorry for Mamoru, and sorry for the clansmen he couldn't protect.

He ultimately trusted the wrong person; Hiruzen Sarutobi had not properly controlled Danzo Shimura, or perhaps Hiruzen had tacitly approved of it all along.

I should have used Kotoamatsukami sooner...

Danzo left without looking back, disappearing into the night with his kaleidoscope eyes. Shisui's body was buried by Root members using earth-escape techniques, leaving no trace.

Danzo returned to the Root headquarters with Shisui's Mangekyou Sharingan and immediately organized medical ninjas to perform an eye transplant.

The surgery lasted two hours.

The moment the bandages were removed, Danzo opened his eyes, which had now transformed into those of Kotoamatsukami.

"How are you feeling?" the medical ninja asked cautiously.

Danzo did not answer, but instead raised his hand and cast Temporary Gender God on the Root assassin in front of him.

The assassin's eyes glazed over for a moment, then returned to normal. He knelt on one knee and said, "Lord Danzo."

"Just kill yourself." Without hesitation, the other person slit their throat.

Don't think this experiment was useless, because he already knew that this assassin was actually Hiruzen's man behind the scenes, and even though he had planted a cursed seal on him, his heart still did not belong to him.

And this resolute decision to die now is enough to prove the extraordinary nature of Kotoamatsukami.

"Hahahaha, this power, this power finally belongs to me."

Danzo's translator stood up. "Next, it's time to go to the Uchiha clan's territory. With these eyes, I can directly control those hawkish elders and make them work for me. It's time for me to take the Hokage position."

Under the cover of night, Danzo led dozens of elite Root members and swaggered into the Uchiha clan's old residence.

His ostentatious behavior naturally provoked everyone in the Uchiha clan.

Almost all the active Uchiha ninjas stood at the doorway, weapons in hand, confronting Danzo.

Only a small number of retired women were left to care for the elderly, weak, women, and children.

"Gentlemen, how about pledging your loyalty to me?"